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(10)	Within not more than forty-five (^5) days after a public hearing, the Commission shall render a final decision regarding the proposed designation and shall give written notice of its decision
to the owner of the property proposed for designation setting forth the reasons thereof.
(11)	The Commission shall maintain a record of all testimony and documentary evidence submitted to the Commission for consideration of a proposed landmark designation.
)12) In accord with Section VIII, A (2) ofthis Ordinance, the City Council may ratify the determination of the Commission prior to the classification of a property, as defined in Section VIII, A (2), as a landmark at any regular or special meeting of the City Council.
(13) Within thirty (30) days of the date on which the Commission designates or the City Council ratifies, as the case may be, any building,;structure, site or monument as a landmark worthy of preservation, the Commission shall cause to be filed in the conveyance office of Hancock County a certificate of notification that such property is designated a landmark, and said certificate of notification shall be maintained on the public records until such time as the landmark designation may be withdrawn by the Commission or the City; Council.
B.	At such time as a landmark or landmark site has been finally established in accordance herewith, the Commission may rn'ra to b; prepared and erected on the landmark or landmark site a suitable plaque declaring that such is a landmark or landmark site.
Section X ADDITIONAL COMMISSION POWERS The Commission shall have the following additional powers:
Make periodic reports to the City Council; provide Information to property owners and others involving the preservation of the districts suggest pertinent legislation;recommend planning and zoning proposals; cooperate with other regulatory agencies and civic organizations and groups interested in historic preservation; review all applications for zoning variances, changes and conditional uses where they affect the district; render advice with reference to sidewalk construction and reparl; tree planting; street improvements and also the renovation, restosratlon, or construction of public buildings; furnish information and assistance In connection with any capital improvement program involving the historic area; consult with the National Trust for Histroic Preservation and other expert groups; administer such financial mechanisms as the City Council may establish for the welfare of the city within a district; and collect fees subject to City Council »PFr°Va