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Adams City turns around softball fortunes

BY STEVE SMITH SSMITH@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Maybe there is something lucky about the number “13” after all.

The last time Adams City’s softball team played a .500 season was in 2009. This year, ACHS compiled a 14-7 record, played for the Colorado 7 League softball title and was on the verge of a berth in the regional round of class 3A softball playoffs, which are Saturday, Oct. 15. Playoff pairings are due Monday, Oct. 10.

“Our main goal is the league title,” said assistant coach RJ Quintana. “We’re planning on regionals. We’ve got a good shot at looking at state. We like to keep the girls humble. Our motto is ‘more is possible.’ Adams City has always been a wrestling program. I told the girls the school is more than wrestling.”

Quintana credited his squad for a lot of the success.

“They show up every day, they put in the work, and they have a desire to compete,” he said. “We brought something out of them. They have a drive for the game, and they’re loving the season. They are successful. They are swinging the bats. They are playing defense. They are being successful. They are seeing the results.”

Cyberattacks hit multiple communities

State of Colorado sees homepage taken down by foreign entity

BY PAOLO ZIALCITA AND MATT MORET COLORADO PUBLIC RADIO

After ransomware disrupted the government services of multiple Colorado communities earlier this year, state officials warned that cybercrime is on the rise. That alert rang true on Oct. 5 when a cyberattack from a foreign entity took down Colorado.gov, the homepage for the state’s online services.

The attack seems to be limited to the main directory page, with state services still available through their individual websites. There’s currently no timeline for the homepage’s restora-

A long line of cars outside the city of Brighton’s rapid testing site at Riverdale Regional Park. The site has had to close early many days in recent weeks due to high demand. Adams County’s 14-day test positivity rate was 15.9 percent, as of Nov. 17, according to Tri-County Health Department. Brighton and Commerce City’s test positivity rates were both higher than 13 percent. Forty- ve people in Brighton and 29 in Commerce City have died from COVID-19 related health issues. To limit the spread of COVID-19, at least 15 counties moved to tighter restrictions that prohibits indoor and personal gatherings.

Most of the last 13 years’ worth of games have been very one-sided.

“They show up wanting to get better, and that’s what you want in a program,” Quintana said. “They put in the work for 2 ½ hours a day. They just have a different

county is required to follow based on the severity of a county’s local virus spread.

e dial grew out of the state’s safer-athome order — the policy that came a er the statewide stay-at-home order this spring and allowed numerous types of businesses to reopen.

A Russian-speaking group known as Killnet claimed responsibility for Wednesday’s website outages in a post on Telegram, an instant messaging service that’s grown in popularity outside the United States. The “hacktivist” group ramped up its activity in NATO countries after Russia invaded Ukraine. This latest attack also took down government websites in other states, including Alabama, Alaska, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Kansas, Kentucky and Mississippi. Some of those pages are now back online.

e state recently switched to color identi ers — levels blue, yellow and orange rather than numbered levels — to avoid confusion. Until Nov. 17, level red meant a stay-at-home order. Now, level red — “severe risk” — is the second-

A spokesperson for the Governor’s Office of Information Technology declined to comment on the attack Thursday due to the ongoing criminal investigation.

Adams City’s Louise Diaz puts the tag on Thornton’s Trinity Reed during a Colorado

League tournament game in Thornton Oct.

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Housing, drug addiction prove to be root of motor vehicle thefts

BY LUKE ZARZECKI LZARZECKI@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Michael Rutherford’s forearm tattoo reads “Family.”

vehicle theft is often paired with other underlying problems and situations.

hope for, not the family

the family

were born with,”

He found that family in Colorado. He’s a successful chef working full-time while going to school to earn a degree in human services, concentrating in addiction and a secondary in trauma.

The degree feels very personal to him. He wants to work with people through counseling to help them with their drug problems.

Not that long ago, he was on the other side, caught by the police and charged with the theft of a motor vehicle — just one part of the rising wave of crime in the state.

As in Rutherford’s case, motor

For the most part, motor vehicle thefts are a result of housing and drug addiction, according to Lisa Pasko, an associate professor of sociology and criminology at the University of Denver.

“We see people stealing cars in order to get money, but also stealing cars to live in for some time,” she said. “We will also see a correlation with methamphetamine abuse in the winter months.”

A common situation

The Common Sense Institute, a Greenwood Village-based nonprofit focused on economic research, found Colorado to be the top state in America for auto thefts in a study published Sept. 8, and four Colorado cities rank in the top ten in the United States. Those

cities are Denver, Aurora, Westminster and Pueblo.

Motor vehicle thefts are on track to be 48,000 for this year — reaching an all-time high.

In 2021, there were 4,002 arrests for the crime. In 2022, Colorado is on pace for 4,538 this year.

That’s parallel with Adams County who experienced a staggering 200% increase in the past decade, according to statistics from the Adams County Sheriff’s office.

Motor vehicle thefts were 422 in 2012. In 2021, there were 1,268. This year doesn’t look to be much different. Through July 2022, motor vehicle thefts stood at 816.

Escaping to Colorado

Rutherford left Boston after a car accident. He received a settlement check and left Massachusetts to visit a friend in Colorado.

“I drove out here for a vacation and just decided to stay, hoping to escape from previous problems,” he said. “Obviously, that didn’t work out that well.”

Rutherford had used heroin and meth from ages 16 to 26. Now he’s 30 and doesn’t use, but at age 24, his addiction started to interfere with the rest of his life.

To fund his drugs, he began stealing from stores and selling those items at half the price. Customers would give him Christmas lists and he would provide those wishes for cheap.

Sometimes he didn’t need the cash, but the fear of withdrawal made him steal.

At the time, he worked for a

company going to different fastfood restaurant locations to train their managers. He did that for two years until he lost his job due to his drug use, which led to more problems.

His car broke down, so he stole a car and was ultimately caught by the police and charged with motor vehicle theft.

Complicated crimes

Former Adams County Sheriff Michael McIntosh, said motor vehicle thefts often involve other crimes, like drugs or stealing merchandise. McIntosh, who is now working as chief deputy for Douglas County, is running to reclaim the Adams County Sheriff’s position.

Pasko, who has also been studying Adams County’s drug court for the past four years, sees that connection as well. She said paraphernalia and other forms of drug use are recovered from many cars.

With the winter months coming, she noted a correlation between the cold weather and drug use, specifically with methamphetamine. The drug keeps the user warm and keeps the user awake during the night, which is when a person experiencing homelessness is most likely to be harassed or attacked.

Most of the cars recovered are not chopped up and they have evidence — fast food bags and clothing — of people living in the vehicle for a while. Meaning, many of the stolen cars are used

Adams County Motor Vehicle Thefts

for a moment in time as a place to

“When we had a 100% increase during the pandemic of people who were first-time homeless, you can imagine that these cars that are easy to break into are going to be used for those reasons,” she said.

Pair that with an increase in drug use in Colorado, and those underlying reasons create a perfect storm for stolen cars.

Location, location

Other factors are contributing to that storm. Used cars are a hot commodity and Pasko said organized crews are streamlining the thefts of catalytic converters along the Interstate 70 and Interstate 25 corridors. Those converters contain rare, highly precious metals that are expensive. Inflation and supply chain issues are only fueling the demand for those metals.

“We’ve seen evidence of these increases happening. We just are getting hit more because we have the intersection of these two major highways,” Pasko said.

Hundreds of unfilled police jobs across the metro area also contributes to the problem, but even filling those jobs won’t solve the issue

Pasko said cities must address the way policing is done.

Community trusted policing

Pasko pitches the idea of problem-oriented policing, and points to San Diego.

“San Diego is one of those models where you can have really conservative politics mixed with progressive policing to produce really bipartisan, good results,” she said.

Problem-oriented policing puts the community first, she said. That strategy involves the community informing the police and having input on how they do their job. It also allows the community to hold the police accountable for what they do. This in turn aims

to create a mutual relationship where the community can trust the police and the police can serve appropriately.

As an example, Pasko pointed to the contrast between stop and frisk in New York City and hot spots in San Diego in the 1990s.

New York City took the approach of mass patrolling and policing low-level offenses. San Diego looked at hot spots and worked with the community on how to address the root problem.

Pasko said San Diego’s approach kept the homicide rate below three homicides per 100,000 residents. It was successful and San Diego didn’t see as many protests against policing in 2020 and the city didn’t see a spike in crimes like the rest of the country. San Diego’s homicide rate did creep up, just not as much as the rest of the country, she said.

“(Those neighborhoods) felt that the police listened to them, made their community safer, and they were more likely to collaborate with the police,” she said.

Problem-oriented policing does call for more patrolling of neighborhoods to drive potential thieves inside, which can lower the opportunities for crime, such as motor vehicle theft. With people inside, that can even lead to harm reduction for drug use: inside is the safest and most personal place for using.

“The cost-benefit analysis that we know in studying offenders for the last 100 years in my field is that it’s not whether or not the sentence is tough, it’s ‘is there a chance I get caught?’” she said.

District Attorneys unite

All of Colorado’s District Attorneys have unanimously supported amending the state law regarding auto theft. As it stands, stealing a car that’s not valuable is a misdemeanor and stealing a car with a higher value is a felony.

“A brand new $40,000 car, that’s going to get charged as a high-level felony whereas if somebody steals a 1995 Honda Accord, that’s going to be a misdemeanor. The reason

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for that is because the BMW is worth $40,000 and the 1995 Honda Accord is worth 500 bucks,” said Brian Mason, the district attorney for the 17th judicial district. That district includes Adams and Broomfield counties.

Mason sees it as unfair and said someone with a cheaper car most likely has less of a means to replace it than someone with an expensive car.

“(The law) unfairly discriminates against those who own cheaper cars, which means they discriminate against people who are poor,” he said.

He sees changing the law as helping to hold those accountable for the crime and address the problem.

Pasko doesn’t see it that way.

“Even if we increase the penalties, that’s not going to matter if we don’t arrest them first,” she said. “We can’t keep people indefinitely on a low-level offense (in prison.) It’s not going to be a deterrent and it’s also not going to produce better investigative powers.”

Sheri s’ Views

The two contenders for the Adams County Sheriff explained their points of view when it comes to solving crime.

McIntosh said collaboration must exist between the district attorney’s office, law enforcement and judges. He said prosecuting auto thefts as misdemeanors makes it harder to put people in jail. As well, it’s important for police and sheriffs to put together worthy cases.

“If I’m doing my job well, and I continue to take stuff to the district attorney’s office, and they decide that they’re going to do nothing with it, there are consequences to that. Especially when you’re an elected official,” he said.

He pointed to efforts in Douglas County that he believes are working. Camera systems read license plates and alert dispatch centers that a stolen vehicle is driving wherever it was detected.

Though, laws make it difficult.

“Just because I caught you in a stolen car, believe it or not, it’s an extremely hard case to win,” he said. “I have no way of demonstrating that you stole that.”

However, more evidence of possession through the cameras makes the case easier to prove. He said auto thieves usually pair motor vehicle thefts with other crimes like drugs or stealing merchandise.

Preventing crime starts before the crime even occurs. McIntosh said community trust in the police is critical.

“When you can get a community to trust the police to start informing us of what’s going on in the community and be present in the community, that’s when you start preventing,” he said.

Community members also need to reduce the opportunity for crime, which can look like locking car doors, neighbors looking after neighbors, security lights and more.

Gene Claps, the Democratic candidate for Adams County Sheriff, sees five key solutions to lower crime: collaboration, accountability, recruiting and maintaining staff, data and community based policing.

He too said it’s important to have collaboration with district attorneys, municipal police chiefs, and other members of the criminal justice system. He sees recent moves to decriminalize certain violations as a player in rising crime.

“We can’t keep slapping people on their wrists and expect them to change their habits. There has to be something held or error held in front of them to say I’m going to follow through,” he said.

Going to crime areas before violations occur can also help reduce the rising numbers. Using data to see where resources need to be can prevent crime from happening in the first place, he said.

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Commerce City is taking applications from residents to replace at-large City Councilor Meghan Grimes.

Councilors accepted Grimes’ resignation at the Oct. 3 meeting, declaring the seat vacant. According to the City Charter,

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Eligible residents must be at least 18-years-old, a U.S. citizen and resident of Commerce City for the previous year and a registered voter. They must also not be serving a criminal sentence, including being on probation or parole.

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With A Doc will host monthly walks with Dr. Christopher Cannon, an interventional cardiologist at Brighton Heart and Vascular Institute.

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compensation of approximately $1,141 per month, a $20,000 life insurance and AD&D policy, and is eligible to participate in the city’s medical, dental, and vision plans. The appointee is expected to attend City Council meetings on Monday evenings and may participate in other boards and commissions and city events.

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Commerce City has openings for several of its boards and commissions, including the city’s cultural council, the housing authority and the Derby review board. Visit https://www.

The city clerk accepted applications through Oct. 12.

All applications will be made public and posted on the city’s website at c3gov.com/Council.

Candidates will be presented to the City Council at the Oct. 17 council meeting and councilors will determine next steps to appoint a qualified person by Nov. 2.

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It’s unclear whether the attack came with a ransom demand.

That would put the state in a situation familiar to several local governments in Colorado that have faced multimillion-dollar extortion attempts in order to restore their systems.

Both Fremont County and the Denver suburb of Wheat Ridge were recently hit by “BlackCat” ransomware attacks, which allow hackers to block access to a computer system or function until their target pays up or rebuilds their framework. Neither of the two communities targeted paid their ransoms, leaving some government services and internal functions down for a period of time.

“It’s like going back to the 1980s for our staff, where they are working around the clock and so hard to make sure that that

impact is minimal,” Wheat Ridge spokesperson Amanda Harrison said. “But that means they have to resort to some really outdated ways of doing that. We don’t have all of our servers turned back on yet because we are ensuring that they are safe and secure.”

Harrison said the attack mainly impacted city employees, not members of the public. Fremont County wasn’t as lucky.

Many of the county’s offices were closed for over a month after it was targeted in mid-August. Despite rejecting the hackers’ demands, both communities had to spend money to rebuild and bring services back online with new security measures.

Ray Yepes, Colorado’s Chief Information Security Officer, said the two attacks on Fremont County and Wheat Ridge are unrelated and came from two different groups who want money.

Yepes said that’s bad news, because it means future attacks are likely. He stressed that local

governments need to be prepared for that possibility.

Because Colorado has historically relied on a decentralized approach to cybersecurity, smaller cities and counties often lack resources to deter hackers and quickly respond to outages. State lawmakers decided in 2021 to adopt a “whole of state” approach to cybersecurity, which allowed Yepes and his team to act as roaming support staff for communities in need.

“Any government entity’s problem is our problem and we’re here to help them. We have more resources than they have,” Yepes said. “When you look at the whole of a state approach it’s an idea, it’s a model. Local, federal, every resource that you can find, you bring them together, you combine your expertise, the resources, your main power to be able to fight cybercrime together.”

Yepes said the threat of cybercrime should be taken seriously. In addition to bringing down

vital government services, they can sometimes reveal sensitive information, like social security codes and bank account information.

“We are all driven by technology,” Yepes said. “The water system can be affected by cyberattacks, transit can be affected by cyberattacks. Anything that we do nowadays in our life depends on technology.”

Colorado has learned costly lessons from previous cyberattacks. The state paid $1.7 million in overtime, meals and equipment to restore the Colorado Department of Transportation’s servers in 2018. Earlier this month, Boulder County mistakenly sent $238,000 to a fraudulent account after a cyberattack allowed hackers to pose as vendors the county owed.

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mindset. They came out want ing to get better.”

Some of the seniors approached the coaching staff before the season and said they wanted to finish up their highschool careers on a winning note.

“I said, ‘Show me the effort,

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Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) program, saying it has proven to address crime and its root causes.

According to their website, officers use their discretion to direct those suspected of sub stance use to case management services instead of jail.

“Instead of defaulting to the justice system, this alternative uses a harm-reduction approach along with community-based support services and coordinat ed care. Longmont LEAD partic ipants experienced a 59 percent

and we’ll give you the keys to the ride,’” Quintana said. “It doesn’t surprise me. You get any team in the state that wants to get better, and they are going to be successful. They are going to put in the work,. These girls needed somebody to light the fire. We’re a good group of coaches that have come from various successful programs, and we brought that here.”

ACHS needed five innings

decrease in all legal incidents and a 50 percent reduction in arrests,” their website reads.

From an interim evaluation, the program resulted in a 50% reduction in rearrests for the LEAD participants and a 25% reduction in summonses after referral to LEAD.

That’s exactly what Rutherford needed. As a drug user, he needed help to get free of the substance. He didn’t experience LEAD, but he experienced other programs to attempt to help him transition out of jail.

Jefferson County Drug Court is what proved the most helpful because it addressed his needs, such as housing and money.

to beat Thornton 14-4 on the Trojans’ field Oct. 5. The game ended early because of the state’s mercy rule. The other games between the two schools this season were one-run contests.

Deysi Palacios had a bases hit and four RBIs. Emily Ruiz added a base hit and a pair of RBIs. Thornton’s Araya William had two hits and drove in a run. Keila Saucedo had a base hit

Housing proved to be the most difficult for him.

“That’s what (drug users) need. They have to work on trauma, they have to work on underlying problems so they don’t repeat the same cycle,” he said.

That program gave him housing, therapy seven days a week and structure.

Participants gradually become integrated back into society and slowly begin to take on more responsibilities, like starting a job, paying rent, buying food and finding stability.

Rutherford mentioned people use drugs to fill a void.

“The questions they ask you

and drove in one run.

“Our mindset was we have to swing the bat, put them away early,” Quintana said. “We came out in the first inning and put up four (runs). We knew we can be aggressive at the plate and be successful.”

Quintana is an Adams City graduate.

“This is home for me,” he said. “There’s nothing better than giving back to your home.”

in the recovery court are, do you have stable housing? Do you have a family? Do you have a support system?” he said. “It’s just something you hope to create for yourself.”

AUTO THEFTS, BY THE NUMBERS

A study by the The Common Sense Institute found that the value of the stolen vehicles is between $468.1 million and $848.3 million.

The most stolen make and models of cars are: 2005 Chevrolet Silverado Truck, 2004 Ford F-250, 2000 Honda Civic, 1997 Honda Accord, 2017 Hyundai Sonata, 2015 Kia Optima, 2005 GMC Sierra, 2017 Kia Sportage, 2006 Ford F-350 and 2017 Hyundai Tucson.

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Larry Lyle Trudell, age 91, of Henderson, Colorado, passed away peacefully at his home on September 24, 2022. Larry was born in Kersey, Colorado on May 29, 1931 to Mack and Lucy (Aragon) Trujillo. He grew up on his parents’ farm west of Brighton, and graduated from Brighton High School in 1949. Larry had a knack for the sales industry and went to work at Schi ’s Shoe Store in Denver, Colorado.

In 1950, Larry joined the U.S. Navy and served on the USS Sicily during the Korean War. After the Navy, he worked at Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, where he was promoted to sales manager and retired after 20 years. He went on to be a salesman for Data Documents designing and selling computer forms for 16 years. He received sales awards for both companies, and retired at the age of 62.

Larry met his wife, Mary Louise Newman at a high school track meet in Fort Morgan, Colorado. After serving in the Navy, he and Mary were married in 1954 in Raton, New Mexico. ey resided in Denver where they started their family before moving to Commerce City, Colorado in 1957. In 1987, they moved to Henderson, Colorado where they lived out their remaining years together.

Larry served on the Board of Adjustment for 21 years while residing in Commerce City, 12 f those as Chairman of the Board. While residing in Henderson, he served as

a Brighton City Councilman for 4 years. Larry also volunteered on the United Power Roundup Foundation Board where he was able to help many people in the community.

In his spare time, Larry was a backyard mechanic and loved xing and selling 1960 era Mustangs and Camaros. He enjoyed teaching his children about the outdoors. His interests included waterskiing, hunting, shing, camping, and horseback riding. Some of his most memorable trips included his time on cattle drives in Otero County, Colorado and shing trips to Canada. He also loved spending time at his cabin with his family riding ATVs and shing at Terryall Reservoir and the surrounding areas. Larry was a great story teller and could pull a story out of thin air.

Larry is preceded in death by his wife, Mary Louise Trudell, his parents Mack and Lucy Trujillo. Daughter Valerie L. Trudell. Grandson, Stacey M. Trudell, and brother Walter Trujillo, sisters’ Clara Hughes, Charlotte Adeland and Ella Tucker. He is survived by his children; Pamela K. Trudell, Larry C. (Sherri) Trudell, Steven Trudell, Alan (Loraine) Trudell, and Laura J. (Charlie) Frye. As well by his grandchildren, Heather R. (Clint) Corken, Sonia M. Trudell, Monique A. Trudell, Hanna C. Trudell, Katherine L. (Michael) Hart, Garrett A. Trudell, and great-grandchildren, Valeria R. Luna and Stacey B. Trudell.

Betty Kay Holsclaw

December 2, 1934 - September 28, 2022

Betty Kay Holsclaw, age 87, passed

Berthoud, Colorado. She was born on December 2, 1934 to Robert and Olowene (Emery) Conley in Fort Lupton, Colorado, where she also grew up, attended public schools, ultimately graduating from Fort Lupton high School in 1952. Just two years later, she married the love of her life, Edward Holsclaw on June 20th at the First Baptist Church in Fort Lupton. eir family has remained living in the Fort Lupton area.

For labor, Betty worked as a school bus driver for seven years. But her passion for owning and operating her own dairy farm was her dedicated occupation for next 50 years. In 2012, Betty sold her last cows and retired from the farming lifestyle once the work became too strenuous for one person, to seek a more relaxed living environment. Betty loved her animals, and taking care of them,

especially her dogs. She also loved to bowl with her husband and enjoyed being around her family and friends. But Betty’s love for farming trumped all because she loved the work, which kept her family fed and happy all their

Betty is survived by her ve children; Mike

(Kitti) Holsclaw, (Loveland, CO), Matthew Holsclaw, (Berthoud, CO), and Mark Holsclaw (Fort Lupton, CO). She is preceded in passing by her loving husband, Edward Holsclaw. By both parents, Robert and Olowene (Emery) Conley. Also, by her two siblings, Ralph Conley and Leota Mattive.

e family of Betty Holsclaw family would like to thank Bristol West Hospice and the sta at Berthoud Care and Rehab for their loving care for the past 3 years.

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Public Notice

PUBLICATION REQUEST

Case Name: Mile High Outdoor 8200 Dahlia CUP Billboard Conversion

Case Number: RCU2022-00004

Planning Commission Hearing Date: October 27, 2022 at 6:00 pm

Board of County Commissioners Hear ing Date: November 15, 2022 at 9:30 am Case Manager: David DeBoskey

Request: A Conditional Use Permit to allow an Off-Premise Advertising Device (Billboard) in the I-1 zone district. A static billboard already exists on the site; how ever this request is proposing to convert an existing static billboard to a 2-sided digital LED billboard.

Parcel Number: 0172130000042

Legal Description: SECT, TWN, RNG:302-67 DESC: BEG AT SW COR NE4 SE4

SEC 30 TH E 776/6 FT TO W ROW LN STATE HIWAY 3 TH ALG ROW N 16D 45M E 115/6 FT TH N 6D 53M W 112/4 FT TH N 19D 45M E 168/8 FT TH N 50D 33M E 90/6 FT TH W 923/8 FT TH S 433

FT TO POB EXC HIWAY 3/54A

Applicant: Mile High Outdoor, 9250 E. Costilla Ave. #500, Greenwood Village, CO 80112

Public Hearings Location: 4430 S. Ad ams County Pkwy., Brighton, CO 80601 Please visit http://www.adcogov.org/bocc for up to date information. The full text of the proposed request and additional colored maps can be obtained by ac cessing the Adams County Community and Economic Development Department website at www.adcogov.org/planning/ currentcases.

Legal Notice No. CCX1693

First Publication: October 13, 2022

Last Publication: October 13, 2022

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Metropolitan Districts Public Notice

NOTICE OF FINAL PAYMENT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Tower Metropolitan District of the City of Aurora, Colorado, will make final pay ments at the offices of the District’s Ac countant, CliftonLarsonAllen LLP, 8390 E. Crescent Parkway, Suite 300, Greenwood Village, Colorado, 80111, on or after Friday, October 14, 2022, to Greenway Landscape Services, LLC, 16265 E. 33rd Drive, Suite 30A, Aurora, CO 80111, and to Martin Marietta Materials, Inc., 4123 Parklake Avenue, Raleigh, NC 27612, in connection with payment for all services rendered, materials furnished, and for all labor performed in and for the Subaru Project, including road work (including turn lane improvements) and landscaping, 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 settle ment 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 DIREC TORS

TOWER METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

By:/s/ Nicole Peykov Legal Counsel to the District

Legal Notice No. CCX715

First Publication: October 6, 2022

Last Publication: October 13, 2022

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Metro Districts Budget Hearings

Public Notice

NOTICE CONCERNING

PROPOSED 2023 BUDGET AND PROPOSED 2022 BUDGET AMENDMENT OF PAINTED PRAIRIE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT AUTHORITY

NOTICE is hereby given to all interested parties (i) that a proposed budget has been submitted to the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Painted Prairie Public Improvement Authority (the “Authority”) for the ensuing year of 2023; (ii) the pos sible necessity has arisen to amend the Authority’s 2022 Budget; (iii) that copies of such proposed 2023 Budget and 2022 Amended Budget, if necessary, have been filed in the office of Authority’s ac countant, Simmons & Wheeler, P.C., at 304 Inverness Way South, Suite 490, Englewood, Colorado, where the same are open for public inspection and (iv) that approval of a Resolution to Adopt Budget, Appropriate Funds and Set Mill Levy for 2023 and approval of a Resolution to Amend the 2022 Budget, if necessary, will be considered at public hearings of the Board to be held at 6:15 p.m. on October 27, 2022 at the Cafeteria of the High Point Academy, 6750 North Dunkirk Street, Aurora, Colorado 80019. Any interested elector within the Authority may, at any time prior to the final the ap proval of the Resolution to Adopt Budget for 2023 and approval of the Resolution to Amend the 2022 Budget, if necessary, inspect the budgets and file or register any objections thereto.

PAINTED PRAIRIE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT AUTHORITY

By:/s/ Chris Fellows President

Legal Notice No. CCX726

Publication: October 13, 2022

Publication: October 13, 2022

Public Notice

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AS TO AMENDED 2022 BUDGET AND PROPOSED 2023 BUDGET

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a pro posed 2023 budget has been submitted to the PRAIRIE FARM METROPOLITAN DISTRICT, for the fiscal year 2023. A copy of such proposed budget has been filed in the office of the accountant, CliftonLar sonAllen, LLP, 8390 E. Crescent Parkway, Suite 300, Greenwood Village, Colorado, where same is open for public inspection. Such proposed budget will be considered at a special meeting and public hearing of the Prairie Farm Metropolitan District to be held at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 27, 2022 via Zoom videoconferencing platform. If necessary, an amended 2022 budget will be filed in the office of the ac countant and open for public inspection for consideration at the special meeting of the Board. Any interested elector within the Prairie Farm Metropolitan District may inspect the amended and proposed budgets and file or register any objections at any time prior to the final adoption of the amended 2022 budget and proposed 2023 budget.

To access meeting, visit www.zoom.us, click the Join Meeting link, and type in the follow Meeting ID and Passcode:

TORS: PRAIRIE FARM METROPOLITAN

TRICT

By: /s/ SETER & VANDER WALL, P.C.

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Public Notices

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a pro posed 2023 budget has been submitted to the RIVER OAKS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT, for the fiscal year 2023. A copy of such proposed budget has been filed in the office of the accountant, Clif tonLarsonAllen, LLP, 8390 East Crescent Parkway, Suite 300, in Greenwood Village, Colorado, where same is open for public inspection. Such proposed budget will be considered at a regular meeting and public hearing of the River Oaks Metro politan District to be held at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 20, 2022. If neces

sary, an amended 2022 budget will be filed in the office of the accountant and open for public inspection for consideration at the regular meeting and public hearing of the Board. The meeting and public hear ing will be held at the Belle Creek Family Center, 10693 Belle Creek Boulevard, Henderson, Colorado. Any interested elector of the River Oaks Metropolitan District may inspect the amended and proposed budgets and file or register any objections at any time prior to the final adoption of the proposed 2023 budget and 2022 amended budget.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIREC TORS: RIVER OAKS METROPOLITAN DIS TRICT

By: /s/ SETER & VANDER WALL, P.C. Attorneys for the District

Legal Notice No. CCX720

First Publication: October 13, 2022

Last Publication: October 13, 2022

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express