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restrictions will prohibit indoor dining, personal gatherings

Teachers protest order to reorganize Adams 14 district

BY STEVE SMITH SSMITH@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

A ordable housing initiative could face rocky future

Proposition 123 was approved by Colorado voters

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Few issues affect Coloradans as much as rising housing prices. The state will take a step toward addressing the problem — to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars per year — as officials implement Proposition 123 approved by voters in November.

In just 12 years, the median cost of a single-family home in the Denver area jumped from about $200,000 to three times that amount, according to the latest report by the Colorado Association of Realtors. The trend was similar statewide.

Together Colorado, a multifaith community organization, combined to put on the rally. A press statement called Arms Around Adams 14 “a new community campaign to stop the reorganization of Adams 14 and shift the narratives around the district.”

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.

The next installment of the dispute between the Adams 14 School District and the Colorado board of education was in the form of a Nov. 19 rally outside Adams City High School.

About 30 teachers and some state legislators gathered to protest the board’s decision to reorganize the district after years of low test scores. They waved signs and cheered as passing motorists honked their horns in protest.

The teachers union and

Earlier attempts to bring the district’s test scores up to speed either didn’t work or were cut off early, including a contract with an outside management firm earlier this year.

In March, the district recommended closing Adams City High School and reorganiz-

ing the district. The school closure isn’t on the table any longer, but reorganization is. The state board sent the official reorganization notice to the district in October Adams 14, Mapleton Public Schools, Adams 12 Five Star Schools and 27J Schools will be part of the process. All told the state board reorganizing “will fail.”

By Ellis Arnold Colorado Community Media

Under Proposition 123, state officials are required to set money aside for more affordable housing and programs to help Coloradans acquire homes and stay housed. Though the measure didn’t raise tax rates to fund those programs, it will, eventually, reduce the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights, or TABOR, refunds that Coloradans receive — by $86 per taxpayer for 2024, for example.

As Denver metro counties continue to inch closer to local stay-at-home orders under Colorado’s system of coronavirusrelated restrictions, the state announced a new level of rules that prohibits indoor dining and personal gatherings — a change that applies to the majority of the Denver metro area and many counties in other regions.

In an October statement, the district said the notice has no impact on jobs or staff members, nor does it change “Adams 14’s commitment to providing a stable and secure learning environment for all of our students.”

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.

Yet voters in November also sought to reduce their taxes and, taken together, the changes could lead to difficult decisions down the road, said Scott Wasserman, who leads the nonprofit Bell Policy Center, which advocates for economic mobility for Coloradans. He called the passage of the measure “bittersweet.”

“I think what makes it bitter is that it passed in conjunction with Proposition 121,” a measure voters approved

e state’s COVID-19 dial, which has been in e ect since September, is the set of di erent levels of restrictions that each

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-

Photo by Belen Ward

Food Bank of the Rockies volunteer Imani Mafe hands out boxes of food Nov. 19 at Adams County Sheri ’s Operation Freebird. Organizers said they were prepared to hand out the ingredients for Thanksgiving meals – including gift certificates for free Butterball turkeys – for 2,500 families.

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lower the state income tax rate, Wasserman said.

Proposition 121 is expected to take a roughly $400-million bite out of the state budget next year while Proposition 123 will eventually increase spending about $290 million yearly.

State Rep. Rod Bockenfeld, a Republican who represents rural areas east of Denver, including parts of Adams, Arapahoe and Elbert counties, did not share Wasserman’s concern that the new mea sures could be problematic for state spending. However, Bockenfeld, who serves on the state legislature’s Joint Budget Committee, acknowledged the picture could change when the state faces strong economic headwinds.

How 123 works

Proposition 123 defines af fordable housing based on two factors: household income and housing costs, according to the state’s “blue book” voter guide.

Under the proposal, afford able housing means housing for renters making up to 60% of the area median income or homeowners making up to 100% of the area median income. For context, in the metro area, the median income is $117,800, and 60% of median income is $70,700.

Under Proposition 123, local communities have flexibility to respond to housing needs.

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“There’s a certain point where if we hit a severe down turn and we go into a deep recession, then a reduced tax rate will reduce state rev enues,” Bockenfeld said.

Though the state struggles like the rest of the country with high inflation, the situ ation hasn’t been character ized as a recession or severe, though concerns that could happen linger.

The money could go toward grants and loans to local governments and nonprofits to acquire land for affordable housing developments; assis tance to develop multifamily rentals, including apartments; programs that help first-time homebuyers; preventing home lessness through rental as sistance and eviction defense; and grants to raise capacity at local government land-use departments.

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their property and do things such as borrow money based on it.

“We know that home equity is a part of how you build in tergenerational wealth,” said Wasserman.

He noted that people who are renting don’t have that oppor tunity to build equity.

Overall, the measure could help create more higher-den sity, environmentally sustain able homes, according to the voter guide.

Some in the housing industry say they can’t make a profit building “the kind of housing we need,” Wasserman said.

The measure, he added, tells housing developers, “‘We’re here to help you make it.’”

TABOR makes for difficult math

But the math isn’t easy. Part of what makes the equation difficult is TABOR, the state constitutional amendment that limits government spending. Under TABOR, revenue above the limit — sometimes called a “TABOR surplus” — gets refunded to taxpayers. The $750 rebate check that Colora dans received this year were a result of TABOR.

Colorado is seeing “very large TABOR surpluses,” in the ballpark of $3 billion this year and next year, Wasserman said. Although that sounds like a lot of money, it goes quick.

For example, money from the state’s “general fund” — which supports basic services, like K-12 education and public assistance — recently totaled $12.5 billion.

In years when state revenue comes in over the TABOR limit, Proposition 123 is esti mated to decrease the amount returned by $43 per taxpayer in tax year 2023 and $86 per taxpayer in tax year 2024, ac cording to the voter guide.

Meanwhile, Proposition 121, the measure to lower Colo rado’s income tax, will also decrease refunds to taxpayers in years when state revenue exceeds TABOR’s limits. In those years, taxpayers general ly may end up keeping money that would have been refunded anyway, Bockenfeld said.

“It leaves the money in the pocket of citizens rather than giving it to the government and the government giving it back,” Bockenfeld said.

Education often a target for cuts Colorado’s new normal under Propositions 123 and 121 may not present hard choices when

the economy is strong and the state takes in large sums of tax revenue. But during an economic downturn, Colorado may not see a so-called TABOR surplus of revenue.

That’s when priorities may end up on the cutting block, ac cording to Wasserman.

Proposition 123 allows the state legislature to reduce part of the new housing funding to balance the state budget, according to the state’s voter guide. Essentially, if lawmak ers find themselves in enough of a pinch, they can “turn off” parts of the measure, Wasser man said.

The alternative is typically cuts to education, especially higher education, meaning housing and education could be competing not to be cut.

In such a situation, “you’re not able to increase education funding based on growth or needs of schools,” Wasserman said.

In a tight spot, it’s possible state lawmakers could turn off the flow of funding to Proposi tion 123, according to Legisla tive Council Staff, the nonpar tisan research arm at the state Capitol. The measure explic itly contemplates the fact that lawmakers might want to reduce the spending for budget balancing, so it says they are allowed to cut about half. But

in practice, lawmakers could cut the spending entirely, ac cording to staff.

Yet whether lawmakers would actually choose to over ride the will of the voters remains to be seen.

Another complication: When there is enough money, Colo rado lawmakers can dip into the TABOR surplus for anoth er purpose. The state allows a property tax exemption for qualifying senior citizens and disabled veterans, referred to as the homestead exemption. The senior homestead exemp tion can be paid for by the TABOR surplus, Wasserman said, potentially cutting into the available funds for afford able housing.

“That pool of money which is coming from our existing tax rates — it’s a life raft, and it’s like we’re shrinking the size of the life raft,” Wasserman said.

He also looks at Proposition 121 in anticipating future bud get problems.

“If the state ends up as a result of this election cutting things, it’s not going to be because of 123 — it’s going to be because of 121,” he claimed. “I can’t be emphatic enough about that. We can shut off parts of 123 … we can never, ever, ever get the money back from 121.”

High School Sports Schedules

Dec. 13: Northglenn 7 p.m.

Adams City High School

Boys basketball

Nov. 29: @Bear Creek 7 p.m.

Dec. 5: @Aurora West 5 p.m.

Dec. 7, 9-10 @Skyview tournament

Dec. 13: @Ponderosa 7 p.m.

Dec. 15: @Denver North 7 p.m.

Jan. 5: Westminster 7 p.m.

Jan. 6: Kennedy 7 p.m.

Jan. 10: @Thornton 7 p.m.

Jan. 12: Skyview 7 p.m.

Jan. 13: Denver North 7 p.m.

Jan. 17: Aurora Central 7 p.m.

Jan. 24: Gateway 7 p.m.

Jan. 26: Thornton 7 p.m.

Jan. 27: @DSST-Green Valley 7 p.m.

Jan. 31: @Skyview 7 p.m.

Feb. 2: @Aurora Central 7 p.m.

Feb. 7: @Alameda 7 p.m.

Feb. 8: Manual 7 p.m.

Feb. 9: @Gateway 7 p.m.

Feb. 14, 16 Colorado League tournament

Girls basketball

Nov. 29: @Wheat Ridge 7 p.m.

Dec. 1: @Prairie View tournament 3 p.m.

Dec. 2: @Prairie View tournament 4:30 p.m.

Dec. 3: @Prairie View tournament 10:30 a.m.

Dec. 6: @JFK 6 p.m.

Dec. 8: @Denver North 7 p.m. Dec. 10: Bear Creek noon

Jan. 10: Thornton 7 p.m.

Jan. 11: Lincoln 7 p.m.

Jan. 12: @Skyview 7 [p.m.

Jan. 17: @Aurora Central 7 p.m.

Jan. 24: @Gateway 7 p.m. Jan. 25: DSST-Conservatory Green 6 [p.m.

Jan. 26: @Thornton 7 p.m. Jan. 27: DSST-Green Valley 5:30 p.m.

Jan. 31: Skyview 7 p.m.

Feb. 2: Aurora Central 7 p.m.

Feb. 7: Alameda 5:30 p.m.

Feb. 9: Gateway 7 p.m.

Feb. 10: Far NE Warriors 7 p.m.

Feb. 14, 16 Colorado 7 League tournament

Girls swimming

Nov. 30: @George Washington 4:15 p.m.

Dec. 7: @DPS meet, TBA

Dec. 14: @DPS relays 4:15 p.m.

Dec. 17: @Rex Abelein Memorial meet 8 a.m., @Veterans Memorial Aquatic Center, Thornton

Jan. 4: Denver East 4:15 p.m. Jan. 11: @Manual 4;15 p.m. Jan. 18: Lincoln 4:15 p.m.

Jan. 20: @Westminster 5 p.m.

Jan. 25: Evergreen, Westminster 4:15 p.m., @Westminster HS

Jan. 28: @Manual noon

Feb. 3-4 DPS League meet, Manual HS Feb. 8-9 State 5A swim meet, VMAC

Wrestling

Dec. 2-3 @Sidney, Neb., tournament

Dec. 16-17 @Reno, Nevada, tournament

Jan. 11: Poudre

Jan. 13-14 @Sapulpa, Okla., tournament

Jan. 20-21 Top of the Rockies, Centaurus High School

Feb. 4: Colorado 7 League tournament, Skyview High School Feb. 10-11 Regionals

Feb. 16-18 State 5A tournament, Ball Arena, Denver Prairie View High School Boys basketball

Nov. 29: @Skyline 7 p.m. Dec. 5, 7, 9 @Fairview tournament

Dec. 13: Aurora Central 7 p.m. Dec. 14: Brighton (Ball Arena) Dec. 15-17 @Chatfield tournament

Jan. 7: @Poudre 3 p.m.

Jan. 10: Rocky Mountain 7 p.m.

Jan. 13: Northglenn 7 p.m.

Jan. 17: Legacy 7 p.m.

Jan. 20: @Fort Collins 6:30 p.m.

Jan. 21: @Horizon 1 p.m.

Jan. 24: Fossil ridge 7 p.m. Jan. 26: Mountain Range 7 p.m.

Feb. 3: Loveland 7 p.m. Feb. 4: @Broomfield 7 p.m. Feb. 7: Monarch 7 p.m.

Feb. 10: @Boulder 6:30 p.m. Feb. 14: @Fairview 6:30 p.m. Feb. 16: @Erie 6:30 p.m.

Girls basketball

Nov. 29: @Skyline 5:30 p.m. Dec. 1-3 Nate Howard tournament

Dec. 6: @Eaglecrest 7 p.m. Dec. 7, 9-10 @Fort Lupton tournament

Dec. 13: @Aurora Central 7 p.m.

Dec. 14: Brighton 1:30 p.m. (Ball Arena)

Jan. 7: Poudre 7 p.m.

Jan. 10: @Rocky Mountain 6:30 p.m.

Jan. 17: @Legacy 6:30 p.m.

Jan. 20: Fort Collins 7 p.m. Jan. 21: Horizon 7 p.m.

Jan. 24: @Fossil Ridge 6:30 p.m.

Jan. 27: @Mountain Range 6:30 p.m.

Jan. 31: Brighton 7 p.m. Feb. 3: @Loveland 6:30 p.m. Feb. 4: Broomfield 7 p.m. Feb. 7: @Monarch 6:30 p.m.

Feb. 10: Boulder 7 p.m.

Feb. 14: Fairview 7 p.m. Feb. 16: Erie 7 p.m.

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Turkey Trot

Brighton’s 38th annual Turkey Trot takes off at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 19, at the pavilions outside the Brighton Recreation Center, 555 N. 11th Ave. The 5k run/walk is a Bolder Boulder qulaifi er. First-, second- and third-place winners in each age division will receive prizes.

Early bird entry fees are $30 for adults and $20 for youth and seniors. Race day entry fees are $35 for adults and $25 for youth and seniors. Entry fees will include a T-shirt,

ation center. Those who have not registered by Nov. 14 will have to wait and pick up their bib on the day of the race.

To register, call 303-655-2200 or visit brightonco.gov/turkeytrot.

Colorado Gives Day

The Adams and Broomfield counties’ chapter of Court Appointed Special Advocates is observing Colorado Gives Day Tuesday, Dec. 6.

A press statement said donations to CASA help provide volunteers to children and youth

support from the Lembke Family. Donations ar tax-deductible and qulaify for the Colorado child Care Contribution Tax Credit.

Visit https://www.coloradogives.org/organization/CasaaB?blm_aid=18554916.

DA Academy

The 17th Juidicial District Attorney’s Office is offering a free, eight-week program to explain the workings of the office and the criminal justice system.

It starts at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 11, at the DA’s office, 1000 Judicial Center Drive, Brighton. day, Dec. 1. Info? Email chopper@

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PUBLIC NOTICES

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City and County

PUBLIC NOTICE

Public notice is hereby given that the fol lowing ordinances were introduced on first reading on the 7th day of November 2022, by the City Council of Commerce City and were considered on second and final read ing on the 21st day of November 2022.

INTRODUCED BY: ALLEN-THOMAS, DAVIS, DOUGLAS, FORD, HURST, HUSEMAN, KIM, MADERA, NOBLE

Ordinance Z-860-07-08-18-22 – AN OR DINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING OR DINANCE OF THE CITY OF COMMERCE CITY BY AMENDING THE COMMONS AT 104TH PUD ZONE DOCUMENT TO ALLOW ADDITIONAL LAND USES AND ASSOCIATED BULK STANDARDS FOR THE PROPERTY GENERALLY LO CATED AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF POTOMAC STREET AND E. 104TH AVENUE

Ordinance 2423 – AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 21-5248 OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE RELATING TO THE SUPPLEMENTAL REGULATIONS FOR LODGING ESTAB LISHMENTS BY REMOVING A LODGING ROOM MINIMUM.

Copies of said ordinances are on file in the Office of the City Clerk, City of Commerce City at 7887 E. 60th Ave., Commerce City, CO 80022, for public inspection during the hours 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. During instances of the city facilities being closed, electronic copies may be requested via email to dgibson@ c3gov.com.

BY ORDER OF CITY COUNCIL CITY OF COMMERCE CITY

BY: Brittany Rios, Assistant City Clerk

Legal Notice No. CCX785

First Publication: December 1, 2022

Last Publication: December 1, 2022

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

PUBLIC NOTICE

Public notice is hereby given that the fol lowing ordinances passed on second and final reading on the 7th day of November 2022, by the City Council of Commerce City, Colorado and will be in full force and effect five days after publication.

Ordinance Z-983-22 – AN ORDINANCE

AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE AND ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF COMMERCE CITY, COLORADO BY REZONING THE PROPERTY GENER ALLY LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF E. 48th AVENUE AND IVY STREET FROM AGRI CULTURAL DISTRICT (AG) TO MEDIUM INTENSITY INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT (I-2)

Ordinance 2431 – AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE COMMERCE CITY RE VISED MUNICIPAL CODE BY ADDING A SECTION RESTRICTING UNAUTHOR IZED URBAN CAMPING

Copies of said ordinances are on file in the Office of the City Clerk, City of Commerce City, 7887 E. 60th Ave., Commerce City, CO 80022, for public inspection during the hours 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. During instances of the city facilities being closed, electronic copies may be requested via email to dgibson@ c3gov.com.

BY ORDER OF CITY COUNCIL CITY OF COMMERCE CITY

BY: Brittany Rios, Assistant City Clerk

Legal Notice No. CCX791

First Publication: December 1, 2022

Last Publication: December 1, 2022 Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Public Notice

NOTICE OF FILING OF PETITION FOR THE INCLUSION OF REAL PROPERTY WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF COMMERCE CITY NORTHERN INFRASTRUCTURE GENERAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT

Pursuant to C.R.S 31-25-618, notice is hereby given that a petition for the inclu sion of real property within the limits of the Commerce City Northern Infrastructure General Improvement District has been filed by Potomac Investors, LLC of the District is described as follows:

PARCEL 1: THE NORTHWEST ¼ OF THE NORTH WEST ¼ SECTION 18, TOWNSHIP 2 SOUTH, RANGE 66 WEST OF THE 6TH P.M, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO,

EXCEPTING THEREFROM THAT POR TION AS SET FORTH IN DECREE RECORDED JULY 22, 1964 IN BOOK 1166 AT PAGE 121 AND AS CONVEYED IN DEED RECORDED MAY 28, 1963 IN BOOK 1069 AT PAGE 249, AND

EXCEPTING THEREFROM THAT POR

TION AS CONVEYED IN DEED RE CORDED AUGUST 5, 1966 IN BOOK 1311 AT PAGE 90, AND

EXCEPTING THEREFROM THAT POR TION CONVEYED IN SPECIAL WAR RANTY DEED RECORDED JULY 2, 2007 AT RECEPTION NO. 2007000063251, AND

EXCEPTING THEREFROM THAT POR TION CONVEYED IN SPECIAL WAR RANTY DEED RECORDED JULY 9, 2013 AT RECEPTION NO. 2013000058661.

PARCEL 2: TRACT DD, FOXTON VILLAGE, COUN TY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO.

On December 5, 2022, immediately fol lowing the Commerce City City Council Meeting, the Board of Directors of the District shall hold a public hearing in a hybrid manner in-person and via Zoom Webinar, December 5, 2022 at 6:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter. Attendance and reg istration information can be found at www. c3gov.com/council or by phone or email requests submitted to the Board Secretary at 303-227-8791 or dgibson@c3gov.com. Advance registration for testifying virtually is required. Any persons objecting to the inclusion of the property within the bound aries of the District shall register to appear at the hearing and show cause why the petition should not be granted.

DATED: November 18, 2022 /s/Brittany Rios Ex Officio Assistant Secretary Commerce City Northern Infrastructure General Improvement District

Legal Notice No. CCX784 First Publication: December 1, 2022 Last Publication: December 1, 2022 Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Public Notice

Public notice is hereby given that the fol lowing ordinances passed on second and final reading on the 21st day of November 2022, by the City Council of Commerce City, Colorado and will be in full force and effect five days after publication.

Z-860-07-08-18-22 – SECOND AND FINAL READING OF AN ORDINANCE APPROVING COMMONS AT 104TH 1ST AMENDMENT PUD ZONE DOCUMENT TO ALLOW ADDITIONAL LAND USES AND THEIR ASSOCIATED BULK STAN DARDS FOR THE PROPERTY GENER ALLY LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF POTOMAC STREET AND E. 104TH AVENUE.

Copies of said ordinances are on file in the Office of the City Clerk, City of Commerce City, 7887 E. 60th Ave., Commerce City, CO 80022, for public inspection during the hours 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. During instances of the city facilities being closed, electronic copies may be requested via email to dgibson@ c3gov.com.

BY ORDER OF CITY COUNCIL CITY OF COMMERCE CITY

BY: Brittany Rios, Assistant City Clerk

Legal Notice No. CCX794

First Publication: December 1, 2022 Last Publication: December 1, 2022 Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

PUBLIC NOTICE

Public notice is hereby given that the fol lowing ordinances passed on second and final reading on the 17th day of October 2022, by the City Council of Commerce City, Colorado and will be in full force and effect five days after publication.

Ordinance 2414 – AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE 2022 BUDGET OF THE CITY OF COMMERCE CITY, COLO RADO BY THE RECOGNITION OF AN OUTDOOR FITNESS COURT® AS PART OF THE 2022 NATIONAL FITNESS CAMPAIGN

Ordinance 2415 – AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE 2022 BUDGET OF THE CITY OF COMMERCE CITY, COLO RADO BY THE RECOGNITION OF THE ADAMS COUNTY OPEN SPACE GRANT FOR PARK RANGER E-BIKES IN THE AMOUNT OF $9,275 AND THE AU THORIZATION OF THE EXPENDITURE THEREOF.

Ordinance 2416 – AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE 2022 BUDGET OF THE CITY OF COMMERCE CITY, COLO RADO BY THE RECOGNITION OF THE ADAMS COUNTY OPEN SPACE GRANT FOR SECOND CREEK FARM PARK IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,895,515.24 AND THE AUTHORIZA TION OF THE EXPENDITURE THERE OF.

Ordinance 2421 – AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE 2022 BUDGET OF THE CITY OF COMMERCE CITY, COLO RADO BY THE RECOGNITION OF THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF TRANS PORTATION GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $3,000,000 FOR 88TH AVE:I-76 TO HIGHWAY 2 AND THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXPENDITURE THEREOF

Copies of said ordinances are on file in the

Public Notices

Office of the City Clerk, City of Commerce City, 7887 E. 60th Ave., Commerce City, CO 80022, for public inspection during the hours 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. During instances of the city facilities being closed, electronic copies may be requested via email to dgibson@ c3gov.com.

BY ORDER OF CITY COUNCIL CITY OF COMMERCE CITY

BY: Brittany Rios, Assistant City Clerk

Legal Notice No. CCX790

First Publication: December 1, 2022

Last Publication: December 1, 2022

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

PUBLIC NOTICE

Public notice is hereby given that the fol lowing ordinances were introduced on first reading on the rd day of October 2022, by the City Council of Commerce City and will be considered on second and final reading on the 17th day of October 2022.

INTRODUCED BY: ALLEN-THOMAS, DAVIS, DOUGLAS, FORD, HURST, HUSEMAN, MADERA, NOBLE

Ordinance 2414 – AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE 2022 BUDGET OF THE CITY OF COMMERCE CITY, COLO RADO BY THE RECOGNITION OF AN OUTDOOR FITNESS COURT® AS PART OF THE 2022 NATIONAL FITNESS CAMPAIGN

Ordinance 2415 – AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE 2022 BUDGET OF THE CITY OF COMMERCE CITY, COLO RADO BY THE RECOGNITION OF THE ADAMS COUNTY OPEN SPACE GRANT FOR PARK RANGER E-BIKES IN THE AMOUNT OF $9,275 AND THE AU THORIZATION OF THE EXPENDITURE THEREOF

Ordinance 2416 – AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE 2022 BUDGET OF THE CITY OF COMMERCE CITY, COLO RADO BY THE RECOGNITION OF THE ADAMS COUNTY OPEN SPACE GRANT FOR SECOND CREEK FARM PARK IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,895,515.24 AND THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXPEN DITURE THEREOF.

Copies of said ordinances are on file in the Office of the City Clerk, City of Commerce City at 7887 E. 60th Ave., Commerce City, CO 80022, for public inspection during the hours 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. During instances of the city facilities being closed, electronic copies may be requested via email to dgibson@ c3gov.com.

BY ORDER OF CITY COUNCIL CITY OF COMMERCE CITY

BY: Brittany Rios, Assistant City Clerk

Legal Notice No. CCX786

First Publication: December 1, 2022

Last Publication: December 1, 2022

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

PUBLIC NOTICE

Public notice is hereby given that the fol lowing ordinance was introduced on first reading on the 17th day of October 2022, by the City Council of Commerce City and was considered on second and final reading on the 7th day of November 2022.

INTRODUCED BY: ALLEN-THOMAS, DAVIS, DOUGLAS, FORD, HURST, HUSEMAN, KIM, MADERA, NOBLE

Ordinance Z-983-22 – AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE AND ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF COMMERCE CITY, COLORADO BY REZONING THE PROPERTY GENER ALLY LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF E. 48th AVENUE AND IVY STREET FROM AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT (AG) TO MEDIUM INTENSITY INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT (I-2).

Copies of said ordinances are on file in the Office of the City Clerk, City of Commerce City at 7887 E. 60th Ave., Commerce City, CO 80022, for public inspection during the hours 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. During instances of the city facilities being closed, electronic copies may be requested via email to dgibson@ c3gov.com.

BY ORDER OF CITY COUNCIL CITY OF COMMERCE CITY

BY: Brittany Rios, Assistant City Clerk

Legal Notice No. CCX788

First Publication: December 1, 2022 Last Publication: December 1, 2022 Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Public Notice

NOTICE OF SUBDIVISION PLAT APPROVAL COMMERCE CITY, COLORADO

Notice is hereby given that the follow ing subdivision(s) will be considered for approval by the City of Commerce City Community Development Director on Tuesday, December 13, 2022.

S-832-22: TGC Development Group/ Commerce City Urban Renewal Author ity is requesting approval of the Mile High Greyhound Park 7th Amendment Subdivision Plat to subdivide approx. 9.18 acres into one approx. 2.14-acre hotel lot and two tracts (1.01 acre and 5.13 acre) for drainage and future development and dedicate ROW for the property located at NEC E. 62nd Ave and Hwy 2, currently zoned Planned Unit Development (PUD) District.

The case file(s) and a copy of the Land De velopment Code of the City together with the subdivision plat are on file for review by emailing the Community Development Department at cdplanner@c3gov.com. Any owner of property located within

300 feet of the subject property may invoke the public hearing process by submitting said objections in writing to the Director of Community Development in accordance with Sec. 21-3241 by no later than 5 p.m. on Monday, December 12, 2022.

Director of Community Development

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Legal Notice No. CCX792 First Publication: December 1, 2022 Last Publication: December 1, 2022 Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Public Notice

Public notice is hereby given that the fol lowing ordinance was introduced on first reading on the 21st day of November 2022, by the City Council of Commerce City and will be considered on second and final reading on the 17th day of Oc tober 2022.

Ordinance 2432 – FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE OF THE CITY OF COMMERCE CITY BY THE COMPRE HENSIVE REVISION OF ARTICLE VIII THEREOF CONCERNING REGULATION OF SIGNS

Ordinance 2452 – FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SEC TIONS 21-5200, 21-5248, AND 21-11200 OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE RELATING TO THE LAND USE TABLE, DEFINITIONS, AND SUPPLEMENTAL REGULATIONS FOR LODGING ES TABLISHMENTS BY AMENDING THE LODGING ROOM MINIMUM, AND CRE ATING CONSISTENCY IN THE LAND USE TABLE

Copies of said ordinances are on file in the Office of the City Clerk, City of Commerce City at 7887 E. 60th Ave., Commerce City, CO 80022, for public inspection during the hours 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. During instances of the city facilities being closed, electronic copies may be requested via email to dgibson@ c3gov.com.

BY ORDER OF CITY COUNCIL CITY OF COMMERCE CITY

BY: Brittany Rios, Assistant City Clerk

Legal Notice No. CCX795

First Publication: December 1, 2022

Last Publication: December 1, 2022 Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

PUBLIC NOTICE

Public notice is hereby given that the fol lowing ordinances passed on second and final reading on the 19th day of September 2022, by the City Council of Commerce City, Colorado and will be in full force and effect five days after publication.

2411 – SECOND AND FINAL READING OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SEC TIONS 21-3320 AND 21-3340 OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE RELAT ING TO STANDARDS FOR ANNEXA TION AGREEMENTS

Copies of said ordinances are on file in the Office of the City Clerk, City of Commerce City, 7887 E. 60th Ave., Commerce City, CO 80022, for public inspection during the hours 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. During instances of the city facilities being closed, electronic copies may be requested via email to dgibson@ c3gov.com.

BY ORDER OF CITY COUNCIL CITY OF COMMERCE CITY

BY: Brittany Rios, Assistant City Clerk

Legal Notice No. CCX789

First Publication: December 1, 2022 Last Publication: December 1, 2022 Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

PUBLIC NOTICE

Public notice is hereby given that the fol lowing ordinance was introduced on first reading on the 3rd day of October 2022, by the City Council of Commerce City and was considered on second and final reading on the 7th day of November 2022.

INTRODUCED BY: ALLEN-THOMAS, DAVIS, DOUGLAS, FORD, HURST, HUSEMAN, KIM, MADERA, NOBLE

Ordinance 2431 – AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE COMMERCE CITY RE VISED MUNICIPAL CODE BY ADDING A SECTION RESTRICTING UNAUTHOR IZED URBAN CAMPING

Copies of said ordinances are on file in the Office of the City Clerk, City of Commerce City at 7887 E. 60th Ave., Commerce City, CO 80022, for public inspection during the hours 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. During instances of the city facilities being closed, electronic copies may be requested via email to dgibson@ c3gov.com.

BY ORDER OF CITY COUNCIL CITY OF COMMERCE CITY

BY: Brittany Rios, Assistant City Clerk

Legal Notice No. CCX787

First Publication: December 1, 2022

Last Publication: December 1, 2022

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Metropolitan Districts

Public Notice

NOTICE OF VACANCY ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF NORTH RANGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 3

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and particularly to the electors of the North

Commerce City Sentinel Express December 1, 2022

Range Metropolitan District No. 3 (the “Districts”), City of Commerce City, Ad ams County, Colorado.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section 32-1-808, C.R.S., that one or more vacancies currently exist on the Board of Directors of the District. Any qualified, eligible elector of the District interested in serving on the Board of Direc tors for the District should file a Letter of Interest with the Board by 5:00 p.m., on December 11, 2022.

Letters of Interest should be sent to North Range Metropolitan District No. 3, c/o WHITE BEAR ANKELE TANAKA & WALDRON, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Suite 2000, Centennial, CO 80122.

NORTH RANGE METROPOLITAN DIS TRICT NO. 3

By:/s/ WHITE BEAR ANKELE TANAKA & WALDRON Attorneys at

Law

Legal Notice No. CCX783

First Publication: December 1, 2022

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NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Amended Budget and Proposed Budget have been submitted to the District. A copy of the Amended Budget and the Proposed Budget are on file in the office of the District Accountant, CliftonLarsonAl len LLP, 8390 E. Crescent Parkway, Suite 300, Greenwood Village, Colorado where the same are open for public inspection.

Any interested elector of the District may file any objections to the Amended Budget and Proposed Budget at any time prior to final adoption of the Amended Budget and Proposed Budget by the Board. This meeting is open to the public and the agenda and notice for any meeting may be obtained by visiting the District’s website https://www.reunionco.com.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARDS OF DI RECTORS: REUNION METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

ID/Passcode: 869 9998 0431.

A copy of the proposed 2023 budget is available for public inspection at the of fices of South Adams County Fire Depart ment, 6050 Syracuse Street, Commerce City, CO 80022. Any interested elector within the District may, at any time prior to final adoption of the 2023 budget, if required, file or register any objections thereto.

SOUTH ADAMS COUNTY FIRE DIS TRICT

By: /s/ Craig Machuga, President

Legal Notice No. CCX758

First Publication: December 1, 2022 Last Publication: December 1, 2022 Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Bids and Settlements

Public Notice

NOTICE OF FINAL PAYMENT

not been paid by the contractors or their subcontractors, at any time up to and in cluding the time of final settlement for the work contracted to be done, is required to file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid, and an account of such claim, to the District at the above address, Attn: Dawn Fredette, District Clerk, on or before the date and time hereinabove shown. Failure on the part of any claim ant to file such verified statement of claim prior to such final settlement will release the District, its Board of Directors, officers, agents, and employees, of and from any and all liability for such claim..

All of the above is pursuant to §38-26-107, C.R.S.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIREC TORS

SOUTH ADAMS COUNTY WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT acting through its SOUTH ADAMS COUNTY WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT ACTIVITY ENTERPRISE

Metro Districts Budget Hearings

Public Notice

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON THE AMENDED 2022 BUDGET AND NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED 2023 BUDGET

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the REUNION METROPOLITAN DISTRICT (the “District”), will hold a meeting via teleconference on December 5, 2022 at 10:30 A.M., for the purpose of conducting such business as may come before the Board including a public hearing on the 2022 Amended Budget (the “Amended Budget”) and 2023 Proposed Budget (the “Proposed Budget”). This meeting can be joined using the following teleconference information:

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CLIFTONLARSONALLEN LLP District Manager

Legal Notice No. CCX793

First Publication: December 1, 2022

Last Publication: December 1, 2022 Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Public Notice

NOTICE OF HEARING ON PROPOSED 2023 BUDGET

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the proposed budget for the ensuing year of 2023 has been submitted to the Board of Directors of the South Adams County Fire Protection District (“District”). Such proposed budget will be considered at a meeting and public hearing of the Board of Directors of the District to be held at South Adams County Fire Department Admin istration office, at 6050 Syracuse Street, Commerce City, CO 80022, at 6:15 p.m. on December 6, 2022. To attend and participate by videoconference join Zoom Meeting ID: Join Zoom Meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86999980431. To attend and participate by telephone, dial 1 346 248-7799 and enter Meeting

NOTICE is hereby given that the South Adams County Water and Sanitation District (“District”) of Adams County, Colo rado, will make final payment at its offices at 6595 E. 70th Avenue, Commerce City, Colorado 80022, on December 12, 2022, at the hour of 3:00 p.m. to Vortex Services, LLC of Wheat Ridge, Colorado for all work done by said Contractor(s) in construction work performed for the District.

Project Contractor: Vortex Services, LLC

Project Name: Monaco Street Water System Removal and Replacements

Project Location: The project area is located on Monaco Street, bounded by East 80th Avenue to the North and East 74th Place to the South.

Any person, co-partnership, associa tion of persons, company or corporation that has furnished labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender, or other supplies used or consumed by any contractors or their subcontractors, in or about the performance of the work contracted to be done or that supplies rental machinery, tools, or equipment to the extent used in the prosecution of the work, and whose claim therefor has

By: Vicki Ennis Secretary

Legal Notice No. CCX781

First Publication: November 24, 2022 Last Publication: December 1, 2022 Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Notice to Creditors

PUBLIC NOTICE

To all persons having claims against the trust estate of TRAVIS ROACH, decedent, you are required to present them to the Trustee on or before March 24, 2023, or said claims may be forever barred.

VIRGINIA URBAN, is the Trustee under THE TRAVIS ROACH TRUST Dated July 11, 2022. The address of the Trustee is as follows:

VIRGINIA URBAN c/o Vera Swinnerton Creative Planning Legal, P.A. 5454 W. 110th Street Overland Park, KS 66211

Legal Notice No. CCX780

First Publication: November 24, 2022 Last Publication: December 8, 2022

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Commerce City Sentinel Express December 1, 2022