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eventually be counted. People on the tours are welcome to look at it, but only from the outside. Access is extremely limited to only a few members of staff. Even Clerk and Recorder Josh Zygielbaum isn’t allowed in, Martinez said. “Nobody else has access to this room, not even the cleaning folks can go in there to clean- so it gets a little dusty between elections,” Martinez said. Martinez said the county only lets four individuals have access to the server room. While remote cameras monitor all of the election rooms, the server room works are constantly watched by two cameras. The room itself is physically isolated, too, protected by bullet-proof glass and tall walls.

As part of a months-long investigation with ties to a Mexican cartel, North Metro drug enforcement officers recently confiscated 84.3 pounds of fentanyl – an amount they said could save the lives of more than half the population of Adams County. Three people have been arrested and six more remain at large as part of the 47-point indictment. The nine members of the drug trafficking organization were indicted for helping distribute fentanyl, methamphetamines, and cocaine into the Adams County area and other parts of Colorado. They were allegedly part of Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel, an international crime syndicate once led by the notorious El Chapo. Operation Dress for Less, so named because initial leads were discovered in a clothing store parking lot, began in May and ended with a late September grand jury indictment. Investigators went public with their months of work during a Nov. 1 press conference at the Adams County DA’s office. The operation involved the DA’s office as well as members of the North Metro Task Force and the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Rocky Mountain Field Division. In addition to the fentanyl, authorities also seized 66 pounds of methamphetamine, 1.4 kilos of cocaine, 14 grams of heroin, an active meth lab, five guns and $93,000. The nine cartel members allegedly funneled the drugs into Adams County, and other parts of Colorado,

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The last week leading up to an election is usually busy for County Clerks, but Adams County workers know they have another job – hosting tours for people curious about how ballots are processed and votes tallied. “I think voter education is the most important piece of this for many individuals who don’t know the process,” said Jamie Martinez, Adams County deputy director of elections. “I’m happy to do these

tours. I do them every single election the week before Election Day.” Adams County typically opens the doors for public scrutiny for the week before the election, offering a glimpse of what goes on behind the scenes to groups of 15, one tour per day. The last tour of 2023 was scheduled for Nov. 3, the Friday before Election night on Nov. 7. “We do them in the afternoon so that you can see most of the process coming through because our ballots are returned at that point,” Martinez said. “The individuals that go on our tour, they are the advocates out there, or they might come to work our election and are still advocates.” Look, but don’t touch

Martinez usually starts the tours outside the county’s server room, where the ballots are made and will

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easier for people needing services to navigate the system and get the care they need. It is designed to ensure that people have one place to go for questions and support and to improve the quality of care they receive. “We are proud and honored to be selected as the Case Management Agency for Denver and Adams Counties,” said RMHS executive director Shari Repinski. “It’s essential to reduce the burden of a complex and siloed system of care by creating a more inclusive and streamlined Long Term Care system in Colorado that recognizes and caters to the diverse needs of individuals, regardless of their disability. RMHS looks forward to making it easier for people to access care and to know that they have a trusted partner they can count on to treat them with the utmost respect and compassion.”

Adams County Commissioner Steve O’Dorisio will explain the county’s program to monitor air quality in neighborhoods to the League of Women Voters from 6-7 p.m. Nov. 14 at the Adams County Human Services Building, 11860 Pecos St., Westminster. Adams County operates 20 air pollution monitoring stations across Adams and Arapahoe Counties. The monitors measure the amount of fine particulate matter. A new $400,000 EPA grant is letting the county to set up at least eight more stations in neighborhoods disproportionately impacted by air pollution. The meeting is free and open to the public. To attend via zoom, request the link via email to Sutton_a@comcast.net. After the commissioner’s presentation, League members will discuss concurrence on a position in support of local news from at 7 p.m.

Workshops from Workforce & Business Center

The Adams County Workforce & Business Center is hosting multiple workshops throughout November. Topics throughout the month include Elements of Networking, Marketing Yourself Successfully, Workplace Communication, Interpersonal Communication, Conflict Resolution, Critical Thinking, and more. Visit the center’s website, https://adcogov.org/workforcebusiness-center, for a full class schedule, which includes contact information for each workshop. The center has locations in Aurora, in Westminter’sPete Mirelez Human Services Center, 11860 N. Pecos St and at 36 South 18th Ave.

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The Colorado Department of Health Care Policy & Financing is redesigning its case management process, naming a Colorado firm to manage responses for Adams and Denver counties. The change began Nov. 1. Colorado non-profit group Rocky Mountain Human Services will provide streamlined case management services to individuals with disabilities or other complex needs requiring long-term, home, and community-based support. The new contract is part of Colorado’s redesigned case management system intended to make it

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Caraveo, police highlight local retail crime worries Chamber president: ‘A lot of our businesses have said they can’t sustain this anymore’ BY SCOTT TAYLOR STAYLOR@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

With retail theft becoming a $120 billion problem nationally, U.S. Rep. Yadira Caraveo said Tuesday that the problem is one on the radars of police in Thornton. “This is something we’ve been hearing a lot about, obviously, this crime of all sorts,” Caraveo said. “But retail crime has really come to the forefront recently.” The Democrat came home to her 8th District in Northern Colorado before the House resumed business in Washington D.C. on Nov. 1. She spent the morning at Thornton’s Fossil Ridge Public Safety Center talking with the president of the local chamber of commerce and police. Bryan Bennett, a Thornton police detective and retail crime specialist, said many stores struggle with serial shoplifters who slip out with easy-toconceal items, before moving on to nearby establishments and repeating the same crime. The richest targets are located in the Denver Premium Outlets mall on 138th Avenue and Grant Street and big box retailers like Home Depot. He noted that Home Depot reports losses from theft of as much as $4 million in metro Denver over the most recent two years and said thieves sell items online. “When we are talking about organized retail crime, we see a lot of skimmers placed on the devices and ATMs,” Bennett added. “We see a lot of organized thefts of retail products like high-end purses and bags and tools and things that everyone buys — things that cost more money that we use every day, like screwdrivers and drills and baby formula are targets. We’ve had thefts of tooth whitening strips and Rogaine. That’s why they’re all locked up in cases now.” Bennett couldn’t provide local statistics but said retail theft nationally has risen from roughly $90 billion to $120 billion since 2022. “So it is a significant problem increase nationwide,” he said. President Courtney Potter of the Thornton Area Chamber of Commerce said that kind of theft can be the difference between survival and closing for some retailers, especially locally-run ones. “A lot of our businesses have said they can’t sustain this anymore and they close up shop and move their business online,” Potter said. “Or they will move to a different community that does not have these issues. But for the most part, it’s just the cost of doing business these days.” Many are unprepared, she said. “Some of our newer businesses are completely unprepared, so being able to find resources that can help them combat these issues has been huge,” she said. Caraveo touted what she said is a solution to at least part of the problem: the Combating Organized Retail

Rep. Yadira Caraveo asks Thornton Police Lt. Ernie Lucero a question about crime at Thornton retail shops Oct. 31 at the city’s Fossil Ridge Public Safety building.

Thornton Area Chamber of Commerce President Courtney Potter makes a point about retail thefts impact on small businesses Oct. 31 while Rep. Yadira Caraveo, left, and Thornton Police Lt. Ernie Lucero and Det. Bryan Bennett PHOTOS BY SCOTT TAYLOR listen.

Crime Act. She is co-sponsoring the legislation with U.S. Rep. Ken Buck, a Republican for the 4th District, which covers the eastern third of Colorado. The bill would expand federal enforcement of laws targeting organized retail crime and establish an Organized Retail Crime Coordination Center to create a national strategy for safeguarding small businesses from organized theft. Careveo said the idea is to elevate the stakes for organized crimes, such as identity skimming at ATMs and smash-and-grab thefts by large groups of thieves overwhelming a store and carrying away as much as possible. “It’s really looking at how the Department of Homeland Security can play a role, making sure we are setting up coordination for the industry at the federal level and making the crime, when it’s an organized crime, a federal offense,” Caraveo said. Bennett said that level of crime is rarely seen at his level. “We don’t see too many of those orga-

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as well as Oregon, Nevada, and Arizona. Local distributors were found in Westminster and Federal Heights. “These were big players bringing in enormous quantities of drugs, (including) the most dangerous drug — fentanyl — into Adams County,” Mason said, noting authorities confiscated about 382,000 fentanyl pills. “All of which could have been lethal to any member of this community who took them.” While Mason said he is “incredibly proud” of the recent investigation, he said it is “just the beginning.” “Fentanyl is literally killing our kids,” he said. “It is killing kids in middle school, high school, in college, in their 20s and 30s. Our work continues in this case and others as we try to rid our community of the drugs and poison.” The individuals reportedly distributed the drugs to “various customers throughout the Brighton and Denver Metro area,” according to the indictment. “Each of the members of the criminal enterprise relied upon and utilized a complex system of cellular telephones and electronic communication devices” during the operation, often speaking in codes. Mason said the operation hinged largely on a wiretap, which allowed them to eavesdrop on conversations among cartel members. “We use that tool only when it’s appropriate and when the acts necessitate that,” he said. “In these cases … because we could listen to alleged drug traffickers making deals from across the United States to bring fentanyl to Adams County, we were able to make this case happen. And take huge amounts of fentanyl and other drugs

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off the streets. “If we didn’t have the capability to do a wiretap… these drugs would be out on the street right now, and I am confident more people would be dead.” Such investigations take money and coordination because the cartels are sophisticated and motivated by a lucrative business model, Mason said. Each fentanyl pill costs only a few pennies

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“The walls go all the way up into the ceiling of this building so if you tried to get through my ceilings and drop down, you couldn’t do it in this room,” Martinez said. But physical distance is just one part of the equation. The server room is also isolated from the rest of the operation electronically, operating on its own computer network. Zygielbaum said all of that equipment is kept from the outside world. “There is an internal network so that all the computers and machines can talk to each other,” he said. “But nothing is connected to the outside world.” Zygielbaum said the system relies on a single laptop to communicate with the Colorado Secretary of State. It’s oversized and doesn’t have access to any other computer programs or websites or anything like that. Its only job is to collect the election data. Staff must transfer that data on a singleuse thumb drive and walk it out of the room. “It is the only place that can get to the outside world to communicate results from the internal system to the external system,” Zygielbaum said. “We use a secured thumb drive that never gets reinserted.” Picking up ballots

Teams of three, all members of different parties, make their way around the county, collecting the ballots from the collection boxes and voter information sites. Two people collect the

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ballots while the third stays on the lookout to make sure everyone is safe. All the teams wear vests that identify them as county workers, storing the bags in military-grade containers. They carry 300 ballots in each container, signing documents to show the chain of custody. “They need to note when they don’t have custody anymore,” she said. “When I unseal it, I notate the date and the time, as well as with signatures.” The bags are brought into the election office and put in colored coded trays to identify where they came from and whether they came from the post office or the city ballot collection box. Ballots are machine scanned oneby-one, to verify the voters’ signatures and to weed out anomalies,

alerting election officials of potential red flags. That could include missing or non-matching signatures or a ballot envelope that is unusually thick or heavy – meaning they might contain something other than a ballot. “We ensure the one ballot is in the envelope,” Martinez said. “The machine does not tally votes or remove any ballots from envelopes. It just does sorting work, taking that job out of the hands of elections workers,” Martinez said. When the machines scan the signature, it compares it to previous signatures and those in county records. Problem ballots are isolated and set aside while the ones without problems are processed. Bipartisan teams of two – usually a Republican and a Democrat – sit next to each other to review questionable

signatures, rejecting those that clearly don’t match. Voters are sent cure letters if there’s a problem with the signatures while the envelopes are set aside. “If they don’t return the cure letter to us, we then turn it over to the district attorney to investigate,” Zygielbaum said. Ballots with valid signatures are opened by a machine that slices the tops off of 3,600 envelopes per hour. Bipartisan teams of two sit at a table, removing one ballot at a time and placing them face down in line for scanning. In the final phase, the ballots are run through a counting system with a high-speed digital scanner that can process 75 ballots per minute, taking a digital image of the fronts and backs. Processing work begins well before the election night, with workers scanning as many ballots as they have, sending voters notifications that their ballots have been processed. But the votes are counted right away, not until the polls close. “We wait to push the button to release results until election night,” Martinez said. Martinez said they have had zero attempted fraud in Adams County. “We only tally the vote if we can confirm that the individual is the one that sent it to us, “Martinez said. Tisha Gorney brought her two children to the ballot tour on Oct. 31. She wants her kids to be familiar with the vote-counting process. “When we go vote, they go with us. That way they can see the process and one day, hopefully, do the same thing,” Gorney said

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Public Notices call 303-566-4123 Legals City and County Public Notice CITY OF COMMERCE CITY NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE MARIJUANA LICENSING AUTHORITY NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held on November 20, 2023, to consider the Retail Marijuana Store License Application for 5403 Quebec LLC at 5403 Quebec Street, Commerce City, CO 80022 filed on July 31, 2023 Managing member is Mousa Sawaged 11347 Ranch Reserve Parkway, Westminster, CO 80234. The public hearing is at the Commerce City Civic Center, 7887 E. 60th Ave. Court/Council Chambers Commerce City, CO 80022 at 8:15AM. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held on November 20, 2023, to consider the Retail Marijuana Store License application Wildflowers Dispensary Inc. at 5555 Dahlia Street, Unit #1100, Commerce City, CO 80022, filed on July 26, 2023. Managing members James D. Woodend and Savannah Cleghorn 2440 N I25, Pueblo, CO 81008. The public hearing will be held at the Commerce City Civic Center, 7887 E. 60th Ave. Court/Council Chambers Commerce City, CO 80022 at 9:00AM. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held on November 20, 2023, to consider the Retail Marijuana Store License application for Cannabis Depot Commerce City, LLC at 5555 Dahlia Street, Unit #1000, Commerce City, CO 80022, filed on July 26, 2023. Managing members James D. Woodend and Savannah Cleghorn 2440 N I25, Pueblo, CO 81008. The public hearing will be held at the Commerce City Civic Center, 7887 E. 60th Ave. Court/Council Chambers Commerce City, CO 80022 at 9:00AM. Legal Notice No. CCX1223 First Publication: November 9, 2023 Last Publication: November 9, 2023 Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Metropolitan Districts Public Notice NOTICE TO EXCEED PROPERTY TAX LIMIT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Mill Levy of 42.868 has been proposed to

Riverdale Dunes Metropolitan District No.1. If approved, the Proposed Mill Levy of 42.868 would exceed the Property Tax Limit established in Proposition HH. The Board of Directors will consider the adoption of the Proposed Mill Levy of the Districts at a Regular Meeting of the Riverdale Dunes Metropolitan District No. 1 to be held Monday, November 20, 2023, at 6:00 pm. BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: RIVERDALE DUNES METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 1 By: /s/ Kieyesia Conaway, District Administrator Legal Notice No. CCX1221 First Publication: November 9, 2023 Last Publication: November 9, 2023 Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Metro Districts Budget Hearings Public Notice NOTICE AS TO PROPOSED 2024 BUDGET HEARING CUTLER FARMS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a proposed 2024 Budget has been submitted to the CUTLER FARMS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT. A copy of such proposed 2024 Budget has been filed in the office of the District at 7979 East Tufts Avenue, Suite 1125, Denver, Colorado, where same is open for public inspection. Such proposed Budget will be considered at a special meeting of the Board of Directors of the CUTLER FARMS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT, to be held on November 14, 2023 at 10:00 a.m., Via Zoom: https:// us06web.zoom.us/j/86363920406?pwd= S4ABphahay6PoojRPoefHFEJmKdyAk.1 Meeting ID: 863 6392 0406; Passcode: 931658. Any interested electors within the CUTLER FARMS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT may inspect the proposed Budget and file or register any objections at any time prior to the final adoption of the 2024 Budget. BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: CUTLER FARMS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT By: /s/ ICENOGLE SEAVER POGUE, P.C. Legal Notice No. CCX1227 First Publication: November 9, 2023 Last Publication: November 9, 2023 Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

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NOTICE OF HEARING ON PROPOSED 2024 BUDGET AND 2023 BUDGET AMENDMENT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the proposed budget for the ensuing year of 2024 has been submitted to the Sand Creek Metropolitan District (“District”). Such proposed budget will be considered at a meeting and public hearing of the Board of Directors of the District to be held 1:00 p.m. on December 1, 2023 at 100 Saint Paul Street, Denver, CO. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that an amendment to the 2023 budget of the District may also be considered at the above-referenced meeting and public hearing of the Board of Directors of the District. A copy of the proposed 2024 budget and the amended 2023 budget, if required, are available for public inspection at 100 Saint Paul Street, Suite 300, Denver, Colorado. Any interested elector within the District may, at any time prior to final adoption of the 2024 budget and the amended 2023 budget, if required, file or register any objections thereto. SAND CREEK METROPOLITAN DISTRICT By: /s/ Mike Serra, Board Secretary Legal Notice No. CCX1224 First Publication: November 9, 2023 Last Publication: November 9, 2023 Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express Public Notice NOTICE AS TO PROPOSED 2024 BUDGET AND AMENDMENT OF 2023 BUDGET CANAL AVENUE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT CITY OF COMMERCE CITY, ADAMS COUNTY, COLORADO NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Sections 29-1-108 and 109, C.R.S., that a proposed budget has been submitted to the Board of Directors of the Canal Avenue Metropolitan District (the “District”) for the ensuing year of 2024. The necessity may also arise for the amendment of the 2023 budget of the District. Copies of the proposed 2024 budget and 2023 amended budget (if appropriate) are on file in the office of the District’s Accountant, Special District Management Services, Inc., 141 Union Boulevard, Suite 150, Lakewood, Colorado 80228, where same are available for public inspection. Such proposed 2024 budget and 2023 amended budget will be considered at a regular meeting to

be held Thursday, November 16, 2023 at 1:00 p.m. via video/teleconference. Any interested elector within the District may, at any time prior to the final adoption of the 2024 budget and 2023 amended budget, inspect the 2024 budget and 2023 amended budget and file or register any objections thereto.

THIS MEETING WILL BE HELD BY VIDEO/TELEPHONIC MEANS WITHOUT ANY INDIVIDUALS (NEITHER DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVES NOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC) ATTENDING IN PERSON.

You can attend the meeting in any of the following ways: 1. To attend via Videoconference, email cwill@specialdistrictlaw.com to obtain a link to the videoconference. 2. To attend via telephone, dial 1-253215-8782 and enter the following additional information: (a) Meeting ID: 846 8699 1021 (b) Passcode: 485418

CANAL AVENUE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT /s/ Paula J. Williams McGeady Becher P.C. Attorneys for the District

Legal Notice No. CCX1222 First Publication: November 9, 2023 Last Publication: November 9, 2023 Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express Public Notice NOTICE OF HEARINGS AS TO PROPOSED 2024 BUDGETS AND AMENDMENT OF 2023 BUDGETS SECOND CREEK FARM METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS. 1 AND 3 ADAMS COUNTY, COLORADO

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Sections 29-1-108 and 109, C.R.S., that proposed budgets have been submitted to the Boards of Directors of the Second Creek Farm Metropolitan District No. 1 and No. 3 (the “Districts”) for the ensuing year of 2024. The necessity may also arise for amendments of the 2023 budgets of the Districts. Copies of the proposed 2024 budgets and 2023 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 2024 budgets and 2023 amended budgets will be considered at a regular meeting to be held November 27, 2023 at 3:00 p.m., via conference call at 1-720-931-2462; passcode: 2462.

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Any interested elector within the Districts may, at any time prior to the final adoption of the 2024 budgets and 2023 amended budgets, inspect the 2024 budgets and 2023 amended budgets and file or register any objections thereto. SECOND CREEK FARM METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS. 1 AND 3 /s/ Toni Serra Director

Legal Notice No. CCX1226 First Publication: November 9, 2023 Last Publication: November 9, 2023 Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express Public Notice NOTICE AS TO PROPOSED AMENDED 2023 BUDGET AND HEARING NEXUS NORTH AT DIA METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a proposed amended budget will be submitted to the NEXUS NORTH AT DIA METROPOLITAN DISTRICT for the year of 2023. A copy of such proposed amended budget has been filed in the office of CliftonLarsonAllen LLP, 8390 East Crescent Parkway, Suite 300, Greenwood Village, Colorado, where same is open for public inspection. Such proposed amended budget will be considered at a hearing at the regular meeting of the Nexus North at DIA Metropolitan District to be held at 3:00 P.M., on Monday, November 13, 2023. The meeting will be held via video conference at https://us06web.zoom.us/j/ 83244781014?pwd=L01PV1IrY1ZKd21 ya3k0TzJLdnRndz09 and via telephone conference at Dial-In: 1-719-359-4580, Meeting ID: 832 4478 1014, Passcode: 090671. Any interested elector within Nexus North at DIA Metropolitan District may inspect the proposed amended budget and file or register any objections at any time prior to the final adoption of the amended 2023 budget. BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: NEXUS NORTH AT DIA METROPOLITAN DISTRICT By: /s/ ICENOGLE | SEAVER | POGUE A Professional Corporation Legal Notice No. CCX1225 First Publication: November 9, 2023 Last Publication: November 9, 2023 Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express Public Notice NOTICE AS TO PROPOSED 2023 AMENDED BUDGETS AND THE 2024 BUDGETS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that amended 2023 and proposed 2024 budgets have been submitted to Riverdale Dunes Metropolitan District No. 1. A copy of such proposed budgets has been filed at the offices of Pinnacle Consulting Group,

Inc., 550 West Eisenhower Blvd., Loveland, Colorado 80537, where the same is open for public inspection. The Board of Directors will consider the adoption of the proposed budgets of the District at a Regular Meeting of the Riverdale Dunes Metropolitan District No. 1 to be held via Zoom on Monday, November 20, 2023, at 6:00 p.m and in person at Belle Creek Family Center (10693 Belle Creek Blvd, Henderson, CO 80640). Any interested elector of the Riverdale Dunes Metropolitan District No. 1 may inspect the proposed budgets at the offices of Pinnacle Consulting Group, Inc., 550 West Eisenhower Blvd., Loveland, CO 80537 and file or register any objections at any time prior to the final adoption of the budgets. BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: RIVERDALE DUNES METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 1 By: /s/ Jordan Wood, Administrator Legal Notice No. CCX1133 First Publication: November 9, 2023 Last Publication: November 9, 2023 Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express Public Notice NOTICE AS TO PROPOSED 2024 BUDGET HEARING NORTHERN COMMERCE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a proposed 2024 Budget has been submitted to the NORTHERN COMMERCE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT. A copy of such proposed 2024 Budget has been filed in the office of the District at 7979 East Tufts Avenue, Suite 1125, Denver, Colorado, where same is open for public inspection. Such proposed Budget will be considered at a special meeting of the Board of Directors of the NORTHERN COMMERCE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT, to be held on November 14, 2023 at 11:30 a.m., Via Zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/8357329110 8?pwd=QDZvTQsXafo6VWQvLVxw9FC j8hUCE8.1 Meeting ID: 835 7329 1108; Passcode: 085912. Any interested electors within the NORTHERN COMMERCE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT may inspect the proposed Budget and file or register any objections at any time prior to the final adoption of the 2024 Budget. BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: NORTHERN COMMERCE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT By: /s/ ICENOGLE SEAVER POGUE, P.C. Legal Notice No. CCX1228 First Publication: November 9, 2023 Last Publication: November 9, 2023 Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express Public Notice

NOTICE AS TO PROPOSED 2024 BUDGET HEARING BOX ELDER WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a proposed 2024 Budget has been submitted to the BOX ELDER WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT. A copy of such proposed 202 Budget has been filed in the office of the District at 7979 East Tufts Avenue, Suite 1125, Denver, Colorado, where same is open for public inspection. Such proposed Budget will be considered at a special meeting of the Board of Directors BOX ELDER WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT, to be held on November 14, 2023 at 1:00 p.m. via Zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/8527549010 4?pwd=Yxgow9gYZiGXO8oA9ik7waQ nUkslMd.1 Meeting ID: 852 7549 0104; Passcode: 039390. Any interested electors within the BOX ELDER WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT may inspect the proposed Budget and file or register any objections at any time prior to the final adoption of the 2024 Budget. BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: BOX ELDER WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT By: /s/ ICENOGLE SEAVER POGUE, P.C. Legal Notice No. CCX1229 First Publication: November 9, 2023 Last Publication: November 9, 2023 Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express Public Notice NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AS TO AMENDED 2023 BUDGET AND PROPOSED 2024 BUDGET NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a proposed 2024 budget has been submitted to the EAGLE CREEK METROPOLITAN DISTRICT for the fiscal year 2024. A copy of such proposed budget has been filed in the office of the accountant, CliftonLarsonAllen, LLP, 8390 East Crescent Parkway, Suite 300, in Greenwood Village, Colorado, where same is open for public inspection. Such proposed budget will be considered at a special meeting of the Eagle Creek Metropolitan District to be held at 6:30 a.m. on Tuesday, November 28, 2023. If necessary, an amended 2023 budget will be filed in the office of the accountant and open for public inspection for consideration at the special meeting of the Board. The meeting will be held at the Belle Creek Family Center, 10693 Belle Creek Boulevard, Henderson, Colorado. Any interested elector within the Eagle Creek Metropolitan District may inspect the amended and proposed budgets and file or register any objections at any time prior to the final adoption of the amended 2023 budget and proposed 2024 budget. BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: EAGLE CREEK METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

By: /s/ SETER & VANDER WALL, P.C. Attorneys for the District

Legal Notice No. CCX1230 First Publication: November 9, 2023 Last Publication: November 9, 2023 Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Bids and Settlements Public Notice VELOCITY METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 1 Porteos – PA-9A & PA-9C

The Velocity Metropolitan District No. 1 (the “Owner”) is accepting sealed bids for Porteos – PA-9A & PA-9C (“Project”). Sealed Bids for the Porteos – PA-9A & PA9C project will be received by the District Engineer (Merrick & Company), at 5970 Greenwood Plaza Boulevard, Greenwood Village, CO 80111, until 10:00 a.m. local time on November 23, 2023. Bids shall be enclosed in a sealed envelope addressed to Velocity Metropolitan District No. 1 endorsed with the name of the Bidder and the Title “Porteos – PA-9A & PA-9C”.

The Project will include: Improvements will include overlot grading, utility infrastructure, shared drive access roads with sidewalks and a new Water Quality Pond in PA 9A. Bidding documents can be requested beginning October 26, 2023 at 9:00 A.M. There will be no charge for the bid documents. Contact Barney Fix at barney. fix@merrick.com to receive the PDF documents electronically.

Bids may not be withdrawn for a period of sixty (60) calendar days after the Bid date and time. The Owner reserves the right to reject any and all Bids, to waive any errors or irregularities, and to require statements or evidence of Bidders’ qualifications including financial statements. The Owner also reserves the right to extend the Bidding period by Addendum if it appears in its interest to do so.

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

Legal Notice No. CCX1206 First Publication: October 26, 2023 Last Publication: November 9, 2023 Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express Non-Consecutive Publications Public Notice WINDLER PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT AUTHORITY WINDLER - Monument Signage

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