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South Bend and St. Joseph Coqtry HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION Room 1123, County -City Building South Bend, IN 46601 John Oxian, President November 5, 1998 Lew Powell, Director - City Engineer Board of Public Works 1316 County - City Building 227 West Jefferson Blvd. South Bend, IN 46601 Mr. Powell: (219) 235-9798 Fax (219) 235-9598 David DuVall, Director The Historic Preservation Commission of South Bend and St. Joseph County has recently review . ed the entirety of the North Pumping Station Specifications and blueprints. Due to a change in the position of the Director of this Commission it was necessary to review current projects that affect this department. After some delay in ' obtaining specifications and prints from. the Board of Public Works, our, request through the Water Works Department was finally fulfilled. Because of the ,delay, our digestion of this project's scope has just been finalized. I met with John Wiltrout yesterday 'afternoon to review the entire project. John was most accommodating as usual and the re . view process produced the following items needing clarification: 1. The Certificate of Appropriateness issued on August 17, 1998 (1998-0715) carries the recommendation that the Director of the Historic Preservation Commission meet with the chosen contractors to discuss the park and building historic significance. This is extremely important because there is NO mention in the Specifications as to the historical significance of the building or the park grounds. Due to the fact that there was no 106 review for this project, some of this information was omitted. (Sec. 13) 2. There does not seem to be a clearly organized 'method for the convergence of construction equipment into Leeper Park nor the designation of a confined work area within the park. (See 13.7; See. 0 10 10) 3. The removal of historic portions of the building and park are not clear as well as the disposition of these items. (Sec. 02050) 4. Location of the Siamese connections, valves, etc. concerning the fire sprinkler system. (Sec. 15300) 5. The Northern Indiana Historical Museum's . annual Cabin Days in May seems to be in question, and this directly ties into the location of the 'work areas, c Ionstruction material storage, etc. 6. Location and detrimental effects of the acid and gas vents (15400, 15575) 7. Unacceptable use of Portland,Cement on brick surfaces in the building per National Park Service Directives. (Sec.' 16050) Drilling and boring for electrical piping through exterior walls. (Sec. 16050) 9. Pre -arraigned procedure for the Historic Preservation Commission to view, inspect'and review portions of the construction project during execution. COMMISSIONERS John Borkowski Adrian Fine J. Edward Talley Martha Choitz Catherine Hostetler Jerry Weiner Janeanne Petrass.