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Mt. Manitou Incline Update - Chris Lieber, Parks, Recreation & Cultural Services
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Summary: The City of Colorado Springs has received a grant from Great Outdoors Colorado in the amount of $350,000 for stabilization and repairs for the Mt. Manitou Incline. With City Council acceptance of the Grant Agreement on June 10, 2014, the Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Department, along with funding partners, will have secured the necessary funds to move forward with stabilization and repairs.
Previous Council Action: City Council accepted the Manitou Incline Site Development and Management Plan at their February 22, 2011 meeting and subsequently entered into an Intergovernmental Agreement with the City of Manitou Springs on February 28, 2012. On January 8, 2013, City Council approved the authorization of recreational use of the Mt. Manitou Incline. City Council passed a resolution to support a Local Government Park and Outdoor Recreation Construction grant application to Great Outdoors Colorado on February 26, 2013.
Background: After many years of community discussion about the future of the Incline, in 2010, the cities of Colorado Springs and Manitou Springs initiated a planning process that brought together the Incline property owners (Colorado Springs Utilities, Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway Company (COG), and US Forest Service (USFS)), users and area residents to create a Manitou Incline Site Development and Management Plan to guide the management, operation and legal opening of the Incline. The plan was accepted by the Colorado Springs and Manitou Springs City Councils in 2011. The communities later entered into an IGA to establish the roles and responsibilities for each city. In addition, the City of Colorado Springs entered into an Executive Agreement with Colorado Springs Utilities, a License Agreement with the Manitou and Pikes Peak Railway Company, and a Special Use Permit with the USFS for use of the various segments along ...
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