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• than present. Mr. Duvall indicated that a worse case was hardly possible. Mrs. Choitz indicated that she understood there to be considerable support in the Church Community region wide for the development of this facility. Mr. Talley moved for approval of the application with the stipulation that the life of the sign- be 24 months. Mr. Fine seconded the motion. Mrs. Sporleder indicated that 24 -months was a reasonable life expectancy for a plywood sign. Mr. Duvall added that the second floor apartments alluded to earlier were to be artist studio type residences conceived as housing for resident faculty artists and thus supplemental to the arts program'. He has contacted Jill Godmillow of the film department at Notre Dame who had contacted the commission looking for such space. Mrs. Sporleder inquired about the nature of the figures described for the window coverings. Mr. Duvall indicated that these were intended as decorative affect which could be achieved at little additional cost. Fr. Bullene felt that this was a 'gesture indicating, the seriousness of purpose of the organizing group. Mr. Oxian indicated that this development might give impetus to development at the Toth State Bank Local Landmark opposite on Kemble Street. The motion passed unanimously. Mr. Talley moved that the commission hear the new application by Hercig Associates for stabilization of the retaining walls at the island in Leeper Park which is within the site of the North Pumping Station. 1996-0916 - 830 N. Michigan Street - Leeper Park Island Wall Ken Hercig presented the application with apology. for the lateness of the application. The proposal is for repair of the retaining walls at the upstream • end of the island which protect one of .the wellheads. He presented maps and photographs illustrating the areas to be repaired. The cost of repairing the whole surrounding wall has been estimated at a quarter million dollars. He noted that in recent period of low water had enabled observation of the conditions at the base of the wall. The proposal is to stabilize the toe of the wall by placing tubular concrete units at the base and grouting behind these providing the same sort of underpinning installed previously in 1966 at the inner channel walls. Where cracks are found in these sections of the wall, it is proposed to inject epoxy to close the gaps. Mr, Talley inquired whether this work was intended to be the extent of total repair work on this section of wall. Mr. Keller indicated that the channel underpinnings had performed sufficiently well that it would seem that this solution is effective in a fairly long term. Mr. Talley asked if there were other recommended mediation to address the problem. Mr. Keller indicated that the existing sand bar upstream provided some measure of deterrence to erosion here. Mrs. Sporleder asked if there was greater scouring effect on the river side and Mr. Keller affirmed this due to higher velocity. Mr. Talley asked if the Corby sewer outlet affected this area. Mr. Keller believed it to be far enough away as to have' negligible affect. Mrs. Choitz asked about Army Corps of Engineers permits required for this work. Mr. Keller confirmed that such permits were required and had been applied for and grated and that a floodway permit was required by DNR. Mr. Talley asked what proportion of the total work required at the island walls was being addressed by this project. Mr, Keller said it was approximately 5 or 10% but that the client for this project was the Water Works and that only sufficient funding was available for this work. Mr. Talley • indicated his understanding to be that the National Register Listing for the North Pumping Station had been initiated with the idea of leveraging funding for restoration activities and asked whether that could be applied here. Mr Duvall indicated that if the wall were on the National Register it would be eligible for limited funding from the Historic Preservation Fund but that the best source of funding here would be from ISTEA transportation enhancement funding which had much higher funding levels and does not require the National