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October 14, 2002 <br />Page 24 of 35 <br />adequately addressed you will close the public hearing; have your debates and <br />discussions; and then order whatever actions you deem appropriate. A meeting in <br />a nutshell. Then you will do that for each case. You will be surprised at the number <br />of properties that nobody will show up on. Those are pretty easy. But there will be <br />some that will show up. Some will have various reasons why they have not done <br />something to the property. It will take some time to deliberate and see what you <br />want to do. <br />Any other questions? <br />We will move on to page thirty three. The Historic Preservation Ordinance. <br />The general thrust of this ordinance is that it involves materials from the state and <br />federal government as well as our local ordinance. It is set out, beginning on page <br />three, section 7-152, the purpose of the ordinance. I think it is important if you are <br />on that commission to focus on that material and to more or less get a feel for what <br />you intend or what we intended to accomplish by implementing this ordinance. <br />7-153 on page four of the ordinance calls for a seven member commission and two <br />alternates which we took care of today and designated areas of interest. Term ends <br />four for two year terms and three for one year terms. Chair. Vice-Chair. Director <br />of Community Development is ex-officio and that is the person who will be <br />administering those matters as stated the ordinance. <br />Then you have a general list of authority. Again, number one, beginning page five <br />of your authority is to adopt rules and procedures. How you want to conduct your <br />meetings; how you want to what you do. The thrust of this particular commission <br />is different from the other one. Primarily because the purpose of this commission <br />is to designate areas within the community and city that deserve and require special <br />scrutiny and attention with regard to whatever happens to the properties in there <br />because of their historical significance or importance to the community. There are <br />a lot of wonderful historical structures in this community and I am pleased to say that <br />we are about to open the Depot, which has been a long time coming, hasn't it <br />Tommy. I think we are finally there. That is one of the most beautiful pieces of <br />railroad architecture I have ever seen and I love that kind of stuff. So it is just <br />amazing. There are other structures equally as beautiful in this wonderful city that <br />deserve attention and care and I think that is the purpose of this particular <br />ordinance-to try to see that they get it. Provides for monthly meetings; provides for <br />the quorum of four. <br />7-154 administration, Director of Community Development or his designee as the <br />Historic Preservation Officer. <br />And then you get in to 7-155 which is on page 50-designation of landmarks and <br />