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aft of the standards, and explain the voting procedure. Historic Preservation Commission will hold a public hearing for discussion did clarification of the historic district zoning. All property owners and residents will be notified of the hearing date, time, and place. A legal notice will be placed in the newspaper describing the nature of the hearing, the district boundaries, and the date, time, and place of the hearing. 9. The Commission's staff will write the final standards based on the outcome of the public meeting. 10. The final standards will be presented to the Historic District Committee and the neighborhood steering committee for final approval. 11. The neighborhood steering committee will be responsible fo distributing to all property owners the final standards book and a ballot. The ballots must be collected within fifteen days of distribution and turn)d over to the Commission's staff. 12. At a regular meeting the Historic Preservation Commission will vote on ,,.hether or not to send the ordinance for the proposed historic district to council. A vote to proceed with the ordinance will be based on a minimum of 51:; of the property owners voting in fa or of historic district designation. If the majority of the property owners voted against historic district designation, the Historic Preservation Commission will inform the neighborhood steering committee of the alternative methods for proceeding with historic district designation, either l.) designation by ordinance submitted by a council- man, or 2.) a zoning petition filed with the Area Plan Commission. 13. The Historic Preservation Commission will file an ordinance with the Clerk of the City of South Bend or St. Joseph County. 14. Upon submittal of the ordinance to the Council, the neighborhood steering committee must look up all property owners within 300 feet of the proposed historic district boundaries per the Area Plan Commission's requirements for their public hearing. 15. The Council will have first reading of the ordinance at its regularly scheduled meeting and will forward the ordinance to the Area Plan Commission for comment. 16. The Area Plan Commission will hold a public hearing on the ordinance at its regularly scheduled meeting. All property owners will be notified of the hearing date, time and place. 17. The Council will hold second reading and public hearing on the ordinance and will vote on its acceptance at a regularly scheduled public meeting. 10 18. The historic district will be dedicated and publicized by the Historic Preservation Commission and the neighborhood historic district association. 19. The Historic Preservation Commission will explain to the neighborhood the procedure for electing a liaison committee. (See Election Procedures for Historic District Liaison Committee - Appendix I.) -23-