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k7 " r- ' CYTY OF IoTORTH OLMS'd'EI9 "T'OGETHEIt VVE CAN 1VIAKE A. DIFFERENCE+." LANDl0ARKS COMMISSI0N AGENl?A -MARCH 11, 2002 YN OLD 'I'OWN HAI.L 7:00 P.M. I. ROLL CALL: Chairman Lord called the meeting to order at 7:10 P.M. PRESENT: Chairman B. Lord, Board Members, M. Davis, L. VanAuken, G. Corell ABSENT: P. Barker, K. O'Rourke, D. Lind, and J. I)ailey Note: A. Smeraldi has resigned from the board Mrs. Lord welcomed guests to the meeting. She indicated the board was a bit short staffed. She explained that Mr. Barker was excused from the meeting but he may be able to join in later. Mrs. Lord indicated the board members should have all received a copy of the letter from Mr. Smeraldi indicating he respectfully resigned from the board. She said they will talk later in the meeting about what they might want to do in terms of thanking him for his many years of participation. She said the board has suggested a few ideas for a replacement knowing that the Council will take it under advisement. One suagestion was Mr. Joe Larig. The other idea is to establish a high school senior seat that each year can be taken over by someone in the current year's senior class. She indicated, any other suggestions would be welcome. II. REVIEW AND CORRECTION OF IVdINiJTES: The Landmarks Commission minutes of the February 11, 2002 meeting have been submitted for approval. Mrs. VanAuken pointed out an adjustment she would like made on page two. Mr. Corell made a motion to accept the minutes as amended. The motion was seconded by Mrs. Davis and unanimously approved. Ivlr. Corell had to be excused to take care of a family matter. III. NEW BUSINESS: Mrs. Lord suggested changing the order of the agenda since there were guests present. Mrs. Davis moved to change the order of the agenda. The motion was seconded by Mrs. VanAuken. There is no longer a quorum so it is no longer an official meeting at this point. Chairman Lord welcomed the three guests in attendance. She introduced Mr. Leonard Frick who was invited to the meeting by Mr. Corell. Mr. Frick indicated he is responsible for the real estate that the school district owns in the city. He found documents in the cellar of the Butternut building that were floating in sewer water. He said some may not be of historic value, but he does have some documents that appear to be of value because of their ' age. There are titles to real estate that the school district owned. They need to be preserved, or restored. He showed a quit claim deed to the property at the corner, the old Butternut Elementary, dated 1909. He showed another one he has, probably the oldest, for the Coe property; the Coe Eleinentary School that no longer exists. It goes back to 1917 but he has one that precedes that. It goes back to 1859. It is a hand- written deed. He showed the board members the document, which is in bad condition. He is not sure - what the district can do. He shared other documents with the commission. Mrs. Lord asked if he had made copies of the documents. Mr. Frick replied he had not done anything because he is not certain what copying will do to them. Some of the newer documents are even more fragile. He pointed out that they used surgical gloves to look at the documents. Mrs. Lord pointed out one document that had three different properties on one deed. Mrs. VanAuken asked if the county archive people might know how to do something with the material. Mrs. Lord said they might be a good resource, along with the Western Reserve Historical Society. The other item Mr. Frick brought up was from the early 1960's. It is the permanent parcel book for the City of North Olmsted. He does not believe it has been updated since it was published. Mrs. Davis said they do not do it the same way anymore. They looked over the book and discussed how it was used and some of the information contained in it. Mr. Frick said some of the .r.