Gold Hill, Colorado

The 10^th Annual Community Outreach for Historic Gold Hill, Inc.  will take place on Friday evening, June 21^st, 2024, on the south lawn of our Museum.  This year we will be sharing lots of fun information about the history of foods in Gold Hill from the early days to currently.  We begin the evening at

              5:30 pm with a cocktail party,

              6:30 pm with an ice cream social in the style of the early Gold Hillians, and

              7 pm with an evening of fun facts presented inside the museum for you to enjoy.

Additionally, we want to share our evening honoring Joan Few, our Board member and great Curator of the museum since nearly the beginning.  Joan will be moving the end of June following the Community Outreach for the Pacific Northwest to begin a new chapter in her life and to be nearer to family.

Come join us for a great evening.  Please, no pets, and your well-behaved children are welcome as well and friends and family.  This is a closed event designed exclusively for the Gold Hill Community.  Help us remember the food of the past and say farewell to Joan.  Let’s have a grand time!  If you know someone in Gold Hill who does not have email, please see that they know about this evening.

Deb Yeager   deb@nullmountainvisions.net 

Welcome to the fun months of the year, Gold Hill.  As many of you know, Max and I have sold our Pine Street house and are embarking on fixing up the cabin as our forever home!  Since we’ll be working and living in a bit of a fix up zone, WE ARE POSTPONING OUR DAY BEFORE LABOR DAY PARTY this year.  We expect to be back on track in 2025 but will be using the Labor Day weekend  to LABOR this year and we will won’t see you on Sunday, September 1^st, 2024.  Have a wonderful weekend.  Thanks for your understanding.  Max and I appreciate your friendship and look forward to seeing you around the hood.

Debra Yeager

Still open to receiving suggestions, poems, photos, drawings  <;o) (more…)

Volunteers needed <3

2024 Spring Clean Up

Saturday, June 15, 2024

9 a.m. – 2 p.m. at the Bluebird Lodge parking lot.

For all within the Town Meeting boundaries 

DIVERSION is the focus again this year.  Boulder County is a great support for our diversion/recycling efforts, but they are no longer providing any money for trash disposal.  We will be getting one to two dumpsters for trash and we will have to pay for them ($638 per dumpster), so we will need to charge (rate sheet at the end). 

Four Dumpsters will arrive between 8:30 and 9:00 a.m. – 2 for junk/trash (we will need to collect a fee for trash and donations for the diversion stuff), one for metal, one for wood – slash and general wood/lumber as in the past.  Please don’t come with stuff earlier than 9:00. 

***And, yes, please, we need volunteers to help!***

To volunteer, please contact me, Gretchen Diefenderfer, at gretchend@nullmac.com  (303-442-3847). Thank You!

DIVERSION (see http://www.ecocycle.org/charm). 

Mixed rigid plastics (playground stuff, coolers, etc.) and Styrofoam 

Tires – no rims.

Electronics, small appliances

Appliances – refrigerators!

Mattresses

Household hazardous waste (HHW)

            Oil, Antifreeze

           Car batteries

            Latex paint

        METAL Container – No liquids – No fridges – No tires on rims (just rims are ok!) – No batteries – No paint cans with paint still in them.  We will take fridges and tires this year, but they have to go in the diversion trucks [there will be one for tires and appliances, one for HHW, one for mattresses, and more for electronics.   Wire fencing and barbed wire are ok

 WOOD Container – No chemically treated wood including stain or paint – No nails in the wood (although a few seem to be ok, just not an excessive amount) – No particleboard.  Slash is ok – no longer than 18” (be judicious with this – there is only one dumpster and it can’t take a forest of slash) 

        TRASH  Containers  – junk – No recyclables!  We need to pay for this and will need to charge for trash. We also request donations for the diversion items.  Please remember that it would be much more expensive to take a truckload to the dump or to Nederland (trash taken to Nederland is charged $16 per cubic yard – see https://bouldercounty.gov/environment/trash/nederland-transfer-and-recycle/#1601564428438-33e156fc-5926 for their fees).

         $5 per large trash bag

            $20  per car, van, or SUV (less for just a few things)

            $35 per pick-up truck or trailer full

            $35 – 40 per vehicle with trailer

 Repurposing – We encourage people to bring stuff that others might want.  Be prepared to pick these items up if no one wants them, or for them to go into the dumpsters.  We will take some stuff down to donate in Boulder, either to second hand stores or to Resource 2000 – would love volunteers to help with this.

 Any propane bottles must be vented and this means the entire top mechanism must be removed.  Just opening it does not suffice. We made this mistake once and it cost us

It’s amazing how much stuff piles up!  This is your chance to clear that stuff out!

And, yes, please, we need volunteers to help –  please contact me, Gretchen, at gretchend@nullmac.com or 303-442-3847    THANK YOU!

And, yes, please, we need volunteers to help –  please contact me, Gretchen, at gretchend@nullmac.com or 303-442-3847    THANK YOU!

4^th of July Volunteer Request

It’s that time of year for all juice stirring, flapjack flipping, coffee brewing, batter mixing members of our community to come together to serve pancakes to 4^th of July celebrators to support the Gold Hill Fire Protection District! There are two shifts; 7:00-9:00 and 9:00-11:30. If you have helped in the past and have a passion for something please specify. If you have never done this, just pick a time slot and we will put you somewhere fun. Please contact Leslie at finn.leslie@nullgmail.com by June 17^th so we can plan. Thank you for your support of the Gold Hill Fire Protection District.

Pancakes served from 8:00-11:00. Folks must be in line by 10:30

Adults $9.00 Kiddos under 11 $6:00

Pancakes with or without blueberries, bacon or sausage, juice, coffee and all the fixins for the cakes.

Location: Gold Hill Elementary School

“Fill the Fire Boot” with your spare change

Toys for the first 200 kids

Parade at noon. Folks must be in line for the parade at 11:30, no later than 11:45 to accommodate everyone. Traffic will be heavy after the parade so be cautious. 

Parking will be clearly marked, and a map will  be provided on the department’s Facebook page and Website. 

GOLD HILL FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT

April 15, 2024

7:00pm

Join Zoom Meeting:

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82993423176?pwd=STBTVkFOeVdhRnk3VlliMGtxMmREQT09

Zoom Link can also be found at: https://www.goldhillfire.org/events MEETING BUSINESS:

CALL TO ORDER- 1909 hours
ATTENDANCE- Bret Gibson, Chris Dirolf, Jess Brookhart, Max Yeager, Boyd Brown, Kent Coghill, Leslie Finn
APPROVAL OF MINUTES- Minutes Approved Unaminously

__________________________________________________________________

FIRE CHIEF’S MINUTES: Chief Gibson, Chief O’Brien and Assistant Chief DeBroux OPERATIONAL NEEDS: Occupancy and Fire Code- Repairs to the public notice sign in front of the Firebarn need to happen. Wind damaged the sign and it is a requirement. Tree in front of the Firebarn went down in the windstorm and volunteers are working to notify the family who owns the property where the tree sits.

OPERATIONAL UPDATES: TRAINING:

• ●  Past training- RT 130 Training on Saturday- There was an issue with the google doc shareable document where people accidentally deleted each other. Will work on a less confusing sign up for next year.
• ●  Upcoming training- Gold Hill should send Fritz a thank you
• ●  New volunteers-

• Updates
• We now have a Gold Employee Handbook

MAINTENANCE:
● Station maintenance- Any immediate needs?-

Gutters- update on work?- Work will be completed this week Request from Kris Gibson- Generac auxiliary generator system for when power goes out. How much to install? During the power outage only the school had power and internet due to the fact that the school has fiber optic. Internet and phone was out due to poor planning by CenturyLink. Gold Hill and surrounding districts were without 911 for three days. We need to look at figuring out how to prevent this from happening again.
Board makes a motion to approve that Chris Obrien, new BCFFA president, to represent Gold Hill in the complaint to Century Link regarding the lack of 911.

How can we serve our community when people can’t call 911? Kent and Kris will look at Grant for a Generac Generator System or to see how much a system would cost.
IMA has several generators which it can lend out. How can we continue with this model and expand it?

EQUIPMENT NEEDS: N/A

___________________________________________________________________ OPERATIONAL READINESS:

STRATEGIC PLANNING N/A

VEHICLES:

• ●  Engine 5404, 5402, 5439 and UTV- Update on 5404- Max
• ●  5404 is fixed and ready to come home

INVENTORY:  

GENERAL:  

ADMINISTRATIVE:

• ●  On track for second interviews with two Chief candidates beginning soon.
• ●  Bret and O’brien would like to be a part of the transition team

OTHER BUSINESS:

GRANTS- Purchasing for County Grant and State Grant has begun/ Get a thank you letter to County Commisioners
MITIGATION- Waiting for an update on a new meeting date for the BWC and contract crew doing the work to update the public on what work will be completed COLLABORATION- CWPP- Fourmile has acquired a new chipper. Part of Wildfire Partners if you get 5 or more individuals Wildfire Partners will chip your slash.
Home Hardening Event coming up May 4th. Will also show off the tool library. WEBSITE- N/A
COMMUNITY EVENTS/FUNDRAISING- Fourth of July, Can we run it like a Type 5 incident? Can we use funds from the pancake breakfast to paint the Connex? Fourmile and Lefthand are interested in participating.

We need to better figure out access in town BUDGET-

__________________________________________________________________

NEW BUSINESS:

We are missing chairs and tables right now from the firebarn.
Parking is a major problem in town right now and many community members are seeking formal complaints
Several complaints are being investigated regarding streets almost being closed due to a business holding an event.
Do we look at implementing a Fire Code vs. Fire Standard?
Need to address parking issues in town and the interim fire chief/fire marshall needs to have a meeting with business owners asap regarding occupancy and parking issues as we move into high traffic season.
You can exempt certain codes if you choose to take on the County Code.
Jeff Webb MountainView Fire is a very knowledgeable Code Guru.
Would like to have two board members meet with Bret to discuss further
Need to figure out a succession plan for the work Gretchen does.

________________________________________________________________

ADJOURNMENT:
Adjourned at 2120 hours

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GOLD HILL FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT

May 20, 2024

7:00pm

Join Zoom Meeting:

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82993423176?pwd=STBTVkFOeVdhRnk3VlliMGtxMmREQT09

Zoom Link can also be found at: https://www.goldhillfire.org/events MEETING BUSINESS:

CALL TO ORDER- ATTENDANCE- APPROVAL OF MINUTES-

 __________________________________________________________________

FIRE CHIEF’S MINUTES: Chief Gibson, Chief O’Brien and Assistant Chief DeBroux

OPERATIONAL NEEDS:
New public notice sign has been printed and new placard needs to posted in front

OPERATIONAL UPDATES:
New Chief has been hired- estimated start date is June 1st.

TRAINING:
5 volunteers are completing S130/190- Need to make sure we get them Red Carded
Need to organize an additional pack test date asap
Training this Thursday- Exterior Fire Attack or UTV training at the fire barn, waiting to hear back from the training cadre.

MAINTENANCE:
● Station maintenance- Any immediate needs?-

Gutters- Work completed?
Approval to get an estimate for a basic generator package to be installed at the firebarn. Idea would be for the generator to automatically provide power during power outages. Possibly look at upstairs being a refuge area and having an additional deep freezer if power outages extend multiple days?

EQUIPMENT NEEDS: N/A

 OPERATIONAL READINESS:

STRATEGIC PLANNING

N/A VEHICLES:

• ●  Engine 5404, 5402, 5439 and UTV- Update on 5404- Max
• ●  5404 has drafting issue- needs to be sent into MountainView INVENTORY:

GENERAL:  

ADMINISTRATIVE:  

 _______________________

OTHER BUSINESS:

GRANTS- Need to get a thank you letter for County Grant Committee MITIGATION-
COLLABORATION- CWPP-
WEBSITE- N/A

COMMUNITY EVENTS/FUNDRAISING- Fourth of July. Who is taking the lead? Will there be food? What is the timeframe? How are we advertising and preventing traffic issues? Will need to employ help from Fourmile, Sunshine, and Lefthand. Can we do something extra for the firefighters? Maybe make tee shirts for the volunteers?

Parking- Bret Gibson, Chris Dirolf, Brian Finn, Mike Mcnett, Whitey Debroux, and Kent all met and discussed parking issues in town. The store and the Inn are both actively encouraging patrons to carpool or use bus services. Kent has sent an email to Boulder County regarding parking issues and finding a resolution. No response from Boulder County. Will email again.

BUDGET-

NEW BUSINESS:

ADJOURNMENT:

Dear friends,

Thank you, each and every one of you, for all the delicious meals and generous donations. All your help and support is far beyond what we ever expected. We are writing this with gladness in our hearts and tears in our eyes. We couldn’t have made it through this difficult time without you. We are so grateful and appreciative of our wonderful community’s generosity and loving support. We are so blessed that you all are in our lives. You will always be welcome in our home and feel free to stop by at any time.

With gratitude and love,
Chad Miltenberger and Dina Huber

SAVE THE DATE….FOR HISTORIC GOLD HILL’S COCKTAIL PARTY AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH EVENT, Friday, June 21st beginning at 5:30 pm at the museum south yard. More to come……

Deb Yeager

deb@nullmountainvisions.net

2024 Spring Clean Up

Saturday, June 15, 2024

9 a.m. – 2 p.m. at the Bluebird Lodge parking lot.

For all within the Town Meeting boundaries 

DIVERSION is the focus again this year.  Boulder County is a great support for our diversion/recycling efforts, but they are no longer providing any money for trash disposal.  We will be getting one to two dumpsters for trash and we will have to pay for them ($638 per dumpster), so we will need to charge (rate sheet at the end). 

Four Dumpsters will arrive between 8:30 and 9:00 a.m. – 2 for junk/trash (we will need to collect a fee for trash and donations for the diversion stuff), one for metal, one for wood – slash and general wood/lumber as in the past.  Please don’t come with stuff earlier than 9:00. 

***And, yes, please, we need volunteers to help!***

To volunteer, please contact me, Gretchen Diefenderfer, at gretchend@nullmac.com  (303-442-3847). Thank You!

DIVERSION (see http://www.ecocycle.org/charm).  

Tires – no rims.

Electronics, small appliances

Appliances – refrigerators!

Mattresses

Household hazardous waste (HHW)

            Oil, Antifreeze

           Car batteries

            Latex paint

We are not sure about mixed rigid plastics (playground stuff, coolers, etc.) and Styrofoam – more info later

        METAL Container – No liquids – No fridges – No tires on rims (just rims are ok!) – No batteries – No paint cans with paint still in them.  We will take fridges and tires this year, but they have to go in the diversion trucks [there will be one for tires and appliances, one for HHW, one for mattresses, and more for electronics.   Wire fencing and barbed wire are ok

 WOOD Container – No chemically treated wood including stain or paint – No nails in the wood (although a few seem to be ok, just not an excessive amount) – No particleboard.  Slash is ok – no longer than 18” (be judicious with this – there is only one dumpster and it can’t take a forest of slash) 

        TRASH  Containers  – junk – No recyclables!  We need to pay for this and will need to charge for trash. We also request donations for the diversion items.  Please remember that it would be much more expensive to take a truckload to the dump or to Nederland (trash taken to Nederland is charged $16 per cubic yard – see https://bouldercounty.gov/environment/trash/nederland-transfer-and-recycle/#1601564428438-33e156fc-5926 for their fees).

         $5 per large trash bag

            $20  per car, van, or SUV (less for just a few things)

            $35 per pick-up truck or trailer full

            $35 – 40 per vehicle with trailer

 Repurposing – We encourage people to bring stuff that others might want.  Be prepared to pick these items up if no one wants them, or for them to go into the dumpsters.  We will take some stuff down to donate in Boulder, either to second hand stores or to Resource 2000 – would love volunteers to help with this.

 Any propane bottles must be vented and this means the entire top mechanism must be removed.  Just opening it does not suffice. We made this mistake once and it cost us

It’s amazing how much stuff piles up!  This is your chance to clear that stuff out!

And, yes, please, we need volunteers to help –  please contact me, Gretchen, at gretchend@nullmac.com or 303-442-3847    THANK YOU!

For more Gold Hill weather, see https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=40.063339166000446&lon=-105.40960573699971#.VnyO4exHbCQ

...HIGH WIND WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY
NIGHT...

* WHAT...West winds 30 to 45 mph with gusts up to 75 mph possible.

* WHERE...Rocky Mountain National Park and the Medicine Bow Range,
  The Mountains of Summit County, the Mosquito Range, and the Indian
  Peaks, The Northern Front Range Foothills, and The Southern Front
  Range Foothills.

* WHEN...From Monday morning through late Monday night.

* IMPACTS...Damaging winds could blow down trees and power lines.
  Widespread power outages are possible. Travel could be difficult,
  especially for high profile vehicles.