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CREEK RECAP
Staff will provide their annual update on steps taken to control the creek traffic during tubing season. They made some infrastructure changes (p.3), which included widening the trail by the RV park and remodeling the beach area to make it less conducive to large gatherings. They built hard surfaces at some ingress and egress spots. They installed gates to keep people away from some parts of the creek bank.
They used cameras and software (p.4) to watch, count, and identify visitors. They were also counting attendees at summer events (p.6), including the Scandinavian Festival, Arts Week Festival, 4th of July, Movies and Music in the Park, Farmer’s Market, Buffalo Bill Days, and the Golden Fine Arts Festival.
They provided shuttles at special events (p.6) to bring people from remote lots to the event. This was more successful at newer events, where people weren't as set in their ways. The best example was the Scandinavian Festival (new this year), where 1,530 people rode the shuttles. The average cost per rider was $5.47. The worst example was ArtsWeek in June, where only 56 people rode the shuttle, resulting in a cost per rider of $97.15. They estimate that the shuttles kept 1,000 vehicles out of downtown.
They posted park rules (p.8) in both English and Spanish in many place, both on- and offline.
The new third party parking enforcement company has freed up Golden's code enforcement officers to work on other issues. We're making more money from parking violations than from paid parking fees (p.9).
Citations (p.11)along the creek were: Alcohol (369), Fires/Grills (6), Off-leash dogs (65), Smoking/Vaping (29).
The cost of managing the creek (p.12) has grown year by year. This year was extra-expensive because of the infrastructure work at the beach and RV park.
2022: $95,350 | 2023: $295,672 | 2024 (projected): $604,975
2025 (proposed): $450,316 | 2026 (proposed): $469,495
RENTAL REGISTRY DISCUSSION
The city is considering establishing a registry of rental property. This would help staff understand the available stock and might help with affordable housing. They have done some community outreach and so far property owners are expressing concern over possible government overreach. They have spoken to other cities (p.4) who have registries. Boulder has 4 full time staff members working in licensing, management, and compliance. Fort Collins is just creating their program and they anticipate 6.5 full time people. They will continue to study the issue, in partnership with Golden United, the School of Mines, and Foothills Regional Housing Authority (p.9).
EVENTS DISCUSSION
Staff is working to identify the necessary elements to ensure successful events of various sizes. This will help them plan appropriate police, traffic management, parking, shuttle service, bike racks, trash/recycling services, toilet facilities, etc. They are using sensors and software to count attendance at the events (p.9).
