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A. There hereby is created a Lakewood Landmarks and Heritage Advisory Board. It shall consist of no more than nine members selected as follows:

1. At least three shall be professionals who have experience in identification, evaluation, and protection of historic resources and have been selected from among the fields of history, architecture, architectural history, historic preservation, planning, cultural anthropology, archaeology, cultural geography, landscape architecture, American studies, law or other historic preservation-related disciplines.

2. The members of the Board shall be appointed by the Lakewood Mayor, subject to confirmation by the Council. All regular members shall have a demonstrated interest in historic preservation.

B. Appointments of Board members shall be made for a three-year term. Each regular member shall serve until his or her successor is duly appointed and confirmed. Appointments shall be effective on January 1st of each year. In the event of a vacancy, an appointment shall be made to fill the vacancy in the same manner and with the same qualifications as if at the beginning of the term, and the person appointed to fill the vacancy shall hold the position for the remainder of the unexpired term. Any members may be reappointed regardless of the number of terms previously served. The members of the Board shall serve without compensation.

C. The chair shall be a member of the Board and shall be elected annually by the regular Board members. The Board shall adopt rules and regulations, including procedures consistent with this chapter. The Board shall not conduct any public hearing required under this chapter until rules and regulations have been filed with the City Clerk.

D. A majority of the Advisory Board members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. All official actions of the Board shall require a majority vote of the members present and eligible to vote on the action voted upon. No member shall be eligible to vote upon any matter which requires a hearing unless that member has attended the hearing or familiarized him or herself with the record. Members must be present to vote; no absentee ballots are allowed.

E. The Board may from time to time establish one or more committees to further the policies of the Board, each with such powers as may be lawfully delegated to it by the Board.

F. The Director of the City of Lakewood Community and Economic Development Department shall provide staff support to the Board, and shall serve as a “Historic Preservation Officer” for the City, or supervise a person functioning in that capacity, as authorized by the City Manager. The Historic Preservation Officer shall further perform such tasks and provide such other services as are consistent with the City Manager’s direction, including, as applies, use of employment resources, act as custodian of the Board’s records, and other duties as assigned.

G. At all hearings before and meetings of the Board, all oral proceedings shall be electronically recorded. Such proceedings may also be recorded stenographically by a court reporter if any interested persons at his or her expense shall provide a court reporter for that purpose. A tape recorded copy of the electronic record of any hearing or part thereof shall be furnished to any person upon request and payment of the reasonable expense thereof.

H. The Board is authorized, subject to the availability of funds budgeted for that purpose and approval of the expenditure by the City Council, to expend moneys to compensate experts, in whole or in part, to provide technical assistance to property owners in connection with requests for certificates of appropriateness upon a showing by the property owner that the need for such technical assistance imposes an unreasonable financial hardship on such property owner.

I. In order to avoid looting or depravation of any such sites, Advisory Board records, maps, or other information identifying the location or archaeological sites and potential sites shall be exempt from public access as provided in RCW 42.56.300. [Ord. 578 § 1, 2014; Ord. 512 § 1, 2010; Ord. 368 § 1, 2004; Ord. 251 § 1, 2000.]