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B. Historic Landmarks and Districts 1) North St. Joseph Street,Local Historic District• -,Second Reading ----- - Mr. Duvall,.presented-the Staff Report--and-distributed-,maps -of the area. He also noted that Rita Kopczynski, from the -Near Northwest Neighborhood Association, was present. Mrs. Choitz moved to forward the_proposed.N. St. _ Joseph Street Local Historic District to the South Bend Common- Council for approval. Mrs. Sporleder.seconded the. motion.1 Mr.. Oxian asked if Ms. Kopczynski had anything ,'she would like to say. Ms. Kopczynski noted that today was -her, first day as -Director .of the Near Northwest Neighborhood Association -.so she has had little time to -get familiar -with this project. She also stated that she has spoken with Todd Zeiger and that he informed her•that the designation would be in favor of what the Near North West Neighborhood ; Association wants•to accomplish: Ms: DesLauriers asked if the white .house, that was initially part of the Project but has since been purchased, will still''be apart of the. proposed district. Mr. 'Oxian asked if -she was referring to 108 Bartlett Street. Ms. DesLauriers' stated that the house.she was referring to was located. on. N. St. Joseph. There was some discussion over which house Ms.- DesLauriers was talking about.. During this discussion Ms. DesLauriers also asked -if -the gray house on the corner was included in the proposed district. ..There was .some discussion to determine.which corner she was referring to at which time it was decided that Ms. DesLauriers was ref erring' to. the house on the -northwest corner 'of, N.: St. Joseph and Navarre Streets. There was more 'discussion over the boundaries,of-the proposed district at which time it was ascertained,that the houses in question were a part of the proposed district. Mr. Oxian stated that Mr. Duvall should' send a map out lining -the. present Local Historic District of River -Bend to'the Common Council so they can see the districts proximity to the new North St. Joseph Street proposed District. Mr. Talley asked Mr. Duvall what the triangular shaped land.between Navarre and Marion Streets consisted of. Mrs. Hostetler stated that it contained little cottages. Mr. Duvall. stated that they were little tiny apartments. Mr.' Talley then asked if Mr* .Duvail knew when Bartlett Street became an actual street. Mr. Duvall stated that• he had never looked. at .it from that point of .- view. Mr. Oxian stated that.he wanted Mr. Duvall to contact the -owners of the duplexes at 120 and 128 Bartlett,Street to see if they would agree'to become a part 'of the proposed district. Mr. Oxian asked 'if there were any further questions or discussion. There were none.. The motion passed unanimously. IV. Regular Business A.' Approval of Minutes 1-. April 20, 1998. Mr. Oxian submitted his corrections to Mrs. Saunders and asked .if there were any more corrections. There were none. Mrs. Choitz moved to approve the minutes as corrected. Mr. Talley seconded the motion. ' The motion passed unanimously. B. Treasurer's Report Mr. .Weiner distributed.. the Treasurer's report. Mr. Talley moved to approve the report. Mrs. Hostetler seconded the motion. The motion passed. unanimously.' C. Correspondence Mr. Oxian,stated that the request for -revisions to the•Riverside Drive'Local Historic. District guidelines will be assigned to the Historic Districts 2