Public Hearing – McMurdo Gulch Drop Structures Site – Proposed Local Historic Landmark Designation

6:00 p.m., Tuesday, September 19, 2023
Hybrid meeting (virtual and in-person)

You are invited to attend a Town Council meeting to discuss a proposed local landmark designation. This is a hybrid meeting. The purpose of this meeting is for the Town Council to review and decide on the a local landmark nomination.

The Historic Preservation Board voted 5-0 to recommend the local landmark designation to Town Council at a public hearing on September 6, 2023

Virtual: Directions on how to log in and use the telephone and web formats are listed at the end of this post.
In-person location: Town of Castle Rock - Town Hall, 100 N. Wilcox St., Castle Rock, CO 80104

Project description

Castle Rock Water, in collaboration with property owners, has submitted an application for local historical landmark designation for a site that contains three drop structures in McMurdo Gulch. The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) built the drop structures in the late 1930s under President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal programs. The work doubled as an employment opportunity for young men during the Great Depression and a conservation improvement for Douglas County. The Town intends to rehabilitate the three drop structures as part of overall improvements to McMurdo Gulch and will be applying for state grants.

View the final plans online that will be presented to Town council at www.crgov.com/DevelopmentAcivityMap and search McMurdo Gulch Drop Structures.

General public hearing information

The agenda can be accessed by clicking “View Current Agenda” at https://crgov.com/2841/Council-Agendas.

The agenda for the September 19, 2023 Town Council public hearing will be posted no later than close of business September 14, 2023. When it is time for this item to be heard at the public hearing, staff will give a presentation on the proposed project. The applicant also has the option to give a presentation on the proposed project. 

• Opportunity for questions and answers will be available after the presentations and once public comment period has been opened. All participants who wish to speak will be given the opportunity to do so 
• To attend the virtual public hearing by computer or phone, please follow the instructions outlined on the Town Calendar for this event at https://www.crgov.com/Calendar.aspx 
• All virtual participants may automatically have their video/audio turned off upon entry to the meeting. Instructions will be given during the meeting on how to participate
  To submit public comments by mail, please mail comments to:
  
  Town Council Public Comment
  Town of Castle Rock c/o Brad Boland
  Development Services Department
  100 N. Wilcox St.
  Castle Rock, CO 80104
  
  
• To submit public comments by email, please email bboland@CRgov.com by 4:00 pm on the date of the hearing
• For any other questions on how to participate, please contact Shannon Eklund, seklund@CRgov.com or 303-660-1367

In person
Location: Town of Castle Rock Town Hall, 100 N. Wilcox St., Castle Rock, CO 80104
Room: Town Council Chambers – 2nd Floor

Town council virtual and by phone
To attend a Town Council virtual public hearing by computer or phone, please follow the instructions outlined on the Town Calendar for this event at https://www.crgov.com/Calendar.aspx.   

Contact Information

Attachments

• Vicinity Map
• Site Photos

Posted to website September 12, 2023