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Monthly Meeting - 7:30 p.m. - Monday July 13, 1998 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING of the HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION County Commissioner's Conference Room 7th'Floor County-City Building .I. Call to 'Order John Oxian, president of the commission, brought the meeting to order at 7:30 P .M. II. Roll Call Commission members present were: Adrian Fine. John Oxian, Edward Talley, Jerry Wiener. Janeanne Petrass and Martha Choitz. Commission staff present was: David Duvall, director 'and Rhonda Saunders, administrative assistant.* Also" attending the meeting were: Camille Fife, Tom Salmon, Don Sporleder', - Carolyn Pinter, •Mar ia Kaczmarek, Diane P. Corbett. Judith Johns, Darcia O'Blenis; Norman Northcutt, Jennifer Isbell and John Johnson. Mr. Oxian stated he would like 'a motion made to relocate the Leeper Park presentation from. part V of the agenda to part III of the agenda. Mr. Talley moved to suspend the agenda. Mr. Wiener seconded the motion: The motion passed unanimously. \ III. Public Hearing i A. Historic Landmarks and Districts 1) Field'Local Historic District - Second reading. Mr.- Duvall presented the staff report and circulated maps of the proposed district. Mr. - Oxian opened the floor to discussion and questions concerning the proposed historic district...Mr. 'Johnson, owner of the house at 515 S.'• Carroll Street: stated that he_ has submitted a request to the City South, Bend to build a garage and, wondered how. having the house designated 'as historic, would affect this. Mr. Oxian asked how soon the garage would be built. -Mr. Johnson stated that he wanted to have it finished with in the next couple of years. Mr. Oxian asked if Mr. Johnson had obtained a building permit. Mr. Johnson stated that he had : not gotten a building permit, however,' he has had the location of the Proposed by the City. Mr. Oxian stated that the Commission generally allow garages to be built because they are a necessity and are located in the rear of the property. He further noted that if the garage was'built after the district was designated then the plans for the.�garage would have to be approved by the Commission but, if the garage was built before the neighborhood became a district then -it would be' considered part of the district upon its designation. Mr. Johnson asked if the garage was built after the designation of the district what would need to be done to get approval for the ,project. Mr. Oxian stated that the first thing the owner would have to do would bring the project before the Commission.- Mr. Oxian" stated that -the Commission would need to know the location of the garage, its size, and style, basically the same things that would to be submitted to the Building. Department. He further stated that, generally speaking, what ever projects the Commission approves is commonly approved by the.Building Department, unless -it becomes a case concerning public safety. n �' 1