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W/ <br />CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED LANDMARKS COMMISSION <br />Annual Report 2010 <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 order <br />to foster civic pride. <br />LANDMARKS COMMISSION <br />The members of the 2010 City of North Olmsted Landmarks Commission are listed below. <br />Paul Schumann, Chairman Thomas Dubowski David Neville <br />Dale Thomas, Vice Chairman John J. Lasko, Jr. Donald Rerko <br />Maryellen Davis Mark Mahoney Albert Richner <br />In 2010 the Landmarks Commission adopted new Rules of Procedure to govern its organization <br />and the conduct of ineetings. <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. <br />One Certificate of Appropriateness was granted in 2010 for the North Olmsted Emergency Food <br />Pantry, which was being relocated to a city owned property at 26272 Butternut Ridge Road. The <br />proposal involved building changes as well as site improvements. The property was also the <br />location of the City's first Community Garden in 2010. <br />CERTIFIED LOCAL GOVERivMENT <br />As a new Certified Local Government, the City of North Olmsted, led by the Landmarks <br />Commission, made application for a CLG grant to make the Old Town Hall of North Olmsted <br />ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) compliant and make other exterior improvements. <br />Unfortunately, the application was unsuccessful. The Commission will evaluate other potential <br />CLG grant projects for future funding cycles.