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• Mr. Oxian reported the following status of the recommendations for designation: 1) 501 West Colfax - this recommendation is stili. tabled. 2) Leeper Park - Leeper Park is tabled. A meeting to tour the, park with Council members is scheduled for Thursday September 19. Mr. Duvall reported that the Brick Streets Local Landmark recommendation was nearly ready to submittal, needing only to have a' cover letter composed and delivery. Mr. Talley reported on the preparations for the dedication of WPA House at 16581 Chandler Blvd. This.will occur at 10:00 a.m. on October 26. There was discussion about the invited dignitaries. 5. Standards & Maintenance Mr. Fine indicated that the committee had met to review the North Pumping Station landscaping plans and made recommendations for criteria to revise the design. A revised design had been received which met these criteria and a COA issued. 6. Personnel Mr. Duvall introduced the commission's new Administrative Assistant, Melody VanZant. Mr. Talley noted that most of the immediately identified tasks had been accomplished and wondered whether new designated responsibilities were called for. Mr. Duvall indicated that he was training her on the routine office operations such as supply management,. preparation of COAs, preparation of Staff Reports, and the regular database search activities for environmental review of CDBG activities and code enforcement actions. When not doing these activities, she is doing continuing data entry regarding the St. Casimir's .National Register re -survey. Reproduction of additional Guidelines books was discussed for the upcoming neighborhood meetings. Mrs. Choitz noted that the order in which the districts were to be addressed had not yet been determined. She cautioned. that it would be wasteful to print too many copies of the existing books as they are likely to be revised soon. Mrs. Sporleder asked if the district standards were in the computer. Mr. Duvall indicated that only the last standards developed for River Bend LHD were on the hard disk but that the other books were probably stored to floppy disk somewhere. Original hard _copy for all books are in the file. E. Staff Reports 1) Staff Approvals Mr. Duvall reported the following C of A Staff approvals: 1059 Riverside Drive - In-kind replacement of landscaping. 2) DHPA Grants a) Regarding the DHPA Grant status, Mr. Duvall reported that the status of the 1995-96 was essentially unchanged, the National Register nominations being completed. and submitted and the elaboration of Che conclusions for the Economic Benefits Study being outstanding. He had discussed the situation with Bernie Dietrich of the Appraisal Group who was taking charge to see that the work is.completed. b) The mandatory site visit by DHPA Staff before issuing RFPs for work in the 1996-1997 grant cycle had finally occurred the previous Tuesday. The letter from the SHPO approving release of the RFP is anticipated soon. Mr. Talley asked if we would be advertising for preparation of a preservation plan for Leeper Park. Mr. Duvall stated that will advertise. for the National Register Nomination for the park leading to subsequent preservation planning activities