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1 funds last fall, I informed them that we intended to use the plaques primarily for existing 2 landmarks, and that we did intend to possibly make some new landmarks in the county. The 3 county commissioners indicated that they felt that a wholesale designation of large numbers of 4 landmarks would be a bigger zoning change than they wanted to follow into. They indicated that 5 they would feel comfortable considering proposals for perhaps six to a dozen, or maybe even 6 eighteen, local landmarks in the county if the structures or sites are truly worthy. 7 8 JOHN OXIAN: Noted that there are about fifty landmarks in the county, and over half of them 9 already have plaques. Many, perhaps most, of the new plaques will be used in the City, rather 10 than in unincorporated St. Joseph County. 11 12 5. Miami Road and Capital Avenue road projects; possible historic impacts 13 14 KAREN HAMMOND-NASH: Miami Road and Capital Avenue are proposed to be widened. 15 The staff has done some very brief preliminary review as to the possibility of significant historic 16 impact. There are a couple of 5-11 houses and a couple of C-10 houses in these corridors. Staff 17 seeks guidance from the Commission as to any further action. 18 19 John Oxian informed commission members that of the significant homes involved at least one of 20 them was a landmark. 21 22 6. Legal Report: Chapin Park proposed Local Historic District 23 24 JOHN LIVINGSTON reported that he has received the official map from the engineering 25 department, and he expects to have the legal description for the Chapin Park Historic District 26 completed soon. 27 28 JOHN LIVINGSTON: further reported, regarding two proposed and pending Honorary 29 Landmark Resolutions passed by the HPC and transmitted last year to the City Council, that City 30 Council Attorney Cathy Cekanski-Farrand is very positive that in the City of South Bend, there 31 can be landmarks only by ordinance and not by resolution. 32 33 KAREN HAMMOND-NASH: Last year the commission, by a divided vote, sent an honorary 34 "landmark by resolution" proposal to the city council seeking to honor a house located a 401 35 East Indiana Avenue. It is a bungalow style house with a standing -seam metal roof. About ten 36 years ago the house had been substantially renovated by the Christmas in April Program, and the 37 original asphalt shingle roof replaced by the donated steel roof. 38 The proposal that Mr. Livingston has worked out with the City Council Attorney is that 39 while the City Council will not entertain a "landmark by resolution," they will entertain a simple 40 resolution without the word landmark, honoring that particular structure. What Mr. Livingston 41 is seeking is a new HPC resolution to send this revised request to the city council. 42 43 CATHERINE HOSTETLER: I move that we send a revised request for a resolution honoring 44 401 Indiana Ave, without the use of the term "landmark," to the city council. 45 46 GERALD UJDAK: Seconds the motion and the motion passes unanimously. 47