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JOANN SPORLEDER: If they take up the bricks for the sewer work, will they take up the bricks for the entire roadway? CATHERINE HOSTETLER: They're just talking from Navarre down to Riverside Drive. JOHN OXIAN: Every brick underneath the asphalt will be removed and then when they have time they will clean the bricks and store them away like they have done with all of the other bricks. They currently have 40,000 bricks. They are going to need at least 60,000 bricks. This is going to be a major sewer line. All the sewer lines in that area are going to be consolidated into one major sewer line. There was further discussion among commission members regarding this subject. (The matter concerning the brick street on Lafayette Blvd. will be added to July's meeting agenda under Old Business). B. Assistant Director's Report JULIE SCHUTTE: (Refer to purple copy of assistant director's report in HPC meeting binder). She also showed proofs of the Historic Districts brochure for the commission's approval. The consensus of the Commission was favorable. The city survey maps were also presented to the Commission. 2. Legal — (No report) IV. OLD BUSINESS CATHERINE HOSTETLER:. (Refer to yellow colored sheet in HPC meeting binder). Catherine asked commission members what they would like to do about the fence that is located at 513 River Avenue that went through the Standards and Maintenance Committee. " This permit constitutes a variance from district guidelines and is granted only because of unusual circumstances and shall be valid only during the residence of the present owners and immediately upon their no longer using this home as their primary residence they shall remove the fence at their own expense"(COA#2001-0323). They have moved, there has been a divorce, there have been financial issues, and the house is up for sale and the fence is still there. The commission would like the fence to come down because the owners no longer live there; which was a stipulation in the original C of A. The neighbors are also aware of the stipulation and they would also like the fence to come down. John Oxian made a motion that this be tabled until next month to give commission members a chance to look at the property before they make a final decision. Joann Sporleder seconds the motion and it passes unanimously. Catherine also stated that she still had the original copy of the C of A and had no way of knowing if the owner ever saw the original C of A. John Oxian stated that the owners were informed because they were at the meeting when the C of A was approved. John Livingston stated that the presence of the original C of A in the office did not pose any legal problems for the commission. Joann Sporleder talked about a conference she and her husband had attended in Indianapolis last fall on historic mortars. She passed out detailed information about historic mortars, a picture of where the International Masonry Headquarters is located, an article on railroad bridges, and an article about a black town in Illinois that is being archeologically dug up.