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Continuation Sheet • 66251 Cedar Road Thi s i s a proposal to demol i sh the summer house on the farmstead at 66251 Cedar Road. The building has deteriorated to the point that it is unsafe. There are no available means of financing the repairs that would be necessary to restore the building. The farmstead was owner -occupied (Lloyd and Mary Geyer) at the time the ordinance was adopted. The farmstead is now rented out by the current owners, the children of Lloyd and Mary Geyer, and the childrens' spouses. The summer house has been used for many years as a garage. Its foundation has deteriorated enough so that the building represents a hazard, especially to the children that now live on the property. Among other needs in addition to rebuilding the foundation, the roof is leaking and the shingles need to be replaced. The estimated cost for restoring the building is $14,762 (see attached estimate). No funds are available for restoration. The rental income from the property barely pays the expenses for maintenance, repair and taxes for the house and barn. Priority must be placed on maintaining the house as a safe and comfortable place to live. As can be expected, the maintenance requirements for the house are substantial. For example, it was necessary recently to completely reshingle the roof of the house. The current owners note that they were not parties to the original agreement to put the summer house into historic preservation, and that the preservation ordinance was neither recorded in the land records of St. Joseph County at the time the ownership of the property was transferred to them, nor is it currently recorded. Owners: Arlene Marie and Leighton Stump, Wakarusa, Indiana Jimmie Dale and Eleanor J. Geyer, Greenville, South Carolina Richard Eugene and Patricia M. Geyer, Mt. Airy, Maryland Frederick Pierce and Judy Geyer, Columbia City, Indiana •