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John Oxian, President August 24, 2000 South Bend and St. Joseph County HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION 227 WEST JEFFERSON BLVD. RM 1123 SOUTH BEND, IN 46601-1830 Marilyn Proctor 200 Sycamore Creek Drive Springboro, Ohio 45066 Dear Ms. Proctor: Phone: 219-235-9798 Fax: 219-235-9578 e-mail: historic@michiana.org A Certified Local Government J. Edward Talley, Executive Director Your properties at 129 and 127 Franklin Place and 407 W. Jefferson in South Bend, Indiana are Local Land- marks and as such fall under the jurisdiction of the Historic Preservation Commission {HPC} and the Land- mark Guidelines. The Commission sent the letter dated August 14, 2000 regarding repairs to 127 Franklin Place simply to find out if this problems were going to be addressed and to ensure that you were aware that the property may be sited by Code Enforcement. Code Enforcement went through a change of administration dur- ing the spring and summer and as such failed to notify us that they had sited your property. If we had known this the letter we sent would have simply been to notify you that permits for exterior work would be needed and that we would work with you to address Codes issues. HPC will assume that Mr. Pocza was not aware at that time that these properties were Landmarks and that is why he did not come to us with his rehabilitation plan for 127 Franklin. The Commission has since requested a list of violations from Code Enforcement and a repair plan from Mr. Pocza. We are currently awaiting both documents. The main concern of this letter is 129 Franklin Place. It came to our attention on August 17, 2000 that work was being down to the front porch without the proper permits. Our records indicate that your property man- ager, Frank Pocza, called HPC office on August 11, 2000 to discuss a minimum maintenance letter you re- ceived regarding 127 Franklin Place. During the ensuing conversation the Staff informed Mr. Pocza that any work done to the exterior of either of these three landmarked properties would have to be approved by HPC. Mr. Pocza indicated that he was planning to do rehabilitation work to the front porch of 129 Franklin because of its deteriorating condition. He never mentioned anything about 127 Franklin being sited by code nor did he mention any specifics about possible repairs to the exterior. The staff discussed 129 Franklin with Mr. Pocza at which time he was told if the work to be done looked identical to the existing porch the Staff could approve the needed permit immediately. Upon the closing of this telephone conversation the Staff believed Mr. Pocza would be sending HPC an outline of repairs to 127 Franklin as well an application for porch work at 129 Franklin. Saving The History Of South Bend & St. Joseph County By Protecting The Irreplaceable COMMISSIONERS Martha Choitz Richard Helmus Jerry -Weiner (Treasurer) Mary Jane Chase Catherine Hostetler (Vice -President) Gerald Uidak (Secretary) vacant Joann Sporleder (Historic Architect) Cheryl Greene(Attomey)