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ORDINANCE NO. 8583
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE EILER
NEIGHBORHOOD STORY AND COMMUNITY BUILT
SURVEY PROJECT NO. PL1304, BUDGETING AND
APPROPRIATING $22,718 FOR SAID PROJECT,
APPROVING A GRANT CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY
OF PUEBLO, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, AND THE
STATE OF COLORADO, ACTING BY AND THROUGH THE
STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY FOR SAID PROJECT, AND
AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT OF CITY COUNCIL TO
EXECUTE SAME
WHEREAS, the first purpose of the City’s Historic Preservation Code is to
identify, designate, and preserve those buildings, objects, monuments, structures, and
sites which reflect outstanding elements of the community’s architectural and cultural
heritage; and
WHEREAS, the City of Pueblo has received a grant from the Colorado Historical
Society, Certified Local Government grant program, to fund the Eiler Neighborhood
Story and Community Built Survey, subject to the execution of a Contract; NOW
THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF PUEBLO, that:
SECTION 1.
Project No. PL1304, Eiler Neighborhood Story and Community Built Survey, is
hereby established.
SECTION 2.
Grant funds from the Colorado Historical Society in the amount of $21,018 and
$1,700 in matching funds from Historic Pueblo, Inc. are hereby accepted and funds
totaling $22,718 are hereby budgeted and appropriated for said Project.
SECTION 3.
The Contract and Attachments between the City of Pueblo, a Municipal
Corporation, and the State of Colorado by and through the State Historical Society,
relating to the Eiler Neighborhood Story and Community Built Survey, copies which are
attached hereto and incorporated herein, having been approved as to form by the City
Attorney, are hereby approved.
SECTION 4.
The President of City Council is hereby authorized to execute and deliver said
Grant Contract, in the name of and behalf of the City of Pueblo, a Municipal
Corporation, and the City Clerk shall affix the seal of the City thereto and attest same.
SECTION 5.
This Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon final passage and
approval.
INTRODUCED: April 8, 2013
BY: Ami Nawrocki
PASSED AND APPROVED: April 22, 2013
Background Paper for Proposed
ORDINANCE
DATE: APRIL 8, 2013 AGENDA ITEM # S-1
DEPARTMENT: PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
JULIE ANN WOODS, AICP/ASLA, DIRECTOR
TITLE
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE EILER NEIGHBORHOOD STORY AND
COMMUNITY BUILT SURVEY PROJECT NO. PL1304, BUDGETING AND
APPROPRIATING $22,718 FOR SAID PROJECT, APPROVING A GRANT
CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF PUEBLO, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, AND
THE STATE OF COLORADO, ACTING BY AND THROUGH THE STATE HISTORICAL
SOCIETY FOR SAID PROJECT, AND AUTHORIZING THE PRESIDENT OF CITY
COUNCIL TO EXECUTE SAME
ISSUE
Should the City Council establish a project for the completion of the Eiler Neighborhood
Story and Community Built Survey Project, budget and appropriate $22,718 for said
Project and approve the grant contract with the State Historical Society (SHS) for the
completion of the Project?
RECOMMENDATION
Approval of the Ordinance.
BACKGROUND
The City’s Historic Preservation Commission was awarded a $21,018 grant to conduct
the Eiler Neighborhood Story and Community Built Survey in January of 2013. The
study will engage the Eiler Neighborhood, a well preserved and close knit area north of
the steel mill. The consultant will help build their story via memoir seminars, interviews,
architectural survey, and a short video. The result will be a detailed survey and
neighborhood context that will identify landmark and historic district potential and share
the unique story to hopefully attract new residents.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
The City will be reimbursed up to $21,018 by the SHS upon completion of the Project.
Historic Pueblo Inc. will provide $1,700 as cash match.
P.O. Box 2386
• . ' Pueblo, CO 81004
is o 1e : e lo Ine Inc.. www.HistoricPueblo.org
November 12, 2012
Dan Corson
Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation
History Colorado
1200 Broadway
Denver, CO 80203
Dear Mr. Corson:
This is a letter of support for the grant being requested by the Eiler Heights Neighborhood. As I
am sure you are aware, this is a very unique, one -block neighborhood in the historic Bessemer
area, just north of the steel mill. It is a special area because unlike the surrounding blocks, this
one has remained intact and self-vitalized.
The 1100 block of Eilers Avenue needs to be protected and preserved for several reasons. First,
most of the residents of this block are the original or near original residents. At the expense of
political correctness, most of the current residents are very old and are passing quickly. Their
first hand history of not only this one block, but the entire neighborhood, needs to be
documented and distributed before it is lost. Secondly, this neighborhood is at risk of being
destroyed by its own Government. It is needlessly being assaulted by the Environmental
Protection Agency and the Department of Transportation. Without some sort of protection, these
governmental agencies will destroy this historically significant neighborhood in the name of
"progress ".
Historic Pueblo, Inc. has donated $1,000 to help the efforts to preserve this area. In addition, we
have created a "trust" for the Eiler Heights Neighborhood for which funds can be held securely.
Currently there is just over $1,700.00 being held in this account. On behalf of the Board of
Directors of Historic Pueblo, Inc. we urge the authorization of the grant requested in order to
help preserve and protect a large piece of Pueblo's history and the homes for many of our valued
residents.
Sincerel
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(Da R.G. Webb
President