• 2026 Enforcement

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    Efforts in 2025

    • Focused enforcement on alcohol, smoking, grills, and leash violations
    • Used education-first approaches supported by ambassadors
    • Leveraged third-party parking management to enhance enforcement
    • Achieved high compliance despite reduced staffing

    Priorities for 2026

    • Maintain Community Service Officer staffing levels
    • Continue proactive enforcement with a visible presence
    • Support enforcement with improved signage and communication
    • Build on education-first strategies to increase voluntary compliance
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  • 2026 Safety

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    Efforts in 2025

    • Emphasized life jacket use and safe tubing practices
    • Increased ambassador presence during peak visitation times
    • Responded to a rise in swiftwater rescues, especially near diversion structures
    • Identified signage gaps near Vanover Park related to downstream hazards
    • Coordinated with fire and swiftwater training partners

    Priorities for 2026

    • Install improved, bilingual danger signage with international symbols
    • Add earlier and clearer warnings at multiple creek exit points
    • Improve tracking of all rescue assists, including non-dispatched incidents
    • Continue coordination with emergency and rescue partners
    • Explore partnerships for additional ambassador stations (e.g., Gateway Trailhead)
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  • 2026 Data Collection

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    Efforts in 2025

    • Analyzed camera and RFID data to track tubing activity and trends
    • Identified shifts in peak days, weekend patterns, and event impacts
    • Used live gauge sensors to measure attendance at major summer events
    • Evaluated policy impacts during Buffalo Bill Days and other special events

    Priorities for 2026

    • Shift emphasis toward camera-based data as the primary tracking tool
    • Continue collecting year-over-year data to inform policy and operations


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  • 2026 Parking

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    Efforts in 2025

    • Continued third-party parking enforcement to improve compliance
    • Maintained paid parking and no-parking zones along 10th Street
    • Managed parking at the Golden Community Center to protect member access
    • Used flaggers at key crossings to improve traffic flow and pedestrian safety
    • Continued use of shuttles and alternative transportation options

    Priorities for 2026

    • Refine parking communications to improve understanding and compliance
    • Monitor long-term parking issues in high-impact areas
    • Adjust parking strategies at the Golden Community Center as needed
    • Continue shuttle service to reduce congestion during peak periods and events
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  • 2026 Physical Environment

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    Efforts in 2025

    • Conducted fish and macroinvertebrate sampling above and below the kayak course
    • Monitored creek conditions related to flow, temperature, and recreational impacts
    • Continued habitat monitoring to understand long-term environmental trends

    Priorities for 2026

    • Continue aquatic life monitoring to track year-over-year trends
    • Use data to guide future creek infrastructure and habitat improvements
    • Balance recreation use with long-term environmental stewardship
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  • 2026 Communications & Information

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    Efforts in 2025

    • Provided bilingual (English/Spanish) print materials, signage, and wayfinding throughout the creek corridor
    • Redesigned bridge signage using universal safety symbols
    • Produced a new creek safety video for tubing education
    • Maintained regular social media outreach on safety, rules, parking, and conditions
    • Published weekly Creek updates in the City’s Weekly Digest to improve transparency
    • Used ambassadors as on-site information points for visitors

    Priorities for 2026

    • Install new bridge banners across multiple creek crossings
    • Launch and promote the new creek safety video community-wide
    • Expand real-time information at ambassador stations (water level, hazards, weather, UV index)
    • Continue weekly Creek updates throughout the season
    • Review and refine print materials to improve clarity and visibility
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  • 2025 Communications & Information

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    Efforts in 2024

    • Add an Ambassador Station with increased visibility and staffing at Vanover Park
    • Enhanced collateral including translating major materials and signage into Spanish
    • Updates sent throughout the season to 3,000 City Weekly Digest email subscribers with 60-68% open rate
    • Weekly posts about safety and logistics of the creek (not
    • advertising) reached over 42,000 people at their highest.
    • Created “Inflation Station” at Ambassador Stations to funnel users to resources
    • Ambassador Program success, most visitors were friendly and appreciative with successful interventions regarding safety

    2025 Proposed Efforts

    • Continue focus on stewardship, rules, and resources
    • Continue to enhance bilingual communication
    • Continue to improve signage
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  • 2025 Physical Environment

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    Efforts in 2024

    • Limited access points
      • Sections of fencing and gates were added to protect the creek and regulate the flow of creek users
    • Modified the beach layout
      • Improved the ability to observe users and limit large gatherings.
    • Widened the RV Park trail
      • Eliminated a bottle neck to allow pedestrians to flow more freely. Officers can now travel through the area on the UTV.
    • Outfitter Shuttles
      • 3,372 people purchased public shuttle tickets, with most taking two shuttle rides. 246% increase from last year. 70-75% of people who rented tubes from Adventure West (the only outfitter directly offering shuttles) rode shuttle vs. walking with their tubes.

    2025 Proposed Efforts

    • Continue use of flaggers at Ford St.
    • Continue use of public shuttle
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  • 2025 Parking

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    Efforts in 2024

    • Interstate Parking Management to regulate parking including Golden Community Center parking lot
    • Violation revenue is higher than paid parking revenue due to more consistent enforcement
    • Increased parking enforcement
      • July/August 2023: Violations: 563
      • July/August 2024: Violations: 2,652
      • Over 90% compliance.
    • Expand 9th Street neighborhood permit zone to include 8th street
    • All Golden residents allowed up to two hours free parking in the garages and surface lots daily without having to register at a kiosk or pay by smartphone system

    2025 Proposed Efforts

    • Expanded Interstate enforcement hours to 7 p.m. for neighborhood zones
    • Continue monitoring compliance with the program and increase wayfinding for parking structures and better tracking of available spots
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  • 2025 Data Collection

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    Efforts in 2024

    • More data to review compared to past years
    • Camera and RFID data were collected continuously through the season with video analysis software that included advanced AI capabilities
    • More RFID tags distributed (4,000 in 2023 vs 11,000 in 2024)
    • Restricting rental tubing on Buffalo Bill Saturday made tubing traffic look like a typical weekend instead of one of the busiest days of the year.
    • The decision to restrict outfitter rentals in 2021 has stopped growth in rental tubes, any growth has been personal tube usage.
    • Total number of tubers for the season counted by the Billy Drew camera: 114,884

    2025 Proposed Efforts

    • With two years of more reliable data collected 2025 season can be compared to 2024.
    • Continue to limit tube rentals per day
    • City Council will consider if they want to
      • Not restrict tube rentals this year based on special event or City resources
      • Restrict tube rentals on the Saturday of Buffalo Bill’s Day again
      • Or restrict tube rentals on any additional days of special events or limited City resources.
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