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CITY OF IiTORTH OLMSTED "TOGETHER V6VE CAN 1VIAKE A DIFFERENCE!" LANDMARKS COMMISSION 1VIINUTES - FEBRUARY 10, 2003 IN OLD TOWN HALL 7:00 P.M. I. ROLL CALL: Chairman Lang called the meeting to order at 7:09 p.m. PRESENT: Chairinan Lang, Board inembers: P. Barker, T. Dubowski, G. Corell, J. Dailey, B. Lord, M. Davis, K. O'Rourke, and L. VanAuken II. RECEPTION OF VISITORS: Mr. Lang explained he had this itein added to the agenda but he would like to have it moved to item III on the agenda. In case there are visitors, they can be moved up to the front before addressing New Business. The reason for this is, he received a phone call from Mrs. Trudy Schooley, who is the owner of the home directly across the street from the Barton Bradley soccer fields. She informed Mr. Lang she is desirous of information as to how to go about getting a plaque for the house and Mr. Lang invited her to attend the meeting tonight hoping the board could talk to her about the process and give her the forms that are now used. Mr. Lang indicated Mrs. Schooley is not present so he will call her and make arrangements to send her the application forms and then entertain questions from her as to how to complete them. III. REVEF-W AND CORRECTION OF MEVUTES: The Landmarks Commission minutes from the January 13, 2003 meeting have been submitted for approval. K. O'Rourke made a motion to approve the minutes as submitted. The motion was seconded by G. Corell and unanimously approved. [II. NEW BUSINESS: Mr. Lang indicated the only new business is the memo that he penned to Mayor Musial, Council members, the Finance Director, and Building Commissioner in regard to the Heritage Home Loan program. He indicated to the board that he would make a call to the Cleveland Restoration Society about the program to find out answers to questions that they seemed to have about it. As indicated in his memo, he was chagrined to say the least to find out this is a$5,000 annual fee as opposed to a one-time fee, but they provide an awful lot of service for this amount of money. Mr. Lang said this in no way supplants any of the city requirements for building restoration and renovation. What they do is augment by providing additional services that the city would not customarily do to preserve a heritage home, and a heritage hoine by the Cleveland Restoration Society is anything defined as 50 years of age or older. He said he supposes the board could come up with its own definition but that is their criteria. Which tneans that there are an awful lot of homes in this city that would be eligible for restoration funds, however this is not just a home remodeling low interest loan. This has to be done according to the Secretary of the Interior's standards for rehabilitation, which go way beyond the city building code. That is one of the purposes for being able to provide this low interest loan; to maintain the homes in their historic nature and to rehab them as such. He talked to Sarah Wolfe and they would provide assistance to the homeowner in completing a loan application which would then be submitted to the bank for their approval as well as to the treasurer of the county and they determine the eligibility of the property. They would review the project plans in accordance with the federal standards. They provide on site inspection, much the same as our Building Department, but they would be looking for things that are entirely different. They submit progress reports and require the homeowner to submit progress reports so that the project is completed in a timely fashion. They would provide the homeowner with a certificate of completion, which does not mean that it takes the place of the Building Department's occupancy permit, or the final inspection permit; these are two entirely separate processes. Some time and savings would be brought to the Building Department due to relief from some of the activities normally encountered in a building project and additional income may come to the city due to increased property values, unless they