Weekly COVID Update
Jefferson County Case Summary:
Cases in Jeffco – July 7th: 49,042 | July 12th: 49,272 (+230)
Deaths in Jeffco – July 7th: 858 | July 12th: 859 (+1)
Currently Hospitalized in Jeffco – July 7th: 12 | July 12th: 15 (+3)
Recovered – July 7th: 47,987 | July 12th: 48,205 (+218)
Known Cases in Golden – July 7th: 2013 | July 12th: 2021 (+8)
COVID Vaccine Appointments
State of Colorado: Where You Can Get Vaccinated
Jeffco Public Health Vaccine Call Center: 303-239-7000
State Vaccine Hotline: 1-877-268-2926.
Golden Testing Sites
Mines COVID Testing | Jeffco Fairgrounds COVID Testing
More Public Health References
Sign up for exposure notifications | CDC | Colorado | Jefferson County | City of Golden
Virtual Events
9-9:55AM Silver Sneakers Classic
10:15AM Toddler Time with the Library
7PM New and Prospective Colorado Mountain Club Member Orientation
Real World Events
5-7PM VIBE@Five @ Golden Visitors Center
VIBE@FIVE is Golden’s Happy Hour! Come join other members of the Golden Chamber of Commerce for this “Very Important Business Event” – VIBE! The July VIBE@Five will be hosted by: The Golden Chamber – on the back patio at the Golden Visitors & Information Center
This event is for members of the Golden Chamber of Commerce and their guests – as well as for members of the Golden Young Professionals.
So that we can plan accordingly, registration is a must, please!
Stop in for a quick hello and a refreshment right after work and a chance to get to know fellow members of the Golden Chamber of Commerce and Golden Young Professionals. This is a great networking and socializing event!
6-8PM ARTSWEEK Golden: Plein Air Event Reception @ Foothills Art Center
See what the Plein Air artists have been working on all week!
6:30PM City Council Regular Business Meeting @ City Hall
Council’s consent agenda includes a change order for the contract with Alpine Demolition, which has been demolishing the Coors office building at 311 10th Street. The change would provide an additional $99,690.20 for Alpine to install an irrigation system and add vegetation to the site. (more)
A resolution will make more of our volunteer firefighters eligible for service awards. (more)
The consent agenda also proposes a fee of $30/hour for the police to review body-worn camera recordings. (more)
Citizens who reside near the Lubahn Trail (map) are overwhelmed with cars, visitors, music, trash, etc., and have requested a parking permit system. City staff is recommending that the suggestion be postponed “indefinitely.”
Council will vote on a new waste collection contract. Under the new contract, all households will be provided with a bin for compostable items, as well as the bins for trash and recyclables. (more)
They will hold a public hearing on a proposed moratorium on new two household or multi-household dwellings in the R2 and R3 zone districts. The moratorium would remain in effect for 180 days. This “pause” is designed to allow time to finish the zoning code rewrite. (more)
They will discuss a proposed ballot question which would create a 6% lodging tax. The proceeds would be spent on a loose category of things entitled “thriving community.” Hotel managers are asking that we adopt a lower rate, more competitive with our neighbors, such as 2% (Arvada) or 3% (Lakewood). (more)
They will also discuss a ballot question which would allow recreational marijuana stores in Golden. (more)
The City Manager will provide an update on progress toward our Strategic Action Plan. He will also discuss housing affordability and homelessness in Golden.
They will briefly discuss allowing businesses to prepare food outside their restaurants, in the parking lane. (more)
They will then adjourn to an executive session (no public, no cameras). These sessions often involve property that the city wants to buy (such as the Coors office building and the two houses that the city recently purchased in Goosetown). Tonight’s discussion will involve a parcel near South Golden Road and Johnson Road (map) and another at 14th and Ford (map).
Golden History Moment
99 Years Ago
The July 13, 1922 Colorado Transcript described a flash flood that hit Clear Creek Canyon and put the Colorado & Southern Railroad out of commission.
A six-foot wall of water from a cloudburst near Forks creek swept down Clear Creek canon late Monday afternoon and washed out seven miles of the Colorado & Southern railroad roadbed…. Long stretches of the roadbed are completely gone, and in other places the track is buried under six feet of debris and fallen trees, and many tons of rock.
While the canyon (and the railroad) absorbed the worst of the damage, Golden did not emerge unscathed. When the flood burst from the canyon, it brought trees and timbers barreling down with tremendous force. One large beam cracked a water main, which ran under the Washington Avenue bridge Several houses near the Creek flooded, including the ones along 9th Street.
The town of Morrison suffered much worse damage in the same storm. A 20 foot high wall of water had come surging down Bear Creek canyon, and several days later, the downtown still had a foot of standing water. Three bodies had washed down to Morrison by press time, while several people were still missing in the canyon. Boys from the Industrial School went to Morrison to join in the search and rescue effort.
Thanks to the Golden History Museum for funding the online collection of historic newspapers.
