Weekly Digest January 21 2020
City of Golden /  911 10th Street /  Golden, CO 
(303) 384-8000
Featured this Week
Recycle your tree - LAST CHANCE!

Recycle your Christmas tree video
If your Christmas tree is still hanging around, you have a few more days to turn it into mulch!

Drop off your trees through Jan. 26 at the former Golden Recycle site, just west of Hwy 93 and north of Golden Gate Canyon Road.

Please leave trees at the south end of the site; there will be a sign there for tree recycling.

Trees must be stripped of all ornaments, hardware, strings of lights and tinsel. The trees will be turned into mulch, which will eventually be available for free at the public pickup site on 11th Street, just west of the Golden History Park.

For further details, contact the City of Golden Forestry office at 303-384-8141.
Ullrgrass Music & Beer Festival, this weekend!

Ullrgrass Music & Beer Festival returns to Parfet Park in downtown Golden for a 6th year this weekend from January 24 - 26. The three-day festival features diverse music styles and samplings of craft brews and ciders from across Colorado.

UllrGrass Music and Beer Festival is named after the Norse God of Winter - Ullr. It was created to toast the winter and celebrate great music and craft beer - Viking costumes optional!

For tickets and the festival schedule visit  www.ullrgrass.com.
Upcoming Events
Golden United Housing Task Force
 
The Golden United Housing Task Force will meet  tonight, January 21 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the  First Presbyterian Church, 17707 W 16th Ave.

9to5 Colorado  will give a presentation about manufactured housing homeowner resources and recent statewide legislation. Light refreshments will be served.

The Golden United Housing Task Force meets the third Tuesday of each month at 6 p.m.
Parks, Recreation and Museums Advisory Board Meeting
 
The Parks, Recreation and Museums Advisory Board meets tonight , January 21 at 7 p.m.  in Council Chambers 911 10th St.

During the meeting, board members will consider the following items:
  • DeLong design update
  • Museum inventory project update and collection deaccession items discussion
  • Goals and objectives review
  • 2020 Work Plan
  • Director's report
See the meeting agenda for more information.

For information on this and other upcoming meetings, please visit our Agendas, Minutes, Web Casts and Schedule page .
Sustainability Waste Strategy Task Force Meeting
 
Do you have great ideas about sustainability in Golden? Are you ready to dive in and turn the community's sustainability ideas into action? Come to the Sustainability Waste Strategy Task Force meeting on Wednesday, January 22 at 5:30 p.m. in Council Chambers, 911 10th St.

The Community Sustainability Advisory Board (CSAB) is looking for interested residents, local experts, and community activists to help in the following tasks:
  • Identify data and resources needed to determine impacts.
  • Review drafts of the 2020 Sustainability Strategic Plan.
  • Help campaign for top priorities.
The task force meeting on Wednesday will focus on waste strategies. To participate, simply show up! Refreshments will be provided and the CSAB meeting will immediately follow.
Community Sustainability Advisory Board Meeting
 
The Community Sustainability Advisory Board (CSAB) meets Wednesday, January 22 at 7:30 p.m. in Council Chambers 911 10th St. immediately following the Sustainability Waste Strategy Task Force meeting.

During the meeting, board members will consider the following items:
  • Board members will discuss the purpose of the task forces and plan for any improvements in the next Energy Task force scheduled for February 26.
  • The board will review a preliminary draft of an update to the 2015 Sustainability Strategic Plan, which incorporates community input collected over the past few years, and schedule the document for further discussion in February.
  • Board members will review and make changes to a draft of the work plan for the upcoming calendar year before forwarding the document to City Council for consideration.
See the meeting agenda for more information.

For information on this and other upcoming meetings, please visit our Agendas, Minutes, Web Casts and Schedule page.
Nature Writing Book Club
 
Join fellow nature lovers to discuss the "literature of the environment" on Wednesday, January 22 from 6 - 7 p.m. in the library of the American Alpine Club in the basement of the American Mountaineering Center, 710 10th St. The club meets on the fourth Wednesday of every month.

For more information and book selections, please visit  www.PackAnimalMagazine.com/bookclub.php.
Public Art Commission Meeting
 
The Public Art Commission (PAC) will hold their annual retreat on Thursday , January 23 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.  at Souders Studios, 1301 Ulysses St.

During the retreat, PAC members will discuss the 2020 Strategic Plan among other issues. Please see the retreat agenda for more information on items to be covered.

For information on this and other upcoming meetings, please visit our Agendas, Minutes, Web Casts and Schedule page .
City Council Regular Meeting

City Council will meet on  Thursday, January 23 at 6:30 p.m. in Council Chambers 911 10th St.

During the meeting, Council will discuss the following items:
  • Consent Matters - All items listed under Consent Matters are considered to be routine and will be enacted by one motion and vote. To see all items included in the motion, please see the meeting agenda.
  • Mayor Laura Weinberg will pass a resolution for National Radon Action Month.
  • Consider adoption of the new Transportation Master Plan (TMP). For background information on the plan, visit www.guidinggolden.com.
  • A second reading and public hearing on a City-initiated request to approve a vacation of a small portion of right-of-way adjacent to West 10th Avenue and Jefferson County Parkway, but retain a utility easement, and accept the dedication of four small parcels of right-of-way from Jefferson County. This effort is intended to correct an inconsistency between the way the ROW was originally dedicated and what was actually constructed several decades ago.
  • A second reading and public hearing on a request initiated by AutoNation Subaru to approve a vacation of a dead-end portion of Quaker Street right-of-way between West Colfax Avenue and West 8th Avenue, with the City retaining easements for emergency vehicle access and utilities.
  • A second reading and public hearing on a request initiated by Jefferson County Housing Authority that the City Council amend a condition enacted as a part of Ordinance 2101, based upon a recent administratively approved amendment to their approved Site Plan that reduces the size of their structure.
  • City Council will consider approval of an IGA with CDOT, which will allow the City access to DRCOG grant funding to proceed with design and construction of a complete street project along the West Colfax Corridor from Rooney Road westerly to I-70.
  • City Council will consider approval of a contract for services to MIG to provide conceptual planning services for the Heart of Golden 2020 project.
Following regular business, Council will adjourn into Executive Session.

For more information, please see the   meeting agenda.

For information on this and other upcoming meetings, please visit our Agendas, Minutes, Web Casts and Schedule page .
Downtown Development Authority Meeting
 
The Downtown Development Authority will meet Monday , January 27 at 6:30 p.m.  in Council Chambers 911 10th St.

For information on this and other upcoming meetings, please visit our Agendas, Minutes, Web Casts and Schedule page .
Mobility and Transportation Advisory Board Meeting
 
The Mobility and Transportation Advisory Board will meet Tuesday , January 28 at 6 p.m.  in Council Chambers 911 10th St.

For information on this and other upcoming meetings, please visit our Agendas, Minutes, Web Casts and Schedule page .
Heart of Golden 2020 Visioning Workshop
 
Heart of Golden 2020
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n Wednesday, January 29 at 6:30 p.m., the City of Golden will host the first of two visioning workshops in City Council Chambers to discuss the Heart of Golden 2020: The Future of the Clear Creek Corridor. Both of these workshops will begin with a project update and will have a feedback activity, which will allow direct community comment and suggestions.

There are three key questions for the community to address at this workshop.

1) What does your dream corridor look like?

2) What uses would you like to see and where?

3) What uses are most important to you?

Join us for this unique opportunity to help plan the future and create a legacy in the heart of Golden. If you can't make this workshop, the second Visioning Workshop will be on Wednesday, February 12. Learn more about the project and add your ideas on GuidingGolden.com.
Town & Gown Book Club
 
Join in on the first Town & Gown Book Club of 2020 on Tuesday, February 11 at noon. Golden City Councilor Jim Dale will lead a lunch discussion of the short, humorous, book Factfulness: 10 Reasons We're Wrong about the World - and Why Things are Getting Better

The meeting will take place in the Boettcher Room of Lakes Library, 1400 Illinois St. It's free (including lunch!) if you register by February 1 with gevans@mines.edu and commit to read the book. 

In Factfulness: 10 Reasons We're Wrong about the World - and Why Things are Getting Better (2018), Swedish MD Hans Rosling tells us why the world is getting better. Dr. Rosling only talks anecdotally about his Public Health career tending to the poorest children in sub-Saharan Africa. He talks with humor about his post career, and his data about the state of the world after he returned to Sweden.
 
Mines Community Meeting Feb.
Golden History Museum & Park Events & Programming
 
Golden History Museum
Golden History Museum & Park events and programming explore a variety of historic subjects presented by expert instructors. Learn about your community or neighborhood. Apply historic skills in a modern way. Create something with your hands. There is sure to be a program to suit your interests!

Upcoming programming:
  • January 25, 10:30 -11:30 a.m. | Golden Past-Port Series: Mining
  • January 27, 6 - 7:30 p.m. | A Golden Crusade: How Colorado Launched a CIA Propaganda Campaign and Helped Eisenhower Win the White House
  • February 6, 6 - 7:30 p.m. | A Campers' Republic: How Camping Became a National Ritual
  • February 12, 6 - 7 p.m. | Unconventional Women of the West
Visit GoldenHistory.org  for more information and to register for these and more upcoming programs.
Current Projects
Streets
 
Street sweeping continues this week.
Street and Lane Closures
  • Arapahoe St. between 13th and 14th Streets (in front of Calvary Episcopal Church) has been extended. Due to the construction activity, parking spaces will also be lost during this time.
  • The closure of 17th Street between Washington and Jackson for construction staging and access for CSM's project at 1750 Jackson St. has been extended until February 29.
  • Through Feb 28: A parking lane at 1400 Maple St. will be impacted by construction traffic.
  • Through Jan 24: Washington from 14th to 15th - A traffic lane will be impacted by CenturyLink work.
  • Through Mar 31: 1770 Elm St - Parking spots will be impacted by the placement of 2 dumpsters.