Brighton Standard Blade 061523

Rainbows, roller disco and wedding vows

EPA grants set for Brighton

City awarded $500,000 for environmental reviews to kickstat redevelopment

BY SCOTT TAYLOR STAYLOR@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Some forgotten buildings and properties could see some tender loving care over the next few years with the help of some federal grants.

“Many of the things we’re talking about our residents really are not aware of,” City Councilor and Mayor Pro Tem Clint Blackhurst said June 9 as he and other city o cials accepted a $500,000 Brown elds Grant from the federal Environmental Protection Agency.

Adams County host second annual Pride celebration at Riverdale Regional Park

BY SCOTT TAYLOR STAYLOR@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

As eight couples gathered below the stage, waiting to say their nuptial vows, o ciant Stella Diver said it was nearly enough to make a drag queen cry.

“ e only reason they chose me to do this is because my heart is made of ice,” Diver said at Adams County’s rst Marriagepalooza mass wedding

event. “But looking at everyone right now, I’m starting to get a little misty.”

But speaking to the crowd at Adams County’s Riverdale Regional Park gathered for Adams County’s second annual Pride celebration, the Denver-based drag performer said it was much more than just emotional. It was important.

“Even now, the love we share for each other is questioned and considered an act of rebellion,” Diver said. “Pride is our moment, our month, to show the world how proud we are of the love we have for each other. And it does not stop with this weekend. e step you are taking today to cement your love for each other allows Pride to live on

every day.”

And then Diver led the 16 people in their vows — moving forward into a great commitment of their love, promising to keep their partner’s heart safe and asking them to love their partners as much as they love themselves.

And with that, Diver declared them married.

It was an experiment this year, Adams County Clerk Josh Zygielbaum said. He plans to bring the event back next year, bigger and even better.

“It was not as large as I wanted it to be, but it’s our rst year doing it,”

e city plans to use that money to do environmental testing at several properties in Brighton, the rst step in getting those properties cleaned up and redeveloped.

“I think it’s our job to help bring that history forward,” Blackhurst said.

Kelly Watkins, EPA Region 8 chief of sta said the Brown elds grant program is designed to help remove dangerous materials that can keep properties from being re-used and redeveloped.

“Brown elds investments are partnerships between governments, housing authorities, private developers and others to help revitalize the most dangerous and polluted sites into cleaner, sustainable and more environmentally just places that

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Lindy Zuroski of the Fort Collins Circus Center twirls rings at Adams County’s Pride celebration June 10 at Riverdale Regional Park. Zurosky later donned an inflatable unicorn costume to entertain crowds with dancing and gymnastics.

PHOTO BY SCOTT TAYLOR

Farm to Market tickets on sale

Tickets for Farm to Table, a fundraising event for the Platte Valley Medical Foundation scheduled for Aug. 17 or on sale now.

e Foundation’s biennial fundraising campaign will bene t women’s health services to help women connect with the care they need throughout their adult years and to support area women who do not always prioritize their own health needs. e foundation hopes to raise $500,000 in the campaign cycle. ey conduct multiple fundraising e orts annually with Farm to Table as the largest event.

Farm to Table will be at 6 p.m. Aug. 17 on the hospital campus. Platte Valley Medical Center’s Chef Mike Anderson uses produce donated by area farmers to create a gourmet meal for about 450 guests.

e event garners so much support that it often sells out long before the date. is year, Muñoz reserved a block of tickets that are available to the public for $75 each. ey are available at https://ftt2023. cbo.io.

A Stroll in the Garden for CASA

e Court Appointed Special Advocate program, or CASA, for the 11th Judicial District is promoting one of its major fundraisers now scheduled for September.

CASA is inviting supporters to come enjoy a Stroll in the Garden

at this year’s Indulge for CASA Gala from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Sept.

13 at Denver’s Balistreri Vineyards, 1946 E 66th Ave.

is Garden Party will be full of delicious food and drinks, fantastic auction prizes, exciting entertainment, and more! Indulge for CASA is presented by the Kenneth & Myra Monfort Charitable Foundation.

CASA’s mission is to provide courtappointed volunteer advocacy for children and youth from the child welfare system so every child can be safe, have a permanent home, and have the opportunity to thrive.

Healthy Farmers Markets

Adams County and Anythink Libraries are o ering Healthy Farmers Markets in ornton for residents beginning June 20.

e markets will provide $20 produce vouchers for residents who are 65+ or are enrolled in WIC, SNAP, or Medicaid. ere will also be recipes and nutrition information available. Tuesday markets will be from 9 a.m. to noon through Sept. 26, at Anythink Huron, 9417 Huron St. ursday markets will be from 9 a.m. to noon throughSept. 28, at Anythink Wright Farms, 5877 E. 120th Ave.

See all upcoming Adams County outreach events at adcogov.org/ outreach-events.

Annual Stars & Stripes Event to Fea-

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Eagle View Adult Center Update June 14 - 21, 2023

Eagle View Adult Center is open Monday – Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Call 303-655-2075 for more information. e May & June Newsletter is available. Eagle View is closed on Mon. June 19 for Juneteenth.

Colorado and the Civil War

Military historian and 2021 inductee in the Colorado Authors Hall of Fame Flint Whitlock will present a lively program. 1:30 p.m. urs. June 15. $5. Deadline: Mon. June 12

Acrylic Paint: Tulip Time

Some painting experience is necessary for this class. Have fun painting and nishing a beautiful canvas picture. Instructor: Judy Schissler. 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon. ursdays. June 15 & 22. $40 (2 wk). Deadline: Tues. June 13

Feathered Friends: Red-Shouldered Hawk

Join Anne Price of the Raptor Education Foundation. is diminutive hawk is known for its territorial call which sounds like a car alarm! 1:00 p.m. Tues. June 20. $5. Deadline: Fri. June 16

Active Minds: Tokyo - Biography of a City

Join Active Minds as they tell the story of the world’s most populous metropolis at 37 million inhabitants. We will also look at current and future challenges for the city. 1:30 p.m. Wed. June 21. $5. Deadline: Tues. June 20

Taste of India: June

Cook a meal and make Indian-style ice cream, great for a hot summer day!

Instructor: Akila Arumugam. 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Fri. June 23. $35. Deadline: Tues. June 20

Star Spangled Gnome

Deck out an adorable gnome in stars and stripes to have a festive friend for the summer season.

Instructor: Linda Addison. 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon. Fri. June 23. $15. Deadline: Wed. June 21

ture Singer Thomas Mac

e annual pre-Independence Day celebration at Riverdale Regional Park is back! Mark your calendars for the third of July celebration. Ward Electric presents a free evening in the park with country singer, omas Mac, and a festive display of reworks.

Food and beverage vendors will begin serving at 4 p.m. Enjoy live music followed by the 9:30 p.m. reworks show.

For the safety and comfort of your pets and all event attendees, please keep your furry friends at home for the Stars & Stripes event. Visitors are kindly reminded that most reworks are illegal in Adams County; please leave reworks of any type to our professionals.

For more event information and Park Rules, visit riverdaleregionalpark.org or call 303 637-8000.

Tiny House Festival returns to Riverdale Park

e Colorado Tiny House Festival is returning for its sixth year at the Riverdale Regional Park June 24 and 25.

Guests will be able to step inside a large variety of small living structures, learn from tiny home builders and see the latest trends in tiny living and unique RVs.

e show blends the spirit of the tiny living movement with the most up-to-date information on going tiny, simplifying your life, minimalistic living, and living greener. Unique small living structures will be spread throughout the Colorado Tiny House Festival grounds and include an assortment of professional builds, DIY builds, and Camping Corner which speci cally showcases ways people can camp or “glamp” in style. Each structure features its own, one-of-a-kind oor plan, décor, and remarkable use of space. Additionally, attendees will enjoy expert speaker presentations, a product and service marketplace, a tiny taste of Colorado food truck court, and more.

e festival runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily June 24 and 25. Ticket prices range from $10 to $20 depending on when they are purchased and are good for both days of the event. Kids 12 and under are free-of-charge.

For more information on the 2023 Colorado Tiny House Festival, visit coloradotinyhousefestival.com.

Work Options FREE Culinary Training Program

e Adams County Human Services Department is partnering with local nonpro t Work Options to provide a free culinary training program for residents.

Program participants train with professional chefs over a six-week course and earn certi cations and up to $400 per month. Work Options also o ers food truck internships. In addition to the training program, Work Options provides the Human Services Center 11860 Pecos St., Westminster, with a full menu of breakfast and lunch options including breakfast burritos, pastries, burgers, pizza, daily specials, and more in the Mountain View Café. e café is located on the third oor of HSC. Learn more about the program at workoptions.org.

City calls for artists for Eye 4 Art 2023 Summer Showcase

e City of Brighton Eye for Art program announces a call for artists for the 2023 Summer Showcase. is exhibit is a three-month showcase from July 17 - October 13 at Brighton City Hall, located at 500 S. 4th Avenue. e Summer Showcase is an opentheme show and a great time to display your art. Artwork may include, but is not limited to, oil, acrylic, watercolors, graphite drawings, photography, fused glass, pottery, computer painting, mixed media, jewelry, glass and sculptures.

e deadline to submit artwork for consideration is June 26. Please submit using this form.

To learn more about this show or the program, visit the Eye for Art page or contact David Gallegos, Arts and Culture Coordinator, at dgallegos@ brightonco.gov or 303-655-2176.

Block Party trailers return Unincorporated Adams County residents can apply and reserve a complimentary Block Party trailer for their next event.

e Block Party Trailer is intended to build and strengthen neighborhoods in Adams County. e program is administered by the Neighborhood Services division in the Community Safety and Well-Being Department on a rst come, rst served basis.

For more information, go to https://adcogov.org/block-party, call 720 523-6465 or email blockparty@adcogov.org

Final hurdle for Bridge Street work

BY SCOTT TAYLOR STAYLOR@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Work widening a mile-and-a-half stretch of Bridge Street took another step forward June 6 as City Councilors approved a $19.5 million budget for the project.

“ is is a big deal for this community, connecting a large swath of Brighton that has not been connected before,” City Manager Michael Martinez said. Work on the widening is scheduled to start soon this summer. Plans call for widening the road between 22nd and 42nd avenues, a project that will last at least two years. Councilors gave the project preliminary approval in April, allowing them to begin taking bids to

do the work.

Assistant Public Works Director Chris Montoya said the project was initially budgeted for $21 million but the city removed plans for water lines from the project.

e nal bid went to Brannon Sand and Gravel as general contractors for $19.5 million.

“ at’s the way we like to do it, one contractor who is accountable who can coordinate with all the other sub-contractors,” Montoya said. “It’s the most e cient process for capital projects like this.”

e council’s approval lets the city and contractors begin pre-construction meetings right away, Montoya said.

“We can begin construction right af-

ter the Fourth of July holiday,” he said. “We should see construction out there relatively soon.”

According to city sta , the project will be massive, using 35 million pounds of asphalt, and 13,000 feet of storm pipe. Plans call for adding four new tra c lights and one small bridge structure. It should take 590 working days.

e work includes a complete sidewalk along the southern side of the road but not along the northern side.

e city does not have the rights-ofway from property owners along the way that would allow them to do that work.

Montoya said the work will require sta to close lanes during the work but that tra c will remain open during the

construction.

“Most tra c plans we have now will have some type of (lane) delineation and I anticipate having reduced speeds as well in this location to ensure additional safety,” he said. “It helps the crews and the workers.”

e current plan calls for working on the south side rst.

“We intend to always leave at least a single lane of tra c open in each direction,” he said. “But we have certain tra c plans that will be necessary to do certain kinds of work and we will always be focused on safety. We don’t want to have major open excavations while tra c driving by, but we will make those decisions as they submit plans.”

Soggy Brighton Summerfest

BY BELEN WARD BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Brighton Summerfest kicked o with rain showers, but it didn’t stop the community from coming to enjoy the festival with music, vendors,

and kids’ activities at Carmichael Park on Saturday, June 2. Multiple community members and local businesses huddled under tents but warmly welcomed visitors, keeping their spirits high even as the rain

The rain showers are not keeping the Brighton community away from Summerfest fun.

Rylan Barr with Troop 109 with the Brighton Elks club is balancing on the monkey bridge. They help young scouts with high adventure camps and fun outings to grow up to be great people in the community.

Return engagement for Rau

Former player Greg Rau returns as school’s head basketball coach

BY JOHN RENFROW JRENFROW@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Greg Rau’s love for the game told him he would end up in basketball one way or the other. But he didn’t know it would bring him back to the same hardwood he practiced and played on as a kid. e former Brighton High School player is now the team’s head coach.

Rau played for four years for the Bulldogs until 2005. Since his graduation and college, he’s worked in skills development, youth camps, and other programs as an assistant or club basketball coach. He’s excited to now run the show at his former school.

“Being the head coach at my alma mater is huge for me,” Rau said. “To be able to grow a program from scratch and build a program based on culture and success is really what’s exciting for me. I’m looking forward to it.”

e past two years, Rau paced the sidelines at Horizon High School in ornton as the head assistant coach and JV coach. He also spearheaded the Colorado Anarchy — an AAU club basketball team for players ages 15 to 18 — for the past three years.

But the chance to build a high school program from the ground up was too good to pass up.

He becomes the Bulldogs third head coach in about as many years, but said he’d like to stick around awhile.

“It’s going to take time to learn these players from outside of who I know they were from club and scouting them last year,” he said. “Having them graduate eight seniors from last year’s team, it’s a whole restart. We’re going to have to grind and build the culture.”

Brighton went 8-15 last season, posting a 5-10 Front Range League record, according to MaxPreps, but Rau expects immediate improvement from his team.

My Q&A with Rau below: Did you always know you wanted to be a coach, even when you were playing at Brighton?

I really love the game. Always have. I didn’t know I wanted to be a coach until college when it wasn’t in the cards to play college basketball. I had to do my own recruiting and it didn’t go too well based on a few different reasons. But once I was able to work with kids and adults, and

learn the game even more, I knew it was in my cards to coach.

What type of team are you envisioning in year one?

Year one, we’re going to be bluecollar and hard-working. I do see us having success in the Front Range League because of movement around that league as well. But the quicker they buy into the culture that me and my sta have, the quicker the success we’ll see.

What are some realistic expectations for your rst season?

My real expectation is to go 12-11, on the positive side of .500 based o of the work that our sta will put in for these boys to get there. If they buy into that culture then we’ll get that .500 record. Hopefully you know I’d like to get into the playo s, but being so young and small, it might be tough, especially with the amount of teams going in this year. But realistically, 12-11 is what I see.

How familiar are you with the team of returning players you’ll have?

We’re in our second week of workouts and open gyms. We’re going to be small and we’re going to be quick. I have some great guards that can get downhill and can go left and right hand downhill. We have some great shooters, so we’re going to have to spread the oor and attack hard in

Greg Rau reacts to the action on the Horizon High School sideline. COURTESY PHOTOS

Greg Rau watches intently on the sidelines while coaching the Horizon High School basketball team last season.

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bene t the surrounding communities,” Watkins said. “ is Brighton initiative will clean up downtown core properties and explore safer connections to essential services while creating new jobs and housing opportunities.”

Most of the properties that are being targeted with this round of grants are located within three miles of the railroad tracks through downtown Brighton.

“Due to their historical use — and in some cases unfortunate re destruction — there is concern that contaminants like asbestos, lead, petroleum and solvent-based products exist on these properties,” Watkins said.

“ ere is also potential for several of these properties to be contaminated with arsenic and other heavy metals due to their proximity to the railroad.”

e environmental assessments the Brown eld grants will pay for are the rst step in redeveloping the properties.

“ is grant will help us determine whether contaminants exist on these properties so that additional funding can be secured for future clean up and redevelopment,” she said.

“ e ultimate goal is to create muchneeded a ordable housing and commercial or industrial development.

e grant will also help the city create an inventory and prioritize additional contaminated properties with the highest potential for economic redevelopment.”

Bu ng history

Blackhurst gave details on four downtown properties the city has its eyes on for redevelopment, including the lot at 404 N. Main St. that was home to the Brighton grain elevator.

“ at building was very intriguing

and there was interest in redeveloping it into a restaurant or possibly some other uses,” he said. “Unfortunately, in 2012, the building caught re and burned to the ground.”

Another is the Midland Cereal Building at 640 E. Baseline Road. at building was built in 1920 to produce breakfast cereal but was reused in 1993 and used as industrial storage.

“You can see it, a three to four-story building with many, many windows,” Blackhurst said. “It has good bones. It has good potential for some neat redevelopment. It could be much more useful to the community and preserved going forward.”

Other potential properties include the former NAPA auto parts warehouse on 300 N. Main St. that burned to the ground in 2017 and the 1908 cannery building at 200 N. Main Street.

“ ese are just examples of the things Brighton could really use going forward to help us with redeveloping for housing int eh downtown area, or such things as a center for hosting weddings and other events,” Blackhurst said. “In my opinion, the rst 200 blocks of the city, the city has done wonderful job of doing facelifts there. However, we need to work on the 300 and 400 blocks of Main Street.”

Brighton’s $500,000 grant is part of a larger Brown elds e ort that the EPA announced in May, Watkins said.

City Manager Michael Martinez said local developers can apply for the grants to kick o the redevelopment of those properties.

“ e redevelopment of those sites, and others, is a win-win for this community and the property owners themselves,” Martinez said. “ e city can get new housing, businesses, entertainment and gathering places while property owners can work to ensure their further expanding economic opportunities. All of this will be explored with this award.”

Brighton Mayor Pro Tem Clint Blackhurst, flanked by EPA Region 8 Chief of Sta Kelly Watkins discusses properties that can be redeveloped thanks to a $500,000 EPA Brownfields grant the city received. SCOTT TAYLOR

he said. “Next year I anticipate we’ll have more.”

e 2022 celebration featured a concert and exhibition by muralists Babe Walls and garnered the county the “Non-Fair Facility Usage Award 2022” from the International Association of Fairs and Expos, which recognizes successful events outside of the annual county fairs.

is year’s celebration featured a water slide, volleyball, a foam cannon and a drag show leading up to the evening performance by pop star Bebe Rexha.

Denver LGBTQ pop-up organizers Rainbow Dome co-hosted the celebration, building an instant roller skating rink in the parking lot in front of the park’s Waymire Dome and presenting a ash mob there. Zoe Campo, Adams County cultural arts manager said the county brought in the group to help give it a sense of exuberance.

“We think this event is all about fun and joy and that’s what they brought,” Campo said.

A midway along the edge of the parking lot featured tents with county o ces and vendors selling art, rainbow-colored clothing and gear while a handful of food trucks and vendors fed attendees along the other side, closer to the Waymire Dome.

County Commissioner Emma Pinter

said last year’s event was centered on the grassy area below the parking lot. is year, the main events tent, the foam cannon and games were still down there but the event itself grew to include much more of the Riverdale park.

“We just found that the tents worked much better on the pavement,” she said. “We’re still learning. It’s our second year, and we’re still working on it.”

Next level

But the key event this year was the

Marriagepalooza, the mass wedding. Zygielbaum said that idea came from his department sta .

“We participated in Pride last year, but we wanted to take it to the next level,” Zygielbaum said. “Since we oversee the issuance of marriage licenses for Adams County we thought it could be a great event and we started planning it a couple of months ago.”

e clerk’s o ce issued rainbowcolored marriage licenses to the couples that took their vows at the

ceremony. Zygielbaum said there was plenty of interest from couples.

“Hopefully next year, we’ll be able to double the size and we hope to be doing the event for a long time,” he said.

One of the couples, Tige Heacock and Jason Godtzinger, said they didn’t initially plan to get married at an event. Heacock said she wanted to get married on June 10, since it was her grandparents’ anniversary.

“We had planned to rent Boetcher Mansion and we went online to nd out what we needed to do for a marriage license and we saw Marriagepalooza,” Heacock said. “We have a ton of friends that we support and some that are getting married this year. We tried to get them to come out today, but they couldn’t. But we wanted to support everybody else and be part of the day.”

Pinter said the event is not meant to be politically provocative but simply to represent people that live in Adams County.

“I think it’s important to celebrate our whole community, and we do all sorts of celebrations throughout the year,” she said. “We just celebrated the opening of a new Veterans Memorial on Memorial Day and we’re about to do our Stars and Stripes for Fourth of July. is is another in the calendar of events where we celebrate our community. And this is very important to let our LGBTQ community members know we are celebrating them too.”

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Adams County’s Pride celebration June 10 at Riverdale Regional Park featured an impromptu skating rink, complete with handmade guides for unsure skaters.

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Dem Senate leader, former GOP leader reflect on 2023 legislature

When the clock struck midnight, I was incredibly proud

Dominick Moreno and Mark Hillman o er contrasting views of tough session GUEST COLUMN

By State Sen. Dominick Moreno   e 2023 legislative session, like any, was lled with ups and downs.

But after a hectic, yet productive 120 days under the Golden Dome, I am struck by how much we accomplished this session.

Newly emboldened with unprecedented majorities, Democrats remained laser-focused on the issues that matter most to Colorado families. From housing to health care, we rolled up our sleeves and had tough conversations about the challenges facing our state.

It wasn’t always pretty, but when the clock struck midnight, I was incredibly proud of the work my colleagues and I put in to deliver real results for families across our state.

Our number one priority this session was addressing the housing crisis. Housing is far too expensive in Colorado, and it’s pricing folks out of their communities.

So we passed bills that will lower the cost of housing, and saved families and businesses billions of dollars on their property taxes to help keep more folks – especially those on xed incomes – in their homes.

We also worked to better support renters in Colorado through critical renter protections, including laws that reduce barriers to housing eligibility and save renters money on rental applications, and that protect lower-income Coloradans and folks who rely on safety net programs from being evicted.

Democrats also fought hard to save people money on their health care, including by lowering the cost of prescription drugs and improving access to critical behavioral care for our youth.

We protected consumers from getting trapped in an endless and confusing spiral of medical debt, and we expanded access to reproductive health care – including abortion and gender-a rming care.

Our package of reproductive health care bills, including my bill with Sen. Lisa Cutter to break down barriers to

abortion care and other critical services and make care more a ordable by closing gaps in insurance coverage, will allow Coloradans to access the full spectrum of reproductive health care services they depend on, while protecting the people who both seek and provide that care in our state. But perhaps the most impactful change we enacted this session is our work to put a stop to the endless cycle of gun violence that is plaguing Colorado.

Just weeks before session began, we lost ve lives in a shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs. In the span of one month, students and teachers at Denver East High School were subject to gun violence not once, but twice. And that doesn’t include the everyday instances of gun violence that y under the radar but leave holes in our families and our communities that can never be healed.

We grieved alongside the LGBTQ+ community in the Springs, and the students and teachers as Denver East.  But, in the face of these tragedies, we did not throw our hands up and fail to act. Instead, we used our historic majorities to pass a critical suite of gun violence prevention bills that will raise the age to purchase a rearm to 21, remove overly broad protections for the gun industry, strengthen our “red ag” law, establish a three-day waiting period when purchasing a rearm, and crack down on unserialized, untraceable “ghost guns.” ese are common sense, life-saving measures that meet the moment we nd ourselves in, and that will create a safer Colorado for us all.

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ere are far too many successes from this session to recount in a single column. But make no mistake: this session was a transformative one for the people of Colorado.

From lowering the cost of housing and health care to defending our democracy and addressing the climate crisis, Democrats got to work, and I am proud of the results we’ve delivered for our state.

I look forward to continuing our work next session, and to creating a healthier, safer, and stronger Colorado that works for us all.

Dominick Moreno is Democratic state Senate majority leader and represents parts of Adams and Arapahoe counties.

Disciplined leaders can avoid legislative chaos

By former state Sen. Mark Hillman

For the rst time I can recall, this year’s session of the Colorado General Assembly concluded with frenzy and confusion more typical of what we see in Washington, D.C., than what’s expected of our citizen legislature.

It’s not unusual for a few complicated bills to linger until the waning hours. However, this year’s 120-day session ended on Monday, May 8, with these ignominious developments:

• On Day 117, still 156 bills – onequarter of the 617 introduced since Jan. 9 – remained unresolved. With just two weeks to go, 335 bills were still in limbo.

• A bill a ecting all Colorado taxpayers was unveiled barely two-anda-half days before the session ended and heard in committee that same day, before it was available to the public. Committee hearings are intended to allow public comment, but only two people, a consultant who helped write the bill and a veteran lobbyist, testi ed in committee on Sunday.

• Yes, the House and Senate were in session on Sunday – the rst time the Senate conducted the public’s business on a Sunday since 1939. is is not a partisan critique to sug-

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gest that Democrats cannot conduct business in an orderly fashion. To the contrary, for four years (2005-2008), Democrats managed the calendar well enough to adjourn early. ose Democrats could certainly o er pointers to current leaders.

Several factors contributed to this year’s logjam.

Few in either party expected last November’s election to be a landslide for Democrats. Many Democrataligned interest groups scrambled to prepare more aggressive bills than would have been possible in a centrist-oriented legislature.

With large Democratic majorities, far-left progressives suddenly had a ghting chance to pass controversial bills, and traditional liberals had to decide whether to improve those bills or take heat for killing them. (During my rst session in 1999-2000, Republicans were in the same boat with conservatives often frustrated by moderates.)

Outnumbered more than 2-to-1 in the House, Republicans were left with only one card to play when facing sure-to-pass bills that in amed their constituents: delay. Democrats, in turn, took the rare step of limiting debate on at least 15 bills, allowing as little as one hour for discussion.

What could Democrats have done di erently?

Most obviously, adhere to legislative deadlines. Each senator and representative can introduce ve bills. ose ve bills were to be introduced by Jan. 25 in the Senate and Jan. 31 in the House.

Yet by the end of those two weeks, the Senate had introduced just 90 bills (2.5 per senator) and the House 171 (2.6 per representative). More bills (292, not counting those related to the budget) were introduced late than on schedule, which only happens with permission from leadership.

Lawmakers are procrastinators, and lobbyists relentlessly request “just one more bill.”

Leaders must enforce deadlines to maintain order and to reduce

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stress and fatigue among the legislature’s professional sta which is responsible for writing and updating bills as

Each bill drafter is responsible for multiple bills, so when a complicated bill must be completely rewritten overnight to facilitate legislative compromise, that drafter gets little sleep which can result in errors.

Each General Assembly meets for two sessions, so leaders should remind lawmakers not to waste time on bills that aren’t “ready for primetime” and to use the interim months to develop them for the following year.

Some have suggested constitutional changes, either reducing the legislative session to 90 days or allowing legislators to meet

tors have minimal real-world experience, so allowing them

who actually produce goods and services, would be a ter-

Trimming 30 days from the postponing the starting date by 30 days so they can spend that month re ning bills and be ready for business on Day

Coloradans deserve better than this year’s chaotic circus. at improvement is possible with disciplined leadership, regardless of which party is in charge.

Mark Hillman is a former Republican state Senate majority leader and state treasurer. He operates his family’s farm near Burlington.

Why is Brighton a good place to build having. I’ve been around a lot of good programs and great coaches that have mentored me through this process and have ingrained this in me. I can start fresh and build a culture and build a program, and build it the right way. at’s the most

How would Greg Rau the player get along with Greg Rau the coach?   Man, it’s di erent times. Me as a player, I was stubborn and hard-headed. I did things my way, so I can understand why kids want to do that. But the senior Greg Rau player, he would understand me, because we have the greater goals of a team rather than individuality. So the senior Greg would buy in and believe because

Greg Rau has been the coach of the Colorado Anarchy, an AAU team of local high school basketball players, for three seasons. Now he’ll run the ship as head coach at Brighton High School.

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BY DEB HURLEY BROBST DBROBST@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Search-and-rescue dogs embody the mail carrier motto: “Neither snow, nor rain nor gloom of night” will keep these trusty canines from their appointed rounds — searching for people or items with single-minded purpose.

For the dogs and their trainers who are part of the Colorado branch of SARDUS — Search and Rescue Dogs of the United States — training is a weekly, if not daily, endeavor to prepare dogs to certify in an area of search and rescue or to keep the dog’s skills sharp after certi cation.

“ e training continues for life,” said Cathy Bryarly, a retired Boulder sheri ’s deputy who trains search-and-rescue dogs. “ is has to be part of your life. It goes way beyond a hobby,

or it’s not going to work. It’s a calling.”

SARDUS members agree that it’s a labor a love based in their strong resolve to help others. Not only do the dogs and their handlers train multiple times a week, enlisting family and friends to hide, so the dogs have someone to search for, but handlers also attend seminars on a variety of topics and work together by laying trails for others to follow.

Trainers are always learning, so they can improve their canines’ ability to help in emergency situations.

Search-and-rescue dogs and their handlers are not paid; in fact, handlers spend a lot on the dogs, the equipment, the training and more. e goal is to be certi ed to go on missions, the term for helping law enforcement nd people, bodies or objects needed in an investigation.

Call the people trainers or handlers, but

more importantly, they’re dog lovers who want to work as a team with their pets to help others.

The humility of training

e trainers say it simply: Training their canines is humbling.

“Our dogs don’t make the mistakes,” Anjie Julseth-Crosby of Morrison said. “We do. ere’s so much to remember. e training is about me trying to understand what (the dogs) are saying. e human fails, not the dog.”

In fact, Julseth-Crosby, who started training her bloodhounds two years ago, has compiled a 19-page document called “ ings I wish I knew two years ago.”

Training involves having a dog follow a scent for several miles, helping the dog return to the SEE DOGS, P11

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scent trail if needed and rewarding the dog when it nds the person or item it is directed to follow.

Training can be messy as canines follow the scent wherever it takes them over all sorts of terrain in all kinds of weather.

food or toys. Once you gure that out, then trainers must convince the dog to do what they want the pup to do for the reward. It begins with what is called a puppy run-away, where you get the pup to run after a person, and when the pup nds the person, the pup gets a reward.

at transitions to following a scent to nd a person.

“It’s just a matter of making it harder and harder to the point where a dog is searching 120 acres for one person or that trailing dog is following a 24-hour-old scent through a subdivision,” Bryarly said.

No matter what or who the dog is nding, it must go to it, stay there, lay down and point its nose, so the handler knows the dog is saying that the item or person is there.

Dogs cannot certify to be search-and-rescue dogs until they are at least 18 months old, but it usually takes two years or more for the rst certi cation, Bryarly said.

“Search-and-rescue dogs that are out in the public have to be just perfect,” Bryarly said. “ ey have to stay focused and not get distracted by other dogs, animals or people.”

Getting involved

irty years ago, Julseth-Crosby made a pledge that she would own a bloodhound and train it to be a search-and-rescue dog. at’s because Ali Berelez, 6, who had been kidnapped and murdered in 1993, was found four days after her abduction by bloodhound Yogi.

Julseth, at that time a single parent with a 6-yearold, felt kinship with Ali’s family. However, as a full-time teacher, Julseth-Crosby decided to wait to train when she retired in 2021. True to her word, she began training her bloodhounds Bruno and Miley.

Niamh Coleman of Nederland was looking for something to do with her dogs, thinking it was a casual pastime. Now search-and-rescue dog training is closer to an obsession.

a multiple-day-a-week job.

Jayne Zmijewski, who taught outdoor skills to rangers most of her life, said search-and-rescue dogs were a natural progression. She’s had four search-and-rescue dogs in the last 30 years, most recently her chocolate Labrador Kodi.

Teresa Verplanck of Bailey is training Lilo, a border collie mix, for wilderness searches. She called the SARDUS group she trains with wonderful, and trainers and dogs have become a big family.

Jake Udel, who lives near Rustic, Colorado, is a volunteer firefighter and medic, and he trains his dog, Java the Mutt, a Czech shepherd, “for the love of dogs, helping people and the activity.”

Julseth-Crosby said the number of hours can be whatever trainers can put in, but at a minimum eight hours a week, and some weeks, she trains or prepares for training as much as 40 hours a week.

The right breed

While just about any breed of dog can become a search-and-rescue dog, bloodhounds, shepherds and retrievers are the typical dogs people think of, but other breeds — if they have the nose for the work — can be certi ed.

“It works better to start with a breed that is bred to do this,” Bryarly said. “In fact, there are some breeders who breed speci cally search-and-rescue dogs. But sometimes you nd a dog that is good at this, and it’s a breed you never would have guessed could do this work.”

e most important thing, Bryarly said, is the bond that the dog and handler have with each other.

“People have told me over the years that they are amazed at something their dog does,” she said. “People think they are the smart ones, but the dog is the smart one. We are just trying to keep up with them.”

Starting early

Training starts early — when pups are a few weeks old.

“Start with a dog who has a high drive,” Bryarly said. “A high-drive dog is always busy and always wanting something to do. If that energy is not channeled right away, the pup will tear your house apart.”

Most canines prefer one of two types of rewards:

TYPES OF SARDUS CERTIFICATIONS

Melanie Weaver of Lafayette knew her dog, Lego,

Udel figures he’s been on 75 to 100 missions since he certified his first dog in 2005.

SARDUS

SARDUS, one of several search-and-rescue dog organizations in the country, helps smaller organizations test and certify dogs. To get the trailing or air-scent certification, which is usually the first certification a dog earns, the canine must follow a 24-hour-old trail to find a person. SARDUS only works with law enforcement, so a person cannot request a search-andrescue dog.

Bryarly said about 30 dogs in Colorado are certified by SARDUS with most of them trailing dogs — the most of any organization in the country.

Membership in SARDUS is $25, and some people join who don’t own dogs, but they want to help in other ways such as creating tracking trails or hiding from dogs, Bryarly said.

Trainers must be physically fit since they follow their dogs through all sorts of terrain, plus they take classes such as the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s incident command courses, so they understand the structure of incidents and managing evidence.

For the SARDUS trainers, the work is definitely a passion.

a German shepherd, needed a job to have a ful lling life, and Weaver was looking for something practical. Little did she know that training Lego would be

• Trailing: Dogs who can find scents by putting their noses to the ground.

• Air scenting: Dogs who find scents by putting their noses into the air.

• Avalanche: Some dogs are good at smelling human scents through snow.

• Water: Some dogs are good at smelling human scents through water.

“If you think of it as work, you won’t do it for 20 years,” Udel explained. “You have to adopt the (search-and-rescue) lifestyle. It’s a life-anddeath commitment for some people — certainly the people we are looking for.”

• Disaster search: Dogs can smell through debris to find people.

• Human remains: Dogs can be certified to find human remains.

• Wilderness: A type of trailing in remote areas.

in cities.

• Urban and suburban: Looking for missing children or older adults

Jayne Zmijewski and her chocolate Labrador Kodi take a break from training.

PHOTO BY DEB HURLEY BROBST

Anjie Julseth-Crosby with bloodhound Miley practice trailing at a park in Niwot.

PHOTO BY CATHY BRYARLY

Doug Cummings and German shepherd Rogan trail a scent.

PHOTO BY ANJIE JULSETH-CROSBY

Adventist school o ers coding classes

Summer program delves into Python language

BY BELEN WARD BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Brighton Adventist Academy is open to teach students and community members commuter programming from ages 10 to adults this summer.

“STEM education is an integral piece of 21st Century Learning Skills,” said Principal Jodie Aakko said in a written statement. “Our school has the resources to provide extra learning in technology during the summer months to our students and to the community, so we are elated to invite participants ages ten through adult to join this class.”

e school will o er a Python Coding Camp taught by Dr. Jide Williams, who holds a doctorate in Material Mechanical Engineering from the University of Denver. He also holds a master’s degree in Process Engineering from the University of Lagos, Nigeria, and a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering.

Williams has received several distinct certi cations, including a Six Sigma Black Belt in process im-

provement, Python programming, and machine learning certi cations.

fers a deep understanding on how to apply logic in solving problems, because the student is exposed to problem-solving by using algorithms developed with Python codes,” said Williams.

programming in college or to apply the acquired skillset in a completely di erent eld of study.”

e coding camp focuses on computer programming skills. With

content presentation and hands-on assignments, it’s designed to teach beginners basic Python programming of data types, variables, loops, control, and function.

Aakko said e class goals encompass a variety of expected outcomes. In this course, the student can think logically and problemsolve in any eld.

“ e student develop pseudocodes, translate pseudocodes to Python codes, automate trivial tasks, solve mathematical problems, perform simple data analysis, and develop innovative algorithms to solve simple-intermediate problems within the given schedule,” Aakko said.

“I want to learn Python because I can use it later in life. I want to learn coding to operate and program robots that I can build. is sounds like a great class to take this summer so I can have more experience in engineering,” said Ericsson Aakko, age 10 enrolled in Python Coding Camp.

For more information and to enroll, email secretary@baaconnect. org. e six-week course is held at Brighton Adventist Academy on Tuesdays and ursdays, from June 6 to July 13, 9:00-11:00 a.m., with a fee of $100. Space is limited to 12.

Dr. Jide Williams will teach the Python Coding Camp.

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Sat 6/17

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Jun 17th - Jun 16th

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AG. 6/19 Growing Naturally Nature Play @ 9am / Free Bird Conservancy's Environmental Learning Center, 14500 Lark Bunting Lane, Brighton. 303-6594348 ext. 53

Tue 6/20

Outdoor Theater Series: Pride Of The Farm @ 7pm / $25

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Jun 17th - Jun 18th

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Sun 6/18

Build a board game with Pop Culture Classroom @ 9:30am

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STEM Explorations using LEGO (712 yrs) @ 7pm Jun 20th - Jun 22nd

Metzger Farm Open Space, 12080 Lowell Boulevard, Broom�eld. lkrumpho@CityofWestminster.us, 303-658-2208

Thu 6/22

Mountain Warriors @ 2pm Jun 22nd - Jun 23rd

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Crafty Corner: Punch Art (6/22) @ 4pm Eagle Pointe Recreation Center, 6060 E. Parkway Dr., Commerce City. 303-2893760

Denver Nuggets Watch Party: NBA Finals, Game 6

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Fri 6/16

Father's Day Classic 10k, 5k, & 1 Mile @ 7:30am / $8-$35

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Omniform Martial Arts @ 8pm

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Aladdin @ 7:30pm Buell Theatre, 1031 13th St., Den‐ver

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Colorado Rapids vs Vancouver Whitecaps @ 7:30pm / $24-$999

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Jacob Larson Band Funk & Soul: Jacob Larson TrioNorthglenn Neighborhood Nights @ 6pm Wyco Park, 117th Way & Wyco Dr., Northglenn

37th Annual MILE HIGH HOOK & LADDER

In Partnership with South Metro Fire Rescue

Saturday, June 17, 2023

PARADE: 9 a.m. – 10 a.m.

Littleton Blvd West through Historic Downtown Littleton

MUSTER: 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Arapahoe Community College 5900 S. Santa Fe, Littleton

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2. MOVIES: What is the name of the moon where “Avatar” takes place?

3. GEOGRAPHY: Which country is home to a tall rock structure called the Finger of God?

4. HISTORY: What was Babe Ruth’s real rst name?

5. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: How many of Snow White’s seven dwarfs have names ending in “y”?

6. MUSIC: Which country did the band AC/DC come from?

7. LITERATURE: How many books are in the primary Harry Potter novel series?

8. GOVERNMENT: How many national parks are in the United States?

9. FOOD & DRINK: In which country was the Caesar salad invented?

Solution

10. ANATOMY: Where is the uvula in the human body?

Answers

1. 1969.

2. Pandora.

3. Brazil.

4. George.

5. Five: Happy, Sleepy, Dopey, Sneezy and Grumpy. e other two are Doc and Bashful.

6. Australia.

7. Seven.

8. 63.

9. Mexico.

10. roat.

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Public Notice

ORDINANCE NO.

INTRODUCED BY: Green

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BRIGHTON, COLORADO, APPROVING THE RIGHT-OF-WAY VACATION FOR AN APPROXIMATELY 0.224 ACRE PORTION OF RIGHT-OF-WAY GENERALLY LOCATED NORTH OF SUGARLOAF STREET, SOUTH OF BASELINE ROAD, EAST OF NORTH 60TH AVENUE, WEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF LOST LAKE STREET AND CORRAL STREET, SITUATED WITHIN THE RIDGELINE VISTA DEVELOPMENT, MORE PARTICULARLY LOCATED IN THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 1, TOWNSHIP 1 SOUTH, RANGE 66 WEST OF THE 6TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, CITY OF BRIGHTON, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO

WHEREAS, City of Brighton (the “Owner”) is the owner of right-of-way consisting of approximately 0.224-acres, generally located north of Sugarloaf Street, south of Baseline Road, east of North 60th Avenue, west of the intersection of Lost Lake Street and Corral Street, and as more particularly described in Exhibit A, attached hereto (the “Rightof-Way”); and

WHEREAS, Travis Frazier of Redland (the “Applicant,”) has requested approval of the Ridgeline Vista Filing No.1, 2nd Amendment Right-of-Way Vacation, attached hereto as Exhibit B and incorporated herein (the “Right-of-Way Vacation”); and

WHEREAS, City staff used the criteria for vacation of rights-of-way outlined in Section 2.13 of the Land Use Development Code for its review and procedures related to the Application; and

WHEREAS, City Council hereby finds and determines that: there is no public purpose for the Right-of-Way; the Right-of-Way is not necessary to meet the intent or standards of the Land Use Development Code; that vacation of the Right-of-Way does not adversely impact adjacent landowners or remove any necessary access to property; and the Right-of-Way Vacation meets all requirements of the Colorado Statutes, the Colorado Constitution, and the Brighton City Charter.

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BRIGHTON, COLORADO, AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. The Right-of-Way, as more particularly described in Exhibit A, is hereby vacated, and that title to such vacated lands is hereby vested in its abutting landowners pursuant to Colo. Rev. Stat. 43-2-303.

Section 2. As provided in City Charter Section 5.9(A), this Ordinance either as presented or as amended, shall be published in full as it was adopted prior to taking final action. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect five days after its final publication, as provided in City Charter Section 5.8, except as set forth herein.

INTRODUCED, PASSED ON FIRST READING, AND ORDERED PUBLISHED THIS 6TH DAY OF JUNE 2023.

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

ATTEST: /s/ NATALIE HOEL, City Clerk

APPROVED AS TO FORM: /s/ YASMINA GIBBONS, Deputy City Attorney

Legal Notice No. BSB2495

First Publication: June 15, 2023

Last Publication: June 15, 2023

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Public Notice

ORDINANCE NO.

INTRODUCED BY: Padilla

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BRIGHTON, COLORADO, AMENDING SECTIONS OF ARTICLE 3-8 OF THE BRIGHTON MUNICIPAL CODE REGARDING CONTRACTS AND PURCHASES, ENACTING ARTICLE 3-9 REGARDING DISPOSITION OF

303-566-4123

AMENDING SECTIONS OF ARTICLE 2-16 REGARDING ASSIGNMENT OF COSTS AND FEES

LEVIED BY THE MUNICIPAL COURT

WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 17.7 of the Charter of the City of Brighton, the City Council previously enacted Article 3-8 of the Brighton Municipal Code to address contracts and purchases; and

WHEREAS, the City staff recommends updates to Article 3-8 to clarify the procedures and add definitions to said Article and

WHEREAS, the City Council desires to enact ordinances regarding procedures for the disposition of City-owned personal property; and

WHEREAS, in connection therewith, the City Council desires to adopt procedures regarding the assignment and collection of fees, costs, charges, fines, and other obligations levied by the Municipal Court; and

WHEREAS, the Colorado General Assembly enacted Colo. Rev. Stat. 39-26-802.9 and declared that the licensing of retailers that are subject to the payment of sales and use tax in one or more local taxing jurisdictions but either do not have a physical presence in or have only incidental physical presence in those local taxing jurisdictions is a matter of statewide concern; and

WHEREAS, by no later than July 1, 2023, a retailer that has a state standard retail license and either does not have physical presence within the City of Brighton or has only incidental physical presence within the City of Brighton can make retail sales within the City of Brighton without having to apply separately for a general business license from the City of Brighton;

WHEREAS, City Council desires to remove tax licensing requirements for certain retailers in accordance with Colo. Rev. Stat. 39-26-802.9; and

WHEREAS, the City Council finds it is in the best interests of the City of Brighton and its residents to make the following updates to the Brighton Municipal Code to meet the evolving demands of the City, the pressures of the economy, and the requirements of the Colorado General Assembly.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF BRIGHTON, COLORADO, AS FOLLOWS:

Section 1. Section 2-16-60 is hereby amended with the addition of subsection (h) as follows:

(h) The Municipal Court Administrator is authorized to assign for collection to any agency or agencies authorized to do business in the State of Colorado, as determined by the Municipal Court Clerk, all fees, costs, charges, fines, and other obligations which have been levied, assessed, and/or imposed by an order of the Municipal Court, which are unpaid to the City or the Court and are delinquent.

(1) The agency or agencies authorized pursuant to an assignment by the Municipal Court Administrator in accordance with this Section to collect on behalf of the City said fees, costs, charges, and other obligations is directed to add to the amounts assigned for collection and any and all amounts charged to the City for services rendered in collecting such delinquent fees, costs, charges, fines, and other obligations, not to exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the amount assigned for collection.

(2) The amounts charged to the City for services rendered in collecting such delinquent fees, costs, charges, fines, and other obligations and added to the amounts assigned for collection pursuant to subsection 2-16-60(h)(1), above, shall be the actually commercially reasonable costs incurred by the authorized agency or agencies for such services, subject to review by the Municipal Court Administrator.

Section 2. Section 13-4-120 is hereby amended with the addition of subsection (i) as follows:

(i) The Director of Finance is authorized to assign for collection to any agency or agencies authorized to do business in the State of Colorado, as determined by the Director of Finance, all fees, costs, charges, fines, and other obligations which have been levied, assessed, and/or imposed in accordance with the ordinances, rules, and regulations of the City which are unpaid to the City and are delinquent.

(1) The agency or agencies authorized pursuant to an assignment by the Director of Finance in accordance with this Section to collect on behalf of the City said fees, costs, charges, and other obligations is directed to add to the amounts assigned for collection and any and all amounts charged to the City for services rendered in collecting such delinquent fees, costs, charges, fines, and other

obligations, not to exceed twenty-five percent (25%) of the amount assigned for collection.

(2) The amounts charged to the City for services rendered in collecting such delinquent fees, costs, charges, fines, and other obligations and added to the amounts assigned for collection pursuant to subsection 13-4-120(i)(1), above, shall be the actually commercially reasonable costs incurred by the authorized agency or agencies for such services, subject to review by the Director of Finance.

Section 3. Section 3-8-10 is hereby amended by the addition (in alphabetical order) of the following definitions:

Sec. 3-8-10. Definitions

Capital equipment item means any article of nonexpendable, tangible property with a useful life of more than one year, and an acquisition cost of five thousand dollars ( 5,000.00) or more per unit.

Construction contract means any agreement for building, altering, repairing, improving, or demolishing any public land, building, structure, facility, road, highway, bridge, pipeline, or other public improvement suitable for and intended for use in the promotion of the public health, welfare, or safety and any maintenance programs for the upkeep of such projects.

Section 4. Section 3-8-50 is hereby amended as follows:

Sec. 3-8-50. Formal Solicitation; when required.

A formal solicitation is required for all procurement of fifty thousand dollars ( 50,000.00) or greater, with the exception of single-source procurement, sole-source procurement, or cooperative purchasing agreements which were formally solicited by the contracting agency, as provided herein. A formal solicitation shall be awarded to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Finance Department may require formal solicitation for procurement under fifty thousand dollars ( 50,000.00) at their discretion.

Section 5. Section 3-8-180 is hereby amended as follows:

Sec. 3-8-180. Master price agreements; extension and amendment.

Master price agreements with an annual not to exceed price of less than one hundred thousand dollars ( 100,000.00) may be approved by the City Manager. Master price agreements with an annual not to exceed price greater than one hundred thousand dollars ( 100,000.00) shall be approved by the City Council. After the City Council has approved a master price agreement, the City Manager may approve an annual extension and any amendment thereto, provided that the contractor has performed the work satisfactorily, all terms and conditions of the contract have been fulfilled, the funds for said extension and amendment have been appropriated, and so long as the dollar amount of said extension or amendment is within the authority of the City Manager to approve. The City Manager, as his or her discretion, may take a master price agreement and amendment thereto to the City Council for approval. All extensions and amendments to master prices agreements in excess of the authority of the City Manager to approve shall be approved by the City Council.

Section 6. Chapter 9 of Article 3 is hereby enacted as follows:

ARTICLE 3-9 –Personal Property

Sec. 3-9-10. – Definitions.

Obsolete property means property that becomes obsolete due to technological advances, project or program completion or cancellation or staff reductions. Obsolete property is considered to be surplus property and should be disposed of in accordance with the procedures set forth herein.

Surplus property means all personal property, vehicles, titled equipment, supplies and tangible personal property that is no longer required by the using department and is in excess of the City’s needs or foreseeable needs.

Sec. 3-9-20. – Procedures for Disposal of Personal Property.

(a) Obsolete, surplus, or other City personal property may be traded as part of the purchase of new property, sold to the public through solicitation or public auction, donated, or discarded at the discretion of the Finance Director according to the requirements of this Section and established administrative policies and procedures approved by the City Manager.

(b) Property obtained by grant shall be disposed

of in accordance with the terms of the grant.

(c) Obsolete, surplus, or other City personal property may be donated upon a finding of public purpose.

Section 7. Section 3-28-200 is hereby amended as follows:

(a) No license shall be required for infrequent sales of tangible personal property at the residence of the owner of the property to be sold if the property was originally purchased for use by members of the household where the sale is conducted and no person other than such household members conducts all or any portion of the sales.

(b) No license shall be required under this article for a contractor who:

(1) Has obtained a contractor license pursuant to Chapter 16 of Article 15 of this Code; and

(2) Does not directly or indirectly, or by a subsidiary own, rent, or maintain a building, store, o ce, salesroom, warehouse, or other place of business within the City.

(c) No license shall be required for a retailer or vendor that either does not have physical presence within the City or has only incidental physical presence within the City, as defined in Colo. Rev. Stat. 39-26-802.9.

(d) No license shall be required under this article for any person engaging in tree care as defined in Chapter 68 of Article 5 of this Code, provided such person:

(1) Has obtained a license pursuant to Chapter 68 of Article 5 of this Code;

(2) Does not directly or indirectly, or by a subsidiary, own, rent, or maintain a building, store, o ce, salesroom, warehouse, or other place of business within the City.

Section 8. All sections, subsections, and definitions of Chapter 2, 3, or 13 not expressly amended or modified herein remain in full force and effect.

Section 9. As provided by City Charter Section 5.9(A), this Ordinance, either as presented or as amended, shall be published full as it was adopted prior to taking final action. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect five days after final publication, as provided in City Charter Section 5.8., except as set forth herein.

INTRODUCED, PASSED ON FIRST READING AND ORDERED PUBLISHED THIS 6th DAY OF June 2023.

CITY OF BRIGHTON, COLORADO

/s/ GREGORY MILLS, Mayor

ATTEST:

/s/ NATALIE HOEL, City Clerk

APPROVED AS TO FORM:

/s/ YASMINA GIBBONS, Deputy City Attorney

Legal Notice No. BSB2496

First Publication: June 15, 2023

Last Publication: June 15, 2023

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Metropolitan Districts

Public Notice

NOTICE OF A PUBLIC MEETING TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION DIVIDING THE HORSE CREEK METROPOLITAN DISTRICT INTO AREAS CONSISTENT WITH THE SERVICES PROVIDED AND CREATING THE HORSE CREEK METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

CRESTWOOD ESTATES SUBDISTRICT

NOTICE is hereby given to all interested persons, and particularly to the property owners and residents of the real property described below that the Board of Directors of the Horse Creek Metropolitan District will hold a public meeting via Zoom on Monday, June 19, 2023, at 6:00 p.m. Zoom information will be available on the District’s website: www.horsecreekmd.org. The purpose of the meeting is to consider adoption of a Resolution of the Horse Creek Metropolitan District Dividing the District into Areas Consistent with the Services, Programs and Facilities Provided, and Authorizing the Levy of Taxes in Accordance with Services, Programs and Facilities Furnished to Such Areas, which would create the Horse Creek Metropolitan District Crestwood Estates Subdistrict for the real property described herein.

LOTS 1 - 21, INCLUSIVE, BLOCK 1, LOTS 1 - 10, INCLUSIVE, BLOCK 2, LOTS 36 - 43, INCLUSIVE, BLOCK 3, CRESTWOOD ESTATES, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO

All interested persons may appear at such hearing to show cause in writing why such Resolution should not be finally adopted. BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE HORSE CREEK METROPOLITAN DISTRICT.

HORSE CREEK METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

By: /s/ Diane Daniels

President

Legal Notice No. BSB2490

First Publication: June 15, 2023

Last Publication: June 15, 2023

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Metro Districts

Budget Hearings

Public Notice

BENNETT CROSSING NO. 1 METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING NOTICE TO AMEND THE 2022 BUDGET FOR BENNETT CROSSING NO. 1 METROPOLITAN DISTRICT JUNE 16, 2023

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Bennett Crossing No. 1 Metropolitan District (the “District”) City and County of Adams, State of Colorado, will hold a special meeting at 10:00 A.M.. on June 16, 2023, via https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84060579495?pwd= MDRXeTBDR1dKNHdhOXZjWnZET28xQT09&fr om=addon Meeting ID: 840 6057 9495, Passcode: 215297, Telephone: 1 719 359 4580 for the purpose of conducting such business as may come before the Board.

FURTHER, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a proposed amended budget has been submitted to the District for the fiscal year of 2022. A copy of the proposed amended budget has been filed in the o ce of Miller Law pllc, 1555 California Street No. 505, Denver, CO 80202, where the same is open for public inspection. Such proposed amended budgets will be considered at the special meeting of the District to be held at 10:00 A.M. on June 16, 2023. Any interested elector within the District may inspect the proposed amended budgets and file or register any objections at any time prior to the final adoption of the 2022 budget amendment. The meeting is open to the public.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

BENNETT CROSSING NO. 1 METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

By: /s/ MILLER LAW PLLC

Legal Notice No. BSB2493

First Publication: June 15, 2023

Last Publication: June 15, 2023

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Bids and Settlements

Public Notice NOTICE

PRE-QUALIFICATION OF GENERAL CONTRACTORS TO BID ON PUBLIC WORKS PROJECT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Greater Brighton Fire Protection District (“District”), a political subdivision of the State of Colorado, is soliciting general contractor applications for pre-qualification to bid on the construction of the District’s Station 55 Exterior Improvements (“Proj ect”). Only general contractors who have been approved through this pre-qualification process will be eligible to bid on the Project.

Beginning 8:00 a.m. (MST) on June 8, 2023, the pre-qualification application (“Application”) may be obtained either in-person at the District’s administrative o ce located at 500 S. 4th Avenue- 3rd Floor, Brighton, Colorado 80601, or by requesting a copy of the Application by email at the following email address: kmaine@brightonfire.org. The subject line for the email must state: “Request for Prequalification Application – Station 55 Exterior Improvements”.

All Applications must be received by the District on or before 4:00 p.m. (MST) on June 27, 2023 (“Submission Deadline”). Applications received after the Submission Deadline will not

be considered. Applications must be submitted by email to Division Chief of Planning & Logistics Ken Maine at the following email address: kmaine@brightonfire.org. The subject line for the email must state: “Prequalification Application Submission – Administration Building Remodel.

Contractors are solely responsible for ensuring that their emailed Applications have been received by the District. The District will not search for emailed Applications that are not delivered or are delivered to “spam” or “junk” folders. Contractors may contact Division Chief of Planning & Logistics Ken Maine at kmaine@brightonfire.org to confirm that their emailed Application has been received. Contractors preparing and submitting an Application do so solely at their own expense.

Each Application must conform and be responsive to the standard application form provided by the District. Any deviation from the standard application form or failure to provide the required information may be considered nonresponsive and grounds for disqualification and rejection of the Application in the District’s sole discretion. The District has the right, in its sole discretion, to reject

any or all Applications and to waive any irregularities in any Application received. The District also has the right to modify or terminate this selection process or the Project any time in its sole discretion. Submitted Applications become the District’s property and will be considered public records within the meaning of the Colorado Open Records Act, unless a general contractor conspicuously labels the portion(s) of its Application that it deems confidential and proprietary as “Confidential and Proprietary”, and separates such materials from the rest of the Application. The general contractor is solely responsible for all costs incurred in preparing and submitting an Application.

Legal Notice No. BSB2482

First Publication: June 8, 2023

Last Publication: June 15, 2023

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Summons and Sheriff Sale

Public Notice

District Court Adams County, Colorado

Court Address: Adams County Justice Center 1100 Judicial Center Drive, Brighton, CO, 80601 (303) 659-1161

Plaintiff: SHAUN BERGMAN v. Defendants: SUNBELT PORTFOLIOS, LLC; KNOX COURT TRUST; and TENANT(S)/ OCCUPANT(S) OF 9260 KNOX COURT TRUST

Case Number: 2023CV30099

Division/Courtroom C

Attorney for Plaintiff: ROCKY MOUNTAIN LITIGATOR, LTD. Charles S. Chapman, Jr., Reg. No. 40939 P.O. Box 5311, Greenwood Village, CO 80155 Phone Number: (303) 859-6515

E-mail: Steve@RockyMtnLtg.com

SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS: SUNBELT PORTFOLIOS, LLC; KNOX COURT TRUST; and TENANT(S)/OCCUPANT(S) of 9260 KNOX COURT TRUST

You are hereby summoned and required to appear and defend against the claims of the complaint [petition] filed with the court in this action, by filing with the clerk of this court an answer or other response. You are required to file your answer or other response within thirty-five (35) days after the service of this summons upon you. Service of this summons shall be complete on the day of the last publication. A copy of the complaint may be obtained from the clerk of the court.

If you fail to file your answer or other response to the complaint [petition] in writing within thirty-five (35)days after the date of the last publication, judgment by default may be rendered against you by the court for the relief demanded in the complaint [petition] without further notice.

This is an in rem judicial foreclosure action, involving the Plaintiff, Shaun Bergman’s foreclosure of his judgment lien interest claimed under that Transcript of Judgment recorded under reception

Lochbuie 2023 Drinking Water Quality Report

number 2022000037107 with the Adams County Clerk and Recorder on April 26, 2022 made against the real property and improvements legally described as SUBDIVISION: SUNSET RIDGE, FIRST FILING, BLOCK 7, LOT 5, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO and commonly known by street name and number as 9260 Knox Court, Westminster, Adams County, Colorado, and which foreclosure and sale may affect your interest(s) to or any right to enjoyment or the possession, use, sale, transfer, ownership, proceeds of or other benefit or claim to the property.

Dated: June 5th, 2023

S/ Charles S. Chapman, Jr. Charles S. Chapman, Jr., Reg. No. 40939

Legal Notice No. BSB2383

First Publication: June 15, 2023

Last Publication: July 13, 2023

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

LOCHBUIE TOWN OF 2023 Drinking Water Quality Report Covering Data for Calendar Year 2022

conditions.

LOCHBUIE TOWN OF 2023 Drinking Water Quality Report Covering Data for Calendar Year 2022

Public Water SystemID: CO0162486

Public Water System ID: CO0162486

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• Gross Alpha (No Abbreviation) − Gross alpha particle activity compliance value. It includes radium-226, but excludes radon 222, and uranium.

• Picocuries per liter (pCi/L) − Measure of the radioactivity in water.

LOCHBUIE TOWN OF 2023 Drinking Water Quality Report

• Nephelometric Turbidity Unit (NTU) − Measure of the clarity or cloudiness of water. Turbidity in excess of 5 NTU is just noticeable to the typical person.

Covering Data for Calendar Year 2022

• Compliance Value (No Abbreviation) – Single or calculated value used to determine if regulatory contaminant level (e.g. MCL) is met. Examples of calculated values are the 90th Percentile, Running Annual Average (RAA) and Locational Running Annual Average (LRAA).

Public Water SystemID: CO0162486

We are pleased to present to you this year’s water quality report. Our constant goal is to provide you with a safe and dependable supply of drinking water. Please contact BRIAN MCBROOM at 303-655-9308 with any questions or for public participation opportunities that may affect water quality.

General Information

We are pleased to present to you this year’s water quality report. Ourconstant goal is to provideyou with a safe and dependable supply ofdrinking water. Please contact BRIAN MCBROOM at 303-655-9308 with any questionsor for public participation opportunities that may affect water quality.

General Information

All drinking water, including bottled water, may reasonably be expected to contain at least small amounts of some contaminants. The presence of contaminants does not necessarily indicate that the water poses a health risk. More information about contaminants and potential health effects can be obtained by calling the Environmental Protection Agency’s Safe Drinking Water Hotline (1-800-426-4791) or by visiting epa.gov/ground-water-and-drinking-water

provided by public water systems. The Food and Drug Administration regulations establish limits for contaminants in bottled water that must provide the same protection forpublic health.

Some people may be more vulnerable to contaminants in drinking water than the general population. Immunocompromised persons such as persons with cancer undergoing chemotherapy, persons who have undergone organ transplants, people with HIV-AIDS or other immune system disorders, some elderly, and infants can be particularly at risk of infections. These people should seek advice about drinking water from their health care providers. For more information about contaminants and potential health effects, or to receive a copy of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) guidelines on appropriate means to lessen the risk of infection by Cryptosporidium and microbiological contaminants call the EPA Safe Drinking Water Hotline at (1-800-426-4791).

• Average (x-bar) − Typical value.

• Range (R) − Lowest value to the highest value.

• Sample Size (n) − Number or count of values (i.e. number of water samples collected).

• Parts per million = Milligrams per liter (ppm = mg/L) − One part per million corresponds to one minute in two years or a single penny in $10,000.

Esta es información importante. Sinolapueden leer,necesitan quealguien se la traduzca. We are pleased to present to you this year’s water quality report. Ourconstant goal is to provideyou with a safe and dependable supply ofdrinking water. Please contact BRIAN MCBROOM at 303-655-9308 with any questionsor for public participation opportunities that may affect water quality.

• Parts per billion = Micrograms per liter (ppb = ug/L) − One part per billion corresponds to one minute in 2,000 years, or a single penny in $10,000,000.

General Information

• Not Applicable (N/A) – Does not apply or not available.

All drinking water, including bottled water,may reasonably be expected to contain at least smallamountsof some contaminants.

• Level 1 Assessment – A study of the water system to identify potential problems and determine (if possible) why total coliform bacteria have been found in our water system.

provided by public water systems. The Food and Drug Administration regulations establish limits for contaminants in bottled water that must provide the same protection forpublic health.

• Level 2 Assessment – A very detailed study of the water system to identify potential problems and determine (if possible) why an E. coli MCL violation has occurred and/or why total coliform bacteria have been found in our water system on multiple occasions.

The presence of contaminants does notnecessarily indicate that the water poses a health risk. More information aboutcontaminants and potentialhealtheffectscan be obtained by calling the Environmental Protection Agency’s Safe Drinking Water Hotline (1-800-426-4791) orby visiting epa.gov/ground-water-and-drinking-water

Lead inDrinking Water

Detected Contaminants

Lead inDrinking Water

The sources of drinking water (both tap water and bottled water) include rivers, lakes, streams, ponds, reservoirs, springs, and wells. As water travels over the surface of the land or through the ground, it dissolves naturally occurring minerals and, in some cases, radioactive material, and can pick up substances resulting from the presence of animals or from human activity. Contaminants that may be present in source water include:

• Microbial contaminants: viruses and bacteria that may come from sewage treatment plants, septic systems, agricultural livestock operations, and wildlife.

All drinking water, including bottled water,may reasonably be expected to contain at least smallamountsof some contaminants. The presence of contaminants does notnecessarily indicate that the water poses a health risk. More information aboutcontaminants and potentialhealtheffectscan be obtained by calling the Environmental Protection Agency’s Safe Drinking Water Hotline (1-800-426-4791) orby visiting epa.gov/ground-water-and-drinking-water

• Inorganic contaminants: salts and metals, which can be naturally- occurring or result from urban storm water runoff, industrial or domestic wastewater discharges, oil and gas production, mining, or farming.

• Pesticides and herbicides: may come from a variety of sources, such as agriculture, urban storm water runoff, and residential uses.

• Radioactive contaminants: can be naturally occurring or be the result of oil and gas production and mining activities.

• Organic chemical contaminants: including synthetic and volatile organic chemicals, which are byproducts of industrial processes and petroleum production, and also may come from gas stations, urban storm water runoff, and septic systems. In order to ensure that tap water is safe to drink, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment prescribes regulations limiting the amount of certain contaminants in water provided by public water systems. The Food and Drug Administration regulations establish limits for contaminants in bottled water that must provide the same protection for public health.

Lead in Drinking Water

Lead can cause serious health problems, especially for pregnant women and young children. Lead in drinking water is primarily from materials and components associated with service lines and home plumbing. We are responsible for providing high quality drinking water and removing lead pipes but cannot control the variety of materials used in plumbing components in your home. You share the responsibility for protecting yourself and your family from the lead in your home plumbing. You can take responsibility by identifying and removing lead materials within your home plumbing and taking steps to reduce your family’s risk. Before drinking tap water, flush your pipes for several minutes by running your tap, taking a shower, doing laundry or a load of dishes. You can also use a filter certified by an American National Standards Institute accredited certifier to reduce lead in drinking water. If you are concerned about lead in your water and wish to have your water tested, contact BRIAN MCBROOM at 303-655-9308. Information on lead in drinking water, testing methods, and steps you can take to minimize exposure is available at epa.gov/safewater/lead

Source Water Assessment and Protection (SWAP)

Some people may be morevulnerable to contaminants in drinking water than thegeneral population. Immunocompromised persons suchas persons with cancer undergoing chemotherapy, persons who have undergoneorgan transplants, people with HIV-AIDSor other immune system disorders, some elderly, andinfants can be particularly at riskof infections. These people should seek advice about drinking water from their health care providers. For more information about contaminants and potentialhealth effects, orto receive a copyof the U.S.Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) guidelines on appropriate means to lessen the risk of infection byCryptosporidium andmicrobiologicalcontaminantscall theEPA Safe Drinking Water Hotline at (1-800-426-4791).

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment may have provided us with a Source Water Assessment Report for our water supply. For general information or to obtain a copy of the report please visit wqcdcompliance.com/ccr. The report is located under “Guidance: Source Water Assessment Reports”. Search the table using our system name or ID, or by contacting BRIAN MCBROOM at 303-655-9308. The Source Water Assessment Report provides a screening-level evaluation of potential contamination that could occur. It does not mean that the contamination has or will occur. We can use this information to evaluate the need to improve our current water treatment capabilities and prepare for future contamination threats. This can help us ensure that quality finished water is delivered to your homes. In addition, the source water assessment results provide a starting point for developing a source water protection plan. Potential sources of contamination in our source water area are listed on the next page.

The sources of drinking water (both tap water and bottled water) include rivers, lakes, streams, ponds, reservoirs, springs, and wells. As water travels over the surface of the land or through the ground, it dissolves naturally occurring minerals and, in some cases, radioactive material, and can pick up substances resulting from the presence of animals or from human activity. Contaminantsthatmay be present in source water include:

Lead can cause serious health problems, especially forpregnant women and young children. Lead in drinking water isprimarily from materials and components associated with service lines and home plumbing. We are responsible forproviding high quality drinking water and removing lead pipesbut cannot control the variety of materials used in plumbing components in yourhome. You share the responsibility forprotecting yourself and your family from the lead in yourhome plumbing. You can take responsibility by identifying and removing lead materials within your home plumbing and taking steps to reduce your family's risk. Before drinking tap water, flush your pipes for several minutesby running your tap, taking a shower,doing laundry or a load of dishes. You can also use a filter certified by an American NationalStandards Institute accredited certifier to reduce lead indrinking water. If you are concerned aboutlead in yourwater and wish to have your water tested,contact BRIANMCBROOM at 303-655-9308 Information on lead in drinking water, testing methods, and steps you can take to minimize exposure is available at epa.gov/safewater/lead

Source Water Assessment and Protection (SWAP)

Please contact us to learn more about what you can do to help protect your drinking water sources, any questions about the Drinking Water Quality Report, to learn more about our system, or to attend scheduled public meetings. We want you, our valued customers, to be informed about the services we provide and the quality water we deliver to you every day.

LOCHBUIE TOWN OF routinely monitors for contaminants in your drinking water according to Federal and State laws. The following table(s) show all detections found in the period of January 1 to December 31, 2022 unless otherwise noted. The State of Colorado requires us to monitor for certain contaminants less than once per year because the concentrations of these contaminants are not expected to vary significantly from year to year, or the system is not considered vulnerable to this type of contamination. Therefore, some of our data, though representative, may be more than one-year-old. Violations and Formal Enforcement Actions, if any, are reported in the next section of this report.

Some people may be morevulnerable to contaminants in drinking water than thegeneral population. Immunocompromised persons suchas persons with cancer undergoing chemotherapy, persons who have undergoneorgan transplants, people with HIV-AIDSor other immune system disorders, some elderly, andinfants can be particularly at riskof infections. These people should seek advice about drinking water from their health care providers. For more information about contaminants and potentialhealth effects, orto receive a copyof the U.S.Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) guidelines on appropriate means to lessen the risk of infection byCryptosporidium andmicrobiologicalcontaminantscall theEPA Safe Drinking Water Hotline at (1-800-426-4791).

The sources of drinking water (both tap water and bottled water) include rivers, lakes, streams, ponds, reservoirs, springs, and wells. As water travels over the surface of the land or through the ground, it dissolves naturally occurring minerals and, in some cases, radioactive material, and can pick up substances resulting from the presence of animals or from human activity. Contaminantsthatmay be present in source water include:

• Microbial contaminants: viruses andbacteriathatmaycome from sewage treatment plants, septic systems, agricultural livestock operations, and wildlife.

Inorganic contaminants: salts andmetals,whichcan be naturallyoccurring or result from urban storm water runoff, industrial or domestic wastewater discharges, oil and gas production, mining, or farming.

• Pesticides and herbicides: maycome from a varietyof sources, suchasagriculture, urban storm water runoff, and residential uses.

Lead can cause serious health problems, especially forpregnant women and young children. Lead in drinking water isprimarily from materials and components associated with service lines and home plumbing. We are responsible forproviding high quality drinking water and removing lead pipesbut cannot control the variety of materials used in plumbing components in yourhome. You share the responsibility forprotecting yourself and your family from the lead in yourhome plumbing. You can take responsibility by identifying and removing lead materials within your home plumbing and taking steps to reduce your family's risk. Before drinking tap water, flush your pipes for several minutesby running your tap, taking a shower,doing laundry or a load of dishes. You can also use a filter certified by an American NationalStandards Institute accredited certifier to reduce lead indrinking water. If you are concerned aboutlead in yourwater and wish to have your water tested,contact BRIANMCBROOM at 303-655-9308 Information on lead in drinking water, testing methods, and steps you can take to minimize exposure is available at epa.gov/safewater/lead

Note: Only detected contaminants sampled within the last 5 years appear in this report. If no tables appear in this section, then no contaminants were detected in the last round of monitoring.

Source Water Assessment and Protection (SWAP)

Terms and Abbreviations

• Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) − The highest level of a contaminant allowed in drinking water.

• Microbial contaminants: viruses andbacteriathatmaycome from sewage treatment plants, septic systems, agricultural livestock operations, and wildlife.

• Treatment Technique (TT) − A required process intended to reduce the level of a contaminant in drinking water.

• Health-Based − A violation of either a MCL or TT.

• Non-Health-Based − A violation that is not a MCL or TT.

• Action Level (AL) − The concentration of a contaminant which, if exceeded, triggers treatment and other regulatory requirements.

• Maximum Residual Disinfectant Level (MRDL) − The highest level of a disinfectant allowed in drinking water. There is convincing evidence that addition of a disinfectant is necessary for control of microbial contaminants.

Radioactive contaminants: can be naturally occurring orbe the result ofoil and gas production and mining activities.

• Organicchemical contaminants: includingsynthetic and volatile organic chemicals,whichare byproductsof industrial processes and petroleumproduction, and also may come from gas stations,urban storm water runoff, and septic systems.

In order to ensure that tap water is safe to drink, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment prescribes regulationslimitingthe amount of certaincontaminants in water

• Inorganic contaminants: salts andmetals,whichcan be naturallyoccurring or result from urban storm water runoff, industrial or domestic wastewater discharges, oil and gas production, mining, or farming.

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment may have provided us with a SourceWater Assessment Report forour water supply. Forgeneral information or to obtain a copy of the report pleasevisit wqcdcompliance.com/ccr The report is located under “Guidance: Source Water Assessment Reports”.Search the table using our system nameor ID, orby contacting BRIAN MCBROOM at 303-655-9308 The Source Water Assessment Reportprovides a screening-level evaluationof potential contamination that could occur. It does not mean that the contamination has or will occur.We can use thisinformation to evaluate the need to improve our currentwatertreatmentcapabilities andprepare for futurecontamination threats. This canhelp us ensure that quality finished water isdelivered toyour homes. In addition, the source water assessment results provide a starting point for developing a source water protectionplan.Potential sources of contamination inour source water area are listed onthe nextpage.

Please contact us to learn more about what you can do to help protectyour drinking water sources, any questions aboutthe Drinking Water Quality Report, to learnmore aboutour system, or to attend scheduled public meetings. We wantyou,our valued customers, to be informed about the services we provide and the quality water we deliverto you every day.

• Maximum Contaminant Level Goal (MCLG) − The level of a contaminant in drinking water below which there is no known or expected risk to health. MCLGs allow for a margin of safety.

• Pesticides and herbicides: maycome from a varietyof sources, suchasagriculture, urban storm water runoff, and residential uses.

• Maximum Residual Disinfectant Level Goal (MRDLG) − The level of a drinking water disinfectant, below which there is no known or expected risk to health. MRDLGs do not reflect the benefits of the use of disinfectants to control microbial contaminants.

• Violation (No Abbreviation) − Failure to meet a Colorado Primary Drinking Water Regulation.

• Formal Enforcement Action (No Abbreviation) − Escalated action taken by the State (due to the risk to public health, or number or severity of violations) to bring a non-compliant water system back into compliance.

• Variance and Exemptions (V/E) − Department permission not to meet a MCL or treatment technique under certain

• Radioactive contaminants: can be naturally occurring orbe the result ofoil and gas production and mining activities.

• Organicchemical contaminants: includingsynthetic and volatile organic chemicals,whichare byproductsof industrial processes

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment may have provided us with a SourceWater Assessment Report forour water supply. Forgeneral information or to obtain a copy of the report pleasevisit wqcdcompliance.com/ccr The report is located under “Guidance: Source Water Assessment Reports”.Search the table using our system nameor ID, orby contacting BRIAN MCBROOM at 303-655-9308 The Source Water Assessment Reportprovides a screening-level evaluationof potential contamination that could occur. It does not mean that the contamination has or will occur.We can use thisinformation to evaluate the need to improve our currentwatertreatmentcapabilities andprepare for futurecontamination threats. This canhelp us ensure that quality finished water isdelivered toyour homes. In addition, the source water assessment results provide a starting point for developing a source water protectionplan.Potential sources of contamination inour source water area are listed onthe nextpage.

Public Notices

**Secondary standards are non-enforceable guidelines for contaminants that maycausecosmeticeffects(suchas skin, ortooth discoloration) or aesthetic effects (such as taste, odor, or color) in drinking water.

Non-Health-Based Violations

These violations do not usually mean that there was a problem with the water quality. If there had been, we would have notified you immediately. We missed collecting a sample (water qualityis unknown), we reported the sample result after the due date, or we did not complete a report/notice by the required date.

Additional Violation Information

Please share this information with all the other people who drink this water, especially those who may not have received this notice directly (for example, people in apartments, nursing homes, schools, and businesses).You can do this byposting this notice in a public place or distributing copies by hand or mail.

Describe the steps taken to resolve the violation(s), and the anticipated resolution date:

The Lead and Copper rule violations were a result of samples not being collected from all the highest risk sites prior to collecting samples from sites that are lower risk category. In the first half of 2022, all Tier 1 Sites were collected, however; five (5) NonRepresentative sites werecollectedinstead of Tier 3 sites. Though the appropriatenumberof sampleswerecollected on time, sampling low risk sites before completing sampling at all the higher risk sites is a violation of the Lead and Copper rule. This violation was resolved in January 2023 following the completion of the second round of lead andcopper sampling conducted between July 1 and December 31, 2022.

for a printed copy. Report also available at Lochbuie.org.

Public Notice

DISTRICT COURT, ADAMS COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO

CIVIL ACTION NO. 2022CV031064, Division/ Courtroom W

AMENDED COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY (Publication Notice)

OLD FARM TOWNHOMES ASSOCIATION, INC., Plaintiff v. ALICIA Y MARTINEZ; PHILLIP L MARTINEZ; COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE AUTHORITY; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC.; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; and ADAMS COUNTY PUBLIC TRUSTEE, Defendants.

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 Department of Adams County, Colorado at 9:00 o’clock A.M., on the 13th day of July, 2023, at the Adams County Justice Center, 1100 Judicial Center Drive, Basement, Brighton, CO 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.

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

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. Judgment is in the amount of $23,405.61.

First Publication: May 18, 2023

Last Publication: June 15, 2023

Published In: Brighton Standard Blade

This is to advise you that a Sheriff’s sale proceeding has been commenced through the o ce of the undersigned Sheriff pursuant to Court Order dated March 2, 2023 and C.R.S. 38-38-101 et seq. by Old Farm Townhomes Association, Inc. the holder and current owner of a lien recorded on February

1, 2019 at Reception No. 2019000007898 in the records of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Adams, State of Colorado. The foreclosure is based on a default under the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions of Old Farm Townhomes Subdivision, A Planned Community in the County of Adams, State of Colorado recorded on 12/17/2001 at C0901265 in the records of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Adams, State of Colorado. The Declaration establishes a lien for the benefit of Old Farm Townhomes Association, Inc. against real property legal described as follows:

LOT 140, AS SHOWN ON THE PLAT OF OLD FARM TOWNHOMES SUBDIVISION, AMENDMENT NO. 1, RECORDED NOVEMBER 28, 2001 AT RECEPTION NO. CO891872, AND AS DEFINED BY THE DECLARATION OF COVENANTS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS RECORDED DECEMBER 17, 2001 AT RECEPTION NO. 00901265, TOGETHER WITH THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO USE LIMITED COMMON ELEMENT: GARAGE NO. 65, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO.;

And also known as:13279 Holly St. #A, Thornton, CO 80241-4324

Legal Notice No. BSB2438

First Publication: May 18, 2023

Last Publication: June 15, 2023

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Public Notice District Court, Adams County, Colorado 1100 Judicial Center Drive, Brighton, CO 80601 Phone Number: (303) 659-1161

ANDREW HAZLET, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Monte Jo Halet a k a Monte . Ha let Plaintiff v. Eastern Plains Grasslands LLC, The Cuba E. Hazlet Trust, The Estate of James W. Hazlet, The Estate of Ida Roberts, Jeanetta Stout, The Estate of Venice Boxer, The Estate of Maryann Healy, The Estate of Robert Hazlet, Virginia Hazlet, Andrew Hazlet, Renee Hazlet, Shayne Ankoviak, Janeal Doctolero, Meredy Dockery, Lisette Roberts, Kevin Roberts, Renee Roberts, Darcy Lacy, Andrea Cline, Chris Danley, Scott Danley, Paul Danley, Dale Healy, Charles A. Healy, Doris Healy, all unknown heirs of any deceased party and all unknown persons who claim an interest in the subject matter of this

action, Defendants

Attorney for Plaintiff Estate of Monte o Ha let: Coan, Payton Payne, LLC William F. Garcia, #28641 1711 61st Avenue, Suite 100 Greeley, CO 80634 Phone: 970-339-3500

/Email: wgarcia@cp2law.com

Summons by Publication

the People of the State of Colorado To the ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS:

You are hereby summoned and required to appear and defend against the claims of the complaint filed with the court in this action, by filing with the clerk of this court an answer or other response. You are required to file your answer or other response within 35 days after the service of this summons upon you. Service of this summons shall be complete on the day of the last publication. A copy of the complaint may be obtained from the clerk of the court.

If you fail to file your answer or other response to the complaint in writing within 35 days after the date of the last publication, judgment by default may be rendered against you by the court for the relief demanded in the complaint without further notice.

This is an action to quiet title of the parties, along with other relief, related in and to the real property situate in Adams County, Colorado, to wit:

THAT PORTION OF THE NE OF SECTION 20, TOWNSHIP 1 SOUTH, RANGE 64 WEST OF THE SIXTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ADAMS COUNTY, COLORADO, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE NE CORNER OF THE NE1/4 OF SAID SECTION 20; THENCE S 0°37’44” E ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID NE1/4 A DISTANCE OF 2652.87 FEET TO THE SE CORNER THEREOF; THENCE N 89° 09’57” W ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID NE1/4 A DISTANCE OF 1314.72 FEET; THENCE N 0°37’44” W PARALLEL WITH THE EAST LINE OF SAID NE1/4 A DISTANCE OF 2650.09 FEET TO A POINT ON THE NORTH LINE OF SAID NE1/4; THENCE S 89°17’12” E ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID NE1/4 A DISTANCE OF 1314.65 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO. CONTAINING 80.00 ACRES MORE OR LESS

(“Parcel 1”)

THAT PORTION OF THE NE OF SECTION 20, TOWNSHIP 1 SOUTH, RANGE 64 WEST OF THE SIXTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ADAMS COUNTY, COLORADO, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT A POINT ON THE NORTH LINE OF SAID NE1/4, BEING N89°17’12” W A DISTANCE OF 1314.65 FEET FROM THE NE CORNER OF SAID NE1/4;

THENCE S 00°37’44”E PARALLEL WITH THE EAST LINE OF SAID NE1/4 A DISTANCE OF 1333.48 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING;

THENCE S 00°37’44” E PARALLEL TO THE EAST LINE OF SAID NE1/4 A DISTANCE OF 1316.61 FEET TO A POINT ON SOUTH LINE OF SAID NE1/4;

THENCE N 89°09’57”W ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID NE1/4 A DISTANCE OF 1337.49

FEET TO THE SW CORNER OF SAID NE1/4;

THENCE N 00°33’05” W ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID NE1/4 A DISTANCE OF 1316.57 FEET;

THENCE S 89°09’57” E PARALLEL TO THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID NE1/4 A DISTANCE OF 1335.71 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO (“Parcel 2”)

THE SE1/4 OF SECTION 20, TOWNSHIP 1 SOUTH, RANGE 64 WEST OF THE 6th P.M., COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO (“Parcel 3”).

Legal Notice No. BSB2448

First Publication: May 25, 2023

Last Publication: June 22, 2023

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Misc. Private Legals

Public Notice

BEFORE THE OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

IN THE MATTER OF THE PROMULGATION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF FIELD RULES TO GOVERN OPERATIONS FOR THE NIOBRARA, FORT HAYS, CODELL, AND CARLILE FORMATIONS, WATTENBERG FIELD, ADAMS COUNTY, COLORADO

CAUSE NO. 407

DOCKET NO. 230500172

TYPE: POOLING

NOTICE OF HEARING

PDC Energy, Inc., (Operator No. 69175) (“Applicant”) filed an Application with the Commission for an order to pool all oil and gas (“mineral”) interests in lands identified below. This Notice was sent to you because the Applicant believes you may own mineral interests that will be pooled if the Commission approves the Application. Pooling is the consolidation and combining of mineral interests so that all mineral interest owners receive payment for their just and equitable share of produced oil and gas. For more information about the Commission’s pooling process, please see a brochure on the Commission’s website here:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/14 a 0 G6G35gv qwq5pp5t1psF0fDil0M/view

The assigned Hearing O cer will hold a hearing only on the above referenced docket number at the following date,

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 O cer 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 https://cogcc.state.co.us/ documents/reg/Hearings/External Efiling System_Handbook_December_2021_Final.pdf for more information. Under Commission Rule 508, if no petition is filed, the Application may be approved administratively without a formal hearing.

Any Affected Person who files a petition must be able to participate in a prehearing conference during the week of July 10, 2023, if a prehearing conference is requested by the Applicant or by any person who has filed a petition.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

For more information, you may review the Application, which was sent to you with this Notice. You may also contact the Applicant at the phone number or email address listed below.

In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if any party requires special accommodations as a result of a disability for this hearing, please contact Margaret Humecki at Cogcc. Hearings_Unit@state.co.us, prior to the hearing and arrangements will be made.

OIL AND GAS CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

By Mimi C. Larsen, Commission Secretary

Dated: June 2, 2023

PDC Energy, Inc. c/o Jamie L. Jost Kelsey H. Wasylenky Jost Energy Law, P.C. 3511 Ringsby Court, Unit 103 Denver, CO 80216 720-446-5620 jjost@jostenergylaw.com kwasylenky@jostenergylaw.com

Legal Notice No. BSB2497

First Publication: June 15, 2023

Last Publication: June 15, 2023

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Public Notice

NOTICE OF LOST WATER CERTIFICATE

After first being duly sworn, pursuant to Title 7-42-114 Colorado Revised Statutes, Arapahoe County Water and Wastewater Authority (ACWWA) does hereby give notice to Fulton Irrigating Ditch Company that Certificate No. 3915 for fifty (50) shares of capital stock of the Fulton Irrigating Ditch Company has been lost, mislaid, or destroyed and such certificate(s) is the property of Arapahoe County Water and Wastewater Authority and such certificate has not been transferred or hypothecated by Arapahoe County Water and Wastewater Authority. Demand is hereby made for a duplicate certificate in accordance with Sections 7-42-113 to 7-42-117, Colorado Revised Statutes.

Fulton Irrigating Ditch Company will issue on or after August 11, 2023 a duplicate certificate to the registered owner, the registered owner’s legal representative or assignee, or any lienholder named in the books of the corporation as a lienholder on the lost certificate unless a contrary claim is filed with the Fulton Irrigating Ditch Company prior to the date stated above.

Legal Notice No. BSB2467

First Publication: May 25, 2023

Last Publication: June 22, 2023

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Public Notice

DISTRICT COURT, ADAMS COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO

Court Address: 1100 Judicial Center Drive Brighton, Colorado 80601

Plaintiffs: AN ERS N GREN and MARET LINDGREN.

v. Defendant: WADE S. DURBEN.

Case Number: 2023-CV-30620

Division A

Attorney

Robert W. Smith, attorney for Plaintiffs

1777 South Harrison Street, Suite 1250 Denver, CO 80210

Phone Number: (720) 506-9218

Email: BobSmith@rwsmithlaw.com FAX Number: (303) 355-6036 Atty. Reg. #: 9513

SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANT: Wade S. Durben.

You are hereby summoned and required to appear and defend against the claims of the Complaint filed with the court in this action, by filing with the clerk of this court an answer or other response. You are required to file your answer or other response within 35 days after the service of this summons upon you. Service of this summons shall be complete on the day of the last publication. A copy of the Complaint may be obtained from the clerk of the court.

If you fail to file your answer or other response to the Complaint in writing within 35 days after the date of the last publication, judgment by default may be rendered against you by the court for the relief demanded in the Complaint without further notice.

This is an action to correct a special warranty deed transferring title to 13001 County Road A, Fort Morgan, CO 80701, where that deed has an error in the legal description and in one place misspells the grantor’s name.

Dated: June 5, 2023. Legal Notice No. BSB2491

BY PUBLICATION PURSUANT TO Sec. 15-12-801, C.R.S.

Case No. 2023PR30336

Estate of Barbara M. White, Deceased.

All Persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before October 8, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Attorney for Personal Representative:

Erin M. Matis

Atty Reg 44275 1801 Wewatta St., Ste. 1000 Denver, CO 80202

Phone: 303-573-4797

Legal Notice No. BSB2487

First Publication: June 8, 2023

Last Publication: June 22, 2023

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Ricky D. Hansel, Deceased Case Number: 2023 PR 115

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before October 9, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Kerri Long

Personal Representative 3060 E Bridge St. #316 Brighton, CO 80601

Legal Notice No. BSB2485

First Publication: June 8, 2023

Last Publication: June 22, 2023

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of DORIS IRENE LANDAU, a.k.a. DORIS I. LANDAU, a.k.a. DORIS LANDAU, a.k.a. DORIS WHITEHEAD LANDAU, a.k.a. DORIS IRENE LANDOU, Deceased Case Number 2023 PR 30358 Division PR

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the the Adams County District Court, Brighton, Colorado, on or before October 1, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

LORRAINE deSPAIN BOGGESS and MICHAEL MARK deSPAIN

Co-Personal Representatives 17279 E. Crestline Avenue Centennial, Colorado 80015 Telephone: 303-793-1317

Legal Notice No. BSB2474

First Publication: June 1, 2023

Last Publication: June 15, 2023

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

PUBLIC NOTICE

First Publication: June 8, 2023

Last Publication: June 22, 2023

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of BARBARA M. DUNN, a/k/a BARBARA MARIE DUNN, a/k/a BARBARA DUNN, Deceased Case Number: 2023 PR 30373

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before October 9, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Robin M. Vander Zanden

Personal Representative 3725 S. Ocean Dr. 1223 Hollywood, FL 33019

Legal Notice No. BSB2475

First Publication: June 8, 2023

Last Publication: June 22, 2023

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Justin Michael Olson, aka Justin M. Olson, aka Justin Olson, Deceased

Case Number: 2023PR30416

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Adams County, Colorado or on or before October 1, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Glen S. Olson, Personal Representative 1438 Tall Oaks Drive Carol Stream, Illinois 60188

Legal Notice No. BSB2472

First Publication: June 1, 2023

Last Publication: June 8, 2023

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Children Services

(Adoption/Guardian/Other)

Public Notice

District Court Colorado County: ADAMS COUNTY

Court Address: 1100 Judicial Center Dr., Brighton, CO 80601

Petitioner: Gladis Rodriguez

Respondent: Arturo Armando Nuñez Cano

Child: Arturo Angel Nuñez Cano

Case No. 2023 DR 30384

Division: K

SUMMONS - CUSTODY CASE

NOTICE TO THE ABOVE-NAMED RESPON-

As soon as you receive this Summons, you must obey these orders:

1) Do not disturb the peace of the other parent or parties in this case.

2) Do not take the children in this case out of the state without permission from the Court and/or the other parent (or party).

3) Do not stop paying, cancel, or make any changes to health, homeowner’s, renter’s, automobile, or life insurance policies that cover the children or a party in this case or that name a child or a party as a beneficiary.

Exception: You may make changes to insurance coverage if you have written permission from the other parent or party or a court order, and you give at least 14 days’ Notice to the other party. C.R.S. §§ 14-10-107, 108.

You must obey these orders until this case is finali ed, dismissed, or the Court changes these orders.

Note on Genetic Testing

You can request genetic testing. The Court will not hold this request against you when deciding the outcome of the case.

You must do testing and submit the results before the Court establishes who the parents are (parentage) and issues final orders. After that time, it may be too late to submit genetic testing evidence. The law that directs this process is C.R.S. 14-10-124(1.5).

So Summoned.

Samuel T. Townsend, Petitioner’s Attorney

Date: May 4, 2023

Legal Notice No. BSB2484

First Publication: June 8, 2023

Last Publication: July 6, 2023

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade

Public Notice

District Court, Adams County, Colorado

Court Address: 1100 Judicial Center Dr. Brighton, CO 80601

In the Matter of the Petition of:

JASON ROBERT PHIPPS

For the Adoption of a Child

Case Number: 23JA30000

Division: T1

NOTICE OF HEARING

To: Khadafy Bris Fritz

Pursuant to §19-5-208, C.R.S., you are hereby notified that the above-named Petitioner(s) has/ have filed in this Court a verified Petition seeking to adopt a child.

If applicable, an A davit 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.

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before October 2, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Ryan J. Hutton

Attorney for Personal Representative 8 West Dry Creek Circle, Suite 202 Littleton, CO 80120

Legal Notice No. BSB2473

First Publication: June 1, 2023

Last Publication: June 15, 2023

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Mary Louise Jokinen, aka Mary L. Jokinen and Mary Jokinen, Deceased Case Number: 2023 PR 30414

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before October 9, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

James A. Rable Personal Representative 2341 Newark Street Aurora, Colorado 80010

Legal Notice No. BSB2477

DENT: Arturo Armando Nuñez Cano

You are hereby notified that a verified Petition has been filed in the above named Court regarding the allocation of parental responsibilities concerning the above-named minor child.

You are further notified that you must file a written response to that Petition.

You are further notified that if you do not file a Response, the Court may decide the case without your input. You may not receive further notice about court filings and events. You are still required to obey any orders the Court issues.

AUTOMATIC COURT ORDERS Tem

You are further notified that an Adoption hearing is set on August 15, 2023, at 9:00 AM 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).

Clerk

Legal Notice No. BSB2494

First Publication: June 15, 2023

Last Publication: June 15, 2023

Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade ###