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2. DHPA Grant status a. National Register nominations Mr. Duvall reported that the agree has been executed with our consultant Glory -June Greiff, for the nominations and she has commenced work. b. Economic Benefits Study Mr. Duvall reported that only one response was submitted for the Request for Proposals. This proposal was for ten thousand dollars. Donovan Rypkema who has done this type of work for the National Trust has volunteered to donate a day of his time to work with our local consultant on developing methodology for our local conditions. With our existing CDBG funding and our commitments for reimbursement from the DHPA, our established funding should be sufficient for completing the work at this cost. The alternative to accepting this proposal.is to not utilize all of our CDBG funding for this year, as there is not sufficient.time to issue another RFP. This also bears on the personnel situation. If this proposal is accepted there will be no remainder for employing an Administrative Assistant until after the first of the year. As. noted above, the HPC funding from CDBG for 1996 will probably remain constant from previous years. This funding can be utilized entirely for employing a full-time Administrative Assistant or may be divided between a part-time employee and other projects for the coming year. Upon hearing of the anticipated funding levels for the coming year Mr. Duvall did contact the one applicant who had seemed outstanding. She indicated that she was no longer interested in the position. He asked that the allocation of funding to employee and/or projects be referred to committee or discussed by the whole Commission. c. Application for 1996-1997 Mr. Duvall presented a preliminary list of projects which might be undertaken in the coming year with the assistance of the DHPA Historic Preservation Fund as follows: 1) South Michigan Street National Register District nomination 2) Colonial Gardens National Register District nomination 3) Lowell National Register Multiple Property nomination including the East Washington Street and Howard Park proposed National Register districts and adding other miscellaneous significant and outstanding properties. 4) Jacob Rush House National Register nomination (Olive Twp.) 5) Childrens' Dispensary National Register nomination 6) Context study of WPA structures and works in South Bend 7) Context Study of Brick Streets in South Bend Mrs. Choitz inquired as .to whether Ms. Greiff, our present consultant historian, would share .her previous research with us for the WPA Context Study. Mr. Duvall indicated that she had in the past shared her research with the HPC but that all work funded by DHPA requires competitive bidding. She might be the lowest bidder due to her prior knowledge in this area. Mr. Oxian stated that he believed it necessary to have additional staff and would not concur with dedicating all grant funding to consultants. Mr. Duvall concurred that he did not intend that such distribution should occur but would recommend either employment of a full-time administrative assistant or a split of the funding between a part-time employee and project allocations. It would be possible for us to employ a full time assistant and attempt to generate nominations and studies "in-house" but if we are to pursue grant funding for the projects we will need to have contractual expenditures for reimbursement claims. We cannot accept grant funding and claim it for the county to pay our fixed costs. Jerry Wiener suggested that the .allocation of funding be referred to the Budget Committee. This meeting was scheduled for 4:00 p.m. October 18.