- Meeting Agenda
- Watch the meeting streaming live starting at 5PM
- Attend the meeting @ City Hall Council Chambers - 911 10th Street - (map)
- Send comments on any of the following topics to PublicComment@cityofgolden.net BEFORE 3PM
- Provide in-person comment (limited to 3 minutes) during the Business Meeting, at 7PM.
Tonight's Study Session begins at 5PM and ends at 6:30PM. The Councilors will then have dinner. The Business Meeting will begin at 7PM. Public comment is not allowed during the study session, though you can send written public comment ahead of time. In-person public comment must wait until the Business Meeting at 7PM.
5-5:30PM Status Report on New City Hall
The retired Planning Director and Deputy City Manager will update Council on the new City Hall. They hope to break ground on July 23rd. They will be providing a preview of the "Design Development Site and Building Package." They do not plan to post the actual document (when they receive it) as it is "a very large file."
The DD plans show the overall site plan, drainage, basic landscape and security plans, building elevations, and a high-level floorplan to focus broadly on the general location of departments and work groups. The architect will also detail the basic design and construction approach.
5:30-6PM Comprehensive Plan Update
The Principal Planner will update Council on a planning update to the Comprehensive Plan. Pages 4-12 of the meeting memo list some of the public comments staff has received. From those, staff has deduced the need to:
- ensure available and affordable housing
- enable aging in place
- transition from a ‘small town’ to a ‘small city’ feel
- expand development review outreach
- coordinate land use, transportation and parks planning
Page 17 of the memo cites the 2022 Housing Needs Assessment, which concluded that Golden needed 3,100 new homes in the next ten years, of which 2,600 should be affordable housing. Staff has submitted that plan to the state and is awaiting feedback. The Comp Plan update will also incorporate the state's new planning and policy mandates, including Proposition 123, which requires increased affordable housing.
City staff will evaluate how the policy priorities of Prop 123 could be codified as ongoing City policy or implementation recommendations in the Plan.
6-6:30PM Building Decarbonization
The Sustainability Manager will present a recent reporting detailing how we could "decarbonize" the City's two largest buildings—the Community Center and the Facility Maintenance area. Steps would include switching from natural gas to solar and possibly heat pumps.
Dinner Break
Council will break for dinner at the conclusion of the study session. The Business Meeting will begin at 7PM.
Location:
City Hall Council Chambers
911 10th Street (Map)
When:
5PM on Tuesday, May. 27th
