Th ee GoldenGolden Informer Vol. 16, Issue 6 Informer July 2011 The Official City of Golden Newsletter Come Watch Fireworks But Don't Light Them page 5 History Behind Golden's Liberty Bell page 13 Route Announced for Big Bike Race Your Complete Coming Through Golden page 12 Buffalo Bill Days Schedule pages 6-7 2011 Golden City Council Jacob Smith Marjorie Sloan Marcia Claxton Joe Behm Karen Oxman Bob Vermeulen Bill Fisher MAYOR DISTRICT ONE WARD ONE WARD TWO MAYOR PRO-TEM WARD THREE WARD FOUR DISTRICT TWO 303-810-6017 303-279-0088 303-526-1214 303-279-1529 303-278-0400 303-218-0080 303-588-3389 E-mail: jsmith E-mail: msloan E-mail: mclaxton E-mail: jbehm E-mail: koxman E-mail: bvermeulen E-mail: bfi sher @cityofgolden.net @cityofgolden.net @cityofgolden.net @cityofgolden.net @cityofgolden.net @cityofgolden.net @cityofgolden.net To contact the entire City Council, e-mail [email protected] Th e Golden Informer IN THIS ISSUE is produced and published Cover photo: fi le photo monthly by the Golden City Heads Up: Important Upcoming Items .................................................................................................. Page 3 Manager’s Offi ce and mailed as Council’s Corner .................................................................................................................................... Page 3 a source of news and information Mayor’s Message: Celebrating Independence Day ............................................................................... Page 4 to all residences and businesses Celebrate the 4th With Your Neighbors ................................................................................................. Page 5 inside the City limits. Comments Fireworks Safety .................................................................................................................................... Page 5 on The Informer are welcome. Buffalo Bill Days Best of West Parade Route ....................................................................................... Page 6 Buffalo Bill Days is Back on July 27-31 ............................................................................................... Page 7 Please write to: City of Golden, Last Chance to Sign Up for Muttin Bustin ............................................................................................ Page 7 911 10th St., Golden, CO 80401, Get Your Hotcakes Here! ....................................................................................................................... Page 7 Attn: Karlyn Tilley; Do You Have What it Takes to Run for Offi ce? .....................................................................................Page 8 call 303-384-8132; or e-mail Location, Location, Location! ................................................................................................................ Page 8 [email protected]. Golden Sustainability: Environmental Issues ........................................................................................ Page 9 Golden Community Calendar ........................................................................................................Pages 10-11 Graphic Designer Sarah Yongprakit Golden’s Stage 6 Route to Include Lookout Mountain ....................................................................... Page 12 A Match Made In… The Water Treatment Plant ................................................................................. Page 12 The Golden Informer is the proud Spotlight on Historic Golden: Golden’s Liberty Bell ........................................................................... Page 13 winner of the City/County Front Porch News ................................................................................................................................ Page 14 Communications and Marketing Association’s prestigious 2005 City Employees Making the Difference............................................................................................... Page 15 and 2007 fi rst place Savvy and Golden Community Center Activities Calendar .................................................................................. Page 16 2006 second place Silver Circle national Sustainable Preservation of Golden’s History ..................................................................................... Page 17 awards for city- and county-produced external Fossil Trace Golf Schedule .................................................................................................................. Page 17 printed newsletters in communities of up to Golden History Museums .................................................................................................................... Page 18 45,000 people nationwide. Movies & Music in the Park ................................................................................................................ Page 19 A Community Night Out ...................................................................................................................... Page 19 City of Golden Department Managers Mike Bestor Dan Hartman Steve Glueck Susan Brooks Rod Tarullo Bill Kilpatrick John Bales Jeff Hansen Teresa Reilly Karlyn Tilley City Manager Public Works Planning and City Clerk Parks and Police Fire Finance Human Communications Development Recreation Resources 303-384-8010 303-384-8150 303-384-8095 303-384-8014 303-384-8120 303-384-8033 303-384-8090 303-384-8020 303-384-8017 303-384-8132 mbestor dhartman sglueck sbrooks rtarullo bkilpatrick jbales jhansen treilly ktilley @cityof @cityof @cityof @cityof @cityof @cityof @cityof @cityof @cityof @cityof golden.net golden.net golden.net golden.net golden.net golden.net golden.net golden.net golden.net golden.net Page 2 July 2011 The Golden Informer HEADS UP: Important Upcoming Items a community match in the form of cash contributions, volunteer labor, and/or pro bono and in-kind contributions. For more information and an application, go to www.cityofgolden.net and look under i-Golden Neighborhood Grants. elow is the Golden FREE SPRINKLER INSPECTION BCity Council’s The city is partnering with the Center GET INVOLVED! APPLY FOR ECONOMIC calendar. Regular study for ReSource Conservation to offer DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION sessions are scheduled Golden water customers a free sprinkler Two appointments to the Economic for the fi rst and third inspection. Development Commission will expire Thursdays and regular in September. The Commission’s duties business meetings are Why should I participate? include developing a structure and strategy scheduled for the second • Save money on your water bill for marketing and promoting the Golden and fourth Thursdays of • Improve the appearance of your community. The Economic Development each month. All meetings landscape Commission was formed in 1999 and are at 7 p.m. in Council • Receive a customized watering there are eight members. Five members Chambers at City Hall, schedule are selected from applications submitted 911 10th St., unless How do I schedule an inspection? to City Council. The remaining three otherwise noted. Council If you receive water from the city of Golden members are selected, one each, from does not normally meet Golden Urban Renewal Authority, Chamber AND you have an operating underground on the fi fth Thursday in of Commerce Visitors and Convention irrigation system, complete the request any month. form online at ConservationCenter.org or Council and Chamber of Commerce retail call 303-999-3820 x217. committees. The Commission meets at July 7 6:30 p.m. on the second Tuesday of each No meeting DEADLINE FOR MATCHING month in City Hall. July 14 GRANTS FROM I-GOLDEN Applications will be taken until Regular Business NEIGHBORHOOD GRANTS 5 p.m. on Wednesday, July 27. Interviews Meeting Is there a project you’ve always thought are tentatively scheduled to be held at would benefi t your neighborhood, but you the City Council Study Session, in the July 21 didn’t have the resources to get it done? evening, Thursday, Aug. 18 in the Council Regular Study Session The City Council is awarding i-Golden Chambers at City Hall, 911 10th St. Neighborhood Grants, which might be Applicants must be a resident of the city, July 28 just what you are looking for to make that or property owner within the city or own a Regular Business dream a reality. business in the City of Golden. Meeting The deadline for applying for matching Applications and forms are available Council’s upcoming grants is 5 p.m. on Thursday, July 7. from the City Clerk or from the City’s web agendas, packets and The City will match grants up to $2,500 page www.cityofgolden.net under Boards meeting minutes are for projects which meet the criteria. and Commissions. They will be accepted available online under The proposed project should provide at the Offi ce of City Clerk, City Hall, 911 the City Council link at a public benefi t and be free and open to 10th St., Golden, CO, 80401, or by email www.CityofGolden.net. everyone. Community involvement is to [email protected]. key with project ideas initiated, planned For more information contact: Steve Public comment is and implemented by the neighbors and Glueck, Director of Planning and welcome on the agenda community members who will be impacted Development 303-384-8095 or sglueck@ at all regular business by the project. You must also demonstrate cityofgolden.net. meetings. The Golden Informer July 2011 Page 3 MAYOR’S MESSAGE Celebrating Independence Day By Mayor Jacob Smith he 4th of July