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November 23, 1981 page 7 f7. Old Business (continued) • Mrs. Sporleder, Mr. Oxian - yes; Mr. Nimtz, Mrs. Price, Mr. Hayes - no. Motion failed. Mr. Oxian challenged Mr. Nimtz's vote because of conflict of interest in that Mr. Nimtz is also the President of the Redevelopment Commission. Mrs. Price suggested that since the building.is..no.longer.in Its proper 'setting, it should be demolished. She further stated that there are other buildings more important architecturally. Mrs. Spor- leder stated that the Oddfellow's Building is a well-built, finely designed structure that is usable. Robert's Rules of Order was consulted but nothing could be found on how to handle a challenged vote. 8. New Business Mr. Oxian moved that there be first reading at the present meeting on declaration of the State Theatre Building as a landmark and that the owners be contacted again for approval. Mrs. Sporleder seconded, motion passed. 9. Hearing of Visitors Mrs. Delores Davisson made a presentation on her proposal to work with the Commission using the historic presentation inventory data in a learning laboratory focusing on the local community as a re- • source. She explained that she would work with Ms. Kiemnec- to process information which could then be used for analysis, report writing, and record keeping. She asked that the Commission discuss what kinds of questions they might want to ask of the information. She would have some students work over Christmas putting information into the computer and the actual project would run from January to April. Mr. Oxian moved that the Commission work with Mrs. Davisson on this project, Mrs. Sherk seconded and the motion passed. (see Appendix A). Mrs. Martha Choitz spoke about the New Orleans French Quarter Historic Preservation Commission. She explained how unsympathetic development is encroaching on the district, air rights have been sold in the wharf area and the historic integrity of the district is slipping away while the Com- mission is unable to correct the situation because of an oversight in the early planning stages of the Commission and the District. The Commission, according to Mrs. Choitz, seems to get caught up in trivialities and is not addressing the major issues. She found that other Commissions seemed to be having the same kinds of problems; that the whole atmosphere of the Annual Meeting was rather pessimistic. She suggested that the South Bend Commission beware of such problems, that if we get caught up in trivialities',. we will be ineffectual. She proposed that we try to have a clear view of our priorities in order to be successful in the community. 10. Adjournment Mr. Nimtz moved that the meeting be adjourned. The motion was seconded • by Mr. Hayes, it passed. Meeting adjourned at 10:45 P.M.