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• A. Approval of Minutes - December 18, 1995 Mr. Talley moved for approval of the minutes as submitted. Mr. Wiener seconded the motion. The minutes were approved unanimously as submitted. B. Treasurers Report Mr. Wiener distributed copies of the 1995 year end financial report, noting that it did not reflect DHPA grant funded activities but only the City - CDBG and County Budget activity. He also distributed copies of the preliminary 1996 Budget. C. Correspondence Mr. Duvall Indicated the following, including items carried forward from the previous month: Received: 1) Re -appointment of Martha Choitz by the County Commissioners. 2) Copy of letter from Jerry Wiener to the Common Council requesting reappointment to the HPC. 3) Response from Calvin Murdock declining Local Landmark designation for his property at 131 S. Taylor Street. Mr. Oxian indicated that this should be directed to the Landmarks Committee rather than the committee of the whole. Outgoing correspondence included: 1) Request for the reappointment of Janeanne Petrass by the president of the • commission. 2) Response made by staff to the County Commissioners regarding FOIA request for a list of all county owned property listed on the National Register of Historic Places or established as Local Landmarks. Mr. Duvall indicated that his correspondence was directed to the County Commissioners but he believed the FOIA request to have been made by "Common Sense'. 3) Response to request for tax credit information to Bob Humbarger acting as designer for the Farmers Savings Bank Building which is listed in the downtown multiple resource area on the National Register. 4) Response to Panzica Architects regarding all National Register listed properties within the proximity of the new GSA building for which they are developing environmental impact assessment. D. Committee Reports 1. Mr. Oxian requested a motion to move the nominating committee report to the end of the agenda. Mr. Talley so moved. Mrs. Hostetler seconded the motion. The motion was unanimously approved. 2. Budget & Finance Mr. Wiener indicated that there was no report for this month b(,gond his previous presentation. 3. Legal Mrs. DeRose indicated that she had no report. • 4. Historic Districts No report was made. 5. Historic Landmarks A) Mr. Oxian reported the following status of local landmark proposals: 534 LaPorte remains tabled by the Common Council but has not been withdrawn. 237 North Michigan Street, the former LaSalle Hotel. was established by the