Columbus, Georgia

Georgia's First Consolidated Government

Post Office Box 1340
Columbus, Georgia, 31902-1340
(706) 653-4013
fax (706) 653-4016
Council Members
Memorandum



DATE: February 7, 2002



TO: Mayor Peters

Each Councilor





FROM: Tiny B. Washington, CMC

Clerk of Council



SUB: Historic & Architectural Review Board

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The terms of office of Mr. Sia Etemadi, Uptown Business Association?s

representative, Ms. Mary Ford and Ms. Charlotte H. Frazier, At-large

representatives, expired on January 31, 2002.



None of these three incumbents are not eligible to succeed themselves.



Council must nominate someone for the two Historic District Residents, but

the other nomination must come from the respective organization.



Enclosed is a list of the current members serving on this board.



Please advise if there are any questions.



cc: Mark McCollum

Community Development









HISTORIC & ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD





Organization:

Historic & Architectural Review Board



Address:

P.O. Box 1340

Columbus, GA 31902

Phone:

Fax:

706-653-4116

706-653-4803



Contact:

Mark McCollum

Title:

Secretary



General Counsel:

N/A



Meeting Date:

Once a Month, Every 2nd Monday @ 4:00 p.m./Government Center



Charge/Mission

Within its legal and persuasive powers, this board shall encourage

preservation, maintenance and improvements of buildings of historic and/or

architectural significance within the Historic Districts. It has eleven (11)

appointed and voting members, four (4) of which are appointed exclusively by

the Columbus Council. The other seven (7) voting members are also appointed by

the Columbus Council, but they must be members of and recommended by certain

organizations as stated in the ordinance that established the board. There are

three other nonvoting members, one of which is a representative of the Columbus

Housing Authority, one of which represents the Columbus Planning Division and

the other represents the Columbus Inspection and Code enforcement Division.

(Columbus Code, Sec. 22-39 (A) through (K)







Historic & Architectural: Term Begins Term Ends Appointed By



Sia Etemadi SD-15 02-01-99 01-31-02 Council

Uptown Business Assoc.

501 1st Avenue

Columbus, GA 31901



Charlotte H. Frazier SD-15 02-01-99 01-31-02 Council

(At-Large)

4545 Kerz Court

Columbus, GA 31907



Mary Virginia Ford SD-15 02-01-99 01-31-02 Council

(At-Large)

2944 Hood Street

Columbus, Georgia, 31906



Saundra Green SD-16 02-01-00 01-31-03 Council

Columbus Board of Realtors

3355 Chelsea Drive

Columbus, GA 31909







Historic & Architectural: Term Begins Term Ends Appointed By





Charles Davis SD-16 02-04-00 01-31-03 Council

West Georgia America

4549 Ritch Haven

Columbus, GA 31909



John Sheftall, Chairman SD-16 02-01-00 01-31-03 Council

Historic Columbus Foundation

2039 13th Street

Columbus, GA 31906



Dr. Richard Coss SD-16 02-01-01 01-31-04 Council *

Resident Member

1411 17th Avenue

Columbus, GA 31902



Teresa Tomlinson SD-16 02-01-01 01-21-04 Council

Historic District Resident

840 Cooper Avenue

Columbus, GA 31906



John Gower SD-15 01-01-01 01-31-04 Council

Historic Dist. Preservation Society

716 1st Avenue

Columbus, GA 31901



Thomas Pooler SD-16 2-01-01 01-31-04 Council

Liberty Cultural Center, Inc.

2 Curry Court

Columbus, GA 31907



Phillip Ford (Appt. 8-28-01) SD-15 02-01-01 01-31-04 Council

Columbus Homebuilders Assoc.

213 Chapel Street

Columbus, GA 31901







Non-Voting Members



Ed Burdeshaw Continues in Office

Virginia Peebles Continues in Office



* Nominations are submitted by respected organizations as listed above and when

nominations are received, the individuals are then nominated by Council.































































































































SUCCESSION OF MEMBERS: See Columbus Code, Section 2-1, for general provisions

applying to all boards, commissions and authorities.



OTHER REFERENCES: Minutes of th City Commission meeting of April 11, 1938 for

resolution declaring the need for the authority and Clerk of Council list of

Miscellaneous General Provisions applying to boards, Commissions, Authorities,

and Committees to which members are appointed and/or confirmed by the Columbus

Council.













BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS

CLERK OF COUNCIL'S DATA SHEET

(REVISED AUGUST 10, 1990)

(SUPERSEDES FEBRUARY 3, 1984 REVISION)







CREATED BY: Ordinance No. 84-6, adopted January 31, 1984, abolished previous

board and established a new board. ( see Columbus Code. Section 22-37 (A) (1)





CHARTER REFERENCE: No reference to this specific board, but see Section 4-103,

General Provisions concerning Boards, Commissions and Authorities.





COLUMBUS CODE REFERENCES: Section 22-37 and Secs. 2-1, 2-3.01, 2-3.02 and 2-3.1

for general provisions relating to all boards, committees



COMPOSITION OF BOARD: FIVE MEMBERS. (COL. Code Section 22-37 (A)





QUALIFICATION OF MEMBERS: Official and employees of the Consolidated Government

may not serve. See also, Sec. 2-3.02 (a) Columbus Code for general

qualifications for all boards.





MEMBERS APPOINTED BY: Columbus Council. (Col. Code, Section 22-37 (A) (1)



TERMS OF OFFICE: Three years after initial terms expire, (Col. Code, Sec. 22-37

(A) (a)





POWERS , DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: See Col Code, sec. 22-37

(C)



COMPENSATION: Members are not compensated. (Col. Code, Sec. 22-37 (A) (1)



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SUCCESSION OF MEMBERS: See Col. Code, Sec. 2-1, for general provision applying

to all boards, commissions and authorities.





OTHER REFERENCES: See Clerk of Council?s list of Miscellaneous General

Provisions to all boards, commissions, authorities and committees to which

members are appointed and/or confirmed by the Columbus Council.





































































BOARD OF HISTORIC & ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW

CLERK OF COUNCIL?S DATA SHEET

(REVISED AUGUST 6, 1997)

SUPERSEDES APRIL 12, 1990 REVISION







CREATED BY: Ordinance No. 70-108 (4-27-70) as amended by Ordinance No. 71-250

(9-21-71), as amended by Ordinance No. 77-25 (3-29-77) as amended by Ordinance

NO. 84-6 (1-31-84), as amended by Ordinance No. 90-26 (4-10-90), as codified in

Sec. 22-39 (a) through (k) of the Col. Code, and amended by Ordinance No. 96-1,

adopted January 9, 1996.





CHARTER REFERENCE: No reference to this specific board, but see Sec. 4-103,

General Provisions concerning boards, commissions, and authorities.



COLUMBUS CODE REFERENCE: Sec. 22-39 (a) through (k). See also, sec, 2-1,

2-3.01, 2-3.01, 2-3.02, and 2-3-1 for general provisions relating to all

boards, commissions, authorities, and committees.



COMPOSITION OF BOARD: Eleven appointed and voting members.



QUALIFICATION OF MEMBERS: One member shall be a registered architect

recommended by the West Georgia Chapter of the American Institute of

architects. One member shall be a member of the Columbus Homebuilders

Association as recommended by the association. One member shall be a member of

the Historic district Preservation Society as recommended by the society. One

member shall be the member of the Columbus Board of Realtors as recommended by

the board. One member shall e a member of Uptown Columbus, Inc. as recommended

by the organization. Four members shall be at-large members as recommended by

the Columbus Council. Representatives of the Department of Community

Development?s Planning Division, Inspections and Code Enforcement Division and

the Housing Authority of Columbus shall serve on the board as nonvoting

members. See also Section 2-3.02 (a) for general qualifications for all

boards.





MEMBERS APPOINTED BY: Columbus Council. See above, qualifications of Members,

for list of seven organizations who nominate one of their members to serve.

These seven organization members are confirmed by the Columbus Council.





TERMS OF OFFICE: Three years.





COMPENSATION: Members serve without compensation.







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SUCCESSION OF MEMBERS: Appointees appointed hereunder who have served two (2)

consecutive full terms shall not be eligible to succeed themselves until the

laps of twelve (12) months from the end of said terms; provided, however, that

such limitation shall not apply to permanent, full-time employees of the

consolidated government who are serving in appointed positions nor to the

Muscogee county Board of Elections. The rules of succession contained in this

section shall be controlling notwithstanding any other rules of succession

heretofore enacted for particular terms that are shorter in length than a full

term shall nevertheless be eligible to succeed themselves for two (2)

successive full terms in addition to serving the shorter staggered term. (Col.

Code Sec. 2-1 and 22-39 (d)





POWERS, DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Within its legal and persuasive powers,

this board shall encourage preservation, maintenance nd improvements of

buildings of historic and/or architectural significance within the Historic

Districts.



OTHER REFERENCES: See Clerk of Council's list of Miscellaneous General

Provisions applying to all boards.



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