Golden Transcript 072023

Golden Hills becomes first

Deputy’s best friend

BY CORINNE WESTEMAN CWESTEMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

roughout the spring, Deputy Zachary Oliver felt like something — or rather, someone — was missing from his work and home life.

On Feb. 13, he lost his K-9 partner Gra t, who was killed in the line of duty while trying to apprehend a suspect.

Oliver missed his partner and friend in the long weeks that followed, describing how going to work at the Je erson County Sheri ’s Ofce wasn’t the same without Gra t.

But, thanks to tremendous community support, Oliver now has a new partner in K-9 Ragnar.

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After a two-year journey with lots of ups and downs, Golden Hills residents now own their mobile home park.

On July 11, the Golden Hills Mobile Home Park co-op and its partners closed on an $8.5 million deal to buy the property from California-based operator Harmony

Communities, which has owned it since late 2021.

Golden Hills is now the rst resident-owned community, or ROC, among Je erson County’s mobile home parks.

“We will have control of our own destinies,” 20-year resident Art Erwin said.

Joyce Tanner, co-op president, emphasized how this wouldn’t have been possible without her fellow residents and co-op board members, and their nonpro t and government partners.

“ ere were times when I didn’t know if we’d ever get to this day,” she continued, “and here it is.”

e City of Golden, in partnership

with Je co, contributed $2 million of its American Rescue Plan Act funds toward the purchase. City Manager Scott Vargo explained how it’s a forgivable loan, and the city will only receive accrued interest or repayment if the property goes into default or is sold.

While Je co couldn’t contribute directly because of nancial complications, it de-obligated the city from paying $1 million for a separate project, Vargo explained. at allowed Golden to contribute $2 million in ARPA funds instead of the initial $1 million it committed in Jan. 2022.

“It was a creative e ort by both

e Je co Sheri ’s O ce purchased two new K-9s, Ragnar and Rico, earlier this summer and introduced them during a special July 11 media event on the Federal Center campus.

e K-9s, who have been training with their deputy partners for six weeks, will be in training for 10 more weeks. Once done, they’ll be certied for narcotics detection, tracking individuals and apprehending suspects.

K-9 Rico is working with Deputy Ryan Wagner, a new handler for Jeffco. Wagner has been with JCSO for four years, including six months as a decoy for the K-9 unit.

Deputy Jim Valbert, the K-9 unit’s

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On July 13, the Golden Hills Mobile Home Park co-op board members celebrate becoming a resident-owned community.

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Residents excited to preserve a ordable housing, control their own futures

Je co Sheri ’s O ce welcomes two K-9s

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(governments) … to support a ordable housing within the community,” he continued.

Additionally, Tanner said local nonpro ts Golden United and istle — both champions for a ordable housing — were crucial in helping Golden Hills become resident-owned.

According to Tim Townsend, istle’s ROC program director, lending partner ROC USA Capital assembled the loan package, including the remaining $6.5 million. Golden Hills must pay back the full amount, which includes a $1.1 million construction loan with 2.5% interest.

Residents and co-op board members Valerie Dillon and Will Gregg see it as a worthy investment in their community’s future.

Both are rst-time homeowners at Golden Hills, and they pay rent on their respective lots. Despite the name, their homes aren’t mobile. So, if lot rents go too high, people will be priced out of homes they own.

us, as an ROC, residents will have greater long-term housing security, Dillon and Gregg described.

Because 90% of Golden Hills household incomes are at or below 80% of area median income,

Mayor Laura Weinberg stressed how important it is to preserve “naturally occurring a ordable housing.”

As community members have

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discussed, mobile home parks are the largest source of unsubsidized a ordable housing, with many residents on xed incomes like seniors, veterans and people with disabilities.

“ is kind of collaboration, hard work, and love of community across multiple partners is what Golden is all about,” Weinberg said in a July 11 city press release.

The two-year journey

In early 2021, Golden Hills was owned by Blue Sky Communities, which Tanner described as more of a mom-and-pop-style owner. Lot rents for most residents were about $525-$600 a month.

In spring 2021, residents received notice that Blue Sky intended to sell the community, and as Tanner described, “No one knew what was happening.”

Golden United volunteers connected them with istle, which set them on the ROC path. Most residents formed the co-op, which then made two o ers to Blue Sky. However, it sold the park to Harmony Communities in late 2021.

Tanner said the co-op made an o er to Harmony soon after, but “things didn’t work out.”

Lot rents went up to $795 a month in Feb. 2022, and then to $995 a month in Feb. 2023.

en, Harmony informed the residents it’d received an o er, but the co-op wasn’t in “opportunity to purchase” mode, Tanner stated. So, it got back to work again with istle, and put together another o er — its fourth overall.

is time, it was accepted.

With the deal signed and nalized

this month, residents are celebrating becoming Je co’s rst ROC. Being resident-owned now, lot rents will stabilize, and residents will make decisions on their own park, Tanner described. ey’ve also established community rules and bylaws. Residents can join the co-op if they wish, but it’s not mandatory. While it was a long and di cult journey, residents felt the community had become stronger for it. Neighbors came together for a common good, and friendships blossomed among residents who never really knew each other before, the co-op board members described.

The work ahead

e residents can’t rest on their laurels, though, as there’s plenty of work to do.

During the pre-development engineering surveys, the co-op found the property had more than $1 million in infrastructure needs, such as replacing sewer and gas lines. While those costs were included in the overall loan package, it will impact lot rents going forward, Tanner explained.

Between that, the o er the co-op was competing against, the overall costs of the real estate, lot rents will go up again in February. Tanner said it’ll be a little under $1,100 a month.

However, the co-op members voted unanimously to go ahead with the purchase, knowing lot rents would be impacted, at least initially. In fact, Tanner said it would’ve been worse if Golden and Je co hadn’t helped.

The Golden Hills Mobile Home Park co-op board members, front row, celebrate signing the final papers to purchase their park July 11. In the back row, representatives from nonprofits Golden United and Thistle support the purchase. The co-op purchased Golden Hills for $8.5 million thanks to support from nonprofit and government partners, including Je erson County and the City of Golden. COURTESY PHOTO

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e residents won’t be alone as istle stays on as a coach and support system for the next 10 years, Townsend explained. e nonpro t will help Golden Hills review its nancials and “stay on track,” especially through this rst year, he said. Townsend added how Golden Hills is istle’s eighth ROC in Colorado, with a ninth expected later this summer. He hoped Golden Hills would become a model for other

communities that want to become ROCs.

Re ecting on the last two years, the co-op board members said there are numerous individuals and groups to thank for all their support. Along with the aforementioned ones, they highlighted state legislators who passed protections for mobile home park residents.

“Seeing the di erent people who have supported us throughout this (process) has been heartwarming and amazing,” Tanner continued. “ … is is nally coming to fruition … where we can live with housing security.”

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The Golden Hills Mobile Home Park co-op board members hold a new sign celebrating their residentowned community status. From left, the board members are: Joyce Tanner, Valerie Dillon, Will Gregg, Sally Burton and Art Erwin.

Unlike Most Professionals, Real Estate Agents Work for Free Most of the Time

Most professionals I know get paid for the work they perform. Some even charge for estimates, and others charge even when they fail at what they were hired to do.

Real estate is different. Most of the time we are giving our services away to customers with only a vague hope of a payday down the road. Sometimes we invest a great deal of money marketing properties that never sell, only to have the seller re-list the home at a lower price with another agent who then enjoys a pay day.

I had about 30 closings last year, and I drove 15,000 miles. Do you think I drove 500 miles for each successful closing? No, I drove most of those miles for buyers and sellers who received my services for free without any compensation for my time and travel.

This is okay with me. I love real estate. When it produces a payday, I know that it makes up for the uncompensated efforts I

expended on behalf of other clients.

Occasionally I have a buyer who has me show him or her the exact house he or she wants to buy, and I handle the transaction — one showing, few miles of driving around, one contract written, one inspection handled, one closing attended — earning myself a 5-figure payday. The buyer, seeing how easy it was, might reasonably expect a rebate. But what about those times I showed a buyer 100 different homes, wrote one or two unsuccessful contracts, only to have that buyer rent instead of buy — or the buyer goes to an open house and buys without me earning any commission?

A few years ago, I was considering listing 5 acres 30 miles up a canyon for $125,000, but the seller was so uncooperative that I ultimately declined the listing — but not before I had made three trips to the property and on one of those trips did

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$1,000 damage to my car’s underbody on his jagged culvert!

Such is the life of a real estate agent. We may seem overpaid when we are paid 5-figure commissions on a given transaction, and you may think that’s unfair, but if we didn’t have those closings to make up for all the times we work for free or spend without reimbursement, it might be hard to justify going into this business.

As it is, the average member of the National Association of Realtors earns less than $50,000 in gross commission income per year — before accounting for car, phone, MLS fees, Realtor dues, computer hardware & software, errors & omissions insurance, and other expenses

A Quit Claim Deed Is Cheap & Convenient, But It Can Void Title Policy

Quit claim deeds are a convenient way to transfer property among related parties. You might use it, for example, to add a new spouse to the title, or to transfer it to an entity which you control.

But be sure to check with the company which insured your title when the home was last purchased, because you’ll need to have the title policy amended, possibly at little or no cost, so it conforms to the new ownership of your property.

If you can’t find your closing documents, any Realtor can run a Realist Report which names the title company.

The Styrofoam Corral Needs to Find a New Home

$1,950,000

If you’ve driven Ford Street in Golden, you are familiar with the tall Mountain Muffler sign at the corner of 22nd Street (barely visible in this picture), and you may have had them install a steel cage around your car’s catalytic converter after it was stolen and replaced. (We hired them to do that for our moving truck.) Well, the owners of the business and the property have decided it’s time to join the other property owners in the area and make their 14,000-square-foot parcel available for multi-family redevelopment. Broker associate Austin Pottorff has listed it and has produced a drone video of the parcel and its downtown surroundings, which you can view, along with his South Golden listing at www.GoldenDevelopmentSite.info. For more information, you can contact Austin at 970-281-9071, or email Austin@GoldenRealEstate.com.

Just Listed: Home on Large Lot in Wide Acres

Perhaps you’re one of the thousands of Jefferson County residents who’ve brought Styrofoam to the Styrofoam Corral behind Golden Real Estate’s former office at 17695 S. Golden Road. In the 15 years of its operation, it has kept an estimated 36,000 cubic yards of the material out of landfills. The 10’x20’ chain-link enclosure is filled two to three times per month, and every time it’s filled we load our box truck with the bags of Styrofoam and take them to a factory near I-25 & I-70 where it is compressed and recycled into new products.

But all good things must come to an end. That property is under contract, and the Styrofoam Corral must close unless we can find it a new home. If you or someone you know has a suitable property for relocating this popular Jeffco service, let me know. I will personally set up the Corral in its new location and provide training and advice on its smooth operation. And I’ll continue to provide our truck for transporting the Styrofoam to the factory for reprocessing. Call me at 303-525-1851.

Price Reduced on 3-BR 1904 Capitol Hill Home

$950,000

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Wide Acres is that quiet neighborhood located south of Colfax to the east of Colorado Mills. With 3,493 sq. ft. of finished space, this 3-bedroom home at 1125 Zinnia St. is set back about 100 feet from the street on its 0.57-acre lot, making it even more quiet and secluded. It is being sold by the family that had it built in 1974. The indoor and outdoor living space is exceptional, as you’ll see when you view the narrated video tour I posted at www.WideAcresHome.info. Then come to my open house this Saturday, July 22nd, from 11 am. to 1 p.m. Or call me at 303-525-1851 to arrange a private showing.

You’ll love the updates to this 3-BR home at 1240 N. Downing St., a short walk from Cheesman Park in Denver’s historic Capitol Hill — from the dream kitchen with white quartz countertops, farm sink, stainless appliances and rolling island to the primary suite in the basement! My narrated video tour will give you a taste of it and inspire you to request a showing. You can view more pictures plus that video tour (including drone footage) at www.DenverHome.info. Call me at 303-525-1851 to schedule a private showing.

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Bandimere Speedway near Morrison is working on plans for a new location

BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

e Bandimere family is providing more details about its plans to relocate Bandimere Speedway, which is set to close in October, as it hoste the Dodge Power Brokers Mile High NHRA Nationals last weekend.

e speedway along C-470 near Morrison has been operating in that location for 65 years, and company President John Bandimere Jr. said in April that it’s time to nd a better location.

e family has been looking for a new location for about a year, Bandimere Jr. has said, and it will take a year o from the racing business and hopes to relocate to more acreage in the metro Denver area. A large tract of land near Denver International Airport is a possibility.

“I want to make one thing clear,” Bandimere Jr. said at a news conference on July 12. “Some people think we are being pushed out by housing.

ere is no question they’re building a lot of houses here, but not one person has given us a bad time.

“I feel very comfortable with why we are leaving,” he said. “We just need

more space.”

He said the current speedway doesn’t have running water, so he would like to see bathrooms in the new location along with better seating and more parking.

e current Bandimere Speedway can accommodate 28,500 spectators as it hosts more than 130 events a year. It has nearly 30,000 competitors each season, and it hosts one of the largest youth programs in the country,

according to the Bandimere website. According to Bandimere Jr., John Bandimere Sr. and his wife Frances originally opened the racetrack in Ar-

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The owners of Bandimere Speedway plan to take a year o after it closes the venue in October while it searches for a new location.

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Applewood car shooting suspect scheduled for Aug. 18 preliminary hearing

BY CORINNE WESTEMAN CWESTEMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

e Lakewood man accused of shooting at a car May 23 in Applewood has been scheduled for an Aug. 18 preliminary hearing.

Paul Behme, 31, was arrested June 13 for attempted rst-degree murder. His bond was set at $1 million cash only.

Behme appeared in custody during his July 11 hearing at the Jefferson County courthouse, where he waived his right to a preliminary hearing within 35 days of his arrest.

His defense attorney led a motion to continue, which the judge granted. e prosecution didn’t object to the continuance.

Behme’s scheduled for a preliminary hearing at 8:30 a.m. Aug. 18.

A preliminary hearing, which is formatted like a small-scale trial, determines whether there is su cient

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vada in 1956 as an expansion of their automotive machining and auto parts business and to provide “a place for

evidence for the case to proceed through the judicial system.

According to the arrest a davit, around 9:30 p.m. May 23, a car with two occupants was driving westbound along West 32nd Avenue in the Applewood area, which is unincorporated Je erson County between Golden and Lakewood. Near the Eldridge Street intersection, the car was struck seven times by gun re, with one bullet piercing the windshield and nearly missing the occupants.

e driver — a Golden resident — only sustained minor injuries from the shattered glass, and the passenger was uninjured, according to the a davit. Investigators identi ed a suspect vehicle in the case, which was later determined to be Behme’s. Prosecutors have noted how Behme also has an extensive criminal history, as he’s failed to appear in Broom eld, Adams and Denver

people, especially for young people, to enjoy the speed and performance of the automobile and to get o the streets.”

In 1958, because of noise and other concerns in Arvada, the Bandimeres moved to what at that time was a remote area west of Denver against

counties on separate drug-related cases.

He’s also been charged in a separate attempted murder case in Parker. On June 11, Behme reportedly shot into an occupied car in a hotel parking lot. He’s being charged with attempted rst-degree murder and felony menacing.

In the a davit, Behme reportedly told investigators he’d been in con ict with gang members, whom he believed to be following him May 23 in Applewood.

“He was acting in self-defense, but not against (the victims),” Behme’s defense attorney said during a June 16 hearing. “ … It wasn’t intended to even involve the individuals in this case.”

His defense attorney added how Behme struggles with his mental and physical health, as he su ers from post-traumatic stress disorder, depression and severe headaches.

the hogback. Fast forward to 2023, and the venue is looking for a new home to allow drag-race enthusiasts to continue to enjoy the sport.

“As we close this chapter, our family is taking the time to re ect on the hundreds, maybe thousands, of memories on under Mountain, and

He’s also become addicted to fentanyl, his attorney said, adding how Behme’s family want to take him to rehabilitation.

they are great memories,” Bandimere Jr. said in April. “Our relationships with employees, racers, sponsors, sanctioning bodies, guests and service providers will remind us daily of what a privilege it’s been for my family to continue the legacy started by my parents.”

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trainer, said his unit is now fully staffed again with seven dog-handler pairs and one decoy. Six dogs — including Ragnar and Rico — are dual-purpose for narcotics detection and patrol. The seventh is a bomb-sniffing dog for the courthouse, he said.

The K-9 unit responds to an incredibly large call volume, including helping local agencies that don’t have their own K-9 units.

“We stay busy,” Valbert continued. “ … (Being fully staffed) keeps us at 24-7 coverage.”

Valbert, Oliver and Wagner all emphasized how this wouldn’t have been possible without the tremendous community support JCSO received after Graffit’s death.

Companies and individuals from Jeffco and beyond donated money, dog treats, and more in Graffit’s honor. The monetary donations enabled the office to buy the two new K-9s — each of which was $20,000 including training and travel — along with ballistic vests and other crucial equipment.

Oliver thanked everyone for their support and donations, saying, “I felt like I wasn’t alone, that the community cared about (Graffit) too.”

While Oliver stressed that no one could replace Graffit, he said it was great to have a K-9 partner once more. He and his family members feel better now that he has someone going to work with him again.

Ragnar, a 2-year-old Belgian Malinois, is adjusting to home life well. He has “a good on-off switch,” Oliver described, saying he’s always excited to go to work.

Oliver was among the JCSO personnel who went to California to scope out new K-9s. They were looking for dogs that were at least a year old and that would be good fits for the sheriff’s office and their respective handlers.

Oliver liked how methodical Ragnar was, saying, “He’s focused, calm and clear-headed.”

For Rico and Wagner, the last six weeks of training have been a fun, new journey together.

“He’s a puppy still,” Wagner said of the 14-month-old Belgian Malinois. “He’s always wanting to play and work.”

To help Rico differentiate between home and

work, Wagner said he has separate collars. So, when Rico gets his work collar on and jumps in the patrol vehicle, Wagner said he knows he’s going to work.

Rico’s been solid in training, Wagner said, describing how he’s been especially quick on the narcotics detection side thus far. The pair should be fully trained by late September, he anticipated.

“He’s willing and quick to learn,” Wagner said of his new K-9 partner.

For K-9 Graffit

In the early hours on Feb. 13, Oliver and Graffit responded to a call near the Colorado School of Mines campus in Golden.

A suspected drunken driver had evaded police, reportedly pointing a gun at a Golden Police officer during the incident, and was last

seen running toward the Mines campus.

According to court documents, Oliver and Graffit tracked the suspect to a wooded area, with Oliver releasing Graffit with commands to apprehend. The suspect, later identified as 29-year-old Eduardo Romero, then reportedly shot Graffit, killing him.

Graffit, a 10-year-old German shepherd, had been with the Jeffco Sheriff’s Office since 2015. He was honored with a procession from the site, temporary memorial sites at JCSO headquarters and the Mines campus, and a Feb. 27 memorial service.

Romero was later arrested without incident and charged with several counts, including aggravated cruelty to animals, class-6 felony. This is the lowest-level felony, and carries a sentence of up 18 months in jail and a fine of up to $100,000.

Romero’s scheduled to enter a plea at 1 p.m. Aug. 7 at the Jefferson County Courthouse. In the wake of Graffit’s death, Oliver and JCSO partnered with state lawmakers to increase the penalties and fines in aggravated animal cruelty cases.

House Majority Leader Monica Duran, DWheat Ridge, and Representative Ryan Armagost, R-Berthoud, sponsored House Bill 1286, which was signed June 2.

According to the final language, anyone convicted of aggravated animal cruelty toward service animals, police dogs or police horses must pay a mandatory minimum fine of $2,000 and complete an anger management treatment program. They must also make restitution to the owner or agency, including veterinary expenses and/or replacement costs.

In April, Armagost told Colorado Politics how many states have enacted harsher penalties for killing a K-9. Armagost also detailed how replacing a K-9 isn’t about just the dog itself, but the breadth and intensity of training the dog has completed.

Oliver described how he testified in favor of House Bill 1286, saying he wanted to see harsher penalties for anyone who hurts or kills a service animal or working police animal. He again thanked community members for all their support, saying he and Wagner are excited to serve Jefferson County with their new K-9 partners.

“I’m looking forward to seeing what the future holds for us,” Oliver continued.

Deputy Zachary Oliver trains K-9 Ragnar July 11 on the Federal Center campus. Oliver’s previous partner, K-9 Gra t, was killed while apprehending a suspect Feb. 13. Thanks to generous donations from the community, the Je erson County Sheri ’s O ce was able to purchase K-9 Ragnar, along with a second K-9 for a new handler.

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School board approves pay increase for Je co educators

BY JANE REUTER SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

Eligible Je erson County educators will get a 5.25% pay increase and more money for medical bene ts in the upcoming school year — two of several bene ts included in a recently approved agreement between the Je erson County Education Association (JCEA) and the Je erson County School Board.

Most educators will receive an additional salary bump based on the amount of time they’ve worked in the district.

Despite those increases, JCEA President Brooke Williams said Je erson County teacher salaries are low compared to many surrounding districts.

“Our goal is always to ensure we can keep the best educators in Je co to serve our students,” said Williams, who is also an art teacher in the district.

“ ough we were hopeful to secure a deal that would keep our district more competitive among others in the Denver metro area, we are not done ghting for the competitive compensation loyal educators deserve. We made it clear to our district that they need to reward our educators with the most experience, and we desperately need Je co to commit to invest new funding into its employees.”

According to Colorado Public Radio, Westminster, Cherry Creek and Adams 12 Five Star districts all o er higher starting salaries than Je erson County. e starting salary in Je co for the upcoming academic year is about $52,700.

Je co is also struggling with the impact of declining enrollment, caused in large part by a falling birth rate. ose changes led to a November 2022 decision to close 16 elementary schools and a more recent board vote to consolidate a middle and high school.

School funding is tied to enrollment, so the declines have put nancial pressure on the district — at a time in which educators say higher pay is critical.

With those factors at play, board member Susan Miller said she feels the district is attempting to strike a di cult balance.

“At the end of the day, from the taxpayers’ and parents’ point of view, the fact remains that over the past two years, district spending on teachers’ total compensation has increased by 18%, while achievement results have continued to decline, and learning losses have not been recovered,” she said. “We have limited nancial resources and they are getting more shallow. I am concerned we are spiraling with our nancial investment.

“We’re going to have to gure out how to talk to our community about that investment and the return on that investment,” she continued.

Board member Paula Reed praised those who negotiated the agreement but agreed the funding formula makes the process tough.

“ e JCEA and Je co have had over ve decades of negotiating together, and I think it’s a history we can be really proud of,” she said. “I think we remain in this sort of tense place between what we are able to o er and what our educators deserve for the work they do and being competitive in the metro area.

“I think we are going to have to do some work as a district to gure out the revenue side so we can ease that tension a little bit and have more room for the compensation piece of negotiation,” she continued. “But I think we’re all trying to pull in the same direction, which feels really good.”

Je Co teachers said the issues of both compensation and academic performance are multi-layered and

linked.

“A real concern of JCEA educators is the increasing cost of living in the Denver area, especially in Je erson County,” said JCEA Vice President Dale Munholland, who’s also a Pomona High School social studies teacher. “Furthermore, over the next decade, there is going to be an exodus of teachers from the classroom due to retirement as well as teachers leaving the profession early because of the increasing demands and stress. Compounding this problem is that fewer and fewer young people are going into education due to low pay and increasing workload.”

Munholland added that if Je co wants to increase achievement, it cannot be done with overcrowded classrooms led by overworked teachers.

“It can only be done by keeping and attracting educators with a compensation package that keeps up with surrounding districts,” Munholland said.

JCEA Treasurer and Golden High School English teacher Andrew Gitner thanked the school board for the added compensation.

“When I started working in Je co in 2014, I was paid just over $29K per year,” he said. “ e only place I could a ord to live was not legally allowed to be called a bedroom. I’m grateful that the majority of Je co parents and the community have voted for School Board Directors who care enough to invest in educators and students. Valuing educators less than every comparable metro district is not a solution to any problem.”

Highlights of the agreement include:

• A 5.25% cost of living increase

• An added $20 per month toward the medical plan of the employee’s choosing

• An increase from 1% to 2% to the stipend for educators who work in Title I schools

• A class size relief fund for classes that exceed contractual guidelines. is will allow the district to provide paraeducator support or hire another teacher when students are in large classes.

• e expansion of non-contact days for planning time to include middle school educators.

• Additional stipends for Career and Technical Education and Elementary Art Music and PE teachers.

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Despite a recent salary increase for Je co educators, JCEA President Brooke Williams said Je erson County teacher salaries are low compared to many surrounding districts. PEXELS

Floyd Hill work will mean delays, some closures of I-70 with a vision for a safer ride by 2028

BY CHRIS KOEBERL CKOEBERL@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

As you make your way down Floyd Hill on westbound Interstate 70, there is a tree you should take a look at.

e tree marks the location of the future highway to be completed in 2028.

It’s here, at this tree, where westbound I-70 will launch 60 feet above the mountains on a twisting path leading back to the Veterans Memorial Tunnels. Supported by steel and concrete caissons, this elevated section of road is designed to address several existing problems with what experts say has been a hazardous design for decades. e planned forgiving and wider turns will improve sight and stopping distance.

Kurt Kionka with the Colorado Department of Transportation says the current curves are rated for 45 mph. Many drivers, said Kionka, CDOT Floyd Hill Project director, “clearly exceed that safety limit.”

Kionka and Austin Knapp, the construction manager and general contractor with Kraemer North America, will lead this historic project.

It represents the next ve years of interstate construction in Clear Creek County. Eastbound work is already underway. Expect concrete

barriers to be in place soon on the south side to protect tra c and workers as they carve 40 feet from the mountain to allow for additional lanes.

Approximately $700 million in state and federal dollars will be spent. is includes the largest single grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to Colorado: $100 million.

It is a massive engineering and construction project that will be split into three phases. Work has started on the east section of the project, a four-mile stretch that spans from County Road 65 to the bottom of Floyd Hill.

Over the summer, crews will focus on building the work zone, excavation, wall construction, drainage work, and rock scaling and blasting to create room for roadway improvements.

During rock scaling and blasting, motorists should expect daytime tra c holds in both directions of I-70 starting in late-July or early August on some days of the week. Crews will perform rock blasting and scaling for 20 minutes and then reopen the roadway. In all, motorists can anticipate up to 45 minutes of delays.

Blasting is anticipated to occur two times per week through early 2024. Motorists can stay in the know on when blasting activities are planned by signing up for text alerts by texting oydhill to 21000.

Several crude wooden markers are already in place. is simple stick along the walking and biking trail adjacent to Clear Creek on the south side will be replaced in the near future. It marks the spot where

westbound I-70 will eventually cross over the creek and rejoin existing I-70 west. Today, it’s a stick. In 2028 it will be an elevated overpass on one of the most critical interstates in the United States.

Also note, the walking and biking path will be replaced as part of the overall project. e old pavement will be removed and new concrete laid in its place. e grade of the path will also be brought to Americans with Disabilities requirements, according to Kionka.

According to CDOT, the ultimate goal of the project is multilateral and multifold.

e I-70 Floyd Hill Project will:

• Add a third westbound I-70 travel lane in this two-lane bottleneck. is new lane will be a full-time, tolled express lane from just west of Homestead Road (Exit 247) through the Veterans Memorial Tunnels to Colorado Blvd./Idaho Springs (Exit 241);

• Rebuild bridges damaged due to use, wear and tear, and heavy usage;

• Construct a missing two-mile section of the frontage road between U.S. 6 and the Hidden Valley/Central City Parkway interchanges, which will improve emergency response;

• Build an extended on-ramp from U.S. 6 onto eastbound I-70 for slowmoving vehicles to have more room to merge;

• Improve tra c ow and access at interchanges and intersections;

• Improve sight distance and safety by straightening roadway curves;

• Improve the Clear Creek Greenway trail; and

• Implement environmental mitigation to enhance wildlife connectivity, air and water quality, stream conditions and recreation.

Check the Clear Creek Courant for the latest news on this project.

Kurt Kionka, CDOT Floyd Hill project director (left) and Austin Knapp, project engineer at Kraemer North America (right).

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The tree marker on I-70 west at Floyd Hill.

In high country, spring showers mean summer flowers

bines, the iconic state ower, as well as paintbrushes and goldenrods are still dormant.

BY ROBERT TANN SUMMIT DAILY NEWS

While Colorado’s Front Range is seeing the peak of wild ower bloom, the High Country is patiently waiting for its own.

A cold, wet winter and spring de ned by above-average snow and rainfall is likely to delay peak bloom by as much as two weeks. But it also means this summer will see even more color than last.

“It’s de nitely going to be, it already is, a very, very good wildower year,” said Tyler Johnson, a U.S. Forest Service botanist for the Rocky Mountain region.

While expeditions in the High Country are likely to reveal earlyseason blooms, including lupines and yarrows, plants such as colum-

e region usually sees its wildower season begin to peak around the Fourth of July weekend, when nightly temperatures tend to hover around 50 degrees. In order to avoid devastating summer frosts, wildowers wait until temperatures are safe before reproducing, or owering, and dispersing seeds.

A slew of environmental factors can have sway over when and where owers can be seen, but nighttime temperature is “one of the strongest controls on where plants grow and how happy they are,” Johnson said.

According to National Weather Service meteorologist Bernie Meier, nightly temperatures in the central mountain region, which includes Summit and Eagle counties, have been as low as 30 degrees recently.

Over the next week, those temperatures are expected to be in the 40s, but Meier added, “We’re not seeing that warmth any time soon, at least

Colorado’s wildflower is expected to be great but will also come later than usual because of the cooler, wet weather in the High Country.

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Colorado’s wildflower season should be one of the best ever, but it might come later than usual

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Suncor’s ‘forever chemicals’ pouring into metro Denver rivers spike again

BY MICHAEL BOOTH THE COLORADO SUN

Discharges of water tainted with PFAS “forever chemicals” from the Suncor re nery spiked again in May, an environmental watchdog group said, following high readings in November and January.

Suncor, which has used re ghting foam containing PFAS chemicals for years on the sprawling Commerce City property, reported May discharges into Sand Creek at 218 parts per trillion of variants of the chemicals known as PFOS, PFOA and PFNA, according to Earthjustice attorneys. e group monitors Suncor’s required reporting to state water quality regulators.

Immediately after leaving Suncor, the discharged water is carried by Sand Creek into the South Platte River as it ows through Adams County. e May discharge peaks were more than three times the PFAS limits proposed in a 2022 draft renewal permit written by state regulators to cover

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Suncor’s water discharges.

e report shows Suncor’s “continuing inability to reliably treat their PFAS to meet even the division’s proposed 70 parts per trillion limit, and that limit is still way too high and based on outdated information,” Earthjustice attorney Caitlin Miller said. “Suncor’s continued failure negatively impacts Sand Creek and the South Platte River.”

Neither Suncor nor state regulators responded to new questions about the high discharge readings from May.

e thousands of variations of PFAS chemicals are used in countless consumer and industrial products for water and stain resistance, among other functions. ey were used for decades in everything from carpet to re ghting products to clothing and fast-food packaging, though manufacturers are trying to phase them out of many products and states like Colorado are banning them. States’ attorney general ofces, including Colorado, are suing manufacturers like 3M and DuPont to recover water ltration and ground cleanup costs.

PFAS chemicals do not easily break down in the environment, thus the “forever” moniker, and have been found in sh, wildlife and in the bloodstream of most humans tested.

Until March, the EPA’s drinking water guideline — not a mandate to water agencies, but health guidance — had been limiting PFAS to 70 parts per trillion. en the EPA issued sharply lower levels that are now drinking water mandates that cities must achieve, setting them as low as 0.02 parts per trillion for the variant PFOS, and 0.004 ppt for PFOA.

Earthjustice had previously agged Suncor re nery releases of PFAS. One out ow measured at Suncor found November readings at 1,100

parts per trillion of PFOS in discharges, or 55,000 times the downward-revised EPA requirements. Discharges of 54 parts per trillion of PFOA that month were 13,500 times the new EPA limits on that chemical, Earthjustice said.

e high discharges remained in January, though not as elevated. e February report showed lower levels.

e elevated discharges came as state clean water o cials worked to complete revisions to Suncor’s water out ow pollution permits that were rst opened to public comments nearly 18 months ago. Colorado o cials noted at the time they had included PFAS limits for the rst time in a draft of the revised permit.

Suncor had major December res that prompted air pollution notices and a long shutdown of re ning operations, and environmental groups monitoring pollution there speculate the re ghting foam commonly used in industrial res could have contributed to more PFAS runo .

e re nery recently announced $100 million in repairs to reduce its air emissions.

e state’s proposed draft permit revision for Suncor rst revealed in 2022 set PFAS discharge limits at the same 70 parts per trillion that had been the EPA drinking water guideline until this year. In response to the high Suncor discharges in 2022 and early 2023, and the EPA’s March 2023 revisions, state regulators said they were reconsidering the draft permit. ey have not o ered a timetable on when those revisions will be put out for another public comment period.  After Earthjustice called out their November and January PFAS releases, Suncor said the company’s testing away from the re nery outow did not show any higher than normal contamination downstream on Sand Creek or in the South Platte

River nearby.

Suncor’s statement said a sampling study by an independent rm in May 2022 said “Suncor’s PFAS contributions are not impacting the South Platte River in any meaningful way.”

Earthjustice disputes that conclusion, saying a report from Westwater Hydrology at the “Outfall 20” in question “accounted for between 16-47% of total PFAS found in Sand Creek, and 3-18% of PFAS found in the South Platte River downstream of the facility.”

is story is from e Colorado Sun, a journalist-owned news outlet based in Denver and covering the state. For more, and to support e Colorado Sun, visit coloradosun.com. e Colorado Sun is a partner in the Colorado News Conservancy, owner of Colorado Community Media.

The Suncor refinery in Commerce City is pictured on Sand Creek from along the Sand Creek Regional Greenway on May 26, 2021.

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not in the next seven to 10 days.”

Monsoon season, which generally brings consistent rainfall beginning in mid-July, appears to be delayed this year, Meier said. Trends in Arizona suggest heavy precipitation will arrive before the month’s end, but without the added moisture, temperatures are likely to remain cooler.

That’s not to say the state isn’t experiencing warmth. On the Western Slope where elevations are lower, nighttime temperatures in Grand Junction have reached 60 degrees. Still, that’s slightly below normal for this time of year, Meier said.

“As the summer progresses, the south face and lower-elevation slopes will bloom first, in general,” Johnson said.

Johnson said he expects the High Country’s peak bloom to begin in one to two weeks. And while the snow and rain of the past months will help make a more vibrant scene, it’s the negative factors that can affect a wildflower season’s outcome more than the positives.

Drought, for example, can be a huge determinant of how well a bloom will perform. One dry summer can blunt a flower’s reproductive momentum for years, Johnson said, while consistent wet winters will ensure growth is steady.

According to June 29 data from the U.S. Drought Monitor nearly all of Colorado, including the entirety of the High Country, is considered drought-free.

“If we keep this (precipitation) pattern where we have a really wet summer … you might expect next year’s flowers to really benefit from this winter and spring, there’s sort of a temporal delay there,” he said.

Unlike the annual flowers seen in California, Nevada and Utah, Colorado’s wildflowers are mostly perennials.

The key difference, according to Johnson, is that annuals only grow for one season before producing a large amount of seeds while perennials regrow every spring. Because of this, annuals are more affected by precipitation which can supercharge growth and lead to super blooms like those seen this spring and summer in California and other southwestern areas.

“In those deserts, it really is as simple as when it rains all winter, the flowers are crazy,” Johnson said.

Perennials, on the other hand, typically have a shorter bloom season and are more impacted by several years of weather rather than a single season.

“There’s sort of legacy effect from previous winters and previous summers,” Johnson said. “Just speaking for this winter, if all of those plants were fat and happy last summer, then they’ve got more resources to bloom again this spring. So it’s a multiyear legacy.”

As peak bloom approaches, Johnson said there are endless ways wildflowers can be used to enhance the exploration of Colorado’s Rocky Mountain region. Much of that can be found in the sheer diversity of growth across the High Country.

“Even on the same hill or the same mountain … it can be a completely different plant community,” Johnson said.

“I actually really enjoy trying to figure out why certain plants grow in certain places. So it’s much more of an ecology view for me,” Johnson said. “Why is that plant really short on those goofy rocks, whereas there are tall ones just 20 feet away? Why are those plants so different?”

For an introductory book for identifying wildflowers during an excursion, Johnson recommended “Plants of the Rocky Mountains,” by Linda Kershaw. For something more technical, Johnson advised the book “Flora of Colorado,” by Jennifer Ackerfield.

He also said several apps, such as Leafsnap, are “remarkably accurate.”

Searching for wildflowers, Johnson said, “does give you maybe a more complete experience to look at the land around you rather than having a goal.

“Stop and look at a flower. Ask, ‘what do you see?’ What color are the flowers? Are the leaves scratchy or are they smooth? Is it tall or is it short?” Johnson said. “You can really reinforce some basic observation skills into something that is tangible and real.”

And finding wildflowers doesn’t have to be a strenuous activity. Johnson said ski resorts, many of which grant access to mountain peaks via gondolas, are great for wildflower viewing thanks to constant snow activity that moistens the terrain.

“A lot of the more developed ski areas, Winter Park, Aspen, Vail, have a ton of summer activities and they’ve got a really well developed summer trail system,” Johnson said. “It’s a really easily accessible way to get a normal person to 9,000 feet, 10,000 feet, to see wildflowers.”

Summit Daily News editor Andrew Maciejewski contributed to this article.

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Hospital volunteer, 97, hits 20,000 hours

BY CHRISTY STEADMAN CSTEADMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Polly Coleman donned a huge smile as she walked into Saint Joseph Hospital to begin her volunteer shift.

Coleman celebrated her 97th birthday the day before. But as she entered the hospital on June 20, about 30 sta and volunteers gathered to celebrate her for a di erent milestone — Coleman had completed 20,000 hours of volunteer work at the hospital over the course of 32 years.

“Volunteers are a big part of what we do here at the hospital,” said Yusuf Hassan, director of volunteers and guest services for the hospital. “She believes in our mission (and) she loves giving back.”

Coleman, of Broom eld, started volunteering at the hospital in Denver’s City Park West neighborhood because she knew she wanted to stay active and involved after retirement. Also, her dad had a friend that was chief of surgery at the time.

So, she began in 1991. Since then, Coleman has volunteered in the surgery waiting room, as a board member, as an event co-chair, as a mentor and trainer, and much more.

Hassan recalled that Coleman loves serving at the hospital so much that during the COVID-19 shutdowns — when nobody but patients and sta were allowed in hospitals — Coleman was one who called every day asking when she’d be able to come back.

Currently, Coleman spends two days a week in the hospital’s gift shop.

“It’s because of love,” Coleman said. “I love what I do.”

Supporting Saint Joseph Hospital has become somewhat of a tradition for Coleman’s family, as

there are three generations who dedicate time. Coleman’s granddaughter, Sarah Owen, started volunteering at the hospital when she was 12, simply to be able to hang out with her grandmother. Today, Owen serves as the hospital’s director of service excellence.

“She’s always had a heart for giving,” Owen said of her grandmother. “Hospitals can be stressful, (but) she’s like a little ray of sunshine.”

Coleman’s daughter, Dianne Montanari, has been volunteering at the hospital for about ve years. Her service began after she retired from a career as a sixth-grade aide with the Je erson County School District.

“You get more from life if you give back,” Montanari said.

Coleman has an active life, Owen said. She is part of a bridge club, she’s involved with a variety of committees, church and a close-knit family.

“But the two days a week she comes to the hospital gives her an additional sense of purpose,” Owen said. “She’s there (in the gift shop) with a smile, getting to know everyone.”

e hospital hosts a variety of volunteers — people who dedicate their time to do everything from communion to pet therapy. e hospital has about 162 active volunteers who, combined, provide an average of 1,500 hours per month. is equals the work of nine-and-a-half full-time employees and pay value equivalent to $50,000, Hassan said.

e gift shop is run completely by volunteers, and since 2012, it has invested $1.33 million into the hospital, Hassan said.

He added that while Coleman’s 32 years is the longest out of all the volunteers, there are about 10 who have been volunteering at Saint Joseph Hospital for more than 20 years, and several more who have been volunteering at the hospital for more than 10 years. Nine volunteers are former employees. e volunteers are “extremely valuable,” Hassan said. “And not only the dollar value. Just their presence alone makes such a di erence.”

Polly Coleman, 97, wears her celebratory tiara as she organizes the stu ed animals in the gift shop at Saint Joseph Hospital, where she currently volunteers. Hospital sta threw Coleman a surprise celebration on June 20 to commemorate her 20,000 hours and 32 years of volunteering at Saint Joseph Hospital.

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As most of you who regularly read this column know, I grew up here in Golden. As a kid, I experienced and enjoyed a lot of the things that this town had to o er and one of those was our biggest town festival, Bu alo Bill Days.

It was always a lot of fun and usually lled with colorful characters and looking at them I never imagined, even in my wildest dreams, that someday I would grow up to become a man in his 60s that ended up actually looking like Bu alo Bill! I’m serious. Put one of those big funky cowboy hats on my head and I might as well enter the look-alike contest! How on earth did that happen? I certainly didn’t plan on it, that’s for sure. But, here I am…

Well, that being said, it’s fast approaching that big weekend and Bu alo Bill Days is again happening here in downtown Golden and the surrounding area. e festival itself will be taking place from Friday, July 28 through Sunday, July 30. is year most of it takes place in Parfet Park on the corner of 10th Street and Washington Avenue.

But the whole event kicks o with the 18th annual Golf Tournament on Wednesday, July 26 at Applewood Golf Course. If you are a golfer, you

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might want to check that one out. I’m not, so other than seeing that it has a shotgun start at 7 a.m. and probably runs for most of the day, you’ll have to follow the link on the website for more information about that portion of the program.

As to the rest of it, well there’s a little something for everyone and aside from the Pancake Breakfast, Parade and the Mutton Bustin’ Contest, which I’ll get to in a moment, it’s all centralized in Parfet Park. ere’s going to be a craft fair as well as live music and kid’s activities on all three weekend days so let’s break it down day by day.

It all starts at 5 p.m. Friday with the opening remarks on the Parfet Park Stage where Hazel Miller will be performing at 6 p.m., followed by Chris Daniels and the Kings at 7 p.m. e craft fair and kid’s activities will be running until 10 p.m.

Saturday starts a little earlier with the Annual Pancake breakfast from 6-10 a.m. at the Golden Fire House at 10th Street and Arapahoe. You can’t

miss it, it’s the place with the big re trucks. Yes, at the actual re station, not some bar and grill with that kind of name.

at’s followed by the big “Best of the West” parade down Washington Ave. from 10-11:30 a.m. You can expect to see a whole bunch of guys who look like me in that one. Plus, plenty of other folks in character from the wild west.

en it’s back to Parfet Park with the craft show and kids activities happening until 10 p.m., once again as well as live music from Live Wire at 12 p.m., Stages: A Practical eatrical at 2:15 p.m., Dance Machine at 4 p.m. and Ronnie Raygun & e Big Eighties closing the show at 7 p.m..

And that brings us to Sunday. It’s another early start with the 16th Annual Worship Service happening on the Parfet Park Stage from 9-10:30 a.m. But then things move over to the east end of Lions Field, which is on 10th Street right past the re station.

at’s where the Mutton Bustin’ contest happens at 11 a.m. If you have no idea what that is, just imagine a bunch of little kids with crash helmets and ak jackets trying to hang on and ride a sheep tearing out of a pen at full speed. Sort of a junior bronco rodeo kind of thing. It’s pretty

amusing and the kids take it very seriously. en it’s back to Parfet Park for the rest of the day with the craft show and more kids events going until 5 p.m. and the day’s live music provided by the Denver Jazz Club Youth All Stars at 12 p.m. followed by Long Run “Colorado’s Tribute to e Eagles” at 2 p.m.

You can also bank on plenty of vendors there with food and drinks, so you can make a day or night out of it.

I mentioned the website. You can nd that at goldenbu alobilldays. com. e website has all the information there, plus a few pictures of the Mutton Bustin’ in action if your imagination is failing you on that one. For parking info go to www.cityofgolden. net/live/parking/visitor-parking.

So, get ready to see why Golden is “Where the West Lives.” Bu alo Bill Days under his nal resting place. Wow!

John Akal is a well-known jazz artist/drummer and leader of the 20-piece Ultraphonic Jazz Orchestra. He also is president of John Akal Imaging, professional commercial photography and multimedia production. He can be reached at jaimaging@aol.com.

Mudapalooza splashes back at Northglenn

Has anyone ever really not had fun playing in the mud? It’s not something most of us get to do very often, which makes the opportunity to splash around pretty rare. at could be part of the reason why Northglenn’s annual Mudapalooza volleyball event has become such big hit in the area.   “Nobody else really puts this kind of event on,” said Roman A. Ortega, recreation sports coordinator with Northglenn. “We started out with just eight to 12 teams and now we have so many return teams that love participating. I think the most teams we’ve had in one tournament is 63.”   e 15thannual Mudapalooza tournament will be held at Northwest Open Space, East 112th Avenue and Ranch Drive, from 8:30 a.m. to

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Participating co-ed teams are made up of eight to 12 adults who will play at least three games of mud volleyball each. At the end of the day, the winning team will receive a trophy, some cool prizes and the glory of claiming victory.

“While the tournament is for adults only, as it winds down you see kids playing around in the pits that have emptied out,” Ortega said. “It’s such a fun event, especially when you see everyone out there playing. at’s

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e all-day event isn’t just a eld day for those in the pits — there will be a food truck, drinks and other vendors on hand to make the watching more delicious. All beer sales will bene tA Precious Child.

In all, the aim is to create an exciting summer’s day out.

“We love giving back and highlighting the sports community,” Ortega said. “When we play, it’s an opportunity to have a brief getaway from life. It’s a chance to get away from our daily routines and even do something a bit out of our comfort zone.”

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MCA Denver explores Indigenous Absurdities ere are few better ways to connect with someone than to make them laugh. Even if that laugh stings a bit.

Anna Tsouhlarakis’ exhibition, Indigenous Absurdities, captures that humorous and incisive approach beautifully. On display at MCA Denver, 1485 Delgany St. in Denver, through Sunday, Sept. 10, the show is focused on Indigenous knowledge systems and ways of teaching. Using a range of mediums, including video, performance, sculpture, photography and installation, the work “challenges and expands the boundaries of aesthetic and conceptual expectations for Native artmaking to reclaim and rewrite their de nitions,” according

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My 10-years so far as a journalist

The other day, I was binge-watching some “Dateline” reruns and one of the episodes that came on was about a story that I had also covered early in my career.

It was about a man whose rst wife died suspiciously when a car fell on top of her as she was changing a tire. A judge ruled it was an accident – and questions arose when the man was accused (and later convicted) of murdering his second wife while hiking in Rocky Mountain National Park.

It got me thinking about all the stories I’ve told and edited through my years as a journalist. en it dawned on me that I have a special anniversary this month. July marks a decade as a fulltime journalist.

e prelude to my career was a short internship under the guidance of Rowena Alegria, who was the editor and publisher of the now-folded Viva Colorado newspaper. Alegria is still serving the community as the founder and director of the Denver O ce of Storytelling. en there was my threemonth internship abroad in Madrid, Spain, in which I wrote for a small website company that helped people settle abroad. On my return, my journalism career began in earnest, in the summer of 2013, in Cañon City, Colorado. Wow, I got to cover some interesting stories right from the start. I was the cops-and-crime reporter for the Cañon City Daily Record. No, I did not tour the “Alcatraz of the Rockies’’ in Florence, but I reported my fair share of county court proceedings, including some heinous crimes, ranging from arson and theft to rape and murder. My friends in Denver always asked me to bring them newspapers when I visited because the true crime I reported on was up to par with anything ctional.

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Pick your fighter — ‘Barbie’ or ‘Oppenheimer’

If you’re not keeping up with the lm community, you may not be aware that the weekend of July 21 is the biggest weekend of the year in 2023 — it’s the release day for Greta Gerwig’s“Barbie”and Christopher Nolan’s“Oppenheimer”. It’s been built up as a kind of clash of the titans or cinephile’s Christmas, depending on who you ask, but either way, we’re getting two of the year’s most anticipated lms on the same day.

So, which will you see? And if you do a double feature, what is the proper order? Do you start your experience with the neon-pink fun and satire of “Barbie,” or the mind-blowing visuals of “Oppenheimer”? ere’s no right answer, but I hope to see plenty of discussion about both options and the lms. So, head

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ough I loved my job in Cañon City, I had a hard time making friends out there, with it being a small town and most of the people I was exposed to were those in the courthouse being accused of some sort of felonious criminal activity. So, after about a year, I found out that Colorado Community Media was hiring a reporter for the Highlands Ranch Herald. I applied, got the job, and came back to the Denver area. Highlands Ranch was full of great stories, as it is today. I vividly remember covering a pink chair painting e ort for breast cancer awareness. I also met a Holocaust survivor. And, I did a story about the woman who ultimately led me to Dr. David VanSickle, the neurosurgeon who performed my dad’s deep brain stimulation surgery to alleviate some of his Parkinson’s symptoms.

en I moved to my next adventure, reporting for another CCM newspaper, the Golden Transcript. I fell in love with Golden, and have so many fond memories, from Bu alo Bill Days and Colorado Whitewater’s kayak rodeos to the Candlelight Walk and holiday parades. Of course, there was also a good dose of news from city council and planning and zoning issues. I covered the discovery of Baculite fossils during the Linking Lookout road construction project. I got to know a lot about Golden’s small businesses and breweries, local Sherpas (during the April 2015 Nepal earthquake), county issues and the history of the Transcript on its 150th anniversary. I recall the

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Clarke’s Concert of the Week — Je Tweedy at the Boulder Theater

If you’ve followed the great Chicago band Wilco over the years, then not only have you been treated to a lot of great music, but you’ve been able to witness frontman Je Tweedy’s journey from enigmatic songwriter to beloved cultural gure. He’s made his own music, written three books and even acted a few times. No matter what he’s doing, I always nd his work rewarding and worth the time.

All this makes it incredibly thrilling to have one of indie rock’s leading gures out and about on his own, and Tweedy will be performing at the Boulder eater, 2032 14th St. in Boulder, at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, July 21. is tour is being billed as intimate performances and with opener Le Ren on hand, this is bound to be a special evening.   Secure tickets at www.ticketmaster. com.

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opening of a time capsule and putting newspapers with my stories in it for the next time it’s opened. And there’s more.

I ew in a WWII ghter jet, reported on the USA Pro Challenge’s inaugural women’s cycling race, and covered Coors, skate park renovations, the Golden Lions Club, Colorado School of Mines. I could go on and on.

en came another opportunity when the former editor of CCM’s monthlies (Life on Capitol Hill and Washington Park Pro le) announced she was moving out-of-state. I was encouraged to apply and it was probably the hardest decision I’ve made thus far in my career because it meant leaving Golden. But, ultimately, I did so for three main reasons: 1) I already knew I loved Denver. Who doesn’t? 2) I would get to learn new skills as an editor. And, 3) I was staying local, so I could visit Golden anytime I wanted.

Little did I know that COVID was on its way and three months later, would lock down the entire world.

Denver welcomed me with sociallydistanced open arms, as only Denver could. It’s exciting to be celebrating my 10 years with readers in Denver. It’s fun to share the stories of the local artists and authors whose works o er joy and education to all. I enjoy learning about the nonpro ts that work tirelessly to make the city be the best that it can be. I love telling the stories of neighbors who care so deeply about their community.

And I’m looking forward to the many more stories to come — and always welcome tips from you.

Being a journalist is the best job there is, in my opinion, because it’s everything one could ask for in a career. It’s rewarding. It’s challenging. It’s exciting. I wouldn’t change it for anything.

Christy Steadman

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BY HALEY LENA HLENA@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

They proudly call themselves the B.O.B. from the 303, bringing the Big Easy up to high altitudes with their soul-gripping blend of music stylings with New Orleans jazz.

Known for its vibrant nightlife and colorful buildings is the French Quarter. e French Quarter is the heart of New Orleans, and jazz is its heartbeat.

Breathing life into Bourbon Street are the sounds of brass instruments and drums continuously owing out of numerous jazz clubs. With just a trumpet, clarinet, berry sax, alto sax, trombone, snare, bass drum and tuba, the Brothers of Brass are bringing that one and only soulful heartbeat to Colorado.

“It’s a cultural tradition that most of the country doesn’t have,” said Armando Lopez, a member of the Brothers of Brass.

e group’s repertoire is a simmering mix of slow and angsty tunes and fast-paced tempos with a kick of familiar melodies. e Brothers of Brass blend of other genres like R&B, hip hop and psychedelic jam rock into each set.

A day after a tornado hit Highlands Ranch in late June, the Brothers of Brass dished out a much-needed evening of fun for the community. Soon, everyone went from clapping

to full-out dancing, allowing concertgoers a chance to relax.

“It was nice to see so many kids, like, actually getting up out of their seats and the older people getting up and dancing and enjoying the music,” said Khalil Simon, who is originally from New Orleans. “It’s not so often that we get to play like New Orleans brass music for a crowd like this and appreciate it, that’s pretty unique.”

Not only did the band members interact with one another on stage throughout the night, they got the crowd involved by singing along and repeating after them. Although it was an outdoor concert, there was no excuse for the crowd not being loud enough.

Among some crowd favorites were “Just the Two of Us” by Grover Washington Jr., and “Lovely Day” by Bill Withers. And of course, they couldn’t call themselves a brass band without playing the beloved spiritual hymn “When the Saints Go Marching In.”

In true New Orleans fashion, each band member was called out to do a solo, each one emoting a di erent feeling.

As the music continued and the sun began to set, the crowd let the good times roll as more children and adults came to the front of the stage, dancing as if it were Mardi Gras.

Just when the sun went behind the buildings, the Brothers of Brass were kind enough to strap on their instruments for an encore, playing “Survivor” by Destiny’s Child.

e strong, powerful notes of brass instruments and the beautiful harmo-

The Brothers of Brass playing at Civic Green Park in Highlands Ranch.

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nizing of the members’ voices encapsulated the feeling of the Crescent City.

“ ey say a lot with very little,” said Lopez. “When you play the horn, there’s a lot of emotional information in your tone quality — you can literally play one note and instantly captivate somebody and that is not always taught.”

When two street performers collide

Just like their voices, the members of the Brother of Brass is a blended group.

On the streets of Atlanta, Georgia in 2014, Simon and a couple of his friends were busking — playing music on a public street for voluntary donations.

When the groups of friends rst started playing, they were sharing horns until they had saved up enough money to get horns for each member. ey called themselves the Brothers of Brass.

e group quickly learned that busking at event egresses was a better way of making money, so they began playing with baseball egresses but expanded to playing outside of concerts and events that drew large crowds.

When baseball season came to a close, the group decided to travel across the country in search of other venues to perform.

Lopez continued to share his love for music after moving to Denver from Los Angeles. Having received a music education in jazz, Lopez brought that in uence into street music.

Once in Denver, Lopez played the saxophone on 16th Street Mall and, in 2013, Jake Herman joined in on drums and a small funk and jazz band ensemble was formed called Nimbus.

e group busked on 16th Street Mall, Boulder’s Pearl St. Mall and at e Denver Arts District’s rst Friday Art Walk, often including a rotating lineup of local musicians to play with them.

On a random day in April 2015, Lopez heard the deep bass of a tuba while playing on 16th Street Mall. He followed the sound to nd Simon playing the tuba. e two groups ended up playing together at the nearby Denver Center for the Performing Arts.

“ ey showed us a new way of playing,” said Lopez.

Until Simon moved to Denver in 2016, the two groups continued to collaborate whenever the Brothers of Brass were in Denver, eventually transforming into a full sized

brass-band and bringing the New Orleans culture to Colorado.

“You don’t really see a lot of actual brassbands outside of only there (New Orleans),” said Simon. “So I gured I’d bring it here and to see people receiving it so well, it feels so good.”

Social justice through music

With aspirations to become a nonpro t organization, the Brothers of Brass began the Black Brass Initiative a few years ago, calling it a “de facto” cultural exchange program between the deep south and the Denver metro area.

e inspiration of the initiative goes back to when Simon began to travel while busking the streets. e initiative is responsible for the housing, transportation and food of black musicians from Georgia, Alabama and Louisiana.

“It’s nice to spread that culture here in Colorado, it’s kind of why I moved here, cause eventually places like New Orleans are not gonna exist anymore due to climate change and that’s where all this stu [music] came from and it’s mostly only there right now,” said Simon.

e band has been using the wealth generated by performing to reinvest in the black

communities in the south, where these musical traditions originated.

As stated on their website: “ e hope is that bringing gems of this culture to e Colorado Front Range will create a pipeline for cultural and educational enrichment for both the people of Colorado and the lineage of these musicians.”

Looking toward the future

From performing at a Mardi Gras party at Meow Wolf to playing the Red Rocks Amphitheater, the Brothers of Brass have no intention of slowing down.

For the rest of the summer, the Brothers of Brass will be playing at various locations throughout the metro area, including Cly ord Still Museum’s Lawn Concert, History Colorado Museum and the Bluebird eater.  ey can also be heard on the streets of Denver as they liven up the crowds.

e band will be releasing an upcoming album and can be followed on social media.

“By making this music, I’ve gotten farther and seen more of the world and people than doing anything else,” Simon said.

Armando Lopez, in the middle, playing two instruments.

The B.O.B. from the 303 bucket to collect voluntary donations. PHOTOS BY HALEY LENA

Khalil Simon playing the tuba in the middle while other members sing.

After home destroyed, Johnstown couple seek better pipeline safety rules

Mark and Julie Nygren didn’t set out to be activists, but they are suggesting changes to the oversight of Colorado’s oil and gas pipelines based on their experience of losing their home and seeing part of their farm contaminated by a leaking gas line.

More than four years after discovery of the leak, the Nygrens are still renting a house in Johnstown, just north of their Weld County property, and remain embroiled in a lawsuit against DCP Midstream Operating Co., which owned the pipeline. As the Colorado Public Utilities Commission considers new pipeline-safety rules, the Nygrens want to share their hard-won insights with regulators.

“We’re farmers, we don’t want to be activists. But we also want our neighbors and our communities to be safe and we are concerned that not enough attention has been paid to our situation to correct it from happening to someone else,” Julie said in a recent interview.

Conor Farley, an administrative law judge at the PUC, heard recently from the public on a proposal to implement a 2021 law requiring the state to strengthen safety rules and adopt regulations to comply with federal requirements.

Several times during the threehour-plus hearing, speakers referred to the “Nygren rules.” e couple recommended changes to the draft rules based on events that required the digging of a pit on their land that was more than 20 feet deep and 3 acres wide to muck out the pollution.

“ e story of Mark and Julie Nygren serves as a poignant reminder of what is at stake in this rule-making. All Colorado residents, in urban and rural areas, deserve to feel safe in their homes and be protected from avoidable pipeline accidents,” said Rep. Tammy Story, a Conifer Democrat who sponsored the legislation mandating new regulations.

Story also requested an audit of the state’s Gas Pipeline Safety program. e 121-page report released June 12 was a blistering critique of the state’s oversight of natural gas pipelines. e state auditor’s o ce said the program repeatedly violated state and federal e problems cited in the audit included inadequate inspections to a lack of documented action against repeat o enders even following explosions that killed and injured people.

For now, the Nygrens hope the PUC will strengthen draft rules on using advanced technology to detect leaks and require the annual reporting of leaks. e state and the federal agency that oversees pipelines, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, or PHMSA, require reports only when an incident kills or hospitalizes someone; causes property damage of more than $122,000; or unintentionally releases 3 million cubic feet of gas, enough to power 17,000 average households for a day. During the hearing, o cials from Boulder and Adams counties and Broom eld endorsed the Nygrens’ proposed amendments to the rules.

While the state considers new rules, PHMSA is going through its own

Several years after a pipeline leak forced Mark and Julie Nygren’s home to be demolished and the soil around it dug up, they are still waiting for a settlement with the pipeline company on June 29, 2023 in Johnstown, Colorado. The demolished home was on land where the Nygrens still farm. They now rent a house in Johnstown, but the two hope to rebuild a home on the farm someday. They are suing the company whose pipeline broke and leaked, and hoping the state will add new regulations considering pipeline safety.

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Recent school year saw little academic recovery, new study finds

BY MATT BARNUM CHALKBEAT

ere’s been little, if any, progress making up large learning gaps that have emerged since the onset of the pandemic, according to a new analysis of data from the testing group NWEA.

In the 2022-23 school year, students learned at a similar or slower rate compared to a typical pre-pandemic school year, the analysis found. is left intact the substantial learning losses, which have barely budged since the spring of 2021.

NWEA o ers only one data point based on a subset of American students, and more data from other exams will be needed to produce a clearer picture of academic progress during this last school year. Still, NWEA’s analysis is a concerning indication that the steep learning losses seen since the pandemic have proven di cult to ameliorate and could have lasting consequences for students and the country.

e results are “somber and sobering,” said NWEA researcher Karyn Lewis. “Whatever we’re doing, it’s not enough,” she said. “ e magnitude of

the crisis is out of alignment with the scope and scale of the response and we need to do more.”

Since the onset of the COVID pandemic, NWEA, which develops and sells tests to schools, has been measuring students’ progress on math and reading exams in grades three through eight. By the spring of 2021 — according to NWEA and a string of

other tests — the typical student was far behind where they would normally be. Test score gaps by race and family income, already yawning, had grown in many cases. is coincided with dramatic disruptions outside and inside schools, including extended virtual instruction. Students were learning during that time — but much more slowly than usual.

By the end of the 2021-22 school year, NWEA o ered some reason for optimism. Gaps were still there, but students in many grades had started to slowly make up ground. Learning during the school year was back to normal, perhaps even a bit better than normal. State tests also indicated that students were starting to catch up.

But NWEA’s results from the most recent school year are more pessimistic. For reasons that aren’t clear, progress stalled out, even reversed. In most grades and subjects, students actually learned at a slightly slower rate than usual. Growth in middle school reading was particularly sluggish.

In no grade or subject was there

evidence of substantial catch-up this year. Instead, the learning gap this spring was not much di erent than in the spring of 2021, according to NWEA. Students of all types remain behind, but NWEA shows that Black and Hispanic students have been hurt somewhat more than white and Asian American students.

“ is is not what we were hoping to see and it’s not the message we want to be sharing at this time,” said Lewis. “But the data are what they are.”

Frustratingly, though, the data does not come with a clear explanation.

Schools were beset with challenges this past year: Chronic absenteeism remained at an alarmingly high level in many places. More teachers left the classroom than usual. Educators reported di culties managing students’ behavior and supporting their mental health.

But it’s not clear why there was more progress in the 2021-22 school year, which was also an unusually taxing year in many ways, according to teachers. Lewis said this was puzzling, but speculated that an initial burst of motivation upon returning to school buildings had zzled.

Learning loss recovery e orts have also run into hurdles. Tutoring has reached only a small subset of students. Few districts have extended the school day or year to guarantee all students more learning time.

But NWEA researchers cautioned that their data cannot speak directly to the e ectiveness or particular recovery e orts or to the federal COVID relief money more generally. “We have no access to the counterfactual of what life would be like right now absent those funds — I think it would be much more dire,” said Lewis.

It’s also possible that some combination of out-of-school factors may be driving trends in student learning. Researchers have long noted that a

Students in NYC’s Summer Rising program at a school in the West Bronx. Many schools have attempted to use summer programs to make up for learning loss, but new data suggests that students are still behind.

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update to improve safety and reduce emissions from lines. e state and PHMSA regulate di erent pipelines, depending on the size of line, whether it crosses state lines and what type of liquids they carry.

e Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission oversees owlines, which connect an oil or gas well to surrounding equipment.

e American Petroleum InstituteColorado said in comments to the PUC that it expects the federal agency to pass a comprehensive approach to dealing with leaks and asked the state to wait until PHMSA acts.

If the PUC moves ahead, oil and gas companies could end up facing con icting state and federal rules, API said.

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complex array of variables outside of schools’ control matters a great deal for student learning.

What the NWEA study does suggest is that students are not on track to catch up to where they would have been if not for the

tion has also urged a delay. e trade organization supports mapping pipelines as long as the safety and security of the lines are considered, said Dan Haley, COGA’s CEO and president.

Utilities and pipeline operators contend that the level of detail in the maps of pipelines that would be available to the public could make the equipment the targets of terrorists or vandals.

Attorney Matt Sura, who is representing the Nygrens before the PUC, said the legislation clearly mandates that all pipelines within the PUC’s jurisdiction be mapped at a speci c level of detail. He said the scale of detail backed by the industry means people will “have no idea if the oil and gas pipelines are on their street, in their backyard, two streets over.”

Proponents of stronger rules don’t want the PUC to delay a decision.

“Nearly two years have passed since Senate Bill 108 was signed into law by Gov. (Jared) Polis. Precious time has

pandemic. Lewis says the takeaway is that policymakers and schools simply aren’t doing enough. “If you give someone half a Tylenol for a migraine and expect them to feel better, that’s just not reality,” she said.

NWEA’s analysis is based on data from millions of students in thousands of public schools. Outcomes may not be representative of all students or schools, though, since the

lapsed,” Story said.

Under the PUC’s draft rules, companies would have to report whether they’re using advanced technology and if they’re not, why not. e rules being considered by PHMSA would require companies to use the latest technology.

e law that mandated updating state regulations requires the regulations be at least as strict as PHMSA’s rules.

e Nygrens said they will keep pushing for stronger rules. Meanwhile, they said they don’t know when they’ll be able to build a new home on their property. DCP Midstream has paid the Nygrens’ rent, but they aren’t sure how long that will continue.

Phillips 66 bought the publicly held units of DCP Midstream in January.

e couple’s lawsuit against the pipeline company seeks compensation for their home, business losses and health problems they attribute

exam’s administration is voluntary. NWEA researchers say other data would be helpful to con rm the results. at could come soon: State test results from this year are beginning to emerge and other testing companies will be releasing their own data.

Chalkbeat is a nonpro t news site covering educational change in public schools.

to what they say was an ongoing leak over several years. eir insurance doesn’t cover the damage.

“From Day 1, when they found the leak and when they found out that it was under and all around in our home, Julie has been very strong in her feelings about how many other people could be going through this and not know it. We didn’t,” Mark said.

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Colorado fourteeners see record decline in visitors

New report cites limits on parking, reservation systems

BY PARKER YAMASAKI THE COLORADO SUN

Foot traffic on Colorado’s highest peaks tumbled 33% in 2022 from the record 415,000 hiker days logged in 2020.

The annual Hiking Use Estimates report by the Colorado Fourteeners Initiative recorded an estimated 279,000 hiker use days during the 2022 season. That’s about 24,000 fewer hikers than in 2021, which saw 303,000 hiker days, and a dramatic drop from 2020’s record of 415,000 hiker days.

Though some ebbs and flows are expected in hiker data due to drought or snowpack, Lloyd Athearn, executive director of the Colorado Fourteeners Initiative, worries that the last year’s decrease is in part an overreaction to the high-traffic pandemic year.

For instance, in 2021, Clear Creek County posted “No Parking” signs along the road that people traditionally parked along to access Grays and Torreys peaks. And in 2022 a reservation system was in effect for the full season on Quandary, the fourteener that has consistently topped the hiker use charts since recording began.

“It’s sort of curious to me. Just as we’re getting close to having almost every fourteener with some kind of intentional route on it — something we’ve been working on for decades, and that the state has spent millions of dollars on — now the communities are saying, ‘we

don’t want people here,’” Athearn said. “It’s like we built an interstate highway and all of a sudden the towns start saying they’d rather people run out the county roads.”

Though almost all of the fourteeners experienced a decline in traffic, the numbers and impact are not evenly dispersed. Overall, the state experienced an 8% decrease in traffic. This, in itself, is not par-

ticularly alarming. The pandemic year, when people got bored of fearing for their lives inside, created a high watermark of traffic. Even the double-digit decrease from 2020 to 2021 was something to be expected.

The Mosquito Range and the Elk Mountains are the only groups that did not see decreases. The Elks near Aspen — which consist of Castle Peak, Maroon Peak, North Maroon, Capitol Peak, Snowmass Mountain, Conundrum Peak, and Pyramid Peak — showed roughly the same number of hikers as last year, at 7,000. The Mosquito Range, just east of Leadville, actually

increased its hiker count to almost double — to 32,000 in 2022 from 17,000 in 2021 — because of a twomonth closure of Mount Lincoln, Mount Democrat and Mount Bross in 2021.

The most drastic decrease was on Quandary Peak, just south of Breckenridge, which saw roughly 13,000 fewer hiker days in 2022 than in 2021. Athearn speculated that a season-long reservation system and the introduction of a shuttle fee in 2022 drove down that number. The next steepest losses came from the Sawatch Range,

Hikers and members from non-profit groups cross paths on the DeCaliBron loop accessed from Kite Lake Trailhead in July 2022, near Alma.

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Education can reduce Colorado prison sentences

New law creates incentive for getting college degree

BY MOE K. CLARK THE COLORADO TRUST

Soon after Bikram Mishra got out of prison in 2018, an administrator at Adams State University in Alamosa called to ask if he would teach a college class for incarcerated students. Mishra earned three business degrees from Adams State during his 12 years of incarceration, and was known for being an educator behind bars.

“At rst, I said ‘hell no.’ I didn’t want to voluntarily walk into another prison,” recalled Mishra, who is now in the Denver metro area. But after learning the classes would be taught online and thinking about the impact he could have, he agreed.

Mishra was one of a few formerly incarcerated people to testify in support of a bill passed during the 2023 state legislative session that seeks to make college degrees more accessible — and enticing — for incarcerated students in Colorado. e bill, which was signed into law by Gov. Jared Polis on April 12, decreases prison sentences for those with nonviolent felony o enses who earn

accredited higher education degrees or certi cates.

Under the new law, a person will receive six months o their sentence for a certi cate or other credential that requires the completion of at least 30 credit hours; one year o for an associate’s or baccalaureate degree; 18 months o their sentence for earning a master’s degree; and two years o their sentence for a doctorate degree.

Currently, three higher education institutions in Colorado o er prison programs: Adams State University, Pueblo Community College and Trinidad State College. No institution currently o ers a doctorate degree for incarcerated students and Adams State o ers the only accredited master’s degree program.

By Sept. 20, three more accredited institutions will be approved to o er programs, though the names of the institutions have yet to be announced. e current programs were formally launched in 2020 as part of a federal pilot program and have faced many obstacles, including COVID-19 lockdowns, severe sta ng shortages across the prison system and technology delays. e Colorado Department of Corrections is working to expand broadband capabilities within the state’s prisons, said Annie Skinner, a spokesperson for the de-

partment, in an email.

e new law comes as signi cantly more incarcerated people become eligible for federal Pell Grants to pursue college through the U.S. Department of Education. Starting in July 2023, incarcerated students will be able to access the funding for the rst time in decades. Eligibility for incarcerated students was stripped in the now-infamous 1994 crime law.

e nancial assistance — currently up to $7,395 per academic year — is awarded to low-income students to cover tuition and other educational expenses.

“Access to and completion of higher education programming can open up many new job opportunities” for formerly incarcerated people, Skinner wrote in an email. “Having a job has been shown to reduce recidivism which not only improves public safety but also has a positive impact on current and future generations.”

at’s especially impactful for people of color who are disproportionately represented in state and federal prisons as a result of decades of racist policing practices and federal policies that led to mass incarceration. e U.S., with approximately 2 million people in prison and jails, incarcerates more people than any other country, and the number of people incarcerated has increased 500% over the last 40 years, far outpacing crime rates.

Incarcerated people who participate in postsecondary education are 48% less likely to return to prison for new crimes after being released, according to the Vera Institute of Justice. e nonpro t estimates that increasing educational opportunities in prison could save $366 million in taxpayer funds each year, primarily from the reduction in recidivism. Each year, the savings incurred by the earned-time program will be allocated to the Colorado higher education institutions o ering prison programs.

e earned time from the educational attainment will be calculated automatically in the Department of Corrections system. When a person is nearing their parole date, they will submit o cial transcripts with their parole packet.

For State Rep. Matthew Martinez, an Alamosa Democrat who co-sponsored the bill, an important aspect of the new legislation is that the sen-

tence reduction is mandatory.

“DOC can’t say, ‘Well, they earned their degree but this, this and this,’” said Martinez, who is the former prison college program director at Adams State University. “It has to be accounted for, for early release.”

“Some other states have this in some way, shape or form, but this is by far the most overarching policy in the nation at the moment,” Martinez added, who co-sponsored the bipartisan bill alongside State Rep. Rose Pugliese, a Colorado Springs Republican, and State Sen. Julie Gonzales, a Denver Democrat.

State lawmakers will receive an update in 2028 on how the new program is meeting its objectives, according to the law. Martinez hopes to commission a study in the coming years to measure recidivism, employment rates and the wages a person receives once released.

Mishra hopes that better access to education for incarcerated students will lead to larger systemic changes within the criminal justice system. He hopes that those with violent felony convictions will also be given the opportunity to earn time o their sentences for obtaining college degrees.

“We need to punish for crimes because we live in a civilized society. But we don’t need to punish them so bad that we make them worse,” Mishra said. “ ey need to be given the tools to make themselves better, and then motivate them to do so. And that’s where education comes in.”

Freelance reporter Moe K. Clark wrote this story for e Colorado Trust, a philanthropic foundation that works on health equity issues statewide and also funds a reporting position at e Colorado Sun.

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Front Range inches closer to banning gas-powered mowers and blowers

BY MICHAEL BOOTH THE COLORADO SUN

State air pollution o cials are likely to vote by the end of the year on a 2025 ban on the sale of push or hand-held, gasoline-powered lawn equipment in nine Front Range counties with ozone problems, after a key regional advisory council recommended the bar as an e ective strategy.

e Regional Air Quality Council’s policy recommendation also wants to ban institutions like schools or parks from using existing hand-held gas equipment in the summer months starting in 2025, and a summer ban for all commercial landscapers beginning in 2026.

e bans would not be statewide, but would cover all the counties where the EPA says air pollution exceeds ozone attainment standards and threatens the lung and heart health of millions of residents. e ban would a ect sales and use in Denver, Douglas, Arapahoe, Je erson, Adams, Broom eld, Boulder, Weld and the non-mountainous portions of Larimer counties, if approved by the state Air Quality Control Commission after deliberations this fall.

Landscape companies objected to the costs of equipment changeovers, the need to train workers, and schedule changes required by battery charging times or resupply, saying the bans could hurt an industry where Latino and other minority ownership is strong.

Environmental groups that have been pushing the state to pass sharper restrictions on ozone-causing emissions lauded the RAQC’s recommendation as a great place to start. Small lawn equipment engines burn much dirtier than modern cars, for example, and contribute an inordinate share of Front Range ozone, said Kirsten Schatz, an air pollution specialist with the nonpro t consumer group CoPIRG.

“It’s going to accelerate the shift away from the dirtiest gas-powered equipment out there,” Schatz said. “And that’s really important because we know that these tools produce a shocking amount of pollution, and it contributes to asthma and other serious health issues. So freezing them out is one critical way that we as a community can tackle our dirty air problem.”

CoPIRG and other groups say that in the smaller push mower and handheld blower or trimmer categories, highly rated battery models are now widely available that are comparable in price to many gas models, especially when available local government subsidies are factored in. Batterypowered models are not yet widely available in the lawn tractor and other large categories, thus the RAQC’s focus on bans of sales and use of equipment with less than 25 horsepower ratings.

e RAQC’s recommendation, which may rst be heard by the AQCC in August, would ban the sale of new gas-powered smaller equipment in the nine-county nonattainment area on Jan. 1, 2025. It would also ban the summertime use of existing gas-powered smaller equipment by institutions or “public entities,” and the private contractors they use, starting June 1, 2025, in the same nonattainment area. And, ban commercial entities from using existing smaller gas-powered equipment during summer months starting June 1, 2026.

All of the restrictions apply to internal combustion engines smaller than 25 horsepower. ere are exemptions built into the proposal that the RAQC expects the state will honor, including allowing institutional use to prepare for or clean up from emergencies, or for re mitigation.

e EPA in 2008 set national ozone health limits of 75 parts per billion, then revised it further downward in 2015 to 70 ppb. Colorado’s most populous counties have been violating those standards for years, and after some gains have recently moved again in the wrong direction.

Colorado air pollution monitoring o cials have said gas lawn and garden equipment contributes 2.5 ppb to that total on an average day. (Front Range monitors in recent summers have frequently registered daily highs 80 ppb and above.) Large portions are also blown in from out of state, or created by emissions from oil and gas production — facing multiple rounds of new controls — and vehicles, where rules have been passed to encourage transition to clean electric power.  Compared to the other portions of the 70 ppb standard that Colorado has the power to control, lawn and garden equipment now stands out as an attractive target.

Air quality o cials say the staggered timing of the proposal will allow manufacturers time to develop larger electric-powered lawn equipment to satisfy commercial and institutional demands, and for homeowners and small businesses to use subsidies to change over their equipment.

Still, the Associated Landscape Contractors of Colorado asked the RAQC to consider its moves carefully, warning of potential harm to what it calls a $3 billion industry across the state.

“Unlike a homeowner that uses an electric powered leaf blower or mower for less than an hour, in a given week, the landscape industry is operating commercially using this equipment daily, under rigorous conditions and for long durations,” said a statement from the contractors submitted to the RAQC’s public hearing.

But RAQC and other o cials say that’s the same reason the controls must be extended to commercial operators: eir gas machines are running all day, every day, and contribute more to the ozone problem.

Since the homeowner equipment ban is a sales restriction, not a ban on using existing gas equipment, a metro Denver buyer could in theory drive to Colorado Springs outside the nonattainment area and buy a traditional gas mower.

But, RAQC spokesperson David

Sabados said, “we’re seeing retailers already transitioning to electric, so I don’t think there will be that many gas models that will be available in the greater region anyway.”

is story is from e Colorado Sun, a journalist-owned news outlet based in Denver and covering the state. For more, and to support e Colorado Sun, visit coloradosun.com. e Colorado Sun is a partner in the Colorado News Conservancy, owner of Colorado Community Media.

Downtown Denver under hazy air seen on Thursday, April 21, 2022.

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west of Buena Vista, which hosted 11,500 fewer hiker days, followed by the San Juans at 10,000 fewer hiker days. The Front Range peaks, including some of the most accessible fourteeners like Grays and Torreys, Mount Evans, and Mount Bierstadt, lost about 3,000 hiker days, while the Sangre de Cristos rounded out the losses with 1,500 fewer hiker days.

Athearn isn’t unsympathetic to the concerns of local communities.

In rural mountain towns, residents face the consequences of high visitor numbers— acutely felt in labor and housing prices — and a loss of the serenity that many moved there for in the first place. Last month, a report by Montana’s Headwaters Economics outlined the paradoxical challenges of living in a mountain town so plentiful with natural features that its allure brings in crushing numbers of visitors and second-home owners, thereby degrading the quality of life for locals. The report called this type of town an “amenity trap.”

Those fears carry over to natural spaces. The dialogue about “over-loved” natural resources is well-founded in Colorado, and many heavily trafficked areas have implemented strict permit systems

to try to do some damage control.

What Athearn is wary of is the knee-jerk reaction by local communities who see more people and immediately want to regulate rather than invest in better infrastructure.

“Some people think we need to permit everything, but you have to think, who are the people that really benefit? People who have flexible schedules, who can book a trip six months in advance,” Athearn said. “What about someone who works a retail shift and might not know they can get out until the day before? Who are the people that will get access to public lands, versus those who will feel locked out or that the system is too Byzantine to navigate?”

With so much focus on diversifying public lands, and on reducing barriers to entry like cost, Athearn finds it strange that communities also want to start charging people for something that was traditionally free.

“We’re at this crosscurrent,” he said about the future of the fourteeners. “What do people actually want?”

This year, the heavy and latestaying snowpack is going to have an impact on the hiking season. That much CFI is expecting. Overlaid on those natural conditions are an increase in parking and reservation fees, and an increase of private land closures — more than

10% of the fourteener’s summits are on private land — due to liability issues. The way that those three forces will impact hiker numbers this year concerns Athearn.

“I worry that we’re going in this negative direction where people are just saying ‘there’s too much. Too many people, too many dogs, too much whatever, and so let’s just stop,’” Athearn said during a recent fourteener safety panel. “Is this a canary in the coalmine for our recreation-based economy?”

Another driver of what Athearn called the knee-jerk, “shut off the tap” reaction, is the fallacy that more people means more damage.

In 2015, CFI’s trail condition report card, an assessment that they conduct every four years, gave the Quandary Peak trail a C+. That year the trail hosted 18,000 people, according to the hiker use report. CFI used that information to prioritize the Quandary trail’s improvements. In 2018, the next iteration of the report card, the trail received an A-. It hosted 38,000 people that year.

“There were more than twice the amount of people on it, but the trail was better,” Athearn said. He emphasized that high numbers don’t necessarily mean high impact. “If you have a good trail, people are going to follow it like cattle. Nose to tail,” he said. “And that’s a good thing, right? That means they’re not going to be going off trail, picking flowers, damaging the ecosystem.”

Higher concentrations of visitors on popular peaks is also a boon for local search and rescue crews. “From a rescue standpoint, to go back up the same trail again to rescue someone with a broken ankle, it gets a little monotonous,” Jeff Sparhawk, executive director of

Colorado Search and Rescue, said. “But, if we had to go search for people all over the place, searches take a long time. And that’s volunteer time. That’s time away from work or time away from family.”

Sparhawk added that locals go wherever they want to go. They understand traffic patterns, and know where they can find solitude. The majority of rescues that COSAR conducts are for out-of-state visitors. Sparhawk hesitated to say it aloud, but added that keeping those travelers on a few consolidated peaks makes COSAR’s job easier.

Athearn recently had the opportunity to talk with climbers on Grays while a helicopter flew logs to the summit. While he was holding the foot traffic back, he asked where all of the climbers were from. “I recall only about five people from Colorado,” he said. “There was an extended family from St. Louis, a woman from Maryland, a man from Wisconsin, some people from Los Angeles, Texas, Kentucky, Tennessee.”

Ultimately, Athearn encouraged Coloradans to think more broadly. “The thing that’s always hard for communities to understand is that these are our national forests and our national parks,” he said. “They may be located largely in the West, they may be in our backyards, but they’re really owned by all the people in the USA.”

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Reigning AUDL champs topple Colorado Summit in regular season finale

BY CORINNE WESTEMAN CWESTEMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

For the nal game of its regular season, the Golden-based Colorado Summit was hoping to hand the New York Empire its rst loss since 2021.

However, the Empire players showed why they’re the reigning American Ultimate Disc League champions, dominating the second half to win 19-15.

About 2,000 fans packed into Colorado School of Mines’ Marv Kay Stadium for the July 14 game, intent on lifting the home team over its opponents. Summit supporters sported signs, noisemakers, jerseys and more to help give their team the biggest home eld advantage possible.

e Summit had a strong start, keeping pace in the rst quarter and taking a two-point lead in the second. However, the Empire’s secondhalf state of mind was too much for the Summit to handle. e visitors outscored the Summit 13-8 after half-

The empire strikes back

time, including one goal that Empire scored in 12 seconds o a 79-yard reception.

Overall, New York had more blocks, completions and conversions than Colorado, and had 13 turnovers to Colorado’s 17.

Alex Tatum was a standout for the Summit, scoring four goals on 147 receiving yards. He also had two assists and a 100% completion rate.

Quinn Finer and Alex Atkins also had strong performances against the reigning champs. Finer had 458 receiving yards — the most for the Summit by a wide margin — along with four assists and one block. Meanwhile, Atkins had three goals, one assist, one block, and 394 total yards between receptions and throws.

e next night, Empire took down Salt Lake Shred, advancing to 11-0 on the season. It has one remaining regular-season game July 22 against the Montreal Royal.

e Colorado Summit, meanwhile, ends its regular season with an 8-4 record, and has secured a spot in the playo s. e reigning West Division champions could host a July 29 playo game. Check theaudl.com or follow the Colorado Summit on social media for updates.

Charles Barkley visits Arvada golf course for commercial shoot

Sta manager lives out childhood dream as Barkley’s guide, caddie

BY JOHN RENFROW JRENFROW@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Golfers might see the occasional pro at the West Woods Golf Club in Arvada, but they’re not usually of the basketball variety. But addeus Wodark, a sta manager at the club, recently got a chance to meet one, and it happened to be his favorite athlete ever.

“I actually developed a friendship with my childhood idol,” Wodark said. “It’s still surreal to even talk about.”

at idol was, and is, former NBA star Charles Barkley, who on the course exchanged phone numbers with Wodark and, weeks later, even texted him congratulations when he got married. Barkley is simply “Chuck” to many of his fans, but Wodark can really claim a rstname basis now.

“Chuck was in his prime when I was young, and he was my favorite basketball player,” Wodark said. “So

much so, to the e ect that I had a guinea pig named Barkley. I mean, he was everything to me.”

It all happened last month when Barkley was in town to shoot a commercial for Microsoft Bing. Afterwards, Barkley took to the Cottonwood and Sleeping Indian courses at the club for 18 holes, with Wodark as a sort of course chau eur.

e 1993 MVP and television personality also took time to meet with fans, signing autographs and stopping for photos throughout the day.

Wodark, 38, wasn’t just with Barkley. Also in the group was former NBA player Grant Hill and former football player and sportscaster Ahmad Rashad for the round at West Woods. Growing up idolizing Barkley for years, Wodark said he was as authentic as he appears on television.

“He couldn’t have been any better of a person. He couldn’t have been more real or more gracious. He was thanking me for my admiration towards him,” Wodark said. “It was an experience I will cherish for the rest of my life. It’s like I hit the lottery.”

e commercial shows Barkley in his usual self-deprecating and humorous way tapping into articial intelligence for help with his

golf game. To view the full commercial, search “Charles Barkley Uses AI-Powered Search to Improve Golf Game” on Youtube.

Wodark and I sat down for a deeper Q&A about his experience that day.

Q. You said Charles was your favorite player growing up?

When he got traded to the Phoenix Suns, my parents bought me all the decor for my whole room. I had one of those fake, plastic, Phoenix Suns lockers in the corner of my room, and it had Barkley’s name on it.

Q. Was meeting him everything you hoped it would be?

To get to meet him and share the better part of a day with him, was honestly one of the top three experiences of my life. I can’t even explain to you how profound it was. It was an experience for me that I will cherish for the rest of my life.

Q. What was your role in the event that day?

I essentially kind of chau eured them around our 18-hole course because you can kind of get lost on our course. It’s not very self-explanatory getting to the next hole, if you will. So I was there as kind of a liaison just to make sure they were getting around and getting their golf in

and having a good time. ey were pretty much using me as a caddie, and it just couldn’t have been any better.

Q. How was Charles with the crowd and the community?

People were ocking out of their backyards and yelling, ‘Chuck! Charles! Hey!’ And he would say, ‘Okay, hang on a second.’ He did his shot, and then he would take his golf cart over to them, greet them, take a picture, or whatever, and then carry on his way. He did not deny a single person interaction. It’s just him. It’s unapologetic. He is who he is. He’s gracious for his spotlight and his fame and his fans. He gets it.

Q. As a basketball fan, having Grant Hill there too, what a bonus! It was just such an added bonus. Grant couldn’t have been any better either. When I was in elementary school, I’m not joking you, I wore an NBA basketball player’s jersey to school every day. I had Grant Hill’s Detroit Pistons jersey that was reversible, back when they had the teal green with the Piston on it. I told him about it, and he was like, ‘ at’s awesome.’ Halfway through the round, Grant was like, ‘I have

New York Empire’s Je Babbitt, left, scores against the Colorado Summit during the Summit’s July 14 home game. The Empire, the reigning AUDL champion, won 19-15.

PHOTO BY CORINNE WESTEMAN

BARKLEY

tickets to Game 2 (of the NBA Finals). I’m going to give them to you. Get my number, send me your info.’ It was the morning of Game 2 and I got a text from his assistant. I had the tickets within ve minutes. e seats I got were going for about two grand a piece.

Q. How was Ahmad Rashad? Ahmad was so cool. I grew up watching Ahmad Rashad on NBA Inside Stu . I know you did, too. He was talking about Michael Jordan’s course. I mean, he lives on the Grove, Michael Jordan’s course. Ahmad Rashad is like, best friends with Michael Jordan. It was just nuts to listen to them talk and just be immersed in their lives for a few hours.

Q. What happened on the 11th

hole that day?

We’re sitting on the fairway. He’s sitting in his cart, I’m sitting in mine. We’re waiting on the others, and he looks over at me and he’s like ‘Where’s your phone? Get your phone. Put my number in it. Send me a text.’ So I sent him a text, just thinking he’s being nice or whatever. But a day or two later, he sends me this thank you, just thanking us for showing him such a good time. And he thanked me again for my admiration for him.

Q. What a memory. You were about to get married later that month also, right?

Yes. I got married on the 23rd of June. So, I was only a couple weeks out from getting married. A few days after the event, he wished me the best for my wedding. To go even a step further, the next morning (after my wedding), I had a text from Chuck to congratulate me and my bride.

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COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION

CRS §38-38-103

FORECLOSURE SALE NO. J2300135

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

On April 20, 2023, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Jefferson records.

Original Grantor(s)

RICHARD LEONARD

Original Beneficiary(ies)

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR AMERICAN ADVISORS GROUP, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt CARRINGTON MORTGAGE SERVICES, LLC

Date of Deed of Trust

October 26, 2020 County of Recording Jefferson

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

November 02, 2020

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.)

2020143684

Original Principal Amount

$1,099,500.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$382,625.95

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Borrower's failure to pay property charges, including, but not limited to, real property taxes and Borrower's failure to perform obligations under the Deed of Trust including, but not limited to, the failure to maintain hazard insurance and/or to pay hazard insurance premiums and provide evidence of payment.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 115, BLOCK 1, HAWTHORN SUBDIVISION, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO.

APN NUMBER: 30-094-06-027

*AFFIDAVIT OF SCRIVENER'S ERROR RECORDED ON 4/26/2021 AT RECEPTION NO. 2021065050 TO REMOVE THE DUPLICATE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT RIDER AND ATTACH TO THE CORRECT DEED OF TRUST.

Also known by street and number as: 19761 W 59th Ave, Golden, CO 80403-2141.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

If applicable, a description of any changes to the deed of trust described in the notice of election and demand pursuant to affidavit as allowed by statutes: AFFIDAVIT OF SCRIVENER'S ERROR RECORDED ON 4/26/2021 AT RECEPTION NO. 2021065050 TO REMOVE THE DUPLICATE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT RIDER AND ATTACH TO THE CORRECT DEED OF TRUST.

NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 2 p.m. on Thursday, 08/10/2023 via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. https://liveauctions.govease.com/

First Publication: 6/22/2023

Last Publication: 7/20/2023

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript

DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

DATE: 04/20/2023

Holly Ryan, Public Trustee in and for the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado

By: Barbara Lyons, Deputy, for Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

N. April Winecki #34861 Janeway Law Firm, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (855) 263-9295

Attorney File # 23-029725

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

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Legal Notice NO. J2300135

First Publication: 6/22/2023

Last Publication: 7/20/2023

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. J2300151

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

On May 4, 2023, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Jefferson records.

Original Grantor(s)

Robert L. Bishop

Original Beneficiary(ies)

Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as beneficiary, as nominee for Clarion Mortgage Capital, Inc., its successors and assigns

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust 2020-RP2

Date of Deed of Trust

November 10, 2006 County of Recording Jefferson

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

November 17, 2006

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.)

2006137443

Original Principal Amount

Outstanding Principal Balance $154,000.00

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 18, BLOCK 1, KINGS MILL NORTH FILING NO. 3, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as: 9164 West 90th Court, Westminster, CO 80021.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 2 p.m. on Thursday, 08/24/2023 via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. https://liveauctions.govease.com/

First Publication7/6/2023

Last Publication8/3/2023

Name of PublicationGolden Transcript

INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

DATE: 05/04/2023

Holly Ryan, Public Trustee in and for the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado

By: Barbara Lyons, Deputy, for Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Amanda Ferguson #44893 Halliday Watkins & Mann, P.C. 355 Union Blvd., Suite 250, Lakewood, CO 80228 (303) 274-0155 Attorney File # CO11329

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

Legal Notice No. J2300151

First Publication: July 6, 2023

Last Publication: August 3, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. J2300160

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On May 4, 2023, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Jefferson records.

Original Grantor(s)

DAVIS BURL

Original Beneficiary(ies)

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION

SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR NOVA FINANCIAL & INVESTMENT CORPORATION, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE AUTHORITY

Date of Deed of Trust

October 15, 2019

County of Recording

Jefferson

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

October 17, 2019

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.)

2019098263

Original Principal Amount

$243,016.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$230,447.72

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

CONDOMINIUM UNIT 209, BUILDING 3, THE COLONY AT MARINA POINTE CONDOMINIUMS, FIRST SUPPLEMENT, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DECLARATION RECORDED AUGUST 31, 1995 AT RECEPTION NO. F0108885, AND AMENDED BY INSTRUMENT RECORDED NOVEMBER 30, 1995 AT RECEPTION NO. F0151894 AND AMENDED BY INSTRUMENT RECORDED MARCH 21, 1996 AT RECEPTION NO. F0204187 AND CONDOMINIUM MAP RECORDED MARCH 21, 1996 AT RECEPTION NO. F0204188 IN MAP BOOK 72 AT PAGE 40 AND TOGETHER WITH THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO USE GARAGE NO. 3, SPACE C, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DECLARATION RECORDED AUGUST 31, 1995 AT RECEPTION NO. F0108885, AND AMENDED BY INSTRUMENT NOVEMBER 30, 1995 AT RECEPTION NO. F0151894 AND AMENDED BY INSTRUMENT RECORDED MARCH 21, 1996 AT RECEPTION NO. F0204187 AND CONDOMINIUM MAP RECORDED NOVEMBER 30, 1995 AT RECEPTION NO. F0151895 IN MAP BOOK 71 AT PAGE 54, COUNTY OF-JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO.

APN #: 69-021-08-278

Also known by street and number as: 8381 S Upham Way #209, Littleton, CO 80128.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as pro-

vided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 2 p.m. on Thursday, 08/24/2023 via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. https://liveauctions.govease.com/

First Publication7/6/2023

Last Publication8/3/2023

Name of PublicationGolden Transcript

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

DATE: 05/04/2023

Holly Ryan, Public Trustee in and for the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado

By: Barbara Lyons, Deputy, for Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: N. April Winecki #34861

Janeway Law Firm, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (855) 263-9295

Attorney File # 23-029831

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

Legal Notice No. J2300160

First Publication: July 6, 2023

Last Publication: August 3, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. J2300125

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On April 13, 2023, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Jefferson records.

Original Grantor(s)

MICHELLE D. BETZLER

Original Beneficiary(ies)

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR PINNACLE CAPITAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE FOR RCF 2 ACQUISITION TRUST C/O U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

Date of Deed of Trust

May 14, 2015 County of Recording Jefferson Recording Date of Deed of Trust

May 27, 2015

Recording Information

(Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.)

2015051870* Original Principal Amount $140,000.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $133,776.66

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 56, THE RIDGE AT WEST MEADOWS FILING NO, 2, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO

*LOAN MODIFICATION DATED JUNE 16, 2020 AND RECORDED ON AUGUST 6, 2020 AT RECEPTION NO 2020096041 IN THE RECORDS OF THE JEFFERSON COUNTY CLERK AND RECORDER, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as: 12837 WEST BURGUNDY PLACE, LITTLETON, CO 80127.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL

NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 2 p.m. on Thursday, 08/10/2023 via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. https://liveauctions.govease.com/

First Publication: 6/22/2023

Last Publication: 7/20/2023

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; DATE: 04/13/2023

Holly Ryan, Public Trustee in and for the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado

By: Christine Thompson, Deputy, for Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Ryan Bourgeois #51088

Barrett Frappier & Weisserman, LLP 1391 Speer Boulevard, Suite 700, Denver, CO 80204 (303) 350-3711 Attorney File # 00000009524307

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

Legal Notice NO. J2300125

First Publication: 6/22/2023

Last Publication: 7/20/2023

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. J2300141

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On April 27, 2023, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Jefferson records.

Original Grantor(s)

Andrew Tazz

Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR AMERICAN FINANCING CORPORATION, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt PLANET HOME LENDING, LLC

Date of Deed of Trust

November 21, 2020

County of Recording Jefferson

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

December 01, 2020

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.)

2020158324

Original Principal Amount $325,600.00

Outstanding Principal Balance $311,371.91

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 13, BLOCK 185, HUTCHINSONS GREEN MOUNTAIN VILLAGE FILING NO. 34, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO.

PARCEL ID NUMBER: 49-291-13-008

Also known by street and number as:

1975 South Vivian Street, Lakewood, CO 80228.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 2 p.m. on Thursday, 08/24/2023 via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. https://liveauctions.govease.com/

First Publication: 7/6/2023

Last Publication: 8/3/2023

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

DATE: 04/27/2023

Holly Ryan, Public Trustee in and for the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado

By: Lyndsay Smith, Deputy, for Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

David R. Doughty #40042

Janeway Law Firm, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (855) 263-9295

Attorney File # 23-029567

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

Legal Notice NO. J2300141

First Publication: 7/6/2023

Last Publication: 8/3/2023

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103

FORECLOSURE SALE NO. J2300128

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

On April 13, 2023, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Jefferson records.

Original Grantor(s)

Tiffany Merritt and David Merritt

Original Beneficiary(ies)

Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS") as nominee for Citibank, N.A., Its Successors and Assigns

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

NewRez LLC, F/K/A New Penn Financial, LLC,

D/B/A Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing

Date of Deed of Trust

June 11, 2013

County of Recording

Jefferson

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

June 19, 2013

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.)

2013074499

Original Principal Amount

$162,169.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$113,899.42

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to make timely payments required under said Deed of Trust and the Evidence of Debt secured thereby.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 289, ALTA VISTA ADDITION, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as: 6035 Estes St, Arvada, CO 80004-5443.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 2 p.m. on Thursday, 08/10/2023 via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s),

Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. https://liveauctions.govease.com/

First Publication: 6/22/2023

Last Publication: 7/20/2023

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

DATE: 04/13/2023

Holly Ryan, Public Trustee in and for the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado

By: Lyndsay Smith, Deputy, for Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Ilene Dell'Acqua #31755

McCarthy & Holthus, LLP 7700 E. Arapahoe Road, Suite 230, Centennial, CO 80112 (877) 369-6122

Attorney File # CO-22-951027-LL

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

Legal Notice NO. J2300128

First Publication: 6/22/2023 Last Publication: 7/20/2023

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. J2300157

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

On May 4, 2023, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Jefferson records.

Original Grantor(s)

Monique Danielle Hogan and Robert Anthony LaForett

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 2 p.m. on Thursday, 08/24/2023 via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. https://liveauctions.govease.com/

First Publication7/6/2023

Last Publication8/3/2023

Name of PublicationGolden Transcript

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

DATE: 05/04/2023

Holly Ryan, Public Trustee in and for the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado

By: Barbara Lyons, Deputy, for Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Marcello G. Rojas #46396

The Sayer Law Group, P.C. 3600 South Beeler St., Suite 330, Denver, CO 80237 (303) 353-2965 Attorney File # CO230005

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

Legal Notice No. J2300157

First Publication: July 6, 2023

Last Publication: August 3, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION

CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. J2300139

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

On April 20, 2023, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Jefferson records.

Original Grantor(s)

Janet Pchalek

Original Beneficiary(ies)

Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS") as nominee for CTX Mortgage Company, LLC, Its Successors and Assigns

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

Nationstar Mortgage LLC

Date of Deed of Trust

February 07, 2008

County of Recording

Jefferson

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

March 05, 2008

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.)

2008020664

Original Principal Amount

$136,000.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$118,152.44

PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

DATE: 04/20/2023

Holly Ryan, Public Trustee in and for the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado

By: Barbara Lyons, Deputy, for Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Ilene Dell'Acqua #31755 McCarthy & Holthus, LLP 7700 E. Arapahoe Road, Suite 230, Centennial, CO 80112 (877) 369-6122 Attorney File # CO-23-956074-LL

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

Legal Notice NO. J2300139

First Publication: 6/22/2023

Last Publication: 7/20/2023

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. J2300150

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

On May 4, 2023, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Jefferson records.

Original Grantor(s) Danielle Miller AND Michael Brunker

Original Beneficiary(ies)

UNIVERSAL LENDING CORPORATION

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE AU -

THORITY

Date of Deed of Trust

June 29, 2006

County of Recording

Jefferson

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

July 10, 2006

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or

Book/Page No.)

2006083143

Original Principal Amount

$165,404.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$123,851.54

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

DATE: 05/04/2023

Holly Ryan, Public Trustee in and for the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado

By: Lyndsay Smith, Deputy, for Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Alison L. Berry #34531 Janeway Law Firm, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (855) 263-9295 Attorney File # 23-029748

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

Legal Notice No. J2300150

First Publication: July 6, 2023

Last Publication: August 3, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript

NOTICE OF UNCLAIMED OVERBID FUNDS CRS 38-38-111(2.5b)(3a,b,d)(5) PUBLIC TRUSTEE SALE NO. J2300001

To: Obligor/Grantor(s) on the evidence of debt and/or Deed of Trust or other person entitled. You are advised that there are overbid funds due you. This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

Name of Obligor/Grantor(s) on the evidence of debt and/or Deed of Trust COLIN ZENDER

Address of Obligor/Grantor(s) on the evidence of debt and/or Deed of Trust 4773 SOUTH TAFT STREET, MORRISON, CO 80465

Recording Date of Deed of Trust January 13, 2016

Recording Information 2016003958

Legal Description of Property LOT 8, BLOCK 1, HARRIMAN PARK FILING NO. 9, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO Street Address of Property 4773 SOUTH TAFT STREET, MORRISON, CO 80465

NOTICE OF UNCLAIMED OVERBID FUNDS

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Monique Danielle Hogan and Robert Anthony LaForett failed to pay principal and interest when due with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust. Such failure constitutes a breach under the Note and Deed of Trust triggering the power of sale by the Public Trustee.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 31, BLOCK 3, FLINTLOCK AT POWDERHOWN AMENDMENT NO. 1, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO.

Corrected by Affidavit of Scrivener''s Error recorded with the Jefferson County Clerk and Recorder''s Office on April 20, 2023, at Reception No. 2023022713 to read as:

LOT 31, BLOCK 3, FLINTLOCK AT POWDERHORN AMENDMENT NO. 1, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as: 11432 W. Lake Dr., Littleton, CO 80127.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

If applicable, a description of any changes to the deed of trust described in the notice of election and demand pursuant to affidavit as allowed by statutes: Corrected by Affidavit of Scrivener''s Error recorded with the Jefferson County Clerk and Recorder''s Office on April 20, 2023, at Reception No. 2023022713 to read as:LOT 31, BLOCK 3, FLINTLOCK AT POWDERHORN AMENDMENT NO. 1, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO.

NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale

provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations thereof

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 92, BLOCK 1, DUTCH RIDGE SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 1, EXEMPTION SURVEY NO. 1, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as: 9246 West Ontario Drive, Littleton, CO 80128.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 2 p.m. on Thursday, 08/10/2023 via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. https://liveauctions.govease.com/

A parcel of land located in the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter, Section 21, Township 3 South, Range 69 West of the 6th Principal Meridian, County of Jefferson, State of Colorado, more particularly described as follows: Commencing at the Center Quarter corner of Section 21, Township 3 South, Range 69 West of the Sixth Principal Meridian; Thence North 53 Degrees 46 Minutes 57 Seconds West a distance of 693.780 feet to the True Point of Beginning; Thence South 89 Degrees 56 Minutes 07.7 Seconds West a distance of 95.494 feet to a point; Thence North 00 Degrees 03 Minutes 52.3 Seconds West a distance of 57.423 feet to a point; Thence South 89 Degrees 44 Minutes 33.6 Seconds East a distance of 95.496 feet to a point on the Westerly right of way line of Parfet Street as described in instrument Recorded in Book 757, Page 368 of the Jefferson County Records; Thence South 00 Degrees 03 Minutes 52.3 Seconds East along the West right of way line of said Parfet Street a distance of 56.886 feet to the True Point of Beginning, County of Jefferson, State of Colorado.

Also known by street and number as: 4365 Parfet Street, Wheat Ridge, CO 80033.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 2 p.m. on Thursday, 08/24/2023 via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. https://liveauctions.govease.com/

First Publication7/6/2023

Last Publication8/3/2023

Name of PublicationGolden Transcript

I sold at public auction, at 2 p.m. on 4/27/23 via remote, web-based auction service, to the highest and best bidder for cash, the real property described above. An overbid was realized from the sale and the funds must be claimed by the Obligor/Grantor(s) on the evidence of debt and/ or Deed of Trust or other persons entitled thereto within six months from the date of sale. THE STATE OF COLORADO REQUIRES US TO NOTIFY YOU THAT YOUR PROPERTY MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO THE CUSTODY OF THE STATE TREASURER IF YOU DO NOT CONTACT US BEFORE 10/27/2023 as part of the "Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act", pursuant to Colorado law.

First Publication: 7/13/23

Last Publication: 8/10/23

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript

Date: 6/26/23

Holly Ryan, Public Trustee in and for the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado

By: Lyndsay Smith, Deputy, for Public Trustee ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 9/2012

Legal Notice No. J2300001

First Publication: 7/13/23

Last Publication: 8/10/23

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. J2300129

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On April 13, 2023, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Jefferson records.

Original Grantor(s)

Amanda K. Dockter

Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR CATALYST LENDING, INC., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

SPECIALIZED LOAN SERVICING LLC

Date of Deed of Trust

June 13, 2016 County of Recording Jefferson Recording Date of Deed of Trust

June 21, 2016

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.)

2016059876

Original Principal Amount $102,000.00

Outstanding Principal Balance $91,410.36

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with

all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

Condominium Unit 9128, (In Building 7), Standley Shores Condominiums, in accordance with and subject to the Declarations recorded on December 12, 1983 at Reception No. 83117891 and Condominium Map recorded December 12, 1983 as Reception No. 83117892 of the Jefferson County, Colorado Records Together with the exclusive right to use the following Limited Common Elements: Driveway Parking Space Number 9128 and Garage Number 9128, County of Jefferson, State of Colorado.

Also known by street and number as: 9128 WEST 88TH CIRCLE, WESTMINSTER, CO 80021.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 2 p.m. on Thursday, 08/10/2023 via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. https://liveauctions.govease.com/

First Publication: 6/22/2023

Last Publication: 7/20/2023

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

DATE: 04/13/2023

Holly Ryan, Public Trustee in and for the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado

By: Lyndsay Smith, Deputy, for Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

N. April Winecki #34861

Janeway Law Firm, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (855) 263-9295

Attorney File # 22-026970

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

Legal Notice NO. J2300129

First Publication: 6/22/2023

Last Publication: 7/20/2023

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION

CRS §38-38-103

FORECLOSURE SALE NO. J2300147

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

On April 27, 2023, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Jefferson records.

Original Grantor(s)

Kristene H Claybaugh

Original Beneficiary(ies)

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

US Bank Trust National Association,

Not In Its Individual Capacity But Solely As Owner

Trustee For VRMTG Asset Trust

Date of Deed of Trust

March 23, 2011

County of Recording Jefferson

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

May 02, 2011

Recording Information

(Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.)

2011043338

Original Principal Amount

$193,983.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$171,044.25

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations thereof

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

SITUATE IN THE COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO:

LOT 10, BLOCK 3, AND A PORTION OF LOT 9, BLOCK 3, MORE ACCURATELY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

A PORTION OF LOT 9, BLOCK 3, AMENDED FINAL PLAT LAKECREST FILING NO. 1 AS RECORDED IN BOOK 75, PAGE 59 AT RECEPTION NO. 83115166OF THE JEFFERSON COUNTY RECORDS, CITY OF ARVADA, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE MOST NORTHERLY CORNER OF SAID LOT 9; THENCE ALONG THE WESTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 9, SOUTH 19 DEGREES 21 MINUTES 49 SECONDS WEST, 36.33 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE DEPARTING THE WESTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 9, SOUTH 70 DEGREES 38 MINUTES 11 SECONDS EAST, 110.00 FEET TO A POINT ON THE EASTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 9; THENCE ALONG THE EASTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 9, SOUTH 19 DEGREES 21 MINUTES 49 SECONDS WEST, 20.00 FEET TO A POINT ON THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 9; THENCE ALONG THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 9, NORTH 70 DEGREES 38 MINUTEST 11" WEST, 110.00 FEET TO A POINT ON THE WESTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 9; THENCE ALONG THE WESTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 9, NORTH 19 DEGREES 21 MINUTES 49 SECONDS EAST, 20.00 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING, ALL IN AMENDED PLAT OF LAKECREST FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as: 10784 W 85th Pl, Arvada, CO 80005.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTL ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 2 p.m. on Thursday, 08/24/2023 via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. https://liveauctions.govease.com/

First Publication: 7/6/2023

Last Publication: 8/3/2023

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

DATE: 04/27/2023

Holly Ryan, Public Trustee in and for the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado

By: Barbara Lyons, Deputy, for Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Ilene Dell'Acqua #31755 McCarthy & Holthus, LLP 7700 E. Arapahoe Road, Suite 230, Centennial, CO 80112 (877) 369-6122 Attorney File # CO-23-956375-LL

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

Legal Notice NO. J2300147

First Publication: 7/6/2023

Last Publication: 8/3/2023

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. J2300123

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

On April 13, 2023, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Jefferson records.

Original Grantor(s)

JOHN MICHAEL BRITTNER

Original Beneficiary(ies)

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR MOUNTAIN PACIFIC MORTGAGE

Original Principal Amount

$131,055.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$81,560.82

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

CONDOMINIUM UNIT NO. 524, ADVANTAGE AT WOOD CREEK CONDOMINIUMS, AS SHOWN ON THE CONDOMINIUM MAP FOR ADVANTAGE AT WOOD CREEK CONDOMINIUMS, RECORDED AS RECEPTION NO. 84104575, IN THE JEFFERSON COUNTY RECORDS, AND SUBJECT TO THE DECLARATION OF COVENANTS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS ESTABLISHING A PLAN FOR CONDOMINIUM OWNERSHIP OF WOOD CREEK CONDOMINIUMS, RECORDED AS RECEPTION NO. 83104616, AND NOTICE OF ANNEXATION AND SUPPLEMENT TO DECLARATION OF COVENANTS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS RECORDED AS RECEPTION NO. 84104574, IN THE JEFFERSON COUNTY RECORDS, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as: 5423 WEST 76TH AVENUE # 524, ARVADA, CO 80003.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

NOTICE OFSALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 2 p.m. on Thursday, 08/10/2023 via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. https://liveauctions.govease.com/

First Publication: 6/22/2023

Last Publication: 7/20/2023

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

DATE: 04/13/2023

Holly Ryan, Public Trustee in and for the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado

By: Christine Thompson, Deputy, for Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

David W. Drake #43315

Barrett Frappier & Weisserman, LLP 1391 Speer Boulevard, Suite 700, Denver, CO 80204 (303) 350-3711 Attorney File # 00000009773680

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

Legal Notice NO. J2300123

First Publication: 6/22/2023

Last Publication: 7/20/2023

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. J2300155

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

On May 4, 2023, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Jefferson records.

Original Grantor(s)

Sandra Helen Baca-Sandoval

Original Beneficiary(ies)

$29,193.78

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: The failure to make installment payments of principal, interest, taxes and/or insurance as provided for in the Deed of Trust and Credit Agreement.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 3, BLOCK 5, WALNUT GROVE SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 4, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as: 10474 Independence Street, Westminster, CO 80021.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 2 p.m. on Thursday, 08/24/2023 via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. https://liveauctions.govease.com/

First Publication7/6/2023

Last Publication8/3/2023

Name of PublicationGolden Transcript

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER

DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

DATE: 05/04/2023

Holly Ryan, Public Trustee in and for the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado

By: Barbara Lyons, Deputy, for Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Iman Tehrani #44076 Holst & Tehrani, LLP 514 Kimbark Street, P.O. Box 298, Longmont, CO 80502-0298 (303) 772-6666

Attorney File # Baca-Sandoval

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

Legal Notice No. J2300155

First Publication: July 6, 2023

Last Publication: August 3, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript NOTICE OF UNCLAIMED OVERBID FUNDS CRS 38-38-111(2.5b)(3a,b,d)(5)

PUBLIC TRUSTEE SALE NO. J2200182

To: Obligor/Grantor(s) on the evidence of debt and/or Deed of Trust or other person entitled. You are advised that there are overbid funds due you. This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

Name of Obligor/Grantor(s) on the evidence of debt and/or Deed of Trust

Mark Farinas

Address of Obligor/Grantor(s) on the evidence of debt and/or Deed of Trust 6113 Dunraven Street, Golden, CO 80403--1002

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

June 24, 2014

Recording Information

2014049827

Legal Description of Property LOT 222, APPLE MEADOWS SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 2, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO Street Address of Property 6113 Dunraven Street, Golden, CO 80403-1002

NOTICE OF UNCLAIMED OVERBID FUNDS

I sold at public auction, at 2 p.m. on 4/13/23 via remote, web-based auction service, to the highest and best bidder for cash, the real property described above. An overbid was realized from the sale and the funds must be claimed by the Obligor/Grantor(s) on the evidence of debt and/ or Deed of Trust or other persons entitled thereto within six months from the date of sale. THE STATE OF COLORADO REQUIRES US TO NOTIFY YOU THAT YOUR PROPERTY MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO THE CUSTODY OF THE STATE TREASURER IF YOU DO NOT CONTACT US BEFORE 10/13/2023 as part of the "Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act", pursuant to Colorado law.

By: Lyndsay Smith, Deputy, for Public Trustee ©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 9/2012

Legal Notice No. J2200182

First Publication: 7/13/23

Last Publication: 8/10/23

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. J2300124

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On April 13, 2023, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Jefferson records.

Original Grantor(s) BYRON JAMES KIRKLAND AND LEAH ELIZABETH KIRKLAND

Original Beneficiary(ies) MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR ZENITH HOME LOANS, LLC

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES, LLC

Date of Deed of Trust

April 02, 2020 County of Recording Jefferson

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

April 08, 2020

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) 2020038341

Original Principal Amount $368,500.00

Outstanding Principal Balance $337,253.11

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 34, BLOCK 2, SOUTHERN GABLES FILING NO. 3, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as: 2173 S ESTES WAY, LAKEWOOD, CO 80227.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 2 p.m. on Thursday, 08/10/2023 via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. https://liveauctions.govease.com/

First Publication: 6/22/2023

Last Publication: 7/20/2023

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

DATE: 04/13/2023

Holly Ryan, Public Trustee in and for the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado

By: Christine Thompson, Deputy, for Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Randall M.Chin #31149

Barrett Frappier & Weisserman, LLP 1391 Speer Boulevard, Suite 700, Denver, CO 80204 (303) 350-3711 Attorney File # 00000009747890

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

Legal Notice NO. J2300124

First Publication: 6/22/2023

Last Publication: 7/20/2023

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. J2300158

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On May 4, 2023, the undersigned Public Trustee

Last Publication: 8/3/2023

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER

DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

DATE: 04/27/2023

Holly Ryan, Public Trustee in and for the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado

By: Barbara Lyons, Deputy, for Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Ryan Bourgeois #51088

Barrett Frappier & Weisserman, LLP

1391 Speer Boulevard, Suite 700, Denver, CO 80204 (303) 350-3711

Attorney File # 00000009785254

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015

Legal Notice NO. J2300148

First Publication: 7/6/2023

Last Publication: 8/3/2023

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript

COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103

FORECLOSURE SALE NO. J2300143

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

On April 27, 2023, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Jefferson records.

Original Grantor(s)

Dael J. Finch

Original Beneficiary(ies)

Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, as nominee for Universal Lending Corporation, its successors and assigns

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

Freedom Mortgage Corporation

Date of Deed of Trust

November 19, 2015

County of Recording

Jefferson

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

November 23, 2015

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.)

2015125010

Original Principal Amount

$256,272.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$220,927.98

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 16, WESTVIEW ACRES, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as: 7740 Westview Drive, Lakewood, CO 80214.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 2 p.m. on Thursday, 08/24/2023 via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. https://liveauctions.govease.com/

First Publication: 7/6/2023

Last Publication: 8/3/2023

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

DATE: 04/27/2023

Holly Ryan, Public Trustee in and for the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado

By: Lyndsay Smith, Deputy, for Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Heather Deere #28597

Halliday Watkins & Mann, P.C.

Union Blvd., Suite 250,

Lakewood, CO 80228 (303) 274-0155

Attorney File # CO21732

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

©Public Trustees' Association of Colorado Revised 1/2015 Legal Notice NO. J2300143

8/3/2023

Name of Publication: Golden Transcript COMBINED NOTICE - PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. J2300154

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

On May 4, 2023, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Jefferson records.

Original Grantor(s)

Robert R. Herzog

Original Beneficiary(ies) Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

Date of Deed of Trust

December 26, 2006

County of Recording Jefferson

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

January 08, 2007

Recording Information (Reception No. and/or

Book/Page No.) 2007002734

Original Principal Amount $263,346.00

Outstanding Principal Balance $237,192.48

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations thereof

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 131, GOVERNOR''S RANCH FILING NO. 5, COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as:

9690 W. Gould Ave, Littleton, CO 80123.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 2 p.m. on Thursday, 08/24/2023 via remote, web-based auction service, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)' heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys' fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. https://liveauctions.govease.com/

First Publication7/6/2023

Last Publication8/3/2023

Name of PublicationGolden Transcript

IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER

DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED;

DATE: 05/04/2023

Holly Ryan, Public Trustee in and for the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado

By: Christine Thompson, Deputy,

Trustee

OF THE GOLDEN MUNICIPAL CODE TO ADD A NEW CHAPTER 10.95 ENTITLED “AUTOMATED VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM”

WHEREAS, pursuant to Colorado Revised Statute 44-2-110.5(2), a municipality may adopt an ordinance authorizing the use of an automate vehicle identification system; and

WHEREAS, the City of Golden (the “City”) Police Department presented a traffic safety initiative, including reducing the speed limit in residential neighborhoods to twenty miles per hour; and

WHEREAS, the traffic safety initiative proposal additionally includes the use of an automated vehicle identification system (e.g., photo radar); and

WHEREAS, the City Council desires to adopt an ordinance allowing the use of automated vehicle identification programs and to set forth regulations for such use.

THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GOLDEN, COLORADO:

Section 1. Title 10 of the Golden Municipal Code is hereby amended with the addition of a new Chapter 10.95 entitled, “Automated Vehicle Identification System” to read as follows:

CHAPTER 10.95

AUTOMATED VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM

10.95.005.— Definitions.

(a) Automated Vehicle Identification System includes a system to detect traffic violations imposed by traffic signals or traffic signs, and/or a system used to detect violations of a bus lane or bicycle lane restrictions. The term includes a system whereby:

(1)A machine is used to automatically detect a violation of a traffic regulation and simultaneously record a photograph of the vehicle, the operator of the vehicle, and the license plate of the vehicle; and

(2)A notice of violation or civil penalty assessment notice may be issued to the registered owner of the motor vehicle.

(b) Notice of Violation shall mean a notice mailed via first class mail or personally served to a registered owner of a vehicle involved in any traffic violation detected by an automated vehicle identification system advising that the violation has been detected, or a similar notice mailed to the operator of the vehicle identified by a registered owner of said vehicle.

(c) Civil Penalty Assessment Notice shall mean a notice mailed via first class mail or personally served to a registered owner of a vehicle involved in any traffic violation that has previously received a notice of violation.

(d) Residential Neighborhood means any block on which a majority of the improvements along both sides of the street are residential dwellings and the speed limit is 35 miles per hour or less.

10.95.010. – Automated Vehicle Identification System Notices of Violation—In General.

(a) If the city detects any alleged violation of a county or municipal traffic regulation or traffic violation under state law through the use of an automated vehicle identification system, then the city shall issue, or cause its vendor to issue, to the registered owner of the motor vehicle involved in the alleged violation, by first-class mail or personal service a Notice of Violation.

(b) The city may only issue a Notice of Violation for violations that occur:

(1)Within a school zone;

(2)Within a residential neighborhood;

(3) Within a maintenance, construction, or repair zone designed pursuant to C.R.S. § 42-4-614;

(4)Along a street that borders a City park; or

(5) Along a street, or portions of a street, which the City designates as an automated vehicle identification system corridor as set forth in Section 10.95.025.

(c)The Notice of Violation must be served:

evidence that the owner was not the driver at the time of the alleged violation.

10.95.015. – Automated Vehicle Identification System—Speeding.

(a) Violations.

(1)For a speeding violation of less than 10 miles per hour over the reasonable and prudent speed under a county or city traffic regulation or under state law through the use of an automated vehicle identification system, the violation shall be cited as follows:

(A)For the registered owner’s first offense, a written warning with no penalty or surcharge; and

(B) For the registered owner’s second or subsequent offence, a Notice of Violation.

(2) For a speeding violation of more than 10 miles per hour over the reasonable and prudent speed under a county or city traffic regulation or under state law through the use of an automated vehicle identification system, the city shall issue the registered owner a Notice of Violation.

(b) Civil Penalty. The maximum civil penalty for a speeding violation under this Section, including any surcharge, is forty dollars ($40.00), unless the violation is within a school zone, in which case the maximum penalty shall be eighty dollars ($80.00). However, a violation that occurs within a maintenance, construction, or repair zone designated pursuant to C.R.S. § 42-4-614 may be subject to a civil penalty of ($80.00).

(c) Signage. The city shall place in an appropriate temporary or permanent sign in a conspicuous place not fewer than 300 feet before the area in which the automated vehicle identification system is to be used notifying the public that an automated vehicle identification system is in use immediately ahead.

10.95.020. – Automated Vehicle Identification System—Disobedience to a Traffic Control Signal.

(a) If the city detects a violation of a municipal traffic regulation or traffic violation under state law for disobedience to a traffic control signal through the use of an automated vehicle identification system, the maximum penalty, including any surcharge, is seventy-five dollars $75.00).

(b)The city shall not use an automated vehicle identification system designed to detect disobedience to a traffic control signal or other violation of a local traffic ordinance unless the city posts a sign notifying the public that an automated vehicle identification system is in use immediately ahead, the sign shall:

(1) Be placed in a conspicuous location not less than 200 feet nor more than 500 feet before the automated vehicle identification system; and

(2) Use lettering that is at least 4 inches high for upper case letters and 2 and 9/10 inches high for lower case letters.

10.95.025. – Automated Vehicle Identification System Corridor.

(a) Pursuant to C.R.S. § 42-4-110.5(2)(g)(I), the city identifies the following corridors as automated vehicle identification system corridors:

(b)Prior to using an automated vehicle identification system on an automated vehicle identification system corridor, the city shall post a permanent sign not fewer than 300 feet before the beginning of such corridor and a permanent sign not fewer than 300 feet before each camera within the corridor or a temporary sign fewer than 300 feet before any mobile camera.

(c) The city shall illustrate, through data collected within the past 5 years, incidents of crashes, speeding, reckless driving, or community complaints on the street designated an automated vehicle identification corridor.

(d)The city will coordinate between with the department of transportation and Colorado state patrol in designating the corridor.

penalty.

(c) If the registered owner fails to pay the full prescribed civil penalty by the deadline stated in the Civil Penalty Assessment Notice, a final order of liability shall be entered against the registered owner of the vehicle. The final order must be personally served to the registered owner. Final orders of liability may be appealed as to matters of law and fact to the Jefferson County Court.

(d) The city may initiate or pursue a collection action against the registered owner of a motor vehicle for a debt resulting from the final order of liability.

(e) The city shall not report to the department of transportation nay conviction or entry of judgment against a defendant for a violation of a municipal traffic regulation or traffic violation under state law if the violation was detected through the use of an automated vehicle identification system.

(f) If the registered owner fails to pay the full prescribed civil penalty, the city shall not attempt to enforce the penalty by immobilizing the registered vehicle owner’s vehicle.

10.95.035. – Automated Vehicle Identification System – Vendors.

(a)No portion of any fine collected through the use of an automated vehicle identification system may be paid to the manufacturer or vendor of the automatic vehicle identification system equipment. The compensation to such vendor by the city shall be based on the value of such equipment and the value of any services provided, and may not be based on the number of traffic citations issued or the revenue generated by such equipment or services.

10.95.040. – Automated Vehicle Identification System – Data Retention.

(a)The city shall:

(1) Program the automated vehicle identification system to retain data only when a violation of a county or municipal traffic regulation or traffic violation under state law occurs;

(2) Treat all photographs and video collected by the automated vehicle identification system as confidential and exempt form disclosure and inspection pursuant to the “Colorado Open Records Act,” part 2 of article 72, title 24, C.R.S.;

(3) Not use, disclose, sell, or permit access to photographs, video, or personal identifiable data collected by the automated vehicle identification system except to the extent necessary to operate the program, including for purposes of processing violations, for other law enforcement purposes, for transferring data to a new vendor or operating system, or, pursuant to a court order, for use in unrelated legal proceedings; and

(4) Destroy any photographs and video of a violation collected by the automated vehicle identification system within 3 years after the final disposition of the violation unless the photographs or video are maintained in a separate system for other purposes allowed by law.

Section 2. If any article, section, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance is held to be unconstitutional or invalid for any reason, such decision will not affect the validity or constitutionality of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this ordinance and each part or parts hereof irrespective of the fact that any one part or parts be declared unconstitutional or invalid.

Section 3. All other ordinances or portions thereof inconsistent or conflicting with this ordinance or any portion hereof are hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency or conflict.

Section 4. This ordinance is deemed necessary for the protection of the health, welfare and safety of the community.

for Public

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Holly R.Shilliday #24423

McCarthy & Holthus, LLP

7700 E. Arapahoe Road, Suite 230, Centennial, CO 80112 (877) 369-6122

Attorney File # CO-23-957046-LL

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

Legal Notice No. J2300154

First Publication: July 6, 2023

Last Publication: August 3, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript

(1) Within 30 days after the alleged violation if the motor vehicle involved in the alleged violation is registered in the state; or

(2) Within 60 days after the alleged violation if the motor vehicle involved in the alleged violation is registered outside the state.

(d)The Notice of Violation must contain:

(1) The name and address of the registered owner of the motor vehicle involved in the alleged violation;

(2) The license plate number of the motor vehicle involved in the alleged violation;

(3)The date, time, and location of the alleged violation;

(4)The amount of the civil penalty prescribed for the alleged violation;

(5) The deadline for payment of the prescribed civil penalty and for disputing the alleged violation; and

(6) Information on how the registered owner may either dispute the alleged violation at a hearing or pay the prescribed penalty.

(e)To protest a Notice of Violation, the registered owner must request, in writing, a hearing to dispute the alleged violation. The deadline to request a hearing to dispute the Notice of Violation must be at least 45 days after the date of the Notice of Violation. At the hearing, city may not require the registered owner to disclose the identity of the driver of the vehicle who is detected through the use of the automated vehicle identification system but may require the registered owner to submit

(e) The city will publish a report on its website disclosing the number of citations and revenue generated by the automated vehicle identification corridor.

(f) The city shall not locate an automated vehicle identification system corridor on any highway that is part of the federal interstate highway system.

10.95.030. – Automated Vehicle Identification System Civil Penalty Assessment Notices.

(a) If the City has not received the prescribed civil penalty or written notice requesting a hearing to dispute the alleged violation by the deadline provided in the Notice of Hearing, then the City shall issue, or cause its vendor to issue, a Civil Penalty Assessment Notice to be served on the registered owner either by first-class mail or personal service.

(b) The Civil Penalty Assessment Notice shall contain:

(1) The name and address of the registered owner of the motor vehicle involved in the alleged violation;

(2)The license plate of the motor vehicle involved in the alleged violation;

(3)The date, time, and location of the alleged violation;

(4)The amount of the civil penalty prescribed for the alleged violation;

(5) The deadline for payment of the prescribed civil penalty; and

(6) Information on how to pay the prescribed civil

Section 5. The repeal or modification of any provision of the Municipal Code of the City of Golden by this ordinance shall not release, extinguish, alter, modify or change in whole or in part any penalty, forfeiture or liability, either civil or criminal, which shall have been incurred under such provision. Each provision shall be treated and held as still remaining in force for the purpose of sustaining any and all proper actions, suits, proceedings and prosecutions for enforcement of the penalty, forfeiture or liability, as well as for the purpose of sustaining any judgment, decree or order which can or may be rendered, entered or made in such actions, suits, proceedings or prosecutions.

Section 6. This ordinance shall become effective five (5) days after publication following final passage in accordance with Section 5.9 of the Charter for the City of Golden, Colorado.

Introduced, read, passed and ordered published the 11th day of July, 2023.

Passed and adopted upon second reading and ordered published this day of , 2023.

Laura M. Weinberg

Mayor ATTEST:

Monica S. Mendoza, CMC City Clerk

APPROVED AS TO FORM:

Kathie B. Guckenberger City Attorney

I, Monica S. Mendoza, City Clerk of the City of Golden, Colorado, do hereby certify that the

foregoing is a true copy of a certain proposed ordinance introduced and read before the City Council of the City of Golden at a regular meeting thereof held on the 11th day of July, 2023, and ordered by said City Council to be published as the law provides, and that a public hearing is declared for the 25th day of July, 2023, at 6:30 p.m. at City Hall, 911 10th Street, Golden.

ATTEST:

MONICA S. MENDOZA

Monica S. Mendoza, City Clerk of the City of Golden, Colorado

Legal Notice No. 416639

First Publication: July 20, 2023

Last Publication: July 20, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript

Public Notice

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

Proposed Flood Hazard Determinations for the City of Golden and Unincorporated Areas of Jefferson County, Colorado, Case No. 22-080756P. The Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) solicits technical information or comments on proposed flood hazard determinations for the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM), and where applicable, the Flood Insurance Study (FIS) report for your community. These flood hazard determinations may include the addition or modification of Base Flood Elevations, base flood depths, Special Flood Hazard Area boundaries or zone designations, or the regulatory floodway. The FIRM and, if applicable, the FIS report have been revised to reflect these flood hazard determinations through issuance of a Letter of Map Revision (LOMR), in accordance with Title 44, Part 65 of the Code of Federal Regulations. These determinations are the basis for the floodplain management measures that your community is required to adopt or show evidence of having in effect to qualify or remain qualified for participation in the National Flood Insurance Program. For more information on the proposed flood hazard determinations and information on the statutory 90-day period provided for appeals, please visit FEMA’s website at https://www.floodmaps.fema.gov/fhm/BFE_Status/bfe_main.asp , or call the FEMA Mapping and Insurance eXchange (FMIX) toll free at 1-877FEMA MAP (1-877-336-2627).

Legal Notice No. 416642

First Publication: July 20, 2023

Last Publication: July 27, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript

PUBLIC NOTICE

A public hearing will be held before the Arvada Planning Commission scheduled for August 8, 2023 at 6:15 p.m., Arvada City Hall, 8101 Ralston Rd., Arvada, when and where you may speak on the matter to consider the Conditional Use, Major Modifications and a Right of Way Vacation for Family Tree Affordable Housing. The proposed development is a 1.71 acre parcel of land approximately located at 5549 Marshall St. Members of the public may attend. To submit written public comment to be considered by the Commission, email comments to cedboardsandcommission@arvada.org by 5 p.m. on 8/7/2023. Additional information can be obtained from https://www.arvadapermits.org/etrakit3/search/ project.aspx?activityno=DA2022-0059 and https://www.arvadapermits.org/etrakit3/search/ project.aspx?activityno=DA2023-0029.

CITY OF ARVADA PLANNING COMMISSION

/s/ Tim Knapp, Secretary

Legal Notice No. 416646

First Publication: July 20, 2023

Last Publication: July 20, 2023

Publisher: Jeffco Transcript

Public Notice

Waters/ERA (Environmental Resource Associates) would like to inform the public that we have filed our annual report regarding Waters/ ERA’s Financial Assurance Warranties with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.

Legal Notice No. 416643

First Publication: July 20, 2023

Last Publication: July 20, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript

LEGAL NOTICE AND PUBLICATION

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Jefferson, State of Colorado, will hold a public hearing concerning the adoption of the Ordinance titled “the Operation and Parking of Vehicles” in Hearing Room 1 of the Jefferson County Administration and Courts Building at 8:00 a.m. on August 1, 2023, when and where all parties may appear and be heard.

Further notice is hereby given that said public hearing may, at the discretion of the Board, be continued from time to time without further notice until a decision is announced by the Board. The proposed ordinance is set out in full below:

ORDINANCE

Title: Regulatory Policy

Regulating the Operation and Parking of Vehicles Policy No. Part 3 Regulations,

Chapter 4, Motor Vehicles

Section 3 Effective Date

Policy Custodian Transportation and Engineering Adoption/Revision Date Adopting Resolution(s):

References (Statutes/Resos/Policies): Sections 30-15-401(1)(h), 42-1-102, 42-4-1202, 42-4-1204, 42-4-1804, 42-4-1811 C.R.S; CC83-620, CC83621, CC84-684, CC88-059, CC 92-595, CC92984, CC93-359, CC94-482, CC94-748, CC94-824, CC95-580, CC95-617, CC95-699, CC96-040, CC00-515, CC00-516, CC04-581, CC05-259, CC07-045, CC10-503, CC12-440, CC13-023, CC15-155, CC17-370, CC17-398, CC19-177, CC19-209, CC20-093, CC20-124, CC20-362, CC21-026, CC21-025, CC23-135, CC23-148

Purpose: An Ordinance to control and regulate the movement and parking of vehicles on public property for the safety and welfare of the public.

Policy: Regulating the Operation and Parking of Vehicles

A.Definitions. As used in this ordinance, unless the context otherwise requires:

1. “Bicycle” means a vehicle propelled by human power applied to pedals upon which a person may ride having two tandem wheels or two parallel wheels and one forward wheel, all of which are more than fourteen inches in diameter.

2. “Bicycle lane” means a portion of the roadway that has been designated by striping, signage, or pavement markings for the exclusive use of bicyclists and other authorized users of bicycle lanes. “Bicycle lane” includes an intersection if the bicycle lane is marked on opposite sides of the intersection.

3. “Division” means the Division of Transportation and Engineering.

4."Highway" means the entire width between the boundary lines of every County right-of-way when any part thereof is open to the use of the public for purposes of vehicular travel. For purposes of this Ordinance, right-of-ways classified as Streets and Roads by the Transportation and Engineering Divisions shall be considered Highways.

5. "Major Motor Vehicle" means any Vehicle that is:

a. Eight (8) feet or more in width including the truck bed; and/or

b. Twenty-five (25) feet or more in length; and/or

c. Regardless of size, a truck tractor, road tractor or semi-trailer.

The term "Major Motor Vehicle" shall not include those Vehicles defined as Authorized Emergency Vehicles in Section 42-1-102(6), C.R.S.

6."Major Recreational Vehicle" means a Vehicle:

a.Designed to provide temporary living quarters and which is built into, as an integral part of or a permanent attachment to a Motor Vehicle chassis or van which is used primarily for pleasure, enjoyment, other recreational purposes, or family transportation of the Owner, lessee or occupant; or

b. Designed to be drawn by a Motor Vehicle and to provide temporary or permanent living quarters, and which is used primarily for pleasure, enjoyment, other recreational purposes, or family transportation of the Owner, lessee or occupant (i.e. travel trailers or campers).

7. "Motor Vehicle" means any self-propelled Vehicle which is designed primarily for travel on the public Highways and which is generally and commonly used to transport Persons and property over the public Highways.

8. “Overnight Accommodations” is defined as the use of a vehicle, including a major recreational vehicle, for overnight living quarters on public roadways.

9. "Owner" means a Person who has, holds, possesses, or owns the legal title to a Vehicle or in the event a Vehicle is the subject of any agreement for the conditional sale or lease thereof with the right of purchase upon performance of the conditions stated in the agreement and with the immediate right of possession vested in the conditional vendee or lessee, or in the event a or lessee or mortgagor shall be deemed the Owner, or parties otherwise having lawful use or control or the right to use or control a Vehicle for a period of thirty (30) days or more.

10. "Park” or “Parking" means the Standing of a Vehicle, whether occupied or not, other than very briefly for the purpose of, and while actually engaged in, loading or unloading property or passengers.

11. "Peace Officer" means every Person authorized to direct or regulate traffic or to make arrests for violations of traffic regulations in Jefferson County including any Jefferson County Sheriff's Deputy.

12. "Person" means every individual, firm, partnership, association, corporation or limited liability company.

13. "Stand”, “Standing", or “Stood” means the halting of a Vehicle, whether occupied or not,

other than momentarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in receiving or discharging passengers.

14. "Stop” or “Stopping" means the halting of a Vehicle, even momentarily, whether occupied or not.

15. "Traffic Control Devices" means all signs, signals, markings, and devices, not inconsistent with State law, placed or displayed by authority of a public body or official having jurisdiction, for the purpose of regulating, warning or guiding traffic.

16."Trailer" means any wheeled Vehicle, without motor power, which is designed to be drawn by a Motor Vehicle and which is generally and commonly used to carry and transport personal effects, articles of household furniture, loads of trash and rubbish, horses, or other property over the public Highways.

17.“Vehicle” means a device that is capable of moving itself, or of being moved, from place to place upon wheels or endless tracks, including but not limited to Motor Vehicles, Major Motor Vehicles, Major Recreational Vehicles, and Trailers.

B.Unlawful Parking

It shall be unlawful for any Person to operate, Stand, Park or Stop a Vehicle in any manner on any Highway, including but not limited to in the bicycle lane, or at any other place in the unincorporated area of Jefferson County, where such movement or Parking of Vehicles has been restricted or prohibited, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic, or in compliance with the directions of a Peace Officer or Traffic Control Device. Parking may be restricted or prohibited through adoption by the Board of County Commissioners of a resolution or ordinance or by the approval by the Board of County Commissioners of regulatory devices that restrict or prohibit Parking. Parking prohibitions specified in this Ordinance are in addition to the restrictions specified in Section 42-4-1204, C.R.S., and otherwise specified by law.

C. Penalty Assessment

In addition to other remedies, penalties, fees and costs provided for in this Ordinance, the penalty assessment procedure provided in Section 16-2201, C.R.S., shall be followed for any violation of Section B of this Ordinance.

D.Notices for Illegally Parked Vehicles

Whenever any Vehicle is found Standing, Parked or Stopped on any Highway, including in a bicycle lane or any other property in violation of any of the restrictions imposed by this Ordinance, any Peace Officer shall take the Vehicle's registration number and may take any other information displayed on the Vehicle which may identify its Owner, and shall hand to the occupant of such Vehicle or, if the Vehicle is unoccupied, shall conspicuously affix to such Vehicle a penalty assessment notice or summons and complaint, on the form authorized in Section 16-2-201(2), C.R.S., directing the Owner thereof to respond to and answer the charge at the place and time specified in said notice or summons and complaint, or pay the penalty no later than that date and time to the Jefferson County Treasurer, 100 Jefferson County Parkway, Golden, Colorado 80419.

E. Failure to Comply with Notice of Summons

Attached to Parked Vehicle

If there is no response to the notice or summons within the time specified on the penalty assessment notice or summons as provided in Section D, by appearance and payment at the place and time specified in the penalty assessment notice or summons or by mailing payment by means of United States mail, postage prepaid, or by other disposition of the charge as provided by law, the Office of the Clerk of the Combined Courts may send another notice by mail to the Owner of the Vehicle informing the Owner of the violation and specifying the time and place for the Owner to appear and pay or contest the charges alleged therein.

F. Penalty

Any Person who violates the provisions of Section B of this Ordinance is guilty of a class B traffic infraction and, upon entry of plea of guilty or conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of $50.00. If such Person fails to pay the fine or to appear and contest the fine at the time and date specified, the fine shall be increased to $75.00. If such Person fails to respond to the additional notice sent by the Clerk of the Combined Courts by the time specified therein, it shall be a separate offense and a fine of $100.00 shall be imposed. Such fines and forfeitures shall be collected by the Treasurer of Jefferson County and shall be paid into the treasury of Jefferson County, and are in addition to any other remedies, penalties, fees and costs provided for in this Ordinance.

G.Presumption of Illegal Parking

1. In any prosecution charging a violation of any provision of this Ordinance, proof that the particular Vehicle described in the complaint was Standing, Parked or Stopped in violation of such Ordinance, together with proof that the defendant named in the complaint was at the time of such Standing, Parking or Stopping the registered Owner of such Vehicle, shall constitute prima facie evidence that the registered Owner of such Vehicle was the Person who Stood, Parked or Stopped such Vehicle at the point where, and for the time during which, such violation occurred.

2.Copies of the registration of any Vehicle, certified as such by the State Motor Vehicle Department or the County Clerk and Recorder, shall be sufficient to establish ownership of such Vehicle.

H.Removal and Impoundment

It is a public nuisance, traffic obstruction and grounds to impound the Vehicle, for any Person to Park or leave unattended any Vehicle upon any area or portion of a public Highway or place in violation of or contrary to a Parking limitation or prohibition established pursuant to this Ordinance. This Section shall be in addition to, and shall not supersede, the provisions of Part 18, Article 4, Title 42, C.R.S., regarding towing of abandoned Vehicles.

1. Provision of Notice. Before a Vehicle may be impounded for violation of any of the restrictions imposed by this Ordinance, a Peace Officer shall conspicuously affix to such Vehicle a written notice that, if the Vehicle remains in violation of this Ordinance for more than seventy-two (72) hours after the written notice is affixed to the Vehicle, it may be impounded. A Vehicle may not be impounded unless more than seventy-two (72) hours have passed since the notice was affixed to such Vehicle.

2. Costs of Impoundment. No Vehicle shall be released from impoundment until the charges for impoundment and storage shall have been paid.

3. Right to a Hearing. Within ten (10) working days of receiving written notice sent by first-class mail, an Owner may request a hearing to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office to contest the validity of the impoundment. The request for a hearing shall be in writing and its timeliness will be determined by the postmark on the request. A hearing will be held in accordance with local hearing procedures.

4. Abandonment of Impounded Vehicles. Any impounded Vehicle not claimed within forty-eight (48) hours of the time of impoundment shall be treated as abandoned. The provisions of Part 18, Article 4, Title 42, C.R.S., regarding abandoned Vehicles, shall apply to such Vehicle. Any person who violates this section is guilty of a petty offence and is subject to a fine not to exceed $300 or imprisonment for not more than 10 days or both.

I. All-Night Parking of Vehicles on Clear Creek Canyon Right-Of-Way

1. No Person, except Persons on emergency calls, or Persons in emergency situations, shall Park a Vehicle on the right-of-way in Clear Creek Canyon along U.S. Highway 6 in unincorporated Jefferson County, for a period of time longer than thirty (30) minutes between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m. of any day.

2. The Division shall furnish and arrange for placement and maintenance of Traffic Control Devices in accordance with Sections 42-4-105 C.R.S. designating the portion of the right-of-way along U.S. Highway 6 where Parking is prohibited, pursuant to Section J of this Ordinance.

J. Parking Regulations on Highways in Unincorporated Jefferson County.

1. It shall be unlawful for any Person to Park any Major Motor Vehicle upon any Highway in unincorporated Jefferson County, except for the purposes of loading, unloading or other immediate and active use.

2. No Major Recreational Vehicle or Trailer shall be Parked on any Highway within any Highway in unincorporated Jefferson County for a period in excess of seventy-two (72) hours within any seven-day period.

3.It shall be unlawful for any Person to Park any Vehicle for sale upon any Highway in unincorporated Jefferson County.

4.Major Recreation Vehicles, Motor Vehicles or Trailers cannot be used as overnight accommodations on public property or right of way where not otherwise permitted.

5. The enforcement of these regulations shall be governed by Jefferson County Section A through H of this Ordinance.

K.Restricted Parking in Designated Residential Areas

1. The Division is hereby authorized to determine that there is a need to restrict Parking of Vehicles in a designated residential area by Persons who do not reside in that area who seek access to nearby public buildings or facilities, including schools, based on a finding that unrestricted Parking could:

a.Cause hazardous traffic conditions in the residential area.

b. Produce excessive auto emissions, noise, trash and refuse.

c. Unreasonably burden access by area residents to their residences; or

d.Damage the character of those areas as Residential Districts and diminish the value of property in those areas.

2. Said determination shall not be made unless at least 60 percent (60%) of the households within the designated area support such determination.

3. The boundaries of the area within which Parking will be restricted shall be determined by the Division Director or his/her designee.

4. Upon a determination of need and area as set forth in Section K.1. through K.3, and upon a resolution of approval by the Board of County Commissioners, the Division may include the area on the list specified in the Restricted Parking in Designated Residential Areas Policy and may post signs pursuant to this Ordinance in the area determined to be adversely impacted to limit the

duration of Parking, to designate certain no Parking areas, to limit Parking on certain days and/or during designated hours to residents of such area, to provide notice that Vehicles Parked illegally in such areas are subject to impoundment, and/ or to impose any other restrictions reasonably necessary to mitigate the Parking problem and associated harm.

5. If the Parking restriction limits Parking to residents of the area, resident permits shall be obtained from the Division and dispensed by the homeowner's association, and if there is no association, then by the residents. The homeowner's association or residents shall be required to compensate the County for the cost of the permits. Parking permits shall be distributed to all residents of the designated area who desire a permit.

6. Any resident permit shall be affixed to the lefthand corner of the rear bumper of the Vehicle.

7. This Ordinance shall not apply to emergency Vehicles responding to an emergency or to delivery Vehicles that are in the process of making a delivery within the restricted area.

8. Holders of Parking permits within all areas of Jefferson County for which a permit is required shall be limited to Parking along the frontage of the property where they reside.

9. This Ordinance shall be enforced pursuant to the provisions of Section A through H.

L.Severability

Should any section, clause, sentence, or part of this Ordinance be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be unconstitutional or invalid, the same shall not affect, impair or invalidate this Ordinance as a whole or any part thereof other than the part so declared to be invalid.

M.Public Health, Safety, and Welfare

This Board of County Commissioners hereby finds, determines and declares that this Ordinance is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public health, safety, and welfare.

Legal Notice No. 416599

First Publication: July 13, 2023

Last Publication: July 13, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript

F

Public Notice

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON THE APPROPRIATION OF MONEYS TO AND THE EXPENDITURE OF MONEYS FROM THE DEBT SERVICE FUND AND THE VETERANS MONUMENT FUND FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a proposed supplemental budget concerning the appropriation of moneys to and the expenditure of moneys from the Debt Service Fund and Veterans Monument Fund of the Ken-Caryl Ranch Metropolitan District for fiscal year 2022 has been submitted to the Board of Directors (collectively, the "2022 Supplemental Budget"). A copy of the proposed 2022 Supplemental Budget has been filed at the District's Administrative Offices at 7676 S. Continental Divide Road, where the 2022 Supplemental Budget is available for public inspection. Adoption of the proposed 2022 Supplemental Budget will be considered at 6:00 p.m. at the July 25, 2023 meeting of the District Board. The meeting will be held at the District's Administrative Offices at the address above.

Any interested electors of the Ken-Caryl Ranch Metropolitan District may inspect the proposed 2022 Supplemental Budget and file or register any objections thereto at any time prior to final adoption of the of the 2022 Supplemental Budget. BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE KEN-CARYL RANCH METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

By: Joe Levy, Board President

Legal Notice No. 416614

First Publication: July 20, 2023

Last Publication: July 20, 2023

Publisher: Jeffco Transcript Public Notice

NOTICE AS TO PROPOSED AMENDED 2022 BUDGET AND HEARING CANYON PINES METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a proposed amended budget will be submitted to the CANYON PINES METROPOLITAN DISTRICT for the year of 2022. A copy of such proposed amended budget has been filed in the office of Simmons and Wheeler, P.C, 304 Inverness Way South, Suite 490, Englewood, Colorado, where same is open for public inspection. Such proposed amended budget will be considered at a hearing at the regular meeting of the Canyon Pines Metropolitan District to be held at 10:00 A.M., on Wednesday, July 26, 2023. The meeting will be held via video conference at https://us02web. zoom.us/j/7636703470 and via telephone conference at Dial-In: 1-720-707-2699, Meeting ID: 763 670 3470, Participant code: #. Any interested elector within Canyon Pines Metropolitan District may inspect the proposed amended budget and file or register any objections at any time prior to the final adoption of the amended 2022 budget.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS:

CANYON PINES METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

By: /s/ AJ Beckman

District Manager

Legal Notice No. 416636

First Publication: July 20, 2023

Last Publication: July 20, 2023

Publisher: Jeffco Transcript

Summons and Sheriff Sale

Public Notice

NOTICE OF PENDING CIVIL ACTION

TO: HUNG V. LUU Defendant LOCATION: Jefferson County Colorado District Court 1000 Jefferson County Parkway Golden, Colorado 80401

Case Number: 2023CV30344

Division/Courtroom

Cause of Action Quiet Title

Please take notice that you Hung Luu as a Defendant have a right to be heard. If you do not respond to the lawsuit default judgment will be entered against you and any right or interest you claim in the subject real property will be terminated.

You may obtain the Summons and Complaint in the subject matter by contacting Robert McCormick attorney at law at telephone 970-6732401 and or by contacting one of his staff at 970-281-2601.

Dated May 23, 2023

Legal Notice No. 416571

First Publication: July 13, 2023

Last Publication: August 10, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript

Misc. Private Legals

Public Notice

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWENTIETH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR LEE COUNTY, FLORIDA DOMESTIC RELATIONS

IN RE: The Marriage of:

PERRY MCMULLIN, Petitioner, And ROKSANA D. BOGDAN, Respondent Case No. 23-DR-3587

NOTICE OF ACTION FOR DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE (NO CHILD OR FINANCIAL SUPPORT)

TO: ROKSANA D. BOGDAN {Respondent’s last known address}

7452 West Cedar Circle, Lakewood, Colorado 80226

YOU ARE NOTIFIED that an action for dissolution of marriage has been filed against you and that you are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to it on PERRY MCMULLIN, whose address is 3603 SE 16TH Place, Cape Coral, Florida 33904 or his attorney of record, Albert L. Alguadich, Jr., Esq., whose mailing address is 12651 McGregor Blvd. Bldg. 3-302, Fort Myers, Florida 33919 and whose email address is service@albertmatthewslaw.com on or before August 17, 2023 and file the original with the clerk of this Court at Lee County Clerk of the Circuit Court, 1700 Monroe Street, Fort Myers, Florida 33901 before service on Petitioner or immediately thereafter. If you fail to do so, a default may be entered against you for the relief demanded in the petition.

The action is asking the court to decide how the following real or personal property should be divided: None.

Copies of all court documents in this case, including orders, are available at the Clerk of the Circuit Court’s office. You may review these documents upon request.

You must keep the Clerk of the Circuit Court’s office notified of your current address. (You may file Designation of Current Mailing and EMail Address, Florida Supreme Court Approved Family Law Form 12.915.) Future papers in this lawsuit will be mailed or e-mailed to the address(es) on record at the clerk’s office.

WARNING: Rule 12.285, Florida Family Law

Rules of Procedure, requires certain automatic disclosure of documents and information.

Failure to comply can result in sanctions, including dismissal or striking of pleadings.

Dated: 07/07/2023

Kevin C. Karnes, CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT

By: /s/ J. Collins, Deputy Clerk

Legal Notice No. 416607

First Publication: July 20, 2023

Last Publication: August 10, 2023

Publisher: Jeffco Transcript

Public Notice

Case # 2023-026 Cert # 2013-01160

Premises and to the Person in whose name the same was Taxed or Specially Assessed and to all Person having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and, To Whom it May Concern, and more especially; HARRY MALBIN 100 JEFFERSON COUNTY PKWY #2520 GOLDEN, CO 80419

You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 22ND day of OCTOBER, A.D. 2014, the then county Treasurer of the County of Jefferson and State of Colorado sold at public sale to, JEFFERSON COUNTY, Assignor of, GAIL W. O’BRIEN, Assigner of, RAFAEL JR. VILLELA, Applicant, who has made demand for a Treasurer’s Deed for the following described real estate situated in the County of Jefferson and State of Colorado to wit; A TRACT OF LAND BEING A PART OF THE 30 FOOT RESERVED STRIP IN BLOCK 5, LAKEWOOD HEIGHTS SUBDIVISION, SECOND FILING, LYING WEST OF AND ADJACENT TO DEED RECORDED 4-25-2022 AT RECEPTION NO. 2022038307, AND LYING SOUTH OF THE RIGHT OF WAY OF WEST 10TH AVE, ALSO KNOWN AS LOT UNOA, BLOCK 5, LAKEWOOD HEIGHTS 2ND FILING, AKA: VACANT LAND

That said tax sale was made to satisfy the delinquent 2013 taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2013 that said real estate was taxed in the name of HARRY MALBIN, that the statutory period of redemption expired OCTOBER 22, A.D. 2017; that the same has not been redeemed; that said property may be redeemed at any time before the Tax Deed is issued; that a Tax Deed will be issued to the said, RAFAEL JR. VILLELA, lawful holder of said certificate, on the 6TH day of NOVEMBER at 5:00 P.M., A.D.2023, unless the same has been redeemed on or before 5:00 P.M. of said date.

WITNESS my hand and seal this 10TH Day of JULY, A.D. 2023

Jerry DiTullio Jefferson County Treasurer

Legal Notice No. 416613

First Publication JULY 20, 2023

Final Publication AUGUST 3, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice

Case # 2022-079 Cert # 170322

NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE

AT TAX SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED

To Every Person in Actual Possession of Occupancy of the hereinafter Described land, Lot or Premises and to the Person in whose name the same was Taxed or Specially Assessed and to all Person having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and, To Whom it May Concern, and more especially

LEONA FRANCES TREGO TRUST

1645 GARLAND ST LAKEWOOD CO 80215-2970

You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 17th day of OCTOBER, A.D. 2018, the then county Treasurer of the County of Jefferson and State of Colorado sold at public sale to MERCURY FUNDING LLC, Applicant, who has made demand for a Treasurer’s Deed for the following described real estate situated in the County of Jefferson and State of Colorado to wit; LOT 6, BLOCK 2, BEVERLY HEIGHTS, JEFFERSON COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO,

That said tax sale was made to satisfy the delinquent 2017 taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2017 that said real estate was taxed in the name of LEONA FRANCES TREGO TRUST that the statutory period of redemption expired OCTOBER 17, A.D. 2021; that the same has not been redeemed; that said property may be redeemed at any time before the Tax Deed is issued; that a Tax Deed will be issued to the said, MERCURY FUNDING LLC, lawful holder of said certificate, on the 6TH day of NOVEMBER at 5:00 P.M., A.D. 2023, unless the same has been redeemed on or before 5:00 P.M. of said date. WITNESS my hand and seal this 11th Day of JULY, A.D. 2023

Jerry DiTullio Jefferson County Deputy Treasurer

Legal Notice No. 416626

First Publication JULY 20, 2023

Final Publication AUGUST 3, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice

Case # 2023-025 Cert # 2013-01154

NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED

To Every Person in Actual Possession of Occupancy of the hereinafter Described land, Lot or Premises and to the Person in whose name the same was Taxed or Specially Assessed and to all Person having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and, To Whom it May Concern, and more especially; HAZEL J. MCGLOCHLIN 100 JEFFERSON COUNTY PKWY #2520 GOLDEN, CO 80419

You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 22ND day of OCTOBER, A.D. 2014, the then county Treasurer of the County of Jefferson and State of Colorado sold at public sale to, JEFFERSON COUNTY,

taxed in the name of HAZEL J. MCGLOCHLIN, that the statutory period of redemption expired OCTOBER 22, A.D. 2017; that the same has not been redeemed; that said property may be redeemed at any time before the Tax Deed is issued; that a Tax Deed will be issued to the said, MARK W. NOTHDURFT AND SANDRA A. NOTHDURFT lawful holder of said certificate, on the 30TH day of OCTOBER at 5:00 P.M., A.D.2023, unless the same has been redeemed on or before 5:00 P.M. of said date.

WITNESS my hand and seal this 3RD Day of JULY, A.D. 2023

Jerry DiTullio

Jefferson County Treasurer

Legal Notice No. 416588

First Publication JULY 13, 2023

Final Publication JULY 27, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript

Public Notice

TO: JEFFREY K ARCHULETA:

You are notified that you have 10 days after publication for this notice of levy to file your claim of exemption with the District Court of Jefferson County, 100 Jefferson County Parkway, Golden, CO 80401 in Case 2022CV30427 entitled: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. v. JEFFREY K. ARCHULETA $6,305.63 garnished at Bellco Credit Union, 7600 E. Orchard Rd., Ste 400, Greenwood Village, CO 80111.

Legal Notice No. 416583

First Publication: June 20, 2023

Last Publication: August 17, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript

Public Notice

Case # 2023-011 Cert # 170002

NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED

To Every Person in Actual Possession of Occupancy of the hereinafter Described land, Lot or Premises and to the Person in whose name the same was Taxed or Specially Assessed and to all Person having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and, To Whom it May Concern, and more especially;

RANDY ANDERSON

17003 W. 12TH AVE GOLDEN, CO 80401

FIRST INTERSTATE BANK 215 UNION BLVD LAKEWOOD, CO 80228

PLEASANT VIEW WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT 955 MOSS STREET GOLDEN, CO 80401

You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 17TH day of OCTOBER, A.D. 2018, the then county Treasurer of the County of Jefferson and State of Colorado sold at public sale to, FCM CUST FOR FIG CAPITAL INVESTMENTS CO13 LLC, Assignor of, BUFFALO PLAINS 22 LLC, Applicant, who has made demand for a Treasurer’s Deed for the following described real estate situated in the County of Jefferson and State of Colorado to wit; THE EAST 25 FEET OF LOT 13 AND THE WEST 25 FEET OF LOT 12, HARKINS SUBDIVISION, ALSO KNOWN AS TRACT B LOT 12 AND TRACT B LOT 13, HARKINS, AKA:

17003 W. 12TH AVE

That said tax sale was made to satisfy the delinquent 2017 taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2017 that said real estate was taxed in the name of RANDY ANDERSON, that the statutory period of redemption expired OCTOBER 17, A.D. 2021; that the same has not been redeemed; that said property may be redeemed at any time before the Tax Deed is issued; that a Tax Deed will be issued to the said, BUFFALO PLAINS 22 LLC, lawful holder of said certificate, on the 6TH day of NOVEMBER at 5:00 P.M., A.D.2023, unless the same has been redeemed on or before 5:00 P.M. of said date. WITNESS my hand and seal this 10TH Day of JULY, A.D. 2023

Jerry DiTullio

Jefferson County Treasurer

Legal Notice No. 416619

First Publication JULY 20, 2023

Final Publication AUGUST 3, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript LEGAL PUBLIC NOTICE

The annual meeting of the Arvada Cemetery Association will be held Monday August 7, 2023 at 7:00pm in the Cemetery building. This meeting will include the election of directors for the coming year. All members are welcome.

Legal Notice No. 416514

First Publication: July 13, 2023

Last Publication: July 27, 2023

Publisher: Jeffco Transcript and the Arvada Press Public Notice

Case # 2023-024 Cert # 2013-01153

NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED

To Every Person in Actual Possession of Occupancy of the hereinafter Described land, Lot or Premises and to the Person in whose name the same was Taxed or Specially Assessed and to all Person having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and, To Whom it May Concern, and more especially;

HAZEL J. MCGLOCHLIN 100 JEFFERSON COUNTY PKWY #2520 GOLDEN, CO 80419

You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 22ND day of OCTOBER, A.D. 2014, the then county Treasurer of the County of Jefferson

and State of Colorado sold at public sale to, JEFFERSON COUNTY, Assignor of, MARK W. NOTHDURFT AND SANDRA A. NOTHDURFT, Applicant, who has made demand for a Treasurer’s Deed for the following described real estate situated in the County of Jefferson and State of Colorado to wit; THE WEST 5 FEET OF VACATED MARSHALL STREET (FORMERLY 5TH ST) LYING EAST OF AND ADJACENT TO LOTS 11,12,13,14,15,16 AND 17, BLOCK 23, LAKEWOOD, ALSO KNOWN AS TRACT OSB, BLOCK 23, LAKEWOOD, AKA: VACANT LAND

That said tax sale was made to satisfy the delinquent 2013 taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2013 that said real estate was taxed in the name of HAZEL J. MCGLOCHLIN that the statutory period of redemption expired OCTOBER 22, A.D. 2017; that the same has not been redeemed; that said property may be redeemed at any time before the Tax Deed is issued; that a Tax Deed will be issued to the said, MARK W. NOTHDURFT AND SANDRA A. NOTHDURFT lawful holder of said certificate, on the 30TH day of OCTOBER at 5:00 P.M., A.D.2023, unless the same has been redeemed on or before 5:00 P.M. of said date.

WITNESS my hand and seal this 3RD Day of JULY, A.D. 2023

Jerry DiTullio

Jefferson County Treasurer

Legal Notice No. 416586

First Publication: July 13, 2023

Last Publication: July 27, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript Water Court

Public Notice

DISTRICT COURT, WATER DIVISION 1, COLORADO

JUNE 2023 WATER RESUME PUBLICATION

TO: ALL PERSONS INTERESTED IN WATER APPLICATIONS IN WATER DIV. 1

Pursuant to C.R.S. 37-92-302, you are notified that the following is a resume of all water right applications, and certain amendments filed in the Office of the Water Clerk during the month of JUNE 2023 for each County affected.

2023CW3073 (94CW12) COLORADO DIVISION OF PARKS AND WILDLIFE AND THE PARKS AND WILDLIFE COMMISSION, 6060 Broadway, Denver, CO 8216 (Please address all correspondence and inquiries regarding this matter to Elizabeth M. Joyce, 720-508-6761 and Tarn Udall, 720-508-6266, Office of the Attorney General, 1300 Broadway, 7th Floor, Denver, CO 80203.) APPLICATION TO MAKE WATER RIGHT PARTIALLY ABSOLUTE AND FOR FINDINGS OF REASONABLE DILIGENCE in JEFFERSON AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES, COLORADO. 1. Name, mailing address, e-mail address, and telephone number of Applicant: CPW Attn: Water Rights Program Administrator 6060 Broadway, Denver, Colorado 80216 303-291-7466 2. Description of conditional water right: A. CPW’s 1994 Chatfield Reservoir Storage Right (1994 Storage Right) i. Original decree: Case No. 94CW12, Water Division 1, entered June 1, 2017. ii. Subsequent decrees: N/A iii. Legal description of Chatfield Reservoir: Chatfield Dam is located on the mainstem of the South Platte River in Douglas and Jefferson Counties, the eastern abutment being located in Douglas County in Sections 6 and 7, Township 6 South, Range 68 West, and the western abutment being located in Jefferson County in Section 1, Township 6 South, Range 69 South, 6th P.M. A map depicting the general location of Chatfield Reservoir is attached hereto as Exhibit A. In the decree entered in 94CW12, the location is described as: the southeast-end of dam (right) abutment is located at a point from whence the southeast corner of Section 7, T6S, R68W, 6th P.M. bears South 64º east a distance of 2,064 feet, which point is also described as a point in the SW/4 of the SE/4 of Section 7, T6S, R68W, 6th P.M. that lies 890 feet from the south line and 1,845 feet from the east line of Section 7. iv. Source: South Platte River and its tributaries at and above the Chatfield Dam. v. Amount: 2,000 acre-feet, conditional, one fill only with no right of refill. vi. Date of appropriation: January 28, 1994. vii. Uses: (1) recreational piscatorial uses, wildlife uses, and maintenance of storage reserves, all in Chatfield Reservoir; and (2) augmentation and exchange purposes by CPW, including replacement of depletions for the Chatfield Fish Unit and other water rights owned by CPW. viii. Place of use: Recreational, piscatorial uses, wildlife uses, and maintenance of storage reserves will be within Chatfield Reservoir. The place of use for augmentation and exchange purposes, including for any replacement of depletions at the Chatfield Fish Unit, will be determined when CPW obtains a substitute water supply plan pursuant to § 37-92-308, C.R.S., or successor statutes, or a decree for a plan for augmentation or exchange. 3. Claim to make partially absolute:

A. Date water applied to beneficial use: May 19, 2023, by storing water for the uses described below. See Exhibit B. B. Amount: 239.35 acre-feet.

C. Uses: (1) recreational piscatorial uses, wildlife uses, and maintenance of storage reserves, all in Chatfield Reservoir; and

(2) augmentation and exchange purposes by CPW, including replacement of depletions for the Chatfield Fish Unit and other water rights owned by CPW. See § 37-92-301(4)(e), C.R.S. D. As noted below in Paragraph 6, review of accounting for the water stored under this water right is ongoing. Depending on final accounting, CPW’s claim to make this water right partially absolute may be increased up to a total of 839.35 acre-feet. 4.

Outline of work completed toward diligence: A detailed outline of what has been done toward completion or for completion of the appropriation

and application of water to a beneficial use as conditionally decreed, including expenditures, during the diligence period (June 2017 through June 2023) follows. This list is not intended to be exclusive and may be supplemented by additional evidence. A. CPW has performed monthly reviews of the Water Court resume to determine whether filing of statements of opposition is necessary to protect its water rights in Water Division 1, including the 1994 Storage Right. B. CPW currently has the right to store water in Chatfield Reservoir through the Chatfield Reservoir Reallocation Project (Reallocation Project). The Reallocation Project, which reallocates storage capacity in Chatfield Reservoir to allow an additional 20,600 acre-feet of storage, received final authorization to fill in May of 2020. CPW currently owns 1,000 acre-feet of Reallocation Project reservoir capacity that is reserved for use as part of the Reallocation Project Environmental Pool. CPW has paid over $8,000,000.00 in project costs to implement the Reallocation Project and secure the right to store water in Chatfield Reservoir. C. CPW pursued the acquisition of additional storage space in the Reallocation Project through purchasing orphan shares from the Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB). CPW’s efforts to obtain the additional storage space have included, but are not limited to, hiring a consultant to advise on the need for additional storage space in Chatfield Reservoir to support CPW’s operations and assisting with CWCB’s efforts through the 2023 CWCB Water Projects Appropriations Bill (SB23177) to appropriate $8,000,000.00 from the wildlife cash fund to allow CPW to purchase 924 acre-feet of orphan share space. SB23-177 was approved and CPW is pursuing an agreement with CWCB to complete this acquisition. D. CPW also reached agreement with CWCB to allow CPW to use this orphan share space on a temporary basis until the final acquisition is complete. CPW exercised its rights under this short-term agreement on May 18-19, 2023, when it stored water in its 924 acrefeet of operational space, including 239.35 acrefeet accounted for under the 1994 Storage Right. E. CPW has remained an active member in the Chatfield Reservoir Mitigation Company (CRMC) during the diligence period. CPW has paid annual assessments to CRMC for the development and management of the Reallocation Project. CPW has paid annual assessments of approximately $30,000.00 – $65,000.00 to CRMC. F. CPW staff members serve on the board of directors for the CRMC and participate in the Chatfield Reservoir operations committees. CPW staff members also served on the Technical Advisory Committee for the Chatfield Storage Reallocation Project during the diligence period. G. The Chatfield Fish Unit is currently operated as a holding facility for fish hatched and reared in other CPW facilities for eventual stocking into lakes, streams, and rivers in the Denver Metropolitan Area. CPW intends to expand it into a fully operational warmwater production hatchery that will include the hatching and rearing phases. During the diligence period, CPW staff and counsel have spent hundreds of hours on planning efforts for development of the expanded hatchery, including evaluation of the water rights to support such an expansion. H. CPW hired engineering consultants to evaluate, among other things, the potential yield from the 1994 Storage Right and CPW’s other storage water rights in Chatfield Reservoir. I. Pursuant to Paragraph 18 of the final decree entered in Case No. 90CW123, CPW developed revised accounting forms for its Chatfield Reservoir storage account, including the 1994 Storage Right. The Division Engineer reviewed and approved the updated accounting in May 2020. CPW has also been working with Division of Water Resources (DWR) to further update the accounting to include CPW’s 924 acre-feet of operational space and Environmental Pool operations. J. On February 28, 2023, DWR approved CPW’s request for renewal of a Substitute Water Supply Plan (SWSP) for the Chatfield Fish Unit (No. 9410). The out-ofpriority evaporative depletions from the Fish Unit raceways and settling ponds are currently replaced under the augmentation plan decreed in Case No. 80CW152. The SWSP adds additional sources of replacement water, including the 1994 Storage Right, to replace the evaporative and pond-filling depletions.

5. Claim for findings of reasonable diligence: CPW claims to make 239.35 acre-feet of the 1994 Storage Right absolute and requests that the Court continue the remaining conditional portion of the 1994 Storage Right (1,760.65 acrefeet) based upon the actions set forth in Paragraph 4, above. In the event the Court declines to make 239.35 acre-feet absolute, CPW requests that the Court enter a finding of diligence and continue the 1994 Storage Right as conditional in any amounts not made absolute. 6. Remarks: At the time of filing this application, CPW’s and DWR’s review of accounting for storage in Chatfield Reservoir is ongoing. As part of this review, DWR is working with CPW, CRMC, and other project participants to confirm amounts stored in Chatfield Reservoir during the months of May and June 2023. In the event the final accounting reflects different amounts than those claimed in this application, CPW reserves the ability to adjust the amounts claimed absolute prior to entry of any decree in this case. 7. Name of owners of land upon which structures are located: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 9307 Hwy 121 Littleton, CO 80123-6901 WHEREFORE, CPW respectfully requests this Court enter a decree finding that CPW has made the subject water right partially absolute and has exercised reasonable diligence in the development of the remainder of the conditional storage water right, to continue the conditional portion of the water right in full force and effect, and for such other relief as this Court deems just and proper. (5 pages.)

THE WATER RIGHTS CLAIMED BY THESE APPLICATIONS MAY AFFECT IN PRIORITY ANY WATER RIGHTS CLAIMED OR HERETOFORE ADJUDICATED WITHIN THIS DIVISION AND OWNERS OF AFFECTED RIGHTS MUST AP-

MAKE WATER RIGHT ABSOLUTE OR IN THE ALTERNATIVE FOR FINDINGS OF REASONABLE DILIGENCE, IN JEFFERSON AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES, COLORADO. 1. Name, mailing address, e-mail address, and telephone number of Applicant: CPW Attn: Water Rights Program Administrator 6060 Broadway, Denver, Colorado 80216 303-291-7466 2. Description of conditional water right: A. CPW’s 1990 Chatfield Reservoir Storage Right (1990 Storage Right) i. Original decree: Case No. 90CW123, Water Division 1, entered June 1, 2017. ii. Subsequent decrees: N/A iii. Legal description of Chatfield Reservoir: Chatfield Dam is located on the mainstem of the South Platte River in Douglas and Jefferson Counties, the eastern abutment being located in Douglas County in Sections 6 and 7, Township 6 South, Range 68 West, and the western abutment being located in Jefferson County in Section 1, Township 6 South, Range 69 South, 6th P.M. A map depicting the general location of Chatfield Reservoir is attached hereto as Exhibit A. In the decree entered in 90CW123, the location is described as: the southeast-end of dam (right) abutment is located at a point from whence the southeast corner of Section 7, T6S, R68W, 6th P.M. bears South 64º east a distance of 2,064 feet, which point is also described as a point in the SW/4 of the SE/4 of Section 7, T6S, R68W, 6th P.M. that lies 890 feet from the south line and 1,845 feet from the east line of Section 7. iv. Source: South Platte River and its tributaries at and above the Chatfield Dam. v. Amount: 75 acre-feet, conditional, one fill only with no right of refill. vi. Date of appropriation: June 27, 1990. vii. Uses: (1) recreational piscatorial uses, wildlife uses, and maintenance of storage reserves, all in Chatfield Reservoir; and (2) augmentation and exchange purposes by CPW, including replacement of depletions for the Chatfield Fish Unit and other water rights owned by CPW. viii. Place of use: Recreational, piscatorial uses, wildlife uses, and maintenance of storage reserves will be within Chatfield Reservoir. The place of use for augmentation and exchange purposes, including for any replacement of depletions at the Chatfield Fish Unit, will be determined when CPW obtains a substitute water supply plan pursuant to § 37-92-308, C.R.S., or successor statutes, or a decree for a plan for augmentation or exchange.

3. Claim to make absolute: A. Date water applied to beneficial use: May 19, 2023, by storing water for the uses described below. See Exhibit B. B.

Amount: 75 acre-feet. C. Uses: (1) recreational piscatorial uses, wildlife uses, and maintenance of storage reserves, all in Chatfield Reservoir; and (2) augmentation and exchange purposes by CPW, including replacement of depletions for the Chatfield Fish Unit and other water rights owned by CPW. See § 37-92-301(4)(e), C.R.S. 4. Outline of work completed toward diligence: A detailed outline of what has been done toward completion or for completion of the appropriation and application of water to a beneficial use as conditionally decreed, including expenditures, during the diligence period (June 2017 through June 2023) follows. This list is not intended to be exclusive and may be supplemented by additional evidence.

A. CPW has performed monthly reviews of the Water Court resume to determine whether filing of statements of opposition is necessary to protect its water rights in Water Division 1, including the 1990 Storage Right. B. CPW currently has the right to store water in Chatfield Reservoir through the Chatfield Reservoir Reallocation Project (Reallocation Project). The Reallocation Project, which reallocates storage capacity in Chatfield Reservoir to allow an additional 20,600 acre-feet of storage, received final authorization to fill in May of 2020. CPW currently owns 1,000 acre-feet of Reallocation Project reservoir capacity that is reserved for use as part of the Reallocation Project Environmental Pool. CPW has paid over $8,000,000.00 in project costs to implement the Reallocation Project and secure the right to store water in Chatfield Reservoir. C. CPW pursued the acquisition of additional storage space in the Reallocation Project through purchasing orphan shares from the Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB). CPW’s efforts to obtain the additional storage space have included, but are not limited to, hiring a consultant to advise on the need for additional storage space in Chatfield Reservoir to support CPW’s operations and assisting with CWCB’s efforts through the 2023 CWCB Water Projects Appropriations Bill (SB23-177) to appropriate $8,000,000.00 from the wildlife cash fund to allow CPW to purchase 924 acre-feet of orphan share space. SB23-177 was approved and CPW is pursuing an agreement with CWCB to complete this acquisition. D. CPW also reached agreement with CWCB to allow CPW to use this orphan share space until the final acquisition is complete. CPW exercised its rights under this short-term agreement on May 18-19, 2023, when it stored water in its 924 acre-feet of operational space, including 75 acre-feet accounted for under the 1990 Storage Right. E. CPW has remained an active member in the Chatfield Reservoir Mitigation Company (CRMC) during the diligence period. CPW has paid annual assessments to CRMC for the development and management of the Reallocation Project. CPW has paid annual assessments of approximately $30,000.00 – $65,000.00 to CRMC.

F. CPW staff members serve on the board of directors for the CRMC and participate in the Chatfield Reservoir operations committees. CPW staff members also served on the Technical Advisory Committee for the Chatfield Storage Reallocation Project during the diligence period. G. The Chatfield Fish Unit is currently operated as a holding facility for fish hatched and reared in other CPW facilities for eventual stocking into lakes, streams, and rivers in the Denver Metropolitan Area. CPW intends to expand it into a fully operational warmwater production hatchery that will include the hatching and rearing phases. During the diligence period, CPW staff and counsel have spent hundreds of hours on planning efforts for development of the expanded hatchery, including evaluation of the water rights to support such an expansion. H. CPW hired engineering consultants to evaluate,

among other things, the potential yield from the 1990 Storage Right and CPW’s other storage water rights in Chatfield Reservoir. I. Pursuant to Paragraph 18 of the final decree entered in Case No. 90CW123, CPW developed revised accounting forms for its Chatfield Reservoir storage account, including the 1990 Storage Right. The Division Engineer reviewed and approved the updated accounting in May 2020. CPW has also been working with Division of Water Resources (DWR) to further update the accounting to include CPW’s 924 acre-feet of operational space and Environmental Pool operations.

J. On February 28, 2023, DWR approved CPW’s request for renewal of a Substitute Water Supply Plan (SWSP) for the Chatfield Fish Unit (No. 9410). The out-ofpriority evaporative depletions from the Fish Unit raceways and settling ponds are currently replaced under the augmentation plan decreed in Case No. 80CW152, and the 1990 Storage Right is listed as a replacement source pursuant to the augmentation plan. The SWSP adds additional sources of replacement water, including CPW’s Chatfield Reservoir storage water right decreed in Case No. 94CW12, to replace the evaporative and pondfilling depletions.

5. Alternative claim for findings of reasonable diligence: CPW claims to make the 1990 Storage Right fully absolute. In the event the Court declines to make the claimed right fully or partially absolute, CPW requests the Court enter a finding of diligence and continue the 1990 Storage Right conditional in any amounts not made absolute, based upon the actions set forth in Paragraph 4 above.

6. Remarks: At the time of filing this application, CPW’s and DWR’s review of accounting for storage in Chatfield Reservoir is ongoing. As part of this review, DWR is working with CPW, CRMC, and other project participants to confirm amounts stored in Chatfield Reservoir during the months of May and June 2023. In the event the final accounting reflects different amounts than those claimed in this application, CPW reserves the ability to adjust the amounts claimed absolute prior to entry of any decree in this case.

7. Name of owners of land upon which structures are located: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 9307 Hwy 121 Littleton, CO 80123-6901

WHEREFORE, CPW respectfully requests this Court enter a decree finding that CPW has made the subject water right absolute in its entirety or in the alternative has exercised reasonable diligence in the development of the conditional water right, to continue the conditional water right in full force and effect, and for such other relief as this Court deems just and proper. (5 pages.)

THE WATER RIGHTS CLAIMED BY THESE APPLICATIONS MAY AFFECT IN PRIORITY ANY WATER RIGHTS CLAIMED OR HERETOFORE ADJUDICATED WITHIN THIS DIVISION AND OWNERS OF AFFECTED RIGHTS MUST APPEAR TO OBJECT WITHIN THE TIME PROVIDED BY STATUTE OR BE FOREVER BARRED.

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that any party who wishes to oppose an application, or an amended application, may file with the Water Clerk, P. O. Box 2038, Greeley, CO 80632, a verified Statement of Opposition, setting forth facts as to why the application should not be granted, or why it should be granted only in part or on certain conditions. Such Statement of Opposition must be filed by the last day of AUGUST 2023 (forms available on www. courts.state.co.us or in the Clerk’s office), and must be filed as an Original and include $192.00 filing fee. A copy of each Statement of Opposition must also be served upon the Applicant or Applicant’s Attorney and an affidavit or certificate of such service of mailing shall be filed with the Water Clerk.

Legal Notice No. 416627

First Publication: July 20, 2023

Last Publication: July 20, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript Notice to Creditors

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Bernadette Ann Raso Vallejos, Deceased

Case Number 2023PR332

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before November 6, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Ashley Elizabeth Vallejos

Personal Representative

4224 Laurel Dr. Evans, Colorado 80620

Legal Notice No. 416529

First Publication: July 6, 2023

Last Publication: July 20, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Jermane Helena Piper, aka Germaine H. Piper, Deceased Case Number: 23PR329

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before November 20, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred. Mark

Legal Notice No. 416611

First Publication: July 20, 2023

Last Publication: August 3, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Wilma Leta Sheffield, aka Wilma L. Sheffield, aka Wilma Sheffiel, aka Wilma Jesmer, aka Wilma L. Jesmer, aka Wilma Leta Jesmer, aka Wilma Jesmer Sheffield, aka Wilma L. Jesmer Sheffield, aka Wilma Leta Jesmer Sheffield, Deceased

Case Number: 2023PR30729

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado or Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before November 6, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Farid Seyyedi Farid Seyyedi, #57191

The Burnham Law Firm, P.C.

Attorneys for Personal Representative

12737 E. Euclid Drive Centennial, CO 80111

Legal Notice No. 416534

First Publication: July 6, 2023

Last Publication: July 6, 2023

Publisher: Jeffco Transcript

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Judith Lucille Slack, AKA Judith Lucille Covey, Deceased Case Number: 23PR312

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before 12/1/2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Christine E Waterman

Personal Representative

4805 E 116th Place Thornton, CO 80233

Legal Notice No. 416569

First Publication: July 13, 2023

Last Publication: July 27, 2023

Publisher: Jeffco Transcript

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Therese Marie Bendelow, also known as Therese M. Bendelow, and as Terri Bendelow, Deceased Case No. 2023PR30564

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado, on or before November 13th, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Personal Representative: Mary M. Bendelow

℅ Flanders, Elsberg, Herber & Dunn, LLC 401 Main St., Ste. 1 Longmont, CO 80501

Legal Notice No. 416568

First Publication: July 13, 2023

Last Publication: July 27, 2023

Publisher: Jeffco Transcript

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Peggy Darlene Trujillo, AKA Peggy D. Trujillo, AKA Peggy Trujillo, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30723

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before November 13, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Kimberly Raemdonck, Attorney for Personal Representative, Tyson Trujillo 2485 W Main Street, Suite 200 Littleton, CO 80120

Legal Notice No. 416577

First Publication: July 13, 2023

Last Publication: July 27, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Jonathan Jay Kerkhoff, a/k/a Jonathan J. Kerkhoff, a/k/a Jonathan Kerkhoff, a/k/a Jon Kerkhoff, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30754

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before November 20, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Benjamin J. Hares

Attorney for Judith Kerkhoff, Personal Representative Althaus Law, LLC

11150 Huron Street, Ste. 102 Northglenn, CO 80234 (720) 340-2783

Legal Notice No. 416615

First Publication: July 20, 2023

Last Publication: August 3, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Maryellen Seltenreich, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30732

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before November 6, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Daryl Seltenreich, Personal Representative 7062 S. Robb Street Littleton, CO 80127

Legal Notice No. 416528

First Publication: July 6, 2023

Last Publication: July 20, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Steven Leonard Lunceford, aka Steven Lunceford, Deceased Case Number: 23PR323

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before November 6, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Martin Stewartson, Personal Representative

1987 Taft Drive Lakewood, Colorado 80215

Legal Notice No. 416550

First Publication: July 6, 2023

Last Publication: July 20, 2023

Publisher: Jeffco Transcript

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Kenneth James O’Grady, Deceased

Case Number: 23PR314

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before November 6, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Katie Van Camp, Personal Representative 10381 E 142nd Avenue Brighton, CO 80602

Legal Notice No. 416538

First Publication: July 6, 2023

Last Publication: July 20, 2023

Publisher: Jeffco Transcript

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Marilyn A. Rickert, a/k/a Marilyn Ann Rickert, a/k/a Marilyn Rickert, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30756

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before November 20, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Trisha D. Armour, Personal Representative 6341 S. Brentwood St. Littleton, CO 80123

Legal Notice No. 416578

First Publication: July 13, 2023

Last Publication: July 27, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Sharon Lee Ashcraft, a/k/a Sharon L. Ashcraft, a/k/a Sharon Ashcraft, a/k/a Sharon Lee A Schraft, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 31426

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before September 11, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Ja’Net Rackley Personal Representative 8855 Red Primrose St Franktown, Colorado, 80116

Legal Notice No. 416582

First Publication: July 13, 2023

Last Publication: July 27, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Marilyn J. Rhodes, a/k/a Marilyn Jean Rhodes, a/k/a Marilyn Rhodes, Deceased Case Number 2023PR30246

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the

personal representative or to the District Court of Jefferson, County, Colorado on or before November 13, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Kenneth A. Rhodes, Personal Representative c/o Douglas A. Turner, P.C. 602 Park Point Drive, Suite 240 Golden, CO 80401

Legal Notice No. 416587

First Publication: July 13, 2023

Last Publication: July 27, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Kathleen B. Kaskie, a/k/a Kathleen Bonnell Kaskie, a/k/a Kathleen Kaskie, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30803

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of JEFFERSON County, Colorado on or before 11/20/2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Adrianne L. Fahey, Personal Representative c/o Zisman, Ingraham & Mong, P.C. 8480 East Orchard Rd., Ste. 2500, Greenwood Village, CO 80111

Legal Notice No. 416635

First Publication: July 20, 2023

Last Publication: August 3, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of IRA MARIJKE BLAD, Deceased Case Number: 22PR31328

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before September 25, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

JAN-HEIN TEN BRINK

Personal Representative 32861 Alpine Ln Evergreen, CO 80439

Legal Notice No. 416531

First Publication: July 6, 2023

Last Publication: July 20, 2023

Publisher: Jeffco Transcript Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Jack Lee Hansen, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR030770

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before November 20, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Richard B. Vincent #13843

Attorney to the Personal Representative 1120 W. South Boulder Rd., Suite 101-A Lafayette, CO 80026

Legal Notice No. 416623

First Publication: July 20, 2023

Last Publication: August 3, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of ROBERT E. MURPHY, aka ROBERT EDWARD MURPHY, aka ROBERT MURPHY, and BOB MURPHY, Deceased

Case Number: 2023PR30757

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before November 13, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Bridget M. Hurst, Personal Representative 43 Blue Anchor Cay Road Coronado, CA 92118

Legal Notice No. 416579

First Publication: July 13, 2023

Last Publication: July 27, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Shelley S. Baillie, aka Shelley Streeter Baillie, Deceased Case Number: 23PR364

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before December 1, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Lisa Heule, Personal Representative 1950 W. Littleton Blvd., No. 201 Lilttleton, Colorado 80120

Legal Notice No. 416632

First Publication: July 20, 2023

Last Publication: August 3, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript

Public Notice

Public Notices

aka Bruno Alois Ambros, aka Bruno A Ambros, aka B A Ambros, Deceased

Case Number: 23PR322

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before 11/06/2023 or the claims may be forever barred.

Ilonka Ambros, Personal Representative 1804 Wood Hollow Circle Sarasota, FL 34235

Legal Notice No. 416535

First Publication: July 6, 2023

Last Publication: July 20, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of LARRY LEE LARSEN, a/k/a LARRY L. LARSEN, a/k/a LARRY LARSEN, a/k/a LARY LEE LARSEN, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30672

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before November 6, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Joyce E. Larsen, Personal Representative 117 South Rogers Way Golden, CO 80401

Legal Notice No. 416552

First Publication: July 6, 2023

Last Publication: July 20, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of WILLARD LYLE DUNN, aka WILLARD L. DUNN, aka WILLARD DUNN, Case Number: 2023PR30655

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Jefferson on or before November 14. 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Jan T. Dunn, Personal Representative c/o 5347 S. Valentia Way, Ste. 335 Greenwood Village, CO 80111

Legal Notice No. 416591

First Publication: July 13, 2023

Last Publication: July 27, 2023

Publisher: Jeffco Transcript

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Dolores Virginia Horn, a/k/a Dolores V. Horn, a/k/a Dolores Horn, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30746

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the

personal representative or to the District Court of Jefferson County, Colorado on or before November 13, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Brady McFarland & Lord, LLC

Personal Representative 6870 W. 52nd Ave, Suite 103 Arvada, CO 80002

Legal Notice No. 416559

First Publication: July 13, 2023

Last Publication: July 27, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript

Name Changes

PUBLIC NOTICE

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Public notice is given on July 10, 2023, that a Petition for a Change of Name of a Minor Child has been filed with the Jefferson County Court.

The Petition requests that the name of Munaefechi Maxmillian-Marie Nwamba be changed to Munaefechi Maximilian-Marie Nwamba

Case No.: 23C276

/s/ Sara M. Garrido, Couny Court Judge

Legal Notice No. 416644

First Publication: July 20, 2023

Last Publication: July 20, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript

PUBLIC NOTICE

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Public notice is given on June 27, 2023, that a Petition for a Change of Name of a Minor Child has been filed with the Jefferson County Court.

The Petition requests that the name of Julianna Maya Baxter be changed to Julianna Maya Jane Baxter

Case No.: 23 C 857

/s/ Mary Ramsey Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk

Legal Notice No. 416637

First Publication: July 20, 2023

Last Publication: July 20, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript Children Services

(Adoption/Guardian/Other)

Public Notice

District Court, Jefferson County, Colorado 100 Jefferson County Parkway Golden, CO 80401

In the Matter of the Petition of: Arlene Francis Pope and Michael Lee Pope For the Adoption of a Child

Case Number: 2023JA030013

Division: Q Courtroom: 230

NOTICE OF HEARING

To: Andrea Rae Steadman, Bradley Charles Hodge, and John Doe Pursuant to §19-5-208, C.R.S., you are hereby notified that the above-named Petitioners have filed in this Court a verified Petition seeking to adopt a child.

[x] If applicable, an Affidavit of Abandonment has been filed alleging that you have abandoned the child for a period of one year or more and/or have failed without cause to provide reasonable support for the child for one year or more.

You are further notified that an Adoption hearing is set on August 31, 2023, at 10:30 a.m. in the court location identified above.

You are further notified that if you fail to appear for said hearing, the Court may terminate your parental rights and grant the adoption as sought by the Petitioner(s).

Legal Notice No. 416634

First Publication: July 20, 2023

Last Publication: July 20, 2023

Publisher: Jeffco Transcript

Public Notice

District Court, Jefferson County, Colorado 100 Jefferson County Parkway Golden, CO 80401

In the Matter of the Petition of: Arlene Francis Pope and Michael Lee Pope For the Adoption of a Child Case Number: 2023JA030012

Division: Q Courtroom: 230

NOTICE OF HEARING

To: Andrea Rae Steadman, Bradley Charles Hodge, and John Doe Pursuant to §19-5-208, C.R.S., you are hereby notified that the above-named Petitioners have filed in this Court a verified Petition seeking to adopt a child.

[x] If applicable, an Affidavit of Abandonment has been filed alleging that you have abandoned the child for a period of one year or more and/or have failed without cause to provide reasonable support for the child for one year or more.

You are further notified that an Adoption hearing is set on August 31, 2023, at 10:30 a.m. in the court location identified above.

You are further notified that if you fail to appear for said hearing, the Court may terminate your parental rights and grant the adoption as sought by the Petitioner(s).

Legal Notice No. 416633

First Publication: July 20, 2023

Last Publication: July 20, 2023

Publisher: Jeffco Transcript

Public Notice

City of Golden

Public Notice

District Court, Jefferson County, CO 100 Jefferson County Parkway Golden, CO 80401

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

In the Interest of: Arabella Lynn Teske, Child April 11, 2023: Date of Birth

UPON THE PETITION OF:

Danny Alsop & Alyssa Alsop, Petitioner(s) AND CONCERNING:

Kekoaikaokalani Marfil: Respondent(s)

Case No. 22JA100

Attorney or Party Without Attorney

Danny Alsop & Alyssa Alsop

NOTICE OF ADOPTION PROCEEDING AND SUMMONS TO RESPOND PURSUANT TO §19-5-105(5), C.R.S.

To the above named Respondent(s):

You are hereby notified that a Petition for Adoption has been filed and if you wish to respond to the Petition, you must file your Response with the clerk of this Court within 35 days after this Notice is served on you.

Your response must be accompanied by the applicable filing fee of $192.00.

Your failure to file a Response, or to appear, within 35 days after service, and, in the case of an alleged father, your failure to file a claim of paternity under Article 4 of Title 19, C.R.S., within 35 days after service, if a claim has not previously been filed, may likely result in termination of your parental or your alleged parental rights to the minor child.

The following documents are also served herewith: (check as appropriate)

[x] Petition for (Stepparent, Kinship, Custodial)

Adoption

Petition to Terminate the Parent-Child Legal Relationship (JDF 520). Affidavit of Abandonment (JDF 525)

Other:

Date: July 13, 2023

Clerk of Court/Deputy Clerk

Legal Notice No. 416647

First Publication: July 20, 2023

Last Publication: July 20, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript City of Wheat Ridge

Public Notice

Notice is hereby given that on July 27, 2023 final release will be made by the City of Wheat Ridge, CO for unclaimed bicycles held by the Wheat Ridge Police Department. Claims for custody of goods must be made on or before 4:00 pm MST on the final release date. Call 303-235-2928 with an accurate description, including model and serial number if applicable. Failure on the part of any claimant to contact WRPD will release the City of Wheat Ridge and its employees of and from any and all liability for such claim. The City holds

all rights to dispose of all unclaimed goods which may be donated, or may be sold at public auction.

DESCRIPTION

Black Diamondback Response bike

Black Kent Avalon bike

Black & Green Next Gauntlet 24-inch bicycle

Black Avigo Atra bicycle

Black Novara Express Hybrid Bicycle

Silver Diamondback Wildwood Bicycle

Red & Black Diamondback Apex

Brown & Orange Marin Stinson bike

Spray painted black bike

Black Trek X1 bicycle

Grey Huffy Rock Creek bike

Grey & Black Huffy Beach Cruiser bike

Black Giant Escape bicycle

Black Trek District S Bike

Dark Green Fuji Supreme bike

Yellow Novara Dirt Rider bike

Blue Trek 3700 bicycle

Red Huffy Rockit Brand Children's Bike

Pink & Purple Roadmaster Mt Sport SX mountain bike

Small Black Next bike

Pink Kent Troublemaker Bike

Black Cannondale Mountain 1000 Bicycle

Black & Red Huffy Rock Creek mountain bike

Red Schwinn Frontier bicycle

Pink Next Pretty in Pink child's bike

Red Murray Back Track mountain bike

Black & Blue Huffy Trail Runner mountain bike

Blue painted Havoc FS mountain bike

Silver & Black Trek 7000 mountain bike

Schwinn mountain bike, painted black

Light blue single speed road bike

Black YT Mountain Bike

Silver Mongoose Model R1348TGA bike

Red Giant Rincon bike

Black Giant Escape bike

Black Hyper Shocker 2G mountain bike

Blue Huffy Cranbook Perfect Frame 26M bicycle

Blue & White Diamondback Cobra 20 kids bicycle

Maroon Panasonic DX-2000 bicycle

Multicolor Pink & Blue Genesis Illusion child's bicycle

Blue & White Huffy SeaStar girl's bicycle

Black Excursion mountain bike

Silver Reaction SilverRidge mountain bike

Pink Roadmaster Granite Peak mountain bike

Black Schwinn Fremont Bike

White Trek Wasabi Cruzer 17" bicycle

Blue Genesis Onyx 29-inch Men's Bicycle

Black and Camo BMX RealTree Edge bike

Blue Diamondback Outlook Mountain Bike

Schwinn Sidewinder bicycle

White Nirve Cruiser Bicycle

Purple Firmstrong Urban cruiser bicycle

Red Trek Marlin 5 bicycle

Red Centurion Accordo bicycle

Gray Mongoose Mode 100 bicycle

Gray/Teal Novara Bicycle

Teal Huffy Rock Creek All Terrain bicycle

Red Schwinn Ranger bicycle

Blue, White & Pink Huffy Seastar girl's bicycle

Black Hyper Havoc FS 21-speed mountain bike

Blue Huffy Rock Creek L188H Mountain Bike

Silver/Grey Mongoose Montana bike

Black Huffy Sportmans bike

Legal Notice No. 416604

First Publication: July 13, 2023

Last Publication: July 20, 2023

Publisher: Jeffco Transcript ###

ORDINANCE NO. 2214

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GOLDEN, COLORADO, AMENDING SECTION 10.04.220 OF THE GOLDEN MUNICIPAL CODE TO SET A MAXIMUM SPEED LIMIT OF 20 MILES PER HOUR ON ANY STREET UPON WHICH NO SPEED LIMIT IS POSTED

WHEREAS, the City is a home rule municipality pursuant to Article XX of the Colorado Constitution; and

WHEREAS, the City is authorized to adopt Colorado statute or any standard published codes pursuant to Section 5.13 of the City Charter and C.R.S. §§ 31-16201, et seq.; and

WHEREAS, since 1952, the Colorado Department of Transportation (“CDOT”) has published and regularly updated a Model Traffic Code for Colorado, which is modeled after the applicable state statutes and adopted by municipalities to ensure the uniformity and standardization of traffic regulations throughout the state; and

WHEREAS, the City, on or about July 12, 2022, per Ordinance No. 2189, previously adopted by reference the 2020 edition of the Model Traffic Code for Colorado, as amended and codified in Chapter 10.04 and referenced in Section 8.25.010 of the Golden Municipal Code; and

WHEREAS, the City as a home rule municipality may regulate and set traffic speeds upon City-controlled streets; and

WHEREAS, the City’s Mobility and Transportation Advisory Board (“Board”) has considered the initiative to reduce the speed limit on streets in the City upon which no speed limit is posted from 25 mph to 20 mph (“Initiative”), and the Board unanimously supports the Initiative; and

WHEREAS, the City’s Engineer is responsible for determining and setting the appropriate speed limit on all city-controlled streets by utilizing technical resources and established best practices, and the City’s Engineer supports the Initiative; and

WHEREAS, the City’s Police Department supports the Initiative because vehicular speed is a significant determining factor that increases injuries related to traffic accidents and the Initiative can reduce the likelihood of severe injury and death; and

WHEREAS, the City Council hereby finds that amending Section 10.04.220 of the Golden Municipal Code is necessary for the protection of the health, safety, and welfare of the public and desires to adopt such amendment as set forth herein.

THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY

Public Notices Public Notices

COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GOLDEN, COLORADO:

Section 1. Section 10.04.220 of the Golden Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows, with deletions in strike-through and additions in italicized and bold.

10.04.220. - Section 1101, Speed limits.

Section 1101(2)(a) and (d) Paragraphs (a), (b), (c), and (d) of subsection (2) of section 1101 of the Model Traffic Code are repealed in their entirety and reenacted to provide:

(a) Fifteen miles per hour on any private way open to travel by motor vehicles within mobile home parks;

(b) Fifteen miles per hour in any alley;

(c) Except as otherwise provided in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this subsection, twenty miles per hour on any street upon which a speed limit is not designated by an official traffic control device;

(d) Fifteen miles per hour in any alley.

(d) Reserved.

Section 2. All other ordinances or portions thereof inconsistent or conflicting with this ordinance or any portion hereof is hereby repealed to the extent of such

inconsistency or conflict.

Section 3. The repeal or modification of any provision of the Municipal Code of the City of Golden by this ordinance shall not release, extinguish, alter, modify or change in whole or in part any penalty, forfeiture or liability, either civil or criminal, which shall have been incurred under such provision. Each provision shall be treated and held as still remaining in force for the purpose of sustaining any and all proper actions, suits, proceedings and prosecutions for enforcement of the penalty, forfeiture or liability, as well as for the purpose of sustaining any judgment, decree or order which can or may be rendered, entered or made in such actions, suits, proceedings or prosecutions.

Section 4. This ordinance is deemed necessary for the protection of health, welfare and safety of the community.

Section 5.Codification Amendments. The codifier of the City’s Municipal Code, Municode, is hereby authorized to make such numerical and formatting changes as may be necessary to incorporate the provisions of this ordinance within the Golden Municipal Code.

INTRODUCED, READ, PASSED, AND ORDERED PUBLISHED ON FIRST READING, AT A REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GOLDEN, COLORADO, THE 11th DAY OF JULY, 2023.

READ, PASSED, ADOPTED, AND ORDERED PUBLISHED ON SECOND READING, AT A REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GOLDEN, COLORADO, THE DAY OF ___, 2023.

Laura M. Weinberg, Mayor

ATTEST: Monica S. Mendoza, CMC City Clerk

APPROVED AS TO FORM:

Kathie Guckenberger, City Attorney

I, Monica S. Mendoza, City Clerk of the City of Golden, Colorado, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of a certain proposed ordinance introduced and read before the City Council of the City of Golden at a regular meeting thereof held on the 11th day of July, 2023, and ordered by said City Council to be published as the law provides, and that a public hearing is declared for the 25th day of July, 2023, at 6:30 p.m. at City Hall, 911 10th Street, Golden.

ATTEST: MONICA S. MENDOZA

Monica S. Mendoza, City Clerk of the City of Golden, Colorado

Legal Notice No.: 416641

First Publication: July 20, 2023

Last Publication: July 20, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript

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ORDINANCE NO. 2216

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GOLDEN, COLORADO, REPEALING AND REPLACING CHAPTER 4.96 AND AMENDING SECTION 8.04.880 OF THE CITY OF GOLDEN MUNICIPAL CODE TO REVISE BUSINESS REGULATIONS AND LICENSING REQUIREMENTS FOR NICOTINE AND TOBACCO PRODUCT RETAILERS AND TO PROHIBIT THE SALE OF FLAVORED TOBACCO PRODUCTS.

WHEREAS, the City of Golden has a substantial interest in protecting the health and safety of its residents, including protecting children under 18 years of age, referred to in this ordinance as “youth,” as well as young adults under 21 years of age, from dangerous products like cigarettes, tobacco products, and nicotine products, referred to collectively herein as “tobacco products”; and

WHEREAS, use of tobacco products remains the leading cause of preventable death in the United States, killing more than 480,000 Americans each year, including 5,100 each year in Colorado; and

WHEREAS, according to a 2016 article in the Journal of the American Medical Association Internal Medicine, “State-level Cancer Mortality Attributable to Cigarette Smoking in the United States”, smoking accounts for 25.7% of cancer deaths in Colorado; and

WHEREAS, according to a 2018 publication of the United States Office of the Surgeon General, “Surgeon General’s Advisory on E-cigarette Use Among Youth,” nicotine use can harm the part of the adolescent brain that is responsible for attention, learning, mood, and impulse control, and nicotine use can prime the brain for addiction to other drugs; and in 2018, the Surgeon General declared that electronic cigarette use among youth is an “epidemic”; and

WHEREAS, in a 2012 report entitled “Preventing Tobacco Use Among Youth and Young Adults: A Report of the Surgeon General,” the United States Office of the Surgeon General determined that menthol cigarettes and other flavored tobacco products have been shown to be “starter” tobacco products for youth and other vulnerable and targeted populations, can become habit-forming, and can lead to long-term addiction; and

WHEREAS, according to a 2013 study conducted by the United States Food and Drug Administration, “Preliminary Scientific Evolution of the Possible Public Health Effects of Menthol versus Nonmenthol Cigarettes,” menthol is an appealing option for youth initiating tobacco use because it cools and numbs the throat and reduces irritation; and

WHEREAS, based on that 2013 study, the United States Food and Drug Administration has determined that menthol cigarettes lead to increased initiation of smoking among youth and young adults 18 to 24 years of age, greater addiction to tobacco products, and decreased success in smoking cessation efforts; and

WHEREAS, according to a 2021 federal centers for disease control and prevention study, “Tobacco Product Use and Associated Factors Among Middle and High School Students – National Youth Tobacco Survey, United States, 2021”, close to 40% of all high school cigarette smokers use menthol cigarettes; and

WHEREAS, a 2004 study in Nicotine and Tobacco Research, “The African Americanization of Menthol Cigarette Use in the United States,” states that the tobacco product industry has targeted Black communities for decades by marketing menthol cigarette use through magazine advertising, retail promotions, and sponsorship of community and music events; and

WHEREAS, a 2020 article in Nicotine and Tobacco Research, “Banning Menthol Cigarettes: A Social Justice Issue Long Overdue,” states that although only 29% of White cigarette smokers smoke menthol cigarettes, 85% of Black cigarette smokers and 50% of Hispanic cigarette smokers smoke menthol cigarettes; and

WHEREAS, a 2015 article in the Journal of the American Medical Association, “Flavored Tobacco Product Use Among US Youth Aged 12-17 Years, 2013-2014,” indicated that eight out of ten youth who have ever used a tobacco product first used a flavored tobacco product; and

WHEREAS, “A Report of the Surgeon General” indicated that hookah smoke is linked to many of the same adverse health effects as cigarette smoking, such as heart disease and lung, bladder, and oral cancers; and

WHEREAS, electronic cigarettes and other flavored tobacco products have been made available in a variety of kid-friendly flavors, like cotton candy, gummy candy, and pink lemonade; and

WHEREAS, cigars are sold in hundreds of flavors to mask the harsh taste of tobacco, such as cherry, brownie, and tropical flavors; and

WHEREAS, the City of Golden, Colorado, (the “City”), is a home rule municipality, organized and existing under Article XX, Section 6 of the Colorado Constitution; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to its home rule authority, Sections 2.2 and 13.1 of the City’s Charter, and as further authorized by state law, including, but not limited to, Sections 31-15-401 and 31-15-501 of the Colorado Revised Statutes, the City is authorized to adopt and enforce police power regulations in furtherance of the health, safety, and welfare of its citizens, and specifically, to make all regulations that may be necessary or expedient for the promotion of health and to license and regulate any lawful occupation or business place and to fix the amount, terms, and manner of issuing and

revoking licenses issued therefor; and

WHEREAS, the health and wellbeing of youth is a priority for the City; and

WHEREAS, the City Council finds that this ordinance promotes the overall health and wellbeing of individuals and is in the best interest of the health, safety, and welfare of the public.

THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GOLDEN, COLORADO:

Section 1. Recitals Incorporated. The recitals set forth above are hereby incorporated by reference and are adopted as findings and determinations by the City Council.

Section 2. Chapter 4.96 Repealed and Replaced.

Chapter 4.96 of the Golden Municipal Code, “Nicotine or Tobacco Product Retailers,” is repealed in its entirety and replaced with the following:

Chapter 4.96

NICOTINE OR TOBACCO PRODUCT RETAILERS

4.96.010 - Legislative intent.

It is the intent of the City Council in enacting this chapter to prohibit the sales of Nicotine or Tobacco products to persons under 21 years of age, to prohibit the sales of Flavored Tobacco Products, to encourage responsible tobacco retailing, and to reduce the impact of Nicotine or Tobacco Product use by young people in Golden.

4.96.020-Definitions. The following words and phrases, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

Characterizing Flavor means:

(1) a taste or aroma, other than the taste or aroma of tobacco, imparted either prior to or during consumption of a Nicotine or Tobacco Product or any byproduct produced by the Nicotine or Tobacco Product, including, but not limited to, tastes or aromas relating to menthol, mint, wintergreen, fruit, chocolate, vanilla, honey, candy, cocoa, dessert, alcoholic beverage, herb, or spice; or

(2) a cooling or numbing sensation in the mouth imparted by a blend of taste and smell sensations during consumption of a Nicotine or Tobacco Product; provided, however, that a Nicotine or Tobacco Product shall not be determined to have a Characterizing Flavor solely because of the use of additives or flavorings or the provision of ingredient information.

Consumer means any person in the city who purchases, uses, or otherwise consumes Nicotine or Tobacco Products.

Department means the City of Golden Police Department, and any agency or person designated by the Department to enforce or administer the provisions of this chapter.

Electronic Smoking Device means:

a. Any battery-powered or electronic oral device that provides or delivers, or is intended to provide or deliver, an inhaled dosage of nicotine, a vapor of nicotine, a vapor of a solution containing nicotine, a particulate or vaporized substance containing nicotine, or aerosol of a solution containing nicotine to a person for consumption, whether such device is homemade, manufactured, distributed, marketed, or sold as an electronic cigarette, an electronic cigar, an electronic cigarillo, an electronic pen, an electronic pipe, or an electronic hookah or any other product name or descriptor; or

b. Any battery-powered or electronic oral device that can be used by an individual to simulate smoking in the delivery of nicotine or any other substance, even if marketed as nicotine-free, through inhalation from the product.

Electronic Smoking Device includes any component, part, or accessory of a device described in a. or b. of this definition, whether or not marketed or sold separately, including refills and cartridges.

Flavored Tobacco Product means any Nicotine or Tobacco Product that imparts a Characterizing Flavor. There shall be a rebuttable presumption that a Nicotine or Tobacco Product is a Flavored Tobacco Product if a Nicotine or Tobacco Retailer, Manufacturer, or any employee or agent of a Nicotine or Tobacco Retailer or Manufacturer has:

(1)made a public statement or claim that the Nicotine or Tobacco Product imparts a Characterizing Flavor; or

(2) used text or images on the Nicotine or Tobacco Product’s Labeling or Packaging to indicate explicitly or implicitly that the Nicotine or Tobacco Product imparts a Characterizing Flavor; or

(3) taken action directed to Consumers or the public that would reasonably be expected to cause Consumers or other members of the public to believe the Nicotine or Tobacco Product imparts a Characterizing Flavor.

Labeling means written, printed, or graphic matter upon any Nicotine or Tobacco Product or any of its Packaging, or accompanying such Nicotine or Tobacco Product.

License means the Nicotine or Tobacco Product Retailer license required by this chapter.

Licensee means any person, partnership, joint venture, society, club, trustee, trust, association, organization, or corporation who owns, operates, or manages any tobacco retail establishment. Licensee does not mean the non-management employees of any tobacco retail establishment. Licensed Premises means any area of the premises

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where Nicotine or Tobacco Products are authorized to be sold or dispensed to a Consumer including, but not limited to, the grounds occupied by a Licensee and any store, stand, outlet, location, vending machine, or structure where Tobacco or Nicotine Products are sold, as designated in the approved license application.

Manufacturer means any person, including any repacker or relabeler, who manufactures, fabricates, assembles, processes, or labels a Nicotine or Tobacco Product, or a person who imports a finished Nicotine or Tobacco Product for sale or distribution into the United States.

Minimum Legal Sales Age means 21 years of age or older.

Nicotine or Tobacco Product means:

a. Any product that contains, is made of, or derived from nicotine, from any source, or tobacco, and is intended to be consumed by an individual; or

b. An Electronic Smoking Device; or

c. Any device, other than an Electronic Smoking Device, manufactured, distributed, marketed, or sold for use by an individual to consume Nicotine or Tobacco Products. The term “device” includes, without limitation, cigarettes, cigars, cigarillos, pipes, or any product that, because of its appearance, type, Packaging, or Labeling, is suitable for use and likely to be offered to, or purchased by, Consumers for consuming Nicotine or Tobacco Products; or

d. Nicotine or Tobacco Product includes any component, part, or accessory intended or reasonably expected to be used with a product or device described in a., b., or c. of this definition, whether or not sold separately.

e. Nicotine or Tobacco Product does not include any product specifically approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration as a tobacco cessation product for any of the following uses, when such product is being marketed and sold solely for such use: (1) reducing, treating, or eliminating nicotine or tobacco dependence; (2) mitigating, treating, or preventing disease; or (3) other medical purposes.

Nicotine or Tobacco Product Retailer means any Person who sells, offers for sale, offers to sell through advertising or otherwise, or does or offers to exchange for any form of consideration, a Nicotine or Tobacco Product to Consumers at retail.

Nicotine or Tobacco Product Retailing means the selling, offering for sale, or exchanging for any form of consideration, a Nicotine or Tobacco Product to Consumers at retail. This definition is without regard to the quantity of Nicotine or Tobacco Products or Tobacco or Nicotine Paraphernalia sold, offered for sale, exchanged, or offered for exchange.

Packaging means a pack, box, carton, or container of any kind or, if no other container, any wrapping (including cellophane) in which a Nicotine or Tobacco Product is sold or offered for sale to a Consumer.

Person means any natural person, partnership, cooperative association, corporation, personal representative, receiver, trustee, assignee, or any other legal entity.

Retail Tobacco Business means a Person engaged primarily in the sale at retail of any Nicotine or Tobacco Product, and in which the sale of other products is less than 25 percent of gross sales receipts.

Self-Service Display means the open display or storage of Nicotine or Tobacco Products, Electronic Smoking Devices, or Tobacco or Nicotine Paraphernalia in a manner that is physically accessible in any way to the general public without the assistance of the Nicotine or Tobacco Product Retailer or an employee or agent of such retailer and a direct person-to-person transfer between the purchaser and the retailer or employee or agent of the retailer. A vending machine qualifies as a Self-Service Display.

Tobacco or Nicotine Paraphernalia means any item designed or marketed for the consumption, use, or preparation of Nicotine or Tobacco Products.

Youth-Oriented Facility means any public or private elementary school, middle school, or high school.

4.96.030 - License required.

(a) Nicotine or Tobacco Product Retailer License required.

(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to act as a Nicotine or Tobacco Product Retailer in the city without first obtaining and maintaining a valid License pursuant to this chapter for each location where Nicotine or Tobacco Product Retailing occurs.

(2) No License may be issued to authorize Nicotine or Tobacco Product Retailing anywhere other than at a fixed location that is designated in the license application and License. Nicotine or Tobacco Product Retailing from other than a fixed location is prohibited.

(3) Except as provided in this subparagraph, no License shall be issued to authorize Nicotine or Tobacco Product Retailing within 500 feet of a Youth-Oriented Facility, as measured by a straight line from the nearest point of the property line of the site of the YouthOriented Facility to the nearest point of the property line of the site of the premises proposed for licensure. The foregoing notwithstanding, a Nicotine or Tobacco Product Retailer operating lawfully on April 26, 2012, shall be exempt from the 500-foot prohibition set forth in this section, provided that a License for such location is issued within 30 days of the effective date of the ordinance from which this section is derived, and continuously maintained.

(4) A Licensed Premises may only have one active License at one time.

(b) Display of License. Each License shall be displayed as required by Section 4.04.020 of this Code.

4.96.040 - Regulations.

(a) Minimum Legal Sales Age. No License issued pursuant to this chapter shall authorize a Nicotine or Tobacco Product Retailer to sell a Nicotine or Tobacco Product to any person who is under the Minimum Legal Sales Age.

(b) Minimum age for persons handling Nicotine or Tobacco Products. It shall be unlawful for a Licensee to allow, permit, or require any person who is younger than the Minimum Legal Sales Age to sell, stock, retrieve, or otherwise handle Nicotine or Tobacco Products during the course of operation of the business.

c) No unaccompanied minors permitted in Retail Tobacco Businesses. It shall be unlawful for a Retail Tobacco Business Licensee to allow or permit a person who is younger than Minimum Legal Sales Age to be admitted or remain upon the Licensed Premises, unless such person is accompanied by their parent or legal guardian. A Retail Tobacco Business Licensee shall display a warning sign as specified in this section, to be provided by the city clerk’s office. The warning shall be displayed in a prominent place within the Licensed Premises that is visible to the public, and shall have a minimum height of three inches and a width of six inches, with each letter a minimum of one-half (.5) inch in height, and shall read as follows:

WARNING: It is a violation of the Golden Municipal Code for any person under twenty-one (21) years of age to be on the premises of this business unless accompanied by their parent or legal guardian.

(d) Requirements of positive identification. No Licensee shall sell or transfer a Nicotine or Tobacco Product to a person without first examining a government-issued photographic identification of the recipient to confirm that the recipient is at least the Minimum Legal Sales Age.

(f) On or after September 1, 2023 it shall be a violation of this chapter for any Nicotine or Tobacco Product Retailer located within the city or any of such Nicotine or Tobacco Product Retailer’s agents or employees to sell, distribute, or offer for sale or distribution any Flavored Tobacco Product, or to display, market, or advertise for sale any Flavored Tobacco Product within the City.

(g) Self-Service Display prohibited. It is unlawful for a Licensee to engage in Nicotine or Tobacco Product Retailing by means of a Self-Service Display except at a location in which persons under the Minimum Legal Sales Age are prohibited entry and persons are not permitted to enter such location unless the Nicotine or Tobacco Retailer, its employee, or agent verifies that the individual seeking entry into the location is the Minimum Legal Sales Age by examining the individual’s government-issued photographic identification.

(h) Signage posted. Any person who sells or offers to sell any Nicotine or Tobacco Product shall display a warning sign as specified in this section. The warning shall be displayed in a prominent place within the Licensed Premises that is visible to the public, and shall have a minimum height of three inches and a width of six inches, with each letter a minimum of one-half (.5) inch in height, and shall read as follows:

WARNING IT IS ILLEGAL TO SELL NICOTINE OR TOBACCO PRODUCTS TO ANY PERSON UNDER TWENTYONE YEARS OF AGE.

(h) City Manager regulations. The City Manager shall have the power to promulgate rules and regulations as are reasonable and necessary to implement and administer the requirements of this chapter.

4.96.050 – License application procedure.

(a) An application for a License shall be submitted and signed by an individual authorized by the Person making application for the License.

(b) An application for a License for an operation for which there is a reasonable expectation that it will meet the definition of Retail Tobacco Business shall so indicate in the application. For any License that is granted pursuant to an application indicating that a Retail Tobacco Business is anticipated on the Licensed Premises, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that the business is a Retail Tobacco Business.

(c) All license applications shall be submitted on a form supplied by the city clerk, which form shall require an applicant to provide a copy of any deed, lease, or contract reflecting the right of the applicant to possess and operate the proposed Licensed Premises.

(d) All license applications shall be accompanied by the payment in full of an application fee and all other fees as required by this Code, as established by City Council resolution. The fee shall be calculated so as to recover the cost of administration and enforcement of this chapter, including, for example, issuing a license, administering the license program, retailer education and training, retailer inspection, compliance checks, documentation of violations, and prosecution of violators, but shall not exceed the estimated cost of the regulatory program authorized by this chapter. Fees are nonrefundable except as may be required by law.

(e) Applicants and Licensees shall inform the city clerk in writing of any change to the information submitted on an application for a License within 30 calendar days of a change, including, without limitation, a change that indicates that the Licensee is operating as a Retail Tobacco Business.

(f) No License shall be issued to any natural person under the Minimum Legal Sales Age at time of application.

(g) A Person who has had a License revoked may not apply for a new License for a one-year period after the effective date of such revocation.

4.96.060 - Issuance of Nicotine or Tobacco Product Retailer License.

(a) Upon the receipt of a complete application for a License and all required fees, the city clerk shall issue a License within 30 days, which period may be extended by the city clerk for good cause, unless credible evidence indicates that one or more of the following bases for denial exists:

(1) The information presented in the application is incomplete or objectively verifiable as inaccurate or false;

(2) The applicant seeks a license for a location prohibited by this chapter;

(3) The applicant seeks a license for a location that is not appropriately zoned for the proposed use;

(4) The proposed location for the requested license is not otherwise in compliance with all city, state, or federal laws that pertain to the proposed use; or

(5) The applicant is not qualified to hold the requested license under the provisions of this chapter.

(b) If the city clerk denies the application for issuance of the license, the city clerk shall notify the applicant in writing by regular mail, postage prepaid, to the address shown in the application. The notice shall include the grounds for denial. Notice is deemed to have been properly given upon mailing.

4.96.070 - Appeal of denial of issuance of license.

(a) An applicant has the right to appeal the city clerk’s denial of an application to a hearing officer that shall be appointed by the city council by resolution. Such appeal shall be initiated by filing a written request with the city clerk within 20 calendar days of the date of the notice of denial of the issuance of a License.

(b) The applicant’s failure to timely appeal the decision of the city clerk is a waiver of the applicant’s right to contest the denial of the issuance of a License.

(c) The appeal, including any right to further appeals, shall be conducted and controlled by the provisions of chapter 2.35 of the Golden Municipal Code.

4.96.080 - License terms; renewal; expiration.

(a) Term. A License shall be valid for a term of one year. A License is invalid if the appropriate fee has not been timely paid in full or if the term of the License has expired.

(b) Renewal of License. A Licensee shall apply for the renewal of the License and submit the renewal License fee no later than 30 calendar days prior to expiration of the existing term. The city clerk shall renew the License prior to the end of the term, provided that the renewal application and fee were timely submitted, and the city clerk is not aware of any fact that would have prevented issuance of the original License.

(c) Expiration of License. A License that is not timely renewed shall expire at the end of its term. The failure to timely obtain a renewal of a License requires submission of a new application. There shall be no sale of any Nicotine or Tobacco Products after the License expiration date until a new License is issued and in effect.

4.96.090 - License non-transferable.

(a) A License shall not be transferred from one Person to another or from one location to another.

(b) If a License has been issued to a husband and wife, or to general or limited partners, the death of a spouse or partner shall not require the surviving spouse or partner to obtain a new License for the remainder of the term of that License. All rights and privileges granted under the original License shall continue in full force and effect as to such survivors for the balance of the term of the License. Surviving spouses or partners that desire to continue as a Licensee shall be required to apply for a new License upon the expiration of the term of the License maintained after the death of a spouse or partner.

4.96.100 - Compliance monitoring.

(a) Compliance monitoring of this chapter shall be by the Department, as the Department deems appropriate.

(b) The Department shall have the discretion to consider previous compliance history of a Licensee in determining how frequently to conduct compliance checks of a Licensee.

(c) Nothing in this paragraph shall create a right of action in any Licensee or other person against the city, the Department, or their agents and officers.

(d) Compliance checks shall be conducted at least twice per calendar year to allow the Department to determine, at a minimum, if the Nicotine or Tobacco Product Retailer is conducting business in a manner that complies with laws regulating access to Nicotine or Tobacco Products. When the Department deems appropriate, the compliance checks may determine compliance with other laws applicable to Nicotine or Tobacco Products.

(e) All Licensed Premises with a compliance or inspection violation shall be re-checked for compliance within forty-five (45) days of a violation.

4.96.110 - Suspension or revocation of license.

(a) The following shall be grounds for suspension or revocation of a Licensee’s License(s):

(1) A violation by a Licensee or a Licensee’s officers, agents, or employees of any of the provisions of this chapter, or any laws of the State of Colorado or ordinances of the City of Golden relating to the sale or furnishing of Nicotine or Tobacco Products, or the storage or display of Nicotine or Tobacco Products, including, without limitation, Title 44, Article 7 of the Colorado Revised Statutes, Section 18-13-121 of the Colorado

Revised Statutes, and Section 8.04.880 of the Golden Municipal Code;

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(2) Violations of any conditions imposed by the city clerk or hearing officer in connection with the issuance or renewal of the License;

(3) Failure to pay state or local taxes that are related to the operation of the business associated with the License;

(4) Loss of right to possession to the Licensed Premises;

(5) Fraud, misrepresentation, or an objectively verifiable false statement of material fact contained in the original or renewal license application.

(b) The city council shall appoint a hearing officer to hear all actions relating to the suspension or revocation of Licenses pursuant to this chapter. The hearing officer shall have the authority to impose remedial sanctions for violations.

(c) The Department shall commence suspension or revocation proceedings by petitioning the hearing officer to issue an order to the Licensee to show cause why the Licensee’s License(s) should not be suspended or revoked. The hearing officer shall issue such an order to show cause if the petition demonstrates that probable cause exists to determine that one or more grounds exist pursuant to subsection (a) to suspend or revoke the Licensee’s License. The order to show cause shall set the matter for a public hearing before the hearing officer.

(d) The city clerk shall give notice of the public hearing no later than 21 calendar days prior to the hearing by mailing the same in writing to the Licensee at the address contained in the Licensee’s License. At the hearing, the Licensee shall have the opportunity to be heard, to present evidence and witnesses, and to cross examine witnesses presented by the Department. The hearing officer shall have the power to administer oaths and issue subpoenas to require the presence of persons and the production of papers, books, and records necessary to the determination of any hearing that the hearing officer is authorized to conduct. The standard of proof at such hearings shall be a preponderance of the evidence. The burden of proof shall be upon the Department.

(e) In determining whether a License should be suspended or revoked, and in determining whether to impose conditions in the event of a suspension, the hearing officer shall consider the following factors:

(1) The nature and circumstances of the violation;

(2) Corrective action, if any, taken by the Licensee;

(3) Prior violations, if any, by the Licensee;

(4) The likelihood of recurrence of the violation;

(5) Whether the violation was willful;

(6) Previous sanctions, if any, imposed on the Licensee.

(f) The hearing officer shall consider the following non-

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binding guidelines in determining whether to suspend or revoke a License and, in the case of a suspension, the length of the suspension. The purpose of these guidelines is to facilitate consistent treatment of violations of this chapter. The actual sanction imposed upon a Licensee for any violation may vary from the guidelines when warranted by the specific facts and circumstances of the case. The decision of the hearing officer with respect to the suspension or revocation of a License shall constitute a final administrative action by the City of Golden, subject to judicial review to the municipal court pursuant to section 2.35.050 of the Golden Municipal Code.

(1) For a first offense, suspension for seven (7) days.

(2) For a second offense within a two-year period, suspension for thirty (30) days.

(3) For a third or subsequent offense within a two-year period, revocation of the License.

4.96.120 - Enforcement.

(a) The remedies provided by this chapter are cumulative and in addition to any other remedies available at law or in equity.

(b) Causing, permitting, aiding, abetting, or concealing a violation of any provision of this chapter is unlawful and shall cause the offender to be subject to the general penalty provisions of the Golden Municipal Code.

(c) Violations of this chapter are hereby declared to be public nuisances.

(d) In addition to other remedies provided by this chapter or by other law, any violation of this chapter may be remedied by a civil action brought by the city attorney, including, for example, administrative or judicial nuisance abatement proceedings, civil or criminal code enforcement proceedings, and suits for injunctive relief.

Section 3. Section 8.04.880 Amended. Section

8.04.880 of the Golden Municipal Code, “Underage person’s tobacco restrictions and prohibitions,” is hereby amended to read as follows, with additions shown in underline and deletions shown in strikethrough

8.04.880 Underage person’s tobacco restrictions and prohibitions.

(a) Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following words shall mean as defined have the following meanings unless the context specifies otherwise:

(1) Consume means to use, to possess, to inhale, to chew, to dissolve, to absorb, to be applied to the skin of, to heat, to sniff, or to ingest by any other means.

(2) Electronic smoking device means:

a. Any battery powered or electronic oral device that provides or delivers, or is intended to provide or deliver, an inhaled dosage of nicotine, a vapor of nicotine, a vapor of a solution containing nicotine, a particulate or

vaporized substance containing nicotine, or aerosol of a solution containing nicotine to a person for consumption, whether such device is homemade, manufactured, distributed, marketed, or sold as an electronic cigarette, an electronic cigar, an electronic cigarillo, an electronic pen, an electronic pipe, or an electronic hookah or any other product name or descriptor; or

b. Any battery powered or electronic oral device that can be used by an individual to simulate smoking in the delivery of nicotine or any other substance, even if marketed as nicotine-free, through inhalation from the product; and

c. Any product intended for use with an electronic smoking device, including refills, cartridges and component part of a product, whether or not marketed or sold separately has the meaning provided in Section 4.96.020 of this Code.

(3) Nicotine product or tobacco product means:

a. Any product that contains, is made of, or derived from nicotine or tobacco, and is intended to be consumed by an individual; or

b. An electronic smoking device; or

c.Any device, other than an electronic smoking device, manufactured, distributed, marketed or sold for use by an individual to consume nicotine or tobacco products. The term device includes without limitation cigarettes, cigars, cigarillos, pipes, or any product that, because of its appearance, type, packaging, or labeling, is suitable for use and likely to be offered to, or purchased by, consumers for making cigarettes.

d. Nicotine product or tobacco product does not include any product specifically approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration as a tobacco cessation product, for use in reducing, treating or eliminating nicotine or tobacco dependence, for use in mitigating, treating, or preventing disease, or for other medical purposes, when such product(s) is being marketed and sold solely for such an approved purpose has the meaning provided in Section 4.96.020 of this Code.

(4) Vapor product means any product intended for use with an electronic smoking device, including refills, cartridges and component parts of a product, whether or not marketed or sold separately, which provides or delivers, or is intended to provide or deliver, a vapor, a vapor of a solution, a particulate or vaporized substance, or aerosol of a solution, even if marketed as nicotine-free.

(b) It shall be unlawful for anyone under the age of 21 years to purchase, attempt to purchase, or consume any nicotine product or tobacco product or vapor product.

(c) It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly furnish or offer to furnish, or possess with the intent to furnish or offer to furnish, to any person who is under 21 years of age, whether by gift, sale, or any other means, any nicotine product or tobacco product or

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vapor product.

(d) Violations of subsection (b) shall be civil in nature, subject to a minimum fine of $100.00 and a maximum fine of $400.00; except that nothing herein shall be deemed to restrict the municipal court from imposing upon a person, in lieu of a fine, a requirement to participate in a tobacco or vaping education program.

(ec) It shall be unlawful for Aany person who sells, offers to sell, or possesses with intent to sell or offer for sale any nicotine product or tobacco product shall to fail to display a warning sign as specified in this section required by Section 4.96.040 of this Code. The warning shall be displayed in a prominent place within the establishment, and shall have a minimum height of three inches and a width of six inches, and shall read as follows:

WARNING

IT IS ILLEGAL FOR ANY PERSON UNDER TWENTYONE YEARS OF AGE TO PURCHASE NICOTINE OR TOBACCO PRODUCTS.

(f) That any person under the age of 21 is/was in possession of any package or container with labeling indicating that such contains nicotine or tobacco products shall be prima facie evidence of a violation of subsections (b) and (c) herein.

(gd) It shall be unlawful for any person who sells, dispenses, distributes, or offers to sell, dispense or distribute any tobacco product or nicotine product to store, display, or sell such tobacco or nicotine products in any area or means that is accessible for use by the public without assistance from the seller of such goods or products. This subsection shall not be construed to preclude or prohibit the storage or display of tobacco or nicotine products in an area viewable by the public so long as such items are not accessible to the public without assistance from the seller.

Section 4. If any article, section, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance is held to be unconstitutional or invalid for any reason, such decision shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this ordinance and each part or parts hereof irrespective of the fact that any one part or parts be declared unconstitutional or invalid.

Section 5. Repealer. All other ordinances or portions thereof inconsistent or conflicting with this ordinance or any portion hereof is hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency or conflict.

Section 6. The repeal or modification of any provision of the Municipal Code of the City of Golden by this ordinance shall not release, extinguish, alter, modify or change in whole or in part any penalty, forfeiture or liability, either civil or criminal, which shall have been

incurred under such provision. Each provision shall be treated and held as still remaining in force for the purpose of sustaining any and all proper actions, suits, proceedings and prosecutions for enforcement of the penalty, forfeiture or liability, as well as for the purpose of sustaining any judgment, decree or order which can or may be rendered, entered or made in such actions, suits, proceedings or prosecutions.

Section 7. Safety. This ordinance is deemed necessary for the protection of health, welfare, and safety of the community.

Section 8. Codification Amendments. The codifier of the City’s Municipal Code, Municode, is hereby authorized to make such numerical and formatting changes as may be necessary to incorporate the provisions of this ordinance within the Golden Municipal Code.

Section 9. Effective Date. This ordinance shall become effective _____________________.

INTRODUCED, READ AND PASSED AS AN ORDINANCE, ON FIRST READING, AT A REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GOLDEN, COLORADO, THE 11TH DAY OF JULY, 2023.

READ, PASSED AND ADOPTED AS AN ORDINANCE ON SECOND READING, AT A REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GOLDEN, COLORADO, THE DAY OF ___, 2023.

Laura M. Weinberg, Mayor

ATTEST: Monica S. Mendoza, CMC City Clerk

APPROVED AS TO FORM:

Kathie B. Guckenberger City Attorney

I, Monica S. Mendoza, City Clerk of the City of Golden, Colorado, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of a certain proposed ordinance introduced and read before the City Council of the City of Golden at a regular meeting thereof held on the 11th day of July, 2023, and ordered by said City Council to be published as the law provides, and that a public hearing is declared for the 25th day of July, 2023, at 6:30 p.m. at City Hall, 911 10th Street, Golden.

ATTEST: MONICA S. MENDOZA

Monica S. Mendoza, City Clerk of the City of Golden, Colorado

Legal Notice No.: 416640

First Publication: July 20, 2023

Last Publication: July 20, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript

ORDINANCE NO. 2217

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GOLDEN, COLORADO, AMENDING SECTION 3.05.030 OF THE GOLDEN MUNICIPAL CODE CONCERNING LOCAL RETAIL SALES TAX LICENSES

WHEREAS, the City of Golden, Colorado, (the “City”), is a home rule municipality, organized and existing under Article XX, Section 6 of the Colorado Constitution; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to Article XX, Section 6 of the Colorado Constitution, the authority to enact, administer and enforce sales and use taxes is within the constitutional grant of power to the City and is necessary to raise revenue with which to conduct the affairs and render the services performed by the City; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to such authority, the City has adopted and enacted the City of Golden Tax Code (the “Code”), under which City sales and use tax is levied; and

WHEREAS, Chapter 3.05 of the Code requires a sales and use tax license for any person carrying on of any trade, profession, business, privilege, occupation or calling of any kind within the City; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to Senate Bill 22-032, and as a matter of statewide concern, the Colorado General

Assembly prohibited local taxing jurisdictions from requiring retailers to apply separately for a local license to make retail sales in such jurisdictions if such retailers have a state standard retail license and either do not have physical presence or have only incidental physical presence within the local taxing jurisdiction, effective July 1, 2023, as set forth in C.R.S. Section 39-26-802.9; and

WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that modifying the sales tax licensing provisions in the Municipal Code to conform to Senate Bill 22-032 is in the City’s best interest.

THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GOLDEN, COLORADO:

Section 1. Recitals Incorporated. The recitals set forth above are hereby incorporated by reference and are adopted as findings and determinations by the City Council.

Section 2. Section 3.05.030(f) Amended. Subsection (f) of Section 3.05.030 of the Golden Municipal Code, “Licensing,” is hereby amended to read as follows, with additions shown in underline and deletions shown in strikethrough: 3.05.030 Licensing.

(f) Any retailer having only an economic nexus with the city and that either has not established a physical presence in the city or that has only incidental physical presence in the city shall be exempt from the provi-

sions of Section 3.05.010, subsections 3.05.020(b) and (c), and the license renewal provisions of section 3.05.040 of this chapter. ; provided, however, s Such retailer, including a retailer that has been issued a state standard retail license, shall furnish furnishes in writing to the finance director any change to the name and address or contact information or additional information as required by the finance director pursuant to Section 3.06.010 of this Code. of the licensee or any other material change to the information submitted on an application for a license within 30 calendar days of such change.

Section 3. If any article, section, paragraph, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance is held to be unconstitutional or invalid for any reason, such decision shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this ordinance and each part or parts hereof irrespective of the fact that any one part or parts be declared unconstitutional or invalid.

Section 4. Repealer. All other ordinances or portions thereof inconsistent or conflicting with this ordinance or any portion hereof is hereby repealed to the extent of such inconsistency or conflict.

Section 5. The repeal or modification of any provision of the Municipal Code of the City of Golden by this ordinance shall not release, extinguish, alter, modify or change in whole or in part any penalty, forfeiture or liability, either civil or criminal, which shall have been

incurred under such provision. Each provision shall be treated and held as still remaining in force for the purpose of sustaining any and all proper actions, suits, proceedings and prosecutions for enforcement of the penalty, forfeiture or liability, as well as for the purpose of sustaining any judgment, decree or order which can or may be rendered, entered or made in such actions, suits, proceedings or prosecutions.

Section 6. Safety. This ordinance is deemed necessary for the protection of health, welfare, and safety of the community.

Section 7. Codification Amendments. The codifier of the City’s Municipal Code, Municode, is hereby authorized to make such numerical and formatting changes as may be necessary to incorporate the provisions of this ordinance within the Golden Municipal Code.

Section 8. Effective Date. This ordinance shall become effective five (5) days after publication following final passage in accordance with Section 5.9 of the Charter for the City of Golden, Colorado.

INTRODUCED, READ AND PASSED AS AN ORDINANCE, ON FIRST READING, AT A REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GOLDEN, COLORADO, THE 11TH DAY OF JULY, 2023.

READ, PASSED AND ADOPTED AS AN ORDINANCE ON SECOND READING, AT A REGULAR MEETING

OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GOLDEN, COLORADO, THE DAY OF _________, 2023.

Laura M. Weinberg, Mayor

ATTEST: Monica S. Mendoza, CMC City Clerk

APPROVED AS TO FORM:

Kathie B. Guckenberger

City Attorney I, Monica S. Mendoza, City Clerk of the City of Golden, Colorado, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of a certain proposed ordinance introduced and read before the City Council of the City of Golden at a regular meeting thereof held on the 11th day of July, 2023, and ordered by said City Council to be published as the law provides, and that a public hearing is declared for the 25th day of July, 2023, at 6:30 p.m. at City Hall, 911 10th Street, Golden.

ATTEST:

MONICA S. MENDOZA

Monica S. Mendoza, City Clerk of the City of Golden, Colorado

Legal Notice No.: 416638

First Publication: July 20, 2023

Last Publication: July 20, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript

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