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APPLICATION ITEMS: The letter from the trustee is requesting the following: to move the Daniel Ward Home from its current location (Exhibit A) to a new site immediately to the north (Exhibit B.) and for the Commission to "consider relinquishing the historic site designation for the 260'x1320' parcel ". ---"B" LOCAL LANDMARK STANDARDS: E. Moving: The moving of landmarks is discouraged, however moving is preferable to demolition. When moving is necessary the owner of the landmark must apply to the Commission for a Certificate of Appropriateness. RECOMMENDATION: The Staff recommends approval of the move as the new site is sympathetic to the historic placement of the house and its preservation. However, this recommendation is contingent on the moving and/or reconstruction of the buildings from the farm yard that were also landmarked. (Exhibit CZ. There is a precedent for releasing landmark designation of the land in the decision of the Commission on May 21, 2001 (Exhibit D) for land included in the landmarking of 14297 State Road 23. Klusczinski: Is the petitioner present? Again, please state your names and addresses for the record, and you're allowed to make a presentation. Davey: My name is Christopher Davey and I am a real estate broker with Grubb/Ellis Cressy and . Everett with offices at 3930 Edison Lakes Parkway, Mishawaka Indiana. I have with me Tim Lykowski from Lykowski Construction. He'll take any questions about moving houses, he has moved historical houses in the past. If I could I'd like to give you some background. For the past 12-15 months., I have been working with Pat, Pat Bauer is the Trustee for the Burnett C Bauer Trust which has title to the property. We have been working with an out of state developer that is interested in acquiring the property. If you know the area at all, you know that when this site the land and the property and all was designated you know that it was a whole different environment than what exists out there today. Today we have shopping centers across the street from us, we have shopping centers east west north and south of us. As part of our due diligence in working with this developer and with the city of Mishawaka, most likely assuming that we would prevail, and not to be presumptuous but should we prevail, Mishawaka is interested in acquiring a little bit more right of way. There intentions are to expand Gumwood or Main Street even more than what exists there today. It is our intention with your permission, to relocate that home approximately 1320 feet to the north. If you're familiar with that area, on the west side of Gumwood there's a little road that leads back to two homes that sit to the west of Gumwood. The Bauer family owns a little more than 2000 ft of frontage starting at 23 and going all the way up to the Suzuki Music School if you know where that is. This lane is south of that. It's our intention with your approval to relocate that home to a parcel of land that's about 90 ft of frontage on Gumwood to a depth of about 260 ft east and west. Ninety north and south and 260 east and west. We'll make every effort to move that home as far west or off of Gumwood as allowable. We have met with the City of South Bend, and the parcel that we're intending to move the home to with your permission is currently zoned residential. Today that property is used for a law office and retail business. I believe that it's the intention of the Bauer family, and it could change, but I believe that its their intention that Bernie and his daughter would move into the home and use it as a residence. We're obviously going to have to make some changes to the home from the standpoint of mechanical systems, not architectural or changes to the outside of it. We will make some additional improvements though should we succeed tonight. The offer has been signed and accepted by the Bauer family. It is a conditional contract, we need to get zoning. The property is presently zoned commercial. I think that you have the site from Cleveland about 1320ft. In addition to the historical home on the corner, there's another residence there and then Matt, Pat's brother, built the soft water business there immediately north of this property. We think it's a much better location. I'm not sure of the protocol tonight so I'd like to reserve the right to ask some questions if we get into some stuff that I'm not sure of. I also think that there might be some state, is there a state...? Hostetler: There's state designation. But that only requires a letter. Davey: So if we would prevail, we'd send a letter to them asking them to make that change as well? Ok. There is some question too. Our intent is to move the home, but there's some