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02/10/2004 16:47 2199365275 BA MARTIN ARCHITECTS PAGE 01 WYTIHOUGAN VALLEY PRESERVATION COUNCIL, INC. 308 South Michigan St. - Plymouth, IN 46563 (574) 936-7517 ' preserving the standing reminders of our collective Manhall County pan" RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, "MO VALLEY PRESER VA TION COUNCIL, INC. During its meeting on February 11, 2004, the Board of Directors, having received information from the Historic Preservation Commission of South Bend & St. Joseph County reviewed and concluded the following regarding historic properties in St. Joseph County as they relate to the U.S. 31 - Plymouth to South Bend project: 1) The Historic Preservation Commission of South Bend & St. Joseph. County and the Northern Regional Office of Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana have identified numerous historically significant structures that are in the area affected by the proposed U.S. 31 project in St. Joseph. County. 2) Those properties identified and referred to above clearly have great value in their representation of the culture and early settlement of St. Joseph County and the City of ` South Bend and would be a tremendous loss not only to the region, but also the -State of Indiana if they were compromised in any way. 3) As a sister county to St. Joseph, Marshall County not only shares a border, but also a clear historic connection in that the state's first commissioned road, the Michigan Road, links our counties and has along its' route, many historic properties representing early settlement. The Michigan Road is in most cases, current U.S. 31 in parts of Marshall and most of St. Joseph County. Therefore we share the responsibility of protecting properties representing the early settlement and culture of our region. For the reasons stated above, we wish to communicate our full support of the findings and recommendations of the Historic Preservation Commission of South Bend & St. Joseph County, to Witt: Of the present routes, route ,E -s is to be preferred over the other proposals under consideration, particularly from Madison Road north, because it would entail the least loss of historic and cultural resources Respectfully submitted, Attest: Darin Rettinger, Tereassa Welborn, Secretary President