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Air quality group targets Colorado smokestacks

BY MICHAEL BOOTH THE COLORADO SUN

A series of Colorado’s largest greenhouse gas-emitting sectors have come under the regulatory knife for cuts in recent years: oil and gas producers, gasoline vehicles, large buildings, cement plants and coal- red utilities.  Now a secondary tier of big-name greenhouse gas polluters is facing new rules from an Air Quality Control Commission vote this month, with the goal of 20% emissions reductions from a 2015 benchmark at industrial companies like Suncor, Molson Coors, Cargill Meat Solutions and Leprino Foods.

While the industries argue a 2030 timeline for those cuts is too quick and expensive, environmental and neighborhood groups say the state’s draft rules for the legislation-mandated cuts won’t actually reduce greenhouse gases for at least seven years.

Aims adds big truck simulator for CDL program

BY BELEN WARD BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

A new piece of equipment will let Aims Community College’s commercial truck-driving students get the feel of driving on the open road without leaving the classroom.

e school recently added a Commercial Drivers License simulator to the Fort Lupton campus, part of an e ort to meet the demand for new truck drivers shortage.

“ e simulator is a great tool, in addition to being behind the wheel of an actual truck, “ said

Martin Rubalcaba, Aims Community College Program Director.

“It gives the student con dence, knowing that they can drive a virtual truck; we see it as a tool, instead of damaging existing equipment when they don’t know how to shift the truck properly.”

Rubalcaba has been teaching for a year but was a truck driver for 14 years.

“ ey will be able to learn digitally. Hopefully, by the time they get in the truck, they will be more polished and ready for the actual truck.”

Before she got into the program, Lynette Peppler was a stay-athome mom raising her family for 25 years. Now she has her CDL career driving semis.

“I’ve had my CDL for about four years and have been CDL train-

ing all aspects of the program, classroom, backing maneuvers on parking, teaching shifting, and on the road driving,” Peppler said.

Peppler said the program began sometime in the 1990s. e school also trains students on backhoes and forklifts at some point in time. ere are jobs for all kinds of heavy equipment operators, she said.

“ ere have been lots of changes to management, to employees and the demand and supply of students and drivers over the years,” Peppler said. “We have equipment now, a lot better parking lots for training, and we have a lot of business partners that are ready to help get students their rst job out of school.”

ey also say a trading plan to allow the 18 sites on the list to buy carbon credits to meet the rules is a game where the same side always loses: low-income and high-minority neighborhoods disproportionately impacted by decades of harmful pollutants.

e idea of a big company like Suncor buying carbon credits from a greener company instead of cutting pollution at their own facility, next to those beleaguered neighbors, is only one objection environmental groups are bringing to an Air Quality Control Commission vote at the Sept. 20-22 meetings.

e main topic for the commission’s meeting is the proposed rule ful lling a mandate from the 2021 legislature requiring 20% cuts by 2030 in the greenhouse gas emissions of a third tier of Colorado’s largest polluters. e by-far largest polluters, utilities, were targeted in previous legislation and rules, while the second tier of only four industrial sources was

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Jacob Morey is training the truck driving simulator. It’s his first week in the CDL program. The simulator is teaching him how to drive a stick shift, trying to match the clutch movement and pedal movement on what the computer is telling him to do an order of operations. Semi-truck has a double clutch.

PHOTO BY BELEN WARD

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Brighton council considers state housing fund

BY SCOTT TAYLOR STAYLOR@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Brighton City Councilors said they have no problems enlisting in a state e ort to boost the state’s a ordable housing inventory, although they had suggestions about the peculiarities of Brighton’s market.

City Councilors told sta they did not object to opting into Proposition 123, the ballot measure voters approved last year that created the State A ordable Housing Fund, a roughly $300 million pot of state income tax revenue designated to address housing issues. Councilors will vote on the matter at a future City Council meeting.

e city needs to agree to the state’s terms and opt in to the program by Nov. 1. To opt in, the city must commit to increasing its supply of a ordable housing by 9% through 2026.

Brighton does that not now, City Manager Michael Martinez said.

“It’s my opinion that Prop 123 would be bene cial to us,” Martinez

said. “It gives us some additional money to a ect a ordable housing and at this point there really is nothing of consequence if we don’t ful ll our obligation to the state.”

According to Andrew Ratchford, a consultant with Gruen Gruen and Associates, land use consultants the city hired to review a ordable housing plans, Brighton has 1,492 a ordable housing units — 1,357 units of rental housing and 135 for sale. To qualify as a ordable, rental units must cost less than 30% of the median income for the area. For Adams County, that’s about $1,200 in rent per month.

To meet the state’s guidelines for Proposition 123, Brighton would need to add 135 units of a ordable housing through 2026, about 45 units per year in 2024, 2025 and 2026, Ratchford said.

“I would not that these units do not need to be built in order to comply with the program,” Ratchford said.

“ ey need to have building permits issued and it’s my understanding that you have a couple of ongoing proj-

ects and others in pre-development that well exceed this number while complying with the income limits of Prop 123.”

Ratchford said that money from the state’s A ordable Housing Fund could be used to purchase land set aside for development later on, create homeless programs, make rents more equitable, promote home ownership, pay debts and build new units.

Brighton’s housing currently is comparatively new, with 60% of all bedrooms in the city and 67% of all buildings constructed since 2000.

“One advantage the community has is that its housing stock is relatively young in comparison to the rest of the state and other communities,” Ratchford said. “Since 2010, the city’s building permit data indicates you have issued permits roughly 340 units a year. About two-thirds of this was for single-family housing, and the remainder has been multi-family apartments and a small number of Accessory Dwelling units.”

Building permits for new homes

have also decreased recently, however, and the inventory of for-sale units is low, pushing the price up.

“In the Brighton area, you’ve had single-family home prices increase by some 80% since 2015,” he said, “In the last six months or so, most homes will sell for between $250 and $200 per square foot, which is a lot higher than it was ve years ago.”

Rents, too, have been increasing to about $2,100 per month in July 2023. Rents were about $2,000 per month in July 2022 and about $1,900 per month in July 2021, he said.

He also noted that Brighton has added more jobs than housing units every year since 2011.

“More than 80% if the households in Brighton today are what I would call workforce households, with at least one person in the household active in the labor market,” he said. “So while the current ratio between jobs and housing isn’t unusually high or unbalanced, over the past 12 years

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Governor hears success stories during FRCC visit

BY JANE REUTER JREUTER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Littleton resident Shea Swickle thought the master’s degree he earned in public health was the key to his career future. When he discovered demand for jobs in the eld was limited, Swickle instead pursued training as a sterile processing technician - a behind-the-scenes professional who sterilizes equipment used during surgeries.

Today, thanks to an apprenticeship through Front Range Community College (FRCC), the 39-year-old is a sterile processing technician at AdventHealth Littleton. It’s a job he loves, even more so because he can walk there from his Littleton home.

Last week, Swickle shared that story with Governor Jared Polis, who visited with students in work-based learning programs at Westminster’s FRCC.

“It made a di erence in my life,” Swickle said. “I have a job that actually has demand.

“A lot of us who went to college never got that job we were hoping for at the end of the rainbow. I saw that apprenticeships were where education was going. e company (you apprentice with) can tailor you to what they want you to be. You’re not just spending time in a classroom and then trying to

go out and get a job.”

FRCC partners with local industries to o er apprenticeships in healthcare, manufacturing, IT and other elds. e on-the-job training dovetails with classroom learning. And many employers help apprentices with tuition.

at allows people like Swickle to make a career change and incur little or no debt.

Polis has taken numerous steps to support such programs. As a result, Colorado has over 300 active apprenticeship programs with more than 6,000 participants.

“Apprenticeships and work-based learning opportunities are key to creating the workforce of the future,” said Polis, who signed a new executive order Sept. 7 that further expands the programs. “But there is still more work to be done. We must expand opportunities for students and workers of all ages to get the training they need to start or build careers that support them and their families.”

FRCC o ered its rst apprenticeship in 2018.

“We’ve grown by leaps and bounds, so much so that we were the rst college in Colorado to be designated a US Department of Labor Apprenticeship Ambassador,” said Rebecca Woulfe, FRCC’s vice president of Academic A airs & Online Learning. “ anks to Gover-

or so the community has added more jobs than housing,” Ratchford said. “If that trend continues, you would expect housing to become more competitive, more scarce and you’d see that upward pressure on housing prices over time.”

Councilor Peter Padilla said Brighton should opt into the program.

“It look like all upside and no downside at this point because we do have things in the works to accomplish getting this credit, we may as well get the money that goes along with it,” he said.

But he wondered if Brighton could use state money to help alleviate other problems with housing, namely parking and water.

“ e parking challenge here is that we have multi-generational occupants in a lot of our apartments and tting those into standard parking spaces is a problem,” Councilor Peter Padilla said. “For a lot of our developments, there is no on-street parking anywhere close to them. So creating solutions to that won’t work well.”

Padilla said new developments are required to help increase the city’s water supply, so a method to set aside water rights they could purchase would also help.

Councilor Matt Johnston said he is in favor of accessory dwelling units, or ADUs. ose are small housing units attached to an existing house used for family members or to generate rental income for the homeowner.

nor Polis and the Colorado General Assembly, FRCC also now o ers 30 degrees and certi cates in highdemand elds — at zero cost to students.” is semester, more than 1,500 FRCC students are enrolled in no-cost programs supported by state funding. About a dozen of them shared their stories with the governor during his Sept. 8 visit.

Bennett Gaibler graduated from FRCC’s surgical technology program, and now works at UCHealth. e program helped him save money that he’s tagging for a future home.

“I was able to get paid for my clinicals; that was denitely a huge plus,” he said. “I still live at home, and I’m trying to buy a house.

“I have been at my job over a year now, and I’m loving it. I’m doing surgeries every day. I’m helping people, and it’s lots of fun.”

Sarah Enochson, 52 of Longmont, lost her longtime job as a writer at a greeting card company in 2020. She enrolled in graphic design classes at FRCC to expand her skillset.

“I caught the bug,” she said. “It brought out a side of me that was obviously there all along, but hadn’t been developed.

“I’ve had moments of selfdoubt throughout because it’s hard to start over at this point in life, but I’ve had

“I”d like concentrate on having ADUs which is a major factor in multi-generational housing,” Johnston said. “Having ADUS in

encouragement all the way through.”

Much of that came through an internship at a graphic design agency on FRCC’s Boulder campus.

“ at’s an opportunity I would not have had in a classroom,” she said. “It gave me the opportunity to deepen my understanding of graphic design and grow as a leader. It’s given me something to put on my resume that shows a breadth of experience and ability, and exposed me to di erent paths within the graphic design eld.

“I have three college-aged kids. And I’m encouraging all of them to get any paid experience they can. It puts you at an advantage over all the other students that don’t have that experience. It makes you a known entity to someone. And often, it leads to your job. It’s as important as any of the classes you take.”

Polis spoke little during his visit, instead asking the students questions and listening to the students.

He said the administration is pursuing an apprenticeship tax credit for businesses and taking other measures designed to ramp up participation.

Polis and several Colorado business leaders recently visited Switzerland to learn more about their apprenticeship program. Apprenticeships are deeply rooted

Brighton and having the ability to easily get those done and taking away some of that red tape, that is my thought.”

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in Swiss society, providing a well-established career pathway and contributing to a low youth unemployment rate and low student debt.

“ ey have the apprentice model really ingrained into everything they do there,” he said. “We took major employers with us to Switzerland … so they can see what that looks like in a place where it’s well established.

“It’s newer to America. It’s a little bit of an education process here. We want to grow it here.”

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Brighton Police seek to end Community Reach contract

BY SCOTT TAYLOR STAYLOR@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Brighton Police would like to work with local mental health trauma counseling center Reaching HOPE to provide mental health counselors that would respond to police calls, replacing Community Reach Center.

Police Commander Ponce Portillo told councilors that Community Reach was unable to hire mental health professionals and the department wants to end a contract with them that began in March.

“During that time, we worked with them to create training for the police department and kick that program o ,” he said.

Brighton Police received a $525,703 grant to provide mental health

co-responders in October 2022.

e department signed a contract in March with Community Reach Center, the 66-year-old mental health crisis counseling agency that serves much of Adams County and Broomeld to create the city’s co-responder program.

“ ey have been unable to meet their part of the contract in hiring a clinician,” Portillo said. “So last month we decided to end their contract. ey have been supportive in this transition and have helped us to act on this project and understand the evolution of this.”

Community Reach Center representatives could not be reached for comment.

Portillo said the city is now prepared to work with Reaching HOPE.

“It’s an agency that our department already has a relationship with,” Portillo said. “ ey are partners and stakeholders and we have been partners with time for ve years.

Reaching HOPE is a bilingual mental health trauma counseling service based out of ornton, although 25% of its clients live in Brighton. Portillo said that half of the agency’s clients are Hispanic.

Dr. Ambra Born, the executive director of Reaching HOPE, said the agency has worked with local police in Brighton and Commerce City on sexual assaults.

“What we bring to the table is we are a doctoral training program, so we have students that are also really interested in being engaged in this program and we have a nice hiring

pool to pull from among our alumni and connections with universities,” Born said. “So we feel pretty sure that we will be able to hire for this position. And, in addition, we have a post-doctoral therapist who, in a previous life was a police o cer and he is really excited to take at least one of these shifts. So we have this partially hired already and we anticipate some good luck in getting the rest of the position.”

City Councilor Peter Padilla said he was on board with the change.

“I have been hearing from Community Reach about a number of different projects that are trying to reach out and they are just having a hard time getting the sta ng and doing what they want to do in the community,” he said.

Almost Home goes back to the 1990s

BY BELEN WARD BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Almost Home’ 3rd annual Concert for a Cause fundraiser returns to its roots celebrating its 30th year as a homeless shelter with a 1990s-themed show Sept. 29 at the Brighton Armory Performing Arts Center.

Almost Home is a non-pro t organization that helps people experiencing homelessness with housing and prevention. e organization o cially began operations in 1993.  is year’s fundraiser returns to that decade with live music by Total Request Live band playing a variety of genres from the 90s up to 2000. e

Simply Pizza Truck of Brighton will serve food, providing free pizza and donating all tips to Almost Home. Also, there will be a bucket ra e to win prizes, including a getaway.  Show-goers are encouraged to pull out their plaid shirts, slip dresses and baggy pants to enter a 90s-themed costume contest with 1st, 2nd, and 3rd

place prizes.

Tickets are $25 purchased at www. auctria.events/AHConcert4aCause. For questions or more information, contact Monica Schafer at 303-9187970 and at mschafer@almosthomeonline.org. For more information, visit the shelter’s website at https://www.almosthomeonline.org/concert4acause.

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Rubalcaba said the program will have about 54 students total this quarter and nearly 200 students in the CDL program by the end of the year.

“It’s a three-week program, sometimes it will run four weeks, depending on the student. After three weeks, it’s an accelerated career placement program. We test them in-house on our own equipment. ey always train and test in the same equipment,” Rubalcaba said. Once a student is certi ed, the school helps them with job placement through various local partners in the area.

e Aims CDL program o ers certi cation in CDL Classes A and B. While a Class A license allows drivers across all types of large trucks including tractor-trailers, a Class B license is more limited and covers single-vehicle trucks like garbage trucks and cement mixers.

e training is a combination of classroom instruction and handon-the-road training with instruc-

tors who have experience in the industry.

In addition to learning about the trucking transportation industry, the student also learns safety requirements and receives a learner permit and hazardous material endorsement to gain knowledge in a eld that o ers a good income.

Drivers needed

According to the American Association of Truckers, e trucking industry is currently short an estimated 78,000 drivers and 41,000 technicians. Over the next decade, trucks will transport 2.4 billion more tons of freight than they already do today.

“ e last time I checked the data by the year 2030, the truck driving industry will be short by about 1 million drivers, “ Rubalcaba said.

“ ere are many causes of the truck driver shortage. ere are several primary reasons the industry is su ering, “ said Jeremy Kirkpatrick, vice president of digital and advocacy communications for the association.

Kirkpatrick said age is a factor.

e median age of over-the-road truck drivers is 46. Some sectors within the trucking industry require

a higher median age. e private eet drivers have a median age of 57 years old.

“ e current age requirement to drive a tractor-trailer across state lines is 21. is means that interstate motor carriers miss out on the population between 18 and 21, “Kirkpatrick said.

“Often, these individuals, at least those that don’t go to higher education or the military, obtain employment in construction, retail, or fast food industries so they can start their careers at a younger age. e average age of a new driver trained is 35 years old.”

Kirkpatrick said women are a new targeted segment for the industry. Women now make up nearly 47% of all U.S. workers but only comprise 6.6% of all truck drivers, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.

“ e share of female drivers has remained fairly stagnant, between 4.5% and 6.6% since 2000,” Kirkpatrick said. “ is is a large, untapped portion of the population for the industry. Some trucking companies have put an emphasis on female drivers, but the highest percentage of female drivers we have seen is around 20% for those eets.”

e lifestyle of being on the road, Kirkpatrick said, plays into the shortage, especially when a trucker is new to the industry; many drivers with assigned routes are on the road for extended periods – typically a week or two – before they return home.

“ erefore, it is not just a career but a lifestyle that does not t with everyone’s desires or needs,” Kirkpatrick said. “Eventually, drivers will move into regional or local driving positions with tenure. It’s another reason to consider drivers under 21 years old. at is the age when, in many cases, a person wouldn’t mind being on the road before starting a family.”

Kirkpatrick said regulations that impact the industry, such as changes to truck driver hours-of-service, reduce industry productivity.

“Reduced productivity exacerbates the driver shortage as it requires more trucks, and more drivers, to move the same amount of freight,” Kirkpatrick said. For more information about the CDL program at the Fort Lupton campus, visit https://www.aims. edu/locations/fort-lupton-campus or call 303-857-4022.

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NOTICE CONCERNING PROPOSED

2024 BUDGET OF TURNBERRY #2 METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

NOTICE is hereby given that a proposed budget has been submitted to the Board of Directors of Turnberry #2 Metropolitan District for the ensuing year of 2024; that a copy of such proposed budget has been filed in the office of Wolfersberger, LLC, 8354 Northfield Blvd, Building G, Suite 3700, Denver, Colorado 80238, where the same is open for public inspection; and that such proposed budget will be considered at a public hearing of the Board of Directors of the District to be held on Tuesday October 10, 2023 at 6:00 pm. Bison Ridge Recreation Center (13905 E 112th Ave, Commerce City, CO 80022). Any elector within the District may, at any time prior to the final adoption of the budget, inspect the budget and file or register any objections thereto.

TURNBERRY #2 METROPOLITAN

DISTRICT

ager

Legal Notice No. CCX1152

First Publication: September 21, 2023

Last Publication: September 21, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Public Notice

NOTICE CONCERNING PROPOSED 2024 BUDGET OF NORTH RANGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT No. 1

using the dial-in number (646) 749-3112 and access code #534-031-373 Any elector within the District may, at any time prior to the final adoption of the budget, inspect the budget and file or register any objections thereto.

FRONTERRA VILLAGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

By: Charles Wolfersberger District Manager

Legal Notice No. CCX1150

First Publication: September 21, 2023

Last Publication: September 21, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Public Notice

NOTICE CONCERNING PROPOSED 2024 BUDGET OF BUFFALO RUN MESA METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

By: Charles Wolfersberger

Legal Notice No. CCX1148

District

Manager

First Publication: September 21, 2023

Last Publication: September 21, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Public Notice

NOTICE CONCERNING 2024 BUDGET HEARINGS FOR LAREDO METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

NOTICE is hereby given that a proposed budget for the ensuing year of 2024 has been submitted to the Board of Directors of Directors of Laredo Metropolitan District and that a copy of the 2024 proposed budget has been filed in the office of Wolfersberger, LLC, 8354 Northfield Blvd, Building G, Suite 3700, Denver, Colorado 80238, where the same is open for public inspection; and that such proposed budget will be considered at a public hearing of the Board of Directors of the District to be held on Monday October 09, 2023 at 6:00 p.m. at the following location: Bison Ridge Recreation Center Conference Room (13905 E 112th Ave Commerce City, CO 80022). Any elector within the District may, at any time prior to the final adoption of the 2024 budget, inspect such budgets and file or register any objections thereto.

LAREDO METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

By: Charles Wolfersberger District Man-

NOTICE is hereby given that a proposed 2024 budget has been submitted to the Board of Directors of North Range Metropolitan District No. 1; that a copy of such proposed budgets have been filed in the office of Wolfersberger, LLC, 8354 Northfield Blvd, Building G, Suite 3700, Denver, Colorado 80238, where the same is open for public inspection; and that such proposed budgets will be considered at a public hearing of the Board of Directors of the District to be on Tuesday, November 14, 2023. at 6:00 p.m. at the Reunion Recreation Center at 17910 East Parkside Drive North Commerce City, CO 80022. Any elector within the District may, at any time prior to the final adoption of the 2024 budget may inspect such budgets and file or register any objections thereto.

NORTH RANGE METROPOLITAN

DISTRICT No. 1

By: Charles Wolfersberger District Manager

Legal Notice No. CCX1153

First Publication: September 21, 2023

Last Publication: September 21, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Public Notice

NOTICE CONCERNING PROPOSED 2024 BUDGETS OF FRONTERRA VILLAGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

NOTICE is hereby given that a proposed budget has been submitted to the Board of Directors of Fronterra Village Metropolitan District for the ensuing year of 2024; that a copy of such proposed budget has been filed in the office of Wolfersberger, LLC, 8354 Northfield Blvd, Building G, Suite 3700, Denver, Colorado 80238, where the same is open for public inspection; and that such proposed budget will be considered at a public hearing of the Board of Directors of the District to be held on Wednesday, October 04, 2023 at 6:00 p.m. Online video conference site is as follows: https://www.gotomeet.me/ DistrictBoardMeetingRoom2 Members of the public may also participate via phone

NOTICE is hereby given that a proposed budget has been submitted to the Board of Directors of Buffalo Run Mesa Metropolitan District for the ensuing year of 2024; that a copy of such proposed budget has been filed in the office of Wolfersberger, LLC, 8354 Northfield Blvd, Building G, Suite 3700, Denver, Colorado 80238, where the same is open for public inspection; and that such proposed budget will be considered at a public hearing of the Board of Directors of the District to be held on Thursday October 19, 2023. At 4:30 p.m. At Bison Ridge Recreation Center (13905 E 112th Ave, Commerce City, Co 80022) Any elector within the District may, at any time prior to the final adoption of the budget, inspect the budget and file or register any objections thereto.

BUFFALO RUN MESA METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

By: Charles Wolfersberger District Manager

Legal Notice No. CCX1149

First Publication: September 21, 2023

Last Publication: September 21, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Public Notice

NOTICE CONCERNING PROPOSED 2024 BUDGETS OF FRONTERRA VILLAGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 2

NOTICE is hereby given that a proposed budget has been submitted to the Board of Directors of Fronterra Village Metropolitan District for the ensuing year of 2024; that a copy of such proposed budget has been filed in the office of Wolfersberger, LLC, 8354 Northfield Blvd, Building G, Suite

Public Notices

3700, Denver, Colorado 80238, where the same is open for public inspection; and that such proposed budget will be considered at a public hearing of the Board of Directors of the District to be held on Thursday, October 5, 2023 at 6:00 p.m.

Online video conference site is as follows: https://www.gotomeet.me/DistrictBoardMeetingRoom2 Members of the public may also participate via phone using the dial-in number (646) 749-3112 and access code #534-031-373 Any elector within the District may, at any time prior to the final adoption of the budget, inspect the budget and file or register any objections thereto.

FRONTERRA VILLAGE

METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 2

By: Charles Wolfersberger District Manager

Legal Notice No. CCX1151

First Publication: September 21, 2023

Last Publication: September 21, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel

Express Bids and Settlements

Public Notice

PAINTED PRAIRIE

PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT AUTHORITY

Painted Prairie Town Center

Residential Infrastructure

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 a.m. local time on October 19, 2023. for:

Painted Prairie Town Center

Residential Infrastructure

This Contract provides for the construction of the following: Grading and Concrete paving. Furnish and install over 1,200 LF of 8-inch water line with appurtenances, over 1,400 LF of 8-inch sanitary sewer line with appurtenances and approximately 30 services of water and 100 services of sanitary sewer. Also, furnish and install over 2,600 LF of concrete alley construction.

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 September 21, 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. CCX1154

First Publication: September 21, 2023

Last Publication: October 5, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express Non-Consecutive Publications

Public Notice

WINDLER PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT AUTHORITY

WINDLER Tibet – 48th Ave to South Property Line Roadway Improvements

Sealed Bids will be received by Windler 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 10:30 a.m. local time on October 19, 2023. for:

WINDLER Tibet – 48th Ave to South Property Line Roadway Improvements

This Contract provides for the construction of the following: Approximately 2,600 LF of roadway along Tibet Road from 48th Ave to the project boundary to the south. The project includes some sanitary sewer and storm sewer installation.

Copies of the Bidding Documents may be requested from the Windler Public Improvement Authority, at the email of the Authority Engineer, barney.fix@ merrick.com, beginning September 21, 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. CCX1158

First Publication: September 21, 2023

Last Publication: October 5, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Non-consecutive Publications

Public Notice

FINAL SETTLEMENT

Project Title:Painted Prairie Filing 1 –High Prairie Park Landscape Improvements

Project Owners: Painted Prairie Public Improvement Authority

Project Location: City of Aurora, Adams County

The Painted Prairie Public Improvement Authority plans to accept the above titled project as substantially complete and for Final Settlement to Hall Contracting, LLC. after September 29, 2023. In accordance with the Contract Documents, the Painted Prairie Public Improvement Authority may withhold a portion of the remaining payment to be made to Hall Contracting, LLC., as necessary, to protect the Painted Prairie Public Improvement Authority from loss on account of claims filed and failure of Hall Contracting, LLC. to make payments properly to subcontractors or suppliers. Project suppliers and subcontractors of Hall Contracting, LLC. 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 25, 2023.

Legal Notice No. CCX1138

First Publication: September 7, 2023

Last Publication: September 21, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express Non-Consecutive Publications

Public Notice

PCL Construction, Inc. is soliciting Certified DBE/WBE/MBE/SBE/OBE Subs & Suppliers to bid the Klein Facility Enhancement Project– GMP 1 – for South Adams County Water and Sanitation District in Commerce City, CO. Bids are due October 23, 2023 @ 2:00 PM (MT). PCL intends to break up the requirements into smaller portions to encourage maximum participation, arrange time frames for contracts and establish deliv-

ery schedules, where the requirements permit, in a way that encourages and facilitates participation of DBE’s. Payment & Performance Bonds may be required & bonding assistance is available. Subcontractors and Suppliers are encouraged to contact PCL for insurance requirements, equipment & materials, plans & specs or if any other assistance is needed. SRF/ DWRF Federal funding requirements apply and include but are not limited to; DBE - EPA 40 CFR Part 33, Davis Bacon/ Prevailing Wages, AIS, BABA, EEO, Affirmative Action, & Fair Share Objectives.

Project Description: Early Procurement of Electrical Equipment (Pad mounted, liquid-filled, medium-voltage transformers as specified in Section 26 12 19, Medium-voltage pad mounted enclosed switchgear as specified in Section 26 18 33.1, Low-voltage switchgear as specified in Section 26 23 00, Generator Quick Connect Switchboard as specified in Section 26 24 13.13, Variable Frequency Drives as specified in Section 26 29 23,) & ION Exchange Process Equipment (Cartridge filters as specified in Section 46 61 53, Packed bed ion exchange vessel system as specified in Section 46 63 16). The remaining project scope of work will be advertised at a later date with its own solicitation and bid date. Scopes of work needed: Electrical Equipment & Water and Wastewater Equipment (as specified in the project description). NAICS: 335311, 333612, 423830. This project may receive funding from the Colorado State Revolving Loan Fund (SRF) program and bidder’s attention is called to the SRF requirements included in the bid package. The contract includes Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) requirements and goals. Certified DBEs are encouraged to bid. DBE certification paperwork or general questions may be directed to Andrea Chavez at andreachavez@pcl.com / 480763-2743. PCL celebrates diversity and is proud to be equal opportunity employer.

Legal Notice No. CCX1159

First Publication: September 21, 2023

Last Publication: September 21, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Notice to Creditors

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Jacobo M. Martinez Jr., a/k/a Jake Martinez, Deceased

Case Number: 2023 PR 292

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 January 15, 2024, or the claims may be forever barred.

Stella Lucero

Personal Representative

7300 Krameria St Commerce City, CO 80022

Legal Notice No. CCX1145

First Publication: September 14, 2023

Last Publication: September 28, 2023

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

AIR QUALITY

regulated — controversially — by rules passed in 2021.

State health department sta ers’ justi cation for regulating the next 18 industrial sources in September’s vote says disproportionately impacted, or DI, communities are well protected by the draft regulations, and will breathe easier from the carbon dioxide cuts and from drops in other pollutants that are a side bene t of attacking carbon.

e state’s rules say the next companies targeted will only be able to buy credits to ful ll their cuts if they’ve proven they’ve installed all possible cost-e ective pollution control measures.

What’s “cost e ective” when it comes to pollution is not exactly a settled question.

Groups that ght for DI communities say the whole point of environmental justice provisions embedded in climate laws is to cut pollution right where it has hurt people most. Nor does setting the “social cost” of carbon at $89 a ton account for heat exposure and high rates of asthma, heart problems and other ailments in Colorado’s industrial neighborhoods, according to rule comments by GreenLatinos, Environmental Defense Fund and others.

e EDF points out another troubling aspect of the state’s proposed rule: Because of how and when the benchmarks were set, the 18 companies as a group will actually be allowed to increase their greenhouse gas emissions slightly before steeper cuts kick in for 2030.

“As a result of the in ated baseline and modest interim reduction targets, the proposed rule would allow half of the facilities to increase emissions or make no reductions,

relative to current levels, for the next six years,” the EDF said. at outs the urgency of the climate change problem and state laws demanding that reductions start now, the nonpro t says.

Even the state’s draft, revised after expert comments, would let the group of 18 facilities “emit nearly 1.2 million tons more climate pollution over the decade than if pollution from these industries stayed at where they are today,” said Katie Schneer, Colorado based senior climate analyst for EDF. “ at equates to an increase of 9% above today’s pollution levels from these facilities in each year leading up to 2030, with only a 5% reduction in 2030.”

A group of state lawmakers who say they wrote and pushed through the 2021 industrial pollution legislation sent a letter to the AQCC warning the division’s draft rules would not achieve the required greenhouse gas cuts, and won’t shield the indus-

tries’ neighbors from the co-pollutants produce alongside carbon.

“ e current draft deviates signi cantly from the intent of the law we worked to pass,” said the letter, signed by Capitol leaders including Sen. Faith Winter, D-Westminster; Rep. Jennifer Bacon, D-Denver; and, Rep. Elizabeth Velasco, D-Glenwood Springs, and 13 others.

e environmental groups’ redlining of state draft rules all emphasize the need for speed.

“Given the cumulative buildup of carbon pollution in the atmosphere, rapid reductions in greenhouse gases are crucial for limiting the overall amount of warming we will experience,” the EDF said.

Colorado’s Air Pollution Control Division Director Michael Ogletree said state sta are continuing to revise the draft rules in regard to environmental and industry comments, and will continue revisions right up to the commission’s hearing date.