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CDC * Colorado * Jefferson County * City of Golden
Jefferson County is at Level Orange, “High Risk.”
Jefferson County Case Summary:
Cases in Jeffco – Fri: 33,623 | Mon: 33,964 (+341)
Deaths in Jeffco – Fri: 703 | Mon: 707 (+2)
Currently Hospitalized in Jeffco – Fri: 40| Mon: 42 (+2)
Known Cases in Golden – Thurs: 1268 | Mon: 1292 (+24)
Recovered – Fri: 31,455 | Mon: 31,871 (+416)
Virtual Golden
7:30–8:30AM Coffee Connections with the Chamber
This month’s Spotlight Speaker is The Eddy Taproom & Hotel.
10:15-10:45AM Toddler Time with the Library
1-2:30PM Zoom into Watercolor with Janet Nunn
6-7PM Virtual: Recursos Digitales
6:30PM City Council Regular Business Meeting – Virtual
Tonight’s Consent Agenda (automatically approved unless someone asks to discuss it) includes approving the purchase of a $119,386.71 computer controlled irrigation system for the golf course. It also includes a consulting agreement with a company that will review our e-commerce procedures. The cost will be $127K in 2021, $107K in 2022, and $107K in 2023.
They will then read a proclamation for International Holocaust Remembrance Day (January 27th).
They will award the bid to demolish the Coors Office Building at 311 10th Street at a cost of $692K with an additional contingency of $70K. The estimated date of completion is August 1st.
They will hold a public hearing regarding how the City will publish “Enactment Of Local Legislation And Other Matters.” Traditionally, this has been done in the “newspaper of record,” which has generally been the Golden Transcript. This ordinance will give the City Manager the option to cease publishing legal notices in the newspaper and publish instead on the City’s website.
The proposed ordinances authorize the city manager to direct the means of publication within the options authorized by the ordinance.
The meeting packet includes several articles about the fragile state of the news industry, with the decline of advertising and the aging of the newspaper-reading population. One article in the packet includes these remarks:
It is argued by the Public Notice Resource Center (2019) that newspapers are the best method for public notice publication as they contain essential elements such as accessibility, independence, verifiability, and ability to archive. Additionally, an argument is made for public notices in newsprint as significant numbers of individuals in rural areas still lack high-speed internet access (Public Notice Resource Center, 2019). The main purpose presented for public notices is to prevent official actions from occurring without the public being given access to the information in a timely manner(Public Notice Resource Center, 2019). With this in mind, it would not make sense for public notices to be published exclusively on government websites.
Editorial:
I am not comfortable making the City website the only place to find public notices. I find it difficult to locate information on that site–even more so, now that information is distributed between cityofgolden.net and guidinggolden.com. We should be looking for more and better ways to disseminate information rather than cutting back on outreach. I am also anxious to keep our local newspaper in business. I think we’re incredibly lucky to have had a newspaper documenting life in Golden since 1866, and I see no reason to add to their financial stress by removing government notices at this time.
The second public hearing concerns the long-term lease of the Astor House to Foothills Arts Center.
The Deputy City Manager will provide an update on the Heart of Golden project (remodeling the area along the creek).
The City Manager will provide updates on COVID-related matters.
Council will decide whether they want City Staff to work on a policy regarding boarding houses. Right now, using that term allows developers to build large residential developments while avoiding Golden’s 1% residential growth limit. A 170-unit “boarding house” is currently under construction near the Red Rocks Origin Hotel. This project circumvented Golden’s growth limit by providing “kitchenettes” rather than “kitchens” in the units. The difference is that “kitchenettes” do not have ovens. Council will decide whether they want staff to identify ways to close that loophole.
Finally, Council will have an executive session (no cameras, no public) “for determining positions relative to matters that may be subject to negotiations; developing strategy for negotiations; and instructing negotiators regarding properties near Archer Street south of 10th Street.”
For more information on any of these topics, see the meeting packet.
Real World Golden
4-10PM Prime Tuesdays at the Buffalo Rose
10oz prime rib, gouda mashed potatoes, green beans, and dinner roll – $25
The Buffalo Rose | 1119 Washington Avenue | 720-638-5597 | MENU | Map
11AM-8PM Fund-Raiser for Bell Middle School
Plan on joining us to support a fantastic local Golden eatery, Mannie & Bo’s Pizzeria. A percentage of the proceeds will go directly to Bell to support our students and Staff.
Mannie & Bo’s Pizzeria & Bar | 16399 S. Golden Rd. | 303-277-1793 | MENU
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Golden History Moment
54 Years Ago
The January 26, 1967 Colorado Transcript reported that Adolph Coors Co. was having trouble preventing South Table Mountain from nudging 32nd Street ever closer to the brewery.
A year earlier, Coors had moved a section of the road south to make way for a brewery expansion. Since then, the mountain had been “pushing downward at a rate of about two and a half feet a year.” The company planned to remove 235,000 cubic yards of earth from the south side of the street, and expected that to solve the problem.
Many 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!
