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RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES OF THE SOUTH BEND COMMUNITY SCHOOL CORPORATION OPPOSING THE SOUTH BEND AND ST. JOSEPH COUNTY HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION TO DESIGNATE MARQUETTE PRIMARY CENTER A LOCAL HISTORIC LANDMARK WHEREAS, the Board of School Trustees (the "Board") of the South Bend Community School Corporation (the "Corporation") has been notified that the South Bend and St. Joseph County Historic Preservation Commission (the "HPC") desires to designate Marquette Primary Center located at 1905 College Drive ("Marquette"), in the City of South Bend as a local historic landmark; and WHEREAS, the Board is contemplating construction efforts to replace the present dated facility on the Marquette site with a structure that will better meet the current and future educational programmatic demands of its students; and WHERAS, the Corporation's primary purpose is the education of its students and designating Marquette as a local historic landmark will only hinder this purpose through increased costs and inefficiencies; and WHEREAS, the historic landmark designation will require that any demolition to portions of the building and/or remodeling be in concert with the architectural design and nature of Marquette, causing additional cost to the Corporation; and WHEREAS, the Indiana Department of Education provides standards for renovation and remodeling that must be met; and WHEREAS, three other school buildings of the Corporation built during the same period as Marquette have been designated as local historic landmarks, which means the students, the Corporation and the community at large will not be benefited or served by Marquette being designated as a local historic landmark; and WHEREAS, designating Marquette as a local historic landmark will only reduce the administrative and financial resources available for the education of its students by limiting the Corporation's ability to respond quickly and cost effectively to the facility and maintenance ce needs of the students at Marquette; and WHEREAS, meeting the challenges faced in maintaining an historic building is not an effective use of the Corporation's limited administrative and financial resources; and WHEREAS, the Board wishes to maintain control over the design and configuration of Marquette, rather than seeking that from the HPC; and WHEREAS, designating Marquette a local historic landmark will only increase the difficulty of the Corporation's efforts to meet the programmatic needs of its students, will limit the efficiency of space utilization, and will increase the complexity of the Corporation's renovation and remodeling efforts;