5:30PM GURA Board Meeting @ City Hall

Meeting Agenda
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Attend the meeting @ City Hall Council Chambers - 911 10th Street - (map)
Provide in-person comment during the meeting, at 5:30PM.
Send email comments to gura@cityofgolden.net.

* Note: The equipment in Council chambers has been broken, so you may not be able to watch the meeting live. They generally post the recording the next day.

Welcome New Member

Rob Reed completed his term on City Council in January, so Don Cameron will take over as the City Council representative on GURA.

Grant Request

The owner of the apartment building at 2401 East Street (map) recently removed a concrete wall separating the building's courtyard from the street. He now plans to landscape the courtyard and add planters along the street. (pp. 9-15 of the meeting packet)

Small Business Support

In response to the power shutdown in December, the City's economic development programs are offering financial assistance to help businesses and residents purchase power backup devices. GURA staff is recommending grants of $1,000 to businesses in the various GURA areas. This would cover 78 businesses in the West Colfax area ($78,000), 13 businesses in the Central Neighborhoods are ($13,000), and 1 business (the Eddy Hotel) in the Parfet Briarwood area ($1,000). They are also budgeting money for some kind of area-wide backup power: $100,000 in West Colfax, $30,000 in Central Neighborhoods, and $66,000 in Parfet Briarwood. (pp.3-5 of the meeting packet)

New GURA Areas

They have completed a blight study for the Nazarene Church property (map), where developers plan to build affordable housing.

They will issue an RFP for companies to perform a blight study on the ranch land at the north end of Golden (map), which was annexed into the City in December. (pp. 16-24 of the meeting packet)