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- -- ---.-----............. ....... ......._ ......,............v..~'" The Charlotte-Mecklen~urg Historic Landmarks Commission is an agency of Mecklenburg County and for budgetary purposes is a component of the County's Engineering and Building Standards Department. It has 13 members. The Board of County Commissioners appoints 6 members. The Charlotte City Council appoints 4 members. The Mayor of Charlotte aPl'oints 2 members. All are appointed for 3-year terms and may be reappoirited for an additional 3-year term. The Mecklenburg Historical A$sociation selects 1 non-voting member of the Commission. The Commission was created in July 1973 by joint action of the Charlotte City Council and the Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners. Click 11~r.rJQB.ee_pJWJQLof 2~th.ill)!liY~I~1}rY_9.elte.br~Jion of the Commission. The qommission derives all of its powers from State Enabling Legislation. Cli* hereJQ..I~ad.s..t~lLEnaJ2.!.i.!)g Leg.i.~lfltiQn. QIi ckby.rU.QJeacLL~gislat.iQ'!)..I~w~di]!KRrQR_~lJY.Ji!l,- deferrat[or J)i stO!jc landmarks. The fundamental purpose of the Commission is to recommend the designation of properties (real and personal) for historic landmark designation and to secure the preservation of same through exercising design review and through ibuying and selling endangered historic landmarks. The Historic Landmarks C~mmission protects properties in four fundamental ways. First, it recommends the designation of individually significant properties as hi*oric landmarks. THE HLC WILL BE SENSITIVE AND RESPECTfUL OF AN OWNER'S DESIRE REGARDING RECOMMENDATIONS FoR; PROCESSING AN OWNER'S PROPERTY, BUT THAT THE HLC, AFTER D~IBERATE CONSIDERATION, WILL RECOMMEND THE PROCE~SING OF PROPERTIES FOR HISTORIC DESIGNATION IF IT DEEM~. THAT THE PROPERTY IS WORTHY OF CONSIDERATION FOR DESIGNATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PREVAILING GUIDELINES I Second, it buys and sells endangered historic landmarks through its $9 niillion dollar revolving fund and places preservation covenants in the deeds when the properties are sold. Third, it administers design review ?ver intended material alterations of historic landmarks. Fourth, it educ~tes the general public about the significance of historic landmarks. ' The Commission has six cdmmittees. They are: Projects COlllmittee. The Projects Committee formulates recommendations concem*g the operations of the Commission's $9 million revolving fund. CltCk 11~re...lQ....~_~flJitprQjects of the revolving ,fung. The Charlotte-Meck~enburg Historic Landmarks Commission has the largest, local, publicly fi,Jnded historic preservation revolving fund in E ~ I http://www.cmhpf.org/coursehdme.htm ~ a5\.i ~ V.1"'1' 11/21/2005 I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I