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Councilors, preservationists clash over plans to relist Cheyenne Auxiliary Pumping Station; committee postpones action
Summary
A contested resolution to repeal prior restrictions and relist the historic Cheyenne Auxiliary Pumping Station at 1504 Dillon Avenue prompted extensive public testimony calling for preservation, disagreement over cost estimates and review authority; the Finance Committee voted to postpone to allow drafting of substitute language and seek more information.
The City of Cheyenne’s Finance Committee on Dec. 1 heard hours of testimony and questions before recommending postponement of a resolution that would repeal earlier restrictions and relist the Cheyenne Auxiliary Pumping Station (1504 Dillon Avenue) for sale or lease with revised historic-preservation terms.
Deputy City Attorney David Hopkinson summarized the resolution as a repeal of Resolution 6479 that broadens purchaser flexibility, extends the contract/lease deadline to March 27, and maintains a prohibition on full demolition while allowing limited modifications if full preservation is shown to be infeasible. Hopkinson said the resolution notes restoration costs that “exceed an estimated $5,000,000.”
Preservation advocates and professionals told the…
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