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HomeMy WebLinkAboutNovember 1974HISTORIC PRESERVATION"COMMISSION OF SOUTH BEND AND ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, INDIANA Regular Meeting Conference Room Tuesday, November 12, 1974 County Commissioners' 7:30 p.m. 4th Floor, County -City Bldg. A G E N D'A 1. Call to Order 2. Roll Call 3. Approval of Minutes 4. Treasurer's Report 5. Correspondence Historic Landmarks Foundation William P. Hojnacki Marie Lawrence 6. Committee Reports Budget and Finance Committee Historic Districts Committee Historic Landmarks Committee 7. Old Business Discussion of Consultant's Proposals Cataloging Proposal Stationary Humanities Proposal Standards National Trust Meeting (Oxian) Expiration of terms of appointment Office Furniture 8. New Business Agenda November 12, 1974 9. Hearing of Visitors 10. Announcements and Miscellaneous Matters 11. Adjournment HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION OF . SOUTH BEND AND ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, INDIANA MINUTES Regular Meeting Conference Room Tuesday,'November 12, 19,74 County -Commissioners 7:30 p.m. .4th Floor, County -City -Building 1.. Call to Order President Smith called the meeting to order at .7:45 p.m. 2. Roll Call MEMBERS PRESENT: Mr. F. Jay Nimtz, Mr. John Oxian, Mr. Russell Rothermel, Mr. Jack Smith, Ms. Joanne Sporleder, Mr. Al Stivers MEMBERS ABSENT: Ms. Deloris Davisson, Mr. Al Paszek, Ms. Chris Woolridge ALSO PRESENT: Ms. Marzy Bauer, Mrs. Richard Doyle, Mr. William Hojnacki, Ms. Ruth Price, Ms. Wendy Schlereth, , Ms. Judy Studer, Ms. Jeanne Derbeck 3. Approval of Minutes The minutes of the regular.meeting'of October 14, 197+ and of the special meeting of October 18,-1974 were approved as sub- mitted. 4. Treasurer's Report Ms. Schlereth reported on the current status of the budget: Postage 67.03_ Travel 229.79 Books. 46.05 Photography & Mapping 200.00 Stationary & Printing 390.23 Equipment Repair .35.00 Legal, Services 915.00 Technical Assistance 685.68 General Office Supplies 4.68 Dues & Subscriptions 100.00 Furniture .500.00 Office Machines 200.00 3,410.46 Total BilIs Paid to Date 1,389.5+ 197+ Operating Budget 41800.00 Mr. Rothermel moved that this be accepted as the current treasurer's report. Ms. Sporleder seconded the motion and it passed unanimously. November 12, 197+ Page 2 5. Correspondence Mr. Rothermel read a letter from Miss_ Marie Lawrence, dated November 7, 197+ stating that she could not accept the position of catologer for the Commission. Mr. Rothermel read a letter from Mr. William Hojnacki, Director of the Department of Human Resources and Economic Development. dated November 4, 197+, stating his willingness to discuss the use of Community Development funds. Mr. Rothermel read a letter from the Historic Landmarks Foundation of Indiana regarding the Commissions'membership. 6. Hearing of Visitors Mr. Smith introduced Mr. William Hojnacki for the.purposes of discussing Community Development funds and federal revenue sharing funds from the city. Mr. Hojnacki stated that an application by the city for Community Development funds will be submitted sometime after December 1, 19'4 and before April 15, 1975., These HUD funds are part of a two-part program to deal with a)"Model "Cities & Redevelopment and b) Housing with the intent to --stop blight in deteriorating neighborhoods. It will be a three-year program, with the "first program year be-. ginning July.lst with funds totalling 3.6 million dollars. -He stated that one of the requirements of HUD was that there be citizen participation in establishing priorities for the dis- bursement of funds., Toward this end thecity has set the dates for four public hearings to be held within the next two weeks" for the purpose of gathering citizen viewpoints. He stated that the task of his office was to determine the needs and priorities in South Bend. He further stated his concern with the western flank of the downtown area, a concern that was over and above any historical concern with',>_1fidividual buildings. Mr. Hojnacki then introduced Ms. Marzy Bauer who will be working to put together the plan.that the Department of Human Resources will:submit to HUD. Ms. "Bauer stated,that.if the Commission wants to be._"included ,in the .city's plan, their request for funds must be tied to a specific activity to be accomplished in the city. She also cautioned that the 3.6 million dollars for the first program year will have to�try to, .accomplish what has previously be -done under Ibdel Cities and other grants totalling over 10 million dollars. 7. Committee,-,Reborts a). Budget and Finance Committee There was no report. `A discussion ensued as to whether.or not funds allocated for 197+ could be carried. over into '1975 " if they had not been spent. Ms. Studer stated.that she would check on this. November 12, 1974 Page 3 b.) Historic Districts Report Mr.'Nimtz reported that theNational Register has made a request ( by telephone) for some additional information and ­Ahat -this. information is being pre -pared for them. a.)-Histor'ic Landmarks Comnittee The report was deferred to Old Business. 8. Old Business a.) Consultant's Proposals Mr..Rothermel suggested that letters be sent to the consultants stating that we only received $5,000. to be used for survey work, and are trying to get additional funding from Com- munity Development resources. Mr. Oxian said that we should use the money left over from the 1974 budget to start the survey and add the $5,,000. to that sum. Ms. Sporleder suggested that letters be sent to the consultants to see if they are interested in doing a piece -meal survey. Ms. Schlereth- . discussed the progress that has been made in putting together a proposal.to have the architecture and social science faculty at the -University of Notre Dame do the survey. She distributed a draft of a possible method of putting together such a proposal that had been used to acquaint N.D. faculty members with the work of the Commission and how they might become involved in such a project. This type of proposal would try to get private foundation support. A discussion of the feasibility., and desirability., of such a project ensued. Mr. Smith appointed Ms. Deloris.Davisson to workwithMs. Schlereth and the N.D..faculty. Ms. Sporleder brought up s ' ome new business that she believed related to this project. She stated that the last issue of Preservation News reported that there would be a duplication of LaSalle's canoe trip that would come through South Bend and -St. Joseph County in 1976. She thought that investigation into the location of the Kankakee portage might be -included in the historical reseaxch that would take place in the Notre Dame project. b.) Cataloging Proposal Mr.'.Smith stated that our letters to various area librarians had obviously been grossly misunderstood. Mr. Nimtz., Ms. Sporleder and Ms. Price stated that,they would contact other -librarians to get their advice.. H November 12, 1974. Page 4 c.) Humanities Proposal Ms. Schlereth stated that' she had been informed by Dean Robert Burns that the Commission's proposal had been funded. d.)' Standards .Ms. Schlereth reported that she had been informed by the office of Crumlish/Sporleder that a clean copy of the standards was being prepared. Mr. Smith suggested that we discuss what kind of legal advice the Commission should get on these standaxdsA and who might be available to turn them over to. It was de- cid'ed that they -should be submitted to both the County and City attorneys for their advice. e.) Stationary A'mock-up of a letterhead prepared by Rink Riverside Printing was presented by Ms. Schlereth. Mr. Smith voiced his dis- pleasure with the results and it was referred back to Ms. Davisson to come up with another alternative. f.), - Expiration -of Terms,of Appointment Mz—. Smith stated that he had received word that he has been re -appointed for a three year term. Ms. Schlereth reported that no word had been received from the Mayor's office regarding the term of Ms. Davisson. g.), Office Furniture - ,Mr. Oxian, moved that we purchase an electric typewriter ac- cording to whatever procedures are required. Mr. Rothermel seconded the motion and it passed unanimously. h.) National Trust Meeting' Because of a mix-up in copying Mr. Oxian's notes on the Conference he could not give his report. Copies of his notes will be sent. out with the minutes., and -Commission members should readthem I and note any areas that they would like Mr. Oxian to discuss at the next regular meeting. i.) Landmarks Committee Mr. Oxian reported that letters had been sent to-alltheproperty owners (except for the University of Notre Dame) that had been listed on the oldstatesurvey. November 12, 1974 Page 5 A letter had also been sent.to the owners of the Kresge Building.- Mr. Oxian read both letters. Mr. Oxian also reported that he discovered a need to do some research on the Olive Street Fire Station. 9. -New-Business a.) Mr. Smith reported -that he attended the last meeting of the BiCentennial Committee. He stated that nothing had transpired of any significance. b.) Mr. Oxian discussed the Fanny Mae Clock in downtown South Bend. Mr. Oxian made a motion that a letter:be sent to the owners of the building soliciting their support in the pos- sible designation of the clock as an historic landmark. Mr. Stivers seconded the motion and it passed. c.) Mr. Oxian reported on the status of the buildings.�that had been on the,list he received from the Redevelopment Commission that were not up to standards. A discussion. ensued, and it ..was decided that the executive secretary should check with Mr. Harrison Miller to see which build.ings,are in danger of of being torn down. Mr. Oxian made a motion that a letter be sent to the Odd Fellows stating the Commissions interest in their renewal efforts and offering any,advice that the Commission might 'be,,able to give. The letter would state the possiblity of the building being declared an historic landmark at some future date if the renovations.are done properly. d.) Ms. Studer reported that the.Board of Zoning had received a bill for the repair of the tape recorder which malfunctioned at:the last.Commission meeting. :She suggested that the Com mission might wish to assume part of this bill. Mr. Nimtz moved that the Commission offer to pay not more that half of..the:bill...•Mr. Oxian seconded the motion.and it passed. 10. Announcements Mr. Smith,stated that he thought it imperative that Commission - members attend the public meetings concerning Community Develop- ment funds. 11, Adjournment The meeting adjourned at 10:05 p.m. NEXT REGULAR MEETING MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, 197+ COUNTY COMMISSIONER' -S CONFERENCE ROOM FOURTH FLOOR, COUNTY -CITY BUILDING SUBMITTED BY: Russell'..Rothermel DRAFT PREPARED BY: W. Clauson Schlereth JOHN 0=01 S AGENDA Wednesday, October 2nd 9a.m. Conference for Urban Landmarks Commissions Thursday,.October 3 10;15 a.m. General Session - The Oregon Story Tom McCall, Governor of Oregon and honorary chairman of the Local Arrangements Committee Thomas Vaughan, Oregon Historical Society and general chairman of the Local Arrangement Committee 10:30 am Lessons from Losing From Wesley Chapel to "Listed Properties"; panel chairman, Gale Brooks, Environmental Preservation City Hall --From the Ruins of Renewal to the Progress of Preservation: Weldon D. Frankforter, Grand Rapids Public Museum Can San Francisco's Past Survive Its Future?: Charles H. Page, Foundation for San Francisco's Architectural Heritage The Old Stock Exchange and Preservation in Chicago: Richard A. Miller, Landmarks Preservation Council 1:45 Film Festival 2:45 Annual business meeting and president's report 4:30 Bus tour Friday,.October 4th 9 a.m. Workship--. The Creation of Historic Districts Chairman: Russell V. Keune, National Trust Survey.Techniges to Identify Districts: Russell Wright. National. Trust consultant for;City Edges Program Delineating the District's Edges: Robert Rettig, National Park Service — Gaining Public Acceptance for the District: Virginia Talk- ington. Historic Preservation League Administering an Established Historic District: Arthur M. Skolnik. Pioneer Square Historic District 2:30 Bus tour Saturday, October 5th 9 a.m. Current Preservatio=Idtigation Laying the Groundwork --Coordinating the.Environment:panel chairman, Robert Ashley, attorney Recent Developments in Historic Preservation Law: Jacob H. .Morrison, attorney - Swiss Avenue Zoning--Dallar, Texas: Neil D. Anderson, attorney The Nature of Historic Area Zoning: John C. Murphy, assistant attorney general of Maryland 11 a.m. Urban Preservation Small Tovm Preservation in the West: panel chainroman, Carol J. Galbreath, National Trust — Politics, Profits and Preservation: Bruce K. Chapman, council- man, City of Seattle Urban Design: Richard Hedman, Department of City Planning, San Francisco 2:30 Bus tour 7 p.m. Annual reception 8 p.m, Annual dinner and dance r Wednesday meeting - San Francisco-Set guide lines and criteria for new buildings it) Historic . Di,stri cts , - ask for blue prints to study. New York""- Morgan case highest court of New „York. Case land mark decisions are clearly administrative. Commission makes final decision with right of -appeal to City Council but decision is reversed by the Court of Appeals. Landmark designation will now be appealed to-the courts. New Orleans Case.- Favorable decision. Commi'ssion has right of making a decision after proper study and need not have.a' specific criteria. Philadelp,hia.- Is.thinking of setting up a. revolving fund to Kelp owners rehabilitate a building when they cannot borrow or cannot afford to borrow money, in the open market.. Commissions are also studying ways of withdrawing a landmark designation for poor work done on buildings or maintenance. ' Building Codes - National Conference in May changed code to include Historical Landmark and distinct designations. Check National Code, Section 318 and apply to local code - ask for change in county and city codes. ".Can also use Phil. Plan as alternate by asking for consent of, owner to designate building as a Historical-Landmark-by Commission in conjunction with method in present ordinance. Consensus of group at meeting was- that relying solely on owner consent.method -is not enough. National Region is going to abandon the latitude-longitude requirement for historical district. Public Law 93-383-August, 1974--Contact city or county official redevelopment or housing involved in this area who is making an application for-funds and commenting on HUD's regulations - Use.-the pitch on the rehabilitation of buildings of Historical significance., Ask bank or savings group to set-up,a preservation loan obtained from savings funds so designated by a depositor. Use direct contact besides mass media to obtain public support of Landmark a'nd Historic district-designations.. Use Conservation besides.Historic and architectural impor tance'of buildings. Page 2 Use name of significance to designate a district. Thursday meeting - Give tax break to an owner who preserves and maintains a building. Lengthen the'depreciation time on a new building so as to encourage the use and preservation of older buildings - Gov. McCalls speech. Oregon - Wants to be in the foreground nationally in the preservation of Historical Buildings. Grand Rapids - Had the same Urban Renewal problem as South Bend in the removal of 43 acres of buildings - almost all the 19th century ones and in addition the cutting of 2 expressways which removed all the limestone buildings but one. Lost city hall, Union Station. The bank used the city hall property for a parking lot. All methods of trying to convince the bank to save the building failed - either no answer was received to the appeal or there was an obstinate stand. Even letters of appeal, talkethon by young people, picketing, place on the national register, political appeal including the local democratic party, Congressman received opinion from N.U.D. that'a contract could be changed. Case was taken to court to go before favorable judge for preser- vation, but decision for demolition was handed down because the judge and the lawyer of the defendants were friends. Businessmen's luncheon was also used to-a-ppeal for preservation. *** Press used to arouse public opinion to save a residential home also used in city hall attempt. Present time in Grand Rapids - City buys home or building, leases it to the society who operates the structure, and uses income to operate home; any left over funds are put into an endowment for future operations and purchase of other historic buildings. *** San Francisco - Need of a private non-profit group to help Commissions in saving buildings. Chicago - Take on a hard case by the commission to show the power and strength of the organization with outside help. Act before everything is committed. Example: Architectural drawings on a building and possibly before the building is sold - Example: Odd Fellows Building. Go to the real estate businesses and get them to co- operate in the future so as to lessen fights.over the ordinance in the future. Do a design study on the building to help preserve it. The economics of the building and its use is an important fact in preserving a building - a mixed commercial building . F _ t of offices and -stores. How much would it cost to reno. fe3 as compared to re-Vuilding - Breakfast Thursday Declare building a landmark unanimously, then go before,city council with impressive material and well-known people. Go on T.V. and.newspaper with impressive speakers on importance of building histo.rically,,architecturally, and feasibility of building in office use. Mention economic reasons. - Over -supply of.office buIld,inq space_. Renovation cheaper than reconstruction get figures. Shortage.of-money. Use money for home-building_instead of office hu.ildings ' Real estate agent to find out what store and offices would pay. Apply Federal.environmental* survey techniques. .Architectural Survey needed - then a historical survey follows. _Volunteers can do the latter possibly.the first- you can use neighborhood help. Professional input needed for,evaluation. Make it so as to.protect what is there and what .comes in there. "Use -base maps with buildings and property lines. Use natural land forms. Record dams and by -ways. Use historical maps, prints and paintings. Use.accessory Structures in the survey and also ruins or parts of -_ buildings. Catalogue fences, streetlights, bridges, pavings,-street graphics and signs. Define -land use areas. and future moves. Look and record negative.features and how to control them. - A street is not an ideal line for a historical district. Use of:rear property lines are p -referred.. Also.use of uniform set -backs. Socio-economic factors influence'.` property lines. *** Get an editorial'in the paper on historic preservation and specific buildings and districts... Get support.of Chamber of Commerce on Kresge building, historical district, and Odd Fellows -Building. (Look up_ specific date of construction and buggies .built at. Kresge - use History books and`get resource person to do. research.) Get banks to give ?% interest reduction on loans to landmark buildings and historic district homes Model Cities can help a district in funds to create official positions,.at least -directors and secretary, create'a fund, and help obtain money from other sources -_.Example: Seattle, where 150,000 was.given-to start Pioneer Sq. District off the ground and to function. In 3,yrs:, 2 million dollars -in government'of all types and funds had been obtained besides private investments and donations. Page 4 Look at the perimeters of your district so as not to isolate your area and to be able to use and control administratively the surrounding area. Use incentives to encourage buildinq remodeling and maintenance. Stop not only demolition for economic reasons but also demolition by neglect, by having the city bring a home or building up to code levels and then put it as a lien or the -property to either force an absentee owner to take care of the property or sell it. The area was sold to the public by its quality of life, economic potential, etc. Litigation Saturday (Murphy) - Historic zoning has been proven successful and upheld in the courts. Has same value or standard over.the entire area not according to property lines. It also stays there permanently. Local Government is subject to local Historic zoning and not like common zoning. Case upheld in Maryland courts. Case concerned black church sold to county govern- ment and saved from demolition. Historic zoning is unique and in a class of its own with a unique value. Morrison New Orleans -vs- Bergman - (1923 or 24) Superior Court decision by Justice O'Neil said every building in a historic zoning area is subject to control and under its jurisdiction. Citizens to Preserve Overton Park Memphis -vs- Overton U.S. Superior Court Secretary of Transportation had not done his work - You cannot build a highway in a Historic zoning area unless you try to preserve it. Port of New Orleans -vs- Vic Carey - (1974) had nothing to do with flood control in a historic district. Look up landmark Law in New York - upheld by Superior Court - Manhattan Club case. New York had right to declare a building a landmark over the disapproval of the private owner. , Anderson ? Crown Zellerch -vs- Dallas City Council - (1973) Swiss Avenue Area - Highly specialized 8 black residential area - had the grandest homes in Dallas and so some of the most. famous people of the past, lived there. In time 1.11e area around it lost its elegance and apartmelits e11CI-OdChed in the next street. Meantime, Swiss Avenue started to revitalize. 1972 Plan Commission decided to preserve the area by changing the zoning to single family zoninci by the Historic method but first the Dallas law had to be changed to have the right to declare a Historic zoning area and then apply this to,the Swiss.Area. Meantine, Zellerch applied for a demolition permit to build a high-rise on his property. _ Meantime, Area Plan had adopted"the zoning change `and the Council had adopted a moratorium for the Swiss Area.; Zellerch sued the building department and won,the case to obtain a permit. Meantime, council adopted law after public hearing sessions and Crown apposed.it vigorously. Case appealed to higher co,urts:on the right of whether a council could declare on-areaa historical zone while a -case was in court and ,if the council had the right to declarea moratorium without a public hearing until it adopted the -Historic zone. Texas Court of Civil Appeals declared in favor, -of the council - and Superior Court refused.to accept the -appeal. An Anterim state statute declaring that cities have right to declare -a moratorium in an area before a permanent zoning decision can be made in an area - especially historic zoning. Avoid comprimise in a historic zoning ordinance and get everything you want. Bellter Case of Long Island U.S. Superior Court Seattle -Councilman - Oldschool buildings should be --saved and not destroyed. 200 new businesses have come into Pioneer Square in the last 3 years with tremendous,success. This square used to be skid row. l 'Take pictures of the'old homes and buildings and•histor.ical- areas•in the town - especially in panoramic view. Then make, an excellent presentation with the end pictures showing modern intrusions and destruction and what we are losing of our past to this change. This presentation should be shown around -town to gain public -support and awareness of the past in South Bend - method used in San Francisco to originally gain zoning.law changes, but to save the past both histori tally and architecturally. We should also think of what we want to preserve in our cities 100-200 years from now-. We should establish a broad city wide plan. The Historic Preservation Commission of South Bend and St. Joseph County, Indiana was established by city and county ordinances to "Survey, identify, plan for, and advise. -1hc Sok+1. 3er.d Cit. Co.y.c� 1 the County Commissioners and the Area Plan Commission con- cerning the designation of historic landmarks and the estab- lishment of Historic,Preservation Districts." Among its em- powered du:U es the Commission was charged to "Promote public interest in historic preservation by initiating and carrying on a public.relations and community education program." Im- plicit in these statements is the task of exploring the com- posite factors ,that have affected, and continue ' to affect, life as it is lived in this locale and making that information available to -area residents. In surveying physical buildings and landmarks, one needs to be able to relate them to the people that.created them, the'society that they were originally a part of, and the environment that they now contribute to. Without a comprehensive view of both the society that created ..the structures and the society that has inherited^ther.,a county -wide survey of the external facades of "significant" historical landmarks would be non -historical (i.e. unknow- ledgable about the "story" that is its past) and insignificant (i.e. without relevance to the dynamics of the contemporary situation). We propose to initiate a program which would accom- plish the specific tasks of surveying, identifying, and plan- ning for the designation of sites and districts of historical importance to this county and city. Surveying and identifying NJ The Historic Preservation Commission of South Bend and St. Joseph County, Indiana was established by city and county ordinances to "Survey, identify, plan for, and advise. -1hc Sok+1. 3er.d Cit. Co.y.c� 1 the County Commissioners and the Area Plan Commission con- cerning the designation of historic landmarks and the estab- lishment of Historic,Preservation Districts." Among its em- powered du:U es the Commission was charged to "Promote public interest in historic preservation by initiating and carrying on a public.relations and community education program." Im- plicit in these statements is the task of exploring the com- posite factors ,that have affected, and continue ' to affect, life as it is lived in this locale and making that information available to -area residents. In surveying physical buildings and landmarks, one needs to be able to relate them to the people that.created them, the'society that they were originally a part of, and the environment that they now contribute to. Without a comprehensive view of both the society that created ..the structures and the society that has inherited^ther.,a county -wide survey of the external facades of "significant" historical landmarks would be non -historical (i.e. unknow- ledgable about the "story" that is its past) and insignificant (i.e. without relevance to the dynamics of the contemporary situation). We propose to initiate a program which would accom- plish the specific tasks of surveying, identifying, and plan- ning for the designation of sites and districts of historical importance to this county and city. Surveying and identifying -2 - such sites and structures would proceed under the super- vision of qualified architects on the faculty of the University of Notre Dnme, aided by their senior students. While the actual survey was being accomplished, professionals in the fields of history, sociology, archaeology, economics, en- vironics, government, American studies and urban planning would conduct research seminars to explore the background and present-day conditions that form the context into which the buildings and sites must be placed. South Bend and St. Joseph County would be the information depository for research into the growth and development of an urban area, and a laboratory to test creative plans for "re -use" of one's history. The faculty and :students would be challenged to apply the tech- niques/theories of their academic disciplines towards re- creating a past environment, and understanding its place in the present and future. The program will be designed to begin during the next summer session in two complementary phases: a) an architectural "windshield" survey of all existing structures and sites in the county, and recording of inventory data; b) preliminary research by social science faculty to acquaint themselves with background material of conditions in South Bend and St. Joseph County, and determine areas for intensive research exploration. After the introductory research is completed by both the archi- tects and the social scientists, they will meet in working sessions to collate their respective data. The architects will by this time have established potential districts and sites worthy of detailed study based on their architectural merits. -3- 1 0 The social scientists will have isolated particular groups or individuals within the community that have made unique or important contributions to the development or life styles of the area. The residential neighborhoods that people lived in or the'businesses that they established will be recommended to the architects for detailed study, if not already identified by the architectural survey. Cooperation between the two components is essential to the thoroughness and accuracy of the final evaluation. Research will procede through the school year with parti6ipatinS faculty conducting research seminars and guiding independent study projects on topics pertinent to the goals of the proposal. Architects will pursue an in-depth study (map- ping, architectural sketches, condition descriptions and re- habilitation or re -use possibilities) of -individual examples and high priority areas of architectural and/or cultural significance, -Social scientists will gather primary source material and utilize the data to inform scholarly studies on topics within their own disciplines. The project will be concluded in the second summer session with architecture and social science faculty preparing written evaluations of completed research., Recommendations for ways that findings could be implemented in future policy making would be included, where applicable.Publication.of the findings of both the architects and social scientists would be an important factor in fulfilling the obligation to educate the community. The findings of both groups would be made available to faculty and students in the Communication n 4 4 - Arts summer program. They would be commissioned to pro- duce a fifteen or thItty minute film that could be dis- tributed in the schools and local community. Through the dissemination of information on both the scholarly level and through the visual media, a maximum effort would be made to sensitize this community, and other communities, to the heritage of South Bend and St. Joseph County and the pos- sibilities that exist for future development.