October/November 2015 Get Connected with Arvada City of Arvada – City Hall, 8101 Ralston Road, Arvada, CO, 80001-8101 720-898-7000 •
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lÅíçÄÉêLkçîÉãÄÉê=OMNROMNR kÉïë=~åÇ=áåÑçêã~íáçå www.arvada.org A Year Out! Have You Visited APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR FROM NOW, THE GOLD LINE WILL arvada.org Recently? OPEN, RESHAPING THE WAY WE VIEW TRANSPORTATION. The City’s new website launched ext fall, the Gold Line Commuter Rail will open, offering a 20- in mid-September with enhanced minute ride from Arvada to Denver Union Station. It will transform features such as: Nour community, much the same as the first paved road between • Category-based navigation and a Arvada and Denver which opened 90 years ago in October of 1925. The robust search tool to make find- associated infrastructure, including the Olde Town Transit Hub and the three ing information quick and easy. Arvada stations at Arvada Ridge, Olde Town, and Sheridan, is beginning to • A full events calendar that allows take shape as well. users to export events to their For example, at the Olde Town Station, construction on the plazas has begun, consisting of the installation of brick pavers, lighting, seating walls, personal calendars. and landscaping. All three Arvada stations will include public art that was • The Arvada Police Department selected by committees established by the Regional Transportation District and Arvada Urban Renewal (RTD). Authority websites have been See page 4 for information about the pedestrian underpass under con- integrated into arvada.org. struction as part of the Arvada Ridge Station. • Enhanced transparency and open data. • Improved property search tools providing detailed information. Arvada Police and Northey Foundation “Shred-a-Thon” is October 10 See page 9 for more information. Tuesday, November 3 is Election Day! Exercise your right as a citizen: Don’tDon’t forgetforget toto vote!vote! See Page 3 for more information The Olde Town Arvada Station is beginning to take shape. The Arvada Report October/November 2015 Get Connected with Arvada City of Arvada – City Hall, 8101 Ralston Road, Arvada, CO, 80001-8101 720-898-7000 • www.arvada.org 24/7 Inquiries - ASK ARVADA at www.arvada.org. To sign up for alerts about City Council Meetings or Community Events, register for . Go to www.arvadanews.org For more information, please contact Cindy Javelet, Communications Coordinator, at 720-898-7834 or [email protected]. City Government Phone Numbers Emergency 9-1-1 City Manager’s Office 720-898-7500 Police Records 720-898-6920 Non-Emergency Dispatch 720-898-6900 Code Enforcement 720-898-7465 Sales Tax 720-898-7100 City Hall Main Line 720-898-7000 Communications Manager 720-898-7507 School Resource Officers - Contact Individual Schools Fingerprinting Services 720-898-6808 Special Event Permits 720-898-7435 Accounts Payable 720-898-7130 Housing 720-898-7494 Streets 720-898-7720 Accounts Receivable 720-898-7128 Lake Arbor Golf Club 720-898-7360 Traffic Signals and Signs 720-898-7740 Animal Control 720-898-6850 Liquor Licenses 720-898-7550 Victim Outreach Line 720-898-6770 Arvada Center Box Office 720-898-7200 Majestic View Nature Center 720-898-7405 Voter Registration 720-898-7550 Arvada Economic Development 720-898-7010 Municipal Court 720-898-7150 Water Bills 720-898-7070 Arvada Urban Renewal 720-898-7060 Park Pavilion Reservations 720-898-7410 Water Quality 720-898-7800 Building Inspections 720-898-7630 Passports 720-898-7550 (after hours) 720-898-7820 Building Permits 720-898-7620 Planning and Zoning 720-898-7435 West Woods Golf Club 720-898-7370 Mayor Mayor Pro Tem Councilmember Councilmember Councilmember Councilmember Councilmember Marc Williams Councilmember At-Large District Four At-Large District One District Three 303-940-7593(h) District Two Don Allard Bob Dyer Bob Fifer Jerry Marks John Marriott 303-424-4486(w) Mark McGoff 303-420-6559(h) 303-456-4646 (h) 303-929-4278 303-810-0571 (c) 720-273-3912 (c) MWilliams@ 303-423-5258 (h) DAllard@ 303-423-8080 (w) 303-650-4544 (h) JMarks@ JMarriott@ arvada.org MMcGoff@ arvada.org [email protected] BFifer@ arvada.org arvada.org arvada.org arvada.org City Council Meetings/Workshops - Arvada City Hall, Council Chambers - Mondays, 6:00 p.m. October 5 12 19 26 November 2 9 16 23 30 Swearing-in Business Mtg. Workshop Business Mtg. No Meeting No Meeting Ceremony Business Mtg. Workshop No Meeting Televised Televised Televised Televised Televised Televised The Arvada Report is a newsletter published by the Arvada City Manager’s Office, 720-898-7500, City of Arvada, 8101 Ralston Road, Arvada, Colorado 80002. It is distributed to all residences and businesses in the City. The City of Arvada holds the ownership rights and copyrights in the design and articles contained in The Arvada Report. Articles may only be reproduced with the express permission of the City of Arvada. Editor: Maria VanderKolk. Graphic Design: Steve Milke. Photography: Arvada Media Services. 2 The Arvada Report October/November 2015 The Snow is Coming! he objective of the Arvada a single event and/or an authorized snow and ice control plan is snow emergency is declared by the Tto provide Arvada citizens City Manager. with safe streets and open thorough- Wadsworth Blvd., Sheridan fares through the most efficient Blvd., Ward Road south of W. means possible. With 1,446 lane 64th Ave., W. 64th Ave. west of miles of streets, the City places Ward Road, and Indiana St. are emphasis on arterials, major collec- State highways and are main- tors, and school routes, which total tained by the Colorado 467 lane miles for snow and ice Department of Transportation. control operations. General Information Priority One Streets are arterial When plowing snow, several streets such as W. 58th Ave., W. passes are sometimes necessary 80th Ave., Simms St., and Kipling before a street is clear. Every effort St., and are plowed and treated first. is made to not plow snow on side- School routes are also considered walks, but the blocking of drive- Candidates for Priority One routes and are plowed ways and sidewalks may be and treated at the same time as the unavoidable. Opening driveways Arvada City Council arterials. Once all Priority One and and sidewalks is the sole responsi- MAYOR School routes have been completed, bility of the property owner. It is we move onto Priority Two routes generally best to open your drive- FOUR YEAR TERM – VOTE FOR ONE which are major collector streets ways and sidewalks after the snow- ! Marc Williams such as Ridge Road, Yank Way, plows have completed their opera- ! Dave Chandler Club Crest Drive, West Woods tions. Circle, and Grandview Ave. These Streets are treated with liquid de- COUNCILMEMBER-AT-LARGE routes provide access to heavily icer, salt and/or a mixture of salt to FOUR YEAR TERM – VOTE FOR ONE traveled Priority One routes. Once sand, depending on conditions. The ! Bob Fifer these routes have been completed, liquid de-icer and salt is used to we move onto special attention speed up the melting process; the ! Carl Campanella areas and designated residential sand provides traction. During icy ! Kathy Drulard streets with steep hills, or return to conditions, streets are treated in the our Priority One routes depending same priority order as they are COUNCILMEMBER DISTRICT 1 on the storm and conditions. plowed. To comply with clean air TWO YEAR TERM – VOTE FOR ONE All remaining streets are consid- regulations, the City is limited in ! Nancy Ford ered to be residential streets and the amount of sand that can be will not be salted, sanded, or used. Streets are swept following a ! Jerry Marks plowed unless there is a major storm as soon as weather conditions snowstorm of 12 or more inches in allow. COUNCILMEMBER DISTRICT 2 FOUR YEAR TERM – VOTE FOR ONE For more information and to see a snow ! Mark McGoff removal map, visit arvada.org. ! Dave Palm COUNCILMEMBER DISTRICT 4 FOUR YEAR TERM – VOTE FOR ONE ! David Jones ! Bob Dyer For more information on voting locations and other elections, visit: jeffco.us/elections www.co.adams.co.us 3 The Arvada Report October/November 2015 Underpass Will Improve Access to Gold Line much-anticipated pedestrian • A ten-foot wide, 4,000-foot con- underpass at Kipling Pkwy. crete trail along the north side of Aand the Van Bibber Creek W. 56th Place which will connect to Trail is under construction. The the existing trail east of the Apex many benefits of this underpass Field House and trails on both the include enhanced access for pedestri- east and west sides of Kipling Pkwy. ans and bicyclists to the east to have • A 107-foot long pedestrian under- safe and easy access to Red Rocks pass under Kipling Pkwy. The Community College and the Arvada underpass will be constructed in Ridge Station just west of Kipling two phases in order to maintain Parkway. two-way traffic on Kipling. Construction began in July of 2015 Approximately 8,000 cubic yards and is scheduled for completion by will be excavated for the underpass. mid-June of 2016. Total project cost is • Landscaping, irrigation, and light- $2,428,274: $1,600,000 from a Federal ing at the east and west ends of the grant with the remaining funds coming underpass. from the City of Arvada. The project includes the following: City Contributes $1 Million Towards Red Rocks Expansion In August, Red Rocks Community College (RRCC) broke ground on a $22.5 million expansion to its Arvada location. This new Health Sciences Campus will triple the size of the existing Arvada location at 5420 Miller St. and will house all of RRCC’s health professions programs in one location. The project is the largest building campaign in RRCC’s history and will grams while adding new programs have a lasting economic impact on for expanding needs and transfer the community for generations to opportunities.