Meetings

• As needed
• Drake Community Library
  930 Park St.
  Grinnell, IA 50112

Members

• Tom Grabinski - Term expires June 30, 2020
• Cheryl Neubert - Term expires June 30, 2020
• James Paulson, Chair - Term expires June 30, 2021
• Mary Schuchmann - Term expires June 30, 2019
• John Whittaker - Term expires June 30, 2019

Responsibilities

• Conduct studies for the identification and designation of historic districts and sites meeting the definitions established by Chapter 26 of the Code of Ordinances
• Make a recommendation to the State Bureau of Historic Preservation for the listing of an historic district or site in the National Register of Historic Places and may conduct a public hearing thereon
• Investigate and recommend to the council the adoption of ordinances designating historic sites and historic districts if they qualify as defined herein
• In addition to those duties and powers specified above, the commission may, with council approval:
  • Cooperate with federal, state, and local governments in the pursuance of the objectives of historic preservation
  • Provide information for the purpose of historic preservation to the council
  • Promote and conduct an educational and interpretive program on historic properties within its jurisdiction
• The board's five members serve three-year terms.