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Session 12050 Minutes December 18, 1978 Page 5 ized the financing. Mr. Lieberman was concerned about the wording and possible restrictions which might be in such contracts. Mr. Thomas said Council would receive copies of a new management agreement which HUD has just devised which applies to Section 202 housing. Councilman Metcalfe said she would like to see a copy of the agreement that would exist between the Senior Service Board and HUD, especially with regard to who would be taking on legal responsibility for this project. Mr. Thomas said he would see that Councilman Metcalfe would get sample copies of any agreements which would be used in this matter. In answer to a question from Councilman Glickert, Mr. Thomas said he was president of W. A. Thomas and Co., a consulting firm, and was not now working for HUD. but he had been their employee from 1963 to 1970. Irvin Rudman, 8655 Barby Lane, addressed Council on this issue. Mr. Rudman urged Council to reject this application. He feels that there is no need for this type of project. He said there must be a limit to civic service - that our ambulance calls went from 507 to 639 in one year and that we now have 307. of the senior citizen population of the County whereas three years ago it was 197.. Councilman Sabol moved that a public hearing be set for January 8 at 9:00 P.M. Councilman Adams seconded the motion and it carried unanimously. PUBLIC HEARING FOR AMENDMENT TO THE ZONING CODE - HISTORICAL PRESERVATION The City Council has scheduled a public hearing at 8:00 P.M. this evening to consider a draft ordinance presented by the Historic . Preservation Committee which has to do with restriction on land abutting the Historical District and on the composition of commission members. Michael Weinberg, 6355 Washington, and John Lindenbusch, 7044 Waterman, mem- bers of the Historic Preservation Committee, came forward to answer questions on this matter. Councilman Glickert asked how the Historic Preservation Committee came into being and who its members are. Mr. Weinberg said it was established by the Council, and its ma bens are Mrs. Tirzah Berthoff, Andrew Van leer Tuin, Mrs. Richard Sutter, Virginia Stith, Lois Kohlenberger, Joyce Banaszek, Doro- thy Birk, in addition to Mr. Weinberg and Fir. Lindenbusch. Councilman Lieberman asked Mr. Weinberg to review the features of the ordi- nance about which the Planning Commission had reservations. The first had to do with composition of the Commission, which, in the proposed ordinance, calls for 3 architects, 1 historian, 1 attorney and 2 others. Two members must be residents of an historical district. The Plan Commission expressed reservations about this commission being composed of relatively expert members, rather than more broadly representative. The second reservation has to do throughout the ordinance with extension of building permit controls and other kinds of controls to land abutting the boundary lines of historic features or historic districts. The Plan Commission thought these kinds of controls might have serious adverse effect on development, and might best be handled by other means.