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June 19, 1978 Page 2 678 6, Committee Reports City Surve Mrs. Price made a motion to pay Brian Crumlish a consultant fee of $100.00 out of Technical Assistance, line item 264 for a day trip to Indianapolis to talk with the State H.P. Office and get their city survey recommendations finalized so we can proceed with a contract and the survey. Mr. Eckerle seconded. Motion passed unanimously. Budget and Finance Mr. Oxian reported that he and Ms. Peck had met with the County Commissioners for a budget review. The budget increase for next year was only allowed to be 8%, so our budget request dropped from $29,900.00 to $17,200.00 by eliminating a $9,000.00 Assistant Planner position and dropping the Planner's salary down from the requested $14,500.00 to approximately $10,800.00 Ms. Peck reported that the Consultant Service Grant funds from the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Washington, had been placed.in a special county account not under the auspices of the County Commissioners. • Historic Districts and Standards Mrs. Price referred to the Committee Report from June 12, 1978 and specifically the section on the West North Shore Drive District. She asked that the wording be changed to read "West North Shore Drive will have a meeting closed to the Commission, of the residents, on July 12, to take the final vote on whether to accept the concept of an Historic Preservation District." Concerning the standards for the West North Shore Drive, Mrs. Price stated, "I have no objections to this document (the stan- dards for West North Shore Drive), with the provision that it is clearly stated which is the opinion of the neighborhood group and which is the opinion of the Commission. And so that when this goes to the neighborhood we can talk and say and do things amoung our- selves, but if it is going to be the expressed opinion of the Commission, then I think the Commission ought to be aware: of it when you look at the standards.Then the standards that come to the Commission for our review should be a completely separate document, and the attitudes and the points that you are making in there are al.1 for your good, but they are yourattitudes, they are not the attitudes or the concepts of the Commission." Ms. Peck announced that Patrick McMahon, City Engineer, sent an official copy of the negative declaration for the Orange -Colfax Connector. The copy is at the office for anyone who wants to review it. Ms. Peck announced that a letter came from Joseph Cloud,SHPO, stating that they, the State historic Preservation Office, had reviewed the Orange -Colfax Connector negative declaration, and they ruled, as they did in 1975, that the project will not impact the West Washington Histarie District.