Commerce City Sentinel Express 033023

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Engineer tells Nebraska Colorado has right to South Platte River flow

BY MICHAEL BOOTH THE COLORADO SUN

Colorado’s state water engineer has a message for the Nebraska o cials doubling down on their commitment to a $567 million canal across the border:

You can build it, but the water may not come.

Colorado state engineer Kevin Rein acknowledges a historic compact gives Nebraska the right to build the canal at the South Platte River west of Julesburg. But in a ve-page response to Nebraska’s rst o cial evaluation of the plan, tacking closely to the direction set by Colorado’s attorney general, Rein says the actual water Nebraska is counting on may never show up.

e Nebraska report by an engineering rm makes multiple assumptions that Colorado disputes, in particular whether the water will be “physically available, or whether it’s legally available at the time when it’s physically available,” Rein said in an interview.

e Nebraska study “does not adequately consider future development” by Colorado of water in the upper section of the South Platte, a stretch running back from Washington County all the way up through Greeley, Boulder County and Denver, Rein’s letter says. e compact doesn’t give Nebraska any say over how much upper section water Colorado can use from the South Platte or how much water must be available at a key river gauge at Balzac, a ghost town near Brush.

Two teens charged in March 16 shooting

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

to start.

Nebraska is in talks to option or buy up land around Julesburg and to the west for canal construction, Rein said. Grassed-over scars of Nebraska’s un nished attempt at a Perkins Canal in the late 1800s are visible across northeastern Colorado.

County is on the Nebraska side of the border, though the canal may or may not actually run through it.)

Two teens are facing charges of attempted murder and illegal possession of a handgun in the March 16 shooting near Brighton High school.

e District Attorney’s O ce announced ling charges against the two juvenile, ages 16 and 17, that left one person injured and closed forced Brighton schools into lockdown.

e shooting occurred at about 12:30 p.m. March 16 at South Ninth Avenue and Bush Street, across the street from Brighton’s Innovations and Options School and near Brighton High School.

In a statement to the press that afternoon, Brighton Police Chief Matt Domenico said police received reports of gun re there, nding the intersection littered with bullet casings when they arrived but no victims on the scene. e victim had been taken to an area urgent care clinic.

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.

Other failings of the study, Rein adds, include relying on lower section ows of irrigation water returning to the river that Nebraska doesn’t have a right to; not accounting for diversion rights at Julesburg Reservoir; and ignoring that the canal would be iced over and unable to deliver water across the border during some of the time Nebraska has a right to take it, from October to April.

Nevertheless, Nebraska is itching

Colorado takes pains in its o cial response to say it has always honored a 1923 compact with Nebraska on how the South Platte operates, and always will. e letter, with extensive input from the Colorado Attorney General’s O ce, is not meant to be a hard “no,” Rein said.  e engineering formulas and legalese are meant to say, “ ere may be things that you didn’t consider, that will reduce the amount of water you’ll be able to yield,” Rein said.

Nebraska surprised Colorado and Western water watchers in early 2022 with a revival of the ancient Perkins County Canal plan. (Perkins

Nebraska’s governor warned Colorado had plans to use up all available South Platte River water before it left the state just northeast of Julesburg, and that the only way for Nebraska to secure its rights was a $500 million canal allowed in the compact.

By Ellis Arnold Colorado Community Media

Nebraska needs the water for its agriculture-based economy and for recreation, state o cials said. e state’s legislature quickly agreed, and voted to launch engineering studies and start setting aside money for eventual construction.

A year ago, Rein and the o ce of Gov. Jared Polis said they hadn’t heard many details of the canal plan directly from Nebraska engineers.

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 Nebraska consultants’ report was delivered to the state legislature

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

Police began looking for vehicle and tweeted that potential suspects were sighted near East 120th Avenue and Salem Street. Police closed both Brighton and Prairie View High Schools and placed the cities other schools on secure status and lockout. Domenico announced that police had arrested two suspects and the all clear was issued shortly before 3 p.m.

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.

According to the District Attorney’s o ce, the two suspects are facing ve counts of First-Degree Attempted Murder, a second degree felony, and possession of a handgun by a juveniles. at is a second degree misdemeanor.

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-

Both suspects are due in court May 4 at Adams County District Court in Brighton.

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Photo by Belen Ward

Jordan Harman is gathering the macroinvertebrate from the South Platte River for testing the water quality.

PHOTO BY BELEN WARD

SEE SOUTH PLATTE, P5

STAFF REPORT

Adams County names Reis Senior Deputy County Manager

STAFF REPORT

Adams County Government has announced that Alisha Reis will be elevated to senior deputy county manager, e ective immediately.

Reis has served as deputy county manager since 2018, helping to manage the day-to-day operations of the fth-largest county in Colorado, with approximately 520,000 residents. She also served as interim county manager for nine months, the rst time a woman served in the role of chief appointed o cial for Adams County. e creation of this role follows a

detailed assessment of the County Manager’s O ce and the Executive Leadership Team.

Reis will be responsible for providing executive-level leadership and administration to assigned county departments and divisions, as well as leading the county-wide strategic planning process, annual budget development, and overseeing the environmental, social, and governance policy e orts at the direction of the county manager.

“Alisha’s expertise has been instrumental in providing management support for directors and executive level project management for

the successful completion of work across all aspects of Adams County Government,” said County Manager Noel Bernal. “She has been a go-to for translating vision into reality, an outstanding and e ective communicator, and has played a key part in applying the framework of fairness, equity, inclusion and belonging throughout the county. I look forward to her continued contributions as she moves into this new role.”

Reis brings a tremendous wealth of public policy experience from around Colorado, having held roles in public management and community development in rural and mountain communities across the state. She holds a Credentialed

Manager (CM) designation from the International City/County Management Association (ICMA), where she also recently served as chair of the Sustainable Communities Committee. e ICMA-CM designation recognizes managers’ education, experience, integrity, and commitment to lifelong learning. Alisha earned her BA in Journalism and Political Science from Metropolitan State University of Denver and went on to get her MA in Political Science and Public Policy from the University of Colorado Denver. She has lived in Colorado for more than 30 years and enjoys hiking, biking, and spending time with her family in the outdoors.

Work to widen 168th Ave. underway

Construction on the eastbound Weld County Road 2 / E. 168th Avenue widening project from Wagon Trail Avenue in Lochbuie to King Street in Brighton kicked off March 24. The project is expected to be completed in July.

During this time, eastbound and westbound thru traffic on WCR2 / E. 168th Avenue will be shifted north of the median onto the current westbound travel lanes. There will be sporadic lane closures to eastbound thru traffic during this time between the working hours of 7 a.m. - 5 p.m. Please follow all traffic control signage and obey the 50th Avenue to Bridge Street detour during these periods.

The following list of additional

traffic impacts and recommended detours will help drivers safely navigate the closure during this time:

Only right turns will be allowed onto and off WCR2 / E. 168th Avenue at the intersections of Wagon Trail Avenue, Homestead Avenue, and King Street.

Eastbound WCR2 / E. 168th Avenue traffic out of the Berkshire neighborhood is recommended to use Willow Drive to Bonanza as a detour.

Eastbound WCR2 / E. 168th Avenue traffic out of Silver Peaks is recommended to use Jewell Street or Freestone Street in lieu of King Street.

60th Avenue will be closed from Husker Place / Sugarloaf Street to WCR 2 / E. 168th Avenue.

STAFF REPORT

Brighton’s Water Tower Park

fields getting a $4.2 million makeover

water to keep trees and other plantings alive, so councilors approved a $420,5000 contract with PSI Construction to install a new irrigation system.

“Essentially, if we don’t do this part, we’d just be watering the turf,” Councilor Peter Padilla said.

BY SCOTT TAYLOR STAYLOR@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

In relatively quick succession, Brighton City Councilors spent $4.2 million March 21, all aimed at giving the city another lighted athletic eld.

Councilors agreed to ve resolutions at their regular meeting all aimed at converting the city’s athletic elds at Water Tower Park into a water-sipping, lighted, fenced athletic complex.

“Too frequently, we don’t have the resources to do the right job the rst time,” Councilor Clint Blackhurst said. “ is time we do, and I think the only thing that’s missing here is some work on the parking lot area — but that is secondary. is is essentially going to be a new facility, not just an upgrade to the elds, a new facility.”

Parks Manager Ryan Smith said the work on the elds should be done by August, in time for high school and club football use.

“We have a construction timeline of roughly four months if it’s approved tonight,” Smith told councilors. “So that puts us into early August, complete and ready for use.”

One after another, the council approved ve contracts with developers for di erent aspects of the renovated athletic elds. ey reviewed all of the items for the park at their March 15 study session.

Turf, irrigation, lights

e most expensive part of the project - and the one that will determine the schedule, according to Parks Manager Ryan Smith - is installing the arti cial turf for the three elds. e turf will go down on three elds — a 100-yard-long football/soccer eld with the City of Brighton

logo in the middle and two smaller 60-yard-long elds. Neighbor Damon Balcerak, a co-founder of a Brighton youth rugby league, said the elds will be welcome.

“We have had a heck of a time nding eld space in Brighton over the past ve years,” Balcerak said. “ ere are what I call the typical sports that continue to grow — ag football, football, soccer — now you through the rugby program in the mix.

“It’s really really tough, and a lot of elds have been in disrepair, so I just wanted to urge everyone to vote for these,” Balcerak said.

Smith said the new elds would use the same kind of arti cial turf used at Brighton Sports Complex and at the Pawlowski Fields. at piece of the project is expected to cost $2.7 million, according to the contract councilors approved with Rocky Mountain Turf Solutions.

Smith said the city has used an average of 2.7 million gallons of water each year on the park’s elds. Removing 4.2 acres of grass in the 7.7-acre park should save the city an estimated 1.85 million gallons of water per year, he said.

e complex will still require

e entire eld will be lit, Smith said, allowing night games at the eld. “ ere are no lights there, and they have to bring lights in on trailers,” Smith said.

It would be the rst fully lighted outdoor eld for football, soccer and rugby in Brighton, Smith said, and the lights will all be directionally pointed down to limit light pollution for neighbors.

In all, eight lights will be installed, two each along the smaller elds and one at each corner of the larger eld.

Councilors approved the $515,000 contract with Musco Sports Lighting to make that happen.

“I love the ‘no light pollution’,” Councilor Ann Taddeo said. e entire complex will be enclosed in black fencing based on a $135,850 contract councilors approved with Ideal Fencing Corporation. Smith said the fencing would be similar to the kind used at Brighton’s Ken Mitchell Park and is meant to keep vandals from ruining the playing eld.

“Currently we don’t have any fences around the eld and we’ve had people doing donuts in their cars on the eld, we’ve had people driving on them on motorbikes or using their trucks to plow the eld at their convenience,” Smith said.

Finally, councilors approved a $393,700 contract with AtoZ Recreation LLC for a new ADA-acceptable playground at the center of the three elds.

“As Mayor Pro Tem Blackhurst said, this is a whole new park,” Green said. “It’s a whole new park at Water Tower Park and we’ll have something for all ages, even for the kids while their older brothers and sisters are playing on the elds. So I am so excited about this whole concept, this whole park and not just the athletic elds.”

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Councilors approved a series of changes for Brighton’s Water Tower Park athletic fields March 21, including converting three fields to artificial turf, lights for complex and fences to keep it safe.

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Plans call for artificial turf, new irrigation, lights and fencing

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Harry John Romero, 85, born in Fort Lupton, Colorado May 23, 1937, passed away peacefully on March 16, 2023, in Aurora, Coloradosurrounded by family. Harry served in the Air Force, was a former head of the Brighton Chamber of Commerce and for most of his career was a phenomenal

Architectural/Mechanical Engineer. He is survived by his two children Matthew John Romero and Lisa Ann Romero. He was a very loving father who enjoyed playing golf with friends and spending time with family. We will miss him dearly.

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Harry John Romero May 23, 1937

March 16, 2023

SOUTH PLATTE

in late December.

“Nebraska stands to lose the water supply that provides bene ts to its residents if it does not build the project,” the study concludes. If begun in earnest in 2023, the report estimates, the canal could be owing by 2033.

At the 500 cubic feet per second rate the canal has a compact-codi ed right to draw from the Colorado side of the South Platte, the project would deliver about 78,400 acre-feet to Nebraska in an average year for irrigation and storage, the study says. By comparison, Denver Water’s Dillon Reservoir in Summit County can hold 257,000 acrefeet of water. (An acre-foot provides a foot of irrigation water to one acre for a season or supplies two to four typical city households for a year.)

If expected Colorado river development projects take away 50% of the current remaining supply in the South Platte, the study adds, the canal could still deliver 69,900 acre-feet to Nebraska each year. e water could support 1.6 million irrigated acres in Nebraska and bolster municipal supply to fastergrowing eastern cities such as Omaha and Lincoln.

Total economic bene ts from the project would range from $698 million to $754 million, an enticing payo for the $567 million project cost, the study adds.

Part of the study’s optimism about how much Colorado water it can get stem from a disagreement over the extent of climate change. Colorado forecasters and engineers predict

continuing heavy impacts on the South Platte Basin from an ongoing drought and temperature and snowpack pressures. Nebraska studies “ nd more moderate temperature changes and even stabilized precipitation patterns” for the lower section of the river, the Nebraska report said.

Nebraska’s Deputy Director of Natural Resources Jesse Bradley said the Colorado state engineer’s letter fails to account for the fact that the Nebraska supply study “used a conservative approach.” Bradley’s email attached a photo from near Julesburg showing strong river ow on March 14.

“Even assuming that ows entering the lower section are zero, there will still be signi cant ows available for the canal,” Bradley wrote. Bradley said his photo showed South Platte River ow at the state line near Julesburg was 260 cubic feet per second on a day Nebraska would have the right to divert, even though ows were near zero at the gauge dividing the river’s upper section from the lower section.

“In addition, this does not account for the many junior Colorado recharge projects in the lower section that are currently diverting, but would be curtailed to meet Nebraska’s demand,” he added.

“We have not had the opportunity to discuss the letter with Kevin (Rein) and hope to do so in the future,” Bradley said.

e Colorado response letter on future water supply does not include an extensive environmental analysis of the canal’s impacts. But previous studies have warned canal engineers may never overcome the South Platte ow requirements of the Endangered Species Act. e Nebraska report says the

canal may actually improve conditions satisfying a 2006 interstate pact to support South Platte wetlands wildlife, but doesn’t explain how taking more water out before the Nebraska border would achieve that end.

Nebraska o cials have said in some conversations they feel a canal could be completed within four years, said Joel Schneekloth, a regional water resource specialist at Colorado State University. But the likely litigation over EPA environmental impact rules alone could drag on for years, Schneekloth added.

Nonpro ts and water agencies along both the North and South extensions of the Platte River, and the mainstem after they meet 90 miles east of Julesburg, have fought for decades over providing enough water and habitat for whooping cranes. Northern Water in Colorado started planning the two-reservoir Northern Integrated Supply Project in the early 2000s, and only in late 2022 received its nal federal permit, Schneekloth said. at project faces still more opposition lawsuits.

South Platte River environmental issues will “come into play, and that’s going to be an issue that will be adjudicated,” he said.

In prepared remarks at a January water congress, Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser listed many reasons why the Nebraska canal is “Stated simply . . . both unwise and unlikely.”

Schneekloth, as well as water experts on the Nebraska side of the border, agree with the Colorado engineer’s pointed questions about where exactly Nebraska can nd the water to ll the canal.

With low o -season ow and all the senior water rights diversions al-

lowed above the Nebraska canal spot, Schneekloth said, “we’re starting out with basically a dry river at that point.”

While the Nebraska legislature moves forward, they’re hearing from local academics who are similarly skeptical.

“ ere are a lot of senior users in the basin who would basically be able to take the water, so I’m not even sure legally if this canal would really be able to appropriate water out of the South Platte,” an appropriations committee heard in 2022 from Anthony Schutz, a University of Nebraska associate law professor, according to Nebraska public radio.

Nebraska o cials said in their response email to e Colorado Sun that they have “discussed alternatives” to the canal with Colorado that would allow their state to divert South Platte water in a di erent location that would reduce any impact to Colorado landowners.

“ at alternative was dismissed by Colorado, as they indicated they would not recognize Nebraska Compact rights unless the diversion is located” southwest of Julesburg and the tiny hamlet of Ovid.

As for Nebraska shrinking from the implications of the Colorado engineer’s hydrology-questioning letter, Schneekloth is not expecting surrender.

“ ey’re dead serious about this,” he said.

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

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AVISO DE ELECCIÓN

A QUIEN CORRESPONDA y, en particular a los votantes del Distrito Metropolitano Número 2 de Second Creek Farm (“Distrito”) del condado de Ciudad de Commerce City, condado de Adams, Colorado.

POR EL PRESENTE SE ENTREGA

AVISO que se llevará a cabo una elección especial regular de distrito el 2 de mayo, 20 23, entre las 7:00 a.m. y las 7:00 p.m. para elegir a los miembros de la Junta Directiva del Distrito

La elección se realizará como elección con boleta por correo y la realizará el Funcionario electoral designado, Lisa A. Jacoby, c/o McGeady Becher P.C., 450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400, Denver, Colorado 80203, número de teléfono 303-592-4380. El lugar para depositar las boletas por correo y lugar de votación sin cita previa para votar en las elecciones será esa oficina.

Entre el 10 de abril, 2023 y el 17 de abril, 2023, el Funcionario electoral designado enviará por correo a cada votante registrado activo del Distrito un paquete de boletas por correo.

Vanessa Sue Verney, Joel H. Farkas y Angelitta Martinez Villescas son candidatos para los términos que se extienden a la segunda elección regular, y Jacquelyn Myrna Dowsett es candidata para un período que se extienden a la siguiente elección regular.

El lugar de votación presencial estará abierto de lunes a viernes, de 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. y comenzará veintidós días antes de la elección, el 10 de abril, 2023, y entre las 7:00 a.m. y las 7:00 p.m. el día de la elección.

TAMBIÉN SE NOTIFICA que el votante elegible de dicho Distrito para fines de tal elección es una persona registrada para votar según el “Código de Elecciones Uniformes de Colorado de 1992”; y (i) que es residente del Distrito (ii) que él/ella o su cónyuge o pareja de unión civil, poseen bienes muebles o inmuebles imponibles dentro del Distrito, ya sea que esta persona resida o no dentro del Distrito. Una persona obligada a pagar impuestos en virtud de un contrato de compra de propiedad imponible dentro del Distrito se considerará titular de una propiedad imponible para los fines de calificar como votante elegible.

TAMBIÉN SE NOTIFICA que las solicitudes para boletas del votante en ausencia podrán presentarse ante el Funcionario electoral designado a la dirección indicada arriba, antes del cierre del cierre comercial del martes inmediatamente anterior a la elección. La devolución de boletas de votante en ausencia y las boletas de reemplazo podrán ser recibidas por el Funcionario electoral designado en la dirección anterior, de lunes a viernes de 8:00 a.m. a 5:00 p.m. desde el 10 de abril, 2023, hasta el día previo a la elección, o entre las 7:00 a.m. y las 7:00 p.m. en la fecha de la elección.

Distrito Metropolitano Número 2 de Second Creek Farm

Por: /s/Lisa A. Jacoby

Funcionario electoral designado

Legal Notice No. CCX970

First Publication: March 30, 2023

Last Publication: March 30, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Public Notice

AVISO DE CANCELACIÓN DE ELECCIONES y DECLARACIÓN CERTIFICADA DE RESULTADOS

DISTRITO METROPOLITANO DE NORTH RANGE No. 4

SE INFORMA POR LA PRESENTE, y de acuerdo con § 1-13.5-513(6), C.R.S., que al finalizar el día laboral el 28 de febrero de 2023, no había más candidatos que cargos por ocupar, incluidos los candidatos que presentaban declaraciones juradas con la intención de ser candidatos por escrito, para el Distrito Metropolitano de North Range N.° 4 (el “Distrito”). Por lo tanto, se cancelan las elecciones del 2 de mayo de 2023para el Distrito.

Se declara que los siguientes candidatos para el Distrito han sido elegidos por aclamación:

Shawn Olsen Hasta mayo de 2027

Los siguientes cargos siguen vacantes:

Vacante Hasta mayo de 2027

Vacante Hasta mayo de 2027

/s/ Ashley B. Frisbie Representante electoral designada

Persona de contacto para el Distrito: Zachary

P. White, Esq.

WHITE BEAR ANKELE TANAKA & WALDRONAbogados

2154 E. Commons Avenue, Suite 2000 Centennial, Colorado 80122

(303) 858-1800

Legal Notice No. CCX984

First Publication: March 30, 2023

Last Publication: March 30, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Public Notice

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION and CERTIFIED STATEMENT OF RESULTS

§1-13.5-513(6), 32-1-104,1-11-103(3) C.R.S

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the BELLE CREEK METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 1, ADAMS COUNTY, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 2, 2023 is hereby canceled pursuant to section 1-13.5-513(6) C.R.S.

The following candidates are hereby declared elected:

Mr. Fred Lee Dennis 4-Year Term until May, 2027

Ms. Shannon Wester 4-Year Term until May, 2027

Mr. Jaeger M. Luke 2-Year Term until May, 2025

Laurie

Tatlock

Designated Election Official

Contact Person for the District: Laurie Tatlock

Telephone Number of the District: 720-274-8377

Address of the District: 188 Inverness Drive West, #140 Englewood, CO 80112 District Email: laurie@mulhernmre.com

Legal Notice No. CCX983

First Publication: March 30, 2023

Last Publication: March 30, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express Public Notice

FOR THE HARVEST METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 2

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Harvest Metropolitan District No. 2, Adams County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third (63rd) day before the election or thereafter there were not more candidates for Director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 2, 2023, is hereby cancelled.

The following candidates are declared elected:

Vacancy Four-Year Term to 2027

Vacancy Four-Year Term to 2027

HARVEST METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 2

By:/s/ Sarah H. Luetjen

Designated Election Official

Legal Notice No. CCX977

First Publication: March 30, 2023

Last Publication: March 30, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Public Notice

NOTICE OF ELECTION

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and particularly, to the electors of the Second Creek Farm Metropolitan District No. 2 (“District”) of the City of Commerce City, Adams County, Colorado.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a regular special district election will be held on May 2, 2023, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. to elect members to the Board of Directors of the District.

The election is being conducted as a mail ballot election by the Designated Election Official, Lisa A. Jacoby, c/o McGeady Becher P.C., 450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400, Denver, Colorado 80203, telephone number 303-592-4380. The place of deposit for mail ballots and walk-in polling place for voting at the election will be at said office.

Not sooner than April 10, 2023 and no later than April 17, 2023, the Designated Election Official shall mail to each active registered elector of the District a mail ballot packet.

Vanessa Sue Verney, Joel H. Farkas and Angelitta Martinez Villescas are candidates for terms extending to the second regular election, and Jacquelyn Myrna Dowsett is a candidate for a term extend-

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ing to the next regular election.

The walk-in polling place shall be open Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. beginning not sooner than twenty-two days prior to the election, April 10, 2023, and from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on the date of election.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that an eligible elector of said District for the purpose of said election is a person registered to vote pursuant to the “Colorado Uniform Election Code of 1992”; and (i) who is a resident of the District, or (ii) who, or whose spouse or civil union partner, owns taxable real or personal property within the District, whether said person resides within the District or not. A person who is obligated to pay taxes under a contract to purchase taxable property within the District shall be considered an owner of taxable property for the purpose of qualifying as an eligible elector.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that applications for absentee voter ballots may be filed with the Designated Election Official at the address set forth above no later than the close of business on the Tuesday immediately preceding the election. Return of absentee voter ballots and replacement ballots may be received by the Designated Election Official at the above address, Monday through Friday between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. beginning on April 10, 2023, until the day prior to the election, or between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. on the date of the election.

Second Creek Farm Metropolitan District No. 2

By: /s/ Lisa A. Jacoby

Designated Election Official

Legal Notice No. CCX969

First Publication: March 30, 2023

Last Publication: March 30, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Public Notice

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL

§§ 1-11-103(3), 1-13.5-513, C.R.S.

PORTEOS BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Porteos Business Improvement District, Adams County, Colorado, that at or after the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election to be conducted on May 2, 2023, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election was canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513, C.R.S.

The following candidates were declared elected by acclamation:

Yuriy Gorlov, (4) Year Term until May 2027

Vacant, (4) Year Term until May 2027

Vacant, (4) Year Term until May 2027

PORTEOS BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT

/s/ Stacie L. Pacheco

Stacie L. Pacheco, Designated Election Official

Contact Person for the District: Alan D. Pogue, Esq.

ICENOGLE SEAVER POGUE, P.C. 4725 South Monaco Street, Suite 360 Denver, Colorado 80237

Telephone: 303-292-9100

Email: APogue@ISP-Law.com

Legal Notice No. CCX982

First Publication: March 30, 2023

Last Publication: March 30, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Public Notice

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL FOR THE HARVEST METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 1

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Harvest Metropolitan District No. 1, Adams County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third (63rd) day before the election or thereafter there were not more candidates for Director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 2, 2023, is hereby cancelled.

The following candidates are declared elected:

Vacancy Four-Year Term to 2027

Vacancy Four-Year Term to 2027

HARVEST METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 1

By:/s/ Sarah H. Luetjen

Designated Election Official

Legal Notice No. CCX976

First Publication: March 30, 2023

Last Publication: March 30, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Public Notice

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN BY THE Industrial Park Sanitation District, Adams County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits ofintent to be write-in candidates; therefore the elec-

tion to be held on May 2, 2023 is hereby cancelled pursuant to 1-5-208(1.5), C.R.S.

The following candidates are declared elected:

Stephen Knight 4 year term

Charles Atkinson 4 year term

Stephen Appleman 4 year term

Steven Olson

Designated Election Official Industrial Park Sanitation District 6625 E. 49th Ave. Commerce City, CO 80022 303-287-1624

Legal Notice No. CCX974

First Publication: March 30, 2023

Last Publication: March 30, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Public Notice

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL

§§ 1-11-103(3), 1-13.5-513, C.R.S.

NORTHERN COMMERCE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Northern Commerce Metropolitan District, Adams County, Colorado, that at or after the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election to be conducted on May 2, 2023, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election was canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513, C.R.S.

The following candidates were declared elected by acclamation:

Mark Campbell, (4) Year Term until May 2027

Virginia Duncan, (4) Year Term until May 2027

Vacant, (4) Year Term until May 2027

Vacant, (2) Year Term until May 2025

Vacant, (2) Year Term until May 2025

NORTHERN COMMERCE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

/s/ Stacie L. Pacheco

Stacie L. Pacheco, Designated Election Official

Contact Person for the District:

Alan D. Pogue, Esq.

ICENOGLE SEAVER POGUE, P.C.

4725 South Monaco Street, Suite 360

Denver, Colorado 80237

Telephone: 303-292-9100

Email: APogue@ISP-Law.com

Legal Notice No. CCX975

First Publication: March 30, 2023

Last Publication: March 30, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL

§§ 1-11-103(3), 1-13.5-513, C.R.S.

VELOCITY METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS. 1 – 9

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Velocity Metropolitan District Nos. 1 – 9, Adams County, Colorado, that at or after the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election to be conducted on May 2, 2023, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election was canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5513, C.R.S.

The following candidates were declared elected by acclamation:

Yuriy Gorlov, (4) Year Term until May 2027

Vacant, (4) Year Term until May 2027

Vacant, (4) Year Term until May 2027

VELOCITY METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS. 1 – 9

/s/ Stacie L. Pacheco

Stacie L. Pacheco, Designated Election Official

Contact Person for the Districts: Alan D. Pogue, Esq.

ICENOGLE SEAVER POGUE, P.C. 4725 South Monaco Street, Suite 360 Denver, Colorado 80237

Telephone: 303-292-9100

Email: APogue@ISP-Law.com

Legal Notice No. CCX981

First Publication: March 30, 2023

Last Publication: March 30, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Public Notice

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION AND CERTIFIED STATEMENT OF RESULTS BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL HIMALAYA WATER & SANITATION DISTRICT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Himalaya Water & Sanitation District of Adams County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the regular election to be held on May 2, 2023, is hereby canceled pursuant to Sections 1-13.5-513(6), C.R.S. The following

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candidates are hereby declared elected:

Michael Kapoor to a 4-year term until May, 2027

Michael Wafer to a 2-year term until May, 2025

Vacancy 4-year term (2023-2027)

Contact Person for the District:

Nicole R. Peykov, Esq

District Address:

1700 Lincoln Street, Suite 2000, Denver, CO 80203

District Telephone Number: 303/839-3800

HIMALAYA WATER & SANITATION

DISTRICT

By: /s/Robin A. Navant, Designated Election Official

Legal Notice No. CCX972

First Publication: March 30, 2023

Last Publication: March 30, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Public Notice

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION AND CERTIFIED STATEMENT OF RESULTS BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL TOWER METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Tower Metropolitan District of Adams County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the regular election to be held on May 2, 2023, is hereby canceled pursuant to Sections 1-13.5-513(6), C.R.S. The following candidates are hereby declared elected:

Michael Kapoor to a 4-year term until May, 2027

Michael Wafer to a 4-year term until May, 2027

Vacancy 4-year term (2023-2027)

Contact Person for the District:

Nicole R. Peykov, Esq

District Address: 1700 Lincoln Street, Suite 2000, Denver, CO, 80203

District Telephone Number: 303/839-3800

TOWER METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

By: /s/Robin A. Navant, Designated Election Official

Legal Notice No. CCX971

First Publication: March 30, 2023

Last Publication: March 30, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

ticularly to the electors of the Industrial Park Sanitation 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 3 directors will be elected to each serve a 4-year term.

Self-Nomination and Acceptance forms are available from Industrial Sanitation Dishict at 6625 E. 49th Ave., Commerce City, Colorado.

Self-Nominations and Acceptance Form or letter are to be returned to the Designated Election Official for Industrial Park Sanitation District, 6625 E. 49th Avenue, Commerce City, CO 80022.

Industrial Park Sanitation District By: Steve

Olson General Manager

Legal Notice No. CCX973

First Publication: March 30, 2023

Last Publication: March 30, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Public Notice

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL

§§ 1-11-103(3), 1-13.5-513, C.R.S.

THIRD CREEK METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS. 1 & 3

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Third Creek Metropolitan District Nos. 1 & 3, Adams County, Colorado, that at or after the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election to be conducted on May 2, 2023, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election was canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513, C.R.S.

The following candidates were declared elected by acclamation:

Hannah Abad,

(4) Year Term until May 2027 Mary Elizabeth Vaught,

(4) Year Term until May 2027

Vacant, (4) Year Term until May 2027

THIRD CREEK METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS. 1 & 3

/s/ Stacie L. Pacheco

Stacie L. Pacheco, Designated Election Official

Contact Person for the Districts: Alan D. Pogue, Esq.

ICENOGLE SEAVER POGUE, P.C.

4725 South Monaco Street, Suite 360 Denver, Colorado 80237

Telephone: 303-292-9100

Legal Notice No. CCX978

First Publication: March 30, 2023

Last Publication: March 30, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Public Notice NOTICE OF ELECTION POLLING PLACE

§1-13.5-502, C.R.S.

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and, particularly, to the electors of the South Adams County Water and Sanitation District, State of 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. The Board of Directors of the District has designated the following polling places:

South Adams County Water and Sanitation District

Stevenson Administration Building 6595 E. 70th Avenue Commerce City, CO 80022

South Adams County Fire Station 8 10326 Walden Street Commerce City, CO 80022

The electors of the District shall vote for two Directors to serve a four-year term on the Board. The names of persons nominated as Director for a four-year term are (in the order they will appear on the ballot):

Vicki

Ennis

Leonard L. Newson Heidi L. McNeely

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that for those who wish to vote by absentee ballot, applications must be filed with the District’s Designated Election Official (DEO) no later than the close of business on Tuesday, April 25, 2022. The address, phone number and hours of the office of the DEO are as follows:

Dawn Fredette 6595 E. 70th Avenue

Commerce City, CO 80022 720-206-0509

Monday-Thursday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fridays from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.

By: Dawn Fredette Designated Election Official South

Adams County Water and Sanitation

District

AVISO DE ELECCIONES LUGAR DE VOTACIÓN

§1-13.5-502, C.R.S.

A QUIEN CORRESPONDA y, especialmente, a los electores del Distrito de Agua y Saneamiento del condado de South Adams, estado de Colorado:

POR EL PRESENTE SE AVISA que se celebrará una elección el 2 de mayo de 2023 entre las 7:00 a. m. y las 7:00 p. m.

Distrito de Agua y Saneamiento del condado de South Adams

Edificio de Administración Stevenson

6595 E. 70th Avenue

Commerce City, CO 80022

Estación de bomberos 8 del condado de South Adams 10326 Walden Street

Commerce City, CO 80022

Los electores del Distrito elegirán a dos directores para que se desempeñen en la Junta durante cuatro años. Las personas candidatas a directores por un período de cuatro años son (en el orden en que aparecerán en la papeleta):

Vicki Ennis

Leonard L. Newson

Heidi L. McNeely

ADEMÁS, SE AVISA que los que quieran votar en ausencia deberán presentar las solicitudes a la oficial electoral designada (DEO, por su sigla en inglés) a más tardar a la hora de cierre el martes 25 de abril de 2022. La dirección, el teléfono y el horario de atención de dicha oficial son los siguientes:

Dawn Fredette 6595 E. 70th Avenue

Commerce City, CO 80022 720-206-0509

Lunes a jueves de 8 a. m. a 5 p. m. Viernes de 7 a. m. a 4 p. m.

De: Dawn Fredette

Oficial electoral designada Distrito de Agua y Saneamiento del condado de South Adams

Legal Notice No. CCX980

First Publication: March 30, 2023

Last Publication: March 30, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Public Notice

AVISO DE CANCELACIÓN DE ELECCIONES y DECLARACIÓN CERTIFICADA DE RESULTADOS

DISTRITO METROPOLITANO DE NORTH RANGE No. 5

SE INFORMA POR LA PRESENTE, y de acuerdo con § 1-13.5-513(6), C.R.S., que al finalizar el día laboral el 28 de febrero de 2023, no había más candidatos que cargos por ocupar, incluidos los candidatos que presentaban declaraciones juradas con la intención de ser candidatos por escrito, para el Distrito Metropolitano de North Range N.° 5 (el “Distrito”). Por lo tanto, se cancelan las elecciones del 2 de mayo de 2023 para el Distrito.

Se declara que los siguientes candidatos para el Distrito ha sido elegidos por aclamación:

Shawn Olsen Hasta mayo de 2027

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and par-

Email: APogue@ISP-Law.com

La Junta de Directores del Distrito designó los siguientes lugares de votación:

Los siguientes cargos siguen vacantes: Vacante Hasta mayo de 2027

Public Notices

Vacante Hasta mayo de 2027

/s/ Ashley B. Frisbie

Representante electoral designada

Persona de contacto para el Distrito: Zachary P. White, Esq.

WHITE BEAR ANKELE TANAKA & WALDRON Abogados

2154 E. Commons Avenue, Suite 2000

Centennial, Colorado 80122 (303) 858-1800

Legal Notice No. CCX985

First Publication: March 30, 2023

Last Publication: March 30, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Bids and Settlements

Public Notice

INVITATION TO BID

Legato Community Authority (hereinafter called the “Owner”) will receive sealed

Bids for the Legato Phase 1 Landscape Improvements (the “Project”) via electronic submission to Independent District Engineering Services (IDES); 1626 Cole Blvd, Suite 125, Lakewood, CO 80401 from 8:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m., April 13, 2023. Electronic copies of the bid documents are to be sent to bcollins@idesllc. com and cconry@idesllc.com.

A description of the Work to be performed includes but is not limited to: Installation of landscaping; including plants, trees, sod, mulch beds and shrubs and any and all other work necessary to complete the project in accordance with Contract Documents including the plans and specifications. The anticipated start date of the project is August 2023.

Bid packages will be available for download at www.questcdn.com. Interested bidders may download the digital documents for $22.00 by inputting Quest project number 8435588 on the website’s projects search page.

Bids shall be made on the forms furnished by the Owner and shall be enclosed in a sealed envelope and endorsed with the name of the Bidder. A Bid Bond in an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the total Bid amount will be required. The Bid Bond will be retained by Owner as liquidated damages should the Successful Bidder fail to enter into a Contract with the Owner in accordance with the Bid. Bidders must supply a list of Subcontractors providing Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000) or more in labor and/or materials to the Project.

Attention is called to the fact that Bidders offer to assume the obligations and liabilities imposed by the Contract Documents. The Successful Bidder for the Project will be required to furnish a Performance Bond and a Labor and Materials Payment Bond in the full amount of the Contract Price, in conformity with the requirements of the Contract Documents.

Bidders are hereby advised that the Owner reserves the right to not award a Contract until ninety (90) days from the date of the opening of Bids, and Bidders expressly agree to keep their Bids open for the sixty (90) day time period. Owner reserves the right to reject any and all Bids, to waive any informality, technicality or irregularity in any Bid, to disregard all non-conforming, non-responsive, conditional or alternate Bids, to negotiate contract terms with the Successful Bidder, to require statements or evidence of Bidders’ qualifications, including financial statements, and to accept the proposal that is in the opinion of the Owner in its best interest. Owner reserves the right to accept any combination of Bids which in Owner’s sole and absolute judgment will, under all circumstances, best serve the Owner’s interests. Owner also reserves the right to extend the Bidding period by Addendum if it appears in its interest to do so.

Legal Notice No. CCX979

First Publication: March 30, 2023

Last Publication: March 30, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express Notice to Creditors PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Ronald R. Allen, Deceased Case Number: 2022 PR 429

All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to pres-

ent them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before July 17, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Amber Sladick

Personal Representative

5490 Magnolia St Commerce City, CO 80022

Legal Notice No. CCX948

First Publication: March 16, 2023

Last Publication: March 30, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Name Changes

PUBLIC NOTICE

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Public notice is given on March 8, 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 Mekdes Mandefro Asfaw be changed to Mekdes Gebremedhin Zeben

Case No.: 23C0072

By: Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk

Legal Notice No. CCX962

First Publication: March 23, 2023

Last Publication: April 6, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel ###