Commerce City Sentinel Express 051823

Riverdale park getting amphitheater

Legislature asks voters to approve 10year property tax relief plan

BY JESSE PAUL AND ELLIOTT WENZLER THE COLORADO SUN

Colorado voters will decide in November whether to approve a 10-year plan to rein in skyrocketing property taxes, as well as whether the state should distribute about $2 billion in Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights refunds checks next year in equal amounts rather than linking their size to people’s income level, with more money being sent to higher earners.

BY SCOTT TAYLOR STAYLOR@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Adams County’s new Veteran’s Memorial will get a companion amphitheater across Mann-Nieholt Lake next year, county commissioners agreed May 9.

“When people are taking pictures and their event is backed up to the lake, they’ll have that battleship and that memorial in the background and that alone will justify this,” Commissioner Chaz Tedesco said. “Anybody that uses that facility will see it, and it can become an iconic place. People will see it in everyone’s background and they’ll want to see it and come there.”

Work on the county’s new Veteran’s Memorial, a replica battleship being built along the southern shore of Mann-Nieholt Lake in the Riverdale Park complex, is due to wrap up in the next couple of weeks. e memorial opens by Memorial Day,

May 29, according to Cyndi Stringham, Adams County’s manager of planning, design and construction. When nished, the memorial will be a life-sized model of the USS Colorado battleship, with the bow jutting into the lake and the current trail passing through the site. It will be surrounded by trails, memorial plaques and places to sit. It is the latest addition to the expansion of Riverdale Regional Park, which now includes the Adams County Fairgrounds, Waymire Dome and the recently opened Riverdale Animal Shelter.

Stringham and Parks and Open Space Director Byron Fanning presented two options for locating the amphitheater — alongside the memorial itself or across the water on Mann-Nieholt Lake’s northern shore. Both have advantages, she said. Using the southern side would allow the amphitheater and the memorial itself to share infrastructure, especially parking and bathrooms.

“ is site bene ts from co-location with the Veterans Memorial because of the presence of new facilities — water, power and electrical service extensions, including site lighting. Lake shore stabilization has already

occured and can be extended for the amphitheater.”

Putting the amphitheater on the north side means the seats would be facing south, with views of the lake and Veteran’s Memorial.

It would be $1.5 million more expensive, she said. It would take up about three acres for the construction, walkways, and parking. e memorial would be the main view across the lake from the amphitheater, she said.

Commissioners agreed the north side of the lake needs infrastructure anyway.

“ at part is only going to expand,” Commissioner Chaz Tedesco said. “We have an opportunity to do it now, and we have grown our events in the park to warrant and support infrastructure like this. I think it enhances what we have on the north side.”

Overall, the project should cost $4.9 million. Of that, $462,000 has already been allocated to design the amphitheater and Congress has allocated another $750,000. Commissioners would need to allocate $1.7 million this year to pay to start

e questions were placed on the November ballot on May 8 by Democrats in the Colorado legislature as the General Assembly wrapped up its 120-day lawmaking term. e legislature worked until about 10 p.m., just before its 11:59 p.m. deadline, to complete its work, when the Capitol carriage turns back into a pumpkin.

e last few hours of the session were chaotic, with Republicans walking out of the House chamber in protest, Democrats in the House lambasting each other and the Senate limiting debate to stop a GOP libuster.

e property tax plan, pushed for by Gov. Jared Polis, will appear on the ballot as Proposition HH and would work by tamping down the e ect of rising residential and commercial property values on the tax burden for homeowners and businesses.

Here’s how it would work for residential property:

• e residential assessment rate would be reduced to 6.7% from 6.765% in 2023, for taxes owed in 2024, and to 6.7% from 6.976% for

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A dragon boat sits moored in the Mann-Nieholt Lake on Adams County’s Riverdale Regional Park, across the water from the county’s new Veterans Memorial, which is due to be finished by Memorial Day this year.

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Commissioners agree to put new feature across lake from Veterans Memorial

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Courts o ering ‘Fresh Start Day’ on May 19

Courts in Adams and Broom eld counties will be o ering o cial forgiveness for some low-level and nonviolent crimes May 19.

e warrant clearance event is part of a partnership between the District Attorney’s O ce, the Court, the Public Defender’s O ce, the Adams County Sheri ’s O ce, and the Broom eld Police Department.

Adams County “Fresh Start Day” is scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., with an hourlong break for lunch from noon until 1 p.m. May 19 at the Adams County Justice Center, 1100 Judicial Center Drive in Brighton. Adams and Broom eld counties are part of Colorado’s 17th Judicial District.

Low-level non-violent misdemeanor and tra c o enses, probation violation warrants and warrants for class 5 and 6 non-violent felonies can be considered for forgiveness.

Victims’ Rights Amendment Cases, Domestic Violence cases, weapons possession charges, sex o enses and class 1, 2, 3 or 4 felonies will not be considered and warrants from outside of Adams and Broom eld counties are not eligible.

Please email the O ce of the Public Defender to determine if you are eligible at  warrantforgiveness.brighton@ coloradodefenders.us.

CCPD Introduces Online Crime Reporting

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e Commerce City Police Department has a new online reporting tool allowing the public to report some non-emergency crimes and receive a police report immediately without having to speak to a police o cer.

Community members can now conveniently report incidents that do not require immediate o cer intervention, such as fraud, identity theft, lost

property, theft/shoplifting (less than $2,000), and vandalism.

e new form is online now in English and Spanish at c3gov.com/ReportACrime. Residents should always call 911 for emergencies.

More online reporting

e city is introducing two new online systems in the coming weeks to streamline numerous processes through the city website. Starting May 8, all Commerce City licensing, permitting, and development processes can be submitted in one easy location.

eTRAKiT is the city’s new online permitting system, which o ers an easy, convenient way to apply for many di erent types of city permits, business licenses, and much more. You can submit applications for development projects, add contractors to your project, pay fees, download permits, schedule inspections, see inspection results, and much more without leaving your home or o ce.

Our new Citizen Request Management system “Access C3” will update your user experience to help you submit and track your concerns through our website and/or our brand new Access C3 mobile app. Using AccessC3, you can report concerns, ask questions, track updates on your reports, and see similar reports made in the city via enhanced software.

For questions, residents should contact the department or division they are working with.

County hosts mass wedding June 10 Adams County Pride Fest will host a mass wedding ceremony on June 10, penned Marriagepalooza, and will be hosted by drag queens Stella Diver and AllSpyce.

All couples are welcome to participate and, according to Adams County

Spokesperson Nikki Kimbleton, a limited-edition marriage license will be available. ose licenses will be printed on special paper and have a special design, though the details aren’t nalized yet.

According to a news release, Stella Diver, one of 2023’s “10 Freshest Faces of Colorado Drag” by Westword magazine, will be o ciating the ceremony and AllSpyce, a nominee for Westword’s 10 Freshest Faces of Colorado Drag, will be the Maid of Honor.

To participate, a marriage or civil union license must be purchased between May 9 and June 9 at the Adams County Clerk and Recorder’s O ce. For the limited edition marriage license, this application must be completed.   Couples also must be checked in by 1:30 p.m. on the day of the ceremony, which will begin at 2 p.m.

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.

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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/703 16b05422c448492c51da0f0e0fd86/ 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.

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Staying viable as population growth slows

we built fewer housing units than households that were formed. Do you think that’s a problem? We have this boom and bust cycle with housing construction, so that is something to work on.”

BY SCOTT TAYLOR STAYLOR@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

With national population growth slowing, State Demographer Elizabeth Garner suggested Adams County business and government leaders prepare for what comes next.

“If we look at our growth over 2020 through 2022, what do we see? We see a super slow down in the Denver Metro area,” Garner said, speaking at the Adams County Regional Economic Partnership State of the Region luncheon May 11 at the Delta Hotel in Northglenn. “We see Denver, Je erson, Boulder losing population.”

And while Adams County is bucking that trend, with a reliably young population, current trends show the county’s population growth slowing.

“And if we are uncomfortable with that slowing, maybe we need to look at other factors and why we are so uncomfortable,” she said.

Garner was the keynote speaker at the AC-REP luncheon that featured Governor Jared Polis and Adams County Commission Chair Steve O’Dorisio. AC-REP, the partnership group, hosts a State of the Region event each year for local government o cials and employers in the northern Metro Denver region.

Garner was the nal speaker at the event, following both O’Dorisio and Polis. While they focused on accomplishments in the state and the county, Garner’s presentation framed those actions by talking about the state’s economic condition.

Economic growth follows population

Much of it starts with population, which starts with the birth rate. Birth rates are not growing as fast as they did in the past.

“ e big piece to take away from this is to know that over the last decade, the United States grew at its second slowest rate ever,”

she said. “What? Yeah, the slowest since the Great Depression in the 1930s. So, Big Mama is slowing down.”

Meanwhile, Colorado’s population grew at twice the national rate, which helped keep the state economically viable while also pushing pressure for new housing.

But Colorado is slowing, too and she said that trend will continue. She noted that many of the states with the lowest birth rates are net population donors to Colorado. at means that eventually, fewer people will be moving to Colorado.

She projected continued growth of working-age residents in several counties, including Adams County.

“Now, I will tell you, Weld County represented 43% of the total growth in the under-18 population,” she said. “So, make nice with Weld County. I’ll be honest with you. Adams County is not far behind.”

e region needs two things to keep attracting working-age residents —

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jobs and housing. She blamed the state’s current housing crunch on the boom-and-bust cycle of the state’s housing industry.

“ e Great Recession wrecked construction in building housing units,” she said. “We were building between 40,000 and 50,000 units per year and we went to 10,000. For 10 years,

In his speech, Polis said he’s trying to help reduce barriers to home construction and allow alternatives to single-family homes, including duplexes and buildings with multiple dwelling units. Better supply will keep housing prices more reasonable.

“I think if we can address it sooner rather than later, we can keep Adams County from becoming Boulder and Colorado from becoming California,” Polis said.

Adams County Commissioner O’Dorisio, the rst speaker at the luncheon, said the county is investing in home repair programs to help seniors stay in their homes longer and encouraging new housing development while investing in transitional housing for the unhoused. It’s one part of an overall e ort to use the county’s assets as wisely as possible.

“We are the hub of logistics because we are where the rivers, the highways and the businesses all come together,” O’Dorisio said.

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Adams County debuts sexual health mobile unit

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e Adams County Health Department Nurses celebrated Nurses Week by rolling out a new mobile unit to test for sexually transmitted diseases, prevention and treatment.

“Since the separation from TriCounty Health Department, we are building the whole department and programs from scratch, said Michelle Wilson, Adams County Health Department Harm Reduction Department public nurse.

“We are now in the position to see what will work and will not work, and we hired Ellen Velez, the Harm Reduction associate manager, and have hired more sta .”

Wilson said they are purchasing a mobile unit to conduct sexually transmitted disease testing going from place to place in Adams County four times a week. e mobile unit will travel between Brighton and Federal Heights and will be free of charge

“With the mobile unit, we’ll be able to exchange syringes, give out clean needles, o er education and do testing for (sexually transmitted infections) and HIV, and hepatitis C. We can also discuss if people are interested in getting into treatment,”

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Wilson said.

In addition, the nurse can help people with medication if they think they may have been exposed to HIV or hepatitis C and get them on a treatment program with medicine to prevent HIV.

Wilson said that while they’re out in the eld, they will be putting the word out about the free Narcan and training for overdose prevention and also test for fentanyl.

“ e public has access to not only Narcan but fentanyl testing strips to test for drugs,” Wilson said. “Overdosing on fentanyl is happening to everybody and everywhere, it’s not just people you suspect it happens to. It’s an epidemic. Everyone needs to know about it.”

Consistent care

Susan Keithley, Adams County nurse manager for Sexual Health and Harm Reduction, said they are developing mobile program to ensure that they are consistently in areas where the community needs assistance.

“We want to ensure we are putting the word out about Narcan in the fentanyl testing strips. We are also doing the syringe exchange because we want to prevent infection. It’s why we’re doing HIV and syphilis testing,” Keithley said.

Keithley said the goal is to o er sexually transmitted infection kits to help decrease the risks of transmission no matter how it’s passed along.

“We are out there to support the community and if they’re ready to get into treatment, were there to help them get into treatment as well,” Keithley said.

In addition, to the mobile unit, they are in partnership with the Adams County Sexual Health Clinics. e Sexual Health Clinic they are doing the same services as the mobile unit, testing chlamydia, herpes, gonorrhea, and syphilis testing and also doing rapid and con rmatory HIV testing with condom distribution. In addition, it o ers other services such as Pap smears and mammograms.

e clinic accepts Medicaid, CHIP+ and other insurance. Service fees are on a sliding scale based on income.

Adams County Sexual Health Clinics located at 1401 W. 122nd Westminster are open from Monday- ursday, 8:30 a.m.-12 p.m. and 1-5 p.m. Open Fridays, 8:30-11 a.m. and 1-5 p.m. e other clinic is at North Broadway, 7000 N. Broadway Ste N109.

To make an appointment or for more information, call 303-363-3018.

“We are hoping as we get our mobile unit going, that we’ll be able to bring

treatments with our mobile unit. It has been one of the largest barriers to care besides nancial or lack of health insurance being un-housed and not having transportation,” Keithley said. “If we’re able to bring all our service, we can treat people where they are.”

Edward James Stieber

March 12, 1958 - April 29, 2023

On the 29th of April 2023, Big Ed Stieber went to the happy hunting ground in the sky while hospitalized at MD Anderson in Houston, TX. Born March 12, 1958 to Rich and Marlene (Davis) Stieber, Eddie grew up loving the outdoors. He held passions for so many things including (in no particular order) elk hunting, his wife & soulmate Dianne, shing, bear hunting, wood working, his family, deer hunting, his nieces and nephews-including “greats”, duck hunting, camping, gardening, goose hunting, cooking-especially making salsa and pies, their cabin in Crystal Lakes, and more hunting.

After attending Fort Lupton schools and working for his dad’s Deere business, Ed’s career began with farming for Lloyd Land and continued 29 years with the Colorado Department of Transportation, where he found many, many friends, mentoring and giving advice even after retirement.

A big man with a heart just as big, he was known throughout his life for baking pies for birthday observances and special occasions. Every fall, dozens and dozens of jars were lled with his special salsa, pickles, and sauerkraut that he shared generously.

When he married his true love, Dianne Allison on December 31, 1994, she knew

their kitchen was where she would always nd Ed preparing wonderful creations.

Only diagnosed recently with Chordoma, a form of cancer that attacks either end of the spinal column, Ed tried valiantly to overcome the rapid growth. Ed would have especially wished to thank family and friends who supported him following his diagnosis.

He will be mourned and missed by all his surviving friends and family: his wife Dianne, mother Marlene Stieber, siblings Zo (George) Hubbard, Chris (Liz) Stieber, & Jack Stieber as well as nephew Travis (Jessica) Stieber, nieces Sam (Rod) Dudley, Kenzie (Austin) Collier, Madison Stieber, Kyli (Marcus) Garcia and their families. He is also survived by brothers-in-law Barry (Diana) Allison (& nephew Dillon), Orie (Melanee) Allison (& nephew Justin), and adopted nephews Brady and Brycen Buum, and cousins with whom he held a very close kinship.

Gone before Ed’s passing were his dad Rich and brother Greg.

Memorial: Saturday, May 20th at 2:00 p.m. at the historic fort just west of highway 85 on County Road 14.5: 2001 Historic Parkway in Fort Lupton. All gentlemen are encouraged to wear shorts and boots-Ed’s year around attire.

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taxes owed in 2025. e 6.7% rate would remain unchanged through the 2032 tax year, for taxes owed in 2033.

• In addition to the assessment rate cuts, residential property owners would get to exempt the rst $50,000 of their home’s value from taxation for the 2023 tax year, a $10,000 increase made through an amendment adopted Monday. Residential property owners would then get to exempt $40,000 of their homes’ values from taxation for the 2024 tax year. e break would persist until the 2032 tax year, except for people’s second or subsequent single-family homes, like rental or vacation properties, which would stop being subject to that bene t in the 2025 tax year.

Here’s how it work for commercial property:

• For commercial properties, the assessment rate would be reduced to 27.85% through 2026, down from 29%. e state would be required to evaluate economic conditions to determine if the rate reduction should continue. If the rate reductions persist, the commercial assessment rate would be reduced to 27.65% in 2027, 26.9% in

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2029 and 25.9% starting in 2031.

• For agricultural properties and properties used for renewable energy, the assessment rate would be reduced to 26.4% from 29% through the 2032 tax year. For properties that fall under both classi cations, such as those used for agrivoltaics, the rate would be cut to 21.9%.

Property taxes in Colorado are calculated by multiplying the statewide assessment rate by the value of a property — sometimes referred to as a market value — as determined by a county assessor. at number is then multiplied by the local mill levy rate.

(A mill is a $1 payment on every $1,000 of assessed value. So in order to gure out what your tax bill is you should multiply your mill levy rate by 0.001 and then multiply that number by the product of multiplying your property’s value by the statewide assessment rate. at’s how much you owe.)

So, someone who owns a home valued at $600,000 and assessed at a 6.765% statewide residential assessment rate in a place where the mill levy rate is 75 would owe $3,044.25 in taxes each year. e formula to get to that number looks like this: $600,000 x 0.06765 x (75 x 0.001) = $3,044.25.

e proposal would also prevent many local taxing districts from collecting an increase in property taxes

above the rate of in ation, though school districts would be exempt and local governments could override the cap after giving notice to property owners.

Utah has a similar system, and that’s what the provision in the Colorado proposal is modeled after.

To account for the cuts, the legislature is planning to spend $200 million to repay local governments, including schools, for the revenue they would have collected. Additionally, the plan calls for using about $250 million of the $2.7 billion Colorado is projected to collect in the current scal year, which ends June 30, above Taxpayer’s Bill or Rights cap on government growth and spending, to further account for local districts’ revenue reduction.

Additionally, voters would be asked in November to increase the TABOR cap, which is calculated by annual growth in population and in ation, by an extra 1%. (Any money collected over the cap has to be refunded.)

e change would reduce the amount of money available for refunds in years in which the cap is exceeded.

Finally, Proposition HH would set aside about $20 million each year to go toward a state renter relief program — a late addition to the measure aimed at acknowledging the proposal

mostly bene ts property owners.

Proposition HH was placed on the ballot through the passage of Senate Bill 303, which was introduced a week ago. It passed the House on Monday by a 39-7 vote with 19 absent.

All 19 Republicans in the chamber were marked absent after they walked out of the chamber in protest as the vote was being taken and after Democrats shut down debate on the measure. Republicans are in a super minority in the House, so Democrats still had a quorum in their absence.

“Our citizens are really smart,” said Rep. Lisa Frizell, R-Castle Rock. “ ey understand that this proposal, this bill is a grand e ort to get rid of TABOR and their TABOR refunds.”

Rep. Mike Weissman, an Aurora Democrat and a lead sponsor of Senate Bill 303, said Colorado voters would ultimately decide whether they like the proposal.

“We don’t make the nal call,” he said. “ e voters do.”

When the bill moved to the Senate for nal approval, Sen. Barbara Kirkmeyer, R-Brighton, libustered the measure for an hour before the Democratic majority cut her o at about 9:15 p.m. by voting to limit debate. e measure passed on a 23-12, party-line vote and now awaits the

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construction and another $1.3 million in 2024.

Commissioners did discuss what kinds of bathrooms the amphitheater would use. Fanning said he plans to use the same design as that going up on the

southern shore, a permanent bathroom facility with a vault to hold the sewage and waste water. He said it’s much cleaner and easier to maintain than a portable toilet.

“Portapotties are very challenging in terms of keeping them clean,” Fanning said. “ ey don’t smell great, and they are not a great experience for the customer.”

governor’s signature after Senate Minority Leader Paul Lundeen, R-Monument, asked the governor to call a special session to take another stab at property tax relief in a way that doesn’t a ect TABOR refunds.

Separately, the legislature Monday passed House Bill 1311, which would distribute more than $2 billion in TABOR refunds next year to Coloradans through at-rate checks of roughly $650 or $1,300, depending on whether someone is a single or joint tax ler.

e change would mean the lowest income Coloradans receive nearly $200 more than they were projected to get under the default system, while the state’s highest earners would get hundreds — if not more than 1,500 — dollars less.

e measure was introduced on Saturday — the last possible day it could have been introduced in order to have the three calendar days needed to pass. It cleared the Senate on Monday on a 23-12 vote and was sent to Polis to be signed into law.

e measure only goes into e ect, however, if Proposition HH passes.

If Proposition HH fails, the money will be distributed through the default six-tier sales tax mechanism, adopted by a Republican legislature in 1999. e six-tier system refunds TABOR excess to Coloradans depending on which of six income tiers they fall into, with higher earners getting larger refunds and lower earners receiving less.

Republicans, who are in the Capitol minority, fought Senate Bill 303 and House Bill 1311 and complained that they didn’t have enough time to vet the legislation because of how late in the lawmaking term the measures were introduced. However, the GOP was unable to stop or force big changes to either measure because of their large political disadvantage in the House and Senate.

e 2024 legislative session begins in early January 2024.

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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, May 30, 2023.

S-830-23 96th and Tower Road, Inc. is requesting approval of the Second Creek Farm Filing No. 2, Amendment No. 3 Subdivision Plat to create six (6) commercial lots and one tract for future development from approx. 27.75 acres, zoned Second Creek Farm Planned Unit Development (PUD).The property is located at the northwest corner of Tower Road and Second Creek Plaza Drive.

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, May 29, 2023.

Director of Community Development

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Legal Notice No. CCX1057

First Publication: May 18, 2023

Last Publication: May 18, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Notice to Creditors

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of William C. Schmied Jr.

a/k/a William Charles Schmied, Jr., a/k/a William Charles Schmied

a/k/a Bill Schmied, Deceased

Case Number: 2023 PR 30355

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 September 18, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Stacia L. Johnston

Personal Representative

19237 East 17th Avenue Aurora, CO 80011

Legal Notice No. CCX1056

First Publication: May 18, 2023

Last Publication: June 1, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Sandra Kay Hill, Deceased Case Number: 2023 PR 99

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 September 18, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Stacey Hill

Personal Representative 6357 E 78th Way Commerce City, CO 80022

Legal Notice No. CCX1054

First Publication: May 18, 2023

Last Publication: June 1, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Name Changes

PUBLIC NOTICE

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Public notice is given on April 24, 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 Genesis Gutierrez be changed to Genesis Rosales

Case No.: 23 C 529

By: Deputy Clerk

Legal Notice No. CCX1048

First Publication: May 11, 2023

Last Publication: May 25, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

It’s your right to know what the city and county governments are changing and proposing.

The site where a new amphitheater will be built on the northern shore of Mann-Nieholt Lake on Adams County’s Riverdale Regional Park. The amphitheater will be across the water from the county’s Veterans Memorial.