Memorandum
DATE: March 1, 2007
TO: Mayor Wetherington
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. William Burgin, Mr. Siavosh Etemadi, Mr. Robert
Safran and Mr. John Schley on the Historic & Architectural Review Board will
expired on January 31, 2007.
Mr. William Burgin represents Historic Columbus Foundation, Mr. Etemadi
represents the Historic District Preservation Society, Mr. Safran represents
West Georgia America Institute of Architects and Mr. Schley represents the
Homebuilder?s Association.
All four of the incumbents are eligible to succeed themselves and we will
be checking with each of the respective organizations to determine if they
would like for each of these individuals to be reappointed to represent their
organizations.
Enclosed is a list of those members currently serving on this board?
Please advise if there are any questions.
cc: Mark McCollum
Community Development
Board: HISTORIC & ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD
Organization: Historic & Architectural Review Board No. of Members 12
Address: P.O. Box 1340
Columbus GA 31902 Phone:
Fax: 706-653-4116
706-653-4803
Contact: Will Johnson 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 (3) other nonvoting members, one of whiich 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).
Board Member: Helene Watson SD-15 (At-Large) (Oath 3-6-02) 1100 Boxwood Blvd Columbus,
Georgia, 31906 Appointed By: Council
2-21-02/1-31-05
(suc) Mary Ford
3-11-05/1-31-08
Term Begins: 02/01/2005 Term Ends: 01/31/2008
Board Member: Barbara Pound SD-15 Columbus Symphony 1122 Dinglewood Drive Columbus, GA
31906 Appointed By: Council
2-28-01/01-31-04
(fil) Ms. Saundra Green
Seat has been resigned. Barbara Pound has filled out bio sheet for replacement.
Term Begins: N/A Term Ends: 01/31/2008
Board Member: Anthony "Andy" Gilbert (chairman) SD-29
(Oath 3-21-02)
Uptown Business Assoc. 6506 Beaver Trail Midland, GA 31820 Appointed By: Council
3-7-02/1-31-05
(suc) Sia Etemadi
Term Begins: 02/01/2005 Term Ends: 01/31/2008
Board Member: Dora Jackson SD-15 (At-Large) (Oath 3-21-02)
4505 Lunsford Street Columbus, GA 31903 Appointed By: Council
3-7-02/1-31-05
(suc) Charlotte Frazier
3-11-05/1-31-08
Term Begins: 02/01/2005 Term Ends: 01/31/2008
Board Member: Virginia Peebles SD-15
(Oath)
Historic District Resident 1417 Stark Avenue Columbus, GA 31906 Appointed By: Council
2-21-06/1-31-09
(suc) Fern Cohn
Term Begins: 02/01/2006 Term Ends: 01/31/2009
Board Member: Jeff Bickerstaff, Jr. SD-15 Historic District Resident 1310 Peacock
Avenue Columbus, GA 31906 Appointed By: Council
11-10-04/01-31-06
(fil) Charles Hidle
Term Begins: 02/01/2006 Term Ends: 01/31/2009
Board Member: Charles Donald Beall SD-29 (Oath) Liberty Cultural Center, Inc.
4811 Yosemite Dr. Columbus,GA 31907 Appointed By: Council
10-4-05/1-31-06
(fil) Charlotte Frazier
Term Begins: 02/01/2006 Term Ends: 01/31/2009
Board Member: Will Burgin SD-15 Historic Columbus Foundation
1313 Rhodes Street
Columbus, GA 31901 Appointed By: (fil) Sidney Blackmon
Term Begins: Term Ends: 01/31/2007
Board Member: Sia Etemadi (vice-chairperson) SD-15
Historic Dist. Preservation Society
624 2nd Avenue
Columbus, GA 31901 Appointed By: Council
Term Begins: 02/01/2004 Term Ends: 01/31/2007
Board Member: Robert "Bob" Safran SD-15 (Oath 8-11-05)
3230 Carden Drive
Columbus, GA 31907 Appointed By: Council
2-01-05/1-31-07
(fill) Charles Davis
Term Begins: 02/01/2005 Term Ends: 01/31/2007
Additional Info: John Schley (Appt. 2-4-03) SD-15 Council
Columbus Homebuilders Assoc. 2-11-03/1-31-04
1527 Forest Avenue (fil) Philip Ford
Columbus, GA 31906 2-1-04/1-31-07
02/01/2004 01/31/2007
Elizabeth Barker (ex-officio)
Historic Columbus Foundation
P.O. Box 5312
Columbus, GA 31906
NON - VOTING MEMBERS
Lynda Temples - Transportation Planner
Will Johnson - Chief of Planning
Allison Slocum - Historic Preservation Planner
BOARD OF HISTORIC & ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW
CLERK OF COUNCIL?S DATA SHEET
(REVISED AUGUST 6, 1997)
(SUPERECEDES 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 Ord. 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 REFERENCES: Section 22-39 (a) through (k). See also Sec. 2-1,
2-3.01, 2-3.02, and 2-3.1 for general provisions relating to all boards
commissions, authorities, and committees.
COMPOSITION: 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 be a member of Uptown Columbus, Inc. as recommended
by the organization. One member shall be a member of the Uptown Business
Association as recommended by the association. 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.
SUCCESSION OF MEMBERS: Appointees appointed hereunder who have served two (2)
consecutive full terms shall not be eligible to succeed themselves until the
lapse of twelve (12) months from the end of said term; 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 boards and agencies, and appointees serving
initial staggered 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, and 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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