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August 15, 1977 Page 4 about downtown South Bend. He appreciated the position the Commission is taking and remarked that he felt the Mayor was not recognizing the value of the Commission. He felt there are other alternatives to de- molishing the Odd Fellows Building. He felt the Commission should be. held in high esteem. bJr. Stamper said an alternative to the Mini Mall would be to turn the lower two floors of the Odd Fellows Building into shops. He said there are other architects who should be contacted who would have other plans for restoring old buildings, and come up with new places for a parking garage. Mr. Smith then remarked that the Commission had not rushed into this controversy. He said that if anything, the plans for the M ini Mall have been rushed and only one architect was involved. Mr. Oxian said the Commission has issued a personal invitation to the Mayor to meet with the Commission and see the plans and '� have not heard anything." Mr. Oxian pointed out that so far no one has asked the Commission to have any in- put. Mrs. Price suggested that the Advisory Council of Historic Preser- vation review the building and get a professional opinion. Mr. Smith then made a motion that the Commission contact the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation to give their opinion on the remain- ing structures in downtown South Bend - Odd Fellows Building, American Bank Building, J.M.S. Building, Oliver Theater Building, and any other buildings which they would think would be eligible to be placed on the National Register. Ms. Joann Sporleder seconded this motion and it was put to a vote. The motion passed with Me. F. Jay Nimtz abstaining. Mr. Smith next made a motion for the president to contact, or appoint - someone to contact, the Mayor, the Redevelopment Commission, the archi- tects, the owners of the Odd Fellows Building, the developers of the Mini Mall and the P.T.C. to meet with this Commission to discuss the - situation of the development of the Century Yxg2l, and the proposed. park- ing garage and the fate of the Odd Fellows Building. This motion was seconded by Ms. Joann Sporleder and it passed unanimously. It was felt that this should be a Working session" and not a Special Meeting of the Commission. 6. Committee Reports City Survey Mr. Ted Wasielewski broght the Commission up -to -date on the progress on the city survey. He had talked with Brian Crumlish. He asked for a list of structures that the Commission would like to be included. He wanted to know if structures rated at 9 and above should be in- cluded. He said there was considerable left over in the survey to do more buildings. Ms. Pendleton said she was against carding struc- tures only rated 9. Mr. Oxian said all superior structures be carded and that a meeting be held with Mr. Crumlish and the Survey Committee to decide on the number of buildings to card and potential districts - be set forth. There was some discussion on this matter. Mr. Wasiel- ewski asked for input from the Commission on how to proceed. One idea was to inventory buildings that were 100 years old. He also wanted to know the general policy on what cards to fill in. He said approximately 200 structures have been identified. Mrs. Price sug- gested that the survey identify street stapes, working with features other than houses in the district.