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HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION PRESERVATION SPECIALIST REPORT March 16, 2015 Hello Commission! Spring? Did someone say Spring? Finally, the weather is starting to change around here! As we do every year, now is the time for event scheduling including but certainly not limited to: tours, workshops, conferences, classes, and of course... BIRTHDAY PARTIES! As you are all aware of the SB150 celebration will be the unveiling of the 3D printed replica of circa 1925 Downtown South Bend. The reason why I am even bringing this up is that we are offering the commissioners an opportunity to volunteer a few hours over the course of the celebration weekend. We would love to have members of the commission assist in the manning of the tent that this will be located at to help answer questions and safeguard the secured display. We will be working on a volunteer sheet later but wanted to let everyone know about this as early as possible. Once again I will be presenting a lecture/slide show on Wednesday at the Studebaker National Museum on Mansion at 1:30. This has been a very broad topic so there are quite of few properties to talk about in a very limited timeframe. This should be a great event to gain some support for HPC. . We will be attending the Parks Board meeting at 4 today to discuss the use of the City Cemetery for the tour on May 9th as well as the lecture and volunteer cleaning days on June 20th, July 18th, and August 15th. I will convey the results of that meeting during the HPC meeting at 7pm. Other than all that, as weather changes the calls for COA applications will come through and we will be in our normal building season regimen. I am looking forward to working with Code Enforcement as the new interim director has displayed a desire to work together to correct problem properties. This is refreshing to say the least and we are keeping our fingers crossed that this will be the case. Thank you, Steve Szaday Preservation Specialist HPCSBSJC