HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 15 - Landmarks Commission Updated May 2018 Section 2-45, Advisory Grand Opera House Board - DELETED
Section 2-48, as amended
Landmarks Commission
(A) Membership and Terms
The Landmarks Commission shall be composed of no more than seven (7)voting members consisting of:
six (6) citizen members, and one(1) Council Member. The Director of Community Development or
designee shall serve as coordinator and recording secretary for the Commission. There shall also be
appointed up to three (3) alternate members, who shall be authorized to act in the place of a Commissioner
who is unable to attend a meeting. The first alternate appointed shall act first and the second alternate
appointed shall act second, and the third alternate shall act third, etc. Citizen Members shall serve three
(3)year terms. In addition to these voting members, the Director or his/her designee of the Paine Art
Center and Gardens and the Director or his/her designee of the Oshkosh Public Museum shall be non-
voting members of the Commission.
(B) Duties, Purposes, and Functions
The Landmarks Commission:
(1) Shall recommend to the City Council those historic sites, structures, and districts which are of
sufficient significance to be classified as landmarks and the criteria under which these were
developed.
(2) May receive and expend funds for the benefit of protecting, supporting or promoting the City's
historic, architectural and cultural heritage.
(3) Shall report to the Oshkosh City Council as requested to review its work program and
expenditures.
(4) Shall foster the protection, enhancement, and perpetuation of historic improvements and of districts
which represent or reflect elements of the City's cultural, social, economic,political and
architectural history.
(5) Shall safeguard and foster civic pride in the City's historic and cultural heritage as embodied and
reflected in landmarks and historic districts.
(6) Shall cooperate with the City administration to provide information on historic resources to be used
to comply with relevant State laws.
(7) Shall implement and regulate the provisions of Article 18, of Chapter 30 of this Code, Historic
Preservation. [Statutory Reference §62.23(7) (me) Wis. Stats.]
(8) Advise and assist the City Administration and Common Council concerning capital improvements
proposed for the Grand Opera House that may impact the historical significance of the facility.
(9) Provide recommendations to the Common Council on the use of proceeds from donations made to
the City and deposited with the City Treasurer into a special fund for purposes of supporting,
adding to, or improving the Grand Opera House. All expenditures from said fund shall be solely
for the purpose of adding to or improving the Grand Opera House, and shall be spent solely with
the approval of the Oshkosh City Council.