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The high pressure sodium lighting for the illumination of the cupola will be changed to metal <br />halide having a burning temperature of 2700 -degrees Kelvin. The light fixtures will also be <br />reduced in size since they are presently too large. <br />Facade Easements (Southhold Restorations) -This office has received facade easements for <br />the following properties: Wunderlich House, 322 West Marion; Cushing House, 508 West <br />Washington; Kizer House, 803 West Washington; Cunningham House, 630 West Washington. <br />Monies have also been received for these properties and have been placed into separate accounts <br />under our checking account system. <br />Awards Program - This office will also be taking on the awards program originally conducted <br />by Southhold Restorations, Inc. Details about this project will unfold the first quarter of 1999. <br />Brewery Nominations - Glory Jean Greiff was awarded the nomination work for the Drewry's <br />Brewery for National Listing nomination. Mr. Oxian has further details regarding this project. <br />Computers In The Office - An apparent hard hit against the wall of reality was realized at the <br />St. joseph County Data Board meeting on the 15th of December. As you know one of the <br />commission's computers died this past month and the other one which has the city and county <br />database is in the process of going to computer heaven. In addition, the county's data center has <br />tested all 500 some county computers for Y2K compatibility and of course found the two we <br />recently adopted from the City of South Bend as being non -compatible. This basically means <br />that sometime within the next twelve months this office will be completely without computers. <br />This is disheartening not only for this office, but should sound the bell for alarm. The new re- <br />survey for the county has just begun and there will be no hardware in which to input our new <br />data, let alone the data we use and accumulate. According to information disseminated at the <br />data meeting of the slightly more that 500 computers in the county, some 300 or so are not Y2K <br />compatible, thus forcing the county to address a fiscal need of more than one-quarter million- --- -- -- <br />dollars for computer hardware and software upgrades by 1-1-00. As you well know, this office <br />has NO county owned hardware, thus leaving us even further in the dust. Oh -hum, what to do <br />asked the church mouse ! <br />PAGE 3 <br />