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November 21, 1977 Page 6 December 1, 1977. She was interviewed by Deloris Davisson,- Ruth Price and John Oxian at the annual National Trust meet- ing in Mobile, Alabama and is highly qualified for this position. Staff Report Ms. Gilbert felt it was necessary to publicly inform the Com- mission that Ms. Deloris Davisson had not been re -appointed to the Commission by the Mayor, and that he, had appointed Mr. Timothy Eckerle to serve for three years'as a Commission member. 7. Old Business Mr. Oxian brought up a letter from Mr. LeLee regarding a Certificate of Appropriateness for the #7 Fire Station which is now housing the— ACTION Center. He felt that an architect should fill out the Certi ficate and turned this matter over to John Stamper. Mr. Nimtz moved that a special review committee be set up, which would include Mr. Oxian, Ms. Sporleder and Mr. Stivers to deal with this particular request. Mr. Rothermel seconded this -motion and it passed unanimously. Mr. Oxian brought up a letter from the North Shore TriangleAssociation regarding the lights on the Leeper Bridge. He said a letter had been sent to Patrick McMahon regarding this matter. Mr. Oxian suggested that some sort of facsimile of the bridge lighting be made up and that Ms. Sporleder work with.the North Shore Triangle Association on this aspect. He stated that Mr. Ted Wasielm--ski would handle the district matter. Mr. Oxian then discussed the matter of facade easements and said a meeting had been held and it was a most difficult task to decide the the value of a facade on a house. Mr. Oxian talked about a facade. easement plan in San Francisco in which no less than 15% of the value of the building was included in the facade easement. It must be cleared. by the assessor's office. 8. New Business Mr. Oxian brought up the matter of several. conferences: December 1 to 3 in Washington, D.C., a conference on --old and New Architectural - Design Relationship. Then there is a Mid -west division of the -Nation- al Trust meeting of Preservation Action in Oak Park, Illinois. Mr. Oxian reported that the Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana had a revolving fund of $150,000 to be earmarked for historic pre- servation of threatened historic structures. He said it would not apply to the Commission but might very well apply to Southhold. 9. Announcements and Miscellaneous Matters There were no further announcements.