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January 16, 1978 Page 6 Miss Peck then introduced herself as the Preservation Planner and stated that what Mr. Nimts's amendment does not say the proposed Century Mall "as we know it," meaning now. She is afraid that the letter can be con- strued to mean we give our o-kay on the whole development and not as we know it at this particular stage. Mrs. Sporleder emphasized that what the Commission is trying to do with this particular piece of proposal is support what the City Council has done. Mr. Oxian then asked the Commission to vote on the amendment. The motion was passed unanimously. Mr Oxian then asked for a vote for the motion with its amendment. This, too, passed unanimously. This motion incorporated the wording: Historic Preservation Commission of South Bend and St. Joseph..." Mrs. Sporleder then continued and read a proposal which the Commission itself made: "Be it resolved that the Historic Preservation Commission is a duly constituted Commission created by the Common Council of South Bend and the Board of Commissioners of St. Joseph County, and the Com- mission is charged with identifying the historic and architectural heri- tage of the city and county as part of the planning procedure, and the Commission does resolve to write and support the following statement as the request of the City of South Bend or Redevelopment Department: 'This Commission has seen the drawings done by James Childs for the Re- development Department for a proposed mall to be located on Blocks 8 and 9 in Urban Renewal Project -R-66. Parcels to be placed on the acquisition hist include 9-29,__9-28, 9-27, 9-27A, 9-26, 9-25, 9-24, 9-23, 9-22, 9-21, 9-201, 9-19, 8-7, 8-81 MA, 8-9, 8 -lo, 8-11, 8-12. It is the opinion of this Commission that the current mall proposal will not have an adverse effect on the West Washington Historic District listed on the National Register, nor on the proposed Main Street Commercial District. This Commission is also of the opinion that the proposed mall would not have adverse effect on thirteen other downtown structures which may eventually be considered for landmark status. These buildings are as follows: School Administration Building, Old American Bink Building, State Theatre, Colfax Theatre, J.M.S. Building, Morris Civic Auditorium, Lafayette Building, Union Station, National Bank Building, First B!nnk Building, Telephone Building (the old one), Tower Building and the Palais Royale." Mrs. Sporleder wanted this accepted as a resolution by the Commission. Mrs. Price seconded this resolution. Mr. Eckerle mentioned that Block 7, a triangular piece including Parcels 1, 2, 3, and 4, should be included and offered this an an amendment to the motion. Mr. Nimtz seconded this amendment. There was a good deal of discussion on this issue. The motion was then put to a vote, and it passed unanimously. Mr. Eckerle then wished another amendment to the motion and that was to delete the words "James Childs" from the resolution. He felt the name was out of place since the actual architectural work on the proposed mall will be subject to impartial contract, and the developers will get to choose an architect. Mr. Nimtz seconded this amendment. Mr. Was-