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f, They have targeted five blocks of Dunham Street as the target block. It is near the middle of the district. For those of you who are not aware, that is an east -west street. It is a very narrow brick street. Fifty thousand dollars has also been budgeted for the purchase of one of these homes. John Oxian then made a suggestion that Gerry Ujdak pick one other commission member to work with him and the staff to come up with a plan for this district based on his suggestions and what the commission would like to see happen in this district. JOANN SPORLEDER: I move that we take this St. Casimir parish national register historic district preservation commission's document and propose we use the entire document as a preliminary guideline for redevelopment which can be amended or added to as necessary. GERALD UJDAK: Seconds the motion and it passes unanimously. John Oxian stated that he would like to mention item number one under New Business; (Oliver Foundry Building: Proposed Memorandum of Agreement for demolition) next since the two Oliver Foundry buildings are part of the St. Casimir national register historic district. I would also like to table the Memorandum of Agreement until we come up with a more definite idea on this. Sometime between now and April I would like to have a meeting. LYNN PATRICK: I will make a motion that we table the Oliver Plow MoA. GERALD UJDAK: Seconds the motion and it passes unanimously. 2. Bronson Street proposed local historic district JULIE SCHUTTE: The Bronson Street Committee is having a meeting tonight at 7:00 pm to discuss their application for a local historic district. They have put together a map and are in the process of putting together an ownership list. They are highly motivated, but their district committee is not fully established at this time. D. STAFF REPORTS 1. 531 S. St. Joseph Street, Taylor's Field Local Historic District: Code Enforcement possible request for demolition pending. JULIE SCHUTT9- Last week there was a code enforcement hearing on 531 South St. Joseph Street. The house is owned by Provident Bank and is being sold by McGinty. The bank unfortunately did not send a representative to the meeting. Code Enforcement was seeking to place a five thousand dollar fine on the bank; however, the hearing officer decided that a four thousand dollar fine would be placed on the bank. I spoke with Scott Horvath, the code enforcement inspector who is in charge of that area. He informed me 4