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• C. Correspondence Mr. Duvall indicated that the office had received notification of a Presidential Executive Order calling on Federal agencies to locate their ` .facilities in Historic Buildings and Districts. He had forwarded a memo of this information to the County Commissioners and the -Department of Economic Development for their information in attempting to.find tenants or occupants for publicly owned historic buildings or other planning projects. Mr. Oxian suggested sending a similar memo to School City as they also own National Register properties. D. Committee Reports 1. Budget & Finance Mr. Oxian indicated that this committee should meet in the near future to prepare for the County and City budget hearings in the fall. 3. Legal Mrs. DeRose reported no legal activity. 4. Historic Districts A) Monroe Park Mrs.- Choitz discussed the meeting with Monroe Park residents which she had attended with Mr. Fine. Ms. Jeltz and Ms. Levitgky were present representing this group. Mr. Fine' said that he had made a presentation, about what the commission does and what a Historic District is. .He said the meeting was • fairly short being on a Friday evening. Carter Wolf and Tom Eddington were also in attendance at the meeting. Mr. Wolf,had stated a hope, to relocate the Center City Associates office into the "Fat Daddy" building on Michigan south of Western Avenue. Mr. Oxian stated that he had once considered including this commercial block in the Monroe Park boundary but now believed that they should be separate districts. Ms. Jeltz noted that her property was contiguous with commercial properties and would find advantage in having the commercial area designated. Mr. Oxian pointed out that this would have implications for both the preservation guidelines which would need to address the very different commercial context, and for the ballot process, where a whole different constituency would need to be courted and satisfied. Staff was instructed to send the Historic District application -form materials to Ms. Levitsky. 5. Historic Landmarks a. Recommendation s to the County Council Mr. Oxian reported that Olive Twp. School 412 and the Mishawaka Reservoir Caretaker's house will come before the County Council in the next month. 501 West Colfax has been sent to Common Council but has not yet come up for first reading. b. Leeper Park Proposal Mr. Oxian asked why this item was on the agenda as a committee report. Mr. Duvall noted that the public hearing had occurred and second reading had been tabled at that time. The second reading for a vote was therefore to be found in the old business section of the June agenda. c. Landmark Proposals 5. Standards & Maintenance Mr. Fine indicated that the committee had no report.