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• • asked, whether the commission needed to vote on the modification of the standards. Mr. Oxian answered in the negative, C) Brick Streets Local Landmark Ordinance Mr. Oxian reported that a meeting with the been arranged to discuss this recommendation. c. Dedications etc. City Engineer and his staff had 1) North Pumping Station Mr. Oxian passed around the photographs from the dedication of the North Pumping Station. Mr. Talley noted that there was excellent press coverage of the event. Mr. Oxian observed that lie believed the event would have been better attended with more advance publicity. Mr. Talley indicated that he believed that the this feeling was shared in the administration. He also noted that there had bee a great demand for the reprints of the program. ?) 16581 Chandler Blvd. - WPA This dedication was canceled due to the unavailability of press coverage. 3) Third Courthouse dome disassembly Mr. Talley noted that there had been good press coverage. Ile feels that a certificate needs to be prepared to go to those who received the pieces. _He also felt that the Director should be authorized to distribute the pieces still stored to the Indiana State Museum. The Iiannah Lindel Museum, NIRS, and Mishawaka Public Library received their pieces at the ceremony. Mr. Duvall observed that the pieces for the new dome were parked on a truck on Main Street and that members might be interested.to look at those before assembly. 5. Standards •,aintenance Nr. Fine, chair, announced that this committee had met to.discuss the Leeper Island wall and the proposed method of its repair. Mr. Oxian had not attended this meeting but observed that the commission had only approved the replacement at the upstream point of the island. His recollection was that the proposed method of replacement had not been adopted for future extensions of this work but that the issue of extending approval of this method to other ` sections had been referred to the this committee. In his meeting with John Stacotti and the Parks Dept., he had been left with the impression that they would appreciate the extending of this approval to include the rest of this wall. "sir. Talley recollected that the approval previously granted from the commission had been limited to the area stated on the application and that the chair had at that time wislied to extend the approval to include a wider arca but that the issue had been referred to committee to identify alternative methods (')) which might be approved for the extension of the restoration of the wall. lie st�lted that this «gas not to be understood as an approval of the extension of this WoriC. Mr. Duvall ,Mated that his understandinG of the.. r,Q�1 is that the commission can identify procedures whic,i it would recommen d(I appropriate but that such may not be stated in such a way that it — a requirement that one of these method,; be followed, precluding the appropriateness of yet unidentified courses of action. Mr. Oxian stated that the parties with whom he had discussed the issue just wanted some assurance that certain idefitified methods would be acceptable to the commission for their planning process. Mrs Sporleder sought clarification on the relative specificity of the solutions being sought to be described. Mr. Oxian indicated that very generalized descriptions were the goal of this exercise. THe. subject was returned to committee. G. Personnel