CITY OF IDAHO SPRINGS
Clear Creek County, Colorado
Ordinance No. 15, Series 2024
AN ORDINANCE ADDING A NEW ARTICLE IV OF CHAPTER 5 OF THE IDAHO SPRINGS MUNICIPAL CODE TO CREATE A HISTORIC SITES AND FACILITIES BOARD
WHEREAS, pursuant to C.R.S. § 31-15-201, the City Council ("Council") of the City of Idaho Springs ("City") possesses the authority to create City boards, including the authority to specify the appointment process, qualifications, terms of office, powers and duties of officers sitting on such boards; and
WHEREAS, the City has historically obtained input concerning the identification, conservation, restoration and other work and issues related to historic sites and facilities through the Historic Sites and Facilities Committee (the “Committee”), founded in 2007; and
WHEREAS, the Committee has played a pivotal role in stewarding the City’s heritage, marking a period of fruitful collaboration with the Historical Society of Idaho Springs (HSIS) and their shared commitment to preserving the City’s historic resources; and
WHEREAS, the Council finds that the time is now appropriate to convert the Committee to an official City board, thereby extending to that group the benefits of being an officially-constituted City body, such as access to City staff support and City resources; and
WHEREAS, the City has codified the details of its boards and commissions within Chapter 5 of the Idaho Springs Municipal Code (“Code”); and
WHEREAS, the City Council therefore desires to add a new Article IV to Chapter 5 of the Code to establish the Historic Sites and Facilities Board, including the purpose, powers and responsibilities of such Board and the qualifications and terms of those who are appointed to it.
This Boards Jurisdiction extends to the following Historic Sites and Facilities owner by the City of Idaho Springs;
CHARLIE TAYLER WATERWHEEL (On the south side of I-70 just east of Mile Marker 240);
JACKSON MONUMENT (320 Highway 103);
HOSE HOUSE NO. 2 (Sixth Avenue Hose House) (Northeast corner of 6th Ave. and Colorado Blvd.);
BRYAN HOSE HOUSE (North side of Virginia Street at Illinois Street);
CENTRAL HOSE HOUSE (1340 Miner Street);
ENGINE No. 60, TENDER AND COACH No. 70 (South of City Hall, 1711 Miner Street);
IDAHO SPRINGS CARNEGIE LIBRARY (219 14th Avenue);
BLUE RIBBON TUNNEL (South Side of Interstate 70; East of the Charlie Tayler Water Wheel);
IDAHO SPRINGS CEMETERY (East side of Highway 103, Approximately 1/2 mile south of Exit 240 of Interstate 70);
STEVE CANYON STATUE (Northeast corner of Colorado Boulevard and 23rd Avenue);
CITY HALL (formerly the Grass Valley School) (1711 Miner Street);
POWDER HOUSE (Gardener Placer, on the Northeast Corner of Soda Creek Road and Little Bear Road);
ARRASTRA (219 14th Avenue);
CIVIL WAR CANON (219 14th Avenue);
World WAR II MEMORIAL (219 14th Avenue);
and any additional sites and facilities designated by the City Council from time to time