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Historic Preservation Commission President's Report — May 19th, 2008 • 04/22: Meeting at HLFI to discuss the Marquette Feasibility Analysis and costs. 04/25: Met with officials from the Indiana Department of Local Government Finance regarding local landmark buildings (Marquette and Monroe Schools) now under consideration for construction projects. Others present: Catherine Hostetler, Bill Latoza (BauerLatoza Studio), Paul Hayden (HLFI), administrators and legal representation for the SBCSC. Dr. Robert Zimmerman, Superintendent of the SBCSC, hosted brief walking tours of each facility. At the completion of the tours, DLGF Commissioner Musgrave asked the SBCSC and architects Hebard & Hebard to collaborate with BauerLatoza Studio. The purpose of this joint effort would be to investigate alternate design solutions for the existing Marquette that would enable it to satisfy the current educational objectives for the proposed Montessori program. Final reports from this architectural committee are due in 30 days. • 04/29: The HPC Advisory Board Meeting was cancelled due to scheduling conflicts among the membership. An alternate meeting date will be set in the near future. 05/04: Attended "Art & Community: Converging Paths" presented by Janis Martin at IUSB. Ms. Martin showcased her oil color exhibit and discussed her current project, which is adapting the Greene & Berkey School Building (Goshen, IN) into a new open studio for local artists. HLFI provided assistance in the effort to acquire and rehab the building. • 05/09am: Meeting with Todd Zeiger to discuss improvements to the C of A form. • 05/09pm: Review of legal response/documentation with Larry Meteiver and Catherine Hostetler, relating to litigation over the C of A #2008-0214 denial and the ensuing Common Council request for appeal. • 05/12: Attended the Common Council meeting and provided testimony to challenge an appeal resulting from HPC denial of C of A #2008-0214. Others present: Larry Meteiver and Catherine Hostetler. • 05/15: Interviewed Catherine Hostetler about the C of A procedure, routing and archiving of records. Briefly discussed improvements that could be considered for the forms and public hearing segments.