- 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 7PM.
Arts & Culture Subcommittee (meeting memo on this topic)
City Council plans to set up a new board next year: the Arts & Culture Commission. This will replace the current Public Arts Commission and will have a larger scope:
- Dispersing a $350,000 annual fund to Golden cultural organizations
- Staff proposes a tiered system, where certain organizations are eligible for larger grants: "Tiers will be determined based on size of the organization, attendance numbers, budget size, and historical impact to the community."
- Ensuring that arts & culture in Golden aligns with City priorities
- Ensuring best practices for museums, public art, and cultural organizations in Golden
- Overseeing the public art collection
- Advising the History Museum
Staff recommends a nine member commission. Up to four of those members would not need to be Golden residents "but can demonstrate affiliation with arts and culture and some vested interest in the City of Golden."
Council Communications (meeting memo on this topic)
Staff has several recommendations to try to improve and streamline the various emails and channels of communication that have evolved over the years:
- Eliminate the Council Connects page on guidinggolden, which has not seen much use
- Eliminate the citycouncil@cityofgolden.net email address
- Keep the councilcomments@cityofgolden.net email address and continue to post the comments weekly.
- Keep the publiccomment@cityofgolden.net email address, which is used for public comments sent regarding a city council agenda.
- Encourage residents to use the new Fix It! tool on the city website when requesting repairs or issues requiring city staff.
Staff is recommending that comments sent to publiccomments@cityofgolden.net and councilcomments@cityofgolden.net be published automatically at a certain cutoff time. At present, staff needs to manually compile the comments and post them.
Downtown Mobility Strategy (meeting memo on this topic)
Staff proposes eliminating 51 parking spaces in the Jackson Street corridor (p. 2 of the memo) to build wider sidewalks and allow space for public seating and art.
The memo links to the West Neighborhood Plan, passed in 2020, which recommended significant reduction in parking on Arapahoe Street (diagram on p. 34 of the plan).
The memo discusses the city's policies and practices regarding buskers and petitioners downtown (p. 5 of the memo).
The memo anticipates redevelopment of the Wells Fargo and Safeway properties (p. 2 of the memo).
Council will break for dinner at the conclusion of the study session. The business meeting will begin at approximately 7PM.
