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by someone who was fearful the members could be individually sued and the commission did not do anything. It was re-started later with Betty Lord as the chairman and from then on it has been going so it's been a while; since about 1978. Mr. Lang said his concern is the presentations made to schoolchildren because there does not seem to be anyone in the wings to take Mrs. VanAuken's place. The presentations take a lot of time and preparation. Mrs. VanAuken said the slides she has used are a great help. V. COMIVIITTEE REPORTS: Mr. Lang said they really need to establish committees but they are getting short on manpower. He believes there was a committee, Mr. Barker, Mr. Dubowski and himself, set up to do something. Mr. Barker said he thinks it has to do with Rebecca's. He said he has not heard back from Mr. Halleen on the request for a copy of the demolition survey. He asked if he should re-request it. Mr. O'Malley said he would recommend that he follow-up on the correspondence and ask for a meeting. He would also recommend that he correspond with city council. He said it will probably come down to funding. Ordinarily, City Council will ask direct questions such as "what is this going to cost us?" In order to determine the cost, some of the leg work that is described in the memo will need to be done, whether it's evaluating the house by a professional that is hired to estimate these things. City Council holds the purse strings and if you gather people together, you will have varying opinions on where the building should go, whether it's a good idea, and whether money should be spent elsewhere. There is no single vision and there is no cost estimate. Mr. Barker asked Mr. O'Malley which committee this issue would end up with. Mr. O'Malley suggested that the communication be directed to City Council and it may move on to the finance committee. Mr. Barker asked Mr. Lang if he received a response from the Mayor. Mr. Lang replied he did not and the items on the agenda requires an expenditure of some kind and he gathers from the Mayor's discussion at the last meeting, that he wasn't exactly sure that there was the kind of expertise available within the city to give those kinds of estimates or that kind of information. It would have to be hired out and there would have to be a budget allocation. He said there was at least one "freebie" from Kazak movers who gave a ballpark figure on the cost of moving the structure. Mrs. Davis said the other part of the move is where the building will go. Mr. Lang said if the building is not suitable to move, then it will be a moot point. He said Mr. Kazak did not enter the building to see if it was moveable. He did indicate the back end of the building could come off because it is newer. Mr. Lang said if the breezeway is taken off, that might structurally weaken the west wall of the building to the point where it could not be moved. He said he would guess they need the Mayor's approval to speak to the City Engineer. Mr. O'Malley said they can direct inquiries to the Building Cominissioner to a large extent, as the board has a working relationship with him. Although, he has already indicated the Rebecca's building is beyond his expertise to analyze. He said the commission's requests to the Mayor would likely then go to the appropriate directors. Mr. Lang asked if the same would apply to the newly appointed Planning Director. Mr. O'Malley said it would. He said he would hesitate to say the board is prohibited from contacting any directors. The board has already contacted the Mayor. He said time is of the essence which is why he would recommend they direct communication to Council because maybe they can say they are not interested in spending the money on the building no matter where it would go. He said it is likely Council may say they are open-minded but they would want to know if anyone has estimated the cost and if there is a firm plan for where this is going, and the answer would be no. He said the Mayor was very open-minded to this concept. Mr. Barker asked if the chairman should dictate a letter to the clerk to send to Council or if the board should first follow up on the letter to the Mayor. Mr. O'Malley said the board should do both. They should ask the Mayor for an audience and have a written communication sent to Council. Mr. Barker asked if he should contact Mr. Halleen again for the report he requested. Mr. O'Malley said perhaps he would contact Mr. Halleen's attorney. He said that Mr. Halleen had previously mentioned he had a buyer for the building. Mr. O'Malley said his concern is this potential buyer vanishes while the city is busy trying to prepare for this. Where there may have been a possibility to move the building, they might end up with the wrecking ball if the city does not come through. Mr. Barker asked if 3