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New COVID-19 restrictions will prohibit indoor dining, personal gatherings

Our in-depth look at the housing crisis

High home prices, lack of supply sever metro residents from communities

Adams County celebrates health department Commissioners, health board notes opening of five locations, website

Adams County o cially opened the doors to its ve new health department o ces Jan. 3 but o cials celebrated the new department Jan. 24.

“Building a Health Department from the ground up is a monumental task, but with the dedication and hard work of our team, we were able to accomplish it in just nine months,” said County Manager Noel Bernal. “It required diligent planning, strong leadership, and a relentless focus on our collective goal: onboarding nearly 200 employees, launching ve locations, and investing in this new department through a $27 million budget. is herculean undertaking is a testament to our commitment and to providing quality public health services for our community.”

tender nally has a house to call his own.

“I almost feel guilty that I have it,” said Laney, 49.

By Ellis Arnold Colorado Community Media

somewhere, putting down roots,” said Laney. He has worked at Jake’s Brew Bar in Littleton since 2012.

BY ROBERT TANN COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

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.

When Chris Laney moved into his new three-bedroom home last summer, he felt like he’d won the lottery. After more than a decade of chasing the cheapest rent across the metro area, the Littleton bar-

Laney is one of a handful of residents who have secured housing through a subsidized program aimed at helping lower- and middle-income people live where they work. But as cities and towns contend with historically high home costs and a lack of supply, residents like Laney have struggled to live in their communities.

“I’ve always felt like I was just passing through instead of living

“ is is where I want to be,” Laney said. “My friends and family are Jake’s.”

In numerous counties, residents — spanning a range of employment from the service industry to teaching — have faced the brunt of what many o cials are calling a housing crisis.

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 median price of a single-

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 new department is responsible for promoting and protecting the health of all residents in Adams County through a variety of programs. Adams County Health debuted its new website at https://adamscountyhealthdepartment.org/ on Dec. 23 and o cially launched on Jan. 1, opening the doors to ve locations on Jan. 3.

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.

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-

“But we were focused on onboarding over 200 employees on Jan. 3 and delivering services and programs immediately,” Public Information O cer William Porter said. “We wanted to have this celebration later and invite not just the County Commissioners but the community partners for the huge administrative lift and cooperation needed to make this possible.”

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Sheri , family remember Heath Gumm

Police remember deputy on fifth anniversary of his shooting

BY SCOTT TAYLOR STAYLOR@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Family members and rst responders lled the plaza outside of the Adams County sheri ’s department o ces in Brighton Jan. 24 to memorialize one of their own who died ve years ago.

“Detective Heath Gumm made the ultimate sacri ce,” Adams County Sheri Gene Claps said at the veyear anniversary memorial ceremony. “It takes a very special individual to perform these duties of law enforcement o cer, to answer the calls for helps and stand in harm’s way to protect our community. Each year we re ect and grieve the loss of Detective Heath Gumm. Heath’s memory lives on and will never be forgotten.”

Gumm was 31 in January 2018 when he joined other deputies responding to a report of an assault in progress at about 87th and Dawson in unincorporated Adams County.

e deputies searched the area, making contact with a man who ed, leading the chase behind a house in the neighborhood. Gumm was chasing the man, who turned, drew a weapon and red, striking Gumm in the chest and killing him.

Dreion Dearing, then 22, was later convicted of killing Gumm.

But the 2023 ceremony marking the fth anniversary of the shooting had little to do with the shooting itself. Instead, Sheri Claps, former Sheri Mike McIntosh, prosecutor Jess Redman and Gumm’s father Jim thanked the o cer for what he did, extending that gratitude to others police o cers and deputies.

“I went through many di erent thoughts in my mind while trying to come up with this speech, but most of them ended up being sad and depressing. But I knew there would already be too much sadness and too many tears today,” Jim Gumm said. “So I started thinking about what Heath would want. He would not everyone being down today. He would want you to ll your thoughts with his memories and happy stories.”

Gumm had earned a reputation as a playful prankster and friend, something his father noted.

“He was the smartest person I have ever known and I believe that’s what gave him the amazing ability to come up with the most inappropriate comments at the most inappropriate times,” Jim Gumm said. “And I’m sure right now that all of you have one of those inappropriate comments in your minds.”

e memorial ceremony was bracketed with music, a Tom Petty playlist to open the memorial and the bagpipe dirge of “Amazing Grace” to close it.

Former Adams County Sheri

Mike McIntosh, now wearing his uniform as a Douglas County Chief Deputy, said he can no longer listen to one Tom Petty song, “I Wont Back Down,” without thinking of Gumm. e song was playing nearly ve years ago as the pallbearers carried Gumm’s casket into Lafayette church for the former deputy’s funeral.

“I can’t hear that song anymore

without thinking about Heath and thinking about the sacri ce he made and the fact that he didn’t back down,” McIntosh said. “He went into the face of danger not knowing what the outcome was going to be. He stood his ground and he didn’t back down.”

e memorial service was also shown live on the Adams County Sheri ’s Facebook page.

The family of slain Deputy Heath Gumm listen during a ceremony honoring the police o cer Jan. 24 at the Adams County Building.

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Dogs, snow and endurance: The sport of mushing

BY BELEN WARD BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Land was hiking the Appalachian Trail with her dog Kirby when she stopped to rest, shower and visit a small library to get a book to read in her tent.

She did, and it changed her life forever.

“ e book was called ‘Winter Dance’ by Gary Paulsen. It’s when I got inspired for the sport of dog mushing,” Land said.

Land has participated in the sport of sled dog racing and dog mushing for about 25 years and has participated multiple times in the grueling Iditarod Sled Dog race across Alaska. In her 2004 outing, she nished the course in just more than 12 days.

Land brought her story and two of her dogs, Noggin and Chloe, to Brighton’s Anythink Library Jan. 23. She visited the Perl Mack branch in Denver, York Street branch in ornton and the Commerce City branch later in the week.

Starting without good snow

Land grew up in Indianapolis and hadn’t heard of the sport of dog mushing or the Iditarod.

“We never had good snow in Indianapolis, so I learned about mushing later in life,” Land said.

But snow was just one ingredient. Another was a love for animals, and she had that. She began working in a veterinary hospital and clinic in Indianapolis when she nished high school. at’s when she met her eventual Appalachian Trail companion, Kirby.

“A stray dog showed up at the door, and we couldn’t nd its owner, so I decided to keep it,” she said.

Kirby was a Louisiana Catahoula mix, an energetic breed meant to hunt bears. e duo started hiking to stay busy, eventually hiking Indiana’s Nob Stone trail. ey moved to Montana where she nished college and decided to take on the Appalachian Trail – a feat in itself. e hiking trail is 2,100 miles between Georgia and Maine.

She had a new obsession when she returned.

“I got a job working for a dog musher because the sport is costly and requires lots of dogs,” Land said. Dogs and Iditarod

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Anchorage and ends in Nome, some 983 miles. Racers and their teams of dogs face blizzard conditions, winds of 90 miles per hour and windchills of 100 degrees below zero.

Land said that when she started in 1973 there were no rules as to how many dogs were in the race, so some people showed up with 20 dogs.

“ en the o cials decided 20 dogs was much power, so they dropped it to 16, and in the last several years, it’s down to 14 dogs, “ Land said. e dogs are monitored throughout, with EKGs, blood workups, and drug testing before the race. During the race, they stop at regular checkpoints where veterinarians look over the dogs and sleds. While racing, Land said she carries bags of frozen meat under her parka to keep her team fed. Sled dogs need to eat 10,000 calories a day when running.

“We have the best veterinarians in the world, and they do lots of research on the diet of a sled dog,” Land said.

Land said much of what the Iditarod veterinarians have learned has changed the modern diet for all dogs.

“In Montana, my dogs are fed a high protein diet, mostly meat from hunters and trappers such as elk, antelope, deer, bu alo, moose, beaver, sh, pork, chicken, and beef,” she said.

Dogs can get injured or tired during the race and the musher will remove them from the team, dropping them o at the next checkpoint. Called “dropping a dog”, the team must continue one dog short. ey can’t add another, and the dog will be own back to its handler once the race is complete.

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Smaller, faster lighter

Mushers prefer slimmer Alaskan Huskies with an Inuit Yupik Athabascan bloodline, which is native to Alaska. ey have a good disposition and make the perfect sled dog, she said. Larger Siberian Huskies and Alaskan Malamutes are too big and heavy and are not as fast. ey are also more likely to have injuries from pounding and sinking in the deeper snow.

Land said she prefers mixed breed dogs, such as her dog Noggin, an Alaskan Huskie-Greyhound mix.

“We also use German Shorthaired Pointers, Labrador Retrievers and hound dog mixes,” she said. “So if you see dogs with big oppy ears, it’s because they have hound dog mix. We don’t care what the dog looks like; they are bred for exceptional health, great endurance and are super intelligent dogs.”

ey also breed for disposition and friendliness.

“We can’t hook up 14 dogs together that ght, and you’ll never get anywhere,” she said.

e dogs train year around daily, running miles following bikes or four-wheelers; some people use a cart. Each dog they learn likes a particular position but is trained in all positions. e dogs learn by voice command training to turn and stop.

“ e sled dog engine – running 1,000 miles or 200 miles or 20 miles – is based on the dog’s pure joy, love, enthusiasm, the desire to run,” Land said.

Gearing up

eir coats are another concern.

ey don’t breed dogs with long fur coats but for excellent medium coats

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and dense undercoats. ey don’t want the dogs overheating when racing.

Mushers have to stock up for their dogs, too, packing coats, leggings for deep snow and booties to protect their feet. e dog’s weight forces its feet to splay in the snow. Ice crystals can leave painful cuts in between the pads if the feet are not protected.

It’s grueling for the mushers as well. When the dogs climb up a mountain, the musher must jump o the sled and run up the mountain with the dogs, hopping back on when they head back downhill.

Land said they always wear a rope around their wrist to stay connected to the sled. If they sled crashes or ips – which happens regularly – the wrist strap can be a lifesaver.

“ e rope is my safety,” she said. “If I accidentally let go of the handlebars, I can drag from the rope instead. e golden rule on mushing is never to let go because if you let go the dogs could run o and could get lost. So you want to make sure you hold on at all costs,” Land said.

e race continues from checkpoint to checkpoint, with the teams camping on the trails along the way. If the weather is severe, she digs a hole, lls it with straw and the team – the dogs and Land – sleep in the hole together.

“During the race, we run for six hours and rest for six hours and the dog are trained for this process,” Land said.

And while wild animals might seem like a concern, they are not.

“Coyotes and elk run away. When the dogs are running, it’s silent so going around the corner and a moose is standing there, I carry a gun to make a big bang to get the animal to run in a di erent direction. But then you have 16 dogs that want to chase a moose, adding to the danger factor,” Land said.

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Karen Land brought in the sled that is used for the dog mushing sport.

Iditarod racer brings her story and her dogs to Anythink

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/ Home/Components/Form/Form /70316b05422c448492c51da0f0e0 fd86/ 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. 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/ covid-testing online.

Mental health

Community Reach Center offers 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 303-853-3500.

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 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.

Food distribution

27J Schools have free grab-andgo meals for youngsters up to age 18. Drive-by or walk up between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at Vikan Middle School, 879 Jessup St., Overland Trail Middle School, 455 N. 19th Ave., and at immig Elementary School, 11453 Oswego St. Food for Hope is the sponsor.

St. Augustine food pantry, 129 S. Sixth Ave., o ers food Tuesdays and ursdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. for Brighton residents who love between Quebec St. and Cavanaugh Road and between Weld County Road 4 1/2 and 96th Ave.  Chapel Hill Church, 10 Chapel Hill Drive, Brighton, hands out one box of food per family the second and fourth Wednesdays from 4 to 5:30 p.m. and alternating Saturdays at 9:30 a.m.

Calvary Chapel Brighton Food Pantry, 103 E. Bridge St., Brighton. Open from 4 to 6 p.m. on the second and fourth Mondays of the month.  Community Baptist Church Food Pantry, 15559 Weld County Road 2, Brighton. Open from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Tuesdays.

The most vulnerable of the housing crisis The Long Way Home

BY MICHAEL DE YOANNA MICHAEL@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Our monthlong series exploring the affordability and accessibility of housing in the Denver area takes a turn to one of the most perplexing issues facing our communities: the lives of those who have no homes. Point-in-time counts in Adams, Arapahoe, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas and Jefferson counties find 2,000 people living unsheltered and 3,000 in emergency shelters. Most of those people were found in Denver but many live in our communities and neighborhoods.

While panhandlers and tent cities are visible across the metro area, many of the unhoused are unseen and may not even be included in the numbers because they are sleeping on a friend’s couch or a family that’s living in a relative’s extra room. The federal government includes this status in its definition of homelessness, along with those who are at imminent risk of losing a roof over their heads.

Homelessness has long been a problem in the metro area and the soaring housing costs that we’ve tracked in our series certainly don’t help. Typically, a family shouldn’t spend more than 30% of their wages on rent and utilities. Elsewhere in our series, we’ve found that many people across the metro area are living paycheck to paycheck and struggling to afford a place to live. Minimum wage earners might spend upward of 60% of their paychecks on rent.

Across the Front Range, rising housing costs are worsening the problem. In Littleton, south of Denver, the price of single-family homes has jumped roughly $300,000 since 2017. Lone Tree saw increases in excess of $473,000. In Brighton, $225,000.

Apartment rents have followed in recent years, part of a trend spanning the last two decades where median prices rose faster than median household incomes “in every Colorado county and city with 50,000+ residents,” according to Denver-based Root Policy Research, which analyzes

housing affordability issues. Some of the most needy in our communities find homes through federal funding, like vouchers. But the system, reporter Nina Joss finds, is based on lotteries, where people in need of housing may wait for years before winning. Others wind up roughing it on the streets, as reporters Andrew Fraieli and Olivia Love discovered in an interview of a man who lost his legs sleeping under a highway bridge during a horrific snowstorm. There are consequences to it all, like how the mentally ill are especially vulnerable to homelessness and highly likely to find themselves in the criminal-justice system — meaning a record of police contacts for crimes connected to their situation, such as trespassing, becomes a barrier that prevents them from turning their lives around. There are costs associated with this to taxpayers, like those associated with providing more policing and beds in jails. Trends like those will be on Colorado Community Media’s news-

family home in the metro area has roughly tripled since 2010, according to an August 2022 report by the Colorado Association of Realtors. Back in 2010, the median price was about $200,000.

And wages have not kept up with home costs. Between 2000 and 2019, median rents rose at a faster rate than household incomes “in every Colorado county and city with 50,000+ residents,” according to a November 2021 report from Denverbased consulting rm Root Policy Research. e report also said that, as of June 2021, Colorado’s overall housing inventory was 13% of what is needed for a functioning sales market.

“Quite honestly, we just don’t have enough housing, whether it’s a ordable or otherwise,” said Kelly Milliman, city council member for Littleton’s District 4 and a member of the city’s housing task force. “It’s really vitally important to the overall health of our community going forward.”

e sentiment is similar for leaders in the neighboring cities of Englewood and Sheridan. ere, o cials said a ordable home options used to be more common.

“For the people that can a ord it, they have lots of choices in the metro area,” said Brad Power, Englewood’s director of community development. “But we’re starting to see more gaps with people

who are on the other side of the income spectrum.”

Devin Granberry, city manager for Sheridan, said higher home costs have driven workers out of what he described as a historically blue-collar area.

“It leads to a very transient pipeline of citizenry and workforce,” he said. “ ere’s no sense of belonging, there’s no sense of ownership, and all of those are negative impacts on a community, the well-being of a community.”

Orchard Crossing Apartments in Westminster is an a ordable housing community that also includes housing for people with vouchers.

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Homelessness is a series of trapdoors and obstacles

BY ANDREW FRAIELI AND OLIVIA LOVE COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

Jonathan Townshend Garner spent nine sleepless nights in 2017 covered in snow staring up at the bottom of a frozen overpass in Aurora. Just a few short months before, the 35-year-old was planning to purchase a condo with his girlfriend.

He never expected that a breakup would send him down a series of increasingly di cult trapdoors — without housing or insurance, each door became harder to climb through. Because of those cold nights in 2017, Garner even lost his legs.

What led Garner to homelessness is not unique. As homeless rates continue to climb in this country for people in many di erent situations, the causes can range from one lost paycheck to addiction or mental health issues with no money to support treatment.

In Garner’s case, he was in a stable housing situation that was reliant on two incomes. e loss of a girlfriend meant the loss of a second, necessary paycheck.

“I’m all of a sudden in a situation where I’ve lost half my income in regards to what’s going towards payments,” Garner said.

Homelessness a ects many types of people. It also comes in all forms from living on the streets to couch sur ng or sleeping in a car. Common among all situations that have forced someone into homelessness is the world around them not being designed to help.

According to HUD fair market rent data, rent for a studio apartment in the metro area has increased by more than $300 per month since 2019, but minimum wages have only increased by about $2.50 an hour — increasing the percent of wages needed to be put towards housing from 54 to almost 60%.

e National Low Income Housing Coalition — a nonpro t that aims to end the a ordable housing crisis through policy and data research — deems housing costing more than 30% of wages spent on rent and utilities as una ordable, placing workers at risk for homelessness.

is lack of a ordable housing acts doubly as a factor for becoming homeless and a barrier from escaping it.

Unable to deal with the breakup and loss of income, Garner said it triggered a dormant alcohol addiction.

“As soon as she left, I started drinking again too, which was probably one of the worst decisions that I made,” he said. “And I’m a hell of a drinker. It took me no time before I was drinking before work every day.”

His addiction became another trapdoor. He was evicted from his home as his costly addiction grew, losing his job within a few months, and he continued falling until he landed on the streets.

In 2017, he found himself buried by snowdrifts, numbed to the elements by frostbite and an empty bottle.

Over the next three and a half

months, he was in an ICU burn unit, where his legs were amputated for frostbite. What happened to land him there remains a blur, with Garner saying he was just lost in a blizzard of snow and substance abuse.

Garner had not looked for a shelter because he felt he deserved what he was experiencing on the street, his addiction giving him too much bluster to ask for help.

“And so when things have gotten so bad for me, I was like, ‘I guess that’s where you go when you’re at this place,’” Garner said.

But from Aurora to Lakewood, many who look for shelter have a hard time nding it — especially in winter.

The stick and carrot of winter shelter

“Police show up to tell you to leave, but don’t have an answer as to where we can go,” said Marshall Moody, who experienced homelessness in Lakewood over the summer.

He wasn’t hunting for winter shelter, but acknowledging how there were no shelter options in Lakewood, and describing how he felt harassed by police telling him to move along.

In Aurora, one of the only overnight shelter spaces is the Comitis Crisis Center.

“Comitis has, what, 30 beds? I’m sure there’s easily 200 homeless people in Aurora. Easily,” said Jason, 40, who declined to give his last name, pointing out the lack of shelter options.

Jason has been homeless since 2019, falling on hard times after breaking his back and not having the ability to a ord medical care.

Anna Miller, director of business development and public relations at Mile High Behavioral Healthcare — which Comitis Crisis Center falls under — has said before that the center has an outreach team that goes out every day working with the city and police department to inform

people on the streets about available resources. e organization was supportive of Aurora’s camping ban passed last summer.

But like the ban, these opinions are from the summer.

During the winter, many more people experiencing homelessness look for indoor shelter due to low temperatures, snow, rain and windchills causing regular, local shelters to ll up fast.

is is where short-term emergency weather shelters come in.

For much of the metro area, the “extreme weather” needed to open these emergency shelters — which vary from the Severe Weather Shelter Network across Je erson County that uses a network of churches, to opening some day-only centers for overnight stays — requires the temperature to be freezing or below with moisture, and 20 degrees or below without moisture.

In Denver, the required cuto is 10 degrees or six inches of snow — though, according to Sabrina Allie, the communications and engagement director for the Department of Housing Stability — or HOST — in Denver, the city council has asked the Denver Department of Public Health and Environment, which created the cuto , to revisit these regulations.

e issue is that cold-weather injuries like frostbite and hypothermia can set in as high as 45 degrees depending on wind and moisture. is is according to doctors from Denver Health and the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless, which sent a joint letter to HOST and DDPHE asking the city to raise their cuto .

“Hypothermia and frostbite may develop in minutes and often occur in the setting of risk factors for heat loss or decreased heat production including pre-existing medical conditions, exhaustion, dehydration, substance use and malnutrition, all of which are common among people

experiencing homelessness,” doctors said in the letter.

Some see winter shelter as a carrotand-stick situation though, requiring the cuto to not be too comfortable for those experiencing homelessness.

“We do not want to enable, we want to empower,” said Lynn Ann Huizingh, executive director of development at Je erson County’s Severe Weather Shelter Network. “We do the best we can to provide some good relational development, but we also want to encourage people to pursue answers that would lead them o the street, and if they get too comfortable, they just don’t have any reason to try and pursue anything else.”

However, at all times, the goal is to keep people from freezing to death, Huizingh added.

Aurora’s policy, according to Emma Knight, manager of homelessness for the city’s Division of Housing and Community Services, is to open emergency cold-weather shelters at 32 degrees during wet weather, and 20 degrees otherwise.

In Garner’s case, freezing to death almost became a reality. Instead, he left the hospital as a double amputee — disabled, homeless, and penniless.

“And I wish I could have said that that was my rock bottom as well. But it wasn’t,” Garner said.

Police interactions and laws against homelessness

Over the next nine months, Garner continued drinking and using drugs while trying to condition himself to his surroundings.

“ ere isn’t a rock bottom, there isn’t some stable ground that you hit. It is a series of trapdoors that gets progressively lower on to in nity,” Garner said.

Some of these trapdoors take the shape of police interactions and the possibility of jail time due to criminalization of homelessness. In the summer of 2022, Aurora passed a camping ban, following in the footsteps of Denver, which passed a similar measure a decade ago.

“Can’t camp, but you have only one shelter in the city of Aurora,” Jason said, referring to the Comitis Crisis Center. “ e camping ban doesn’t mean we can’t be outside — that’s really the main point — the camping ban means we can’t be safe outside.”

Terese Howard, homeless advocate and founder of Housekeys Action Network Denver, said these bans just push people around, possibly into more dangerous and secluded areas if they don’t just move a block away from where they were before.

Jonathan Townshend Garner, 35, lost his legs to frostbite after spending days covered in snow while homeless.

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27J board sets timeline for Fiedler’s replacement

BY STEVE SMITH SSMITH@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

e 27J Schools board of education approved a timeline to replace outgoing Superintendent Chris Fiedler during a Jan. 25 meeting.

Fiedler announced his plans to retire when his contract with the district runs out June 30, 2024. By the time he leaves, Fiedler will have been the superintendent for 13 years.

It’s fast. e board would like to appoint someone during its March 8 meeting. e deadline for candidates to submit application materials to the board is Friday, Feb. 3. e board plans to meet in executive session Feb. 8, to consider the applicants and then to name nalists.

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e community gets its chance to meet with the nalists during a special meeting Wednesday, March 1. at’s followed by contract negotiations and then an appointment on March 8, according to the district’s timeline.

e debate among the board was whether to stay in-house for Fiedler’s replacement or go outside. Board member President Greg Piotraschke seemed to lean local.

“I look at the program, the graduation rates. at’s a long process,” he said. “Hiring someone from California may not re ect that.”

Before the board approved the search process, district resident and former TV journalist Stacey Baca told the board it should conduct a state-

wide search for Fiedler’s replacement. Piotraschke said the cost for a nationwide search could run as high as $100,000.

“ e quali cations you are seeking must be in a senior 27J leader,” she told the board. “If there are certain strong internal candidates, put them up against the best candidate in the state. e cream will rise to the top.”

Fiedler pressed for a quick timeline because the recruiting season starts within the next 2½ months for toplevel administrators.

“We have an opportunity to attract quali ed candidates because of our mill-levy override,” Fiedler said. “I’m sure you will be asked about this, I have no doubt. Whatever you decide, we will do. I’m proud of the work

we’ve done, and I know there are some quali ed candidates who can step in so we won’t pause. You have to decide if this is right.”

Fiedler also pointed out a fasttrack e ort allows the district to plan for a transition. Former Superintendent Rod Blunck put the district’s transition plan in place before he stepped down in 2012. Blunck is a clinical associate professor in the school of education and human development at the University of Colorado-Denver.

“I credit Dr. Blunck with setting the foundation,” Fiedler said. “It’s been the highest professional honor to serve as your superintendent. I’m committed to nishing strong and to enjoying these last semesters.”

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July 17, 1946 - January 11, 2023

On January 11, 2023, Andrea P. orpe was called up to heaven while peacefully surrounded by loved ones and family.

Andi orpe (76) was born on July 17, 1946, in Duluth, Minnesota. She grew up in various areas until her family settled in Des Moines, Iowa, with a father who was a major in the Air Force and a mother who owned a stationery shop that she would help in after school. She went on to graduate with her teaching degree and an emphasis in both Spanish and English. While in college, she became a foreign exchange student in Argentina, where she fell in love with the culture and learned to speak Spanish uently.

Andi took her rst position as a teacher in Gresham, Nebraska, in 1968 as a Spanish teacher, where she met her best friend, soul mate, and love of her life, Jack orpe, who was an English teacher as well as a basketball coach. ey were married at Saint Andrew’s Church in Nebraska in December of 1969.

Both Jack and Andi moved to Stromsburg, Nebraska, where they taught for two years and then moved on to Wymore, Nebraska, to teach for three more years. is is where Andi rst fell in love with exposing students to culture and the outside world when she and Jack took twenty students from a small farm town in Nebraska throughout Mexico and ended the trip in Acapulco. She found her passion and her life’s calling while exposing these students to a culture and the world that they may not have been able to see otherwise.

In 1974, Andi was o ered a position as the rst Anglo Spanish teacher in Fort Lupton, Colorado, and took the position without hesitation, so she and Jack moved to Denver, Colorado, to start their own lives there. She started teaching during a time when Fort Lupton was going through hardship and gang riots, but she found a way to make a di erence in her students’ lives. Her husband Jack went on to become an 8th grade English teacher a year later. Mr. and Mrs. orpe were able to nd a special home within the Fort Lupton community. It was well known that Mrs. orpe’s door was always open for anyone in need, whether it was during school hours or not.

Andi was much more than a teacher; she was the yearbook advisor for most of her time at

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Fort Lupton High School, as well as the student council advisor, Spanish teacher, and English teacher. From chili and study nights in their home for students, trips to the mountains for student retreats and shing trips, homecoming dance decorating and planning, and trips to England, Italy, and Greece with students, there were few that went to Fort Lupton High School that didn’t know the orpe name. Andi created friendships and connections that lasted for years and generations. She taught multiple generations of families, watching students grow from teenagers to parents and, in some cases, grandparents. After 31 years working at Fort Lupton High School, Andi retired to spend more time shing, sewing, knitting, and being with her family, with her true passion being playing with her grandchildren. She will be remembered by many as a wife, mother, grandmother, teacher, mentor, and great friend. Her hugs were there to always comfort you in a time of need; she would always have an ear to listen to anything you needed and advice that would touch your soul. She will be remembered by many as a calming light in the storm to help guide those who needed her. She will be profoundly missed by all.

Andi is survived by her husband, Jack orpe, of Fort Lupton, CO, her son, Dan (Laura) orpe, her daughter, NaSeana (John) Flores, and her son-in-law Greg Flores. along with her grandchildren: Landon, Kinsley, Odi, Devina, Spencer, Hayden, and Tanner. Andi is also survived by her brotherin-law Bobb (Anne) orpe, their sons Brook and James orpe, as well as her sister-inlaw Dee (Larry) Frost and their son David (Ti any) orpe.

Andi was preceded in death by her mother, Norma June Anderson, her father, Herbert Anderson, and her brother, Kirk Anderson. ere will be a Celebration of Life Memorial Service held at Fort Lupton High School on Saturday, February 4th, starting with a gathering at 11:30, Memorial Service at 12:00, and a reception with food to follow.

In lieu of owers, donations can be made to the scholarship fund in both Jack and Andi orpe’s names at the Bank of Colorado in Fort Lupton.

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Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held by the City Council of Commerce City in a hybrid format, February 13, 2023 at 5:30 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 2023-014 – A public hearing on an amendment to the service plan for the Triangle Logistics Center Metro District

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Legal Notice No. CCX881

First Publication: February 2, 2023

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COMMERCE CITY, COLORADO

Notice is hereby given that this public hearing will be conducted on Tuesday, February 14, 2023, at 5:30 p.m. at the Commerce City Civic Center, 7887 East 60th Avenue. The Board of Adjustment will consider:

A-1755-H-22: Nebraska Ash Company, is requesting the approval of a 22-ft. Height Exception for two existing 50-ft ash silos, in order to extend the silos to 72 ft, for the property located at 7350 Krameria Dr., zoned I-1 (Light-Intensity Industrial District).

Persons wishing to testify in person will need to appear at the Council Chambers,

Commerce City Civic Center, 7887 E 60th Avenue. Persons wishing to testify virtually must register in advance. Registration information can be found at https://www. c3gov.com/government/boards-commissions or by phone and email requests submitted to Evelyn Flores at 303.227.8847 or eflores@c3gov.com. The hearings will also be broadcast on Channel 8 in Commerce City and live streamed at https:// www.c3gov.com/video. You can find the published agenda at https://commerce. legistar.com.

The legal description of the above property is on file with the Department of Community Development.

Gene Leffel Chairperson

Para más información contacte 303.227.8847.

Legal Notice No. CCX879

First Publication: February 2, 2023

Last Publication: February 2, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

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NOTICE OF SUBDIVISION PLAT APPROVAL COMMERCE CITY, COLORADO

Notice is hereby given that the following subdivision(s) will be considered for approval by the City of Commerce City Community Development Director on Tuesday, February 14, 2023.

S-827-23: Carlson Associates is requesting approval of the Buckley Crossing Filing No. 1 Conveyance Plat to subdivide approx. 387 acres into three tracts for purposes of selling (conveying) the land. No new development is proposed as a part of this conveyance plat and additional subdivisions of land will be required for the property generally located at the SWC of E. 120th Avenue and E-470 Highway, currently zoned Planned Unit Development (PUD) District.

The case file(s) and a copy of the Land Development 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, February 13, 2023.

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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR HARVEST METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 1

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and particularly to the electors of the Harvest Metropolitan District No. 1 of County of Adams, Colorado.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a regular election will be held on Tuesday, May 2, 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 four-year term.

Self-Nomination and Acceptance forms are available from Sarah H. Luetjen, the Designated Election Official for the District, at email: sluetjen@cegrlaw.com. Self-Nomination and Acceptance forms must be filed with the Designated Election Official for the District at the above email address not less than 67 days prior to the election (Friday, February 24, 2023 at 5:00 p.m.).

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that applications for absentee ballots may be filed with the Designated Election Official of the District at the above address during normal business hours, until the close of business on the Tuesday immediately preceding the election (Tuesday, April 25, 2023). All absentee ballots must be returned to the Designated Election Official by 7:00 p.m. on election day.

HARVEST METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 1

By:/s/ Sarah H. Luetjen Designated Election Official

Legal Notice No. CCX851

First Publication: February 2, 2023

Last Publication: February 2, 2023

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Public Notice

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and particularly to the electors of the Buckley Ranch Metropolitan District of Adams County, Colorado (the District).

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 32-1-804.1 C.R.S., that an election will be held on the 2nd day of May 2023, between the hours of 7:00am and 7:00pm. At that time, two directors will be elected to serve 4-year terms.

Self-Nomination and Acceptance Forms can be downloaded from the District’s website at www.buckleyranchmetro.org or can be obtained from Charles Wolfersberger, the District Manager and Designated Election Official for the District, 8354 Northfield Blvd, Building G Suite 3700 Denver, CO 80238 (720) 541-7725. The Self-Nomination and Acceptance Form or letter is to be submitted to the Designated Election Official or his agent not later than 5:00pm on Friday February 24, 2023. A Self-Nomination and Acceptance Form that is not sufficient may be amended once at any time prior to 3:00pm on Friday February 24, 2023. Affidavits of Intent to be a Write-in Candidate must be submitted to the Designated Election Official or his agent by the close of business on Monday February 27, 2023.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN pursuant to Section 1-8-104 C.R.S. that applications for mail-in ballots may be filed with the Designated Election Official of the District, 8354 Northfield Blvd, Building G Suite 3700 Denver, CO 80238, between the hours of 8:00am and 5:00pm until the close of business on the Friday immediately preceding the regular election (Friday, April 28, 2023), except that if the applicant wishes to receive the mail-in ballot by mail, the application shall be filed no later than the close of business on the 7th day before the election (Tuesday, April 25, 2023).

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/s/ Charles Wolfersberger

Designated Election Official

Legal Notice No. CCX867

First Publication: February 2, 2023

Last Publication: February 2, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Public Notice

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and particularly to the electors of the North Range Metropolitan District No. 2 of Adams County, Colorado (the District).

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 32-1-804.1 C.R.S., that an election will be held on the 2nd day of May 2023, between the hours of 7:00am and 7:00pm. At that time, two directors will be elected to serve 4-year term and two

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Self-Nomination and Acceptance Forms can be downloaded from the District’s website at www.northrangemetro2.org or can be obtained from Charles Wolfersberger, the District Manager and Designated Election Official for the District, 8354 Northfield Blvd, Building G Suite 3700 Denver, CO 80238 (720) 541-7725. The Self-Nomination and Acceptance Form or letter is to be submitted to the Designated Election Official or his agent not later than 5:00pm on Friday February 24, 2023. A Self-Nomination and Acceptance Form that is not sufficient may be amended once at any time prior to 3:00pm on Friday February 24, 2023. Affidavits of Intent to be a Write-in Candidate must be submitted to the Designated Election Official or his agent by the close of business on Monday February 27, 2023.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN pursuant to Section 1-8-104 C.R.S. that applications for mail-in ballots may be filed with the Designated Election Official of the District, 8354 Northfield Blvd, Building G Suite 3700 Denver, CO 80238, between the hours of 8:00am and 5:00pm until the close of business on the Friday immediately preceding the regular election (Friday, April 28, 2023), except that if the applicant wishes to receive the mail-in ballot by mail, the application shall be filed no later than the close of business on the 7th day before the election (Tuesday, April 25, 2023).

NORTH RANGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 2

By: /s/ Charles Wolfersberger Designated Election Official

Legal Notice No. CCX876

First Publication: February 2, 2023

Last Publication: February 2, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

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CONVOCATORIA DE CANDIDATURAS

DISTRITO METROPOLITANO EAGLE CREEK

A QUIEN PUEDA INTERESAR, y, en particular, a los electores del distrito metropolitano Eagle Creek del condado de Adams, Colorado.

POR MEDIO DE LA PRESENTE, SE ANUNCIA que se realizará una votación el día 2 de mayo de 2023, entre las 7:00 a.m. y las 7:00 p.m. En esta fecha, se elegirán tres (3) directores con mandatos de cuatro años. Los electores elegibles del distrito metropolitano Eagle Creek que estén interesados en formar parte de la junta directiva pueden solicitar un formulario de candidatura y aceptación a la funcionaria electoral designada del distrito:

Michele Barrasso

c/o Seter & Vander Wall, P.C.

7400 E. Orchard Road, Suite 3300 Greenwood Village, CO 80111 mbarrasso@svwpc.com 303-770-2700

La oficina de la funcionaria electoral designada está abierta de lunes a viernes de 8:00 a.m. a 5:00 p.m.

La fecha límite para presentar el formulario de candidatura y aceptación es el viernes 24 de febrero de 2023 a la hora de cierre (no menos de 67 días antes de la votación).

Los formularios de Declaración jurada de intención de ser candidato no registrado se deben entregar en la oficina de la funcionaria electoral designada a más tardar el lunes 27 de febrero de 2023 a la hora de cierre (sesenta y cuatro días antes de la votación).

ADEMÁS, SE AVISA que deberá presentarse una solicitud de boleta de voto en ausencia ante la funcionaria electoral designada a más tardar el martes anterior a la votación, el 25 de abril de 2023, a la hora de cierre.

/s/Michele Barrasso Funcionaria electoral designada

Legal Notice No. CCX834

First Publication: February 2, 2023

Last Publication: February 2, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Public Notice

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR REUNION VILLAGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 4

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and particularly to the electors of the Reunion Village Metropolitan District No. 4 of Adams County, Colorado.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a regular election will be held on Tuesday, May 2, 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 four-year term and one (1) director will be elected to serve a two-year term.

Self-Nomination and Acceptance forms are available from Sarah H. Luetjen, the Designated Election Official for the District, at email: sluetjen@cegrlaw.com. Self-Nomination and Acceptance forms must be filed with the Designated Election Official for the District at the above email address not less than 67 days prior to the election (Friday, February 24, 2023 at 5:00 p.m.).

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that applications for absentee ballots may be filed with the Designated Election Official of the District at the above address during normal business hours, until the close of business on the Tuesday immediately preceding the election (Tuesday, April 25, 2023). All absentee ballots must be returned to the Designated Election Official by 7:00 p.m. on election day.

REUNION VILLAGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 4

By:/s/ Sarah H. Luetjen Designated Election Official

Legal Notice No. CCX858

First Publication: February 2, 2023

Last Publication: February 2, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Public Notice

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and particularly to the electors of the Buffalo Highlands Metropolitan District of Adams County, Colorado (the District).

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 32-1-804.1 C.R.S., that an election will be held on the 2nd day of May 2023, between the hours of 7:00am and 7:00pm. At that time, two directors will be elected to serve 4-year terms.

Self-Nomination and Acceptance Forms can be downloaded from the District’s website at www.buffalohighlandsmetro. org or can be obtained from Charles Wolfersberger, the District Manager and Designated Election Official for the District, 8354 Northfield Blvd, Building G Suite 3700 Denver, CO 80238 (720) 541-7725.

The Self-Nomination and Acceptance Form or letter is to be submitted to the Designated Election Official or his agent not later than 5:00pm on Friday February 24, 2023. A Self-Nomination and Acceptance Form that is not sufficient may be amended once at any time prior to 3:00pm on Friday February 24, 2023. Affidavits of Intent to be a Write-in Candidate must be submitted to the Designated Election Official or his agent by the close of business on Monday February 27, 2023.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN pursuant to Section 1-8-104 C.R.S. that applications for mail-in ballots may be filed with the Designated Election Official of the District, 8354 Northfield Blvd, Building G Suite 3700 Denver, CO 80238, between the hours of 8:00am and 5:00pm until the close of business on the Friday immediately preceding the regular election (Friday, April 28, 2023), except that if the applicant wishes to receive the mail-in ballot by mail, the application shall be filed no later than the close of business on the 7th day before the election (Tuesday, April 25, 2023).

particularly to the electors of the Reunion Sports, Entertainment & Cultural Metropolitan District of Adams County, Colorado.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a regular election will be held on Tuesday, May 2, 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 four-year term and one (1) director will be elected to serve a two-year term.

Self-Nomination and Acceptance forms are available from Sarah H. Luetjen, the Designated Election Official for the District, at email: sluetjen@cegrlaw.com.

Self-Nomination and Acceptance forms must be filed with the Designated Election Official for the District at the above email address not less than 67 days prior to the election (Friday, February 24, 2023 at 5:00 p.m.).

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that applications for absentee ballots may be filed with the Designated Election Official of the District at the above address during normal business hours, until the close of business on the Tuesday immediately preceding the election (Tuesday, April 25, 2023). All absentee ballots must be returned to the Designated Election Official by 7:00 p.m. on election day.

REUNION SPORTS, ENTERTAINMENT & CULTURAL METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

By:/s/ Sarah H. Luetjen

Designated Election Official

Legal Notice No. CCX854

First Publication: February 2, 2023

Last Publication: February 2, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Public Notice

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

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

BUFFALO

HIGHLANDS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

By: /s/ Charles Wolfersberger Designated Election Official

Legal Notice No. CCX866

First Publication: February 2, 2023

Last Publication: February 2, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Public Notice

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR REUNION SPORTS, ENTERTAINMENT & CULTURAL METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 32-1-804.1 C.R.S., that an election will be held on the 2nd day of May 2023, between the hours of 7:00am and 7:00pm. At that time, two directors will be elected to serve 4-year terms.

Self-Nomination and Acceptance Forms can be downloaded from the District’s website at www.laredometro.org or can be obtained from Charles Wolfersberger, the District Manager and Designated Election Official for the District, 8354 Northfield Blvd, Building G Suite 3700 Denver, CO 80238 (720) 541-7725.

The Self-Nomination and Acceptance Form or letter is to be submitted to the Designated Election Official or his agent not later than 5:00pm on Friday February 24, 2023. A Self-Nomination and Acceptance Form that is not sufficient may be amended once at any time prior to 3:00pm on Friday February 24, 2023. Affidavits of Intent to be a Write-in Candidate must be

submitted to the Designated Election Official or his agent by the close of business on Monday February 27, 2023.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN pursuant to Section 1-8-104 C.R.S. that applications for mail-in ballots may be filed with the Designated Election Official of the District, 8354 Northfield Blvd, Building G Suite 3700 Denver, CO 80238, between the hours of 8:00am and 5:00pm until the close of business on the Friday immediately preceding the regular election (Friday, April 28, 2023), except that if the applicant wishes to receive the mail-in ballot by mail, the application shall be filed no later than the close of business on the 7th day before the election (Tuesday, April 25, 2023).

LAREDO METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

By: /s/ Charles Wolfersberger Designated Election Official

Legal Notice No. CCX872

First Publication: February 2, 2023

Last Publication: February 2, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

PUBLIC NOTICE

A CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

§1-13.5-501, 1-13.5-1102(3), 32-1-905(2), C.R.S.

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and, particularly, to the electors of the South Adams County Water and Sanitation District in Adams County, Colorado.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an election 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 4-year terms. Eligible electors of the South Adams County 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):

Dawn Fredette, DEO South Adams County Water and Sanitation District

6595 East 70th Avenue Commerce City, CO 80022 720-206-0509 / dfredette@sacwsd.org

The Office of the DEO is open on the following days: Monday through Thursday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Friday from 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

The deadline to submit a Self-Nomination and Acceptance form is the close of business (4:00 p.m.) on Friday, February 24, 2023 (not less than 67 days before the election); however, earlier submittal is encouraged as the deadline will not permit correcting an insufficient form if received at 4:00 p.m.

An Affidavit of Intent To Be A Write-InCandidate form must be submitted to the office of the Designated Election Official by 5:00 p.m. on Monday, February 27, 2023 (the sixty-fourth day before the election).

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that an

application for an absentee ballot shall be filed with the Designated Election Official no later than 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, April 25, 2023 (the Tuesday preceding the election).

By: Dawn Fredette As: Designated Election Official

ANUNCIO PÚBLICO CONVOCATORIA DE NOMINACIONES

§1-13.5-501, 1-13.5-1102(3), 32-1-905(2), C.R.S.

A QUIEN CORRESPONDA, y, en particular, a los electores del Distrito de Agua y Saneamiento del condado de South Adams en el condado de Adams, Colorado.

POR LA PRESENTE SE NOTIFICA que se celebrarán elecciones el día 2 de mayo de 2023, entre las 7:00 a.m. las 7 p. m., mediante las cuales se elegirá a dos (2) directores para cumplir mandatos de 4 años de duración. Los electores del Distrito de Agua y Saneamiento del condado de South Adams que reúnan los requisitos y que tengan interés en formar parte de la junta de directores deberán solicitarle al oficial electoral designado del distrito un formulario de auto-nominación y aceptación (Self-Nomination and Acceptance form).

Dawn Fredette, oficial electoral designado Distrito de Agua y Saneamiento del condado de South Adams 6595 East 70th Avenue Commerce City, CO 80022 720-206-0509 / dfredette@sacwsd.org

El horario de la oficina del oficial electoral designado es el siguiente: de lunes a jueves, de 8:00 a.¬m. a 5:¬00 p.m. y los viernes, de 7:00 a¬.m. a 4:¬00 p.m.

El plazo para enviar el formulario de auto-nominación y aceptación termina a las 4:00 p. m. del viernes 24 de febrero de 2023 (plazo no inferior a 67 días antes de las elecciones; sin embargo, se recomienda enviar antes ya que la fecha límite no permitirá corregir un formulario insuficiente si se recibe a las 4:00 p.m.

Se debe presentar una declaración jurada a fin de manifestar su intención de ser candidato por escrito a la oficina del oficial electoral designado, a más tardar, a las 5:00 p.¬m. del lunes 27 de febrero de 2023 (a 64 días de las elecciones).

TAMBIÉN SE NOTIFICA que se deberá presentar una solicitud de voto en ausencia ante el oficial electoral designado, a más tardar, a las 5:00 p. m. del martes 25 de abril de 2023 (el martes previo a las elecciones).

Por: Dawn Fredette

En calidad de: Oficial electoral designado

Legal Notice No. CCX862

First Publication: February 2, 2023

Last Publication: February 2, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Public Notice

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

ADAMS COUNTY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and particularly, to the eligible electors of the ADAMS COUNTY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT (“District”) of Adams and Denver Counties, Colorado.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the District will conduct a regular election on the 2nd day of May, 2023, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. At that time, (2) two directors will be elected for a 4-year term expiring in May 2027.

In order to be a candidate for one of the director positions, a qualified individual must submit a Self-Nomination and Acceptance Form. Eligible electors of the 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):

Sue Blair, DEO elections@crsofcolorado.com

Community Resource Services of Colorado

7995 East Prentice Avenue, Suite 103E Greenwood Village, CO 80111 Phone: 303-381-4960

Offices Hours: Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

The Self-Nomination and Acceptance Form must be returned to the Designated Election Official by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, February 24, 2023. The form can be emailed to elections@crsofcolorado.com.

A Self-Nomination and Acceptance Form that is not sufficient may be amended once at any time before 3:00 p.m. on Friday, February 24, 2023. Earlier submittal is encouraged as the deadline will not permit correcting an insufficient form if received at 5:00 p.m.

Affidavit of Intent To Be A Write-In-Candidate forms must be submitted to the office of the Designated Election Official by the close of business on Monday, February 27, 2023.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that an application for an absentee ballot may be filed with the Designated Election Official, at the contact information referenced above, no later than the close of business on Tuesday, April 25, 2023.

ADAMS COUNTY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT

Sue Blair, Designated Election Official

Legal Notice No. CCX847

First Publication: February 2, 2023

Last Publication: February 2, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Public Notice

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and particularly to the electors of the BNC Metropolitan District No. 2 of Adams County, Colorado (the District).

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 32-1-804.1 C.R.S., that an election will be held on the 2nd day of May

2023, between the hours of 7:00am and 7:00pm. At that time, three directors will be elected to serve 4-year term.

Self-Nomination and Acceptance Forms can be downloaded from the District’s website at www.turnberrymetro2.org or can be obtained from Charles Wolfersberger, the District Manager and Designated Election Official for the District, 8354 Northfield Blvd, Building G Suite 3700 Denver, CO 80238 (720) 541-7725. The Self-Nomination and Acceptance Form or letter is to be submitted to the Designated Election Official or his agent not later than 5:00pm on Friday February 24, 2023. A Self-Nomination and Acceptance Form that is not sufficient may be amended once at any time prior to 3:00pm on Friday February 24, 2023. Affidavits of Intent to be a Write-in Candidate must be submitted to the Designated Election Official or his agent by the close of business on Monday February 27, 2023.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN pursuant to Section 1-8-104 C.R.S. that applications for mail-in ballots may be filed with the Designated Election Official of the District, 8354 Northfield Blvd, Building G Suite 3700 Denver, CO 80238, between the hours of 8:00am and 5:00pm until the close of business on the Friday immediately preceding the regular election (Friday, April 28, 2023), except that if the applicant wishes to receive the mail-in ballot by mail, the application shall be filed no later than the close of business on the 7th day before the election (Tuesday, April 25, 2023).

BNC METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 2

By: /s/ Charles Wolfersberger Designated Election Official

Legal Notice No. CCX864

First Publication: February 2, 2023

Last Publication: February 2, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Public Notice

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR REUNION VILLAGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 5

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and particularly to the electors of the Reunion Village Metropolitan District No. 5 of Adams County, Colorado.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a regular election will be held on Tuesday, May 2, 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 four-year term and one (1) director will be elected to serve a two-year term.

Self-Nomination and Acceptance forms are available from Sarah H. Luetjen, the Designated Election Official for the District, at email: sluetjen@cegrlaw.com.

Self-Nomination and Acceptance forms must be filed with the Designated Election Official for the District at the above email address not less than 67 days prior to the election (Friday, February 24, 2023 at 5:00 p.m.).

Public Notices

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that applications for absentee ballots may be filed with the Designated Election Official of the District at the above address during normal business hours, until the close of business on the Tuesday immediately preceding the election (Tuesday, April 25, 2023). All absentee ballots must be returned to the Designated Election Official by 7:00 p.m. on election day.

REUNION VILLAGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 5

By: /s/ Sarah H. Luetjen

Designated Election Official

Legal Notice No. CCX859

First Publication: February 2, 2023

Last Publication: February 2, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Public Notice

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

AURORA SINGLE TREE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and particularly, to the eligible electors of AURORA SINGLE TREE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT (“District”) of Adams County, Colorado.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the District will conduct a regular election on the 2nd day of May, 2023, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. At that time, (2) three directors will be elected for a 4-year term and (1) one directors will be elected for a 2-year term.

In order to be a candidate for one of the director positions, a qualified individual must submit a Self-Nomination and Acceptance Form. Eligible electors of the 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):

Melissa Oakes, DEO MOakes@spencerfane.com

Spencer Fane LLP

1700 Lincoln Street, Ste. 2000 Denver, CO 80203 Phone: 303-839-3771

The Self-Nomination and Acceptance Form must be returned to the Designated Election Official by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, February 24, 2023. The form can be emailed to MOakes@spencerfane.com. 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 the close of business on the day of the deadline.

Affidavit of Intent To Be A Write-In-Candidate forms must be submitted to the office of the Designated Election Official by the close of business on Monday, February 27, 2023.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that an application for an absentee ballot may be filed with the Designated Election Official, at the contact information referenced

above, no later than the close of business on Tuesday, April 25, 2023.

AURORA SINGLE TREE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

Melissa Oakes, Designated Election Official

Legal Notice No. CCX848

First Publication: February 2, 2023

Last Publication: February 2, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Public Notice

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and particularly to the electors of the North Range Metropolitan District No. 1 of Adams County, Colorado (the District).

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 32-1-804.1 C.R.S., that an election will be held on the 2nd day of May 2023, between the hours of 7:00am and 7:00pm. At that time, three directors will be elected to serve 4-year terms.

Self-Nomination and Acceptance Forms can be downloaded from the District’s website at www.northrangemetro1.org or can be obtained from Charles Wolfersberger, the District Manager and Designated Election Official for the District, 8354 Northfield Blvd, Building G Suite 3700 Denver, CO 80238 (720) 541-7725. The Self-Nomination and Acceptance Form or letter is to be submitted to the Designated Election Official or his agent not later than 5:00pm on Friday February 24, 2023. A Self-Nomination and Acceptance Form that is not sufficient may be amended once at any time prior to 3:00pm on Friday February 24, 2023. Affidavits of Intent to be a Write-in Candidate must be submitted to the Designated Election Official or his agent by the close of business on Monday February 27, 2023.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN pursuant to Section 1-8-104 C.R.S. that applications for mail-in ballots may be filed with the Designated Election Official of the District, 8354 Northfield Blvd, Building G Suite 3700 Denver, CO 80238, between the hours of 8:00am and 5:00pm until the close of business on the Friday immediately preceding the regular election (Friday, April 28, 2023), except that if the applicant wishes to receive the mail-in ballot by mail, the application shall be filed no later than the close of business on the 7th day before the election (Tuesday, April 25, 2023).

NORTH RANGE METROPOLITAN

DISTRICT NO. 1

By: /s/ Charles Wolfersberger Designated Election Official

Legal Notice No. CCX877

First Publication: February 2, 2023

Last Publication: February 2, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Public Notice

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR REUNION VILLAGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 1

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN , and particularly to the electors of the Reunion Village Metropolitan District No. 1 of Adams County, Colorado.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a regular election will be held on Tuesday, May 2, 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 four-year term and one (1) director will be elected to serve a two-year term.

Self-Nomination and Acceptance forms are available from Sarah H. Luetjen, the Designated Election Official for the District, at email: sluetjen@cegrlaw.com. Self-Nomination and Acceptance forms must be filed with the Designated Election Official for the District at the above email address not less than 67 days prior to the election (Friday, February 24, 2023 at 5:00 p.m.).

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that applications for absentee ballots may be filed with the Designated Election Official of the District at the above address during normal business hours, until the close of business on the Tuesday immediately preceding the election (Tuesday, April 25, 2023). All absentee ballots must be returned to the Designated Election Official by 7:00 p.m. on election day.

REUNION VILLAGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 1

By:/s/ Sarah H. Luetjen

Designated Election Official

Legal Notice No. CCX855

First Publication: February 2, 2023

Last Publication: February 2, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Public Notice

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

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

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 32-1-804.1 C.R.S., that an election will be held on the 2nd day of May 2023, between the hours of 7:00am and 7:00pm. At that time, two directors will be elected to serve 4-year terms and one director will be elected to serve a 2-year term.

Self-Nomination and Acceptance Forms can be downloaded from the District’s website at www.potomacfarms.org or can be obtained from Charles Wolfersberger, the District Manager and Designated Election Official for the District, 8354 Northfield Blvd, Building G Suite 3700 Denver, CO 80238 (720) 541-7725.

The Self-Nomination and Acceptance Form or letter is to be submitted to the Designated Election Official or his agent

not later than 5:00pm on Friday February 24, 2023. A Self-Nomination and Acceptance Form that is not sufficient may be amended once at any time prior to 3:00pm on Friday February 24, 2023. Affidavits of Intent to be a Write-in Candidate must be submitted to the Designated Election Official or his agent by the close of business on Monday February 27, 2023.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN pursuant to Section 1-8-104 C.R.S. that applications for mail-in ballots may be filed with the Designated Election Official of the District, 8354 Northfield Blvd, Building G Suite 3700 Denver, CO 80238, between the hours of 8:00am and 5:00pm until the close of business on the Friday immediately preceding the regular election (Friday, April 28, 2023), except that if the applicant wishes to receive the mail-in ballot by mail, the application shall be filed no later than the close of business on the 7th day before the election (Tuesday, April 25, 2023).

POTOMAC FARMS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

By: /s/ Charles Wolfersberger

Designated

Election Official

Legal Notice No. CCX874

First Publication: February 2, 2023

Last Publication: February 2, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Public Notice

A CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

EAGLE CREEK METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and, particularly, to the electors of the Eagle Creek Metropolitan District of Adams County, Colorado.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an election 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.

Eligible electors of the Eagle Creek Metropolitan District interested in serving on the board of directors may obtain a SelfNomination and Acceptance form from the District Designated Election Official: Michele Barrasso

c/o Seter & Vander Wall, P.C. 7400 E. Orchard Road, Suite 3300 Greenwood Village, CO 80111 mbarrasso@svwpc.com 303-770-2700

The Office of the Designated Election Official is open on the following days: Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

The deadline to submit a Self-Nomination and Acceptance form is close of business (5:00 p.m.) on Friday, February 24, 2023 (not less than 67 days before the election).

The 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 (5:00 p.m.) on

Public Notices

Monday, February 27, 2023 (the sixtyfourth day before the election).

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, an application for an Absentee Ballot shall be filed with the Designated Election Official no later than the close of business on the Tuesday preceding the election, April 25, 2023.

/s/Michele Barrasso Designated

Official

Legal Notice No. CCX833

Election

First Publication: February 2, 2023

Last Publication: February 2, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel

Express

Public Notice

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and particularly to the electors of the Buffalo Run Mesa Metropolitan District of Adams County, Colorado (the District).

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 32-1-804.1 C.R.S., that an election will be held on the 2nd day of May 2023, between the hours of 7:00am and 7:00pm. At that time, two directors will be elected to serve 4-year terms.

Self-Nomination and Acceptance Forms can be downloaded from the District’s website at www.brmmetro.org or can be obtained from Charles Wolfersberger, the District Manager and Designated Election Official for the District, 8354 Northfield Blvd, Building G Suite 3700 Denver, CO 80238 (720) 541-7725.

The Self-Nomination and Acceptance Form or letter is to be submitted to the Designated Election Official or his agent not later than 5:00pm on Friday February 24, 2023. A Self-Nomination and Acceptance Form that is not sufficient may be amended once at any time prior to 3:00pm on Friday February 24, 2023. Affidavits of Intent to be a Write-in Candidate must be submitted to the Designated Election Official or his agent by the close of business on Monday February 27, 2023.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN pursuant to Section 1-8-104 C.R.S. that applications for mail-in ballots may be filed with the Designated Election Official of the District, 8354 Northfield Blvd, Building G Suite 3700 Denver, CO 80238, between the hours of 8:00am and 5:00pm until the close of business on the Friday immediately preceding the regular election (Friday, April 28, 2023), except that if the applicant wishes to receive the mail-in ballot by mail, the application shall be filed no later than the close of business on the 7th day before the election (Tuesday, April 25, 2023).

BUFFALO RUN MESA METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

By: /s/ Charles Wolfersberger Designated Election Official Legal Notice No. CCX868

First Publication: February 2, 2023

Last Publication: February 2, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Public Notice

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR REUNION VILLAGE

METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 3

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and particularly to the electors of the Reunion Village Metropolitan District No. 3 of Adams County, Colorado.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a regular election will be held on Tuesday, May 2, 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 four-year term and one (1) director will be elected to serve a two-year term.

Self-Nomination and Acceptance forms are available from Sarah H. Luetjen, the Designated Election Official for the District, at email: sluetjen@cegrlaw.com. Self-Nomination and Acceptance forms must be filed with the Designated Election Official for the District at the above email address not less than 67 days prior to the election (Friday, February 24, 2023 at 5:00 p.m.).

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that applications for absentee ballots may be filed with the Designated Election Official of the District at the above address during normal business hours, until the close of business on the Tuesday immediately preceding the election (Tuesday, April 25, 2023). All absentee ballots must be returned to the Designated Election Official by 7:00 p.m. on election day.

REUNION VILLAGE

METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 3

By:/s/ Sarah H. Luetjen Designated Election Official

Legal Notice No. CCX857

First Publication: February 2, 2023

Last Publication: February 2, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Public Notice

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and particularly to the electors of the Fronterra Village Metropolitan District No. 1 of Adams County, Colorado (the District).

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 32-1-804.1 C.R.S., that an election will be held on the 2nd day of May 2023, between the hours of 7:00am and 7:00pm. At that time, three directors will be elected to serve 4-year terms.

Self-Nomination and Acceptance Forms can be downloaded from the District’s website at www.fronterravillagemetro1. org or can be obtained from Charles Wolfersberger, the District Manager and Designated Election Official for the District, 8354 Northfield Blvd, Building G Suite

3700 Denver, CO 80238 (720) 541-7725.

The Self-Nomination and Acceptance Form or letter is to be submitted to the Designated Election Official or his agent not later than 5:00pm on Friday February 24, 2023. A Self-Nomination and Acceptance Form that is not sufficient may be amended once at any time prior to 3:00pm on Friday February 24, 2023. Affidavits of Intent to be a Write-in Candidate must be submitted to the Designated Election Official or his agent by the close of business on Monday February 27, 2023.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN pursuant to Section 1-8-104 C.R.S. that applications for mail-in ballots may be filed with the Designated Election Official of the District, 8354 Northfield Blvd, Building G Suite 3700 Denver, CO 80238, between the hours of 8:00am and 5:00pm until the close of business on the Friday immediately preceding the regular election (Friday, April 28, 2023), except that if the applicant wishes to receive the mail-in ballot by mail, the application shall be filed no later than the close of business on the 7th day before the election (Tuesday, April 25, 2023).

FRONTERRA VILLAGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 1

By: /s/ Charles Wolfersberger Designated Election Official

Legal Notice No. CCX869

First Publication: February 2, 2023

Last Publication: February 2, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Public Notice

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR HARVEST METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 2

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and particularly to the electors of the Harvest Metropolitan District No. 2 of County of Adams, Colorado.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a regular election will be held on Tuesday, May 2, 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 four-year term.

Self-Nomination and Acceptance forms are available from Sarah H. Luetjen, the Designated Election Official for the District, at email: sluetjen@cegrlaw.com. Self-Nomination and Acceptance forms must be filed with the Designated Election Official for the District at the above email address not less than 67 days prior to the election (Friday, February 24, 2023 at 5:00 p.m.).

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that applications for absentee ballots may be filed with the Designated Election Official of the District at the above address during normal business hours, until the close of business on the Tuesday immediately preceding the election (Tuesday, April 25, 2023). All absentee ballots must be returned to the Designated Election Official by 7:00 p.m. on election day.

HARVEST METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 2

By:/s/ Sarah H. Luetjen

Designated Election Official

Legal Notice No. CCX852

First Publication: February 2, 2023

Last Publication: February 2, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Public Notice

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and particularly to the electors of the High Point Metropolitan District of Adams County, Colorado (the District).

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 32-1-804.1 C.R.S., that an election will be held on the 2nd day of May 2023, between the hours of 7:00am and 7:00pm. At that time, two directors will be elected to serve 4-year terms and two directors will be elected to serve a 2-year term.

Self-Nomination and Acceptance Forms can be downloaded from the District’s website at www.harvestmeadows.org or can be obtained from Charles Wolfersberger, the District Manager and Designated Election Official for the District, 8354 Northfield Blvd, Building G Suite 3700 Denver, CO 80238 (720) 541-7725. The Self-Nomination and Acceptance Form or letter is to be submitted to the Designated Election Official or his agent not later than 5:00pm on Friday February 24, 2023. A Self-Nomination and Acceptance Form that is not sufficient may be amended once at any time prior to 3:00pm on Friday February 24, 2023. Affidavits of Intent to be a Write-in Candidate must be submitted to the Designated Election Official or his agent by the close of business on Monday February 27, 2023.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN pursuant to Section 1-8-104 C.R.S. that applications for mail-in ballots may be filed with the Designated Election Official of the District, 8354 Northfield Blvd, Building G Suite 3700 Denver, CO 80238, between the hours of 8:00am and 5:00pm until the close of business on the Friday immediately preceding the regular election (Friday, April 28, 2023), except that if the applicant wishes to receive the mail-in ballot by mail, the application shall be filed no later than the close of business on the 7th day before the election (Tuesday, April 25, 2023).

HIGH POINT METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

By: /s/ Charles Wolfersberger Designated Election Official

Legal Notice No. CCX871

First Publication: February 2, 2023

Last Publication: February 2, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Public Notice

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CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR REUNION VILLAGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 2

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and particularly to the electors of the Reunion Village Metropolitan District No. 2 of Adams County, Colorado.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a regular election will be held on Tuesday, May 2, 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 four-year term and one (1) director will be elected to serve a two-year term.

Self-Nomination and Acceptance forms are available from Sarah H. Luetjen, the Designated Election Official for the District, at email: sluetjen@cegrlaw.com.

Self-Nomination and Acceptance forms must be filed with the Designated Election Official for the District at the above email address not less than 67 days prior to the election (Friday, February 24, 2023 at 5:00 p.m.).

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that applications for absentee ballots may be filed with the Designated Election Official of the District at the above address during normal business hours, until the close of business on the Tuesday immediately preceding the election (Tuesday, April 25, 2023). All absentee ballots must be returned to the Designated Election Official by 7:00 p.m. on election day.

REUNION VILLAGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 2

By: /s/ Sarah H. Luetjen Designated Election Official

Legal Notice No. CCX856

First Publication: February 2, 2023

Last Publication: February 2, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Public Notice

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and particularly to the electors of the North Range Village Metropolitan District of Adams County, Colorado (the District).

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 32-1-804.1 C.R.S., that an election will be held on the 2nd day of May 2023, between the hours of 7:00am and 7:00pm. At that time, one director will be elected to serve 4-year term.

Self-Nomination and Acceptance Forms can be downloaded from the District’s website at www.northrangevillage.org or can be obtained from Charles Wolfersberger, the District Manager and Designated Election Official for the District, 8354 Northfield Blvd, Building G Suite 3700 Denver, CO 80238 (720) 541-7725.

The Self-Nomination and Acceptance Form or letter is to be submitted to the Designated Election Official or his agent not later than 5:00pm on Friday February 24, 2023. A Self-Nomination and Acceptance Form that is not sufficient may be

amended once at any time prior to 3:00pm on Friday February 24, 2023. Affidavits of Intent to be a Write-in Candidate must be submitted to the Designated Election Official or his agent by the close of business on Monday February 27, 2023.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN pursuant to Section 1-8-104 C.R.S. that applications for mail-in ballots may be filed with the Designated Election Official of the District, 8354 Northfield Blvd, Building G Suite 3700 Denver, CO 80238, between the hours of 8:00am and 5:00pm until the close of business on the Friday immediately preceding the regular election (Friday, April 28, 2023), except that if the applicant wishes to receive the mail-in ballot by mail, the application shall be filed no later than the close of business on the 7th day before the election (Tuesday, April 25, 2023).

NORTH RANGE VILLAGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

By: /s/ Charles Wolfersberger Designated Election Official

Legal Notice No. CCX873

First Publication: February 2, 2023

Last Publication: February 2, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Public Notice

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and particularly to the electors of the Aberdeen Metropolitan District No. 2 of Adams County, Colorado (the District).

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 32-1-804.1 C.R.S., that an election will be held on the 2nd day of May 2023, between the hours of 7:00am and 7:00pm. At that time, two directors will be elected to serve 4-year terms.

Self-Nomination and Acceptance Forms can be downloaded from the District’s website at www.aberdeenmetro2.org or can be obtained from Charles Wolfersberger, the District Manager and Designated Election Official for the District, 8354 Northfield Blvd, Building G Suite 3700 Denver, CO 80238 (720) 541-7725. The Self-Nomination and Acceptance Form or letter is to be submitted to the Designated Election Official or his agent not later than 5:00pm on Friday February 24, 2023. A Self-Nomination and Acceptance Form that is not sufficient may be amended once at any time prior to 3:00pm on Friday February 24, 2023. Affidavits of Intent to be a Write-in Candidate must be submitted to the Designated Election Official or his agent by the close of business on Monday February 27, 2023.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN pursuant to Section 1-8-104 C.R.S. that applications for mail-in ballots may be filed with the Designated Election Official of the District, 8354 Northfield Blvd, Building G Suite 3700 Denver, CO 80238, between the hours of 8:00am and 5:00pm until the close of business on the Friday immediately preceding the regular election (Friday, April 28, 2023), except that if the

applicant wishes to receive the mail-in ballot by mail, the application shall be filed no later than the close of business on the 7th day before the election (Tuesday, April 25, 2023).

ABERDEEN METROPOLITAN DISTRICT No. 2

By: /s/ Charles Wolfersberger Designated Election Official

Legal Notice No. CCX863

First Publication: February 2, 2023

Last Publication: February 2, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Public Notice

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR REUNION METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and particularly to the electors of the Reunion Metropolitan District of Douglas County, Colorado.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a regular election will be held on Tuesday, May 2, 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 four-year term.

Self-Nomination and Acceptance forms are available from Sarah H. Luetjen, the Designated Election Official for the District, at email: sluetjen@cegrlaw.com. Self-Nomination and Acceptance forms must be filed with the Designated Election Official for the District at the above email address not less than 67 days prior to the election (Friday, February 24, 2023 at 5:00 p.m.).

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that applications for absentee ballots may be filed with the Designated Election Official of the District at the above address during normal business hours, until the close of business on the Tuesday immediately preceding the election (Tuesday, April 25, 2023). All absentee ballots must be returned to the Designated Election Official by 7:00 p.m. on election day.

REUNION METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

By:/s/ Sarah H. Luetjen Designated Election Official

Legal Notice No. CCX853

First Publication: February 2, 2023

Last Publication: February 2, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Public Notice

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and particularly to the electors of the BNC Metropolitan District No. 1 of Adams County, Colorado (the District).

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 32-1-804.1 C.R.S., that an election will be held on the 2nd day of May 2023, between the hours of 7:00am and 7:00pm. At that time, three directors will be elected to serve 4-year terms and

one director will be elected to serve a 2-year term.

Self-Nomination and Acceptance Forms can be downloaded from the District’s website at www.bncmetro1.org or can be obtained from Charles Wolfersberger, the District Manager and Designated Election Official for the District, 8354 Northfield Blvd, Building G Suite 3700 Denver, CO 80238 (720) 541-7725.

The Self-Nomination and Acceptance Form or letter is to be submitted to the Designated Election Official or his agent not later than 5:00pm on Friday February 24, 2023. A Self-Nomination and Acceptance Form that is not sufficient may be amended once at any time prior to 3:00pm on Friday February 24, 2023. Affidavits of Intent to be a Write-in Candidate must be submitted to the Designated Election Official or his agent by the close of business on Monday February 27, 2023.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN pursuant to Section 1-8-104 C.R.S. that applications for mail-in ballots may be filed with the Designated Election Official of the District, 8354 Northfield Blvd, Building G Suite 3700 Denver, CO 80238, between the hours of 8:00am and 5:00pm until the close of business on the Friday immediately preceding the regular election (Friday, April 28, 2023), except that if the applicant wishes to receive the mail-in ballot by mail, the application shall be filed no later than the close of business on the 7th day before the election (Tuesday, April 25, 2023).

BNC METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 1

By: /s/ Charles Wolfersberger Designated Election Official

Legal Notice No. CCX865

First Publication: February 2, 2023

Last Publication: February 2, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Public Notice

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

SOUTH ADAMS COUNTY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and particularly, to the eligible electors of the SOUTH ADAMS COUNTY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT (“District”) of Adams County, Colorado.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the District will conduct a regular election on the 2nd day of May, 2023, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. At that time, (2) two directors will be elected for a 4-year term expiring in May 2027.

In order to be a candidate for one of the director positions, a qualified individual must submit a Self-Nomination and Acceptance Form. Eligible electors of the 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): Sue Blair, DEO elections@crsofcolorado.com

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Community Resource Services of Colorado

7995 East Prentice Avenue, Suite 103E Greenwood Village, CO 80111

Phone: 303-381-4960

Offices Hours: Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

The Self-Nomination and Acceptance Form must be returned to the Designated Election Official by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, February 24, 2023. The form can be emailed to elections@crsofcolorado.com .

A Self-Nomination and Acceptance Form that is not sufficient may be amended once at any time before 3:00 p.m. on Friday, February 24, 2023. Earlier submittal is encouraged as the deadline will not permit correcting an insufficient form if received at 5:00 p.m.

Affidavit of Intent To Be A Write-In-Candidate forms must be submitted to the office of the Designated Election Official by the close of business on Monday, February 27, 2023.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that an application for an absentee ballot may be filed with the Designated Election Official, at the contact information referenced above, no later than the close of business on Tuesday, April 25, 2023.

SOUTH ADAMS COUNTY

FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT

Sue Blair, Designated Election Official

Legal Notice No. CCX860

First Publication: February 2, 2023

Last Publication: February 2, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel

Express

Public Notice

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

SABLE ALTURA FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and particularly to the eligible electors of the Sable Altura Fire Protection District (“District”) of Adams and Arapahoe Counties, Colorado:

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a polling place election will be held on Tuesday, the 2nd day of May, 2023, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. At that time, three eligible electors will be elected to serve a four-year term each on the District’s Board of Directors.

In order to be a candidate for one of the Board of Director positions, a qualified individual must submit a Self-Nomination and Acceptance Form. The Self-Nomination and Acceptance Form is available from Hope Williams, Designated Election Official of the District, at the contact information below:

Hope Williams, Designated Election Official

26900 E. Colfax Ave., #52

Aurora, Colorado 80018

Phone: 303-364-7187

Fax: 303-360-8637

Email: williams.hope@sablealturafire. org.

Hours: Monday - Friday, 7:00 am –

5:00 pm

The deadline to submit Self-Nomination and Acceptance Forms to the Designated Election Official is Friday, February 24, 2023 by 5:00 p.m. A Self-Nomination and Acceptance Form that is not sufficient may be amended once at any time before 3:00 on Friday, February 24, 2023. Earlier submittal is encouraged as the deadline will not permit correcting a form that is deemed insufficient after the deadline.

Affidavits of Intent to Be a Write-In Candidate must be submitted to the Designated Election Official by the close of business on Monday, February 27, 2023.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that any elector wishing to vote by absentee ballot must file an application for absentee ballot with the Designated Election Official at the contact information listed above no later than the close of business on Tuesday, April 25, 2023. Contact the DEO for further information regarding applications for absentee voting.

Sable Altura Fire Protection District

By: /s/ Hope Williams Designated

Election Official

Legal Notice No. CCX841

First Publication: February 2, 2023

Last Publication: February 2, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Public Notice

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and particularly to the electors of the Fronterra Village Metropolitan District No. 2 of Adams County, Colorado (the District).

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to Section 32-1-804.1 C.R.S., that an election will be held on the 2nd day of May 2023, between the hours of 7:00am and 7:00pm. At that time, three directors will be elected to serve 4-year terms.

Self-Nomination and Acceptance Forms can be downloaded from the District’s website at www.fronterravillagemetro2. org or can be obtained from Charles Wolfersberger, the District Manager and Designated Election Official for the District, 8354 Northfield Blvd, Building G Suite 3700 Denver, CO 80238 (720) 541-7725.

The Self-Nomination and Acceptance Form or letter is to be submitted to the Designated Election Official or his agent not later than 5:00pm on Friday February 24, 2023. A Self-Nomination and Acceptance Form that is not sufficient may be amended once at any time prior to 3:00pm on Friday February 24, 2023. Affidavits of Intent to be a Write-in Candidate must be submitted to the Designated Election Official or his agent by the close of business on Monday February 27, 2023.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN pursuant to Section 1-8-104 C.R.S. that applications for mail-in ballots may be filed with the Designated Election Official of the District, 8354 Northfield Blvd, Building G

Suite 3700 Denver, CO 80238, between the hours of 8:00am and 5:00pm until the close of business on the Friday immediately preceding the regular election (Friday, April 28, 2023), except that if the applicant wishes to receive the mail-in ballot by mail, the application shall be filed no later than the close of business on the 7th day before the election (Tuesday, April 25, 2023).

FRONTERRA VILLAGE

METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 2

By: /s/ Charles Wolfersberger Designated Election Official

Legal Notice No. CCX870

First Publication: February 2, 2023

Last Publication: February 2, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Public Notice

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

BUFFALO RIDGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

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

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the District will conduct a regular election on the 2nd day of May, 2023, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. At that time, (3) three directors will be elected for a 4-year term and (0) zero directors will be elected for a 2-year term.

In order to be a candidate for one of the director positions, a qualified individual must submit a Self-Nomination and Acceptance Form. Eligible electors of the 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):

Robin Navant, DEO rnavant@spencerfane.com

Spencer Fane LLP 1700 Lincoln Street, Ste. 2000 Denver, CO 80203 Phone: 303-839-3714

The Self-Nomination and Acceptance Form must be returned to the Designated Election Official by close of business (5:00 p.m. MST) on Friday, February 24, 2023. The form should be emailed to rnavant@ spencerfane.com . If the designated election official determines that a selfnomination and acceptance form is not sufficient, the eligible elector who submitted the form may amend the form at any time prior to the close of business on the day of the deadline.

Affidavit of Intent To Be A Write-In-Candidate forms must be submitted to the office of the Designated Election Official by the close of business on Monday, February 27, 2023.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that an application for an absentee ballot may be filed with the Designated Election Official, at the contact information referenced

above, no later than the close of business on Tuesday, April 25, 2023.

BUFFALO RIDGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

Robin Navant, Designated Election Official

Legal Notice No. CCX850

First Publication: February 2, 2023

Last Publication: February 2, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Bids and Settlements

Public Notice

INVITATION FOR QUALIFICATIONS AND RATES

Date: February 2, 2023

Sealed Request for Qualifications (RFQ) documents will be received by the South Adams County Water and Sanitation District acting by and through its South Adams County Water and Sanitation District Activity Enterprise (Owner), Attn: Dawn Fredette at 6595 East 70th Avenue, Commerce City, Colorado 80022 until 10:00 a.m., local time, Thursday, February 23, 2023, for the project entitled “2023 - 2027

WASTEWATER ENGINEERING PROFESSIONAL SERVICES REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS AND RATES”.

The District is conducting a competitive process to select a preferred provider of consulting engineering services for wastewater treatment plant engineering for a five-year period. The District expects that the outcome of this process will be a determination by the District’s Board of Directors that the successful firm will be the District’s preferred Consultant for wastewater treatment plant engineering services. This process will not result in a specific contract nor is the determination of preferred Consultant an offer, the acceptance of which would constitute a binding contract. Instead, the District expects that the preferred Consultant will be the initial first choice provider of wastewater treatment plant engineering services as relevant projects arise, and a non-binding letter of engagement to this effect will be issued. Each project will be assigned pursuant to the mutual execution of the District’s standard services agreement, as may be amended, including a specific scope of work, all subject to District Board approval for each project. SELECTION AS A PREFERRED CONSULTANT IS NEITHER AN AWARD NOR AN OFFER OF A CONTRACT. Rather, it is an expression of the District’s non-binding intent to use the preferred Consultant for wastewater treatment plant engineering services through 2027.

All documents must be in accordance with the Request for Qualifications documents on file with the Owner, South Adams County Water and Sanitation District, 6595 East 70th Avenue, Commerce City, Colorado 80022.

Electronic files of the Request for Qualifications documents for use in preparing qualifications may be obtained from the Owner. Qualifications documents will be available on Thursday, February 2, 2023,

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at no charge. Please contact Gary Smith, gsmith@sacwsd.org for questions and to obtain electronic copies of the qualifications documents. No printed copies will be provided unless a specific request is made for a hard copy of the documents. A voluntary pre-qualification meeting can be arranged by contacting Gary Smith, Wastewater Systems Manager.

It is anticipated that the Preferred Consultant Engagement Letter will be issued after the March 8, 2023 Board of Directors meeting.

The District reserves the right to reject any and all qualifications, to waive informalities, and to reject non-conforming, nonresponsive, or conditional qualifications.

By: Vicki Ennis

Secretary

South Adams County Water and Sanitation District acting by and through its South Adams County Water and Sanitation District Activity Enterprise

Legal Notice No. CCX861

First Publication: February 2, 2023

Last Publication: February 2, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Public Notice

NOTICE OF FINAL PAYMENT

NOTICE is hereby given that the South Adams County Water and Sanitation District (“District”) of Adams County, Colorado, will make final payment at its offices at 6595 E. 70th Avenue, Commerce City, Colorado 80022, on February 21, 2023, at the hour of 3:00 p.m. to Insituform Technologies, LLC, of Littleton, Colorado, for all work done by said Contractor(s) in construction work performed for the District.

Project Contractor: Insituform Technologies, LLC

Project Name:

2022 SACWSD Wastewater Collection System Rehabilitation

Project Location:

This project is generally located between E 62nd Avenue and E 69th Avenue, and between Kearney Street and Olive Street in Commerce City, Colorado.

Any person, co-partnership, association 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 not been paid by the contractors or their subcontractors, at any time up to and including 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 claimant 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 §38-26107, C.R.S.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

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

By: /s/ Vicki Ennis Secretary

Legal Notice No. CCX878

First Publication: February 2, 2023

Last Publication: February 9, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Public Notice

INVITATION TO BID

Project: Porteos – PA-3 (Segment 6) Landscaping Location: Aurora, Colorado

The project consists of the installation of new landscape and irrigation. An estimated value of these improvements will not be published. The entire project area will be maintained for two full landscape seasons following the installation and date of substantial completion.

Plans and specifications will be available electronically through Merrick & Company after 9:00 a.m. local time on February 2, 2023. Bidders and other interested parties may obtain electronic copies of the plans by contacting Owner’s Representative, Barney Fix at Barney.Fix@Merrick.com.

Bids will be received at the office of Merrick & Company (5970 Greenwood Plaza Blvd., Greenwood Village, CO 80111) for the services referenced above until 10:00 AM (Mountain Time) on Wednesday, March 8, 2023, at which time the bids will be opened in public by Merrick & Company. Bids shall be made on the forms furnished by the Owner and shall be enclosed in a sealed envelope addressed to Velocity Metropolitan District No. 1 endorsed with the name of the Bidder and the Title “Porteos – PA-3 (Segment 6) Landscaping - BID”. All documents submitted shall have the name of the bidder and the date of the bid submittal.

No proposals will be considered which are received after the time mentioned and any proposals so received shall be returned to the submitter and not be considered under any circumstances. Sole responsibility rests with the submitter to see that their proposal is received on time at the stated location.

Bids must be completed entirely to be considered. Omission of any items in the bid schedule will not be evaluated.

A bidder to whom a contract is awarded will be required to furnish certification of specific insurance requirements for con-

tracts and complete the Owner’s master agreement.

The Construction Contract document from Velocity Metropolitan District No. 1, included with this invitation to Bid, is considered part of the agreement between Owner and Contractor. If discrepancies exist between the Construction Contract and other bid documents, the stricter requirement must be followed.

Please provide a contact person(s) and their e-mail address for bids. All addendums and plans will be distributed to this contact person(s).

Bids may not be withdrawn for a period of sixty (60) calendar days after the Bid date and time. The Owner reserves the right to reject any and all Bids, to waive any errors or irregularities, and to require statements or evidence of Bidders’ qualifications including financial statements. The Owner also reserves the right to extend the Bidding period by Addendum if it appears in its interest to do so.

Any questions concerning this bid shall be directed in writing to:

Owner’s Representatives: Barney Fix Barney.Fix@Merrick.com Merrick & Company

Legal Notice No. CCX875

First Publication: February 2, 2023

Last Publication: February 16, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express Non-Consecutive Publications

Notice to Creditors

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 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 Name Changes

PUBLIC NOTICE

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Public notice is given on January 12, 2023, 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 Sharon Noel Dafondanouto be changed to

Sharon Noel Diop

Case No.: 22 C 1861

By: Deputy Clerk

Legal Notice No. CCX849

First Publication: February 2, 2023

Last Publication: February 16, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

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. NTS829

First Publication: January 19, 2023

Last Publication: February 2, 2023

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