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Commissioners discuss revamping historic properties commission to support tourism and preservation
Summary
County staff and commissioners debated whether to expand duties and membership of the existing Historic Properties Commission to give it clearer responsibilities on inventory, designation and tourism promotion and to seek an ordinance update; board members asked for a work session with the commission.
County staff briefed commissioners on the purpose and statutory authority of a historic preservation commission and discussed whether to expand the existing advisory committee’s duties or to adopt a new ordinance establishing a commission with broader powers.
Staff outlined statutory basics: a preservation commission can be created by ordinance, have defined membership requirements (statute suggests members with experience in architecture, archaeology,…
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