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HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION <br />OF SOUTH BEND & ST. JOSEPH COUNTY <br />MONTHLY MEETING <br />July 18, 2005 4` Floor, Council Chambers, County-City <br />Building, South Bend, IN <br />MEMBERS PRESENT: Lynn Patrick, (President) <br />Martha Choitz, (Vice President) <br />John Oxian, (Treasurer) <br />Mary Jane Chase, (Member) <br />Joann Sporleder, (Architectual Historian) <br />MEMBERS ABSENT: Diane Wrobel- Illes, (Member) <br />Gerald Ujdak, (Member) <br />Catherine Hostetler, (Member) <br />STAFF PRESENT: Julie Schutte, (Assistant Director) <br />John Livingston, (City Attorney) <br />STAFF ABSENT: Catherine Hostetler, (Director) <br />ALSO PRESENT: Brad Pontius, (contractor), Bruno Zovich, <br />Bob Yapp, Don Sporleder <br />1. CALLED MEETING TO ORDER <br />Lynn Patrick called the meeting to order at 7:35 pm. Only four members were present <br />and the Commission did not have a quorum. <br />JOHN OXIAN: I would like to make a motion that we operate as a committee of the <br />whole during the C of A portion and further if needed, and then ratify the items when <br />we're back in regular session. <br />MARTHA CHOITZ: Seconds the motion and it passes unanimously. <br />II. PUBLIC HEARING <br />A. CERTIFICATES OF APPROPRIATENESS <br />1. 2005 -0620; 714 Forest Avenue, porch roof modification <br />JULIE SCHUTTE: (See staff report and pictures attached to C of A in meeting binder). <br />The homeowner, Bruno Zovich, was present. Brent Thompson, the city forester, <br />reviewed the house and the tree. His opinion was that the tree is healthy; it would not be <br />appropriate to cut it down. The homeowner also stated that he would not have a problem <br />with a notch being put into his porch roof to accommodate the tree. <br />MARY JANE CHASE: Have you ever considered taking the trees down because they <br />are quite intrusive to the house? <br />BRUNO ZOVICH: They are in very good health and have been inspected about two <br />years ago. For aesthetic reasons I don't think there is any reason to do that. <br />JULIE SCHUTTE: The trees are also enormous and the cost for cutting them down <br />would probably be more expensive then putting a notch in the porch roof. <br />MARTHA CHOITZ: I so move that 2005 -0620 be implemented on the <br />recommendation of the staff to take a rectangular notch out of the porch roof around the <br />tree to accommodate future growth. <br />MARY JANE CHASE: Seconds the motion and it passes unanimously. <br />2. 2005 -0707; 930 Riverside Drive, 2 story addition <br />Joann Sporleder arrives at the Commission meeting, and the Commission has a <br />quorum. <br />