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Climate, housing, transportation on deck for 2023

There are two job openings for every available worker

BY LUKE ZARZECKI LZARZECKI@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Climate, transportation and housing all dominated the presentation at the 14th Legislative Breakfast on Jan. 5 in Broom eld.

e event included seven speakers ranging from Governor Jared Polis to State Senator Faith Winter. e event, hosted at Broom elds Aloft Hotel, was sponsored by the local transit advocacy group Community Solutions. e group focuses on transportation issues in the northern Metro Denver suburbs.

XcelEnergy President Robert Kennedy laid out the road map for his company to reduce its fossil fuel emissions.

By 2050, the company plans to have zero carbon emissions through renewable energy sources and net-zero gas services. By that time, Kennedy said hopes are high for all cars to run on clean energy.   at’s because their plan hopes one out of ve cars will be electric by 2030, and all cars will be electric by 2050. Making that a ordable is key. “Charging electric vehicles during our o ering will cost the equivalent of $1 per gallon of gas,” he said.  e plan will result in a reduction of ve million tons of carbon emissions by 2030 per year.

Connecting through transit

J.J. Ament, president and CEO of the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, emphasized the importance of transportation for the region, as well as the state. Public transit plays a huge role in connecting the state, and also in keeping it competitive: public transit reduces air pollution, and low air pollution means better economic opportunities.

BY JENNY BRUNDIN COLORADO PUBLIC RADIO

Colorado is launching a fullfrontal assault on its 38% job gap – that’s the di erence between job openings and actual hires. e state is changing its approach to ll its high-demand, often better-paying jobs, targeting millions of dollars in grant opportunities for businesses to train or upskill workers.  e gargantuan task means enticing many people already in the workforce into further training or education and targeting historically untapped groups with more training and education.

“We need to be doing more to help connect Coloradans, our home-grown talent with skills that lead to good-paying jobs and careers,” said Gov. Jared Polis.

How bad is the gap? is summer there were 208,000 job openings compared to 129,000 hires, according to the ninth annual Talent Pipeline Report, which analyzes and explains labor market information, shifts in job demand, top jobs and the state strategy to ll those jobs. e report is produced by the state agency the Colorado Workforce Development Council in partnership with a number of other state agencies.

Colorado is just one of 14 states with more jobs than before the pandemic-induced recession. But it also ranks 11th in the country for the number of people voluntarily quitting their jobs.

It’s not just the 3.6% unemployment rate

Historically Colorado has relied on importing highly educated people to ll jobs. at won’t work anymore. In-state migration is

Governor Jared Polis speaks about housing and transportation at the 2023 Legislative Breakfast.

PHOTO BY LUKE ZARZECKI

Transit-centered group hosts legislators and leaders to discuss coming year

New Brighton police chief selected

Former Deputy Chief Domenico elevated to top position

BY BELEN WARD BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Brighton went with the local choice Dec. 30, selecting acting Police Chief Matthew Domenico as the permanent Chief of Police.

“Chief Domenico brings more than 18 years of dedicated law enforcement experience to this position. He has proven leadership abilities, a track record of instituting proactive policing strategies, and a commitment to the safety of our

residents,” City Manager Michael Martinez said. “He has a strong work ethic and has earned the respect from the community and his peers and I am excited to have him lead the department.”

Paul Southard retired from the position in October and Domenico, who was deputy police chief, took the role of interim police chief. Domenico also served as the strategic advisor to the police chief and managed the daily operations of the police department.

Domenico was selected as police chief

after a nationwide search, according to the release. e decision was based on public input, including surveys from the community meet and greets, interview input from the Brighton Police Department sta , the Fraternal Order of Police, the District Attorney’s O ce and city leadership.

Domenico started with the Brighton Police Department in 2004 as a patrol o cer moving up the ladder to detective, patrol and investigation sergeant, and patrol commander.

Domenico has a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice and law enforcement from Colorado State University, includ-

ing a master’s degree in enforcement and public safety leadership from the University of San Diego.

According to o cials, Domenico established a program to investigate crimes of sexual violence e ectively and to provide adequate services for survivors of sexual violence. Under his direction, he developed countless innovative programs, such as body-worn cameras.

Domenico received an honor named Brighton Police Employee of the year in 2015.

Police join forces to provide victim services

BY BELEN WARD BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

After Weld County cuts in 2022, victims of violent crime in Fort Lupton and Lochbuie now have resources with the Brighton O ce for Victims Assistance.

An o cer called to the scene of a crime, accident, or a victim’s house can quickly request support from a victim’s advocate within 24 hours, seven days a week, according to a new release.

“We are excited to have BOVA. It will bene t our community and citizens in many ways,” said Tracey McCoy, Police Chief of Lochbuie Police Department.

McCoy said they used to have a victims advocate assistance unit with the Weld County Sheri ’s Department, but it had sta ng issues to cover a large area of Weld County.

“ ey decided they would not assist the communities through the Weld County Sheri ’s Department. ey were going to provide those services through its own sheri ’s department,” Chief McCoy said.

Since McCoy’s department is on the border with Brighton and already works with the Brighton police department on other things, he got into contact with Kim Messina, Victim Services Manager for the Brighton O ce for Victims Assistance, or BOVA.

“We worked out an intergovernmental agreement; BOVA is top-notch, one of the best victim units in the state,” Chief McCoy said.

BOVA o ers a program where police departments can use volunteer victim advocates specialists if it’s not in the department’s budget to hire a full-time

advocate.

“We can’t budget for a full-time advocate, so we would rely on the BOVA volunteer to provide for Lochbuie, “ McCoy said.

In the late 1980s, the victim’s services developed as separate units with the Brighton Police Department and Commerce City Police Department. According to o cials, the cities of Brighton and Commerce City joined forces in 2014 to create a single victims’ service unit to expand its services.

e police departments are now partnering with the City of Fort Lupton as well as Lochbuie to expand BOVA services in Weld County for victims. BOVA is sta ed with highly trained victims’ advocates to help victims of trauma. In addition, BOVA provides follow-up and referral services for victims and families

to seek counseling.

Fort Lupton representatives could not be reached for comment.

BOVA will provide volunteer Victims’ Advocates Specialist that will be on-scene of the emergency with victims and witnesses experiencing violent crime or sudden death. According to ofcials, the advocates provide quick crisis mediation for the victims and families while guiding them through the justice system, agency referral, emergency shelter, and other victim resources.

For more information about becoming a BOVA Volunteer Victim Advocate, visit www.brightonco.gov/348/Becomea-Volunteer.

“ is is a great opportunity for anyone looking for a way to give back to the community and provide an invaluable service to those in need,” Messina said.

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Award for an Ag-based high school

Founders of Commerce City’s STEAD School win medal from governor

BY SCOTT TAYLOR STAYLOR@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

An agriculture-focused Commerce City high school is still two years away from graduating its rst class of students and it’s already garnering attention and picking up awards from the state.

Amy Schwartz and Kelly Leid, the founders of Commerce City’s STEAD School, are among six recipients of the Colorado Governor’s Citizenship medals for 2022. e pair and the school they opened in the fall of 2021 will be featured in a Rocky Mountain PBS documentary set to air on Jan. 19 and will be honored at a reception and dinner Jan. 26.

“All of our honorees are featured permanently in the Western History Exhibit at the History Colorado Center in Denver,” said Jen Landers, executive director of CiviCO, the managing group of the awards for the state. “ is exhibit features 100-plus past and present leaders in the state of Colorado and each year when this medal is awarded, the winners are featured. So, their story lives on.”

e pair are scheduled to receive the Growth and Innovation Award as entrepreneurs who have led with ingenuity and while inspiring others and creating new possibilities.

“ e spirit of this award is to recognize individuals who lead with exceptional ingenuity and growth and who go about creating opportunities for others,” she said. “So when we look at what the STEAD School is doing in terms of inspiring students around the ideas of science, technology and agriculture, it o ers students an alternative to the traditional classroom.”

Barns instead of classrooms

e STEAD campus is located on the site of the former 40,000acre Boxelder Farms property in Reunion, near the intersection of Tower Road and 104th Avenue. It is a ten-acre campus that is expanding in phases as the student body grows, with multiple buildings designed to look and feel like barns. Auxiliary specialty workshops and labs support the programs and student projects, o ering real-world learning experiences.

e public charter high school is part of School District 27J and it broke ground in January 2021. Students are drawn from District 27J’s student population via a weighted lottery, up to 175 students per class.

e school is a new take on STEM-focused education. STEM schools are a standard across the country, focusing students on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. STEAM Schools, a more recent subset, adds Arts to the mix.

e Commerce City school focuses on Science, Technology, Environment, Agriculture and Design. e goal is less to promote farming as a career but to use agriculture as a teaching method, he said. It focuses on four subject areas — animal, plant, environmental and food science.

“Across those four pathways are upwards of 3,000 di erent career possibilities, some of them in agriculture, some not,” Leid said.

e school might have a student with a knack for software development that could end up designing drone software meant to keep track of crop growth.

“My hope would be these kids go into a pathway that leads directly into agriculture. Lord knows we need them,” Leid said. “But as long as they are pursuing what they are passionate about and that this school helped them develop the skills they needed, I will consider it a great success.”

Silicon Valley for Ag

He noted that agriculture is a $47 billion annual business in Colorado, supporting more than 195,000 jobs.

“Colorado can become the epicenter for agriculture innovation, similar to Silicon Valley. So we’d like to become the Silicon Valley for agriculture,” Leid said.

Part of Silicon Valley’s success was schools that supported mathematics and computer engineering. Colorado State University seeks to do the same with agriculture education, he said.

“What we aim to do is push that interest down into high schools and start seeding and cultivating that among a much younger age,” he said.

e school took on its rst class in Aug. 2021.

“Baby boomers are retiring at an accelerated rate and these positions in Ag-related elds, we are

Students Isabelle Canelos, David Fontes, and Kaleb Linton at agriculture-based STEAD School in Commerce City. COURTESY PHOTO

struggling to replace them,” Leid said. “We’d like to fill them with kids of color, and we have a very diverse student body.”

Rather than regular classrooms, the curriculum is entirely projectbased. Students are given tasks and must consider the best ways to complete them.

“We spend a lot of time thinking about how we get young people excited about what agriculture means today,” he said. “It’s about technology, it’s about innovation, it’s about science, it’s about problem-solving. So the basis of the school is thinking differently but also how we talk about it and how we get kids excited about tackling these really hard global issues.”

It’s a unique method that’s required finding unique teachers, he said.

“One of our goals is to prepare teachers to be very good projectbased teachers,” Leid said. “That requires a different set of skills and it’s very hard work.”

The school is considering creating an institute to help train educators to lead project-based curricula.

“This year we are going to do a deep analysis of how we are doing compared to our vision,” he said. “When we had our first class in 2020, we didn’t know it was going to be during a pandemic. So that first year was very focused on delivery. This second year has been more focused on recovery and you can see the difference between those years. The kids are starting

to understand what it means.” Class

of 2025

The school now teaches 260 students across the ninth and tenth grades. The first class is on schedule to graduate in 2025.

“Next year, we’ll have upperclassmen. We’ll have juniors. We actually have a campus and I think

the kids are beginning to understand how we are different and what it means to be a STEAD-er.”

Leid said he’s humbled to receive the governor’s award.

“I’m proud that we get to have a school like STEAD in Colorado, leading the way for the rest of the country and showing how we do it and why it’s important,” Leid said.

Other medals

CiviCO’s Linden said the school was a selected from a small group of entrepreneurs by Governor Jared Polis himself.

“We sit with the governor himself annually and go through the nominees for each category,” she said. “He thinks about how the nominee supports others and inspires others to lift up civic engagement, and how to represent different communities across the state.”

In addition to the STEAD School, the governor will be awarding five other medals.

Former Denver Mayor and U.S., Secretary of Transportation Federico Peña will receive the Vanguard Legacy Award, former U.S. representative Ed Perlmutter will receive the Public and Community Service Award, former Pueblo Central High School student and University of Colorado freshman Mitchell Mauro will receive the Emerging Community Leader Medal and Ball Corporation will receive the Corporate Citizenship Medal. The governor is awarding a posthumous Colorado Mountain Leader Medal for Clela Rorex, the former Boulder County Clerk who issued marriage licenses to six same-sex couples in 1975.

The awards began in 2015 at the behest of then-Governor John Hickenlooper and former Governor Bill Owens.

“They were established to emulate the U.S. Medal of Freedom,” Linden said.

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By now most of us have heard what happened to the Bu alo Bills safety, Damar Hamlin, during a Monday Night Football game on Jan. 2. Hamlin su ered cardiac arrest after making a tackle against a Cincinnati Bengals player, collapsing on the eld after the tackle. In the days following his cardiac arrest Damar Hamlin was listed in critical condition.

Kudos to the league and the people responsible for suspending the game. I am a huge fan of football, but a bigger fan of life and respecting life. And a huge applause to the players and coaches from both teams who joined together in an on- eld prayer. As there is an ever-increasing scrutiny and e ort to cancel prayer or public displays of prayer, it was obviously more important to those on the eld who witnessed what happened rsthand to come together in prayer for Damar Hamlin.

Over recent years, coaches, players, and teams from youth leagues to high school and from college to the pros have been taken to task

Saying it and praying it

WINNING

for praying in public — some even losing their jobs and being forced to bring lawsuits to try and keep their position. So, making what we witnessed happen during that Monday night game relative to the prayer was both promising and truly inspiring.

en there was the next unbelievable moment, an amazing event took place on ESPN as Dan Orlovsky took the time to pray out loud for Damar Hamlin. I lled up with tears as I watched his prayer, listening to the intensity, compassion and sincerity with which he prayed. Hats o to ESPN for not shutting this down, and a tremendous shout out to you Dan Orlovsky for your courage, bravery and conviction to your faith.

Being a part of several prayer groups myself, prayers for Damar Hamlin were surfacing each day for his recovery, for strength in recovery, for complete healing, for

his family and for his teammates. Nothing less was expected, because that’s what we do for each other in our prayer groups, we pray with each other and for each other and for all those that may need prayer. We pray with people and for people from all over the world and from every walk of life.

We all know what happens sometimes. Someone we know will share a story about something or someone in their life where there is a problem, a challenge, an injury, or an illness. And with the best of intention we say, “I’ll be praying for you,” or “I’ll say a prayer for them.” And then we go about our day, and we never actually stop for minute and say the prayer. Did we mean it when we said we would pray? Or did it just feel like the right thing to say in the moment?

A few years ago, in a co ee shop in Denver, I was approached by a man who recognized me from this column. He told me he appreciated the motivational columns but was turned o when I would mention my faith or anything to do with prayer. We talked for a few more

minutes and I shared my faith journey with him, but he still said that he was not a believer. en he said that even though he didn’t believe in God or prayer, his family really needed some prayer and could I please pray for them. e irony was real, and I prayed for his family. at is why what the players did on the eld matters. It’s why what ESPN and Dan Orlovsky did matters. e power of prayer is an incredible gift we have been given. So, if we say we are going to pray for someone, we need to pause and pray, we never know the impact we may have. I would love to hear your thoughts on prayer at gotonorton@ gmail.com, and when we can come together in prayer for those who need a little bit of prayer or a lot of prayer, it really will be a better than good life.

Michael Norton is an author, a personal and professional coach, consultant, trainer, encourager and motivator of individuals and businesses, working with organizations and associations across multiple industries.

Colorado GOP failed to close ranks, and lost

Ia m reluctant to add to the many opinions regarding the current state of the Colorado Republican Party. My status as a former chair in a major county compels me to speak about the ongoing drama because of my vantage point regarding how the party should function.

A cascade of events exists to point to how the Colorado GOP got to its current state. What matters is concentrating on how the future can be shaped and how to rebuild.

One incident in 2022 shows precisely how di cult the road forward will be. According to lings on TRACER, the El Paso County Republican Central Committee had approximately $70,600 in its bank accounts as of Oct. 30, 2022. To compare and contrast, other GOP major-county parties throughout Colorado had balances of between $3,000 and $24,000 in their accounts on the same date.

e reason for this di erence is that those other county parties spent money to support and elect

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I assure you that if the El Paso County GOP had spent $50,000 to elect Republican candidates, some of them would have been elected. ere would have a smaller margin of loss in El Paso County for those candidates who were defeated. But the El Paso GOP did not spend and support.

e restraint that the leadership in El Paso County showed in expenditures for candidate support is why going forward it is reasonable to presume that the Colorado GOP is dead. What they did in e ect was exercise a post-primary veto over GOP candidates. ey said that “those candidates are not good enough in our opinion, therefore we will not support them.”

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e purpose of the Republican Party is to elect Republican-a liated candidates. If you do not wish to support Republican-a liated candidates, then what is your purpose in existing?

If you do not wish to support Republican nominees that are chosen by voters, are you not a Republican in name only?

Some will object and mention a number of di erent reasons why GOP candidates should not be supported, like a lack of total delity to the platform. I have sympathy for those arguments, but once the nominee is chosen, then it is time to close ranks behind them. ere are reasons for hope in terms of electing Republicans and conservatives. What I see happening is that people of means will look at the current situation in the Colorado GOP and decide to fund their own endeavors to elect candidates of their choosing who are in agreement with those people of means. ey may or may not agree with the “grassroots” who lead the EL Paso County Republican Party cur-

rently. ose people of means will act as they do because they care about Colorado and wish to have less government rather than more. ey want to persuade others that Republican-a liated candidates have the better agenda for Colorado’s future. ey will also travel down this path because, like many Coloradoans, they do not trust the leadership of the Colorado GOP.

What the current El Paso County leadership did in 2022 is far more consequential than most currently realize. If what I predicted comes to pass, then the consequences of their actions of non-support will be larger than is currently seen.

eir actions would amount to a betrayal by the “grassroots leadership” of the grassroots faithful. It would make the dreaded “Establishment” far more consequential than it is currently. No one within the Colorado GOP should desire that at all.

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Denver International Airport also plays a huge role, he said.

“It’s really, really important that we have the ability to connect,” Ament said.

According to Ament, DIA stands as the third busiest airport in the country and is the second largest domestic network of airlines that ies nonstop to other airports.

at’s important to attract workers. Ament explained with increases in remote working, those workers will want to come to Colorado for various reasons, one of them being outdoor recreation. To cater to those workers, they need frequent ights to their companies’ headquarters in the event they need to attend in-person meetings every so often.

“If you can live anywhere because of remote work, wouldn’t you want to live in the best place ever, which is here?” Ament said.

Low taxes

Additionally, Colorado’s low taxes help keep the state competitive. However, Colorado’s law that requires companies to include salary information in job advertisements is keeping companies from placing those ads in the state.

e state’s nine industries that have a competitive advantage over other states are aerospace, aviation, bioscience, broadband, energy and natural resources, nancial services, food and beverage, healthcare and wellness and IT software.

A key issue for the 2023 legislative session, according to Polis, will be housing and how to reduce housing costs for families.

He said that the state needs to remove barriers to the creation of housing, and developments need to be “thoughtful, smart and sustainable.”

As well, he said higher housing costs are leading Coloradans to live further from their jobs, which leads to more tra c, more liability to maintain roads, more commuting and more air pollution.

“ at just doesn’t work as a development formula for a state,” he said.

Building more transit and more housing closer to transit, he said, can deliver even better transit with more riders.

He touted SB21-260, which sent more funding to transportation. It was a way to counter less money from gas taxes coming in to x roads.

“Vehicles are becoming more fuel e cient, more people are using EVs, and yet we relied on gas taxes for roads. at combination of more people traveling more miles and using less gas is great for air quality and the environment wasn’t good for how we funded our roads,” he said.

Winter gave an anecdote of how air pollution a ects everyday people, from her daughter’s crosscountry race getting canceled to how air pollution impacts her dad who is on oxygen.

She pointed to the importance of public transit, but how it isn’t accessible to everyone. She pointed to SB21-260 as well, voicing how the multimodal option funding within the bill can help local governments and transportation agencies expand transit services.

“ e future of transit really depends on us all working together in partnership,” she said.

Even with the electri cation of vehicles, she says it’s imperative to keep up e orts to reduce vehicle miles traveled to help clean the air.

“We can’t electrify our way out of the climate crisis,” she said.

She linked transportation and housing, saying those issues go hand in hand. With more development, the question is how to connect residents from where they live to where they work and recreate.

Touching on her experience as a Westminster City Councilor, she championed local governments with have that power.

“Our local governments actually know how to do this and know how to do this really well,” Winter said.

State Senator Faith Winter calls for more public transportation access as air pollution climbs at the 2023 Legislative Breakfast.

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slowing, a high school population is expected to plateau and then drop due to declining birth rates, and the workforce is aging. e lack of a ordable childcare has led to a drop in women’s participation in the labor force.

at means the state needs to change its approach to getting people into top jobs through alternative pathways at any stage of life: folks in their 20s, 30s, 40s and 50s, many of whom are already in the workforce.

“We know that a four-year degree isn’t the right path for every person and every job for many,” Polis said at the report’s release. “It’s apprenticeships, on-the-job learning, technical or community college education, dual and concurrent enrollment in high school and many other pathways.”

Colorado currently has 250,000 adults without a high school diploma, 600,000 people with some college and no degree, 45,000 students who left K-12 over the past three years, and hundreds of thousands who already have a diploma, credential or a degree but need a chance to upskill in this new labor market, the report said.

e current retraining cycle is often too slow and skilled talent is needed more quickly than education and training programs can produce. Further, the cost of traditional college and training programs are unaf-

fordable for many.

First, what are Colorado’s top jobs?

“Top Jobs” are in high demand and they provide a living wage. ere are 178 occupations in top jobs, including computers, business and nance, engineering, farming, installation and repair, legal, transportation and moving and health care, among others.

Many of the occupations that fell o the “Top Jobs” list this year because the wages didn’t keep pace with in ation are in critical elds such as direct care (nursing homes), health care, and education.

e most job postings in Colorado last year were heavy and tractortrailer truck drivers, followed by registered nurses and software developers.

e vast majority of top jobs require some type of post-secondary education and increasing numbers are linked to apprenticeships.

What’s the strategy to close labor market gaps?

Over the past two years, Colorado has invested nearly $650 million into higher education and workforce development. at includes money to help students earn a postsecondary credential in high school, free adult training, apprenticeships and industry-focused training in key areas like health care, mental health, education and energy.

But now the state is also focusing intensively on giving learners the chance to earn credentials and degrees at any stage of life. It

also means connecting historically under-tapped groups, such as newcomers to the country, aging workers and those with disabilities to rapidly growing industries.

Research from the U.S. Department of Labor shows people with disabilities can o er companies a competitive edge, reduce turnover, boost productivity, and improve company culture.

On the education side, the state is placing more e ort into boosting work-related learning like apprenticeships at all levels of education and giving credit for prior learning. Over the next two years, it will develop more ‘stackable credential’ programs in high-demand industries. ose are sequential postsecondary degrees or certi cates that allow workers to progress in a career. One state law includes $25 million for reskilling and upskilling workers to earn a short-term credential.

Another higher education goal is to have 100 percent of the state’s degree programs have some early work-based learning experiences.

“We have students who get three years into a discipline and then decide, ‘Wait! Why am I doing nance? I don’t even like numbers!’” said Angie Paccione, director of the Colorado Department of Higher Education. “We want to make sure they get some early career experience so they can make better-informed choices.”

Other laws would grant an associate’s degree to people who have earned at least 70 credit hours in

college.

“ is program has a potential to serve more than 700,000 Coloradans who have attained some college, but no degree,” said McKennie.

At the high school level, one goal is to create a system where students graduate with a diploma but also a two-year degree or industry credential that can lead to a good job.

Finally, the state will focus on the quality of work, educating employers in retention and productivity strategies.

is story is from CPR News, a nonpro t news source. Used by permission. For more, and to support Colorado Public Radio, visit cpr.org.

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Public Notice

ORDINANCE NO. 2406

INTRODUCED BY: Blackhurst

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BRIGHTON, COLORADO, AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS OF CHAPTER 13 ARTICLE 4 OF THE BRIGHTON MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO WATER DEDICATION

PASSED ON SECOND AND FINAL READING AND ORDERED PUBLISHED BY TITLE ONLY THIS 3rd DAY OF JANUARY 2023.

CITY OF BRIGHTON, COLORADO /s/ GREGORY MILLS, Mayor

ATTEST: /s/ NATALIE HOEL, City Clerk

APPROVED AS TO FORM: /s/ YASMINA SHAUSH, Assistant City Attorney Published in the Brighton Standard Blade Final Publication: January 12, 2023 A

PROVING THE SWINK PROPERTY ZONING MAP AMENDMENT FROM ADAMS COUNTY A-3 TO C-3, R-1-A, R-2, AND R-3 FOR AN APPROXIMATELY 150.586 ACRES OF PROPERTY, GENERALLY LOCATED IN A PORTION OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 10, TOWNSHIP 1 SOUTH, RANGE 66 WEST OF THE 6TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, CITY OF BRIGHTON, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO

PASSED ON SECOND AND FINAL READING AND ORDERED PUBLISHED BY TITLE ONLY THIS 3RD DAY OF JANUARY 2023.

CITY OF BRIGHTON, COLORADO /s/ GREGORY MILLS, Mayor

ATTEST: /s/ NATALIE HOEL, City Clerk

APPROVED AS TO FORM: /s/ YASMINA SHAUSH, Assistant City Attorney

Published in the Brighton Standard Blade

Final Publication: January 12, 2023

A COMPLETE COPY OF THE ORDINANCE IS AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK DURING NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS AND ON THE CITY OF BRIGHTON WEBSITE.

Legal Notice No. BSB2064

First Publication: January 12, 2023 Last Publication: January 12, 2023

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice

ORDINANCE NO. 2403 INTRODUCED BY: Johnston

(the “City”), Adams County, Colorado, a service plan and related documents for the proposed Swink Metropolitan District (the “ Proposed District”). A map of the Proposed District along with the proposed service plan is now on file with the City at City Hall, 500 South Fourth Avenue, Brighton, Colorado 80601, and is available for public inspection.

NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTHER GIVEN that the City Council of the City (the “Council”), will hold a public hearing at 6:00 pm, or as soon as possible thereafter, on Tuesday, February 7, 2023, to consider approval of the service plan for the Proposed District in the First Floor Council Chambers at the City Hall, 500 South Fourth Avenue, Brighton, Colorado 80601 or via virtual attendance: log-on and call-in information will be available with the meeting’s agenda in the days leading into the meeting at https://www.brightonco. gov/agendacenter.

The Proposed District initially consists of a total area of approximately 122.06 acres of agricultural land generally located at the southwest corner of Southern Street and South 50th Ave.

The Proposed District is being organized as a metropolitan district to finance the construction of certain public improvements for the project known as Swink. The Proposed District shall have the authority to impose a mill levy for repayment of debt and for limited administrative, operation and maintenance purposes. For debt service, the maximum mill levy that may be imposed by the District upon taxable property within the District’s boundaries shall not exceed 50 mills. For debt service and operation and maintenance services combined, the maximum mill levy that may be imposed by the District upon taxable property within the District’s boundaries shall not exceed 60 mills.

DISTRICT COURT, Adams COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO

CIVIL ACTION NO. 2021CV030639

DIVISION NO. W

INITIAL COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY AND RIGHT TO CURE AND REDEEM

Plaintiff, Riverdale Farm Homeowners’ Association v.

Defendants, DOUGLAS LEROY ROSE

Regarding: Lot 44, Block 7, Riverdale Farms Residential Subdivision, 2nd Filing, County of Adams, State of Colorado

Also known as: 8553 Monroe Ct, Denver, CO 80229

TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS, Please take notice:

You and each of you are hereby notified that a Sheriff’s Sale of the referenced property is to be conducted by the Civil Division of the Sheriff’s Office of Adams County, Colorado at 9:00 A.M., on the 2nd day of March 2023, at 1100 Judicial Center Drive, Brighton, Colorado 80601, phone number 303-655-3272. At which sale, the above described real property and improvements thereon will be sold to the highest bidder. Plaintiff makes no warranty relating to title, possession, or quiet enjoyment in and to said real property in connection with this sale.

1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov

Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov

Further, you are advised that the parties liable thereon, the owner of the property described above, or those with an interest in the subject property, may take appropriate and timely action under Colorado statutes, certain sections of which are attached hereto.

In order to be entitled to take advantage of any rights provided for under Colorado law, you must strictly comply and adhere to the provisions of the law. Further, you are advised that the attached Colorado statutes merely set forth the applicable portions of Colorado statutory law relating to curative and redemption rights; therefore, you should read and review all the applicable statutes and laws in order to determine the requisite procedures and provisions which control your rights in the subject property.

DATED in Colorado this 6th day of December 2022.

Sheriff of Adams County, Colorado

By: Kathy Grosshans Deputy Sheriff

ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF: ORTEN CAVANAGH HOLMES & HUNT, LLC 1445 Market Street, Suite 350 Denver, CO 80202

Legal Notice No. BSB2406

First Publication: January 12, 2023 Last Publication: January 12, 2023

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Public Notice

ORDINANCE NO. 2405 INTRODUCED BY: Padilla AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BRIGHTON, COLORADO, AMENDING CERTAIN SECTIONS AND ENACTING NEW SECTIONS OF THE BRIGHTON MUNICIPAL CODE IN CHAPTER 17, LAND USE & DEVELOPMENT CODE, RELATED TO BUILDING TYPES, ACCESSORY STRUCTURES, COMMON OWNERSHIP COMMUNITIES, SITE DESIGN, SIGNS, AND CORRECTION OF ERRORS

PASSED ON SECOND AND FINAL READING AND ORDERED PUBLISHED BY TITLE ONLY ON THIS 3RD DAY OF JANUARY 2023.

CITY OF BRIGHTON, COLORADO /s/ GREGORY MILLS, Mayor

ATTEST: /s/ NATALIE HOEL, City Clerk

APPROVED AS TO FORM: /s/ YASMINA SHAUSH, Assistant City Attorney

Published in the Brighton Standard Blade

Final Publication: January 12, 2023

A COMPLETE COPY OF THE ORDINANCE IS AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK DURING NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS AND ON THE CITY OF BRIGHTON WEBSITE.

Legal Notice No. BSB2065

First Publication: January 12, 2023

Last Publication: January 12, 2023

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice

CITY OF BRIGHTON

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Pursuant to the liquor laws of the State of Colorado, Chile con Quesadilla, LLC d/b/a Chile con Quesadilla applied for a new Hotel and Restaurant (city) liquor license at 227 N Main Street, Brighton, CO 80601. The public hearing will be held on February 1, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. at City Hall in Council Chambers located at 500 South 4th Avenue, Brighton Colorado, 80601. Any interested parties may be present and heard.

The application was filed with the City Clerk’s Office on November 7, 2022. The applicants are private individuals listed as follows: Christina Richardson and Jason Richardson. Any petitions or remonstrance letters pertaining to this application should be directed to the City Clerk’s Office. For additional information, please call (303) 655-2031.

Dated this 12th day of January, 2023.

/s/ Erin Kelm Deputy City Clerk

Legal Notice No. BSB2067

First Publication: January 12, 2023

Last Publication: January 12, 2023

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice

ORDINANCE NO. 2404 INTRODUCED BY: Taddeo

BRIGHTON, COLORADO, AP-

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BRIGHTON, COLORADO, ANNEXING TO THE CITY OF BRIGHTON APPROXIMATELY 150.586 ACRES OF CONTIGUOUS LAND, IN A PORTION OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 10, TOWNSHIP 1 SOUTH, RANGE 66 WEST, OF THE 6TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO

PASSED ON SECOND AND FINAL READING AND ORDERED PUBLISHED BY TITLE ONLY THIS 3RD DAY OF JANUARY 2023.

CITY OF BRIGHTON, COLORADO /s/GREGORY MILLS, Mayor

ATTEST: /s/ NATALIE HOEL, City Clerk

APPROVED AS TO FORM: /s/ YASMINA SHAUSH, Assistant City Attorney

Published in the Brighton Standard Blade

Final Publication: January 12, 2023

A COMPLETE COPY OF THE ORDINANCE IS AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK DURING NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS AND ON THE CITY OF BRIGHTON WEBSITE.

Legal Notice No. BSB2063

First Publication: January 12, 2023

Last Publication: January 12, 2023

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Metropolitan Districts

Public Notice

NOTICE OF INTENTION TO UNDERTAKE ACTIVITIES NECESSARY TO CHANGE THE BOUNDARIES OF BROMLEY PARK METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 6

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to § 321-207(3)(b), C.R.S., that the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Bromley Park Metropolitan District No. 6 (the “District”), Adams County, Colorado, intends to undertake the necessary activities to change the boundaries of the District to include property located in Weld County. Such activities to change the District’s boundaries shall be taken pursuant to and in accordance with §§ 32-1-401 and 32-1-207(2)(a), C.R.S., provided that any inclusion property is first excluded from any other metropolitan district.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that any action to enjoin the District’s activities to change its boundaries, as described herein, as a material departure from the District’s service plan must be brought within forty-five days from the publication of this notice.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF BROMLEY PARK METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 6

By:LAW OFFICE OF MICHAEL E. DAVIS, LLC Attorneys for the District

Legal Notice No. BSB2068

First Publication: January 12, 2023

Last Publication: January 12, 2023

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Public Notice

NOTICE OF CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that there has been filed with the City Clerk, City of Brighton

If the method of calculating assessed valuation is changed by law, the maximum mill levies above may be increased or decreased to reflect such changes, such increases and decreases to be determined by the District’s Board of Directors in good faith (such determination to be binding and final) so that to the extent possible, the actual tax revenues generated by the applicable mill levy, as adjusted for changes occurring after January 1 of the year of approval of the proposed service plan, are neither diminished nor enhanced as a result of such changes. For purposes of the foregoing, a change in the ratio of actual valuation shall be deemed to be a change in the method of calculating assessed valuation.

Any person owning property within the geographical area of the Proposed District who requests his or her property to be excluded from the Proposed District shall submit a written request for exclusion to the Council no later than 10 days prior to the hearing described herein in order to be considered.

Legal Notice No. BSB2060 First Publication: January 12, 2023 Last Publication: January 12, 2023 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Bids and Settlements

Public Notice

NOTICE OF FINAL PAYMENT

NOTICE is hereby given that South Beebe Draw Metropolitan District of Adams County, Colorado (the “District”), will make final payment at 80 E. 62nd Avenue, Suite 101, Denver, CO 80216, on or after Monday, January 30, 2023, at the hour of 8:00 a.m. to Fiore & Sons, Inc. of Denver, Colorado (“Contractor”) for all work performed for the District by Contractor in construction of or work on the Pond 331 Recharge Project (the “Project”).

Any person, copartnership, association of persons, company or corporation that has furnished labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender, or other supplies used or consumed by such contractors or their subcontractors, in or about the performance of the work contracted to be done for the Project, or that supplies rental machinery, tools, or equipment to the extent used in the prosecution of the work for the Project, and whose claim therefor has not been paid by the Contractor or its subcontractors, at any time up to and including the time of final settlement for the work contracted to be done on the Project, is required to file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid, and an account of such claim, to South Beebe Draw Metropolitan District, 8301 East Prentice Avenue, Suite 100, Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111 on or before the date and time hereinabove shown for final payment. Failure on the part of any claimant to file such verified statement of claim prior to such final settlement will release the District, its directors, officers, agents, and employees, of and from any and all liability for such claim.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS SOUTH BEEBE DRAW METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

By: /s/ LAW OFFICE OF MICHAEL E. DAVIS, LLC General Counsel

Legal Notice No. BSB2070

First Publication: January 12, 2023

Last Publication: January 19, 2023

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

**BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THEIR HIGHEST BID AT TIME OF SALE. **

Further, for the purpose of paying off, curing default or redemption, as provided by statute, intent must be directed to or conducted at the above address of the Civil Division of the Sheriff’s Department of Adams County, Colorado.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.

First Publication: January 5, 2023

Last Publication: February 2, 2023 Published In: Brighton Standard Blade

NOTICE OF RIGHT TO CURE AND RIGHT TO REDEEM

RE: Sheriff’s Sale of Real Property pursuant to Order and Decree of Foreclosure and C.R.S. 38-38-101 et seq.

This is to advise you that a Sheriff sale proceeding has been commenced through the office of the undersigned Sheriff pursuant to a Court Order and Decree dated September 21, 2022, and C.R.S. 3838-101 et seq., by Riverdale Farm Homeowners’ Association, the current holder of a lien recorded on June 16, 2017 at Rec. No. 2017000051951, in the records of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Adams, State of Colorado. The judicial foreclosure is based on a default under the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions, and Restrictions of Riverdale Farm Homeowners’ Association, recorded on 08/12/2010 at Reception No. B592466 in the records of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Adams, State of Colorado. The Declaration and notices, as recorded, establish a lien for the benefit of Riverdale Farm Homeowners’ Association, WHICH LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND IMPROVEMENTS.

You may have an interest in the real property being affected, or have certain rights or suffer certain liabilities or loss of your interest in the subject property as a result of said foreclosure. You may have the right to redeem the real property or you may have the right to cure a default under the instrument being foreclosed. Any Notice of Intent to Cure must be filed no later than fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the date of the foreclosure sale. A notice of intent to cure filed pursuant to section 38-38-104 shall be filed with the officer at least fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the first scheduled sale date or any date to which the sale is continued.

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.

A notice of intent to redeem filed pursuant to section 38-38-302 shall be filed with the officer no later than eight (8) business days after the sale.

In this regard, you may desire and are advised to consult with your own private attorney.

IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BURAU (CFBP), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSUE PROCESS.

Colorado Attorney General

Statutes attached: §§38-37-108, 38-38-103, 3838-104, 38-38-301, 38-38-304, 38-38-305, and 38-38-306, C.R.S., as amended.

Legal Notice No. BSB2057

First Publication: January 5, 2023

Last Publication: February 2, 2023

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Misc. Private Legals

Date:April 12, 2023 Time:9:00 a.m. Place: Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission The Chancery Building 1120 Lincoln Street, Suite 801 Denver, CO 80203

PETITIONS

PETITIONS BY AFFECTED

DEADLINE FOR

PERSONS: March 13, 2023

Any interested party who wishes to participate formally must file a written petition with the Commission no later than the deadline provided above. Please see Commission Rule 507 at https:// cogcc.state.co.us, under “Regulation,” then select “Rules.” Please note that, under Commission Rule 510.l, the deadline for petitions may only be continued for good cause, even if the hearing is continued beyond the date that is stated above.

Pursuant to Commission Rule 507, if you do not file a proper petition, the Hearing Officer will not know that you wish to formally participate in this matter and the date and time of the hearing may change without additional notice to you. Parties wishing to file a petition must register online at https://oitco.hylandcloud.com/DNRCOGExternalAccess/Account/Login.aspx and select “Request Access to Site.” Please refer to our “eFiling Users Guidebook” at http://cogcc/documents/reg/Hearings/External_Efiling_System_Handbook_December_2021_Final.pdf for more information.

Any Affected Person who files a petition must be able to participate in a prehearing conference during the week of March 13, 2023, if a prehearing conference is requested by the Applicant or by any person who has filed a petition.

Legal Notice No. BSB2061

GREEELEY FORT LUPTON LOVELAND