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Golden is run by a professional City
Manager, Mike Bestor. All City
employees report to him. He, in turn,
reports to the City Council. Our Mayor
and City Council are elected.
The City Council includes seven elected
officials responsible for governing the
city. The seven members are elected by the
four wards and two districts within the city,
and the mayor is elected at-large. City
Council meets most Thursday evenings throughout
the year, with study sessions alternating with
regular meetings. City Council meetings
are broadcast on Cable Channel 8 or can be
watched online through the City's web
site. (They are surprisingly
interesting!) A quicker way to check into
council's activities is to review their meeting
minutes on the City's web site. See
their web page on the City web site to learn
more....
City Council seeks input from several citizen
advisory boards. Board members are
generally chosen from the public by the
Council. Serving on one of these boards is
an excellent way to be more involved in the City
government. Learn more about any of them
by visiting their page on the City's web site:
EdComm is charged with
attracting and retaining business in
Golden. They are largely responsible for
the marketing campaigns that produce television
commercials and billboards encouraging people to
visit Golden. Their marketing firm also
maintains a web site, designed to attract
tourists to Golden: www.2hourvacation.com.
EdComm commissioners are appointed by City
Council. The group meets once a
month. You can review their activities by
visiting the EdComm
web page on the City's web site and clicking
on "Agenda and Minutes."
GURA is concerned with
keeping the historic downtown economically
viable. They fund enhancement projects,
such as the planter boxes and the seasonal
decorations. They also initiate, manage,
and help fund redevelopment projects, such as
the Hested's building, which stood empty for
twenty years before being acquired for
redevelopment as a retail and residential
building. They provide some grant money to
property owners in the downtown district to help
them improve their property. A
map showing the boundaries of the GURA
district is available on their web site.
GURA is run by a board of commissioners,
appointed by City Council, and by a full-time
executive director (Mark Heller). Their meeting
minutes provide a great overview of their
activities. See
their web site to learn more....
This group includes city employees from GURA, the Planning Department, Parks and Recreation, and two (citizen) members each from the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board, the Planning Commission and the Historic
Preservation Board.
The end result of its long range study will be to present a set of recommended guidelines and standards for future development within the city to City Council for adoption as the
city's preferred course of development.
The City has a great web site with just about
anything you'll ever need to know about city
codes, building permits, fees, drinking water,
storm water, recycling, xeriscaping, licenses,
city taxes, water bills, the fire department,
the police department, classes at the rec
center, golf at Fossil Trace, the city
campground, the Golden cemetery, the skateboard
park, indoor or outdoor swimming.... There
really is a lot of interesting information
online. Check
it out!
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