Edgewater City Weekly: April 26, 2019

From the City of Edgewater:

CITY CLERK

City of Edgewater Hiring: The City of Edgewater is currently looking for a Front Desk (Customer Service Representative) to work part time, mostly on the weekends. Information for this position and any other positions can be found on the City web site at www.edgewaterco.com (Inside City Hall; Job Opportunities).

COMMUNITY EVENTS

Arbor Day (THIS SATURDAY)
Saturday, April 27th
10:00 a.m. – 12:00pm

Join the City Arborist for some planting and education at the Edgewater Civic Center. Volunteers will assist the City Arborist with planting trees on the east side of the Civic Center. Event participants will not only get to experience the planting, but also learn about tree care and annual maintenance. Following planting City staff and the History, Arts, Recreation and Parks Advisory board will be cooking lunch in the Civic Center parking lot. We will have all the tools available. Please bring gloves if you have a pair. For more information please call 720-763-3012.

Edgewater Day of Service (THIS SATURDAY)
Saturday, April 27th
12:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

The City of Edgewater is looking for a few good men, women, families, even teams of folks to join us for our annual Day of Service! Following a BBQ in the parking lot of the Civic Center (1800 Harlan St.), volunteers will be sent out to do some basic yard projects (i.e. – clean up flower beds, wash windows on the outside, place mulch/rock/plants, or just about anything else your assigned house will need) for senior residents. If there is any time left, volunteers will assist with some alley clean up throughout the City. We will have all the tools available. Please bring gloves if you have a pair. For more information about being a volunteer, please call Felica Goett at 720.763.3011 or stop by and see her at the Civic Center Fitness Center Desk.

DEA National Rx TAKEBACK (THIS SATURDAY)
Saturday, April 27th
10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

King Soopers parking lot will be the drop off location 1725 Sheridan Blvd.
For more information please visit https://takebackday.dea.gov/?src=deatakeback.com

PUBLIC WORKS

Road Construction: The City of Lakewood will be working with Martin Marietta to mill and overlay a few streets that are jointly owned by Lakewood and Edgewater. The contractor has put out signs for no parking and traffic will be diverted during construction. For more information please contact the Project Manager Andy Chaulk at 303-817-1584.

Safe Routes to School Project: The City of Edgewater and Jefferson County School District were awarded a 2019 Safe Routes to School Grant to make improvements to Pierce Street between Lumberg Elementary and Jefferson Middle/ High School. The improvements include installing two raised crossings between the school, a median and new bike lane. The City is also looking at changes to the traffic pattern on 22nd Ave. and exploring a one-way system to alleviate some of the congestion through this street during peak drop-off and pick-up times. Improvements to this area will not only assist in slowing traffic down between the schools but will also provide two new safer crossing areas for students. Currently the City and School District are working hard to initiate and complete these improvements this summer. Prior to construction, both entities will be hosting several public information meetings to discuss changes in the traffic and pedestrian patterns around the school.

• Tuesday, May 14th 6pm Edgewater Civic Center

City Clean-Up Event: The City of Edgewater in conjunction with Republic Services will again be offering the spring clean-up event. Alley way pick-up is scheduled for Monday April 29th with the dumpster drop off scheduled on Saturday May 4th (New Location: Jefferson H.S. North Parking Lot). Please visit www.edgewaterco.com for information on what can be picked up or dropped off.

Code Enforcement

Spring is upon us once again and that means grass and weeds will be starting to grow very quickly with all the snow, we’ve had this season. This being the case, this is one of the violations that Code Enforcement will be issuing warnings for. Please ensure your property is maintained by keeping all grass and weeds below eight inches in height. This includes rights of way in front of property, along avenues for residents who live on corner lots, and alleys which are frequently forgotten.

Sec. 7-5-20. – Declaration of nuisance. Any weeds or brush found growing in any lot or tract of land in the City is hereby declared to be a nuisance, and it is unlawful to permit any such weeds or brush to grow or remain in any such place.

Sec. 7-5-40. – Removal required; exceptions. It is the duty of the owner or occupant of any private property, including, without limitation, public and utility easements and drainage ways within such private property, to keep all weeds cut or trimmed to not more than eight (8) inches in length. Violation of this requirement is deemed a nuisance. This requirement shall not apply to flower gardens, shrubbery or vegetable gardens.

Also, please take the extra time to keep lids on all trash receptacles closed. This helps to keep out pests, to keep trash from being blown out and around, and to keep odors to a minimum. All trash receptacles are required to have lids, and containers to be in good condition. This is also an enforceable code violation.

Joel Newton

Joel has been a resident of Edgewater, Colorado with his family since 2012. He is the Executive Director of local education nonprofit Edgewater Collective and Editor of the Edgewater Echo.