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For more information regarding volunteer opportunities in the City of Coeur d'Alene, please contact the Municipal Services Department at [email protected].

To receive consideration, please submit a Professional Data Sheet along with a letter of recommendation and additional documentation outlining qualifications by email, hard copy delivery, or mail to:

CLICK HERE to download a PROFESSIONAL DATA SHEET (application)

Current Opportunities

Historic Preservation Commission

The City of Coeur d’Alene is seeking applicants for the nine-member Historic Preservation Commission.  Three of the commission seats are up for appointment or reappointment.

To receive consideration, please submit the attached Professional Data Sheet, along with a letter of recommendation, resume and additional documentation outlining qualifications by fax, email, hard copy delivery, or mail to: Jo Anne Mateski, Executive Assistant, City of Coeur d’Alene, 710 E. Mullan Avenue, Coeur d’Alene, ID, 83814. FAX: (208) 769-2366, PHONE: (208) 666-5754. EMAIL: [email protected] Due by October 6, 2025 by 5:00PM.

Qualifications:

All members of the Commission shall have a demonstrated interest, competence, or knowledge in history or Historic Preservation.  

The Commission shall have at least one (1) member who also serves on the historic preservation commission of Kootenai County and at least two (2) members who meet the Secretary of the Interior's Historic Preservation Professional Qualification Standards as set out in the Federal Register, Vol. 62, No. 11, dated Friday, June 20, 1997.

The Commission should include a member or members who have professional training or experience in the disciplines of architecture, history, architectural history, urban planning, archaeology, engineering, conservation, landscape architecture, law, or other historic preservation-related disciplines. Additional Commission members may include representatives of partner organizations such as the Museum of North Idaho and the Coeur d’Alene Tribe, or other organizations with a vested interest in Coeur d’Alene’s historic preservation.

For this current volunteer opportunity, at least one of the three commissioners to be appointed shall have experience in archaeology, architectural history, architecture, historic architecture, and history, in order to meet the Secretary of the Interior's Historic Preservation Professional Qualification Standards.

Commissioners shall reside in Kootenai County during their term in office; PROVIDED, members representing an organization that has a vested interest in Coeur d’Alene’s historic preservation, such as the Museum of North Idaho, the Coeur d’Alene Tribe, and local higher educational institutions, may reside outside of Kootenai County.    

Additionally, commissioners must have the willingness and ability to:

• Attend regular meetings.
• Communicate effectively and form positive working relationships with others.
• Work cooperatively with other committee members, city staff, and the public to achieve the goals of the commission.
• Spend time assisting with grant writing and/or historic preservation studies.
• Receive training and technical assistance from the State Historic Preservation Office.

Role of the Commission

The purpose of the Historic Preservation Commission is to promote the educational, cultural, economic, and general welfare of the public of the City of Coeur d’Alene through the identification, evaluation, and designation of those buildings, sites, districts, areas, structures, and objects that constitute or contain significant elements of historic, architectural, archaeological, and cultural interest reflecting the heritage of the City, the State, and/or the Nation.

Duties of the Commission: 

• Advise Mayor and City Council on matters of historic preservation.
• Oversee Historic Preservation efforts in Coeur d’Alene.
• Conduct surveys of local historic properties.
• Recommend the acquisition of fee and lesser interests in historic properties, including adjacent or associated lands, by purchase, bequest, or donation.
• Recommend methods and procedures necessary to preserve, restore, maintain, and operate historic properties under the ownership or control of the City.
• Recommend the lease, sale, or other transfer or disposition of historic properties subject to rights of public access and other covenants, and in a manner that will preserve the property.
• Recommend designation of properties as historic and recommend the establishment of historic districts.
• Contract, with the approval of the Council, with the state or federal governments, or any agency of either, or with any other organization on matters of historic preservation.
• Cooperate with the federal, state, and local governments in the pursuance of the objectives of historic preservation.
• Make recommendations in the planning processes undertaken by the City.
• Recommend ordinances or other actions for the purposes of historic preservation.
• Promote and conduct an educational and interpretive program on historic preservation and historic properties in the City as funding allows.
• Commission members, employees, or agents of the Commission may enter private property, buildings, or structures in the performance of their official duties only with the express consent of the owner or occupant thereof.
• Review nominations of properties to the National Register of Historic Places for properties within the City’s jurisdiction and make recommendations to the appropriate agency.
• Take public comment and testimony on issues of historic preservation, including demolition review.

Meetings:

The Municipal Code requires that the Historic Preservation Commission will meet at least quarterly, but may meet as frequently as every month for commission meetings and additional optional subcommittee meetings.  

The full commission is currently meeting on the fourth Wednesday of each month at 12pm, and subcommittees have been meeting on the second Wednesday of each month at 12pm.  All meetings are open to the public and publicized to allow and promote public participation in the decisions of the commission.  

Per the Amended Bylaws of the Historic Preservation Commission, if a commissioner fails to attend three (3) consecutive regularly scheduled Commission meetings without good cause and without having provided prior notice to the Chair and/or Secretary, or if a commissioner is absent more than one-half (1/2) of the scheduled meetings in a six (6) month period, the Commission may request Mayor and Council remove that commissioner and appoint a new commissioner to fill the unexpired term.

Commission Terms:

Commission appointments are for three-year terms.  

PLEASE NOTE: * Members of the commission will be selected without respect to political affiliations and shall serve without compensation.

Due by October 6, 2025 by 5:00PM.

Arts Commission

The City of Coeur d'Alene has two (2) vacancies on the Arts Commission. Members are appointed by the Mayor and Council for a 3-year term.

The Arts Commission encourages artistic and cultural development and ensures the arts play a significant role in the community's welfare and educational experience.

Send applications by email, U.S. Mail, or hand deliver to City Hall.

Adopt-a-Street Litter Program

ADOPT-A-STREET LITTER PROGRAM

Volunteer your group or organization for Storm Drain Stenciling. Click here for more information.

Other Community Volunteer Opportunities

• United Way of North Idaho
• Panhandle Parks Foundation - Contact Tracy Meyers at [email protected] or call (208) 446-4813
• Boys & Girls Club of Kootenai County