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i <br />CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED LANDMARKS COMMISSION <br />Annual Report 2012 <br />INTRODUCTION <br />The mission of the Landmarks Commission is to protect, preserve and perpetuate the structures <br />and districts which reflect the City's heritage. The Commission encourages education and <br />creates an environment that promotes the community's historic sites, events and citizens in <br />order to foster civic pride. <br />The members of the 2012 City of North Olmsted Landmarks Commission are as follows: <br />Paul Schumann, Chairman <br />David Neville, Vice Chairman <br />Maryellen Davis <br />Thomas Dubowski <br />Jim Morse <br />Julie Nader <br />Donald Rerko, AIA <br />Albert Richner, RA <br />Dale Thomas <br />CERTIFICATES OF APPROPRIATENESS <br />The Landmarks Commission has the responsibility of reviewing proposals for demolition, <br />construction or alteration of any landmark or property within a landmarks district. The <br />Landmarks Commission holds public hearings and issues certificates of appropriateness for <br />proposals which meet the criteria for acceptable work. For guidance, the Commission looks to <br />the Secretary of the Interior's standards for rehabilitation. Two Certificates of Appropriateness <br />were requested and granted in 2012. <br />HISTORICAL RECOGNITION <br />Designation of Landmarks <br />25896 Butternut Ridge Road: Following the official landmark designation of the George <br />Biddulph house in 2011, Landmarks Commission members were proud to take part in a <br />recognition ceremony during All Scouts Weekend where the landmark plaque was unveiled. <br />4302 Porter Road: The Commission continued to work gathering information for inclusion in the <br />landmark report for the Knight-Biddulph house in 2012 with hopes to achieve landmark status <br />for the property in 2013. The recognition and preservation efforts related to the two Biddulph <br />properties were featured in a story in the 2012 North Olmsted Magazine. <br />30095 Lorain Road: In 2012, the Landmarks Commission added another property to its priority <br />list for landmark status. The Seltzer house was built by Charles Seltzer, a past mayor of North