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then he probably should have provided the Law Department with all of the ordinances that pertain to the Landmarks Commission and then the board could probably fill in the rest of the blanks. Mr. Gareau remarked that he thought they were still in effect and Mrs. Seaman may have the ability to cross-reference or index or she may have some means by which she could find these ordinances. A female member commented that she found the staggered terms section of the ordinance. Mr. Lang remarked that Councilman Miller made reference to item 9 on page 4 about encouraging people to attend educational sessions once a year, but that is not addressed in any of the ordinances. Also in #10 additional responsibilities may be under taken by the commission, which the Chairman did not know how to respond to, but is sure they are addresses in the ordinance. On page 5 it requires recorded Ohio Historical inventory which is done. Item #4, paragraph D, rules and procedure adopted by the commission shall be available for public inspection, which is not done, because the commission has not created it's own rules or procedures yet. Mr. Lang indicated that in a more historic community where there is a tremendous amount of property to preserve or rehabilitate, then maybe a CLG would be far worthier. He really doesn't know except that there is no funding and the only way to get anything is a grant and the only way to get a grant is to have a goal. Mrs. VanAuken has been invited but can not make one of the appearances before a community organization to talk about the history of North Olmsted before a community group, and this is the one area in which we do have an outreach. It has been one of the main functions of this commission to feed this outreach from the city to various organizations, particularly to the schools to try to help students understand and appreciate what the city has to offer. It is now offered at the third grade level, but he doesn't know if they can do anything beyond third grade. Mr. Lang raised the question of would the grants be for rehabilitation of existing structures. He believed that only if the city is in possession of them could the grant money be used. Mr. Lang believes that the grant money could be used for archival expenses, all these specific functions, including but not limited to outreach that can provide a service to the city or community. A female member then questioned if it would be applicable if the board wanted to move the Kennedy House. Mr. Lang replied "yes". The National Trust for Historic Preservation has grant money available, but those are for individual property owners and are low interest loans for the rehabilitation of properties. If the people at the corner of Butternut and Lorain were so inclined could have used it to rehabilitate the building and put it back into something as it functioned in the late 1910-1920's even if it was only an optical store instead of a modern drugstore. It would have at least preserved the integrity of the corner. Mr. Lang suggested that he would try to have an annual report by February. VI. NEW BLJSINESS: Mr. Lang brought up the subject of the missing plaque at 26016 Kennedy Ridge Rd., which was on the church after the Barton Rd. congregational church disbanded. Mrs. Lord will go look at where the plaque was to see if the screw holes are still there. Then the discussion was moved to the house at 4302 Porter Rd. and whether or not it should be plaqued. A female member suggested that she had talked with a neighbor that told her several times that there was a young man in the neighborhood wanting to buy the house. One of the male members explained that the house looks pretty good, the security line is still working and a police officer told him that he thinks the alarm system is shut off because nobody is paying the bills. The inside of the home is beautiful. Chairman Lang explained that after the commission has a set membership sworn in, he 3