Commerce City Sentinel Express 081723

Neighbors oppose battery plant

Commerce City budget review gets underway

BY SCOTT TAYLOR STAYLOR@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Councilors kicked o the annual review of their 2024 spending plan Aug. 7, getting a refresher on what they should expect to hear from city sta over the next two months.

City Manager Jason Rogers and his sta outlined the process behind the council’s work agenda through November and sta ’s ideas and philosophy about city spending.

“ e budget is intrinsically linked to the city’s vision and mission,” Rogers said. “How are we encouraging the development of our organizational goals? How are we establishing policies and plans to achieve these goals and how are we allocating the resources that are consistent with our goals.”

Commerce City’s 2023 budget called for $98.4 million in overall spending.

BY SCOTT TAYLOR STAYLOR@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Jessie Williams is clear about her opposition to opening a lithiumion battery manufacturing plant in Brighton’s former Sears/KMart distribution center: Nothing developers, company o cials or city say will convince her it’s a good idea.

“ is is an inappropriate location,” Williams said. “I’m not against the technology. I’m not against anything they are trying to do. It’s just that this is an inappropriate location.”

Williams lives on Mt. Sne els St.

due north of the place where hightech battery maker Amprius Tech plans to open its rst full scale manufacturing plant.

e company announced in March its intention to occupy the empty former distribution center on Bromley Lane, setting up their new lithium-ion battery manufacturing facility in the 775,000-square-foot building. ey say their rst phase would create 332 net new jobs in Brighton with an average annual wage of $68,516. But Williams, her husband Joe and their neighbors are standing in the project’s way. e Williams attended an open house hosted by Amprius at Brighton’s Healing Place Church Aug. 8 and say they were front and center Aug. 10 when the Brighton Planning Board

reviewed the project.  Planning Commisioners voted against Ampirus plan, recommending City Councilors turn it down at that Aug. 10 meeting.

Andrew Huie, Amprius’ vice president of infrastructure, said the company still needs zoning approval from the City of Brighton and permits from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. ey plan to submit their applications to the state this fall, with zoning reviews with the Brighton City Council on their todo list next, if the Planning Board approves. e company hopes to be operating by the beginning of 2025.

e facility would be located at

e council’s Aug. 7 budget refresher was the rst of three meetings before the council’s budget retreat on Sept. 11 and their rst public hearing on the budget on Oct. 16. Councilors are scheduled to adopt the nal budget for 2024 at their Nov. 6 regular meeting.

Councilors are scheduled to hear a report on city fund balances, projected revenues and department funding requests at the Aug. 14 discussion. ey’re scheduled to discuss the council’s own budget and review the previous two meetings at their Aug. 21 discussion.

Working on the budget is a yearlong job, Budget Manager Christopher Johnson said. Sta begins working on the next year’s capital investments plan in February, even while the sta is working to close

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Parents, students, teacher curious to see changes

Jessie Williams and Cat McQueen talk with Amprius Tech Vice President of Infrastructure Andrew Huie Aug. 8 at Brighton’s Healing Place Church while Joe Williams reads company handout during an open house meeting the battery manufacturer hosted for neighbors.

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Naloxone Training for Employees and Community Members

e Adams County Health Department’s Harm Reduction Team will be supplying all Automated External De brillator (AED) cabinets in government building with Naloxone this month. In addition to this resource, the team will be o ering Overdose Prevention Trainings for all sta who are interested in learning how to prevent, identify, and reverse an opioid overdose. Naloxone will be made available to take home after these trainings.

If you have any questions about the training or other resources, contact our Harm Reduction team at: 303363-3077 or by email: harmreduction@adcogov.org

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out the spending from the previous year. ey begin working on their spending plan for the coming year in spring, with department

Premier Members Credit Union hosting food drive

Premier Members Credit Union will be collecting donations for local food pantries during the entire month of August. Visit your local Premier Members Credit Union branch, or their corporate o ces in Broom eld to donate. Each branch chose a local food pantry to donate to ensure all donations stay local to that community.

Locally, ve branches of the credit union are hosting collections sites.

ey include locations at 755 E. 144th Ave. in ornton, the sites at 10339 N. Federal Blvd and 8440 Federal Blvd. in Westminster and the locations in Firestone and Erie.

“We always want to provide support

heads reviewing and considering requests in July.

“My team and I, we go through three and ve year averages, we look at trends, we look at state and local forecasting and basically everything until we can get to develop the best revenue forecast we can,” Johnson said.

to our local communities,” said Carlos Pacheco, CEO of Premier Members Credit Union. “One of our company pillars is Premier: Gives, where we provide the communities we serve with funds and employee volunteers to support initiatives of education,nancial literacy, and basic needs. is food drive will help many members of our communities to thrive.”

Farm to Market tickets on sale

Tickets for Farm to Table, a fundraising event for the Platte Valley Medical Foundation scheduled for Aug. 17 or on sale now.

e Foundation’s biennial fundraising campaign will bene t women’s health services to help women connect with the care they

Johnson outlined some of the expected costs.

“If you look at the items, pretty much every one, in ation items for materials and services and salaries and bene t increases are the main drivers of cost for most departments,” he said.

For example, sta is suggested a $5.5 million increase in the general fund spending for most city departments — including public safety, public works, city administration and parks recreation and

need throughout their adult years and to support area women who do not always prioritize their own health needs. e foundation hopes to raise $500,000 in the campaign cycle. ey conduct multiple fundraising e orts annually with Farm to Table as the largest event.

Farm to Table will be at 6 p.m. Aug. 17 on the hospital campus. Platte Valley Medical Center’s Chef Mike Anderson uses produce donated by area farmers to create a gourmet meal for about 450 guests.

e event garners so much support that it often sells out long before the date. is year, Muñoz reserved a block of tickets that are available to the public for $75 each. ey are available at https://ftt2023.cbo.io.

golf. at includes departmental salary and wage increases of $1.3 million for police and re and $373,000 for public works.

City Manager Rogers said he’s inclined to take a very pragmatic approach to municipal spending. “It leads us to think more about execution as opposed to just inputs,” Rogers said. “We are looking for measurable results as opposed to just looking at an account line and adding dollars to it. We want to know what we are actually getting.”

RTD will let metro-area youth ride free all year

BY SARA MARTIN CHALKBEAT COLORADO

Denver-area youth will be able to ride for free to school, the mall, work, and just about everywhere they go beginning Sept. 1 under a new Regional Transportation District pilot program.

e free fares for youth 19 and younger riding buses and the light rail system will start following the conclusion of the RTD’s summer free fares for everyone campaign, designed to encourage the use of public transportation and curb pollution during July and August.

Until recently, youth customers ages 6-19 were eligible for a 70% discount fare and children ve and younger could ride free with a fare-paying adult. Now, “youth customers ages 19 or younger won’t pay for RTD services during the

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pilot program implementation,” according to the RTD website.

e new pilot stems from a broader study on the structure of fare pricing and equity. Prices are going down for most riders and the fare structure is simplied to four price options.

In Denver, most high school students are ineligible for yellow bus service, limiting transportation options for them to get to school. Denver Public Schools pays for passes to ride public RTD buses to and from school, but students must live more than 2.5 miles from their school.

Facing driver shortages and rising costs, the Denver schools have cut bus service for some middle and elementary schools for the next school year and are o ering limited service to the Denver School of the Arts. e district must still

18875 Bromley Lane, just 600 feet south of Brighton’s Mt. Princeton St. and homes in the surrounding Brighton Crossings neighborhood and due north of Brighton’s water treatment plant. Neighbors have made their fears of res and pollution clear at Brighton City Council meetings.

Lithium-ion batteries have been the news lately, with res in battery-powered E-bikes and cars, but company o cials have said they plan to mitigate the threat of res and plan to deliver their batteries with minimal charge, reducing the re risk. e warehouse’s interior space would be divided into smaller, re-resistant rooms for making and storing the empty batteries and the factory will have a state-of-the-art re suppression system.

But the biggest threat, according to Jessie Williams, comes from chemicals the battery manufacturing process demands. Some of those chemicals will be stored in tanks along the southern end of the site — across Bromley Lane from Brighton’s water treatment facility.

“And then there are schools,” Joe Williams said. “We have Foundations Academy here, Eagle Ridge is here, you have Pennock. All of these schools are in this area and not everyone that lives in this area works here, but our kids all go here. And if something happens at this facility and they have to evacuate, I’ll all have to drive 30 minutes just to get back here and hopefully get to my kid on time.”

Joe Williams said he’s a fan of the product and would love to see the battery maker come to Brighton, just not the middle of the city and not within 600 feet of his home. He notes that the city has zoned lots for more residential development surrounding the building.

“Why can’t you just look out east?” Williams said. “ ere’s acres of empty land out there, acres of better places to put a facility like this. I’m not against your batteries but this is just not the right place to make them.”

e two have attended all three neighborhood meetings Amprius has hosted and have gathered signatures to urge city o cials to say no to the project.Neighbors oppose battery plant.

provide yellow bus service for high school students with disabilities, recent refugees who attend the district’s “newcomer centers,” and English-learning high schoolers in the district’s bilingual programs.

For free rides,drivers may ask kids to show a schoolor government-issued ID, according to Bill Sirois, RTD senior manager of transit oriented communities.

RTD plans to collect ride data two ways: transportation operators will key in information on their keypads, and surveys will be sent out throughout the school year. RTD wants to know if riders are taking advantage of the opportunity and if their opinions have changed on using more public transportation.

“We’re excited and we’re hoping for big success. We’ve reached out to a lot of the school districts and

got some good feedback in terms of contacts to work with to collect data and hopefully see some good results,” Sirois said.

RTD has projected that it will cost the system $3.5 to $4 million in the next year to o er free youth fares. e youth fare program ends Aug. 31, 2024. To continue the program, RTD o cials want other organizations to help fund a part of the project.

DPS did not respond to requests for comment on this story.

Last fall, RTD initiated the CollegePass program which provided unlimited free rides to all students whose universities opted into the program. Colleges paid for it in di erent ways. Some included a fee into a student’s tuition; other schools footed the bill.

e college program was renewed for another

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year with the addition of semester passes for higher education institutions that didn’t participate in the CollegePass program. e SemesterPass will be an opt-in program for individual students who use public transportation rather than the institutions paying for the entire student body. e pass costs $75 per student each month.

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Students, parents excited and hopeful about new year in Adams 14 schools

BY YESENIA ROBLES CHALKBEAT COLORADO

Getting ahead of most school districts in the state, Adams 14 students started a new school year nervous, excited, and curious about possible changes the district might roll out.

Adams 14 is expected to be making changes as part of its turnaround as the rst district in the state ordered into reorganization after many years of low ratings in state performance measures. Most parents and students were unaware of the turnaround changes, and some were curious about what to expect.

Most students at the high school on Aug. 7 didn’t know about the school’s plans to create career academies in health sciences and human services; architecture, construction, engineering and design; business, hospitality and tourism; and digital information and technology. e district has said ninth graders would eventually pick one of the four academies, or paths, that can give them certi cations along with their high school diplomas. Some students don’t expect much to change. However, many already had their schedules in hand as they

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walked into school — an important improvement over some past years when students reported waiting days in the auditorium to get a schedule.

At Monaco Elementary, parents walked their little ones, carrying stu ed backpacks, boxes of tissues, and other supplies, to wait for their teachers to take them into their rst day of classes.

Monaco is receiving students this year from former Hanson Elementary which the district closed due to declining enrollment and to make more room for the alternative high school. Parents of Hanson students said their kids were nervous, but fortunately found former teachers and classmates among the friendly faces at their new school.

“ ey’re very excited now that they found out a lot of their friends moved with them,” said parent Tabitha Amaya. Her rst and third graders were still getting used to the new school building, but besides praising the lunch and recess periods of the day, were excited to have a science class this year. “ at’s the highlight.”

For Amaya, one concern remains: how she’ll manage to get her kids to school on ursdays. e district

announced that this year they’ll have classes start two hours later once a week to allow teachers more time to plan or train.

“With both parents working, it’s kind of hard,” Amaya said. She said Monaco leaders had reached out to her to hear her concerns, seemingly looking for a solution, she thought, but she hasn’t heard back.

“I guess we’ll see ursday,” Amaya said.

Adams 14 has about 6,100 students and still has an uncertain future. Reorganization could mean school closures or nearby districts taking control over the district’s schools, but the plan has to be shaped and approved by the community, and leaders appointed to the reorganization committee support letting Adams 14 continue to operate as is.

Much of that work remains on hold while the district awaits a Colorado Supreme Court decision as it argues the state doesn’t have the ability to order a school district to close. In the meantime, district leaders are counting on Superintendent Karla Loria’s new administration to drive academic improvements that multiple past administrations have been unable to

accomplish.

District leadership refused an interview to talk about the work that’s going into those improvements. Parents said they’re unaware of what changes are happening, but are hopeful for a good school year.

Angelica Munoz said she just moved to Commerce City and isn’t aware of any of the district changes, but heard from her sister-in-law that Monaco was a “wonderful school.”

Her daughter loved her rst day of kindergarten.

“She can’t wait to go back tomorrow,” Munoz said. “She said they were doing a lot of reading. I think that’s good.”

Carlos Cabrera has a son, 14, with special needs, who is starting at Adams City High School this year.

Cabrera said his son was worried about the bigger school, older students, and more social interactions, and he was concerned because his son doesn’t communicate much.

But after school, Cabrera said it seemed to go well.

“He said he likes the teachers,” he said. “It looks like it went good.”

Colorado mountain endurance athlete sets a self-supported summer 14ers record

BY CODY JONES SUMMIT DAILY NEWS

Erin Ton has long been a trailblazer in the world of mountain trail running. From trekking up rocky, mountain slopes in high heels, to climbing the equivalent of Mount Everest by lapping Boulder’s Mount Sanitas 23 times, Ton has not only pushed her body’s limits throughout the years, but has continued to ful ll her love for climbing mountains in Colorado’s High Country

Born and raised on the Front Range, Ton developed a love for the outdoors at an early age. However, it wasn’t until she was home from college in summer 2018 that Ton was able to check hiking a 14er o her “true Colorado native” bucket list.

“I hiked Mount Elbert with my sister and my dad,” Ton said. “At the time I thought it was the hardest thing I had ever done, but a couple days later we went back and did Grays and Torreys. I was just hooked. I caught the bug and just kept chipping away at them.”

While Ton was summiting 14er after 14er, she began to notice that she was getting up the peaks with a decent amount of speed compared to her friends, family and other hikers. Eventually this led Ton to break into trail running and truly start chasing after feats in the mountain endurance community.

After numerous outdoor adventures into the thin mountain air, Ton decided to set her eyes on a new and daunting athletic feat: the fastest known women’s self-supported

Colorado summer 14ers time.

Consisting of 57 of Colorado’s 58 14ers — all but Culebra, which requires a climbing permit — the daring feat requires a large amount of preplanning, endurance, tness and physical and mental strength. On top of the route already being lled with physical challenges, no woman before Ton has ever attempted to complete the route completely self-supported, meaning Ton had to drive from trailhead to trailhead, carry her own food and did not have a crew helping her out.

With no real roadmap for how to achieve the women’s self-supported record, Ton said she looked towards the men’s self-supported summer 14ers record (14 days, 17 hours) and the women’s supported summer 14ers record (14 days, 14 hours) for guidance as she was planning out her attempt.

“It really is a logistical puzzle, which I personally enjoy,” Ton said. “A lot of it was actually molded o of supported e orts in the past, with the only di erence being that everything had to be designed as a loop connecting multiple peaks and starting and ending at the same trailhead or it had to be an out and back. I couldn’t start on one end of a mountain range and end on the other side.”

Besides planning the route and logistics of the trip. Ton also spent several weeks making sure her body was in the best shape possible heading into the record attempt.

“ ere were a lot of big vert weeks,” Ton said. “For the entire

month leading up to the start of the record I was putting up 100 mile weeks with 40,000 feet of elevation gain. A lot of that is not redlining or sprinting, but it’s just building an e cient aerobic base and building those strong power hiking legs. You don’t necessarily need to be the fastest on each of these peaks individually to complete the record, you just need to be good at going, going and going.”

Ton o cially began her record attempt on July 16, quickly bagging Windom, Sunlight, North Eolus and Eolus peaks before moving onto the Wilson Peak group in southwest Colorado the following day.

From the start of the attempt, Ton was constantly on the move, either climbing or descending a grouping of peaks, shoveling calories into her mouth to stay properly fueled, driving to the next trailhead or snagging a few minutes of sleep.

roughout the journey, she was challenged by many things, but the weather started to play a signi cant role when Ton was in the process of summiting ve peaks in the Crestone Peak area of the Sangre de Cristo Range.

Ton successfully reached the top of Humboldt, Kit Carson, Challenger and Crestone peaks in sunny conditions when she received a text from Chris Tomer, her weather forecaster, that weather was quickly approaching the area.

“ e clouds came rolling in fast,” Ton said. “Cracking thunder, lightning, rain which eventually turned to hail. Fortunately, I was able to

nd a little rock cave shelter to take shelter in for about an hour.”

Eventually the storm clouds dissipated, allowing Ton to climb for a short period before another powerful thunderstorm crashed over the peaks. A couple hundred feet below the summit of Crestone Needle, Ton once again was forced to take shelter and wait out another storm.

With Ton’s phone dead, her Garmin inReach running out of power and in light clothes, she started to worry if she was going to be able to make it o the Crestone traverse before night fell over the area.

“I was stuck in a tricky situation,” Ton said. “I wasn’t prepared to be up there overnight if it took that long for the storm to pass.”

She debated sending out a search and rescue message out on her Garmin inReach before it died, but knew that may be overkill if she ended up getting up Crestone Needle and back down without a problem.

Eventually, Ton was able to summit Crestone Needle and make her way down, but the experience alone in the Crestones shook Ton, making her debate if she even wanted to complete the rest of the record attempt.

“I have only had a few close calls in the mountains before and that was one of them,” Ton said. “It kind of made me evaluate some things.”

Instead of bailing from the project completely, Ton decided to pivot to some “easier” 14ers in the Sawatch

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Cabrera said that in the morning he walked into the school with his son, but didn’t get a lot of information. e school said they’d let him know about the academies later.

Jason Malmberg, the president of the district’s teachers union, said he and other teachers are most excited about the district’s continued work to roll out the community school model.

e model, which seeks to bring community resources into the schools such as food pantries, parents classes, or after-school care, to address external factors that impact learning, is being rolled out rst at Central Elementary, one of the low-

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Range, which she has done dozens of times before.

Although the Class 2 peaks in the Sawatch Range did give Ton a fair amount of con dence, her lack of sleep made her continue to question if the chasing after the record was worth the risks.

“I went into this project leaving

er-performing schools in the district. Malmberg said he and other leaders applied this summer for some grant funding to try to pay for the work to roll out the model districtwide.

“ ere’s a model that pretends race and class and poverty have no impact on education,” Malmberg said. “We are trying to do a di erent model, a model that elevates

the voice of the community, that responds to the needs of that community.”

Malmberg, along with district and community leaders, believe the state’s performance ratings ignore the impact that the high concentration of poverty and other social and environmental challenges have on the ability for students in Adams 14 to be able to learn or demonstrate learning on a standardized test. ey’re interested in having the school district address some of those challenges rst and believe that over time, that may lead to some academic improvements.

“We really feel like this is the answer: investing in the community. But it’s not a quick x.”

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the sleep element out,” Ton said. “ e rst three days, I moved really fast through the San Juan peaks and I only got an hour and a half of sleep those rst three days. It catches up with you fast.”

In severe sleep deprivation and swirling summer storms, Ton made a rm shift from chasing after her personal time goal of 12 to 13 days, to just nishing the attempt. She ultimately persevered and was able to set the rst ever summer 14ers women’s self-supported

fastest-known time record with a time of 14 days, 10 hours. Ton nished the record on Capitol Peak in Pitkin County on July 30, with her friends and family coming out to support her in completing the 365-mile, 159,356 vertical feet, trek across the Colorado High Country.

“I was really happy to nish on Capitol,” Ton said. “It was super meaningful to me personally, because I remember when I climbed all the 14ers for the rst time, I was looking at pictures of the nice edge on Capitol and thought, ‘No way I would ever do that.’ Now, it is cool to re ect back on my progress. I am not a super emotional person, but I did shed a few tears.”

Since claiming the record, Ton has taken a few hours to recover, but

has already ventured out the door to do some easy climbs in Boulder and the surrounding area. She doesn’t know if she will ever reattempt the women’s summer 14ers record, but she does have several ideas for her next big feat of endurance.

“I had been contemplating going after the women’s self-supported record for the Colorado Trail late September, early fall time, prior to starting (the 14ers record),” Ton said. “I am going to see how recovery goes and how my body is holding up, but I always have a long list of mountain adventures I want to do.”

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Adams County School District 14 Adams County, Colorado

The Board of Education of Adams County School District 14 in the County of Adams, State of Colorado, calls for nomination of candidates for School Directors to be placed on the ballot for the regular biennial school election to be held on Tuesday, November 7, 2023.

At this election three (3) directors will be elected at-large for a term of office of four years. To be qualified, a candidate must have been a registered elector of the school district for at least 12 consecutive months before the election. A person is ineligible to run for school director if they have been convicted of committing a sexual offense against a child.

A person who desires to be a candidate for School Director shall file a written notice of intention to be a candidate and a nomination petition signed by at least 50 eligible electors who are registered to vote in the regular biennial school election.

Beginning August 9, 2023 nomination petitions may be obtained at Adam County School District 14 Educational Support Services Building, 5291 E. 60th Avenue, Commerce City, CO. Office hours are 8 am to 4:30 pm Monday - Friday.

Completed petitions shall be submitted to Ramona Lewis, Assistant to the Board of Education no later than 3 pm on September 1, 2023.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Board of Education of Adams County School District 14, in the County of Adams and State of Colorado, has caused this call for nominations to be given this 9th day of August, 2023.

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Call for Nominations for School Directors School District 27J Adams, Broomfield, and Weld Counties, Colorado

School District 27J in the Counties of Adams, Broomfield, and Weld, State of Colorado, calls for nomination of candidates for school directors to be placed on the ballot for the regular biennial school election to be held on Tuesday, November 7, 2023.

At this election, four directors will be elected representing the director districts 1, 3, 6 and 7. Each School Director elected will serve a term of office for four years. To be qualified, a candidate must have been a registered elector of the school district for at least 12 consecutive months before the election and a resident of the director district which will be represented. A person is ineligible to run for school director if he or she has been convicted of committing a sexual offense against a child.

A person who desires to be a candidate for school director shall file a written notice of intention to be a candidate and a nomination petition signed by at least 50 eligible electors who are registered to vote in the regular biennial school election.

Nomination petitions may be obtained at School District 27J, Edwin E. Harshbarger Educational Service Center, 18551 E.160th Avenue, Brighton, CO 80601. Office hours are 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Completed petitions shall be submitted to Lynn Ann Sheats, Designated Election

Official no later than 2:00 p.m. on September 1, 2023.

Convocatoria de Candidaturas para Directores Escolares

Distrito Escolar 27J

Condados de Adams, Broomfield y Weld, Colorado

El Distrito Escolar 27J en los condados de Adams, Broomfield y Weld, en el Estado de Colorado, solicita la nominación de candidatos para directores escolares que se incluirán en la boleta para la elección escolar bienal regular que se llevará a cabo el martes 7 de noviembre de 2023.

En esta elección, se elegirán cuatro directores en representación de los distritos de directores 1, 3, 6 y 7. Cada director escolar elegido tendrá un mandato de cuatro años. Para calificar, un candidato debe haber sido un elector registrado

del distrito escolar durante al menos 12 meses consecutivos antes de la elección y ser residente del distrito director que estará representando. Una persona no es elegible para postularse para director de escuela si ha sido condenado por cometer un delito sexual contra un niño.

Una persona que desee ser candidato a director escolar deberá presentar un aviso por escrito de la intención de ser candidato y una petición de nominación firmada por al menos 50 electores elegibles que estén registrados para votar en la elección escolar bienal regular.

Las peticiones de nominación se pueden obtener en el Distrito Escolar 27J, Centro de Servicios Educativos Edwin E. Harshbarger, 18551 E. 160th Avenida, Brighton, CO 80601. El horario de las oficinas es de 7:30 a.m. a 4:30 p.m.

Las peticiones completas deberán enviarse a Lynn Ann Sheats, Oficial Electoral Designada a más tardar a las 2:00 p.m. el 1 de septiembre de 2023.

Legal Notice No. CCX1129

First Publication: August 17, 2023

Last Publication: August 24, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

PUBLIC NOTICE

Public notice is hereby given that the following ordinances passed on second and final reading on the 7th day of August 2023, by the City Council of Commerce City and will be in full force and effect five days after publication.

INTRODUCED BY: ALLEN-THOMAS, CHACON, DOUGLAS, FORD, HURST, HUSEMAN, KIM, MADERA, NOBLE

Ordinance 2533 – SECOND AND FINAL READING OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE 2023 BUDGET OF THE CITY OF COMMERCE CITY BY RECOGNIZING A PORTION OF THE CITY’S TOTAL $10,505,025 AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDING ALLOCATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $3,075,000 AND AUTHORIZING THE EXPENDITURE THEREOF

Copies of said ordinance are on file in the Office of the City Clerk, City of Commerce City at 7887 E. 60th Ave., Commerce City, CO 80022, for public inspection during the hours 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. During instances of the city facilities being closed, electronic copies may be requested via email to dgibson@ c3gov.com.

BY ORDER OF CITY COUNCIL CITY OF COMMERCE CITY

BY: Brittany Rodriguez, Assistant City Clerk

Legal Notice No. CCX1128

First Publication: August 17, 2023

Last Publication: August 17, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Public Notice

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, August 29, 2023.

S-817-23: Waste Connections of Colorado, Inc. is requesting approval of the East 60th Avenue Final Plat to create one lot on approximately 16.9181-acres for the property generally located south of 60th Avenue and I-270, east of Brighton Road, west of Clermont Street and north of Sand Creek, zoned I-3 (Heavy Intensity Industrial District).

The case file(s) and a copy of the City’s Land Development Code and the subdivision plat are on file for review by emailing the Community Development Department at cdplanner@c3gov.com. Any property owner 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 per Sec. 213241 by no later than 5 p.m. on Monday, August 28, 2023.

Director of Community Development

Para más información, contacta 303227-8818

Legal Notice No. CCX1130

First Publication: August 17, 2023

Last Publication: August 17, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

PUBLIC NOTICE

Public notice is hereby given that the following ordinances were introduced on first reading on the 7th day of August 2023, by the City Council of Commerce City and will be considered on second and final reading on the 11th day of September 2023.

INTRODUCED BY: ALLEN-THOMAS, CHACON, DOUGLAS, FORD, HURST, HUSEMAN, KIM, MADERA, NOBLE Ordinance 2534 – FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE 2023

Public Notices

BUDGET OF THE CITY OF COMMERCE CITY, COLORADO BY THE RECOGNITION OF THE ADAMS COUNTY OPEN SPACE GRANT FOR A SINGLE RIDER GOLF CART IN THE AMOUNT OF $13,250 AND THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXPENDITURE THEREOF

Ordinance 2535 – FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE 2023 BUDGET OF THE CITY OF COMMERCE CITY, COLORADO BY THE RECOGNITION OF THE ADAMS COUNTY OPEN SPACE GRANT FOR OPEN SPACE RESTORATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $260,000 AND THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE EXPENDITURE THEREOF

Ordinance 2540 – FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 21-5200, 21-5249, AND 21-11200 OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE PERTAINING TO THE REGULATION OF MEDICAL AND RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA BUSINESSES

Z-989-23 - FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE AND ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF COMMERCE CITY, COLORADO BY REZONING THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 8705 ROSEMARY STREET FROM LIGHT INTENSITY INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT (I-1) AND AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT (AG) TO MEDIUM INTENSITY INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT (I-2)

Z-988-23 - FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE AND ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF COMMERCE CITY, COLORADO BY REZONING THE PROPERTY GENERALLY LOCATED AT 7160 EUDORA DRIVE FROM MEDIUM-INTENSITY INDUSTRIAL (I-2) TO LIGHT-INTENSITY INDUSTRIAL (I-1)

Copies of said ordinance are on file in the Office of the City Clerk, City of Commerce City at 7887 E. 60th Ave., Commerce City, CO 80022, for public inspection during the hours 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. During instances of the city facilities being closed, electronic copies may be requested via email to dgibson@ c3gov.com.

BY ORDER OF CITY COUNCIL CITY OF COMMERCE CITY

BY: Brittany Rodriguez, Assistant City Clerk

Legal Notice No. CCX1127

First Publication: August 17, 2023

Last Publication: August 17, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel

Express

S-782-21-23: FORESTAR requests approval of the Settler’s Crossing, Filing No. 3, Amendment No. 1 Consolidation Plat to consolidate and convert four lots into one tract. The overall tract area is 0.220 acres. The tract is located 677 feet north of the intersection of Settler’s Lane and East 98th Avenue, zoned PUD (Planned Unit Development District).

The case file(s) and a copy of the City’s Land Development Code and the subdivision plat are on file for review by emailing the Community Development Department at cdplanner@c3gov.com. Any property owner 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 per Sec. 213241 by no later than 5 p.m. on Monday, August 28, 2023.

Director of Community Development

Para más información, contacta 303227-8818

Legal Notice No. CCX1131

First Publication: August 17, 2023

Last Publication: August 17, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Metropolitan Districts

Public Notice

NOTICE OF VACANCY TOWER METROPOLITAN DISTRICT & HIMALAYA WATER SANITATION DISTRICT

Pursuant to Section 32-1-808(2)(a)(I), C.R.S., notice is hereby given that there is a vacancy on the Board of Directors of both the Tower Metropolitan District and The Himalaya Water Sanitation District (collectively the “Districts”). Any eligible elector of each of the Districts who is interested in an appointment to either or both of the Boards of Directors may contact the District’s Attorney, Nicole R. Peykov of Spencer Fane LLP 1700 Lincoln Street, Suite 2000, Denver, CO 80203 via email: npeykov@spencerfane.com. The Boards of Directors of the District may fill either said vacancy 10 days after the date hereof.

By:/s/ Nicole R. Peykov Legal Counsel

Legal Notice No. CCX1126

First Publication: August 17, 2023

Last Publication: August 17, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

proposed amended budget will be considered at a meeting and public hearing of the Boards of Directors of the Districts to be held at 11:30 a.m. on September 19, 2023 via telephone and videoconference. To attend and participate by telephone, dial 1/669-235-9053 and enter passcode 825 488 636#. Information regarding public participation by videoconference will be available at least 24 hours prior to the meeting and public hearing online at https://towermetropolitandistrict.com or by contacting Robin A. Navant, by email at rnavant@spencerfane.com or by telephone at 303/839-3800.

A copy of the proposed 2022 amended budget is available for public inspection at the offices of CliftonLarsonAllen LLP, 8390 E.Crescent Pkwy., Ste. 300, Greenwood Village, Colorado. Please contact Jennifer Van Valen by email at Jennifer.Vanvalen@ claconnect.com or by telephone at 303779-5710. Any interested elector within the Districts may, at any time prior to final adoption of the amended 2022 budget, if required, file or register any objections thereto.

TOWER METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

By: /s/ Randall Hertel, President

Legal Notice No. CCX1125

First Publication: August 17, 2023

Last Publication: August 17, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Public Notice

NOTICE AS TO PROPOSED AMENDMENT OF 2022 BUDGETS

SECOND CREEK FARM METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS. 1 AND 3 ADAMS COUNTY, COLORADO

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the necessity may arise for amendment of the2022budgetsoftheSecondCreek Farm Metropolitan District Nos. 1 and 3 (“Districts”). Copies of the proposed 2022 amended budgets (if appropriate) are on file in the office of the Districts’ Accountant, CliftonLarsonAllen LLP, 8390 E. Crescent Parkway, Suite 300, Greenwood Village, CO 80111, where same are available for public inspection. Such proposed 2022 amended budgets will be considered at a special meeting to be held August 22, 2023 at 11:30 a.m., via conference call at 1-720-931-2462; passcode: 2462. Any interested elector within the Districts may, at any time prior to the final adoption of the 2022 amended budgets, inspect the 2022 amended budgets and file or register any objections thereto.

NOTICE OF INTENT TO CREATE BINDING USE RESTRICTIONS

Hampton Yard 8, LLC and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) provide notice of their intention to issue a Notice of Environmental Use Restriction (“Restrictive Notice “or “RN”) on real property located at 3740 and 3801 East 64th Avenue, Commerce City, CO 80022. The RN will: (1) limit the use of contaminated groundwater; (2) require methane mitigation systems in any structures intended for human occupancy, and (3)require that all soil-disturbing activity be conducted in accordance with an approved Materials Management Plan.

Pursuant to § 25-15-318.5, C.R.S., once the RN has been finalized, it is binding on all current and future owners of the land and any persons possessing an interest in the land. CDPHE is accepting public comments on the draft RN. Copies of the draft RN and a legal description of the affected property are available by contacting Fonda Apostolopoulos at fonda.apostolopoulos@state.co.us. All comments must be submitted to Mr. Apostolopoulos by September 4, 2023.

Legal Notice No. CCX1112

First Publication: August 3, 2023

Last Publication: August 17, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Notice to Creditors

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of MARTHA SHARON STARNS, A/K/A MARTHA S. STARNS, A/K/A MARTHA STARNS, Deceased Case Number: 2023 PR 30588

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 December 11, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Benjamin Wayne Bolin

Personal Representative

C/O Harvey J. Williamson, Esq. 4450 Arapahoe Avenue, Suite 100 Boulder, Colorado 80303

Legal Notice No. CCX1115

First Publication: August 10, 2023

Last Publication: August 24, 2023

Public Notice

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, August 29, 2023.

Metro Districts Budget Hearings

Public Notice

NOTICE OF HEARING ON PROPOSED 2022 BUDGET AMENDMENT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN for a proposed 2022 budget amendment in Tower Metropolitan District (“District”). Such

SECOND CREEK FARM METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS. 1 AND 3

/s/ Toni Serra Director

Legal Notice No. CCX1124

First Publication: August 17, 2023

Last Publication: August 17, 2023

P ublisher: Commerce City Sentinel

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express ###

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