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J he leaves because it is plaqued. There are no plaques on Columbia and Columbia is one of the City's oldest roads. She thanked him for his time and coming to their board ahead of time. She asked him to keep the board posted as to the progress of the home. Mr. Corell questioned what the board had concluded about the Barton Rd. Church. Mrs. Lord replied that it is a landmark and there was a plaque. The reason you can't see the holes is because of the aluminum siding. Nobody knows where the plaque went. Mr. Corell questioned if the land was restricted in the initial deed. Mrs. O'Rourke replied that they do not know that because she gave the initial copy of the deed to the site student, Mathew, and he went into the service. Mr. Corell indicated that he had spoken with Leonard Frick from the school system and he found boxes of old records, which included non-recorded deeds from way back when. He volunteered to talk with Mr. Frick to see if the board couldn't get their hands on them. He will stop in at the Stone house also to see if the board could go there to view it. Mrs. O'Rourke indicated that she called the realty company today and found out that Grace Fellowship still owns the Church. The minister is in charge of the sale of it. It is under contract right now by another Church. The new people want to flatten the old building and build new. That is the plan if the deal goes through. It is still $990,000 for the property. The buildings were gone through and the violations were so numerous that it was not even feasible financially for whoever is interested in buying it to repair. The code violations were like five pages long. She questioned if the board could tour the Church. The Realtor told her that she would have to speak to Rick Farris, the broker, but there shouldn't be any problem setting this up. Mrs. VanAuken suggested getting some of the treasures out of the Church before it is demolished and distribute them to the proper people. The organ, the old pews, a lot of the new facilities and the stained glass windows shouldn't be just knocked down. Nlrs. O'Rourke indicated that she didn't ask the name of the Church that was contracting to buy it, but she is sure if Mr. Farris calls her then she can ask if the board could go through it before them. Mr. Corell corrunented that if the Church was plaqued then it can't be demolished until it comes through this board and City Council. Mr. Barker questioned why the City hasn't gotten involved if this building is in such disarray and has so many problems. Mrs. Davis commented that she had talked with a neighbor of the Church and they questioned who to call to complain about the condition of it. Mr. Corell indicated that the building department is responsible for making sure they keep up the yard maintenance. Mr. Barker suggested that they could also call their councilman. Mrs. Davis suggested that the board needs to contact Mathew's mother to see if they can get the deed back. Mrs. O'Rourke volunteered to contact his mother to try to retrieve this. IV. COMIVIUNICATIONS: Mr. Barker brought up that the Heaton's were held up one month because of filing procedures. He wrote to the Clerk of Commissions and she replied that under section 165.10 B of the codified ordinances, the applicant must receive the notification sheet from her office 15 days prior to the meeting date so that the applicant can post it within 7 days of the meeting date. He understood that there was a miscommunication between her and the Building Department. She replied that since the commissions office did not receive the file on the Heaton's to allow 15 day notice, they could not be put on the agenda. She did not know when Building received the application, but since this happened she has made up a form for the Building Department to give to any applicant that needs to go before the Landmarks Commission, which explains the process. She would recommend that an applicant file 20 days before the meeting date to allow adequate time. The other thing he asked about was starting the meeting at 7:00pm and leaning towards a 2