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8. Old Business a. Review of,consultants' proposals and selection of a firm Mr. Smith asked if the Commission should select , a firm at this point. Mrs. Studer said that the Plan Commission has had a number of phone calls the last three'weeks or so from the firms considered, asking if a decision had been made'as to which firm would be selected to do the survey. Mr. Smith then authorized•Mrs. Studer to send out a letter to the consultants explaining the circumstances involved and -why.a consultant "for the survey has not yet been chosen. It was decided'to.hold off any on the selection of a•firm until after the County has determined how much money the Commission will have to work with for next year. b. Proposed amendment to the Zoning Mrs. Studer reported that she had met with the Area Plan Commissions attorney, David Weisman, regarding the proposed amendment. It is Mr. Weisman's opinion -that, standards should be developed for the West Washington Street area and a zoning district established under the normal procedure, "rather than attempting to enforce restrictions on properties before standards are developed, as is proposed in` the - amendment. It was agreed that,.since.Mr. Crumlish had indicated that such standards could within a matter of 90 days; it would be to table any further consideration Of the proposed amendment. c. By -laws There was general agreement as to the corrections and additions in the proposed by -laws that had been made at the July meeting. Chairman Smith directed Mrs. Studer to have the proposed by -laws retyped, approved'by Mr. Nimtz, and prepared for final action at the September meeting. d. Secretarial and Research Assistance It was generally agreed that Mrs. Schlereth's qualifications and experience would be extremely useful to the Commission. Mrs. Davisson' apprised the Commission that it would take about $1,166.00-to acquire Mrs. Schlereth's services for the remainder of 1974. - 5