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Brighton coin-op ride maker carries on

BY BELEN WARD BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Brighton’s Rich Pierson is still bringing those kiddie rides to life, the kinds that once dominated the fronts of grocery stores, restoring and making unique custom rides for over ten years.

“My friend Gary and I brought Kiddie Rides USA 10-years ago but he passed away two years ago so I have been the sole owner for almost three years,” Pierson said.

Kiddie rides were rst invented in 1930 by James Otto Hahs in Sikeston, Missouri. He built a horse for his children as a Christmas present and called it the Hahs Gaited Mechanical Horse, according to Academic Accelerator Encyclopedia.

Hahs later discovered he could make money with the ride and commercialize it. Since then, kiddie rides have been part of pop culture in stores, carousels and amusement parks.

Pierson’s Kiddie Rides USA debuted some time in 1975, long before he was involved. His friend Gary was looking for work and Pierson was helping him with the job search about 20 years ago.

“I found my friend Gary a job on Craigslist for a mechanic at Kiddie Rides. So, he’d worked for Kiddie Rides USA for over eight years before us buying it,” Pierson said.

Pierson said Gary told him the owner was selling Kiddie Rides USA and the building.

“He asked me if he wanted to do this, and I said sure,” Pierson said. “I love doing this job.”

e pair had experience in this kind of thing, building and designing haunted houses. For ten years, they built the “City of the Dead” at Mile High Flea Market. His interest

Commerce City nonprofit trying to figure out how to recycle old mattresses

BY TAMARA CHUANG THE COLORADO SUN

At rst, Spring Back Colorado workers used razor blades to cut away the fabric covering the old mattress springs. But at 30 minutes or more per mattress, getting the steel out for recycling just wasn’t cost e ective.

e Commerce City recycler turned to the Colorado School of Mines. Students appeared to be onto something, coming up with a concept to engineer a highly pressurized, high-powered water knife to slice open the top of the mattress so that an extraction device could pull out the steel coils. en COVID hit. e students moved on.

So, Spring Back began baling up the challenging mattresses to send to its steel recycling partner. After six months, though, the partner rejected them. “ ey said it was too hard on their machines,” said Peter Conway, Spring Back’s vice president of business development.

Most of the time, workers spend their days deconstructing old mattresses by hand and machine. ey strip out the wood, foam, metal and other commodities of value for recycling, upcycling or reuse. Very little is sent to local land lls — only about 15% to 20%.

But this isn’t just any type of mattress.

It’s those darned pocket-coil mattresses — the ones with individually wrapped steel coils that “o er a superior form of support,” says review site Mattress Advisor. Often wrapped in polypropylene ber, the coils are made of high-quality steel. But getting them out of each pocket

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Rich Pierson refurbished this horse carousel.

COURTESY BY RICH PIERSON

From horses to carousels to prawns, Rich Pierson knows his rides

Anythink, Adams County name Poet Laureate

Adams County Parks, Open Space & Cultural Arts and Anythink are proud to announced Kerrie Joy as the inaugural Adams County Poet Laureate, part of “Sincerely” – a joint initiative designed to connect the Adams County community through poetry.

Joy will embark on a two-year residency, providing an opportunity to advance her art, advocate and promote her literature and work, and serve as a public face and idea ambassador for Adams County. A series of events will be hosted at various Anythink and Adams County locations during the next two years, and people will be invited to engage with Joy through both performance and writing sessions.

e competitive selection process included an open call for entry which was open to eligible Colorado-based poets with a connection to Adams County. Artists were required to have an established body of work including published/self-published works, reading/spoken word, and performance experience, as well as community project planning experience at the time of their application. Applications were reviewed by a Jury Selection Committee which was comprised of members of the Adams County Arts & Culture Commission and representatives from the Adams County Parks, Open Space & Cultural Arts Department and Anythink Libraries.

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

Deputy County Manager gains Kline ICMA credential

Chris Kline, Deputy County Manager of Adams County, recently received the Credentialed Manager designation from the International City/County Management Association. Kline is one of over 1,300 local government management professionals currently credentialed through the ICMA Voluntary Credentialing Program, and the third credentialed leader currently serving within Adams County government.

To receive the prestigious ICMA credential, a member must have signicant experience as a senior management executive in local government; have earned a degree, preferably in public administration or a related eld; and demonstrated a commitment to high standards of integrity and lifelong learning and professional development.

Kline has seven years of professional local government executive experience. Prior to his appointment in 2019 as Deputy County Manager of Adams County, Kline served as Director of Human Services for the county.

“We’re thrilled to congratulate Chris for earning the Credentialed Manager title from ICMA. Chris joins a special group of professionals who have this respected credential, recognizing his

hard work in managing local government, and staying true to strong values of leadership and learning. Chris is a valuable part of our team, dedicated to improving our community and government operations for residents, and county employees,” said Noel Bernal, Adams County Manager

Kline joins Bernal and Adams County Senior Deputy County Manager, Alisha Reis, as credentialed managers with ICMA.

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 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.”

Platte Valley Medical Center earns recognition for breastfeeding program

Platte Valley Medical Center is one of 45 hospitals recognized by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment for e orts to promote breastfeeding and o er healthier food and beverage options through the Colorado Healthy Hospital Compact and Colorado BabyFriendly Hospital Collaborative.

e initiatives are part of the state’s work to promote healthy eating and active living to reduce rates of death and disease from chronic illness among Coloradans.

Platte Valley was recognized at the Gold Level for the Healthy Hospital Compact.

Learn more about the Colorado Healthy Hospital Compact and the Colorado Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative at cdphe.colorado.gov/colorado-healthy-hospital-compact and at BreastfeedColorado.com.

Labor Day DUI crackdown is underway across state

BY STAFF REPORT

As the Labor Day Holiday weekend and the end of summer approach, the Colorado Department of Transportation, Colorado State Patrol (CSP) and local law enforcement agencies are conducting the Labor Day Crackdown enforcement period now through Sept. 6.

e crackdown o cially began Aug. 16. Spanning 21 days, this is the biggest DUI enforcement campaign of the summer. More 70 law enforcement agencies across the state will be participating in the crackdown.

DUI enforcement periods, which include increased patrols and checkpoints, have seen 3,025 arrests this year. ere were 694 arrests during the same Labor Day enforcement period last year. e recent Summer Strikeout enforcement period, which ended on July 19, concluded with 190 arrests. Additionally, as of Aug. 1, there have been 119 fatalities involving an impaired driver so far this year.

“As we head into the nal days of summer, make a plan before you head out. Boating? Sober ride. Barbeque? Sober ride. Pool party? Sober ride,” said Col. Matthew C. Packard, chief of the Colorado State Patrol. “Labor Day may be the last holiday weekend of the summer season, but don’t make it your last holiday forever.”

To help Coloradans plan a safe ride, CDOT, the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) and Uber are providing $10 Uber ride credits during the Labor Day enforcement period. Valid while supplies last, the ride credits are available statewide and can be redeemed using the code “RIDEWISE” in the Uber app from Aug. 31 at 5:00 p.m. through Sept. 9 at 11:59 p.m. To apply the credit directly to the Uber app from a mobile device, click here.

Police sales tax goes to voters

Near unanimous council puts 0.15% tax on November ballot

BY SCOTT TAYLOR STAYLOR@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Brighton voters will decide in November if a 15 cent on $100 sales tax will go the police department, councilors agreed.

City Councilor voted 7-1 put the matter on the Nov. 7 ballot at their Aug. 15 meeting. Only Councilor Matt Johnston was opposed, saying he doesn’t think voters will approve.

“One of the reasons is, if this doesn’t pass, we are back at square one,” Johnston said. “Because of TABOR, getting taxes raised is tough, it’s costly and we don’t have the money to fund a campaign for this other than to tell everyone that our police department is the best in the metro area and the state.”

If voters agree, the city would create a new tax 0.15% sales tax meant to generate between $2.25 million and $2.75 million, depending on the economy and retail sales in Brighton, that would be dedicated to public safety for hiring new o cers and support sta to respond to the growing needs of Brighton.

If voters approve on the Nov. 2023 ballot, the tax would begin in 2024.

Brighton

Police Chief Matt Domeni-

co said new technology, like bodyworn cameras, has increased sta time. Videos from the cameras need to be reviewed, cataloged and archived while calls for service to a wider area demand more o cers’ time. e department has a need for new o cers, but also support sta to help.

Domenico said the tax would be enough to add up to 12 new positions. New positions could include task force detectives dedicated to addressing speci c crimes such as motor vehicle theft, sexual assault, and other felonies. It would also let the department add additional patrol, tra c, and investigations o cers and would let the city create an Impact Team that would be able to quickly respond to crime issues.

Councilor Tom Green said was happy to put the measure on the ballot.

“We’re not deciding this,” Green said. “We’re just asking voters to decide it.”

He said the 15 cents on $100 spent is cheap.

“If we want to be real about it, people spend more on the plastic bags buying $100 worth of groceries than we are asking for in just 15 cents per $100,” Green said.

Councilor Mary Ellen Pollack said it’s a no-brainer.

“Crime is on the rise, if anyone is paying attention,” she said. “We need to not only protect ourselves. By doing this we are protection them. If you want to protect your family, your children, they are the ones that do it. If you all 911, they are the ones that

respond.”

But Johnston said he’s concerned the measure will fail.

“I would rather try to be proactive in a di erent way and nd ways to cut and get the money there in case this does fail,” Johnston said. “Even though I might be the only no vote on the council, I will still advocate for it. I just don’t want to push our nance issues a city back down to the families that are cutting back right now.”

e increase would boost Brighton’s sales tax rate to 8.65% in the Adams County portions of Brighton and 7.9% in the Weld County portion. Retail buyers in Brighton currently pay 2.9% sales tax to the state, 1.1% to special districts and 3.75% to the city for general operations, capital projects and parks. Adams County collects an additional 0.75% for the portion of Brighton in Adams County. And shops in Prairie Center pay an additional 2.25% to the Prairie Center Metropolitan District.

e city surveyed residents this spring at community meetings in April and May. Residents were asked to complete a survey at the end of each meeting, and results are available on the city’s webpage, at www.brightonco.gov/publicsafetysurveyresults.

Domenico said in May the survey showed that 78% of people that took the survey rated the department as doing a good job and that 63% would support a sales tax increase ballot measure for the Brighton Police Department.

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in fun horror continues, he said.

“Now I run the makeup department at Terror in Corn in Erie, Colorado. I’ve been working with haunted houses for over 20 years,” Pierson said.

Art meets electricity

Pierson said he has a background as an artist and experienced electrician. He strives to make kiddie rides and sculptures that are fun, colorful and durable. He sculpts the outside using casting methods to make models.

“I use a berglass molds when creating the rides and do some restorations on kiddie rides. I’d rather get out of the stripping of paint business, it’s takes 90% of my time honestly makes it hard to turn things over fast enough so not hurting for money, “ Pierson said.

Pierson said he had done custom jobs. He built a shrimp cocktail with saddles for an NBC Snapchat promotion and has also built custom rides for celebrities and businesses. He built one for Sir Michael Caine and another featuring custom work for 505 Southwestern Brands, a Green Chili sauce maker. He is currently creating a large bu alo for Vortex Optics.

Most of his customers are private parties or businesses.

His friend Lawrence Olguin and his dad help him around the shop.

“I have learned how to restore kiddie rides and make the sculptures,” Holguin said.

Every kiddie ride can be customized

and token size. ey can also create matching themes, custom colors and add the company logo.

To view his work, visit: https://www. kiddieridesusa.com or email rich@ kiddieridesusa.com or call him at the shop at 303-399-7191.

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Voters will be asked to support a sales tax of $0.15 per $100 dedicated for the Brighton Police at the polls this November.

has stymied Spring Back, which receives 1,500 to 2,000 old mattresses a week.

If they could just gure this out, Conway thinks Spring Back could send “less than 5%” of mattress waste to land lls.

“It’s one of my top priorities, actually,” he said, “because if we can (recover) the materials still inside and not land ll it, that’s a huge win, right?”

According to industry stats, the average mattress weighs around 50 pounds and can have 40 pounds recoverable steel. e average lifespan is 13.9 years. Not all have pocket coils, though a growing percentage do.

But to have workers cut out the springs from each of the 800 to 2,000 or more pockets per mattress is impractical, because most recyclers don’t have enough workers to handle the chore, let alone make enough money to pay them. Conway estimates that retrieving the steel in an old coiled mattress nets them “11 cents a ton.” Good thing that’s not the value proposition for Spring Back.

“We’re not making that much per mattress,” Conway said. “ e savings would be from just not having to land ll them.”

Last year, 35.4 million mattresses were sold in the U.S., according to

the International Sleep Products Association. About 50,000 are discarded daily while an estimated 2 million are recycled a year, according to the Mattress Recycling Council, a nonpro t formed by the mattress industry to administer recycling programs in California, Connecticut and Rhode Island, the only states currently with state-mandated mattress-recycling programs.

Data is clearest in California, where a recycling fee of $10.50 is added to the purchase of each mattress to subsidize recycling. Consumers can recycle at no charge. Last year, around 3.8 million mattresses were sold in California while 1.4 million were recycled. Recyclers diverted 78.4% of the materials away from land lls, according to the latest MRC report.

Colorado’s Department of Public Health & Environment, which oversees solid waste and recycling e orts in the state, doesn’t track how many mattresses end up in the state’s land lls. But the state doesn’t have a great record with recycling. In 2018, 32.4% of waste sent to the land ll could have been recycled, according to CDPHE records. e state’s total diversion rate was 31.2% in 2021.

But even in states without a law, like Colorado, there’s a nancial incentive for recycling.

“Mattresses are made to not compact,” said Jennifer Richardson, Mesa County’s Solid Waste and Sustainability Division director. “You want it to not compact after

sleeping on it, right? And it’s no di erent in the land ll. So when we put that into the land ll, it takes up a tremendous amount of space. And when (our) equipment drives over it, it’ll get tied up into the compactor tires and cause a tremendous amount of damage.”

Soft things gum up and break equipment. And in land lls, the compacting machines that drive over have “cleaner bars,” which look like cleats, on their wheels that get tangled up with soft things. If the cleats break, it costs $500 to repair. Break the whole bar and it’ll set the land ll back $4,000, she said.

e Mesa County-owned land ll in Grand Junction partnered with Spring Back two years ago. When customers dump a mattress, they’re directed to a collection spot on site. e land ll charges $15 to the customer, even though its own cost is $40 to cover recycling and transportation to Spring Back’s plant in Commerce City.

Other land lls charge more — it costs $74 at the Waste Managementoperated Denver Arapahoe Disposal Site in Aurora, and those go straight into the land ll. But in Mesa County, the more mattresses that pile up in the land ll, the more expensive it will be for everyone.

Mattresses are big and bulky and take up more “air space” in the landll, Richardson said. e faster it lls up, the higher tipping fees to dump trash. And then, a new land ll must be found.

“It’s a maintenance issue, equip-

ment downtime and it’s expensive. And why — for something that is 90% recyclable,” she said. “We’re in the business of air space and even for a land ll, you can’t dump forever and ever and ever.”

It wasn’t until the 1990s when the idea of recycling an old mattress started gaining traction, according to Terry McDonald, who helped set up the mattress recycling cohort called Cascade Alliance.

One of the rst companies known for recycling mattresses was Verlo Mattress Co. in Wisconsin. Customers who purchased a new mattress could get their old one hauled away. But it proved too costly for the company and didn’t catch on in the industry.

But where it did catch on was California after the state began passing laws to reduce waste in the 1990s. At the time, McDonald, executive director of St. Vincent de Paul of Lane County in Oregon, began working with nonpro ts in Oakland, California, to provide jobs for people who had trouble getting hired. Recycling seemed like a good industry for that. And in California, if waste companies and solid-waste facilities didn’t recycle, they faced nes.

“ at made the districts and solid waste facilities very motivated to pull more products out of the waste stream,” McDonald said. “ e easy things had already been pulled out. When we came in and asked how to do more waste-based businesses, they said, ‘Mattresses. It’s 1% of our waste stream by volume.’”

Riverdale Ridge opens CTE center

BY SCOTT TAYLOR STAYLOR@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Riverdale Ridge Principal Cody

Clark said he’s excited for his current batch of high school students to use the school’s new STEM and Career and Technical Education Center but he’s more excited for the students too young to use the school —for now.

“I think I’m most excited for that current 27J second grader who does yet know that when they grow up, they can be an athletic trainer or a welder or a mechanic for a chef or a computer program or a CNA or anything else o ered in these halls,” Clark said.

Clark joined Riverdale Ridge parents and students, teachers and ofcials from the 27J School District to o cially open the school’s new CTE

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story building just across the parking lot from the main high school.

He led a similar ceremony a year ago as work on the building was just getting underway. e addition is one of three STEM and career and technical buildings going up at each of 27J’s three high schools.

e department broke ground on a 55,950-square foot addition at Brighton High School and a 47,500-square-

Parents and future student begin their tour of the new Riverdale Ridge High School Career and Technical Education Center.

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Riverdale Ridge Principal Cody Clark.

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foot addition at Prairie View High School in August 2022. Both of those additions are set to open Sept. 11.

ey were part of a 2021 bond of

$550 million that voters approved in 2021. 27J Superintendent Dr. Chris Fiedler said he’s grateful to votes who supported that bond.

Fiedler said that one of his favorite things is how close to the main school the career and technical school is located, just a ve-minute walk for a student. Technical high schools used to be located a bus or

car ride away.

“We made a conscious choice so that a student can take their language arts course across the street, walk over and take whatever CT course they’d like and go back for history or whatever other traditional course,” Fiedler said. “Before, taking a technical class was a di cult choice because a student had to miss a class on either side of their technical class because they had to travel to get there. Not every pupil is able to do that.”

e facility has areas and curriculum devoted to bio-medical training, culinary arts and cooking, cyber security, sports medicine and other programs.

Junior Kyli Kisiel said she is in her third year taking bio-medical classes with plans of working in health care when she graduates.

“In just two short years, I have been able to foster some of my closest friendships and learn more about myself and the person I hope to be,” she said.

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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.

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.

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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

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.

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INVITATION TO BID

Date: August 24, 2023

Sealed Bids will be received by the South Adams County Water and Sanitation District acting by and through its South Adams County Water and Sanitation District Activity Enterprise (OWNER), ATTN: Dawn Fredette, at 6595 East 70th Avenue, Commerce City, Colorado 80022 until 12:00 p.m., local time, September 15, 2023, for the projects entitled “Klein Water Treatment Facility Upgrades and Williams-Monaco Administration Building Interior Renovations.” At said place and time, and promptly thereafter, all Bids that have been duly received will be publicly opened and read aloud.

The Klein Water Treatment Facility Upgrades project, located at 7400 Quebec Street, Commerce City, CO 80022, generally consists of light demo, new walls, doors, ceiling tile/grid/lights, finishes, and new/rework of MEP systems. The estimated construction budget is approximately $350K. Substantial completion is targeted for January of 2024, based on anticipated receipt of permits October 1, 2024.

The Williams-Monaco Administration Building Interior Renovations project, located at 9702 Monaco Street, Henderson, CO 80640, generally consists of exterior and interior demo, roof repair (or replace), full restroom and locker room renovation, new millwork, walls/doors, ceiling tile/grid/ lights, finishes, and new/rework of MEP systems. The estimated construction budget is approximately $1M. Substantial completion is targeted for April of 2024, based on anticipated receipt of permits October 1, 2024.

Interested Contractors are required to attend a mandatory pre-bid conference starting at the Klein Water Treatment Facility project site beginning at 12:00 p.m. local Colorado time on August 30, 2023, additional details are set forth in the Instructions to Bidders.

All bids must be in accordance with the Contract Documents on file with the owner, South Adams County Water and Sanitation District, 6595 East 70th Avenue, Commerce City, Colorado 80022; and at the office of NV5, Inc., acting as the District’s Owner’s Representative at 2420 W. 26th Avenue, Suite D-360, Denver, Colorado 80211.

Copies of the Contract Documents for use in preparing Bids may be obtained by contacting the District’s Owner’s Representative:

Seth Rhea, Senior Project Manager: seth. rhea@nv5.com

Aubree Thomson, Operations Manager: aubree.thomson@nv5.com

Bids will be received on a lump sum basis. Bid Security in the amount of 5% of the total Bid must accompany each Bid.

It is anticipated that the Contract Agreement will be signed and the Notice to Proceed will be issued around October 2, 2023. Construction shall be completed and ready for final payment based on the anticipated dates noted above for each project.

The successful Bidder will be required to furnish a Construction Performance Bond and a Construction Payment Bond as security for the faithful performance and the payment of all bills and obligations arising from the performance of the Contract.

The Bid and Bid Security will remain subject to acceptance for 61 calendar days after the Bid opening, or for such longer period of time that Bidder may agree to in writing upon request of Owner.

The District reserves the right to reject any or all Bids, including without limitation, nonconforming, nonresponsive, unbal -

anced, or conditional Bids. If it appears Owner can perform the Work or secure material for less than the lowest bid, it may proceed to do so. Owner reserves the right to act in its best interest and may terminate, modify or suspend the process, modify the terms and conditions of this bidding and selection process, and/or waive informalities of any submission.

By: Vicki Ennis

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

Legal Notice No. CCX1134

First Publication: August 24, 2023

Last Publication: August 24, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Bids and Settlements

Public Notice

FINAL SETTLEMENT

Project Title: Porteos – Phase 7 (Segment

3) Infrastructure

Project Owners: Velocity Metropolitan District

Project Location: City of Aurora, Colorado

The Velocity Metropolitan District plans to accept the above titled project as substantially complete and for Final Settlement to Hudick Excavating Inc. after September 11, 2023. In accordance with the Contract Documents, the Velocity Metropolitan District may withhold a portion of the remaining payment to be made to Hudick Excavating Inc., as necessary, to protect the Velocity Metropolitan District from loss on account of claims filed and failure of Hudick Excavating inc. to make payments properly to subcontractors or suppliers. Project suppliers and subcontractors of Hudick Excavating Inc. are hereby notified that unresolved outstanding claims must be certified and forwarded to:

Contact Person:Barney Fix, P.E.

Address: 5970 Greenwood Plaza Blvd. Greenwood Village, CO 80111

as soon as possible, but no later than September 4, 2023.

Legal Notice No. CCX1117

First Publication: August 10, 2023

Last Publication: August 24, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express Non-Consecutive Publications

Public Notice

PAINTED PRAIRIE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT AUTHORITY

Painted Prairie 60th Avenue Improvements

Sealed Bids will be received by Painted Prairie Public Improvement Authority, hereinafter referred to as OWNER, at the office of the Authority Engineer, Merrick & Company, 5970 Greenwood Plaza Boulevard, Greenwood Village, CO 80111, until 11:00 AM local time on September 7, 2023 for:

Painted Prairie 60th Avenue Improvements

This Contract provides for the construction of the following: Furnish and install over 950 LF of 6-inch to 12-inch water line with appurtenances and over 1,200 LF of 8-inch and 12-inch sanitary sewer line with appurtenances. Also, furnish and install over 2,000 LF of 18-inch to 42-inch storm sewer pipe with appurtenances, 0.5 miles of street construction and a double 12x8 box culvert.

Copies of the Bidding Documents may be requested from the Painted Prairie Public Improvement Authority, at the email of the Authority Engineer, barney. fix@merrick.com, beginning August 10, 2023. NO PAYMENT REQURIED.

Bidders must be licensed Contractors in the State of Colorado.

Bids will be received providing unit price for items; however, the price given will be on a maximum not-to-exceed amount, as described in the Bidding Documents.

The Work is expected to be commenced within thirty (30) days after the Date of Contract.

Bid Security in the amount of five percent (5%) of the total Bid Price must accompany each Bid in the form specified in the Instructions to Bidders.

The Successful Bidder will be required to furnish a Performance Bond, Labor and Material Payment Bond guaranteeing

faithful performance and warranty bond for two-years after Substantial Completion, and the payment of all bills and obligations arising from the performance of the Contract.

The OWNER reserves the right to award the contract by sections, to reject any or all Bids, and to waive any informalities and irregularities therein.

For further information, please contact Barney Fix at Merrick & Company at 303-751-0741.

Legal Notice No. CCX1121

First Publication: August 10, 2023

Last Publication: August 24, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express Non-Consecutive Publications

Public Notice

PAINTED PRAIRIE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT AUTHORITY

Painted Prairie Town Center Park

Sealed Bids will be received by Painted Prairie Public Improvement Authority, hereinafter referred to as OWNER, at the office of the Authority Engineer, Merrick & Company, 5970 Greenwood Plaza Boulevard, Greenwood Village, CO 80111, until 10:00 AM local time on September 7, 2023 for:

Painted Prairie Town Center Park

This Contract provides for the construction of the following: Grading, Concrete paving, storm sewer and roof drain, irrigation, and landscaping.

Copies of the Bidding Documents may be requested from the Painted Prairie Public Improvement Authority, at the email of the Authority Engineer, barney. fix@merrick.com, beginning August 10, 2023. NO PAYMENT REQURIED.

Bidders must be licensed Contractors in the State of Colorado.

Bids will be received providing unit price for items; however, the price given will be

on a maximum not-to-exceed amount, as described in the Bidding Documents.

The Work is expected to be commenced within thirty (30) days after the Date of Contract.

Bid Security in the amount of five percent (5%) of the total Bid Price must accompany each Bid in the form specified in the Instructions to Bidders.

The Successful Bidder will be required to furnish a Performance Bond, Labor and Material Payment Bond guaranteeing faithful performance and warranty bond for two-years after Substantial Completion, and the payment of all bills and obligations arising from the performance of the Contract.

The OWNER reserves the right to award the contract by sections, to reject any or all Bids, and to waive any informalities and irregularities therein.

For further information, please contact Barney Fix at Merrick & Company at 303-751-0741.

Legal Notice No. CCX1120

First Publication: August 10, 2023

Last Publication: August 24, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express Non-Consecutive Publications

Public Notice

FINAL SETTLEMENT

Project Title: Porteos – Phase 6 (Segment 2) and Phase 8 (Segment 5) Streetlights – LP2 and LP4 of Phase 6

Project Owners: Velocity Metropolitan District

Project Location: City of Aurora, Colorado

The Velocity Metropolitan District plans to accept the above titled project as substantially complete and for Final Settlement to Dynalectric Colorado after September 11, 2023. In accordance with the Contract Documents, the Velocity Metropolitan Dis-

trict may withhold a portion of the remaining payment to be made to Dynalectric Colorado, as necessary, to protect the Velocity Metropolitan District from loss on account of claims filed and failure of Dynalectric Colorado to make payments properly to subcontractors or suppliers.

Project suppliers and subcontractors of Dynalectric Colorado are hereby notified that unresolved outstanding claims must be certified and forwarded to:

Contact Person:Barney Fix, P.E.

Address: 5970 Greenwood Plaza Blvd. Greenwood Village, CO 80111 as soon as possible, but no later than September 4, 2023.

Legal Notice No. CCX1118

First Publication: August 10, 2023

Last Publication: August 24, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express Non-Consecutive Publications

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

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express ###