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31 December On site meeting with Steve Szaday and Charles Horner concerning the replacement of the deteriorating exterior wood doors of the Emmaus Lutheran Church. He has met with Donat and selected a wood door style that closely matches the original doors. Emphasized that the original hardware and lead glass windows be re -used in the replacements. Met year end deadlines. Responded to Clarice Davis' phone call about the possibility of landmarking the family home at 135 Birdsell Street which was also the second location of the first black funeral home. 2013 1 January OFFICE CLOSED FOR NEW YEAR'S DAY 2 January Meeting with Steve at 612-614 Carroll concerning the moisture issues on the clapboards. Mr. Gonzales proposed vinyl siding; which is totally inappropriate. Steve provided the owners with 84 Lumber as a source for stock to match reveal on house. Steve and I photographed 135 Birdsell Street. Composed Local Landmark letter and packet for 135 Birdsell and sent draft to Larry for any corrections or clarifications. Sent the letter out to Mrs. Clarice Davis. 3 January General Office. File clean out. Organize Budget sheets for 2013 Location Report. 4 January Responded with information to inquiry from Rolanda Hughes concerning property taxes on the two houses owned in Edgewater and Riverside Drive. Worked with purchasing on delayed delivery of Camera ordered in November 2012. Picked up small box of photographs from Mr. Robert Victor, 1705 LaSalle 232 9618. Composed a draft letter outlining the Preservation Trades Program concept to NDU: John Stamper, Krupah Uplekar and Alan de Freese. Reviewed the paperwork for Melissa Paulsen's class for a business plan for our Preservation Trades Program. 5 January Finished Draft to NDU. General Office Work. Turned in vagrant sleeping on Ambassadors for Christ's Lafayette porch to Derek Dieter. E-mailed Teresa Shuter, Deputy Auditor, about the possibility of departments accepting debit or credit cards. 7 January E-mailed NDU Preservation oriented professors with Preservation Trades Proposal. Researched 405 W. Wayne -National Register and Local Landmark for general public inquiry. Responded to several e-mails from Charley Horner of Emmaus Lutheran Church, Local Landmark, on solutions for the doors. Reiterated that the original hardware and small stained glass windows would need to be re -installed into the new wood ones. 8 January Meeting with Sue Solmos and Elicia about the Preservation Trades Program and Revolving Loan'Program funded by the Historic District Bus Tours. Sue suggested partnering with the Myron Larimer, Realtor Association; Rich Oswald of Builders Association and SBCSC Laura Marzotto for the Trades Program. She also agreed that Local Banks and Credit Unions would be the place to start for the revolving loan program and to partner with Indiana Landmarks. HPC Staff will need to discuss with attorney, Larry Meteiver to see if HPC can even do a revolving loan program.