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(c) Include detailed plans and/or descriptions of the proposed work demonstrating rehabilitation is in accordance with the City’s Historic Preservation Ordinance and all City codes; (d) Include cost estimates indicating the construction, repair or rehabilitation will equal or exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000.00); (e) Include a projection of the estimated construction time and predicted completion date of the construction, repair or rehabilitation; (f) Authorize the members of the Historic Preservation Commission, the City Manager or designee, and elected officials to visit and inspect the property proposed for certification to verify that it is in need of construction, repair or rehabilitation and to verify construction, repair or rehabilitation; (g) Sign an agreement, styled Historic Preservation Tax Abatement Agreement, to in all things comply with the requirements of this Article regarding the tax abatement, agreeing to comply with all requirements of the City governing said improvements, providing for recapture of all abated taxes following noncompliance with the requirements hereof, and including such other terms and conditions as the City shall require; (h) Include a tax certificate showing all taxes due upon the property have been paid; (I) Provide any additional information to the Historic Preservation Commission, the City Manager or designee, and elected officials, which the owner deems relevant or useful, such as the history of the site, access to the site by the public, or any proposed changes in use of the site; (j) Provide such information as the owner shall deem appropriate and the City shall require to establish the proposed property and property owner are in need of tax relief to encourage the property’s preservation. Sec. 30-52. Certification process. (a) Upon receipt of the sworn application, the City Manager, or his designee, shall forward the application to the Historic Preservation Commission and to appropriate City code officials for review. The Historic Preservation Commission shall review the proposed repair or rehabilitation for conformance with the City’s Historic Preservation Ordinance and with regard to issuance of Certificates of Appropriateness where required. City code officials shall review the proposed construction for compliance with all applicable city codes. The Historic Preservation Commission shall also review and make findings and a recommendation to City council regarding whether or not the proposed property and the property’s owner are in need of tax relief to encourage the property’s preservation. In making such findings, the Historic Preservation Commission shall review any and all financial information, proposed construction cost information, and any other information presented by the applicant or requested by the Commission in making a determination as to -4-