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the commission should contact Mr. Halleen and say he shouldn't pursue this alleged buyer. Mr. O'Malley said he was thinking the commission might instruct him to take up the matter with Mr. Farrell, Mr. Halleen's attorney. He said they can let Mr. Halleen know they really appreciate him trying to keep the door open for the city for as long as possible but at the same time, they would rather see another buyer take the house than see it destroyed. The commission agreed it was a good idea to have Mr. O'Malley follow up on it. Mr. O'Malley said perhaps the commission wants to seek an audience with City Council. He pointed out that Council was invited to attend a Landmarks meeting but no one came. He said maybe they could ask to meet with the Finance Director. Mr. Barker said he and Mr. Dubowski are planning to attend some coinmittee meetings tomorrow night and he asked if it would be prudent to ask Council members to' set up a meeting. Mr. O'Malley said the City Council does not require a request or solicitation from Landmarks to take up a matter on its agenda. Mr. Barker commented the entire commission would not have to appear at a meeting with Council. His suggestion would be to ask Council what night would be convenient to meet with a few members of the Landmarks Commission to discuss Rebecca's. Mr. O'Malley said he recalls Mr. Dailey indicating he would help push the matter. He said any committee that would take up the cause can put it on the agenda. Mr. O'Malley said he would suggest the board send a memo soliciting an audience with Council and the board can take a less formal approach with individual Council members. VI. OLD BUSINESS: Mrs. VanAuken asked if anyone is aware of the work the Finance Department is doing to have city records put on discs, and they will then be filed by the historian at the Western Reserve Historical Society. Mr. Lang said he had heard about it. Mrs. VanAuken said she wondered if it was something the Landmarks Commission would be interested in also. She said there were discussions with a historian at the Western Reserve and he offered to put old city records on tapes or discs so they will be available at the library. Nlrs. VanAuken said this gentleman is particularly interested in old city documents, such as lists of salaries, anything having to do with city business. She pointed out that the commission has some old records too and she asked if there was any chance of having that material treated that way too because then they would not have paper deteriorating; they would be in a safe place. She said she has not talked with the Finance Director about it but she did speak with the Clerk of Council. She asked what the board members thought about putting some of their old stuff in a similar category provided the historian is interested in it. Mr. Lang said that Mrs. VanAuken called him about this about a month ago and following that he did approach Mrs. Seman, the Clerk of Council. He said he was unable to meet with Mrs. Copfer, the Finance Director. IV1i-. Lang reported that Mrs. Seman informed him it is being looked into in terms of feasibility. He said that Mrs. Seman mentioned there is a cost factor involved with this. There are archival problems. The records must be preserved somewhere with other copies available in house for reference purposes. The state has passed archival regulations as far as what must be kept and for how long a period of time. He said they talked about this a while back to see if anyone in the school district could digitize some of the paperwork the board has. That was something Mr. Corell was going to work on. It would be a matter of the board knowing what is in their files, which they still do not know. He said some follow up work needs to be done in terms of their own archives before they can even proceed to find out if there is anything of value to the Western Reserve Historical Society for digitizing purposes. Mr. O'Malley indicted he has some comments on the issue of archives. He said at the Law Director's insistence, the Records Commission was recreated. He would recommend that the board direct a memo to the Records Commission asking them for detailed instructions and recommendations as to how the Landmarks Commission might discharge its duties with regard to its records, and what the rules are, and how the board might participate in that function. He said they should leave the financial issues to someone else to worry about and try to discharge the board's duty to oversee and manage the archives. The Records Commission can provide guidance on what Landmarks can get rid of, what they can keep and how they keep it. The entire city is being overrun by paper in the absence of any established policies. Mr. Lang said that he spoke with Mrs. Purper a few months back and he believes she is the secretary to 4