Due to the changes in weather patterns and fire danger conditions in and around the wild land interface in the City of Golden, fire restrictions may be re-instituted. Citizens are encouraged to monitor the City of Golden website where fire restrictions are posted. Citizens are also encouraged to practice fire safety when using recreational fires or permitted open burning.

Beginning at 11 p.m. on Sunday, May 13, U.S. 6 is now closed to all traffic between Golden (U.S. 6/SH 58 & 93) and State Highway 119.  It will remain closed until Friday, May 18, at 10 a.m. 

Detour to Black Hawk/Central City: I-70 west to Exit 244, east on U.S. 6 three miles to SH 119, north on SH 119 OR I-70 to Central City Parkway (Exit 243).

Closures Through June

Weekday closures will continue through Friday, June 29 during the hours listed above. The highway will be open to traffic each weekend, from 10 a.m. Fridays until 11 p.m. Sundays. For the Memorial Day Weekend, Highway 6 will be open from 10 a.m. Thursday, May 24, until 8 a.m. Tuesday, May 29.

In addition to the fiber installation, CDOT is conducting other operations in the canyon while the road is closed, such as rock mitigation and tunnel work. 

The closure is required to allow fiber optics to be installed along U.S. 6, which will provide cell phone coverage and other services into an area where it is currently unavailable.

Boaters and Kayakers

While U.S. 6 is closed, individual boaters and kayakers are not allowed to travel the highway between Golden and SH 119.  However, recreational users of Clear Creek can still drop into the water anywhere west of the SH 119 junction and exit the creek in Golden.  Bicyclists are never allowed to travel U.S. 6 through Clear Creek Canyon.

Updated information regarding traffic impacts on this or other CDOT projects is available on the CDOT website, or by calling 511. To receive project updates via e-mail, visit www.coloradodot.info and click on the cell-phone icon in the upper right-hand corner. The link takes you to a list of items you can subscribe to, including US 6/SH 119 Clear Creek Canyon.

Applications are due to the City Clerk no later than May 31, 2012.

More information about the posts can be found on Historic Preservation Board web page, or by contacting the Planning and Development Department at 303-384-8097.

• Historic Preservation Board Application (pdf)
• Historic Preservation Board Application (Word)

The Golden Urban Renewal Authority (GURA) is a volunteer board appointed by the Mayor that provides policy direction and oversight to staff on a variety of redevelopment issues ranging from light pole banners to major construction projects. GURA meets publicly on the second Monday evening of each month. The funding stream for GURA’s downtown project will expire with 2014 taxes. GURA is working with City Council to explore new urban renewal projects elsewhere in the city, and is providing support for the potential creation of a Downtown Development Authority. For more information on GURA, please visit www.gura.com or call 303-279-4162. 

Interviews for the open positions are tentatively scheduled to be held at the City Council Study Session on Thursday, July 19, in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 911 10th St. 

Applications are provided by the City Clerk or by PDF or Word download below.  Applications will be accepted at the Office of the City Clerk at 911 10th St. until 5 p.m. on July 9, 2012. You can drop them off in person, by mail, by email to clerks@cityofgolden.net or fax to the attention of the City Clerk at 303-384-8001.

• GURA Board Application (pdf)

Rides will take place the 2nd Thursday of every month from May through September.  Meeting time is 5:45 p.m. with wheels rolling by 6:00 p.m. Ride locations will change, so check the COMBA web site for more information and to register. Rides are limited to 24 participants, so register early. 

Come join the fun and learn the exciting sport of mountain biking in a friendly, “no-drop” ride environment. See you there!

HoH is designed to engage kids ages 6-11 with different aspects of local history. Campers can participate in full-day or half-day sessions.

• Half-day camps last from 8:30 – 11:30 and 12:00 – 3:00 and full-day lasts from 8:30 – 3:00 with supervised lunch break.
• Drop off and pick up times:

Morning: 8:00 – 8:30 & 11:30 – 12:00
Afternoon: 11:30 – 12:00 & 3:00 – 3:30
All day: 8:00 – 8:30 & 3:00 – 3:30.

• Each week ends with a show starring the camp kids!
• Two different themes each week during the morning and afternoon sessions. Sign up for one week or more! To see the schedule visit the GoldenHistory.org summer camp page.

Themes

Dirty Jobs
In this session campers will try their hand at some of the dirty jobs that kept this town alive and kicking. During the week campers dig into mining, see if they have what it takes to make pottery at a porcelain plant and seek out a story for our newspaper. We’re digging up Golden’s history and it’s time to grab your work gloves and help out. 

Pioneer Kids
We’re traveling back to wild and woolly Golden as it was during the mid-1800s. Campers will learn what it was like growing up on the Pearce Ranch while they work, learn and play like pioneer kids. Join in the literary scene and try to tell the tallest tale to entertain your fellow campers. Activities include woodstove cooking, taking care of the chickens and minding your manners around our one-room schoolhouse teacher.

On the Town
We’re steppin’ out on the town in this session and learning about life in Golden from the 1870s to the 1940s. Campers will become volunteer firefighters when they join the Rescue Hook and Ladder Company and take a tour of the Golden Fire Station. They’ll be inspired by Jolly Rancher (originally located on Washington Avenue) to make their own candy flavor. This session takes a closer look at our small town in the early 20^th century by exploring the City of Golden’s historic photo collection. On Friday the campers star in a show for their family and friends.

Old Time Tech (6–8 only)
This session takes a look at the latest in newfangled technology, from telegraphs to typewriters and radios to the electric light. Campers will send and receive telegrams with up to date news from across the nation—careful, we charge by the word! (For campers 9-11 years old who are interested in this topic we’ve incorporated elements into their On the Town session)

Silent Stars (9–11 only)
At the start of the week campers form production teams to write, direct, film, and star in their very own silent movie, just like the ones shown at the old Gem Theatre on Washington Avenue. The session ends with a movie premiere for family and friends where campers add sound effects to the on-screen performances. 

Camp Weekly Rates and Discounts

Half Days                   Full Days
$100 non-member      $200 non-member
$85 member               $170 member

Golden History Museums members at the family level or higher receive a discount for two children during the spring of 2012. Register by calling (303) 278-3557 x203 or online at GoldenHistory.org

GoldenHistory.org • 303-278-3557

The most recent version of our city flag (pictured right) was adopted by City Council in 1996, but yields an outdated version of the city logo. This flag represents part of Golden’s history and will be preserved at the Golden History Center.

But now you can help make history. The City of Golden and the Golden History Museum have been taking entries from talented local artists and we now have 21 different designs to choose from!

Head to our City Flag Contest page now, browse through the selections (just click on an image to enlarge it), then vote for your favorite. We will collect votes through the end of May, then tally up the results, and pick a winner! The winning design will be made into a flag, and proudly flown in front of Golden City Hall.

Happy voting!

The City of Golden and the Center for ReSource Conservation (CRC) are offering an easy, fun and affordable way to create beautiful, water-conserving gardens through the purchase of a Garden-in-a-Box kit.  Gardens can be pre-purchased now. Order one of six available water-wise Garden-In-A-Box kits and receive a “plant-by-number” design, 25-50 xeric perennial plants and planting and care instructions, all below retail cost. Gardens fit into a 50-100 square foot area and feature full sun, shade, a parkway strip and delicious edible designs.   

Also available this year are additional tools for saving water such as drip kits and control clocks.  To view all garden selections and pre-purchase gardens visit GardenStore.ConservationCenter.org.  Gardens will be available for pick-up Saturday May 12, 2012.

Greener Golden Event

Please join us on Saturday May 12, 2012, 9am to noon, for our annual Greener Golden Event, and take part in fun activities to kick-off the growing season. The event will be held at the Golden Community Garden, located at the west end of 8^th Street, between the Briarwood and the Community Center:

• Pick up your pre-ordered Garden in a Box and other water saving tools from CRC
• Have your questions answered by CSU Extension Master Gardeners
• Learn about Community Supported Agriculture and how to receive fresh produce all season from Colorado growers
• Tour the Community Garden and consider signing up for a plot
• Meet members of our local garden clubs
• Learn about backflow preventers and their proper maintenance
• Take a tour of Golden’s Water Treatment Plant
• Grab some free compost (please bring your own container; limited quantities available)
• And much more!

Resource International, Inc. (Rii), an engineering consulting firm headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, has been engaged, along with Data Transfer Solutions (DTS), an asset management and transportation planning firm, to re-inspect the City of Golden’s pavements by performing a visual Pavement Condition Index survey of the entire street network. The survey will begin on Thursday, May 3^rd and will finish prior to Friday, May 18^th.  

In 2008, the DTS/Rii Team collected 75 centerline miles of roadway asset data related to their pavement infrastructure. The project consisted of physical data collection of pavement distresses, augmented with GPR scanning of pavement thickness, and video / LiDAR scanning of the right-of-way for asset collection.

In 2010, the DTS/Rii Team performed an update to the City’s Pavement Management Program. The pavement condition was captured electronically on handheld data collectors, and uploaded daily to a master database. Once the field inspections and QA/QC verification was complete, the data was merged and uploaded within three days of field collection.

For questions on this project, please feel free to ask the team members you may see in the field, or call 303-384-8157.