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Joan M. Downs- Krostenko and Brian Krostenko 849 Forest Ave. South Bend, IN 46616 574- 288 -0559 Historic Preservation Commission of St. Joseph County 125 S. Lafayette Blvd. South Bend, IN 46601 Dear Commission Members, We are submitting a Certificate of Appropriateness Application in order to do work to the exterior of our garage and to repair our front walk and off-street parking pad as well as insert a small retaining wall feature next to the parking area. The Garage: The garage is located at the rear of our property. It sits on the alley but has always had doors which faced the street. In order to access the garage there is a long narrow driveway from the street. This driveway takes up an inordinate amount of our lot and leaves little area for green space. We would like to leave the current garage doors in place and simply add a single automatic door to the alley side of the building. The Driveway: We would also like to remove the cement driveway in order to cultivate the area of the driveway as garden space. The Fence: We would like to run a sort piece of fencing across between our property and that immediately to our south. We intend for this fence to be a picket fence with scalloped top and finial decoration on the posts. It will be painted the same color as the vanilla trim on our house. We would also like to add a matching piece of fence on the north side of our house to give us a fully enclosed backyard. The Re- Furbished Parkins Area: Finally, we wold like to leave a small parking area immediately off the street in order to park one car off -street when need be. This parking area will match our front walk and thus will have a cement interior area surrounded by a brick soldier course laid at right angles to the cement pad. We intend to widen the parking pad 1 foot as the current area is too narrow and cars often drive over the lawn in an attempt to access the driveway. The Front Walk: We are simply having the front walk way replaced in -kind with a replica of the current walk with the exception that the cement central area of the walk will be scored in squares to match the cement pattern on our front porch. The Retainine Wall: We would like to add a small retaining wall to the area immediately north of the parking pad. This feature is designed to support the lawn which is at a higher