WHAT’S HAPPENING IN GOLDEN TODAY?
8:30-9:30AM Power Training (Virtual)
10-10:55AM All Levels Yoga (Virtual)
10AM and 1PM Wild West Walking Tour
10AM and 1PM Wild West Short Tour
10:15-10:45AM Let’s Dance @ Golden Library
12-12:30PM Mondays with the Mayor (Virtual)
2-3PM Active Minds Mondays – Plastics (Virtual)
6-9PM Teach Me to Play @ Golden Game Guild
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TRIVIA
7-8PM Colorado Trivia League @ Morris & Mae
CITY MEETINGS
3:30PM DDA Walking Tour of Jackson Street
DDA members will meet in the Visitors Center Parking Lot at 3:30 and walk from there for a tour of Jackson Street, 11th to 14th Streets. The City is planning to do a “streetscape” to make the street more bike and pedestrian friendly and more attractive. The DDA may provide some funding to this effort. This is a public meeting and you are welcome to join them.
5:30PM Downtown Development Authority @ City Hall
DDA will review the Tax Increment Financing (TIF) agreement that staff has been negotiating with CoorsTek on the Clayworks property. A TIF deal means that the company will pay reduced taxes on their investments in redeveloping the property. In exchange for this temporary reduction in tax revenue, the City expects to get a higher tax base for the long term. (That’s the two sentence version of TIF. See the meeting packet for a more detailed and accurate description.)
They will review their 2024 work plan, which is due to City Council in mid-February.
They will consider two bids for refreshing the Welcome Arch, which has become sun-faded. This will cost approximately $20,000.
The DDA held an off-site retreat in November and tonight’s meeting packet includes the summary of their discussions, conclusions, and goals. The board has existed for ten years now, so they were taking stock of their accomplishments and next steps. They want to better communicate their work to their constituents. They will consider closing Washington Avenue to traffic. They hope to extend their sphere of influence to include Goosetown and hire more staff.
GOLDEN HISTORY MOMENT
104 Years Ago
The January 22, 1920 Colorado Transcript reported that the City was updating the ordinance concerning combustibles. The earlier version of that law had been written when mining was a major consideration. It limited the amount of blasting powder, dynamite, blasting caps, and nitroglycerin that people were allowed to keep on hand.
By 1920, many people owned automobiles, so they commonly kept containers of gasoline. Likewise, many businesses sold gasoline, so they also needed stored quantities. This resulted in well-founded concern on the part of the fire department.
When this ordinance becomes a fixture on the city statutes it will be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, either as principal or agent to keep in excess of five gallon of gasoline, naptha or other inflamable liquids on any premises within the corporate limits of the city without first obtaining a permit from the fire warden. A permit from the fire warden will also be required before any tank, pump or apparatus can be installed. For this permit a fee of five dollars is charged.
Colorado Transcript – January 22, 1920
The new ordinance also specified that storage of blasting powder was limited to 50 pounds, gunpowder to 10 pounds, and no more than 1,000 blasting caps. Nitroglycerine was strictly prohibited within city limits.
Thanks to the Golden History Museum for providing the online cache of historic Transcripts, and to the Golden Transcript for documenting our history since 1866!
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