The U.S. Olympic Committee, whose presence in Colorado Springs for nearly 30 years has generated prestige and millions of dollars in economic impact for the Pikes Peak region, is weighing offers to move its headquarters and Olympic Training Center out of the city.

“We are evaluating several different proposals regarding a possible headquarters for the USOC,” spokesman Darryl Seibel said Thursday. “I’m not at liberty to share with you from which communities. I can confirm for you that one of those proposals is from Colorado Springs, and as of today, no decision has been made.”

Colorado Springs officials acknowledged for the first time Thursday that they’ve held months of behind-the-scenes talks with the USOC about finding new offices to replace its aging, cramped facilities on Boulder Street in the center of the city.

City Council members said Thursday that the USOC wants Springs officials to submit a proposal by mid-October that would commit the city to leading an effort to find new space.

In recent weeks, the USOC has written at least once to Mayor Lionel Rivera, asking the city to submit a proposal, Vice Mayor Larry Small said.

Small said the city has approached four local development companies — he declined to identify them — to gauge their interest in coming up with a proposal for USOC facilities. The city isn’t in the development business, he said, and therefore needed help.

Small and City Councilwoman Margaret Radford said the city is prepared to give the USOC the commitment it wants.

“Clearly, they’re here,” Radford said. “We want them to be here. We want them to stay. That’s why we’re focusing on what we can do to meet their needs.”

Seibel said the USOC has no timetable, but only wants to make “the best decision possible.” He added that USOC decisions aren’t just about new office space, but addressing the athletes’ needs.

“It’s a three-part equation: how best to meet the training needs of our athletes, how best to support the administrative needs of some of our national governing bodies and the USOC’s own administrative needs,” he said.

Small said talks with the USOC about the city’s role had been cordial and that the organization had never said it had offers from other cities.

“We’ve never had any indication that there’s any competition out there for this,” Small said before being informed of Seibel’s remarks. “If there is, I’m not aware of it.”

Rivera said Seibel’s comments were nothing new. Rivera said it’s his impression the USOC has received many offers in the past from other cities.

The USOC moved to Colorado Springs from New York City in 1978. Its 34-acre Boulder Street campus includes 35,000 square feet of headquarters space for the organization, offices for a variety of national governing bodies that oversee individual sports, and an Olympic Training Center that draws athletes from across the country.

For several years, local business and civic leaders have feared other cities would lure away the USOC and the training center with financial incentives, free office space and other perks.

Those worries have led to occasional efforts to lock up the USOC with new facilities.

In 2004, a proposal by business and civic leaders to build a downtown convention center included plans to move USOC offices to the area and to build an Olympic Hall of Fame. The convention center plan fizzled in 2005, however.

As the convention center proposal was falling apart, Springs real estate giant Classic Cos. proposed moving the USOC to a large commercial and retail project it’s co-developing on Colorado Springs’ north side. And in recent months, Classic and partner Nor’wood Development Group of the Springs have said they want to remodel a former Colorado Springs Utilities building downtown and move several Olympic national governing bodies to the site.

Classic Cos. Chairman Jeff Smith, who has said for years that the city risks losing the USOC if it doesn’t act, couldn’t be reached Thursday for comment.

None of the earlier proposals resulted in a deal between the USOC and the city.

Over the past several months, talks between city officials and the USOC were rekindled. Rivera speculated that the USOC’s hiring of James Didion, a national real estate consultant, has helped focus the organization’s needs for office and training facilities.

Since May, Didion has met with Rivera, Small and others to discuss how the Springs could assist the USOC, the vice mayor said. Radford said talks were kept confidential at the USOC’s request.

Small said the discussion centered on a plan to relocate the USOC headquarters to a new location in the city while expanding the Olympic Training Center on its current site.