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agreed with the city or approached the city asking for condemnation, then the owner could be directed to follow the procedure, but technically the HPC did not have much control over a state agency. .lean Denne se conded the motion; ac unanimously._._ VII. Hearing of Visitors A. Studebaker Golf Course -- Potential Acquisition by School Board Tom Haas, representing the South Bend District Golf Association, said he had come to the meeting to petition for landmark status for the Studebaker Golf Course. The golf course, he said, was built in 1921 on 24.1 acres purchased in 1919 from the Studebakers. Recently, the South Bend School Board had asked the Park Board for the land. The Park Board was now considering the offer. His understanding was that the Park Board could not give up the land unless it was deemed "unneeded and unused." He contended that the golf course possessed historic value because it dated from 1919, and because the land was purchased from the Studebakers. He wished now to learn the procedures for designating a landmark. Mrs. Sporleder asked him to name his real objective in landmarking the golf course. He said he wanted to keep the golf course in its present location - -to save it. The School Board wanted, he said, to expand the Riley High School classroom building, and to make room for a football field and tennis court. He then pointed out that South Bend was the only second -class city in Indiana with a city -owned 9 -hale golf course. Also, the golf course predated Riley High School by several years. In 1929, the Park Board had denied a request to sell off parts of the golf course to accommodate Riley. Mr. Herendeen asked Mr. Haas whether the use of the golf course was significant. Mr. Haas replied that, in 1991, a record number of rounds had been played on the course - -more than 23,000. Mr. Herendeen said that, in this case, there was no way the Park Board could honestly claim that the land was unneeded and unused. Mr. Haas replied that, to his knowledge, the Park Board's position was to sell the land if the offer was good enough. He said that, within the next few years, the School Board would commit to renovating Adams, Riley and Madison schools. If the Park Board ceded the 13