The commission shall be advisory to the council and shall be authorized to:
A. Conduct a survey of local historic properties.
B. Recommend methods and procedures necessary to preserve, restore, maintain and operate historic properties under the ownership or control of the city.
C. Draft and submit to the council for approval, contracts with the state or federal government, or any agency of either, or with any other organization.
D. Cooperate with the federal, state, and local governments in the pursuance of the objectives of historic preservation.
E. Promote and conduct educational and interpretive programs on historic preservation and historic properties in the city.
F. Enter private property, buildings, or structures in the performance of its official duties, but only with the express consent of the owner or occupant thereof.
G. Review nominations of properties, within the city's jurisdiction, to the National Register of Historic Places and provide comments to the state historic preservation office.
H. Nominate properties within the city's jurisdiction to the National Register of Historic Places. (Ord. 492, 1-9-2007)