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are inappropriate bases for any reversal of HPC's denial of COA Application 2017-0602A by the Common Council. Mr. Boyd makes the following arguments, for the Common Council to overturn HPC's denial of COA Application No. 2017-0602A: (1) the failure to send notification of a municipal administrative hearing via U.S. mail to Mr. Boyd violated Robert's Rules of Order, which had not been suspended; (2)that the HPC did not follow the municipal codes for"The Preservation of Meridian Street Area", which is located in Indianapolis; (3)that by failing to inform Mr. Boyd that his COA Application was processed and available for the public to inspect and failing to properly mail the notification of hearing to Mr. Boyd, the HPC violated Ind. Code § 5-14-1 and Ind. Code § 5-14-3; (4)that HPC violated its own standards and guidelines; and(5)that HPC failed to issue an individual exterior historic preservation plan for the Firehouse. Four out of five of these arguments are irrelevant to the Common Council's consideration of HPC's denial of COA Application No. 2017-0602A. As established by Mr. Boyd's own Exhibit"A", the HPC did in fact put his Notice of Hearing in the mail,meeting their administrative policy requirement. It did not"knowingly" fail to send him a Notice of Hearing; the HPC did its duty of placing that notice in the mail to be sent to Mr. Boyd. Any failure of the postal service to deliver this to Mr. Boyd is not the fault of HPC. In addition, Mr. Boyd appeared at the public hearing on June 19, 2017, so there was no harm caused by any failure of delivery of the Notice of Hearing in question. The agenda for the HPC June 19, 2017 meeting was public, and Mr. Boyd clearly learned of the public hearing for his COA Application because he attended that public hearing in person. Mr. Boyd asserts in his position statement that HPC should have followed the municipal codes for"The Preservation of Meridian Street Area", which is inapplicable to the present 9