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Photo contest winter, solid waste use increase, severe weather sheltering, EPA endangerment finding action
Hey Neighbor!
Thanks to all the volunteers who came out for the ‘Love Our Schools’ event yesterday - we made 270 goodie bags for teachers! This week’s newsletter is 553 words and should take about 4 minutes to read.
📰 Community Beat
Congrats to the Photo Contest Winner! 📷
Each July the City of Arvada and the Apex Park and Recreation District celebrate National Park and Recreation Month in Arvada. As part of the celebration, there’s a photo contest. The winner, as voted on by the community, is Seth Schafer and his photo of a beautiful sunrise at Lake Arbor. Congratulations Seth!
🔗See all the great photos here!
Solid Waste Reporting 🗑️
More people are signing up for Arvada’s single hauler waste program! While more needs to be done about waste diversion, the program is by all other measurements successful. The community events especially are highly used, with the next community bulky item drop off day being August 16th from 9am-2pm. Some facts about community solid waste events:
3 Bulky Item Drop-off Events
5,105 customers served
458.5 tons collected
1,424 mattresses recycled
2.5 weeks of Leaf Recycling Events (Nov. 2024)
346 tons of leaves
106 dumpster roll offs
The latest update is the ability for Arvada customers to get a roll-off at city rates once a year, a savings of about $200!
🔗Details on the next bulky item drop off on August 16
🏛 What’s Up at Council
August 12th – Rates and Fees Workshop 🧾
City council has asked for more information about enterprise fee increases and what’s needed, so this upcoming workshop will be on rates and fees.
On August 5th, there was a workshop on upcoming severe weather response across Jefferson county. The county estimates that it will cost $2.1 million dollars to ensure no one suffers major bodily harm or dies from exposure during severe weather this winter, and each city will contribute to this fund based on their population size. Arvada is 22% of the county’s population, and would contribute $455k to the county so that the 100 or so Arvadans who need a safe place to stay during severe weather would have shelter.
These are details from the current proposal that all city managers in the county are coordinating together, so it could change before the first snow hits. Last season, there were 35-45 nights of severe weather sheltering needed.
🔗 Arvada City Council and Study Session Videos
🙋Speak Up: EPA Revocation of the Endangerment Finding
The Endangerment Finding, which the EPA would like to revoke, is the EPA’s science-based determination that greenhouse gases harm public health and welfare. The Clean Car and Truck Standards are among the most important and effective protections to address the largest U.S. source of pollution. This pollution would result in an additional 184,000 premature deaths, 280,000 hospital and ER visits, and 112 million asthma attacks. Share a simple public comment with the EPA during the public comment period about this - the deadline September 21, 2025 - here is the official page for the EPA rollback of the Endangerment Finding. I will be attending sessions as a local elected official on the impact this rollback would have in Arvada.
Talk soon,
Shawna Ambrose
Arvada City Councilmember, District Two
970-425-3060 (call or text!)