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Director's Report April 2012 20 March Prepared approved COAs and mailed. Sent letter with revised West La Salle map to Dea Andrews 223 Scott and also the "Official's Letter" to Mayor Pete. Attended Green Drinks at the Vine at 6:00. May do a program on Historic Districts with WNIT Brenda Bowyer, Senior Producer for local programming. State Representative, Ryan Dvorak called the Office about the Leeper Bridge and our thoughts on that. Also discussed Marquette School and its adaptive re -use and the value of Historic Districts.Received a response from Larry Szymanski, Senior Industrial Tech teacher at Adams, on why Preservation Trades would not work within the current SBCSC curriculum configuration. Send letter to Mr. Francisco Gonzales on Commission's expectations for 612 -614 S. Carroll. Spoke with Bill Sniadecki about adaptive re -uses for Marquette. 21 March Attended CVB Luncheon at South Bend Country Club with Staff and Sue Solmos. Topic was choosing the correct social network to promote business.. Elicia and I met with John Hendershot and Ed's Sign World at Central Apartments to review the proposed illuminated signage that will be attached to the Colfax side of the building. Attended the Public Hearing on the proposed Leeper Park Bridge Repairs at 5:30 at the Library. The meeting was well attended, about 30 people, and there were no objections to the actual work being performed to restore the bridge. Most of the Comments centered on the truck traffic and the speed of the trucks. Since 933 is a state road, it's a truck route and trucks cannot be eliminated by state law. 22 March Met with David Kopana who purchased John Friedline's House 410 -412 William that had a fire. Researched 310 W. Washington for Marilyn Thompson. Provided documentation to Jamie Ruiz at CBDE on the Wells Fargo Building for their tax credits. Researched to verify the dating on 129 Franklin, 319 William and 720 W. Washington for "Ed ". Researched possible funding sources for adaptive re -use of Marquette as a Senior Center. 23 March Payroll and general Office work Interviewed by Mark Peterson of WNDU on the adaptive re -uses of Marquette School. Prepared for Presentation before the Common Council on the landmarking of 1922 Portage. Spoke with Bill Sniadecki concerning Marquette 26 March Worked with Bill Lamie on 1120 E. Jefferson; problematic column bases and plinth. Reviewed seveil 106 Reviews. Researched information on Stephenson Mills (NR) for John Hendershot while he dropped off COA for new sign. Todd Zeiger and I met with Ann Carol Nash to review Receivership of 319 N. Williams. Todd noted that the property was in foreclosure and that Ocwen of West Palm Beach held the paper; he said that Paul Hayden had been inside the house and that it had been stripped; then it had been boarded up and winterized. Todd asserted that since the lot was incredibly small and so close to Portage that it would need to be either used as business rental if the empty lot to the North owned by John Friedline could be obtained; of have the structure moved again -it was moved over on the lot in the 1920s. Made presentation on 1922 Portage for Local I.andmarking to the Zoning and Annexation Committee. Derek Dieter raised the issue