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Standards and Maintenance Committee Report Members present: Catherine Hostetler, Jerry Ujdak and Martha Choltz I-roperty: 521 South St. Joseph AKA Dismis House September 29, 2000 The three members of the committee performed an on site evaluation of the exterior of the house. It was decided that under no circumstances should this house be sided with vinyl or aluminum siding. We felt that this would cause additional deterioration as well as irreparable damage to the building. The house should be scraped and all rotting wood replaced and repaired. It should then be stained with a high quality exterior stain. We felt that stain would be preferable to paint. Sources of funding should be identified for this project, possibly going to the University which houses it's students there along with the parolees. Joann Sporleder was out of town when the committee met. I believe she conducted an on site evaluation of her own on the previous Saturday. We would ask the staff to contact her for her opinion. It was also noted that the house directly next door to the north of 521 is in dire need of repair and paint and should be reported to Code Enforcement, We noted missing clapboards, and considerable rot and lack of paint. Another house two doors to the south of 521 had a rotting sofit on its north side. Martha Choitz and Catherine Hostetler also noted in a drive though the North St. Joseph Local Historic . District that the lots created by the demolition of the two homes by the Near Northwest Neighborhood still have not been landscaped and appear to have been used as a parking lot for trucks.