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HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION OF SOUTH BEND & ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, INDIANA President's Report for May 15th, 2017 • 4/17/2017 7P: HPC Monthly Meeting (County -City Building; Room 1308). 04/19/2017 3P: Brief staff meeting before meeting with Chuck Bulot, Building Commissioner regarding procedural improvements for HPC certificates and Building permits (issued for designated properties). HPC has proposed three specific policy changes: o Substitute the word "Certificate" for "Permit" on all COA forms to correct any misunderstanding that COAs are de facto building permits. o Affirm the need for additional building permits (when required) on COA application form, include language at signature line (declaration/acknowledgement). o Suggest routing approved COAs (and RMEs) directly to the Building Dept. instead of directly mailing or releasing to the applicant. Building Department will release COA once proper building permit is issued. • 04/26-28/2017: Volunteerd as HPC emergency contact while staff attended the statewide conference in Wabash. • 05/01/2017 12:45P: HPC Staff meeting (HPC Offices). Discuss Old Marquette School, revealed today on Indiana Landmarks' Most Endangered. Review Marquette file information. Updated on several miscellaneous topics along with the state of recently approved COA projects. • 05/02/2017 10A: Legal conference (HPC Offices) with Elicia Feasel and Brett Hummer (by phone) for clarification on FOI requests and other pending legal matters. • 05/05/2017 3:30P (Bond Hall; The University of Notre Dame). Accepted an invitation from Todd Zeiger to see a presentation from students Sam O'Melveny (Engineering) and Eric Stalheim (Historic Preservation) entitled "A Proposal for the Preservation of Firehouse No. 6." Others in attendance included David Relos and Wayne Doolittle. Program explored an adaptive reuse for the building as a restaurant. Students performed a structural assessment and examined the condition of masonry building materials, roof, historic windows and amenities. Format was interactive to provide feedback for improvement. Proposal will be offered to the the Department of Community Investment and made available to the prospective owner.