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and that the other street light supposedly keeps going on and off all the time. This person would like to see the two street lights either repaired or replaced- Even eplacedEven though the commission is not involved with this, I & M has stated that they would be willing to donate the street lights to us or to the city. Chuck Leone did get up in front of the Common Council and oppose me on declaring two street lights on Sunnymede landmarks. The reason he opposed me was because supposedly they were going to work with the commission on what should be done with the older street lights. Well, I don't want to start getting telephone calls from people or have the commission blamed for something in the newspaper that has nothing to do with us. I intend to cover all of these matters with Mr. Gary Geiot in our meeting on October 2"d. KAREN HAMMOND NASH: We received another letter. This is a copy of a letter to Mr. Jim Aranowski from the Riverbend Historic Neighborhood Association seeking Mr. Aranowski's support and by application also seeking our support for replacing historic concrete and cast metal street lights along Riverbend. There is a policy dated August 19, 1990, signed by then Mayor Joe Kernan, a representative at that time of the electric company. Mr. Oxian, on behalf of the commission, set up a number of standards for the type of street lights that are to be used in the historic neighborhoods in the city of South Bend. Mr. Oxian said, among other things, that no new Town. and Country light poles are to be installed effective August 1990. This letter from Michelle and Julia indicates that seven years ago, which is a lot more recent than 1990, their concrete street light poles were taken down and replaced with the Town and Country street light poles. What I have heard from other reporters is that the 1990 policy is no longer in effect because the electric company has been taken over and the new electric company is considering itself bound by legal contracts and by ordinances, but not by gentlemen agreement policies. On the other hand, Carl Littrel seems to be under the impression that this policy is still binding, and that the electric company is still following the policy. Chuck Leone was also under this same impression when he opposed the landmarking of two street lights on Sunnymede at the Common Council meeting. It is the commission's understanding that both Chuck Leone and Carl Littrel believe that this is still a binding agreement among all the parties that are involved I need to know what the commission would like me to do about this matter with the street lights in the Riverbend area. Does the commission take a pro or con position in this matter? Is the commission instructing me to support the neighborhood with their request regarding the street lights in the Riverbend area? JOANN SPORLEDER: I will make a motion that we as the commission support the neighborhood's request to use the same street lights in the historical neighborhood as in Leeper Park. VIRGINIA O'HAIR: Seconds the motion and the motion carries unanimously. 11