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• decision was because they were running out of time and the applicant had not waived the 45 day limit. Mrs. Hostetler stated that it appears in the Applicants letters as though he has already purchased the replacement windows. Mrs. Sporleder wanted it known that the reason she voted against the motion to deny the application was because she felt the applicant had met the requirements by getting windows that were similar to the original in size and style. She also believed that he thought he had come as close as possible to the originals and thus meeting what he thought the requirements of the guidelines were . Mrs. Sporleder felt that the commission and committee had interpreted the standards in an extremely narrow way. Mr. Talley suggested that the committee had interpreted the first_ requirement, which is that the windows had to be deteriorated beyond repair before they are removed, as the most important requirement and that they felt it had not been met. He further stated that this, plus the applicants negative attitude, caused an inability to work together. Mr. Oxian suggested that Mrs. Sporleder put her point of view on paper so the entire commission could have it to look over and consider so, all the angles are covered. There was some discussion as to whether the committee should have final decision. Mr. Duvall restated Mr. Oxians view that the final decisions on an application should come back to the commission and that the committees are simply there to give advice to the .commission. Mr. Talley moved to approve the committees recommendations for 1325 East Wayne Street. Mr. Oxian seconded the motion. The motion passed with one opposing vote by Joann Sporleder. E. Staff Reports 1. Mr. Duvall reported the following C of A Staff approval: a. 1614 East Wayne - in-kind roofing replacement. There was some discussion over liaison committees and an inactive chairmen of a particular liaison committee and the fact the guidelines were not being distributed. Mr.Oxian noted 'that if Mr. Talley and Patty came together they could impeach the chairmen. 2. There was no Legal to report ' 3. DHPA Grants Mr. Duvall reported that he had forwarded the current National Register Nomination to the State Historical Preservation Office. They had not placed those on their agenda for the July meeting. He noted that the final version of the Leeper Park Nomination had been received and it will be prepared for review in the October meeting. However, the commission has not received final product on East Bank area multiple property nomination. The Preservation office has extended the grant agreement until they can close out the projects. Mr. Duvall stated that the RFPs have not been sent out as of yet and that the application packets for the coming 1998-1999 fiscal year had just arrived in the mail. He noted that the activities for -this grant need to be referred to a committee. Such activities consist of the County Survey that had been partially funded. Mr. Duvall also noted that the DHPA had added St. Joseph County as a preferred County -for selection criteria. Second activity is the need to repair the windows at the North Pumping Station. A third activity was . suggested by Karen Kiemnec, to prepare a development grant application to somehow 'apply it to 'the Courthouse's budget. These are large dollar amount projects and a decision has'to be made as to what gets priority. 4. Blake Gardens Mr. Duvall spoke with the Army Corp. of Engineers, who said there has been an application received. He was' told that they were anticipating the public