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What's happening in Golden today?
Events for Tuesday, Mar. 4th
- All day - CURRENT EXHIBITS AT THE MUSEUMS
- All day - Live Workouts with Community Center Pros
- All day - Golden History Tours
- 9-10AM - Women's Exercise and Bible Study
- 9AM - Golden Seniors - Coffee Klatch
- 9:15-9:45AM - Baby Time - Registration Required
- 9:30-11AM - Blue & White (or 2 Color) Group
- 10-10:45AM - Storybook Tour
- 10:15-10:45AM - Preschool Time - Registration Required
- 1-3PM - Hexie Ladies - English Paper Piecing Enthusiasts
- 5PM - City Council Study Session and Business Meeting @ City Hall
- 5:30-7:30PM - Textile Society
- 5:30-7:30PM - Exploring the Elements of Art
- 6:30-8:30PM - Toad Trivia
- 6:30-8:30PM - Team Trivia Tuesday
- 6:30-8:30PM - Trivia Tuesdays
- 6:30-8:30PM - Bar Bingo Night
- 7PM - Pub Trivia
- 7-8PM - Band Concert
For more information, click the item above or visit the Golden Today Calendar
9AM Golden Seniors - Coffee Klatch @ Golden Welcome Center
Golden Welcome Center - Photo by Richard Luckin
Hey, Golden Seniors! Join your friends at the Visitors Center for coffee! we will meet in the GWC Heritage Community Boardroom Sponsored by Golden Pond Retirement Community and Golden Visitors & Information Center
Location:
Golden Welcome Center
1010 Washington Avenue (Map)
When:
9AM on Tuesday, Mar. 4th
5-6PM City Council Study Session @ City Hall
- 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
- In-person comment is not accepted during study sessions, but you can speak when the business meeting starts at 6:30PM.
During tonight's study session, the chair of each board or commission will describe their work plans for 2025.
- Investment Advisory Committee
- Volunteer Firefighter Pension Board
- Mobility and Transportation Advisory Board
- Planning Commission
- Historic Preservation Board
- Parks Recreation Advisory Board
- Economic Development Commission
- Downtown Development Authority
- Golden Urban Renewal Authority
- PAC accomplishments only
- Community Sustainability Advisory Board
Location:
City Hall Council Chambers
911 10th Street (Map)
When:
5PM on Tuesday, Mar. 4th
6:30PM City Council Business Meeting @ City Hall
- Meeting Agenda
- Watch the meeting streaming live starting at 7PM
- Attend the meeting @ City Hall Council Chambers - 911 10th Street - (map)
- Send comments on any of the following topics to PublicComments@cityofgolden.net BEFORE 3PM, or
- Provide in-person comment (limited to 3 minutes) during the meeting, at 6:30PM.
Public Comment
The meeting begins with public comment. If you want to address Council, you will have three minutes to speak. Any public comments received by email before 3PM will be posted in the meeting packet after 3 (so check back then!).
Consent Matters
Items on the Consent Agenda are considered non-controversial, not needing discussion. Everything in this section will be approved at once, with one vote.
Any councilor wishing to discuss one of the issues can request that it be removed from the consent agenda and discussed and voted on separately.
These are the items on the Consent Agenda:
Resolution 3166 Community Solar Garden Partner
The City has wanted to build a community solar garden (a shared array of solar panels) for several years. Last year, they went through a competitive process to win Xcel's approval on such a project. They did not win. This year, Xcel has eliminated the competitive process and made the program available to any who qualify. The firm that partnered with Golden on the competitive process has declined further involvement. This resolution will allow McKinstry Inc. to take their place as the City's solar project developer.
Resolution 3173 Sustainability Rebates
This resolution will approve a range of rebates for energy and water efficiency upgrades. Some are available only to low-income households.
Resolution 3177 Building Maintenance
This will extend the contract to provide custodial services to City facilities for a cost not exceeding $383,824.
Resolution 3179
City Council has had a “Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (“JEDI”) Subcommittee” since 2020. Two Councilors have served on that subcommittee. This resolution will eliminate the JEDI subcommittee and instead appoint a Councilor (Don Cameron) to serve on the REDI Task Force. REDI meetings are recorded and posted on the City's agenda page. As a sample, here are links to the last two meetings:
Jan 9, 2025 - Agenda - Video
Dec 5, 2024 - Agenda - Video
Ordinance 2265 First Reading - Election Code Updates
This ordinance makes several changes to our election laws & procedures. These changes were reviewed at the February 11th study session. They will discuss and vote on it at the March 25th meeting.
Mayors Appointments
The Mayor will assign councilors to serve on various regional and Golden boards, commissions, committees, task forces, and subcommittees.
Proclamation
International Women's Day 2025
2025 Creek Management
A staff memo summarizes steps the City has taken to control the summer crowds along Clear Creek. This year, they plan to increase staff to enforce rules along the creek corridor. They will continue water sampling to access the impacts on aquatic life. They will continue using cameras, RFID tags, and "AI tools" to monitor people using the creek. They will expand efforts to make creek information available in Spanish as well as English. They will add a lost and found at Vanover Park on weekends and holidays. They will continue working with the third party parking company to write tickets. They will encourage more people to use the shuttles and increase shuttle coverage during peak times. Learn more.
Redistricting
In order to keep the ward populations approximately equal, staff is recommending that 201 Ward 3 voters (currently represented by Don Cameron) be transferred to Ward 4 (currently represented by Bill Fisher). This is a different change than the one Council discussed at their February 11th study session. At that time, they were suggesting that 601 voters be moved. Per suggestions by Councilors Cameron and Fisher, a different group of voters will be transferred.
Tonight is the first reading of the ordinance. There will be a public hearing and a vote at the March 25th City Council meeting. Learn more.
Strategic Action Plan
This resolution lists the projects that Council intends to complete this year. Much time and money will be spent on the new city hall and the Clear Creek corridor this year.
Executive Session
Last year, the state passed some heavy-handed new land use and housing laws, designed to ease the demand for housing. Several of the new laws tread on local control. Some cities are resisting the new laws. Council will receive advice from their attorneys regarding 2024 state housing and land use legislation.
The public is not permitted to watch executive sessions.
5:30-7:30PM Exploring the Elements of Art @ Foothills Art Center
Meeting on Tuesday evenings 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., our group of artists takes on advanced explorations in the elements of art, with an emphasis on refining skills, building on strengths, and supporting areas for improvement. Experienced artists working in any medium, including drawing mediums, are welcome as we meet and support one another in a spirit of fellowship with the intent of finding and/or enhancing our own personal voice.
Explorer & Creator Members $40 / Catalyst Members $80 / Non Members $110
Location:
Foothills Art Center
809 15th Street (Map)
When:
5:30-7:30PM on Tuesday, Mar. 4th
7-10PM 2025 Mountain Mardi Gras @ Buffalo Rose
Prepare to immerse yourself in all of the incredible sights, sounds, and tastes of an authentic Mardi Gras celebration held right here in downtown Golden! Find your dancing shoes, put on your finest purple and gold, mask up and come join all of your closest friends to have a Ragin' Cajun good time while supporting the dozens of local organizations that benefit from Golden Civic Foundation.
More information
Location:
Buffalo Rose
1119 Washington Avenue (Map)
When:
7-10PM on Tuesday, Mar. 4th
Live Music for Tuesday, Mar. 4th
- More Live Music
6PM Karaoke with Linda @ Dirty Dogs Roadhouse
6PM Open Bluegrass Pick Night @ Over Yonder Brewing
For more information, visit the Golden Today Calendar
Golden History: Wartime Ads
82 Years Ago
The March 4, 1943 Colorado Transcript shows Golden’s thorough focus on the war. The home page includes articles about ration books and the Red Cross Drive for the 1943 War Fund. A Mayor’s Proclamation is reprinted, proclaiming March as Red Cross Month.
The Avenue Flashes column focuses on all the women working along Washington Avenue “in all departments from owners, operators, managers, assistants, advisors, clerks, secretaries, messengers, delivery girls, and patrons.” (The feminist message is spoiled a bit by referring to Washington Avenue as “Petticoat Lane.”)
Several articles name local men who are entering the service, while others urge people to send cards and letters to boys in service. The editorial page praises “pensioners” who have given up their pensions to become defense workers at the arms plant.
Many of the advertisements manage to include references to the war, from the Linder Hardware Ad touting Pyrex to “make your wartime meals the best you’ve ever tasted,” to Public Service Company, which encourages consumers to get natural gas to help the war production effort. Grocery store ads are all about using ration coupons.
Weather
Overnight: Snow. Cloudy. Low around 33, with temperatures rising to around 36 overnight. North northwest wind around 13 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.
Tuesday: A chance of snow before 4pm. Mostly cloudy. High near 44, with temperatures falling to around 41 in the afternoon. North wind 12 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New snow accumulation of less than half an inch possible.
Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 26. South wind 3 to 12 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.
Tuesday Night: Partly Cloudy, 26°F
Wednesday: Mostly Sunny, 49°F
Wednesday Night: Mostly Cloudy, 32°F
Thursday: Rain And Snow, 48°F
Thursday Night: Rain And Snow, 29°F
Friday: Chance Light Snow, 37°F
Friday Night: Slight Chance Light Snow then Mostly Cloudy, 24°F
Saturday: Sunny, 49°F
Saturday Night: Mostly Clear, 30°F
Sunday: Mostly Sunny, 59°F
Sunday Night: Partly Cloudy, 33°F
Monday: Mostly Sunny, 64°F
News About Golden - March 4, 2025
Colorado School of Mines project hopes to warm houses, lower bills in mobile home communities
By Mark Jaffe
Colorado Sun
It gets cold in Lake County’s high country, and getting warm when you live in a mobile home is expensive. Just ask Armando, whose monthly utility bill for his two-bedroom manufactured house heads toward $300... Read more...
Annual Tree Sale Now Open
City of Golden
Take advantage of the City of Golden Annual Tree Sale, which takes place each spring. The City of Golden offers for sale a limited number of different species of trees that are known to adapt and thrive well in our area... Read more...
Police confirm prop gun behind lockdown at Golden High School
By Corinne Westeman
Golden Transcript
Authorities have confirmed a cardboard prop gun was located after Golden High School was locked down Monday morning for reports that a student had brought a firearm onto school grounds... Read more...
Students evacuated from Golden High School after fake gun brought to campus
By Lauren Penington
Denver Post
High schoolers in Golden were released from classes Monday after a student brought a fake gun to school, triggering a lockdown, according to the school district... Read more...
Broken bones, excessive force and drug overdoses: Inside Colorado’s juvenile detention facilities
By Sam Tabachnik
Denver Post
The staff member walked calmly up the stairs at the Phoenix Youth Services Center— a facility in Lakewood housing young people convicted of crimes — and headed toward a 15-year-old who had just thrown a chair at him... Read more...
Lutheran boys basketball outlasts Golden in Class 5A first round
By Jim Benton
Parker Chronicle
Lutheran, the top-seeded team in the boys Class 5A state tournament bracket, needed a wake-up call on Feb. 28.
The Lions used two different point spurts to gain control of the game against No. 32 Golden and finally earned a 65-59 victory in the first-round contest... Read more...
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