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CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED LANDMARKS COMMISSION Annual Report 2011 INTRODUCTION The mission of the Landrnarks Commission is to protect, preserve and perpetuate the structures and districts which reflect the City's heritage. The Commission encourages education and creates an environment that promotes the community's historic sites, events and citizens in order to foster civic pride. LANDMARKS COMMISSION The members of the 2011 City of North Olmsted Landmarks Commission are as follows: Dale Thomas, Chairman Thomas Dubowski Albert Richner, RA David Neville, Vice Chairman Robert Parry, AICP Paul Schumann Maryellen Davis Donald Rerko, AIA Brian Walsh CERTIFICATES OF APPROPRIATENESS The Landmarks Commission has the responsibility of reviewing proposals for demolition, construction or alteration of any landmark or property within a landmarks district. The Landmarks Commission holds public hearings and issues certificates of appropriateness for proposals which meet the criteria for acceptable work. For guidance, the Commission looks to the Secretary of the Interior's standards for rehabilitation. Only one Certificate of Appropriateness was requested and granted in 2011 for a roof shingle color change to the property located at 27645 Butternut Ridge Road. CERTIFIED LOCAL GOVERNMENT As a Certified Local Government, the City of North Olmsted, led by the Landmarks Commission, made application for a CLG grant to conduct an intensive level survey of the Butternut Ridge Historic District. The purpose of the project is to update the historic inventory forms for contributing properties in the district to improve recordkeeping and ultimately determine if the district would be eligible for the National Register of Historic Places. The grant application was successful, and the City was awarded $9,000 toward the project, contributing $6,000 in matching funds. The City contracted with the firm of Chambers, Murphy & Burge Restoration Architects to perform the survey wark. The consultants met with members of the Landmarks Commission to set the project framework and coordinated a research day at the Frostville Museum archives. They completed their field work and photography of the Historic District and submitted the required number of I-forms to the Ohio Historic Preservation Office by the end of 2011. In 2012, the project will conclude with all properties entered into the online database and a final report produced which will evaluate the district for National Register eligibility.