Second Regular Session

Sixty-first General Assembly

LLS NO. R98­0937.01 DFH

STATE OF COLORADO

BY SENATORS Wham, Ament, Johnson, Chlouber, Norton, Reeves, and Schroeder;

also REPRESENTATIVES George, Dyer, and Schauer.

SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 98-029

CONCERNING THE RENOVATION OF THE STATE CAPITOL BUILDING.

WHEREAS, The Colorado state capitol building is the most important historic public building in our state; and

WHEREAS, The state capitol building and its contents are irreplaceable historic assets; and

WHEREAS, Several studies of the state capitol building have documented that the building has serious life safety deficiencies and that visitors to and occupants of the building are at great risk in the event of a fire; and

WHEREAS, The state capitol building's aged infrastructure have deteriorated to a level that now requires total restoration and renovation to ensure its survival and use as a working capitol in the future; and

WHEREAS, The state capitol building advisory committee has studied the life safety and systems upgrades needed for the state capitol building and has gathered input from a wide variety of persons; and

WHEREAS, The state capitol building advisory committee recommends that the state capitol building be renovated and restored; and

WHEREAS, The state capitol building advisory committee has developed and presented its recommendations concerning renovation of the state capitol building to the capital development committee; and

WHEREAS, The capital development committee has reviewed such recommendations and believes that the recommendations present a solid framework for addressing the renovation and restoration of the state capitol building; now, therefore,

Be It Resolved by the Senate of the Sixty­first General Assembly of the State of Colorado, the House of Representatives concurring herein:

(1)  That the general assembly endorses the recommendations of the state capitol building advisory committee as contained in the committee's report to the capital development committee dated January 30, 1998.

(2)  That any legislation enacted in the future to implement a renovation and restoration project of the state capitol building should be consistent with the recommendations contained in such report.

Amendment No. 1, by Senator Wham
Amend printed resolution, page 2, line 2, strike
"endorses"
and substitute "recognizes";
line 7, strike "be"
and substitute "take
into consideration";
line 8 strike "
consistent with".