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Our in-depth look at the housing crisis

Business as usual for Suncor employees, despite shutdown

BY LUKE ZARZECKI LZARZECKI@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Despite the shutdown on Dec. 24, 2022, the workers at Suncor facility in Commerce City remain unaffected.

“No layo s, no furloughs. ey’re all working,” said Mike Adams, a representative for their union.

Black Coloradans

barriers in homeownership

According to Colorado’s Department of Labor and Employment, no unemployment claims with job separations from Suncor have been led since Dec. 15.

Loa Esquilin Garcia, a spokesperson for Suncor, said “extreme and record-setting weather” leading up to Dec. 24 caused the shutdown.

the applicants visited properties, landlords denied their applications. is happened over and over again.

By Ellis Arnold Colorado Community Media

the time ve years ago. “After that, we did the application online and sent it in without them being able to see the person.”

BY NINA JOSS AND HALEY LENA NJOSS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM; HLENA@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

A few years ago, Aurora Warms the Night, an Aurora-based nonpro t serving people who need housing, ran into a challenge when assisting its Black clients in applying for apartments. When

So the team decided to take a di erent approach, sending in White volunteers to check out the apartments rst.

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.

“I would send one of our employees or people that were White to look at the apartment — to get the pricing, get everything, to make sure everything was available,” said Brian Arnold, who was executive director of the group at

Once the application got approved, the team at Aurora Warms the Night would let the real estate agents see the client was Black. Arnold said this process worked almost every time and became the organization’s own way of making a dent in the discrimination that people of color may face, but nd

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.

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

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.

“We decided to shut down the entire facility and put it into safe mode to allow for the inspection of all units and repair of the damaged equipment. e inspection and repairs of the damaged equipment are ongoing,” Garcia wrote in an email.  e plant anticipates a progressive restart at the later end of the rst quarter for 2023. Adams said no schedules have been shortened or lessened, and everyone remains in the same roles.

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-

“ is is no di erent than every couple of years, a re nery shuts down to retool, so everybody stays in their same roles, even at that time,” Adams said.

Photo by Belen Ward

No employees have been laid o since the mid-December shutdown at the Suncor Energy oil refinery in Commerce City.

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Sex tra cking case nets 10-year sentence

BY STAFF REPORT

A 33-year-old man drew a 10-year sentence in the Department of Corrections after his guilty plea for trafcking a minor for sexual servitude. A statement from the 17th Judicial District Attorney’s O ce said Robert Stenschke entered his plea Jan. 4. e case dated back to October 2020.

e statement said the victim who, at the time was 17 years old, met Stenschke through a friend who also was the target of tra cking. In this case, the victim ran away from home to be with Stenschke. e suspect

advertised the victim’s services online in the Denver metro area.

e statement said the FBI’s Child Exploitation and Human Tra cking Taskforce, which investigates cases involving minor and adult domestic sex tra cking, was able to nd the victim.

ree days later, the DA’s o ce said Stenschke located the victim and took her from a hair appointment in Fort Collins. e two then went to Florida, California and Las

Vegas, Nevada, while tra cking her.

Authorities found Stenschke and the teen in California almost a year ago. e statement said the victim admitted she engaged in commercial sex work on behalf of Stenschke and gave him the money she earned. In the statement, DA Brian Mason called human tra cking “a despicable crime.”

“ is defendant preyed on a child, stole her innocence and tra cked her for money all over the United States,” Mason said. “ e defendant richly deserves the penalty he has received for tra cking this young girl.”

“This trafficker exploited his victim for his own personal gain.

FBI Denver is grateful to the 17th Judicial District Attorney’s Office for pursuing this case through to yield a prison sentence for what this man did to a minor,” said Acting Special Agent in Charge Leonard Carollo in the statement. “The FBI Denver Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force will continue to do everything it can to ensure victims of sex trafficking receive the services they need to move forward with their lives, and that their traffickers are brought to justice.”

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Students spread kindness on Martin Luther King Jr. day

BY BELEN WARD BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Students at Brighton Adventist Academy took the Martin Luther King Day holiday to not only learn about the civil rights movement and the famous people who created change in our country but also to give back to their communities.

“Brighton Adventist Academy educators are honored to inspire our students to give the highest respect to others. To follow Jesus’ example, we are to love our brothers and sisters and to be responsible citizens,” said Jodie Aakko Brighton Adventist Academy.

Martin Luther King Day started with kindergarteners, rst and second graders delivering handmade, cozy lap blankets to Riverdale Rehab and Care Community.

“It was hard to determine who had the biggest smiles-the residents or the Brighton Adventist Academy students,” Aakko said.

e third, four, and fth graders learned about Elizabeth Freeman and Harriet Tubman, who was called Moses, and then they were taken back in time to the 1950s and 60s with a video on Rosa Parks following the Martin Luther King Jr. famous

BRIEFS

Walk with a doc

Platte Valley Medical Center’s cardiac rehab team and Walk With A Doc will host monthly walks with Dr. Christopher Cannon, an interventional cardiologist at Brighton Heart and Vascular Institute.

is is a walking program for everyone interested in taking steps for a healthier lifestyle. After a few minutes to learn about a current health topic from the doctor, spend the rest of the hour enjoying a healthy walk and fun conversation. It’s a great way to get out, get active and enjoy all the bene ts that come from walking.

‘Taking No Chances’

e 17th Judicial District Attorney’s O ce and e Link, a community resource and assessment center in ornton, are o ering free, 10-week programs to families of Adams county teenagers to help develop personal and interpersonal drug-resistance skills.

Sessions are from 5:30 to 6;30 p.m. Wednesdays. Call 720-292-2811.

Boards/commissions’ openings

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.c3gov.com/

map a freedom trail with an underground railroad as the trailhead.

“ e students had a class discussion then created posters about what their dreams were for our country,” Aakko.

After the students watched the videos, they completed a list of ques-

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to sign up.

Legal self-help clinic

e Access to Justice Committee hosts a free, legal self-help clinic from 2 to 3:30 p.m. the rst Tuesday of every month.

e program is for those who don’t have legal representation and need help navigating through legal issues.

Volunteer attorneys are available to discuss such topics as family law, civil litigation, property and probate law. Call 303-405-3298 and ask for the Legal Self-Help Clinic at least 24 hours in advance.

Help for vets

Quali ed Listeners, a veteran and family resource hub serving northern Colorado and southern Wyoming, has a number of power chairs, power scooters and electric wheelchairs available.

To nd the closest facility to you visit www.va.gov/ nd-locations.

Quali ed Listeners also need volunteers to drive veterans to and from appointments, run errands for veterans who cannot get out, handyman services, help administer veteran and family resource guide inventory in local libraries and veterans to be trained to become quali ed listeners.

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about freedom and how our country can guarantee freedom to its citizens.

Aakko said the students learned six decades of the life of Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks, “ A challenge was laid before the Brighton Adventist Academy students, as they watched King’s Octo-

Call 720-600-0860.

COVID-19 testing

Here’s where you can receive a test for COVID-19:

Brighton Advanced Urgent Care, 2801 Purcell St. Call 303-659-9700 or visit https://advurgent.com/locations/brighton/

Brighton Salud, 1860 Egbert St. Testing is available on Tuesday, ursday and Friday. Visit https:// www.saludclinic.org/covid-testing

Fort Lupton Salud, 1115 Second St. Testing is available on Tuesday and ursday. Call 303-697-2583 or visit https://www.saludclinic.org/covidtesting online.

Mental health

Community Reach Center o ers in-person intake assessments from 8 a.m. to noon Tuesdays at the Brighton Learning and Resource Campus, 1850 E. Egbert St. in Brighton. Call Community Reach Center at 303853-3500.

For walk-in intake, bring an ID and insurance information. For those who would prefer to complete the intake forms and schedule an appointment, the intake forms are available online at www.communityreachcenter.org. ere will be a short screening for u-like symptoms before the entrance to the center to ensure

ber 26, 1967 speech to the students at Barratt Junior High School in Philadelphia, titled “What Is Your Life’s Blueprint?”, Askko said.

Spreading Kindness

e student spent the remainder of the days giving back to the communities.

e sixth, seventh and eighth graders learned about kindness and spreading its message. ey painted rocks with positive, encouraging, inspirational messages placing them at the park in town so that when a stranger walked by, it would make their day.

Later in the day, the students put together appreciation bags and delivered them to the Brighton Police Department and Brighton Fire Rescue Station.

e ninth and tenth graders learned about equal rights and respect for others with a class discussion following the assembling of one hundred burritos, and the students delivered the burritos to the homeless.

“ e biography of MLK served as a key framework to the day’s quest. Teaching today means building a healthy community for tomorrow,” said Aakko.

safety and wellness for everyone.  Anyone feeling unsafe or suicidal should call Colorado Crisis Services at 1-844-493-8255, text 38255, or visit the Behavioral Health Urgent Care (BHUC) Center at 2551 W. 84th Ave., Westminster.

Warm Line up and running

Community Reach Center is o ering a Warm Line (303-280-6602) for those who want to talk to mentalhealth professionals about anxiety, lack of sleep and strained relationships, among other topics. e professionals can facilitate referrals to other programs for assistance.  A press statement said the line is not for crisis intervention.

ose feeling unsafe or suicidal should call Colorado Crisis Services (1-844-493-8255) or text 38255 or visit the Behavioral Urgent Care Center, 2551 W. 84th Ave., Westminster.

Also, the center’s COVID-19 Heroes Program is set up to assist healthcare workers during the pandemic.

ose who live or work in Adams County can receive up to six free counseling sessions. Use the Warm Line for support and free counseling.

Brighton’s community intake location is at 1850 E. Egbert St., on the second oor. It’s open from 8 a.m. to noon Tuesdays.

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The Long Way Home

The changing American dream and the obstacles some people face

BY MICHAEL DE YOANNA COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

e rst week of Colorado Community Media’s Long Way Home series focused on what many experts say is a housing crisis across the metro area. In short, housing is increasingly una ordable and inaccessible for Coloradans. Week two of our four-week series turns to how those issues look through the lens of race and younger residents, some whose experience of the American dream is changing..

Reporters Nina Joss and Haley Lena delve into the realities faced by would-be Black homeowners and others who nd skin color can be a factor in achieving their long-term dreams. .

Joss and Lena break down how the system can sometimes work against Black applicants. ey also uncover possible solutions, including an initiative from Realtors to provide training that averts subtle biases in the buying process.

Meanwhile, reporter Ellis Arnold asks a di cult question about metro area suburbs: why are they so White? ere’s no single answer, but some neighborhood covenants from a few decades ago

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di cult to prove.

Because many of the individuals served by the group were facing homelessness and unemployment, Arnold acknowledged that these factors could have played a role in their initial application rejections. However, when they conducted the blind application process with the same nancial information, the applications were approved. For Arnold, this con rmed race was a barrier.

“ e racism is just so out there,” he said. “It was easy to realize it.”

Arnold’s group did not le any complaints because their main priority was getting their clients housed, and they found a way to do that. Colorado Community Media reached out to Aurora Warms the Night to see if this is still a strategy but did not get a response.

But once a Black client successfully got on a lease, Arnold said even more challenges ensued if they were looking to someday own a home.

“How do we get them from renting into homeownership?” he said. “ ose barriers seem to be some of the biggest.”

For decades, homeownership rates for Black people have lagged far behind those for White people. Census data released last month shows just how wide that gap is. More than seven in 10 White Coloradans and a little more than half of Latino residents own their homes, according to the 2021 ve-year American Community Survey. Only 42% of Black Coloradans own their homes.

Although Latino homebuyers in Colorado face many of the same barriers as Black homebuyers, their rates of homeownership have grown in recent years. For Black Coloradans, on the other

prove, in writing, that race was sometimes a factor in creating our communities.

Accessibility to housing isn’t only an issue of race. It’s an issue of income, as well. Many Coloradans simply can’t a ord to apply for a home, and some of them are rede ning their idea of the American dream as a result. Reporter Christy Steadman digs into this issue. When affordability, accessibility and fairness play a role, families are shifting away from the old dream in which people started a family and bought a home.

When rising home prices and in ation makes that next to impossible for many Coloradans, the American dream may shift from the idea that owning a home is the true measure of success. Still, across generations, many hold out hopes for homeownership.

Statistics, data and experts may have great information on how the market works, but it’s the people living through the crisis who matter the most.

To read all the parts of our Long Way Home series, visit https://coloradocommunitymedia. com/longwayhome/index.html.

hand, the numbers have remained stubbornly low.

ese trends hold across the metro area, with Adams, Je erson, Arapahoe and Douglas counties all showing higher rates of homeownership in White communities than in those of color.

e reasons for this gap are myriad, but over time, Black Coloradans have generally had less opportunity to build home equity and wealth to pass from one generation to the next. ese barriers mean many metro Denver communities lack racial and ethnic diversity. rough training and other measures, many are now trying to reverse this situation and improve access to housing for all.

A denied opportunity to build generational wealth

In 2021, eo E.J. Wilson and his wife started looking to buy a home in Aurora. Wilson is a Black college lecturer and non ction television host.

Like many Coloradans regardless of color, Wilson and his wife did not have enough money for a down payment in today’s expensive housing market, even though they both make a good living. In Arapahoe County, the median sale price of a single-family home increased by $180,000 over the past ve years, according to the Colorado Association of Realtors. In other metro Denver areas, the numbers have skyrocketed even more drastically.

While many White Americans may have bene ted from the e orts of their ancestors, particularly through inheritances, Wilson says many Black people, including him, were denied that possibility. In his eyes, that’s part of why homeownership has been so elusive.

“In what some of my elders have called the ‘illusion of inclusion,’ income is used as a metric to say that things are getting better for Black people,” Wilson said.

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But, he pointed out, income is di erent from wealth. For generations, “White America was building wealth, assets and the skill set and personnel to manage that wealth,” he said.

Wilson’s older family members, on the other hand, were not o ered the same opportunities, he said.

Theo E.J. Wilson holds a hat from the collection his grandfather, who was a Tuskegee airman in World War II, gave him.

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A New Vision

American dream changing for some Coloradans

BY CHRISTY STEADMAN CSTEADMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Amber Carlson is a Colorado native. She loves the Denver area for all its amenities — from outdoor recreation to the arts-and-culture scene. But with so many other people moving to the region because they also love those things, Carlson would consider moving away.

“I don’t blame people for wanting to live here,” she said. “It’s got a lot going on.”

Carlson doesn’t want to uproot from Colorado, but if she did, it would be because of the region’s skyrocketing cost of living.

“It’s di cult when you’ve lived here your whole life and it has become hard to stay,” she said.

Carlson is in her 30s. She went to Denver’s George Washington High School and is currently in graduate school at the University of ColoradoBoulder. She lives with her partner in a house in Wheat Ridge that he owns, a situation she feels fortunate to have. Otherwise, Carlson said, she is not sure if she would be able to a ord a rental on her own.

Her experience leaves her with questions about the idea of the American dream — owning a home. It is, for many, a dream of a single-

family home on a private plot of land in the suburbs, maybe with a picket fence and tire swing hanging from a lofty tree.

But younger people are changing their perceptions about what the American dream should be. Driving that change is the increasingly una ordable nature of housing, according to a few surveys, including one by Bankrate last year. It found that two-thirds of respondents cite a ordability as a major hurdle to homeownership. eir pinch points included everything from salaries that didn’t keep up to a lack of ability to save for down payments to high mortgage rates.

‘The American dream has decreased in relevance’

James Truslow Adams, a writer and historian, is credited with coining the term “the American dream” in 1931 — early in the Great Depression — in his book, “ e Epic of America.”

“ e American Dream is that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement,” Adams wrote. “It is not a dream of motor cars and high wages merely, but a dream of social order in which each man and each woman shall be able to attain to the fullest stature of which they are innately capable, and be recognized by others for what they are, regardless of the fortuitous

circumstances of birth or position.”

Carlson re ects on all of that. She said that people began to conceptualize how to get their American dream — go to college, get a good job and buy a home — in the postWorld War II era.

“ ere was this idea that you could have all of this,” Carlson said.

More Americans these days, she said, are de ning success on their own terms. More folks might see homeownership as a relic, even something that holds them back in life, rather than necessary for all of their needs and desires.

“Buying a home is probably something that some people want,” Carlson said. “But I don’t think everybody wants or needs to buy a home.”

Others are holding onto the old idea. Bankrate found that homeownership remains a persistent part of the American dream. Homeownership is the “most-mentioned milestone” for Americans 26 and older, but younger Americans see it as less important. Gen Z, aged 18-25, doesn’t rank it as the top accomplishment like older Americans tend to.

Gen Z member Caitlyn Aldersea, a student at the University of Denver, is representative of the changing attitude.

She remembers as a young child how the Great Recession that began in 2007 a ected her family.

“ e American dream today is

A Look at the Suburbs

Map experts

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

In 1967, Black Americans were mired in “the long, hot summer.” Frustrations over poverty, unemployment, discrimination and myriad other issues spilled into the streets, leading to clashes with police and arrests in many places, including Denver. e widespread tensions over race left President Lyndon B. Johnson searching for answers.

So, he issued an executive order for a report that would detail what caused the chaos. He wanted it to answer a crucial question: How can the country prevent more unrest in the future?

When the report arrived seven months later, it laid out hundreds of pages of analysis and recommendations for improving race relations in America.

But its message was best summed up in a sentence:

“To continue present policies is to make permanent the division of our country into two societies: one, largely Negro and poor, located in the central cities: the other, pre-

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much di erent than how my parents thought of it,” Aldersea said. “Today, it’s more based on what can be accomplished. It’s not shooting for the stars anymore.”

Aldersea’s personal de nition of the American dream includes a ful lling career, opportunities to be part of a community that one is able to give back to and the freedom to pursue personal interests. She believes housing should be attainable for everyone, but doesn’t think it de nes success or happiness.

Aldersea doesn’t envision ever becoming a homeowner. One reason is that she wants to be able to relocate as she pursues her career goals. Another is that she wants to travel and pay o student loans.

“I don’t think my wage or salary will ever help me a ord a house or mortgage,” Aldersea said. “A house would not be the only thing I’d have to focus on nancially.”

Time will tell whether homeownership will eventually become more important to younger Americans. According to Bankrate, the pull to own a home remains strong. Fifty-nine percent of Gen Z members want to own a home as a life goal, second only to having a successful career (60%).

For other generations, homeownership remains the top life goal and the likelihood of that increases with age. Eighty-seven percent of older adults, aged 68 and up, cite homeownership as integral to the American dream.

dominantly White and a uent, located in the suburbs and in outlying areas.”

In other words, the issue of where people can live was at the heart of the report. It all ties into the American dream, the idea of a family owning a home, building wealth as that home increases in value over time and being able to live in whatever neighborhood a family can a ord without fear of discrimination.

Yet more than half a century later, that divide between Black and White residents continues to complicate the dream in many parts of America, including the suburban towns and cities that surround Denver.  e divide is less stark and less known than it was in 1967, but its legacy is still alive in the metro area, where the Black population tends to live in Denver or Aurora, numbering in the tens of thousands in each city.

Elsewhere, Black residents number in the hundreds or just a few thousand while White residents make up strong majorities. White residents are 78% of the population in Arvada and 1% are Black. White residents are 80% of the population in Littleton and 2% are Black. White residents are 82% of the population in Castle Rock and less than 1% are Black.

So, why do the metro area’s com-

dig for roots of racial separation in metro Denver

Golden, took inspiration from the “Mapping Prejudice” project, an effort at the University of Minnesota to identify and map racial covenants.

It wasn’t just developers who pushed such language, iry said.

munities look the way they do? e answer isn’t completely clear, but two map experts have delved into local property records, uncovering data that could help start to answer that question.

ey’re trying to discover what many have either forgotten or swept under the rug about parts of the metro area — or simply never knew. ey’re digging in at the neighborhood level, looking for words in property documents — called “racially restrictive covenants” — that excluded people from housing by race. ey’re looking to discern the legacies that still echo in communities today.

Christopher iry, a map librarian at Colorado School of Mines in Golden, is one of the diggers. Discovering the covenants in Je erson County shocked him.

“ at blew me away that this rural county at the time would have them,” iry said. “As I tell people, ‘Yeah, the suburbs of Birmingham, Alabama, sure. But Je erson County? Come on.’”

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He jumped into his work after the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police o cer. e mapping is a tedious task of sifting through mostly mundane, uncontroversial rules, like how many feet a house must sit away from the road or bans on billboards in front of homes.

iry has examined about 1,000 Je erson County documents and found nearly 200 had some kind of race-based stipulation. He looked at documents from the 1860s to 1950, though most of them were from the 1910s to 1950.

Speci cally, he has pored over “plats,” or plans for new neighborhoods. e plat for one neighborhood — Cole Village, located along Colfax Avenue near Kipling Street in what’s now Lakewood — had this to say:

“Only persons of the Caucasian race shall use or occupy any building or any lot. is covenant shall not prevent use or occupancy by domestic servants of a di erent race.”

e document was registered with the county in 1945. at type of racebased language is now unenforceable but remains on o cial plats, property deeds and other documents, according to iry.

Local elected and appointed ofcials of the government of Je erson County signed the documents, iry added.

He singled out some other examples:

• “Ownership in this subdivision shall be restricted to members of the Caucasian race,” says a planning document for Sunshine Park in Golden at Sunshine and High parkways, dated 1944.

• “Stipulate that no lot at any time shall be occupied or owned by any person or persons not of the Caucasian races. However, this provision shall not prohibit the employment of persons of other races by the occupants,” says the plan for Green Acres along 6th Avenue in what’s now Lakewood, dated 1939.

• “No (area) shall at any time be occupied or owned by any person or persons of other than the Caucasian race, however, this shall not prohibit the employment of persons of other races on the premises by the occupants,” says the plan for Happy Valley Acres in the Golden area at South Golden Road and Orion Street, dated 1939.

• “ e said (land) shall (be) used for no other purpose than for the building and maintaining thereon and the occupancy thereof of private

residences by Caucasians, and the erection of necessary outbuildings,” says a planning document for part of the Indian Hills area, dated 1923. iry has used his ndings to make a map of the parts of Je erson County where race-based rules were baked into the original plans of the housing developments.

Many are concentrated in what are now the Wheat Ridge and Lakewood areas, with a handful dotting the Golden and Arvada region. Others sit in the Evergreen and Indian Hills areas.

It’s not yet a complete picture.

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iry is wary that he may have missed pieces. ough the map is a work in progress, it already has him wondering how the covenants still in uence lives today.

Beyond that, what can be done to right past wrongs.

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Barbara Marie White

December 12, 1935 - January 1, 2023

She truly was one of a kind and was always there for support. She continuously supported her husband, children, and grandchildren in their various interests.

Barbara was a 10-year member of 4-H, where she developed her love for animals. She showed cattle at the National Western Stock show in 1949. She was a proud member and past president of the Social Order of the Beauceant Organization which provided entertainment and hospitality for the Knights Templar, while also participating in many other philanthropic endeavors.

Barbara met the love of her life, James White, while in high school. ey were married in 1955. e couple brie y lived in Florida while Jim was in the Military. In 1957 they moved to their home in Brighton, CO to farm, ranch, and dairy. e sweethearts had three children: Larry in 1957, Alan in 1959, and Terri in 1962.

If you knew Barbara, you know she loved to share her passions for gardening, cooking, sewing, canning, and raising animals especially with her children and grandchildren. Barbara loved her family deeply and welcomed everyone. Her home was one where you could always count on cherished family meals, stories, lots of laughs, hugs and her signature- “love you sugar.”

Barbara loved doing things with her family, including going on many traveling adventures. She and Jim bowled with the Wednesday NightBombers for 50 years. Barbara was a very loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother.

Barbara is proceeded in death by her father, mother, three sisters, and husband Jim (2015).

She is survived by her children; Larry (Diane) White, Alan (Lela) White, Terri (Chip) Roberts, 8 grandchildren; Mike (Missy) White, Don White, Levi White, Eric (Hadley) White, Darby Barraza, Nala White, Paige (Taylor) Burkum, Kyla Roberts, 10 great grandchildren and brother-in-law Harlow Leeper. ey will always remember her kindness, generosity, and loving spirit.

Mason launches DA academy in Brighton

BY STEVE SMITH SSMITH@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

e 17th Judicial District Attorney O ce’s citizens DA academy began Jan. 11 in Brighton. e eight-week course will explain

how the DA’s o ce and the criminal justice system work. DA Brian Mason said it was the rst chance for his o ce to conduct a citizens’ academy since the pandemic.

More than 20 people were in attendance for the rst session.

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PUBLIC NOTICES

Legals

City and County

Public Notice

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PLANNING COMMISSION

COMMERCE CITY, COLORADO

Notice is hereby given that this public hearing will be conducted on February 7, 2023, at 6:00 p.m. at the Commerce City Civic Center, 7887 East 60th Avenue. The Planning Commission will consider:

1. Z-967-23: Kris T. Zerr II is requesting a zone change from AG (Agricultural District) to I-2 (Medium-Intensity Industrial District), for the property located at 8442 Uinta Street, consisting of approximately 1.9 acres.

Advance registration for virtual testimony/ public input is required. Additional information and instructions to register for testimony can be found in the published agenda at https://commerce.legistar.com and at www.c3gov.com/PC or by contacting staff at 303-227-8858 or lbertranegonzales@c3gov.com. Notificación de un Proyecto de Desarrollo potencial cerca de su propiedad. Para servicios de traduccion en espanol, llame a Linda Bertrane-Gonzales al 303-2278858.

Jonathan Popiel Planning Commission Chairman

Legal Notice No. CCX846

First Publication: January 26, 2023

Last Publication: January 26, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Public Notice

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held by the City Council of Commerce City in a hybrid format, February 6, 2023 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. These items were noticed and scheduled for hearing on February 6 and were continued at the February 6 meeting.

Resolution 2023-011 - S-814-23: THOMPSON THRIFT REQUESTS APPROVAL OF THE SECOND CREEK VILLAGE AMENDMENT NO. 6 SUBDIVISION PLAT TO REPLAT TWO EXISTING COMMERCIAL LOTS INTO THREE COMMERCIAL LOTS FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. THE PROPERTY TOTALS APPROXIMATELY 2.4 ACRES LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF CHAMBERS RD. AND E. 104TH AVE., ZONED PUD (PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT).

Z-945-17-19-20-21-22 - BECKNELL SERVICES LLC IS REQUESTING TO AMEND THE NEXUS NORTH DIA PUD ZONE DOCUMENT AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO PERMIT ADDITIONAL LAND USES AND MODIFY BULK STANDARDS IN PLANNING AREA 3 FOR THE PROPERTY GENERALLY LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF BUCKLEY ROAD AND EAST 88TH AVENUE.

Ordinance 2461 - AN ORDINANCE REESTABLISHING THE BOUNDARIES OF THE FOUR WARDS OF THE CITY OF COMMERCE CITY, COLORADO

BY ORDER OF CITY COUNCIL CITY OF COMMERCE CITY

ATTEST: Brittany Rodriguez, Assistant City Clerk

Legal Notice No. CCX836

First Publication: January 26, 2023

Last Publication: January 26, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Metropolitan Districts

Public Notice

NOTICE OF VACANCY ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF TR RANCH METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and particularly to the electors of the TR Ranch Metropolitan District (the “District”), Commerce City, Adams 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 Directors for the District should file a Letter of Interest with the Board by 5:00 p.m. on Monday February 6, 2023.

Letters of Interest should be sent to TR Ranch Metropolitan District, c/o WHITE BEAR ANKELE TANAKA & WALDRON, 2154 E. Commons Ave., Suite 2000, Centennial, CO 80122.

TR RANCH METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

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

Legal Notice No. CCX832

First Publication: January 26, 2023

Last Publication: January 26, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Public Notice

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

§§ 1-13.5-303; 1-13.5-305; 1-13.5-501; 1-13.5-1002; 32-1-905(2), C.R.S.

VELOCITY METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS. 1 – 9

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and, particularly, to the electors of Velocity Metropolitan District Nos. 1 – 9 (the “Districts”) of Adams County, Colorado.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Districts will conduct an election that will be held on the 2nd day of May, 2023, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. At that time, three (3) directors will be elected to serve a 4-year term on each Board. Eligible electors of the Velocity Metropolitan District Nos. 1 – 9 interested in serving on the boards of directors may obtain a Self-Nomination and Acceptance Form from the Districts’ website at https://velocitymetrodistrict.com or from the Districts’ Designated Election Official (“DEO”):

Stacie L. Pacheco, Designated Election Official c/o Icenogle Seaver Pogue, P.C.

4725 South Monaco Street, Suite 360 Denver, Colorado 80237 spacheco@isp-law.com or (303) 8673000

The Office of the DEO is open on the following days: Monday through Friday (with the exception of holidays), from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

The deadline to submit Self-Nomination and Acceptance Forms to the Designated Election Official is not later than the normal close of business on the 67th day prior to the election, which date is Friday, February 24, 2023. If the Designated Election Official determines that a Self-Nomination and Acceptance Form is not sufficient, the eligible elector who submitted the

form may amend the form, at any time, prior to 3:00 P.M. on Friday, February 24, 2023. Affidavit of Intent To Be A Write-InCandidate forms must be submitted to the office of the Designated Election Official by the close of business on the 64th day before the election, which date is Monday, February 27, 2023

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that applications for absentee voters’ ballots are available in the office of the Designated Election Official, Icenogle Seaver Pogue, P.C., 4725 South Monaco Street, Suite 360, Denver, Colorado 80237, (303) 867-3000. An application for an absentee voter’s ballot shall be filed with the Designated Election Official no later than the close of business on the Tuesday immediately preceding the election, which date is April 25, 2023.

VELOCITY METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS. 1 – 9

By /s/ Stacie L. Pacheco, Designated Election Official

Legal Notice No. CCX844

First Publication: January 26, 2023 Last Publication: January 26, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Public Notice

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS §§ 1-13.5-303; 1-13.5-305; 1-13.5-501; 1-13.5-1002; 32-1-905(2), C.R.S.

PORTEOS BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and, particularly, to the electors of Porteos Business Improvement District (the “District”) of Adams County, Colorado.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the District will conduct an election that will be held on the 2nd day of May, 2023, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. At that time, three (3) directors will be elected to serve 4-year terms on the Board. Eligible electors of the Porteos Business Improvement District interested in serving on the board of directors may obtain a Self-Nomination and Acceptance Form from the District’s website at www.

PorteosBID.net or from the District’s Designated Election Official (“DEO”):

Stacie L. Pacheco, Designated Election Official c/o Icenogle Seaver Pogue, P.C.

4725 South Monaco Street, Suite 360 Denver, Colorado 80237 spacheco@isp-law.com or (303) 8673000

Public Notices

The Office of the DEO is open on the following days: Monday through Friday (with the exception of holidays), from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

The deadline to submit Self-Nomination and Acceptance Forms to the Designated Election Official is not later than the normal close of business on the 67th day prior to the election, which date is Friday, February 24, 2023. If the Designated Election Official determines that a Self-Nomination and Acceptance Form is not sufficient, the eligible elector who submitted the form may amend the form, at any time, prior to 3:00 P.M. on Friday, February 24, 2023. Affidavit of Intent To Be A Write-InCandidate forms must be submitted to the office of the Designated Election Official by the close of business on the 64th day before the election, which date is Monday, February 27, 2023.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that applications for absentee voters’ ballots are available in the office of the Designated Election Official, Icenogle Seaver Pogue, P.C., 4725 South Monaco Street, Suite 360, Denver, Colorado 80237, (303) 867-3000. An application for an absentee voter’s ballot shall be filed with the Designated Election Official no later than the close of business on the Tuesday immediately preceding the election, which date is April 25, 2023.

PORTEOS BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT

By /s/ Stacie L. Pacheco, Designated Election Official

Legal Notice No. CCX843

First Publication: January 26, 2023

Last Publication: January 26, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Public Notice

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

§§ 1-13.5-303; 1-13.5-305; 1-13.5-501; 1-13.5-1002; 32-1-905(2), C.R.S.

NORTHERN COMMERCE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and, particularly, to the electors of Northern Commerce Metropolitan District (the “District”) of Adams County, Colorado.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the District will conduct an election that will be held on the 2nd day of May, 2023, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. At that time, three (3) directors will be elected to serve a 4-year term and two (2) directors will be elected to serve a 2-year term. Eligible electors of the Northern Commerce Metropolitan District interested in serving on the board of directors may obtain a Self-Nomination and Acceptance Form from the District’s Designated Election Official (“DEO”):

Stacie L. Pacheco, Designated Election Official c/o Icenogle Seaver Pogue, P.C. 4725 South Monaco Street, Suite 360

Denver, Colorado 80237

spacheco@isp-law.com or (303) 8673000

The Office of the DEO is open on the following days: Monday through Friday (with the exception of holidays), from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

The deadline to submit Self-Nomination and Acceptance Forms to the Designated Election Official is not later than the normal close of business on the 67th day prior to the election, which date is Friday, February 24, 2023. If the Designated Election Official determines that a Self-Nomination and Acceptance Form is not sufficient, the eligible elector who submitted the form may amend the form, at any time, prior to 3:00 P.M. on Friday, February 24, 2023. Affidavit of Intent To Be A Write-InCandidate forms must be submitted to the office of the Designated Election Official by the close of business on the 64th day before the election, which date is Monday, February 27, 2023.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that applications for absentee voters’ ballots are available in the office of the Designated Election Official, Icenogle Seaver Pogue, P.C., 4725 South Monaco Street, Suite 360, Denver, Colorado 80237, (303) 867-3000. An application for an absentee voter’s ballot shall be filed with the Designated Election Official no later than the close of business on the Tuesday immediately preceding the election, which date is April 25, 2023.

NORTHERN COMMERCE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

By /s/ Stacie L. Pacheco, Designated Election Official

Legal Notice No. CCX839

First Publication: January 26, 2023

Last Publication: January 26, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Public Notice

Prospect will submit an application to the Colorado Division of Housing (DOH). The purpose of this application is to request $3,348,000 for a portion of the capitalization of the development of 93 units of rental homes to be located at 7001 Colorado Boulevard in the City of Commerce City. The request of funding from DOH is to benefit persons with low and moderate incomes by increasing the availability of affordable housing in the City of Commerce City and Adams County. It is not the intent to cause displacement from any existing housing; however, if persons are displaced from their existing residences reasonable housing alternatives shall be offered.

All interested person are encouraged to contact the applicant for further information. Written comments should be sent to Prospect at P.O. Box 103190 Denver, CO 80250 and will be forwarded to DOH for consideration during the application process.

Members of the public may request a

public meeting and should arrange a request with the Applicant. Applicant shall post notice of meeting, which may occur virtually, in this publication to ensure other members of the public are aware of the meeting. If reasonable accommodations are needed for persons attending the public meeting, please contact the applicant.

Legal Notice No. CCX845

First Publication: January 26, 2023 Last Publication: January 26, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Public Notice

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

§§ 1-13.5-303; 1-13.5-305; 1-13.5-501; 1-13.5-1002; 32-1-905(2), C.R.S.

THIRD CREEK METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS. 1 & 3

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and, particularly, to the electors of Third Creek Metropolitan District Nos. 1 & 3 (the “Districts”) of Adams County, Colorado.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Districts will conduct an election that will be held on the 2nd day of May, 2023, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. At that time, three (3) directors will be elected to serve a 4-year term on each Board. Eligible electors of the Third Creek Metropolitan District Nos. 1 & 3 interested in serving on the boards of directors may obtain a Self-Nomination and Acceptance Form from the Districts’ website at www. thirdcreekmetro.org or from the Districts’ Designated Election Official (“DEO”):

Stacie L. Pacheco, Designated Election Official c/o Icenogle Seaver Pogue, P.C.

4725 South Monaco Street, Suite 360 Denver, Colorado 80237 spacheco@isp-law.com or (303) 8673000

The Office of the DEO is open on the following days: Monday through Friday (with the exception of holidays), from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

The deadline to submit Self-Nomination and Acceptance Forms to the Designated Election Official is not later than the normal close of business on the 67th day prior to the election, which date is Friday, February 24, 2023. If the Designated Election Official determines that a Self-Nomination and Acceptance Form is not sufficient, the eligible elector who submitted the form may amend the form, at any time, prior to 3:00 P.M. on Friday, February 24, 2023. Affidavit of Intent To Be A Write-InCandidate forms must be submitted to the office of the Designated Election Official by the close of business on the 64th day before the election, which date is Monday, February 27, 2023.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that applications for absentee voters’ ballots are available in the office of the Designated Election Official, Icenogle Seaver Pogue, P.C., 4725 South Monaco Street, Suite 360, Denver, Colorado 80237, (303)

867-3000. An application for an absentee voter’s ballot shall be filed with the Designated Election Official no later than the close of business on the Tuesday immediately preceding the election, which date is April 25, 2023.

THIRD CREEK METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS. 1 & 3

By /s/ Stacie L. Pacheco, Designated Election Official

Legal Notice No. CCX842

First Publication: January 26, 2023

Last Publication: January 26, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Public Notice

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS §§ 1-13.5-303; 1-13.5-305; 1-13.5-501; 1-13.5-1002; 32-1-905(2), C.R.S.

CUTLER FARMS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and, particularly, to the electors of Cutler Farms Metropolitan District (the “District”) of Adams County, Colorado.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the District will conduct an election that will be held on the 2nd day of May, 2023, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. At that time, three (3) directors will be elected to serve a 4-year term and one (1) director will be elected to serve a 2-year term. Eligible electors of the Cutler Farms Metropolitan District interested in serving on the board of directors may obtain a Self-Nomination and Acceptance Form from the District’s Designated Election Official (“DEO”):

Stacie L. Pacheco, Designated Election Official c/o Icenogle Seaver Pogue, P.C. 4725 South Monaco Street, Suite 360 Denver, Colorado 80237 spacheco@isp-law.com or (303) 8673000

The Office of the DEO is open on the following days: Monday through Friday (with the exception of holidays), from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

The deadline to submit Self-Nomination and Acceptance Forms to the Designated Election Official is not later than the normal close of business on the 67th day prior to the election, which date is Friday, February 24, 2023. If the Designated Election Official determines that a Self-Nomination and Acceptance Form is not sufficient, the eligible elector who submitted the form may amend the form, at any time, prior to 3:00 P.M. on Friday, February 24, 2023. Affidavit of Intent To Be A WriteIn-Candidate forms must be submitted to the office of the Designated Election Official by the close of business on the 64th day before the election, which date is Monday, February 27, 2023.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that applications for absentee voters’ ballots are

Public Notices

available in the office of the Designated Election Official, Icenogle Seaver Pogue, P.C., 4725 South Monaco Street, Suite 360, Denver, Colorado 80237, (303) 867-3000. An application for an absentee voter’s ballot shall be filed with the Designated Election Official no later than the close of business on the Tuesday immediately preceding the election, which date is April 25, 2023.

CUTLER FARMS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

By /s/ Stacie L. Pacheco, Designated Election Official

Legal Notice No. CCX838

First Publication: January 26, 2023

Last Publication: January 26, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Public Notice

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

§§ 1-13.5-303; 1-13.5-305; 1-13.5-501; 1-13.5-1002; 32-1-905(2), C.R.S.

BOX ELDER WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and, particularly, to the electors of Box Elder Water and Sanitation District (the “District”) of Adams County, Colorado.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the District will conduct an election that will be held on the 2nd day of May, 2023, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. At that time, two (2) directors will be elected to serve a 4-year term. Eligible electors of the Box Elder Water and Sanitation District interested in serving on the board of directors may obtain a Self-Nomination and Acceptance Form from the District’s Designated Election Official (“DEO”):

Stacie L. Pacheco, Designated Election Official c/o Icenogle Seaver Pogue, P.C.

4725 South Monaco Street, Suite 360 Denver, Colorado 80237 spacheco@isp-law.com or (303) 8673000

The Office of the DEO is open on the following days: Monday through Friday (with the exception of holidays), from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

The deadline to submit Self-Nomination and Acceptance Forms to the Designated Election Official is not later than the normal close of business on the 67th day prior to the election, which date is Friday, February 24, 2023. If the Designated Election Official determines that a Self-Nomination and Acceptance Form is not sufficient, the eligible elector who submitted the form may amend the form, at any time, prior to 3:00 P.M. on Friday, February 24, 2023. Affidavit of Intent To Be A Write-InCandidate forms must be submitted to the office of the Designated Election Official by the close of business on the 64th day before the election, which date is Monday, February 27, 2023.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that applications for absentee voters’ ballots are available in the office of the Designated Election Official, Icenogle Seaver Pogue, P.C., 4725 South Monaco Street, Suite 360, Denver, Colorado 80237, (303) 867-3000. An application for an absentee voter’s ballot shall be filed with the Designated Election Official no later than the close of business on the Tuesday immediately preceding the election, which date is April 25, 2023.

BOX ELDER WATER AND SANITTION DISTRICT

By /s/ Stacie L. Pacheco, Designated Election Official

Legal Notice No. CCX840

First Publication: January 26, 2023

Last Publication: January 26, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Bids and Settlements

Public Notice

NOTICE OF CONTRACTORS SETTLEMENT

Notice is hereby given that on or after February 15, 2023, Sand Creek Metropolitan District, City of Aurora, Colorado and City and County of Denver, Colorado, will make final settlement with Murray & Stafford, Inc. (“Contractor” herein) for all materials, labor, supplies, and construction services rendered by Contractor for the District 26 and 27 Roadway, Utilities, Landscape, Lighting, and Lift Station Improvements located in the City of Aurora, Colorado (“Project”). Prior to February 10, 2023, any persons having properly filed claims for labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender or other supplies, rental machinery, tools, or equipment furnished to the Contractor specifically for this Project should present the same to Sand Creek Metropolitan District, 100 Saint Paul Street, Suite 300, Denver Colorado 80206 attention Mike Serra III. Failure to timely and properly file said claim shall relieve Sand Creek Metropolitan District from any duty to withhold funds for such claim.

Sand Creek Metropolitan District Mike Serra, III, District Secretary (303) 371 9000

Legal Notice No. CCX822

First Publication: January 12, 2023

Last Publication: January 26, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express Non-Consecutive Publications

Public Notice

PAINTED PRAIRIE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT AUTHORITY

Painted Prairie Filing No. 4 On-Site Improvements

Sealed Bids will be received by Painted Prairie Public Improvement Authority, hereinafter referred to as OWNER, at

the office of the Authority Engineer, Merrick & Company, 5970 Greenwood Plaza Boulevard, Greenwood Village, CO 80111, until 10:00 AM local time on February 10, 2023 for:

Painted Prairie Filing No. 4 On-Site Improvements

This Contract provides for the construction of the following: Furnish and install over 15,000 LF of 6-inch to 12-inch water line with appurtenances, over 12,500 LF of 8-inch sanitary sewer line with appurtenances, and over 300 services of water and sanitary services. Also, furnish and install over 8,300 LF of 18-inch to 48-inch storm sewer pipe with appurtenances, over 2.5 miles of street construction, and concrete alley construction.

Copies of the Bidding Documents may be requested from the Painted Prairie Public Improvement Authority, at the email of the Authority Engineer, barney. fix@merrick.com, beginning January 12, 2023. NO PAYMENT REQURIED.

Bidders must be licensed Contractors in the State of Colorado.

Bids will be received providing unit price for items; however, the price given will be on a maximum not-to-exceed amount, as described in the Bidding Documents.

The Work is expected to be commenced within thirty (30) days after the Date of Contract.

Bid Security in the amount of five percent (5%) of the total Bid Price must accompany each Bid in the form specified in the Instructions to Bidders.

The Successful Bidder will be required to furnish a Performance Bond, Labor and Material Payment Bond guaranteeing faithful performance and warranty bond for two-years after Substantial Completion, and the payment of all bills and obligations arising from the performance of the Contract.

The OWNER reserves the right to award the contract by sections, to reject any or all Bids, and to waive any informalities and irregularities therein.

For further information, please contact Barney Fix at Merrick & Company at 303-751-0741.

Legal Notice No. CCX823

First Publication: January 12, 2023

Last Publication: January 26, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Non-Consecutive Publications

Public Notice

PAINTED PRAIRIE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT AUTHORITY

E. 64th Avenue Streetlights

Sealed Bids will be received by Painted Prairie Public Improvement Authority, hereinafter referred to as OWNER, at the office of the Authority Engineer,

Merrick & Company, 5970 Greenwood Plaza Boulevard, Greenwood Village, CO 80111, until 10:00 AM local time on February 9, 2023 for:

E. 64th Avenue Streetlights, Himalaya to Picadilly

This Contract provides for the construction of the following: Furnish and install over twenty-nine (29) streetlights as well as related appurtenances.

Copies of the Bidding Documents may be requested from the Painted Prairie Public Improvement Authority, at the email of the Authority Engineer, barney. fix@merrick.com, beginning January 12, 2023. NO PAYMENT REQURIED.

Bidders must be licensed Contractors in the State of Colorado.

Bids will be received providing unit price for items; however, the price given will be on a maximum not-to-exceed amount, as described in the Bidding Documents.

The Work is expected to be commenced within thirty (30) days after the Date of Contract.

Bid Security in the amount of five percent (5%) of the total Bid Price must accompany each Bid in the form specified in the Instructions to Bidders.

The Successful Bidder will be required to furnish a Performance Bond, Labor and Material Payment Bond guaranteeing faithful performance and warranty bond for two-years after Substantial Completion, and the payment of all bills and obligations arising from the performance of the Contract.

The OWNER reserves the right to award the contract by sections, to reject any or all Bids, and to waive any informalities and irregularities therein.

For further information, please contact Barney Fix at Merrick & Company at 303-751-0741.

Legal Notice No. CCX820

First Publication: January 12, 2023

Last Publication: January 26, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express Non-Consecutive Publications

Public Notice

PAINTED PRAIRIE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT AUTHORITY

Painted Prairie E 64th Avenue Landscaping

Sealed Bids will be received by Painted Prairie Public Improvement Authority, hereinafter referred to as OWNER, at the office of the Authority Engineer, Merrick & Company, 5970 Greenwood Plaza Boulevard, Greenwood Village, CO 80111, until 11:00 AM local time on February 9, 2023 for:

Painted Prairie Phase 2, E. 64th Avenue Streetscape and Median Land-

Public Notices

scaping Improvements, Himalaya to Picadilly

This Contract provides for the construction of the following: Irrigation and landscaping improvements.

Copies of the Bidding Documents may be requested from the Painted Prairie Public Improvement Authority, at the email of the Authority Engineer, barney. fix@merrick.com, beginning January 12, 2023. NO PAYMENT REQURIED.

Bidders must be licensed Contractors in the State of Colorado.

Bids will be received providing unit price for items; however, the price given will be on a maximum not-to-exceed amount, as described in the Bidding Documents.

The Work is expected to be commenced within thirty (30) days after the Date of Contract.

Bid Security in the amount of five percent (5%) of the total Bid Price must accompany each Bid in the form specified in the Instructions to Bidders.

The Successful Bidder will be required to furnish a Performance Bond, Labor and Material Payment Bond guaranteeing faithful performance and warranty bond for two-years after Substantial Completion, and the payment of all bills and obligations arising from the performance of the Contract.

The OWNER reserves the right to award the contract by sections, to reject any or all Bids, and to waive any informalities and irregularities therein.

For further information, please contact Barney Fix at Merrick & Company at 303-751-0741.

Legal Notice No. CCX821

First Publication: January 12, 2023

Last Publication: January 26, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express Non-Consecutive Publications

COUNTY COURT, ADAMS COUNTY, COLORADO 1100 Judicial Center Drive Brighton, CO 80601 (303) 659-1161

Blue Federal Credit Union, Plaintiff, v. Lavonne Windler, Defendant.

Case Number: 2022C41012 Division Courtroom

Attorneys for Plaintiff: Koch Law, P.C.

Travis W. Koch, Atty. Reg. No. 45845 121 W. Carlson St. #3 Cheyenne, WY 82009

Phone Number: (307) 426-5010 E-mail: tkoch@kochlawpc.com FAX Number: (307) 426-4927 Atty. Reg. #: 45845

SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

TO: LAVONNE WINDLER

You are hereby summoned and required to appear and defend against the claims of the Complaint filed with the Court in this action, by filing with the Clerk of this Court an answer or other response. You are required to file your answer or other response on or before February 9th, 2023 at 8:00 a.m. with the Clerk of Court in the Adams County Court, Brighton, Colorado. Service of this summons shall be complete on the day of the last publication. A copy of the Complaint may be obtained from the Clerk of the Court.

If you fail to file your answer or other response on or before the date and time shown above, judgment by default may be rendered against you by the Court for the relief demanded in the Complaint without further notice.

This is an action in replevin. The relief sought by the Plaintiff is a judgment in the amount of $5,943.18, replevin of the 2017 Ford Escape VIN 1FMCU9J99HUE95589, for judgment for any deficiency remaining after the vehicle sale proceeds are applied to the outstanding balances under the

Vehicle Agreement, Credit Card Agreement, and Member Agreement plus for the costs of this action and for reasonable attorneys’ fees.

Dated: December 15, 2022.

CLERK OF THE COURT

By: Deputy Clerk

Legal Notice No. CCX810

First Publication: December 29, 2022 Last Publication: January 26, 2023 Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Notice to Creditors

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Mary E. Peterson, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 31037

All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before May 26, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Sue A. Kokinos, Esq. 6590 S. Vine St, Suite 109 Centennial, CO 80121

Legal Notice No. CCX835

First Publication: January 26, 2023 Last Publication: February 9, 2023 Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Donna Jean Raitz, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 389

All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before May 26, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Lori J. Knapp

Personal Representative 15858 Quarry Hill Dr.

Parker, CO 80134

Legal Notice No. CCX837

First Publication: January 26, 2023 Last Publication: February 9, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Catherine Gassman aka Cathy Gassman, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 31070

All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before May 12, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Cheryl A. Gitzen

Personal Representative

19505 E. Iowa Circle Aurora, CO 80017-4642

Legal Notice No. CCX826

First Publication: January 12, 2023 Last Publication: January 26, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Name Changes

PUBLIC NOTICE

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Public notice is given on December 22, 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 Linda Yadira Gonzalez Barrandey be changed to Yadira Barrandey-Gonzalez Case No.: 22 C 1806

Byron L. Howell

By: Deputy Clerk

Legal Notice No. NTS

First Publication: January 19, 2023 Last Publication: February 2, 2023

Publisher: Northglenn-Thornton Sentinel

Shakeup urged in state emergency management

six months to one year, to develop a plan for the division, but immediate steps should be taken to improve accountability.

BY OLIVIA PRENTZEL THE COLORADO SUN

A new leadership model and “senior leadership intervention” is needed at Colorado’s Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management in order to build trust and e ective communication, a third-party consulting agency said in an assessment report, after receiving consistent feedback from employees describing the leadership in charge of the state’s response to natural and public health disasters as “dysfunctional.”

e 29-page assessment, completed Jan. 19 by Denver-based consulting agency Investigation Law Group, revealed concerns about the division’s three directors and made several recommendations to improve workplace culture, communication and address concerns about leadership accountability.

e consultants recommended the division overhaul its leadership model and hire a deputy director to oversee the three o ces and communicate the structure to its employees, citing employee confusion about work responsibilities. ey also suggested an independent party work with the senior leadership team, for

e state hired the consulting agency in August after allegations arose of aggressive and inappropriate behavior from one of its directors, Mike Willis. An internal investigation later revealed “concerning statements” about equity, diversity and inclusion within the state’s division that responds to all types of disaster in Colorado.

e report did not identify any director or employee by name.

A majority of the employees interviewed (70%) said they were overall satis ed with working for the department, feel respected by their manager and peers, and are proud to tell others that they work for the department, according to the assessment.

But the division was consistently described as “siloed” and employees described a lack of understanding of roles and responsibilities. Employees described the executive leadership team as “dysfunctional,” which they said trickled down the ranks and created distrust and eroded communication, the assessment said.

e consulting agency found that employees had little faith that the director had adequately addressed these concerns and were concerned about workplace culture further deteriorating.

In a statement ursday, director Stan Hilkey said the assessment will help clarify areas that need improve-

ment, calling the state’s Department of Public Safety a “learning organization” with “a culture of continuous improvement.”

“Strengthening workplace culture, harmony and satisfaction depends on the unity of e ort from all of us, and I’m con dent that together we can further align these values with the excellent and critical work that you are known for,” Hilkey said.

In the assessment, employees identi ed good communication with their direct managers, good collaboration with their colleagues and exibility with their remote work environment.

Top concerns listed in the survey included the need for training opportunities for advancement, lack of leadership accountability, poor communication and a toxic work environment. Some employees also identi ed concerns about sexism, di erent treatment based on race and behaviors that are counter to an inclusive environment, according to the assessment.

As part of the assessment, the consulting agency conducted site visits and selected 26 employees and leaders to interview, while seven others volunteered to participate, according to the assessment. About 83% of the department’s employees participated in an online survey. e state paid $40,000 to Investigations Law Group to evaluate the culture, structure and e ectiveness of the division, according to the state’s online database of vendors.

O cials sought an independent review after a Denver Post investigation documented allegations against Willis during his ve years at the helm of Colorado’s response to natural and public health disasters. Willis has been suspended twice in the past two years for his behavior that included intimidating workers, throwing objects in rage and berating female employees, the Post reported.

In previous statements to e Colorado Sun, Hilkey said actions have been taken to address employee concerns and Willis’ workplace behavior, and Willis said he took responsibility for his “missteps at DHSEM” and that some events described in e Denver Post article “simply did not happen.”

During the state’s subsequent internal investigation, several employees complained about discrimination, harassment, retaliation and other alleged workplace violations during interviews, state documents show. e worker who lodged the complaint accused the division’s leadership of creating a toxic work environment and failing to provide leadership and enforce policies.

is story is from e Colorado Sun, a journalist-owned news outlet based in Denver and covering the state. For more, and to support e Colorado Sun, visit coloradosun.com. e Colorado Sun is a partner in the Colorado News Conservancy, owner of Colorado Community Media.

Report says ‘intervention’ is needed among senior leadership