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As you know we are currently in the 1991-1992 Grant period. We are working on the final part --Phase 6 --of the South Bend Sites and Structures Inventory for the Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. We were granted $26,600.00 for this grant period with which -to finish the project of survey update begun in 1980. The State office.is quite adamant that we finish this final part of the city survey. They have expended over $100,000.00 since 1976 and feel that the survey should and could have been accomplished in much less time. In fact, we were turned down for another grant ($11,000) -for -the -91-92 period because they feel that finishing the survey is a priority. We wi_l.l, finish the survey here by the end of the grant period, June, 1992. I'am now writing a grant for the next period --1992-1993. This grant will be to take the next expected step in the survey process --that is to compile and publish a Summary Report for the City of South Bend. The Summary Report project will require the retention of the position of Administrative Assistant and one Research Assistant. No Surveyors will be needed. With our approximately $16,500 match funds --$12,500 from the Community Development Block Grant and up to $4000.00 from the County.General funds devoted to supplies --and an estimated $8500 in Director's salary as a match (at app. 20 hrs./week), we can ask for up to $25,000 from the funds available through the Division of H.P%Arch. Current estimates of the total cost of the project are around $46,000, so we can manage with our match monies. - Update on West Washington national Register District extension. We have run into a problem --our application has now been turned down twice in the first phase of.review--Technical Review. We can only be reviewed in this phase three times before the application has to be begun again. There are along list of problems with the application as submitted --including: Resource Count, Descriptions, Statement of Significance, the bibliography, verbal boundary description, the maps,, photographs, etc. It is in a word --muddled. Also, this project is quite late --it was supposed to'be completed by the end of June, 1991. We have received grant monies (1990-1991 grant period) with which to accomplish the project --those monies have by now been expended. This nomination is in jeopardy. As soon as possible I will begin the process of reviewing the application and trying to remedy the problems. As the application must later pass through historical review --I will also make an effort to identify and remedy any potential problems there. I am in close touch with the State office on this. I will update the Commission at the next meeting.