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.j ? him the very best of his wishes. Mr. Lang commented that Mr. Barker recommended someone as a replacement for Mr. Miller's position. They have submitted that name to the Mayor for approvaL 3. Mr. Lang informed the rest of the board that the four people who voted against the motion to grant W. Biszantz permission to put siding on his house met together and composed a letter which was sent under their signatures to W. Biszantz and a copy went to the Building Commissioner. They have not heard a response from Mr. Biszantz regarding that letter. Mrs. O'Rourke commented that she would like to see a copy of that letter. Mr. Lang replied that he would let her see a copy of his letter. 4. Mr. Lang then commented that the people who live on Butternut Ridge Rd. who are contemplating doing what Mr. Biszantz wanted to do, which was put vinyl siding on a historic home, need guidance from this board as to what they can do otherwise. They could probably take excerpts from Mr. Bistantz's letter and make them available to the others who want vinyl siding on their historic home. Mrs. Lord commented that it might be very helpful also to have copies of the Historic Standards in the building department, to give to people when they apply for something if they live in the historic district. N1rs. VanAuken questioned how people know where to get contractors that have experience with historic sites. There have been two men that have come to this board that said they work a lot with historic conditions and their know how would be very helpful. It would be nice if the board could refer them to people who want work done on their historic homes. Mr. Barker replied to Mrs. VanAuken's statements by commenting that he agrees with her but by the time somebody gets to the building department and gets to this board they already have a contractor signed up to do the work. It would be wrong on the boards part to say don't talk to A-Company, talk to B-Company. Mrs. VanAuken replied that she was only'suggesting maybe a list of people who have done the work themselves to post in the building department for reference. Mr. Lang commented that the Standards for Rehabilitation would be made available for the normal copy fee that is charged by the city for duplication of documents. That fee is .20 or .25 cents. These standards are a partial expectation of this commission toward the property owners who are anticipating work on their property. Mrs. Lord commented that many of the homes on Butternut Ridge Rd. have had changes made to them, but that is part of their history. Shingle siding was a change that many of the houses have made. Mr. Lang commented that one of the things the board should work on is having a letter available for property owners on Butternut Ridge that will provide them with guidance as to what might be acceptable to this board. Mr. Barker questioned if this letter will be handed out or mailed to everyone on Butternut. Mr. Lang replied that he thinks it should be mailed to everyone on Butternut. 5. Mr. Lang commented that there was a suggestion forwarded to the board members about a month ago with some suggestions from himself. He has had responses from Mr. Barker and Mr. Miller as to what types of activities and what types of remodels and re-constructions of homes on Butternut might be expedited, such as the Freed's. Mr. Gareau Jr. commented that with his soon anticipated departure from Council he will be turning his attention towards those unresolved matters that are out there that he has been involved in. This would be one of them and it is his intention to present to Mr. Lang legislation that will work toward that end. He thinks it may be best to draft a piece of legislation embodying the recommendations of both Mr. Lang and Mr. Barker together with some of his personnal observations, so that 2