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HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION <br />PRESERVATION SPECIALIST REPORT <br />April 18, 2016 <br />Hello Commission! <br />I have not been in the office for the most part of the last two weeks. I had some time off <br />scheduled and some additional tasks come up. As a result, my report is rather brief. <br />As many of you may know, I have been working with the Studebaker Fountain revival <br />committee along with Brandon Anderson. I was able to obtain a CAD drawing from <br />Wesco Fountains who worked with Brandon on the quote for the project. The office <br />manager for Wesco is from South Bend and whose maiden name is a Coquillard. She was <br />most helpful. We are hoping to tap into our friend Adam at ND to see if these digital <br />drawings would be helpful enough to render a 3D model for the group. Obviously a small <br />one to help with the visualization and fundraising efforts. Waiting to hear back from him. <br />We will be offering the Then and Now Downtown South Bend Architectural Walking <br />Tours as part of the summer's DTSB First Friday's monthly activities. I know that Elicia <br />has already confirmed a private bus tour and has quoted others as well. We were <br />unsuccessful in obtaining the grants we were pursuing for revised printed brochures for <br />the downtown tour. We will try for others and just use up what we still have in stock. <br />I will be working on the Vintage Green project for Indiana Landmarks on their wood <br />floor workshop in May. Paul Hayden and I will be doing a presentation and some small <br />demonstrations. Details can be found on the Indiana Landmarks website. <br />We have dozens of code issue houses, both that we have turned in and have hearings <br />pending. The most common issue code is having is getting good mail service to the <br />owners of some of the houses that have chronic issues. This process could add months <br />through public printed notices rather than just simple signed mail service especially those <br />that use post office boxes instead of physical mailing addresses. I have four hearings in <br />the last three weeks that have been postponed due to the public notice timeline. <br />More to come as it happens. <br />Thank you, <br />Steve Szaday <br />Preservation Specialist <br />