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• sell. Mr. Duvall mentioned that in a poker game the issue had come up about selling the building from Mr. Mercantini. Mr. Mercantini said that if they were to sell it then it would be with protective covenant. He also seemed to indicate that the park land itself could not be sold. The sale of the building would either be sold without the land, which was a possibility, or it would indicate a removal of the site. Mr. DePay added that one of the issues brought up during the meeting with Mr. Mercantini regarding the closing,of the building was that it cost around $10,000 a year to heat that building and .that was way out of line with all the rest of the buildings even though Mr. Mercantini had no data to back that up from the other buildings, per square foot, to show a comparison. Mr. Talley mentioned that this was like Madison .School issue. Mr. DePay went on to say that even though the money was there to fix the heating system, it was as though that money was not an option. He said that it was said that "They are not in the Historical business, either". Mr. Talley said that they were and that they were there to act as caretakers for us, and not a separate corporation without ties to the people. Mrs. Choitz mentioned that federal and state money went into the park system in 1967, and there is a nature preserve which has some covenant. Mr. Talley stated that the Commission felt that the building has a value to be declared a Local Landmark which places some restrictions on it officially, but unofficially, the Friends have our support and sympathy. It's unfortunate that the caretakers have lost site of the original direction of the park commission itself. IV. Regular Business A. Approval of Minutes . 1. April 21, 1997 - 1997-1998 DHPA GRANT Mr. Oxian stated that the counter proposal was that we do the whole survey. Mr. Duvall stated that he was trying to say that they were counter proposing our proposal - the alternative to doing one township at a time, and we may wish to counter propose in the future to do something else. Plus, they have already told us that we could not do the survey for this year. Mr. Oxian said that they could do that for the following year. Mr. Duvall agreed. Mr. Talley made a motion to approve the minutes. Mr. Wiener made a second. All present approved except Ms. Hostetler and Mr. Borkowski who abstained due to the fact that they were not present. B. Treasurer's Report Nothing to report. C. Correspondence Nothing to report. D. Committee Reports 1. Budget and Finance Mr. Duvall stated that the Committee needed to get together to discuss both the budget and employment issues. 2. Historic Districts A. Project Access Mrs. Hostetler reported on Lincolnway Project Access, April 29 and 30. She • stated that the attendance was very low.Mr. Duvall mentioned that one of those nights a tornado watch was out which might have had something to do with - the attendance. Regarding a staff report he said he had received two forms for persons interested in the River Bend liaison group and East Wayne had provided their list of liaison members'. Edgewater Place needs a third volunteer.