Virtual Events
TriceraTOTs
9-9:55AM Silver Sneakers Classic
9-10AM Zumba
12-12:55PM All Levels Yoga Virtual
1-1:45 Silver Sneakers Yoga
1-3PM Zoom into Watercolor with Janet Nunn @ Foothills Art Center
5:30-6:30PM League of Women Voters Webinar – Make Colorado Affordable—Affordable Housing Ballot Measure Presentation – Learn about Proposition 123
Real World Events
9-10AM Women’s Exercise and Bible Study @ First United Methodist Church
9:15-9:45AM Baby Time @ Golden Library
10:15-10:45AM Preschool Time @ Golden Library
4:30-5:30PM Teen Advisory Board @ Golden Library
4:30-5:30PM Self-Defense @ PranaTonic
6:30PM City Council Regular Business Meeting @ City Hall
Our new City Manager, Scott Vargo, started this week. Tonight will be his first City Council meeting.
Tonight’s consent agenda includes the first reading of an ordinance that will set up an Affordable Housing Trust Fund, which will help fund housing for residents at or below 120% of the Area Median Income (AMI). The AMI for a family of four is $117K, so 120% of that would be $140,400. The second reading and public hearing will be held on October 11th.
The second consent agenda item is a resolution that will assign some of our bonding capacity to Foothills Regional Housing, to allow them to build affordable housing in Wheat Ridge. The third consent item will allow the Sky Meadow water utility to temporarily store water in our Guanella reservoir in exchange for $1200. The final consent item will award $255,222 to Colorado Barricade Company to put up barricades that will remove one of the lanes on West Colfax.
Council will read proclamations for Hispanic Heritage Month, Constitution Week, National Drive Electric Week, and National Public Lands Day.
They will hear a presentation on the Jefferson Center, which provides mental health and substance abuse services.
They will revisit their decision to reclaim the right of way in Miners Alley. Two businesses–Golden Moon Speakeasy and Miners Saloon–were allowed to use the alley for seating over the summer. That ended after Labor Day, but the business owners would like to continue seating customers there.
The business meeting will be followed by a study session. They will discuss the Lena Gulch drainage project and its possible impact on the historic Bachman property. They will discuss a plan to form an ad hoc Affordable Housing Committee that will recommend ways to get more affordable housing in Golden. They will discuss any possible legislation that they want the Colorado Municipal League to work on.
As always, if you have comments on any of tonight’s topics, send them to councilcomments@cityofgolden.net.
Live Music
6PM Karaoke with Linda @ Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
6PM Open Pick Night @ Over Yonder Brewing
Trivia
6:30-8:30PM Team Trivia Tuesdays @ Buffalo Rose
6:30-8:30PM Trivia Tuesdays @ Golden Mill
7PM Trivia Night @ the Ace
7-9PM Team Trivia Night @ Tributary Food Hall
Golden History Moment
Ten years ago today (September 13, 2012) President Obama visited Golden and gave a speech in Lions Park, near the Recreation Center. The most memorable part of the speech was his remark, “I don’t see how you guys get anything done here–it’s too pretty!”
The President was introduced by Colorado-based Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar. Golden had good reason to be excited: the last sitting president to have visited Golden was Ulysses S. Grant.
