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7. New business. a. Committees and Commission organization, Staff proposed following committee structure for discussion: Design Review: Meet with building permit applicants, review the work against guidelines and standards, advise or assist applicant with design alternatives, information and material or service sources, authorize "certificate of no change" or refer to the full commission with a recommendation. A current subject would be detailed consideration of design guidelines for a residential district or conservation area. Special interest in architecture and construction. Promotion & Information: Provide public information in a variety of media such as brochures, tour guides, design guidelines, building plaques and interpretive markers. Work with the Pioneer Room staffto publish and interpret the collections, and to build up a preservation library for citizen use. Work with the Tourism Committee of the Chamber of Commerce to promote local historic assets. Organization of activities and events promoting preservation. Special interest in communications. Preservation Projects: Anticipate and follow specific preservation issues, other than design, including the impact of potential public and private improvements, relocations or expansions on protected properties and neighborhoods. Two areas of interest would be LeDuc House and the potential boundaries of a new district. Special interest in preservation policy, law and planning. The purpose of a committee organization would be to accomplish more preservation objectives in the foreseeable future. Staffcannot spend more time than at present (about 10%). This commission could be more proactive if the members took on certain roles and objectives as their own area of responsibility. If the City Council would amend the ordinance to provide for nine rather than seven commissioners, each committee could have three members. b. Size of commission. Mr. Schnirring moved and Mr. Smith seconded recommendation to Council to increase the size of the commission from seven to nine. Motion carried. e. Authorize advertisement for proposal to complete district work. Mr. Smith moved and Mr. Simacek seconded authorization to advertise for contract historian services to continue the district/registration planning project with CLG grant funds, with the following requirements. Motion carried. · Contractor to meet with commission for at least two working meetings on design guidelines. · Contractor to prepare local nomination forms for properties to be specified by the commission, for example, where the property would be outside district boundaries or merit specific protection if a district is not established by council. 8. Adjournment. Mr. Simacek moved and Ms. Anderson seconded adjournment.