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Mrs. Sporleder, Mr. Eide, and Mrs. Choitz, had felt it necessary to uphold the standards of the district. They had advised Mrs. Toal to retain the existing window openings, and to retain a three- part set of windows in front, rather than installing a set of two. They had left the choice of window type to Mrs. Toal. The committee had then listened to Mrs. Toal's case for the original proposal. At the meeting's end, they had advised her to consult her interior designer, Mr. Bob Dunfee, to determine whether windows of the existing size and number could be made compatible with her needs. No decision was made on the Certificate, and no certificate has since been issued. Mr. Pastor stated that the staff recommendation had not been altered. Mr. Oxian then opened the floor for presentations. Mrs. Toal read a review she had compiled of the process she had followed over the last seven weeks. The list included phone calls, visits to her house from staff members, and the like. After her recitation, she submitted her notes to the legal counsel for the record. Mr. Toal spoke next. He said his wife had been told at the committee meeting to consult Bob Dunfee and to research the feasibility of using a different type of window suggested by the commission. He said he had done these things, and distributed a folder containing the following materials: --sheets comparing the cost of the commission's proposal ($5,500) with the original proposal ($9,000) --a photograph of the house --Sketches from Pella comparing the house fitted with Pella windows to the house fitted with the windows proposed by the commission --a letter from Pella stating that the Pella windows would be cheaper, more historically correct, and more appropriate to the owners' needs. --a letter from a Mrs. Coral Stapp Weirich, daughter of the architect who designed 1421 E. Wayne, claiming that originally the house had an open-air porch, not an enclosed sunporch. Mr. Toal stated that a Pella representative had inspected the neighborhood and found nowhere the same style of window as is now in his sunporch.