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D.' Committee Reports 1. Budget and Finance None 2. Historic Districts Mrs. Hostetler stated that the Committee has reviewed the guidelines for North St. Joseph Street.. She also reported that the Committee had gone 'over the guidelines for the Riverbend .Historic District to see how they would to the new district and how they could be expanded upon with line drawings, t colored paper, - .clearer language and examples of - what - is appropriate and not appropriate to make them more user friendly. Mrs. Hostetler stated,that the = guidelines are awaiting a computer that is formatted - to _handle_ them. Mr. Duvall concurred that the current software was not capable of desktop - publishing. Mr. Oxian asked if the Committee had started on the. guidelines for the Cushing Street District. Mrs. Hostetler stated that they have not.. 3. Historic Landmarks Mr. Oxian stated that he wants to place 12670 State .Road 23, regarding the removal of part of the property from Landmark.Designation, into Public Hearing for next - months meeting,. - He also noted that in his opinion the _Commission should not allow this. - - However, since the owner has requested to give a presentation.it will be,placed under public hearing in next months meeting. _ 4. Standards and Maintenance Mr. Oxian stated that he wants to expand the Committee to include.Mrs. Petrass as an alternate, to better accommodate the amount of work going through that Committee'. 5. Legal Mrs. DeRose`stated that she had acquired samples -of identification cards from Code' Enforcement and the', Health Department to get ideas for identification , cards for Commission members and staff to be used in the field. There was some discussion -over the style of the cards and the possibility of making business cards for - the members of the Liaison Committees.' Mr. Oxian asked if someone could-donate to the Commission.- Mrs. stated that since the'Commission was _a_ part_ of -the. -City of - South -Bend and St: Joseph County any - charitable donation would be 'tax deductible.,'She also stated -that the donor should discuss the matter with their accountant first. E. -- Staff Reports' 1. -C of A_ Staff Approvals None 2. DHPA Grant Status Mr: Duvall reported -that -the Westerly Group, the consultants on the Leeper Park plan, made a public presentation last week to discuss the plans. He reported - that they gave a brief discussion of the history of the park and then presented three possible preservation plans for Leeper Park. The plans ranged from a low impact plan consisting of a very conservative.park maintenance plan to a. plan that would realize the parks original plan by Kesler. - Mr'.- Duvall stated that' the Westerly. Group would be back before -the Commission with a draft document - of a .single plan at the May meeting-for review and comments. �Mr,. Talley asked where the Leepef Park nomination to the National'Register was at. Mr. Duvall" stated that I it was still being bated around in the review board and - that he had just received another 'review asking 'for changes in the nomination.' Mr. Talley asked if.'the reason for all the difficulties was , .because of Mr. Cairns, who wrote the nomination. Mr. Duvall stated that it 7