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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. 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’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.

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.” 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.

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.

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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

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(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

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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-