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594 other windows in this amazing house? How will we prevent other people in St. Joe County 595 from doing the same? As you know, the preservation/restoration of original windows is 596 recognized by all authorities in historic preservation as of singular importance to the 597 integrity of our priceless patrimony (?). Please do not let him take this away from us. J�D8 Sincerely, Joan Downs Krostenko'. =9 Doolittle: May I add one quick thing again? If I can remember.... Wayne Doolittle 407 600 Lamont Terrace. Uh, this Commission has been requiring people to take windows out and 601 store them for 32 years. Not one person has ever put them back in. They'll never go back 602 in, because when you're changing the opening, you're changing the opening. Which means 603 you can not put them back in, that's just an observation. 604 Klusczinski: Chair closes public hearing. Professor, you have a 3 minute rebuttal. 605 Enderle: First, I'm not so eloquent like the previous speakers. I'm not, this is my foreign 606 language, English. I did not organize my defense like someone else organized four 607 speakers you know to speak against nay proposal. I did not do that. I think that the 608 guidelines should be applied equally for Tippecanoe and my house, for any historic 609 building, not just for my house. I feel now like you're concentrating on my house, telling 610 me that this is the most beautiful house and that we have special rules for your house, and 611 this is not legal. Now, another point and I the email in my profession an evaluation and 612 judgment, but before you do that I need to know the situation. I must say that she (Joan 613 Downs Krostenko) has never been in my house to look at the concrete issues. How can I 614 make a judgment or to say something without..I don't understand this. Now about. 615 restoring the windows. I'm willing to do that if it's possible to retrofit to have two double 616 glass pane windows, is that it's not the case. Then to say to put exterior storm windows on 617 top of my existing windows as I said last time would be a shame. It would destroy the 618 appearance of my windows as they are now. If I can slip out one piece of the storm 619 windows out or not. I have one exterior storm window which is ugly, and I don't' want to 620 have all of my windows to have this kind of exterior storm windows it would be against the 621 spirit and the letter of these guidelines. 2 Sassano: Can we ask him questions? 3 Klusczinski: Not at this point. Thank you professor. Chair recognizes commissioners for 4 additional discussion at this time. 625 Riley: I have a question about a house in our neighborhood where the windows were 626 allowed to be replaced and I'm assuming.... 627 Klusczinski: And I think that the consideration was that it didn't have the same rating. 628 Riley: Because this is so significant. 629 Hostetler: Are you thinking of the Soderberg's? 630 Riley: No, the ... (unintelligible) 631 Hostetler: Because I think that the Soderberg's were already replacement windows. 632 Riley: Do we have a Wayne Street... ? 633 Klusczinski: Ok, other thoughts? 634 Riley: So you're not ... when the house is not so very significant, then you're not... 635 Klusczinski: Well, at times what this Board has been willing to do is when a house is non 636 contributing overall, this has a threefold quality, it's in a National Register district, it's in 637 a local district and it's also a local protected landmark, so it is... 638 Sassano: It is a local landmark? 639 Patrick: Oh yes. 640 Klusczinski: What it's not is a National Register landmark of itself, but those qualities 641 might be compromised for changes because it is a rare and unique example of 136 year old 642 windows in tact. Does that answer your question? 643 Riley: Yes, thank you. 644 Chase: -Going -with -that, -the Chapin -Park district -is -much older than..... 645 Klusczinski: Chapin Park, the first house was platted in 1857. W6 Riley: Yeah, I know, uh huh. 12