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Public Comment
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Consent Agenda
The following issues are considered non-controversial, not needing discussion. All items will be approved at once, with one vote. Any councilor wishing to discuss one of the issues can request that it be removed from the consent agenda and discussed and voted on separately.
- The contract with the City's concrete replacement vendor is being increased by 7%. The new total is $1.6 million for 2025. More.
- The Golden Cemetery will award a sole-source contract for $140,408 to purchase more columbaria (for cremations). More.
- The City will amend the agreement with their parking management company to enforce until 7PM (instead of 5PM) in the neighborhood permit zones. They are also adding a new permit neighborhood--Parfet Estates. The current agreement specifies that the management company pays the city a base rate of $250,000 plus 50% of the proceeds from parking tickets. The new agreement will give the city $250,000 plus 46% of the take. This 4% reduction is expected to equal about $24,000 in 2025. More.
- The City will purchase another firetruck for $1.2 million. More.
Proclamations
Changes to the Special Events Policy
The Special Events Committee will be enlarged, with more groups represented. Their agenda will now be posted before meetings. The meetings will be broadcast and recorded and will include an opportunity for public comment. More.
Public Hearings
- Conveyance of Easement to 711 12th LLC
Banks Insurance, long housed at 711 12th Street (map), negotiated a deal with GURA when the south parking garage was built. They agreed to sell some of their property so GURA could build the garage, but they would six parking spaces for the exclusive use of their business, plus a side entrance to the garage for their use. The door was added and the parking spaces reserved, but it was recently discovered that the agreement was never signed. The Banks building is now about to be sold, so they want the agreement to be officially signed off. - Adoption of 2024 Model Traffic Code and Re-Adoption and Clarification of Adventure Van and Food Truck Definition Language
This document goes into a lot of detail about where and whether you can park vans, trailers, RVs, or food trucks on the street, so if those are topics of interest to you, review this document. - Housing Covenant for 1211 Avery Street
The company building 43 apartments at 1211 Avery Street (map) agreed to keep the rents affordable for low (zero percent to 50 percent AMI), moderate (51 percent to 80 percent AMI) or middle (81 percent to 120 percent AMI) income tenants for 15 years. They have learned that they can get extra "sustainability" points if they extend the time to 20 years, so they are requesting that change. - Creating an Arts & Culture Commission
Council plans to create a new Arts & Culture Commission with a 9-member board. Only 5 of the members would need to be Golden residents. The Mayor would appoint the members. They plan to hire a new half-time staff member to support this commission. The Public Art Commission would be folded under this new group, but the current $80K allocated for public art would remain earmarked for that purpose. The new Commission would allocate a portion of the lodging tax to Golden Arts & Culture organizations. The Golden History Museum has been under the purview of the Parks & Rec Board, which has always been a strange connection. They will now be moved to this new board. - Phase 3 Zoning Code Rewrite - Process, Procedures, and Notice Requirements
This lengthy document details when building projects can be approved by staff or when they must go to the Planning Commission, when they must have a public hearing, or when they must go to City Council. It proposes to eliminate the need to publish public notices in a newspaper (The Golden Transcript) in favor of publishing them on City websites. It describes how affordable housing projects will be fast-tracked. - Phase 3 Zoning Code Rewrite – Use Regulations
This even more lengthy document details requirements for many comfort and quality of life elements such as density and parking requirements and details what uses will be allowed in each zone.