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July 14, 1975 Page 2 5. Correspondence Lois McMahon mentioned a letter the Commission received from — William Hojnacki in answer to our letter to him of June 19,.re- garding homesteading. He says, in part, the city has provisions in our community development ordinances to allow for homestead- ing when the=program becomes, "in our judgment, feasible and practicable." She next presented a brochure from the Historic Landmarks Foun- dation of Indiana giving a Guide to Historic Preservation Pro- grams and Services. It was duly noted by the Commission. She presented a letter from the National Trust for Historic Preservation stating, among other things, the preparation of a handbook on establishing and administering a preservation com- — mission and a bi-monthly newsletter. Also included was a reser- vation card for their forthcoming October 8 -11th annual meeting which is goig"g to be held in Boston. Lois McMahon next reported that she had contacted Sully Lowe, WSBT, Dan Caesar, also WSBT, and Harry Kavorkian, WNDU, suggesting the possibility of a round table discussion or an interview with Crumlish/Sporleder on their newscasts. Mr. Kevorkian responded. in a telephone call on the 8th that he was interested and suggested a possibility of having 2 or 3 persons in on August 6th for a dis- cussion and possible slide presentation on the progress of the County Survey. Mr. Rothermel suggested someone from Crumlish/Spor- leder should participate. Mr. Smith suggested that someone from the community - a home owner - should also participate. It was further suggested that perhaps Ms. Davisson, as head of the Public Relations Committee would be a good candidate. 6. Committee Reports ICH Evaluator's Report At the suggestion of Ms. Davisson, the ICH meetings evaluator, Dr. Thomas Fern, will give his report and presentation at the next monthly meeting. A written evaluation will then also be available to Commission members. The prepared evaluation would be in four parts: the evaluator's report; John Oxian's report; participants' evaluation; and newspaper clippings. Legal Consultant's Report Mr. Nimtz, chairman of the Legal Committee, introduced Mr. Dunfee and stressed the great deal of work the legal consultant, Mr. Jack Dunfee, has done for the Commission. He also mentioned that Mr. Dunfee had participated in a number of the neighborhood policy meetings. Mr. Dunfee then took the floor and advised that rather than press for lengthy and extensive revision of the ordinance at this time, he would suggest a minimal immediate revision which would make the