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