- Meeting Agenda
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Parking Passes for Volunteers
Downtown employees get free parking passes through their employers. Several downtown non-profits, such as Foothills Art Center, Miners Alley Performing Arts Center, the Welcome Center, and the food pantries have similar parking requirements for their volunteers. Council will consider providing such passes.
Peace Pole at the Golden Rotary Amphitheater
In 2004, the Golden Rotary Club financed and built the small amphitheater behind the Welcome Center. They would like to add a "peace pole" near the sandstone marker that identifies the spot as "Rotary Amphitheater." The pole will say "May Peace Prevail On Earth" in difference languages on each of the 4 sides. (see photo on p. 2)
City Budget
They will discuss the budget. They still plan to borrow most of the $60 million needed to build a new City Hall & police building, but have identified opportunities to reduce spending next year, which would allow them to make a $7.5 million "down payment" on the proposed structure. The projected savings come from delaying purchase of new fire trucks and not buying an affordable housing property that they had planned to purchase. (pp. 1 and 2 of the memo)
In addition to the $7.5 million that they hope to spend on the City Hall, they hope to spend $1.1 million on solar projects at the City shops, Community Center, and Fossil Trace club house. They are also proposing $950K in various capital projects such as sound walls, park products, trails, etc. (p. 2 of the memo)
They propose spending about $164K on various projects for seniors. The City used to own buses that they used for senior field trips, but sold them several years ago. They are looking for ways to bring back some of the senior services. (pp. 2 and 3 of the memo)
They plan to continue the "compressed work week" (formerly called the "4 day/32 hour work week"). The reduction in hours considered "full time" has resulted in some part-time employees qualifying for full-time benefits. (pp. 5 and 6)
They hope to hire 3.5 additional employees, plus two new firefighters. (p. 6)
The Community Center hopes to raise fees by 5-10%. (p. 12)
Golden's voters approved a 1% sales tax in 1991, to be used on capital projects. They anticipate generating $53.6 million from that tax next year. $20 million of it will go into the proposed City Hall. (p. 21)
They plan to borrow $6.4 million for a new pump station at Fossil Trace. (p. 21)
They plan to borrow $7 million for drainage work in Lena Gulch. (p. 22)
They plan to borrow $8.5 million for the new sports fields in Ulysses Park. (p. 22)
They plan to borrow $4.5 million for the irrigation system at Fossil Trace golf course. (p.22)
Natural Medicine Regulations
Staff will provide an overview of new regulations required by the state to govern "natural medicine." This will regulate how psychedelic mushrooms (psilocybin) are distributed.
