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Possible Changes to Grants, Planters, and Traffic; Lights Coming to Miners Alley; a Map Showing Floodplains

Golden Eye Candy – Jen Rutter – Sunrise, August 2022 – enlarge

Virtual Events

8:30-9:30AM Virtual Power Training
10-10:55AM All Levels Yoga Virtual
11-11:55AM Find Your Balance
12-12:30PM Mondays with Mayor Weinberg
2-3PM Virtual: Active Minds Monday: San Francisco: Biography of a City
4-4:30PM Kids Martial Arts Class


Real World Events

9:15-9:45AM Toddler Time @ Golden Library
10AM, 1PM, 4PM Wild West Short Tour
10:15-10:45AM Let’s Dance @ Golden Library

6:30PM Downtown Development Authority Meeting @ City Hall
The DDA will discuss possible changes to their grant guidelines. The Colorado Mountain Club has submitted a grant request for $2500 to help defray the cost of Mountainfest, which will take place September 23-25th.

The DDA will discuss possible alterations to the downtown planters. They would remove the lights and the built-in trash containers, as the City has ordered new stand-alone trash and recycling containers. The meeting packet does not include a drawing of the proposed change.

They will continue their discussion about possible Washington Avenue traffic changes.

After several years of discussion, the project to add overhead lights to Miners Alley will begin this week.


Golden History Moment:
Map Monday

Flood Plains in Golden – enlarge

I heard from a reader in response to yesterday’s article about a 1913 flood along Kinney Run and how Coors’s big new ditch will alleviate much of the threat to the brewery land. My reader asked why the City didn’t continue the “daylighting” further south.

I don’t speak for the City, of course, but I did have fun researching the question. I found the floodplain maps on the County’s website. Part of it appears above (you will want to click to enlarge). The main answer to the question is that Coors was in a much worse position than the rest of the City. Pretty much the whole brewery was in the 100 year flood plain.

Kinney Run in its new, deeper trench between 23rd and 24th Streets – enlarge

The City did a project near the high school a few years ago where they put Kinney Run in a wider, deeper trench. That took a number of properties out of the flood plain.

Architect’s rendering showing Kinney Run “above-grounded” south of 14th Street – enlarge

They have some high-level renderings showing an extension of the Coors above-grounding project. It would be the City’s responsibility, and it would be expensive–not least because it would require us to purchase the building that contains two automotive businesses, some of the property behind April’s Salon, part of the Methodist Church parking lot, possibly Burger King…it would depend on how far south we wanted to go.

As with all spending decisions, it comes down to priorities and debt tolerance. Do we want an above-ground Kinney Run or a new City Hall or affordable housing or a new history museum or increased staffing at the Fire Department or more staffing to help the homeless or more parkland along the Creek or….? (The possibilities are endless!)

To study the County’s map in more detail, visit their map of the County, then zoom in on Golden. In the “Layer List” along the right-hand side, scroll down till you find “Floodplains” and check that. That will enable you to see all the areas within floodplains in town.

Highlights