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ORDINANCE 845
ORDINANCE FOR MAPLEWOOD HISTORICAL PRESERVATION COMMISSION
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MAPLEWOOD DOES HEREIN ORDAIN:
Article IV. Secs. 2-87 to 2-99 is hereby added to read as follows:
DIVISION 4. HISTORICAL PRESERVATION COMMISSION (“Commission”)
Section 2-87. Authority for Establishment
There is hereby established for the City a Historical Preservation Commission as an
independent board to the City Council, as provided in Minnesota Statutes Annotated Sections
471.193 and 138.51.
Section 2-88. Statement of public policy and purpose.
It is hereby declared by the City Council that it is the public policy of the City to engage
in a comprehensive program of historic preservation and to promote the use and conservation
of historic properties for the education, inspiration, pleasure and enrichment of the citizens of
this Area. The purpose of this division creating the Commission is to secure for all citizens of
Maplewood the opportunity to preserve and promote its historic resources through the
dissemination of knowledge about the area’s history.
Section 2-89. Advisory body.
All actions of the Commission shall be in the nature of recommendations to the City
Council, and said Commission shall have no final authority with reference to any matters, except
as the Council may lawfully delegate authority to it.
Section 2-90. Composition; Appointment; Qualifications; Terms.
(a) The Historical Commission shall be composed of 7 members appointed by the City
Council, who shall be residents of the City, and shall be selected to assure that the Commission
is representative of the various areas of the City and responsive to the needs of the people.
Commission membership shall be drawn from persons with demonstrated interest and/or
expertise in historic preservation. If available in the community, at least two members of the
Commission shall be preservation-related professionals (including the professions of history,
architecture, architectural history, archeology, planning, real estate, design, building trades,
landscape architecture, or law). If available, one member of the Commission must be a
designated representative of the Ramsey County Historical Society, or the City will pay for a
membership for the Commission Chairperson.
Specific disciplines and professional qualifications must be represented on the
Commission (or professional expertise must be sought) when the Commission is considering
nominations to the National Register of Historic Places (see Section X=XX, part x, for the
nomination process) and other actions that will impact properties which are normally evaluated
by a professional in such a discipline.
The City of Maplewood will advertise for nominations to fill vacancies on the
Commission. The Commission members will interview nominees and recommend new
members to the City Council based on the following factors:
(1) interest and/or experience in history and historic preservation;
(2) if possible, a resident from an area of the city (West, North/Central, South)
that has a vacancy on the Commission; otherwise, an “at large” member;
(3) if possible, a resident who represents specific disciplines or professional
qualifications (as noted above) if such vacancies exist on the Commission.
The unexpired portion of the year in which appointments are made shall be considered
as one year. All terms shall expire on December 31 of the year in which the appointment
terminates. As the terms expire, all appointments thereafter shall be for a term of 3 years. After
the terms of the current members expire, all appointments and reappointments shall be three-
year appointments.
Section. 2-91. Officers Generally.
The chairperson and vice-chairperson of the Commission shall be elected by the
Commission at the first meeting in January of each year from among the members of the
Commission. The Chairperson shall be responsible for calling and presiding over all meetings
and shall be entitled to an equal vote with other members of the Commission. If the
Chairperson is unable to attend a meeting, the vice-chairperson shall conduct the meeting.
Passed by the Maplewood City Council December 22, 2003.