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• his opposition to continued designation, and that she felt he had been badly misinformed as to the procedures and merits of theissues surrounding 'Dr. Lackman's fence. She was disturbed that he seemed to have made' no effort to confirm statements made to him by Dr. Lackman and that this reflected not only on Mr. Duvall but also upon herself as she had chaired that meeting of the commission: Mr. Talley indicated that priority should be given to verifying that the deed restrictions indeed prohibited the fence. He then. asked what Mr. Kelly's level of conflict might be should this issue reach the Common Council. Mrs. DeRose indicated that she believed he would need to remove himself from the vote but could address the council as an affected citizen. Mrs. Hostetler recalled Mrs. Cekanski-Ferrand's remaining as counsel to the,Council in the occasion of Mr. Laskowski's appeal despite her professional connections with Mr. Laskowski's attorney. Mr. Oxian observed that this was true but that she had responded to his remonstrance by taking a more neutral stand. Mr. Talley asked if any information gathering had occurred in-house to rebut complaints regarding the charges of authoritarianism against the commission. Mr. Duvall stated that no such analysis had occurred to date, but that commission members knew from experience that most applications were approved. Mr., Oxian indicated that when a similar situation had occurred with Lincolnway East Historic District that such analysis had been done and had persuaded the councilmen at that time to withdrawn support of the petitioners. He indicated that it was very important to develop this information. 4. Historic Districts Mrs. Choitz reported that the committee had met to review the schedules stated . for review of the District Standards and prepared preliminary materials and meeting arrangements for Project Access to address public relations problems in the Historic Districts, starting with East Wayne Street-. She felt it was important to discuss the issues reading the movement to remove the Wayne Street District and announced that she would have an open house on the following Wednesday evening to entertain such discussion. Mrs. Sporleder recalled that long ago it had been discussed to record the Local Landmark Designation so that this status -would come to light in any title search. Mr. Talley observed that although the recording had been accomplished, that there was a possible glitch. Mr. Duvall indicated that in his discussions with title company representatives it became clear that .the reporting of these restrictions was discretionary on the part of the title companies. Mrs. DeRose indicated that it was not legally possible to force the title companies to report this information. She indicated that the commission could contact the local companies and request that they pick-up this information. Mrs. Sporleder indicated that it would be helpful if somehow the commission was notified of title transfers. Mr. Talley suggested that this might be possible through computer networking. Mrs. DeRose indicated that it might be valuable to provide the current landmark and district address lists along with the letter to the title companies. Mr. Duvall indicated that this could be done. Mrs. Sporleder asked how the ownership database could be kept current. Mrs. Choitz stated that currency was a problem with any mailing list. Mr. Duvall indicated that an interval should be determined at which the addresses would be rechecked, be it annually, semi-annually or quarterly. Mr. Oxian stated that he thought once a year seemed reasonable. Mrs. Choitz • indicated that when time came for an early -in -the -year notification the addresses should be checked. Mrs. Choitz asked if the commission could make a greater requirement of the County Administration to assist in this record keeping. Mrs. DeRose indicated that they have no obligation to do more than record the deeds. 5. Historic Landmarks