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be instituted City and County wide within the next three to five years. This system will serve many departments including the HPC. All maps, historical survey data, etc., will be on the system. A complete new series of hubs and networks will be installed throughout governmental buildings which can share the information, provide e-mail and other uses. A hand-held unit can also be used by our staff, which when initiated at the address of any property listed in the City or County Survey will bring up on the screen all of the data we now have in the office relating to the address. Building and Engineering Departments will have data useful to them on the system which shows utilities, lot size, boundaries, permits issued, etc.) Meeting with the St. Joseph County Engineer (A meeting held on the 30th of October with the County Engineer was cordial . It was in response to the meeting at Portage Manor as well as a letter of opposition filed by her office and the County Commissioners for the East Bank Multiple Property National Nominations. The County Engineer claims that because a property is listed a "historic", her office is caused undo cost and additional time when conducting projects that use Federal dollars. The HPC is not the only organization to run into this same discussion with this person. In fact, I learned that information relating to the 106 review process was being supplied by Sandy, Director of MACOG. The information was also being absorbed by the two female County Commissioners. This then resulted in a 100 -percent opposition campaign by the Commissioners and the County Engineer. This office has read, reviewed and discussed this topic until I am confident we are soon to be experts on this matter. A copy of the letter to the County Engineer is attached/) Request For Proposals -1998 DHPA Grant (Several telephone calls and in person meetings were conducted in regard to the potential bidders of this project. Bids were due 11-06-98 and were opened by the Executive Committee on 11-10-98. Three bids were received.) City Council Ordinances (About 5 ordinances were handled this past month. Considerable time was involved due to requirements by the City Clerk's office, which caused revisions by this office as well as by Aladean. Leeper Park Sidewalks (Several telephone conversations, question and answer sessions and meetings were held for the design and layout of the sidewalks for the central section of Leeper Park's central section. The direction of this process should yield new sidewalks for the central section of the park, which appear in the same location of the original. Exposed aggregate will be used for the walks that PAGE 2