Coronavirus/COVID-19
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CDC * Colorado * Jefferson County * City of Golden
Jefferson County is at Level Red, “Severe Risk.” Learn more….
Jeffco Public Health’s Case Summary Page says “The state data system is down, no updates are available for December 2nd.” Here’s where we stood on Tuesday:
Cases in Jeffco – Tues: 21,152
Deaths in Jeffco – Tues: 469
Ever Hospitalized in Jeffco – Tues: 1,265 (currently 226)
Recovered – Tues: 16,853
Known Cases in Golden – Tues: 732
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Last Night’s Planning Commission Meeting
Since people are asking…last night’s Planning Commission Meeting ran for four hours, and the case was carried over to next month. The Commission did vote to approve the Special Use Permit that would allow 100% residential on the site. Several issues were still outstanding: the density variance, the parking variance, and the banking plan, allowing them to “reserve” housing allocations from future years.
Commissioners were disenchanted to learn that–while 80% of the rental units would be price controlled for 20 years–the apartments would not be reserved for people in a particular income group. As one commissioner put it, they could all be occupied by millionaires. This wouldn’t necessarily alleviate our affordable housing problem. This left the Commissioners less motivated to grant variances. They will return to the case in January.
Virtual Golden
10:15AM Preschool Time with the Library
9AM Public Art Commission Meeting
The Public Art Commission will discuss which pieces in the Public Art collection are in need of maintenance work. Those needing work most immediately are the Triceratops Head, the Clear Creek Medallions (embedded in the sidewalk by the library), Nighthorse on the Mesa (in the roundabout by Taco Bell), Winter on the Mesa (south side of Clear Creek, east of Washington Avenue, and Howdy Folks (the Buffalo Bill statue near the Visitors Center).
They will also work on their Strategic Plan, basing it on City Council’s new Success Factors (SMARTIE–Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, Time-Bound, Inclusive, and Equitable).
The City allocates $50K/year to public art, and the Commission generally does one major project every year. This year, they added three new murals downtown.
6-7PM Qs and Brews Trivia – JCPL
6:30PM City Council Regular Business Meeting
Tonight’s consent agenda includes three items: a license agreement allowing Stadium Medical to keep one of their ambulances and some of their people in Fire Station 21; voting to maintain our membership on the Rocky Flats Stewardship Council; and an agreement between the City and Mile High Flood District regarding flood control and drainage improvements for Lena Gulch.
They will hear a presentation by DRCOG (Denver Regional Council of Governments).
They have several public hearings tonight:
1 Establishing water and wastewater rates
2 Approving supplemental budget appropriations for 2020
3 Approving the 2021 budget
4 Setting downtown mill levies for 2021
They will vote on whether to change their meeting night from Thursday to Tuesday, beginning next year.
They will discuss whether to stop publishing public notices in the Golden Transcript in favor of only publishing them on the City website.
They will vote on continuing to require face coverings.
They will discuss “Partial Waiver Of Attorney-Client Communication Privilege Regarding The City of Golden And the Colorado School Of Mines Land Use Regulation (City Attorney).”
The City Manager will provide any COVID updates.
After the regular meeting, they will hold their annual Golden Downtown General Improvement District meeting. They will set the 2021 mill levy and consider allowing businesses in the 1200 block of Washington (west side) to build a trash enclosure in the parking lot.
Golden History Moment
The Colorado Railroad Museum came to Golden in 1959, and the Iron Horse Hotel came with it. The Museum’s founder, Bob Richardson, used revenue from the Motel help fund the Museum.
The Iron Horse Development Corporation (of which Richardson was President) sold the motel in 1964. It continued in operation until the Museum was ready to expand in the late 1990s. At that time, the 40 year old motel was demolished. With the extra property, the Museum was able to build their roundhouse facility (where maintenance and restoration work takes place) and extend their track to form a complete loop.
Many thanks to the Golden History Museum for providing the online cache of historic Transcripts and to the Golden Transcript for documenting our history since 1866!
