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TO: Historic Preservation Commission Members a FROM: Brian Poland, member Hoosier Celebration Committee RE: HOOSIER CELEBRATION '88 DATE: 21 January 1988 Hoosier Celebration '88 is a year long celebration of Hoosier pride and an open invitation to Hoosiers to come back home to Indiana. This was designated by Governor Orr. The local Hoosier Celebration Committee has met several times and requests that two local sites be designated as landmarks in honor of this celebration. These dre:..!.,= the Navarre Cabin and the Council Oak tree. The Northern Indiana Historical Society (NIHS) owns the Cabin and is willing to have it designated. No formal discussions have occurred with the owner of Highland Cemetery regarding the Council Oak designation. However, I foresee several items that need to be resolved before any designation should occur. 1) Navarre Cabin The NIHS is agreeable to designation. However, NIHS has only possession of the Cabin, not the land upon which it sits. The City owns the land (Leeper Park). No legal description of the Cabin's location is known to exist, which is needed under our Landmark procedures. How would we obtain a description and who is to pay for it? 2) Council Oak Two questions need to be addressed here. Currently our Landmark Standards do not discuss how to review changes to a "site" or to a "tree" (depending on which the Council Oak is to be identified as). Therefore, we would have to prepare a new set of standards to review this type of landmark. Secondly, the boundaries of the site need to be defined, recognizing that several graves are located under the tree. We would have to obtain consent from a multitude of property owners. RECOMMENDATION is that these two "sites" be given honorary landmark designation for purposes of the Hoosier Celebration and present the owners with a plaque.