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South Adams County water district targets “forever chemicals” BY MICHAEL BOOTH THE COLORADO SUN
The South Adams County Water and Sanitation District, anchored by Commerce City, will be paying Denver Water $2.75 million this year for enough supply to dilute local well water tainted by PFAS “forever chemicals” from firefighting foam runoff, officials said on June 26. The district serves 65,000 people, and said it needs a new $130 million treatment plant to filter out PFAS
and past contamination from the industrial solvent 1,4-dioxane, in order to avoid buying relatively expensive Denver water indefinitely. The district is applying for federal Bipartisan Infrastructure Law grants to build the new plant, but is now competing with dozens of communities newly in need after the Environmental Protection Agency radically lowered safe PFAS guidelines in June, officials said. PFAS is an abbreviation for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.
More than 100 communities across Colorado are scrambling to retest drinking water under state guidance, and come up with dilution or treatment plans if PFAS levels prove too high. The EPA’s drinking water guidance for PFAS, a family of common water repellents used in thousands of consumer goods from rain gear to nonstick pans, was formerly no more than 70 parts per trillion of lifetime exposure. In June, the EPA’s guidance for
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two forms of PFAS, called PFOA and PFOS, was cut to 0.004 parts per trillion and 0.02 parts per trillion, respectively. South Adams was fine under the old guideline; under the new guidelines, its 2021 results of 4.6 ppt for PFOA and 13 ppt for PFOS are up to 1,000 times the new guidance. Frisco was one of the first Colorado communities to see the changed SEE CHEMICALS, P5
Free lunches in area school districts are no more BY YESENIA ROBLES CHALKBEAT COLORADO
By Ellis Arnold
A long line of cars outside the city of Brighton’s rapid testing site at Colorado Community Media Riverdale Regional Park. The site has had to close early many days in recent weeks high demand. Adams County’s 14-day test positivity As Denver metroplant counties continue to City staffdue andto councilors toss shovels full of dirt during the groundbreaking forrate the city’s new water treatment July 26. inch closer to local stay-at-home COURTESY ordersPHOTO was 15.9 percent, as of Nov. 17, according to Tri-County Health Department. under with Colorado’s systembeginning of coronavirusBrighton and Commerce City’s test positivity rates City wereCouncilors, both higherstaff than plant after 2025, the plant and contractors celebrated the operation by Dec.the 2025. related restrictions, state announced 13 percent. Forty-five people in Brighton and 29 in Commerce City have groundbreaking July 27. Overall, the project is expected a new level of rules that prohibits indoor died from COVID-19 related health issues. To limit the spread of COVID-19, “On hot days like this, we are to costand $155 million. The construcdining personal gatherings — a at least 15 counties moved to tighter restrictions indoor and remindedthat howprohibits important water tion is that being funded with bonds change applies to the majority of the personal gatherings. is — not just any water, quality that will be repaid by fees paid by Denver metro area andand many sustainable water,” City Manager future developers bycounties a flat $6in BY SCOTT TAYLOR othermonth regions.user fee set to begin in Michael Martinez said. per STAYLOR@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM The state’s COVID-19 dial, which has Actual site preparation and conJanuary. by Belen Ward been struction Photo should start this month. Theinplant will augment city’s effect since September,the is the set Work is officially underway on Construction on the project is of different levels of restrictions that each Brighton’s new water treatment
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Add one more thing to your to-do list before school starts: an application for free and reducedprice lunch. This year, school district leaders are renewing the push by reminding parents to fill out this form. For the past two years, county is required to get follow basedmeals on the students could school for free their parents severity of a whether county’s local virus spread. lledgrew out the or not — but Thefidial out ofform the state’s safer-atthat won’t be the case this home order — the policy that camefall. after Beth Wallace, the executive the statewide stay-at-home order this director for food and nutrispring allowedfor numerous of tionand services Jeffco types Public businesses to reopen. Schools, said her district served The state switched to color about 30recently percent more meals than before the pandemic. identifiers — levels blue, yellow and Atrather the same time, as the eligiorange than numbered levels — to bility forms weren’t required, avoid confusion. Until Nov. 17, level red districts saw a drop in the popumeant a stay-at-home order. Now, level lation identified as eligible for redsubsidized — “severe risk” — is the lunches. InsecondJeffco, eligibility dropped 10 percent PleaseSEEsee RESTRICTIONS, Page 2 LUNCH, P6
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Brighton opts for long term ward changes New map shifts boundaries between City Council wards after population shifts
Peter Padilla said. Councilors were scheduled to vote on the new map a final time at their Aug. 2 meeting. The new map would be used in the 2023 City Council election.
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Out of balance Each of Brighton’s four wards are meant to have roughly the same number of people, at least within a 5% difference. New population numbers released by the U.S. Census in 2021 showed more growth in some areas more than others, putting the individual wards out of balance. Ward 1 is currently the largest, with 10,965 residents. Ward 2 has 10,515, Ward 3, 9,368 and Ward 4 9,239. “We typically look at Ward redistricting every six years, unless we hit that 5 percent deviation — which we have hit sooner than six years,” Kayla Barber-Perotta, Brighton’s budget and perfor-
Brighton voters — at least 1,000 of them — should expect to see bigger changes in their City wards and precincts this year, after councilors agreed to make a long-term update to the city’s political map. Councilors voted unanimously to shift the city’s ward boundaries with an eye towards future development. “We recognize we are making more of a change now, but we are looking for something that will have a likelihood of lasting for a longer period of time and doing this less frequently,” Councilor
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current facility, which is next door to the new facility at 4350 E. Bromley Lane. Both plants are just west of the Adams County County Courthouse. When it comes online, the plant will be able to treat 10 million gal-
lons of water daily, nearly doubling Brighton’s water treatment capacity. “We talk about growth often and subsequently the growing water needs of our community. That’s where the new water treatment plant comes in,” Martinez said. “This water treatment plant will make us capable of treating twice as much water as we can today. That basically amounts to 20 million gallons of water per day.”
mance manager. The difference between Ward 1, Brighton’s biggest ward, and Ward 4 is about 1,726 residents –more than 18%, beyond the 5% Padilla threshold, according to the charter. The current map was adopted in 2017. Boundaries shift In the new map, the general ward layout would remain the same, with Ward 1 to the northeast, Ward 2 to the northwest, Ward 3 to the southwest and Ward 4 to the southeast. Only minor lines between the wards would shift. For example, the lot east of Tower Road between Bromley Lane and Southern Street is currently part of Ward 1, but would be part of Ward 4 on the new map.
The area south of E. Southern Street and north of Voiles Drive would move out of Ward 2 and into Ward 3. In all, Ward 1 would lose 746 residents based on the current counts and Ward 2 would lose 342 residents. Ward 3 would gain 480 residents and Ward 4 would gain 608. That would put the difference between Wards 1 and 4 at 3.8 percent, about 372 residents. The new ward map should last for at least six years, Barber-Perotta said. But that’s an estimate based on growth trends. “Six years is the goal we are aiming for, but we don’t have a crystal ball in terms of how quickly each developer is doing,” Barber-Perotta said. “We did our best based on where they all are sitting in the process now, who is ready to move dirt and who is moving dirt now. But that’s really a crystal ball question.”
It’s designed to meet Brightons’ projected needs for 20 years once it comes online. “It will also provide water treatment growth for years to come,” Martinez said. “We anticipate this will last us until 2045.” Councilors approved work on the new water treatment plant in November. Until it comes online, the city can produce up to 12.5 gallons of water daily and has the capacity
to store up to 16 million gallons for later use. City officials also touted the new plant’s environmental benefits. Typically, water treatment plants end up releasing brine as a byproduct that must be treated itself or discharged. The new plant will do away with any brine discharge. “It’s a project that’s been years in the making and we are thrilled to finally break ground,” Martinez said.
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guidance put them in potential hazardous territory, and the town shut down some wells and reopened a treatment plant. Thornton has also announced that past test results are now well over the lowered guidance and has changed well sources and sought new treatment methods to remove PFAS. PFAS testing The Forever Problem: “Forever chemicals,” also known as PFAS, are an increasing toxic burden on Colorado and the United States, and The Colorado Sun is committed to coverage of public health threats posed by the ubiquitous consumer chemicals. We continue to follow threats from the chemicals to drinking water, croplands and wildlife, and the extensive costs required to clean them up. More Colorado communities are likely to follow. State water quality officials have said a 2019 statewide testing program including most
local water agencies gave more than 100 agencies PFAS results that are above the new guidance, and need to be retested. State and local news releases list the many potential hazards of PFAS contamination, including lowered immunity, lower birth weights and more. But they have also emphasized that drinking current water supplies is not dangerous or cause for a water crisis. Water agencies note that no current testing methods can reveal PFAS at the extremely low thresholds of 0.004 ppt and 0.02 ppt now suggested by the EPA. The testing threshold for South Adams, alongside many other agencies, starts at 2 ppt, and with Denver Water dilution, the agency is once again below those thresholds, said Abel Moreno, South Adams district manager. “The EPA has moved the goal posts, and we are taking steps to reduce the presence of PFAS even further,” Moreno said. Part of the confusion over the EPA and PFAS is the federal agency’s distinction between “guidelines” and “standards.” The EPA
issues guidelines, considered strong suggestions and signals to state health departments, when research is still being done and the science is not settled. State health departments and environmental groups are hopeful the EPA will turn its PFAS drinking water guidelines into enforceable standards through regulations issued this fall. South Adams has shut off wells near a metro firefighting training facility. The district believes other wells it owns may have been contaminated by firefighting-related runoff from the former Stapleton airport. There has not been any connection established between PFAS in South Adams County water supplies and PFAS contamination at the nearby Suncor Energy refinery, Moreno said. South Adams is scraping corners of its budget to find the $2.75 million it expects to pay to Denver Water through the rest of this year. The agency had a previous backup contract with Denver Water for 2,000 acre-feet, and will now use that water and buy more. The district is trying to avoid raising customer
rates for costs related to PFAS contamination, Moreno said. Moreno said he thinks South Adams County has a good chance at some of the $130 million it needs for a plant treating PFAS and a chemical taint dating back to 2012, from industrial solvents that reached groundwater. “We believe that we are going to get Bipartisan Infrastructure Law funding,” Moreno said. “What we don’t know is how much.” When the EPA issued the new lowered guidance in mid-June, Moreno added, “we were dealing probably with a handful or so of other utilities in the state. Now we’re dealing with a lot of others that are possibly going to be competing for the same dollars.” This story is from The Colorado Sun, a journalist-owned news outlet based in Denver and covering the state. For more, and to support The Colorado Sun, visit coloradosun. com. The Colorado Sun is a partner in the Colorado News Conservancy, owner of Colorado Community Media.
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need help filling out the form or want to request a paper or translated copy, call your district’s lunch services department. Who sees the information I put on my form? Usually only one or two people read and process forms, depending on the school district, leaders say. The school districts have to report how many students applied and were deemed eligible for the federal government to pay for the lunches those students receive, but that information is given to the government in aggregate. The federal departments don’t get copies of the forms parents fill out. District directors say schools never share these forms with immigration officials either. Other than that, state auditors sometimes request to look at some of the forms from a district to verify that the district is processing forms correctly. “They don’t look at any information beyond that,” said Tony Jorstad, director of nutrition services for the 27J School District in Brighton. If I don’t qualify for free lunch, or my child doesn’t eat school food, why should I fill it out? District leaders point out that there are other benefits to families and to schools, other than the reduced cost of school meals. For example, a family that qualifies for free or reduced-price meals might also qualify for waivers or fee reductions for various school or district services and activities like sports, transportation, and technology. Outside of school, internet providers also offer households a reduced price for internet access if children qualify for free or reducedprice lunches. The amount of funding schools get from the federal government, the state, and the district can depend on how many of their students qualify for the subsidized meals. The forms are used to measure poverty, which may qualify schools to receive more resources for students. And even without the federal government waiver that allowed all meals to be free for all students, when a school has a particularly high level of students living in poverty, it may still be able to offer free breakfasts and lunches to all students. If school lunch departments have less money coming in, will students see a difference in the meals that are offered? School lunch directors say no. Although all districts are expecting fewer students to eat school lunches, because fewer will qualify for subsidies, officials also expect a bump in reimbursement per meal, compared with pre-pandemic levels. However, supply chain difficulties and increased costs of food could affect what foods show up on menus. “We really try to plan our menus to work within the reimbursement that we think we’re going to be getting,” Jorstad said. “Right now, we’re not looking at changing any menu products of fruit and veggie choices that we offer. We’re pretty proud of the fresh fruit and veggie choices that we offer each day.”
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Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held by the City Council of Commerce City in a hybrid format, August 15, 2022, at 6:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter. Persons wishing to testify in person will need to appear at the Council Chambers, Commerce City Civic Center, 7887 E 60th Avenue. Advance registration for in person testimony is not required. Persons wishing to testify virtually must register in advance. Registration information can be found at https://www.c3gov. com/government/city-council/virtual-meetings or by phone or email requests submitted to the City Clerk at 303-227-8791 or dgibson@c3gov.com. The hearings will also be broadcast on Channel 8 in Commerce City and livestreamed at https:// www.c3gov.com/video.
2396 – SECOND AND FINAL READING OF AN ORDINANCE VACATING RIGHT-OF-WAY ALONG COLORADO BOULEVARD CONSISTING OF THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF THE REALIGNED COLORADO BOULEVARD SOUTH OF THE BURLINGTON DITCH AT EAST 72ND AVENUE, COMMERCE CITY, COLORADO.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to all interested persons that Petitions for Inclusion of Property (collectively, the “Petitions”) have been or are expected to be filed with the Board of Directors of Painted Prairie Metropolitan District Nos. 1-12, City of Aurora, Adams County, Colorado (collectively, the “Districts”). The Petitions request that the property described below be included into the respective Districts. The Petitions shall be heard at a public meeting on Thursday, August 18, 2022 at 11:00 a.m., via teleconference.
BY: Jordan D. Roberts, Deputy City Clerk
PUBLIC NOTICE
2360 – SECOND AND FINAL READING OF AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF COMMERCE CITY AND BUFFALO RIDGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT FOR THE 120TH AVENUE ROAD IMPROVEMENT PROJECT AND AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXPENDITURES THEREOF.
(District No. 1 Director’s Parcel) (District No. 2 Director’s Parcel) (District No. 3 Director’s Parcel) (District No. 4 Director’s Parcel) (District No. 5 Director’s Parcel) (District No. 6 Director’s Parcel) (District No. 7 Director’s Parcel) (District No. 8 Director’s Parcel) (District No. 9 Director’s Parcel) (District No. 10 Director’s Parcel) (District No. 11 Director’s Parcel) (District No. 12 Director’s Parcel)
General Description of Property: Parcels of land in Section 11, Township 3 South, Range 66 West of the 6th Principal Meridian, City of Aurora, County of Adams, State of Colorado
Corrected public notice is hereby given that the following ordinances passed on second and final reading on the 18th day of July 2022, by the City Council of Commerce City, Colorado and will be in full force and effect five days after the original publication on July 28th. AN-265-22 – SECOND AND FINAL READING OF AN ORDINANCE ANNEXING THE PROPERTY GENERALLY LOCATED AT 7001 COLORADO BOULEVARD, ADAMS COUNTY, COLORADO (PIN: 0182501100015) TO THE CITY OF COMMERCE CITY, COLORADO IN CASE AN-265-22 KNOWN AS THE 7001 COLORADO BLVD ANNEXATION.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON INCLUSION
Res 2022-03 - A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE AVILLA SETTLERS CROSSING SUBDIVISION, LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF TOWER ROAD AND E. 100TH AVENUE. Ordinance Z-984-22 - AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE AND ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF COMMERCE CITY, COLORADO BY ZONING THE PROPERTY ANNEXED AS THE 7001 COLORADO BOULEVARD FROM ADAMS COUNTY A-3 TO COMMERCE CITY PUD (PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT) AND APPROVING A ZONE DOCUMENT BY ORDER OF CITY COUNCIL CITY OF COMMERCE CITY ATTEST: Jordan D. Roberts, Deputy City Clerk
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF PAINTED PRAIRIE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS. 1-12 By:WHITE BEAR ANKELE TANAKA & WALDRON Attorneys at Law General Counsel to the District Legal Notice No. CCX659 First Publication: August 4, 2022 Last Publication: August 4, 2022 Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF FINAL PAYMENT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Tower Metropolitan District of the City of Aurora, Colorado, will make final payment at the offices of the District’s Accountant, CliftonLarsonAllen LLP, 8390 E. Crescent Parkway, Suite 300, Greenwood Village, Colorado, 80111, on or after Friday, August 12, 2022, to ADK Electric Corporation, 3773 S. Jason St., Unit 1, Englewood, CO 80110; Greenways Landscape Services, LLC, 16265 E. 33rd Dr., Suite 30A, Aurora, CO 80011; Lightning Ventures, Inc., 8591 Prairie Trail Drive, Suite 100, Englewood, CO 80112; Martin Marietta Materials, Inc., 1627 Cole Blvd., Suite 200, Lakewood, CO 80401; and Nelson Pipeline Constructors, LLC, 6300 S. Syracuse Way, Suite 420, Centennial, CO 80111, in connection with payment for all services rendered, materials furnished, and for all labor performed in and for the 38th Avenue and Picadilly Project, all being within or adjacent to the boundaries of the District and in the City of Aurora, Colorado. Any person, co-partnership, association of persons, company or corporation that has furnished labor, materials, provisions, or other supplies used or consumed by such contractor or his subcontractor in or about the performance of the work contracted to be done or that supplied rental machinery, tools, or equipment to the extent used in the prosecution of the work whose claim therefore has not been paid by the contractor or the subcontractor, may file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim. Said verified statement must be filed with the Tower Metropolitan District c/o Paul Niedermuller, District Accountant, at the above address and at or before the time and date hereinabove
shown. Failure on the part of any claimant to file such verified statement of claim prior to such final settlement will release said Tower Metropolitan District, its Board of Directors, officers, agents and employees, of and from any and all liability for such claim. BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TOWER METROPOLITAN DISTRICT By:/s/ Nicole Peykov Legal Counsel to the District Legal Notice No. CCX660 First Publication: August 4, 2022 Last Publication: August 11, 2022 Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express
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Last Publication: August 4, 2022 Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express
Notice to Creditors PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Kennith J. Sorensen, a/k/a Kennith Joe Sorensen, and Kennith Sorensen, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 30628
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 December 5, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. Marki S. Monteon, Personal Representative c/o Law Office of Byron K. Hammond, LLC 4500 Cherry Creek Drive South, Suite 960 Denver, CO 80246
PUBLIC NOTICE INVITATION TO BID Project: Porteos – Phase 6 (Segment 2) and Phase 8 (Segment 5) Landscaping Location: Aurora, Colorado The project consists of the installation of new landscape and irrigation. An estimated value of these improvements will not be published. Work is expected to begin by the fall of 2022 and conclude by the summer of 2023. The entire project area will be maintained for two full landscape seasons following the installation and date of substantial completion. Plans and specifications will be available electronically through Merrick & Company after 9:00 a.m. local time on July 19, 2022. Bidders and other interested parties may obtain electronic copies of the plans by contacting Owner’s Representative, Barney Fix at Barney.Fix@Merrick.com. Bids will be received at the office of Merrick & Company (5970 Greenwood Plaza Blvd., Greenwood Village, CO 80111) for the services referenced above until 11:00 AM (Mountain Time) on Friday, August 19, 2022, at which time the bids will be opened in public by Merrick & Company. Bids shall be made on the forms furnished by the Owner and shall be enclosed in a sealed envelope addressed to Velocity Metropolitan District No. 1 endorsed with the name of the Bidder and the Title “Porteos - Phase 6 (Segment 2) and Phase 8 (Segment 5) Landscaping - BID”. All documents submitted shall have the name of the bidder and the date of the bid submittal. No proposals will be considered which are received after the time mentioned and any proposals so received shall be returned to the submitter and not be considered under any circumstances. Sole responsibility rests with the submitter to see that their proposal is received on time at the stated location. Bids must be completed entirely to be considered. Omission of any items in the bid schedule will not be evaluated. A bidder to whom a contract is awarded will be required to furnish certification of specific insurance requirements for contracts and complete the Owner’s master agreement. The Construction Contract document from Velocity Metropolitan District No. 1, included with this invitation to Bid, is considered part of the agreement between Owner and Contractor. If discrepancies exist between the Construction Contract and other bid documents, the stricter requirement must be followed. Please provide a contact person(s) and their e-mail address for bids. All addendums and plans will be distributed to this contact person(s). Bids may not be withdrawn for a period of sixty (60) calendar days after the Bid date and time. The Owner reserves the right to reject any and all Bids, to waive any errors or irregularities, and to require statements or evidence of Bidders’ qualifications including financial statements. The Owner also reserves the right to extend the Bidding period by Addendum if it appears in its interest to do so.
Legal Notice No. CCX661 First Publication: August 4, 2022 Last Publication: August 18, 2022 Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Keith L. Nelson, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 216
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 November 28, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. Randall M. Nelson, Personal Representative 11285 Iola St Commerce City, CO 80640 Legal Notice No. CCX652 First Publication: July 28, 2022 Last Publication: August 11, 2022 Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Mary Louise Specht, a/k/a Mary L. Specht and Mary Specht, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 30583
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 November 21, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. Catherine S. Williamson Personal Representative c/o Law Office of Byron K. Hammond, LLC 4500 Cherry Creek Drive South, Suite 960 Denver, CO 80246 Legal Notice No. CCX650 First Publication: July 21, 2022 Last Publication: August 4, 2022 Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express
Name Changes PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name Public notice is given on July 5, 2022, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Adams County Court. The petition requests that the name of Judith Alexis Liberato be changed to Alexis Espinal Liberato Case No.: 22 C 1052 Byron L. Howell By: Deputy Clerk
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Legal Notice No. CCX658 First Publication: August 4, 2022 Last Publication: August 4, 2022 Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express
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Any questions concerning this bid shall be directed in writing to: Owner’s Representatives: Barney Fix Barney.Fix@Merrick.com Merrick & Company
Legal Notice No. CCX649 First Publication: July 21, 2022 Last Publication: August 4, 2022 Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express
Legal Notice No. CCX651 First Publication: July 21, 2022
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