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JULIE SCHUTTE: You have received emails regarding NNN's proposals for Portage Avenue as well as some possible dates for an executive meeting. I know Martha wanted to hear from Karen Ainsley. I have not received any dates from Karen yet. Does the commission have any dates that they would like to set for an executive meeting out of those four dates listed to set some sort of policy? Lynn Patrick asked that everyone call or email Julie on what times are best for them so that she can set up a meeting. Julie said that she would call Karen Ainsley and see when she would be available to meet with them. The county council office has also informed us that Diane Wrobel-Illes's term is up for reappointment in July and Gerald Ujdak's term is up for reappointment this coming fall. John asked if Julie had received any answer from the letters that were sent to the two houses concerning maintenance. Julie stated that they have not received an answer yet. John Oxian then said LaSalle Street should be a priority as a local historic district over any of the other ones that might still be around. He also asked what is going on with Sunnymeade? Julie said that she hasn't spoken to any members of the Sunnymeade neighborhood group in several months now; so she doesn't know what the interest is. John then stated that he still feels that the historic district committee should definitely look at LaSalle Street; because, it is twenty years overdue. Too much is happening on Chapin and Lincoln Way and enough of the houses have disappeared where you're right now up to the backyard of the houses on LaSalle Street. John said that he talked to Jeff Gibney, who was going with the suggestion that they go all the way to LaPorte. John thought they should go all the way to someplace around Cushing. He also thinks they should start on this because they have enough landmarks there, and they want to strip two houses. Those things should happen with HPC having some type of control over that even though it's being done by landmark. Julie Schutte also said that Connie Tooley who owns those two houses that are having the siding removed is very interested in having a local historic district on LaSalle. John also said he has a customer whose house is not a landmark would also like to see a district there. Lynn Patrick then asked Mary Jane Chase if she would like to come on the Historic District Committee. Mary Jane Chase said yes she would. Julie also announced that Historic Landmark Foundation is having their northern regional meeting on Friday, July 15`h, 2005. It is a movable feast. It starts at the LaPorte Depot at 5:00 pm. moving to dinner, silent auction, and meeting at the civic auditorium and ending with dessert at the Old Republic from 9:00-10:00 pm. The cost is $35.00 per member and $45.00 per non member. VI. HEARING OF VISITORS CAROL DAVIS: I have started getting signatures from people to try and save the greenhouse over in River Park. We find that the greenhouse is on the same property as the zoo; which is Potowatomi Park and all the park storage. We have started with the greenhouse; but, we are going to do the park and the zoo at the same time. We need to know how many signatures we are going to need and whatever else we need to do to get this done. JOHN OXIAN: For a public building or public property according to our Preservation Plan the only thing we have to do is to inform the owner of the property that we are considering it for landmark status and ask politely if they would like to support it or not. We do not need the other government bodies' permission to go ahead with it. Getting a bl