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JOHN OXIAN: I will make a motion that we have staff inform the real estate agent that a C of A was granted on this property and what it pertains to, and that it is his responsibility to inform any individual who's interested in the purchase of this property. MARY JANE CHASE: Seconds the motion and it passes 3 -0. Lynn Patrick and Joann Sporleder abstain. V. NEW BUSINESS SouthHold Committee Meeting Date A meeting date was set for Monday, August 1, 2005 at 5:00 pm at the HPC office. Vi. HEARING OF VISITORS DON SPORLEDER: I am happy to report on a very successful Michiana Regional Greenways charette that was held at the Layton Center on June 14` Summary reports and power point presentations will be made available to groups like the Historic Preservation Commission, very shortly. The Greenways that were identified have some very intriguing historic preservation components as well. Here's where groups like Michiana Water Shed, who are pushing hard for getting the east and west parts of Leeper Park to pull together by the recreation of that walking lane underneath 933 and Michigan as well as the possible recreation of the first bridge across the St. Joseph River to create connections between Greenways on the west side of the river and of course the east bank development and the river walk that occurs there And of course the big push with South Bend to do the connection past Potato Creek and on into LaPorte county. Another interesting thing grew out of this charette was the identification of the importance of the remaining interurban, the South Shore, the connection between South Bend and Michigan City. Does South Shore have historic status? Has it been identified as a landmark? It certainly has potential with the greenways thing and it will be one of the places where Trails with Rails will be part of the proposed connection between these two counties. As you all know Congress is reauthorizing the TA21, Transportation Enhancement Act, and that includes an important historic preservation section and of course those monies are made available through the department of transportation and INDOT, which is the Indiana component. I would like to remind the commission that WDOT has its annual work session meeting at the various region offices. The one for our region in LaPorte is August 4' Perhaps it would be very effective if there could be representation from the Preservation Commission at either the afternoon workshop or evening workshop in LaPorte at the INDOT annual meeting. VII. ANNOUNCEMENTS, MISCELLANEOUS, ADJOURNMENT LYNN PATRICK: Makes a motion to adjourn the meeting. MARY JANE CHASE: Seconds the motion and it passes unanimously. Meeting adjourned at 9:29pm. Historic Preservation Commission Minutes: July 18, 2005 ATTEST: , Secretary