Castle Rock News Press October 12, 2023

First batch of water board interviews sees rural focus

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Members of a new arm of Douglas County’s government may keep a rm eye on the county’s rural water needs, applicants’ interview responses suggest.

More than 50 people applied to serve on the Douglas County Water Commission, a new entity that is expected to help shape the future of water supply in a continually growing county.

After county leaders narrowed the pool of applicants down to 12 whom they wanted to bring in for interviews, the applicants elded questions, including ones about their connections and any con icts of interest they might carry.

County leader Abe Laydon said he hopes everyone checks their personal interests at the door, asking applicant James Myers whether he has any potential con icts.

“None. I think that’s one of the things I have to o er,” Myers said. “I don’t have any strong (ties) with

individuals or entities or corporations. What I have is (expertise) about water.”

e water commission is expected to help create a plan regarding water supply and conservation, among other aspects of water in the county. It’ll consist of unpaid volunteers, according to the county’s elected leaders.

e forming of the new body comes against the backdrop of a controversial proposal to pump about 22,000 acre-feet of water per year to Douglas County from the San Luis Valley, a region of Southern Colorado.

An acre-foot is the equivalent of a one-foot-deep pool about the size of a football eld.

Renewable Water Resources is the private company that proposed the project.

Last year, county leaders Laydon and Lora omas joined together in deciding not to move forward with that project, while county leader George Teal has continued to support it.

Sean Tonner, one of the principals of Renewable Water Resources,

attracted news media attention for throwing his hat in the ring to serve on the water commission.

Laydon and Teal have expressed support for appointing Tonner, who was not included in the rst batch of interviews.

County o cials began conducting interviews Oct. 2. e interviews could nish later in October.

Here’s a look at what the rst batch of applicants to be interviewed had to say.

Applicants speak

Teal oated the question of whether the county needs a water plan at all.

On the other end of that question was Merlin Klotz, who is a Parker Water and Sanitation District board member.

Five major water utilities that serve about “80% of our population” operate in Douglas County, Klotz said.

For example, Klotz said Parker Water and the Castle Rock and Centennial water utilities are among the “big ve” providers.

“If you want to be a policeman to the big ve covering 80% of the population, you’re too late to the party,” Klotz said.

But other county residents “may have contamination problems” and they need help, Klotz said. “We need to look at the rural water authority approach.”

Evan Ela, a longtime water attorney who says he has a “good feel for the Colorado water business and the water rights landscape,” noted county leaders’ focus on addressing rural water needs.

He suggested county o cials gure out how to participate in the area’s long-term planning so that “if you’re looking out for the rural idea, the rural folks, that can get integrated into what’s being done for the more urbanized folks.”

Myers pointed to the issue of rural water users relying on the supply of well water.

he is a property owner in the Castle Rock area.

“It’s a rural property, but I’m actually a resident of Highlands Ranch. One of the things you’ve talked about is ‘I want some geographic diversity’ — that’s one of the things I can provide,” he told county leaders.

Applicant Tricia Bernhardt has a bachelor’s degree in agricultural economics from Colorado State University and a master’s degree in environmental policy and management from the University of Denver, according to a LinkedIn page.

She noted Douglas County has “a lot of ranches and old generational families.”

“ ere’s more to Douglas County than just the districts in the northern part of the county,” Bernhardt said, adding: “We need solutions for the entire county.”

She said she “did work” on the Rueter-Hess Reservoir, a water source in the area of Parker and Castle Pines.

Clark Hammelman, another applicant and a former Castle Rock town councilmember, said water availability is “not really just a water issue.”

“It’s also economic development because it’s important that our entire economic area, which is not de ned by county or by city boundaries or town boundaries, be really positive and have a really good economic future,” Hammelman said.

Cost of process

omas, one of the county leaders, said her colleague Laydon has stated that the water commission is intended to create a “2050 master plan” that will cost nothing, and she asked multiple applicants about the feasibility of a no-cost plan.

Laydon said he wanted to clarify that forming an unpaid volunteer board would require no cost.

“But investing in our water future will probably be signi cant,” Laydon said.

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“ ere’s not a lot of groundwater recharge going on in Douglas County,” Myers said. “ ere is this year,” but “that’s not very common.”

“Groundwater” originates from rain and from melting snow and ice and is the source of water for wells. Groundwater “recharge” is the process of precipitation replenishing the groundwater supply.

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Hammelman said he expects the endeavor will cost something.

“I think, as a citizen, I don’t have a problem with that,” Hammelman said, adding: “You have an obligation to … especially those rural residents.” e county leaders’ interviews with other applicants they’ve supported were to take place after Colorado Community Media’s deadline for this story. CCM will cover the second batch of interviews in another article.

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Residents speak out against school district funding questions

BY MCKENNA HARFORD MHARFORD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

When Larkspur resident Jim Maras receives his ballot this election season, he’ll be voting against the Douglas County School District’s ask for a $66 million mill levy override and $484 million bond for a variety of reasons.

A large contributing factor for Maras is that he doesn’t believe the district is scally responsible. Maras, whose children graduated from Douglas County schools, volunteered on the district’s Financial Oversight Committee, the Mill Bond Oversight Committee and the Mill Bond Exploratory Committee from 2018 to this year.

He said he voted for the 2018 bond and mill levy override, the last time the district passed a bond and mill levy override, but has since disagreed with how that funding was spent and managed.  “ ey were buying laptop computers, o ce furniture, all kinds of stu that will never last 20 years,” Maras said. “If they were doing building repairs that stu would be around. So going back to that, I got disenfranchised with the district.”

According to polling from the school district, Maras is not alone in his opposition to the funding questions. In April, 43% of the voters polled opposed the bond,

Douglas County School District Superintendent Erin Kane has traveled Douglas County, along with members of the school board, seeking support for funding measures. However, the road ahead is long in changing some minds.

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which would be used to build new schools and maintain buildings, and 41% opposed the mill levy override, which would go to increasing salaries for teachers and sta .

In regards to the bond, Maras said he doesn’t support building new schools when the district has buildings that are below capacity.

“I get that it would be really nice to have neighborhood elementary schools, but my opinion is that time has passed because the schools are getting so expensive to build and maintain and they’ve got all these other buildings that are underutilized,” he said.

Maras said he supports paying teachers more, but thinks the district should nd ways to do so within the existing budget, such as drawing on the district’s $70 million reserves or making budget cuts to other areas. He added that the district should have asked voters for a more modest amount.

“I can’t nd where there’s ever been any (budget) cuts,” Maras said. “It’s not being run like a business, it’s being run like a bureaucracy that wants to create empires and not do what’s best for taxpayers.”

Similarly, Robert Hampton, a Roxborough resident and former bus driver for the school district, said he thinks the district needs to consider budget cuts to prioritize teacher pay. He disagrees with the school district asking taxpayers for more funding amid high in ation and increased property taxes.

“Get rid of the diversity, equity and inclusion specialists and take a look at the number of noninstructional personnel,” he said. “If you want to pay the teachers more, pay them more, and then let’s look at what’s leftover.”

Hampton also thinks that passing bonds on a regular basis is “absolutely wasteful” and doesn’t feel he’s getting a return on his investment in the public schools.

ough Douglas County’s recent test scores were better than the state average and most other districts, Hampton doesn’t trust the scores to re ect accurately on the schools.

“It’s like saying ‘we’re all failing,

but some of us less than others,’” he said.

Both Hampton and Maras said the district is “manufacturing a crisis,” such as by cutting bus routes, to get the funding.

Douglas County School District was short over 100 bus drivers at the beginning of the school year and the district implemented rolling cancellations.

Up until Sept. 14, Highlands Ranch resident Jenny Brady wasn’t planning to vote for the bond or mill levy override. Brady’s children don’t go to school in the district and, as a stay-at-home mom, she is concerned about the increased taxes impacting her family’s budget.

However, Brady said she is now undecided on the funding questions after attending a debate on the bond and mill levy override hosted by the Douglas County GOP.

“For me to go from a ‘no’ to ‘undecided’ shocked me,” Brady said. “I wanted (the opposition) to prove to me that there was money available to fund the underfunded things and I didn’t see that.”

Brady said she would like to see the state increase school funding and make the funding formula less complex, but added that she sees that the district is in “desperate need” of local dollars too.

She said that the district’s recent test scores and the school board’s policy changes regarding parents rights also restored her trust in the school district.

“I trust (school board member) Mike Peterson’s conservative values and how he’s improved parent-teacher partnerships,” she said. “I’m now at the point where I trust this board to implement conservative scal policies.”

Brady remains undecided largely because of the potential costs, but she said she will continue to seek out as much information as possible before making her decision.

“I’m a coach in the community, so I care about all of the kids on my teams, I care about thecare the kids in my neighborhood, I care about my babysitters who attend local schools, I care about my community,” Brady said. “I don’t want our kids to not have the opportunities to do band, extracurriculars or sports, and I want the best teachers to stay around.”

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Sheri , Parker police chief talk crime trends in town hall

BY HALEY LENA HLENA@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Parker Police Chief Jim Tsurapas and Douglas County Sheri Darren Weekly came together recently to host a town hall, discussing crime trends and collaborative e orts among law enforcement agencies.

e Parker Police Department, Lone Tree Police Department and Castle Rock Police Department communicate, work with and share intelligence information regularly with the Douglas County Sheri ’s O ce.

“We are battling the urban crime in Douglas County,” said Weekly. Tsurapas said they aim to have consistency throughout all the departments within the county as they want to not only ght crime

but make sure the law enforcement service the citizens demand is going to be given to them.

With a goal of being as transparent as possible, the Parker Police Department has changed some strategies by pushing out information through social media to the public to help citizens understand the types of crime the department deals with.

e sheri ’s department has also been making social media posts about the arrests they make in an e ort to deter crime in Douglas County.

“I want them to know, if they are coming down to Douglas County or they come into Parker, they are gonna get arrested,” said Weekly. “I didn’t dedicate the 30 years of my life and I know Jim (Chief Tsurapas)

didn’t either to have our area taken over by criminals.”

Crime trends

Along with their social media posts, the Parker Police Department updates their website each month with their monthly report.

e monthly report breaks down persons, property and society crime data, as well as crash data, tra c safety, calls for service and dispatch and special unit activity.

Compared to August of last year, shoplifting in Parker increased 51%, according to the report.

e data can look deceiving as the numbers are lower than the percentages, said Tsurapas, but it’s important to look at the data each month because the data tends to uctuate.

e report also stated that there

were 12 vehicles stolen from Parker in August, however, Tsurapas said motor vehicle thefts, stolen from Parker, are down 2.1%.

Weekly added that stolen vehicles are the biggest nexus to crime, whether it’s a robbery at a gas station or a burglary in a neighborhood.

Oftentimes, groups of people will get into a stolen vehicle, go into a neighborhood and fan out to see what car doors they can open, said Weekly.

In addition to valuables being stolen from vehicles, guns are often stolen, which is why it is important to turn porch lights on at night, lock car doors, keep the garage door closed and call the police when resi-

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dents see something, the law enforcement o cials recommended.

Judicial system and the legislature

Both Tsurapas and Weekly said law enforcement deals with frustrations, one being laws that have been passed that make it so there is no accountability for criminals.

“If they don’t care and there’s no accountability for them, where’s the incentive for them to stop?” said Tsurapas.

He added that many people who are arrested are out of jail before the o cer’s have a majority of the arrest paperwork done, opening up the opportunity for those criminals to commit more crimes.

As an example, Tsurapas said Parker police arrested a young man for an armed robbery. He was on pretrial for similar types of crimes and the judge let him out on a Personal Recognizance (PR) bond.

A PR bond is a signature bond in which the defendant is released without a deposit or security and the signature acts as a promise to appear at future court dates. is type of bond is required for some o enses.

With regular communication with state representatives, Weekly is asking what bills could the state put forward to help keep criminals behind bars.

Both the chief and sheri encourage the public to educate themselves on bills in the legislature and get engaged.

“It’s important to know who your representatives are and who your senators are,” said Weekly.

Additionally, in January of 2025, Douglas County, along with Elbert and Lincoln counties, will be part of the 23rd Judicial District, a new judicial district that will have prosecutors dedicated speci cally to these counties.

The FLOCK system

e Parker police recently arrested suspects of a shooting by using FLOCK cameras in the Stroh Ranch subdivision. A few neighborhood HOAs in Parker have invested in the cameras and the Parker police look to continue to invest more into the technology.

e information that comes from the FLOCK system is a picture of the license plate and a picture of the car.

“ ey don’t run anything, they don’t do anything else,” said Tsurapas. “It’s up to us when we have that information to run the plates and see if they’re stolen

or whatever the case may be, depending on the crime.”

e Douglas County Sheri ’s Ofce has 34 cameras and has upgraded so every patrol car has a license plate reader.

e system is starting to be looked at by the legislature as there have been privacy concerns over the system.

Weekly said he understands the privacy concerns, but said the system is not intended to be used for personal reasons and is audited, meaning if sta isusing the system to track someone for a personal reason, they can be charged with a crime.

“Anybody that intentionally accesses that information, they have some explaining to do if they access it for inappropriate purposes,” said Weekly. “But I will tell you, in terms of crime ghting, if you don’t have a license plate reader in your area, you’re vulnerable.”

Sta ng

Like other departments across Colorado, the Parker Police Department has experienced sta ng issues as people have left the profession and the candidate pool isn’t as robust.

According to the August report, the total number of authorized commissioned sta is 81, compared to 77 this time last year.

When broken down by assignment, this month’s report states there are 15 vacancies between investigations, school resource o cers and patrol ofcers/sergeants.

In order to sta all the shifts, Tsurapas said the department had to pull back the tra c unit. Due to the sta ng issue, he added that tickets did decrease for a period of time because the department was focused on answering calls to service.

rough recruitment e orts, sta has increased at the department as they

were approved for four people this year and received preliminary approval for 10 more o cers for 2024.

“It takes a long time to hire people from recruitment to the time they can get out and work a car, or a district or a special unit on their own,” said Tsurapas. “It could take anywhere from six to 14 months for them to get training and get out and achieve that solo status.”

As the department increases the sta , they hope to start up the tra c unit again.

Homelessness and drugs

When addressing the homeless, the county and department have to nd a place for these individuals to go and provide resources.

Parker police work with various task forces, such as the Parker Task Force to try to connect people to resources and services.

Douglas County has implemented the HEART team, which involves partnering a sheri with a mental health clinician as they respond to calls regarding homelessness and o ers them services.

Weekly said that about 80% of the people that HEART team have come in contact with, don’t want services. Additionally, there are people who might have warrants in other jurisdictions that don’t want to be contacted by law enforcement.

e Douglas Has Heart campaign has also been encouraging the public to not give money out their windows to people. As this is an a uent community, Weekly said a lot of the time, the money goes towards alcohol or drugs or to people who aren’t actually in need.

Another partnership involves the police departments within the county working together to combat narcotics in the community through the IMPACT team.

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School board candidates form coalition

BY MCKENNA HARFORD MHARFORD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

More Douglas County school board candidates are teaming up to run as the Community Voice, Community Choice coalition.

Incumbent Susan Meek and candidates Brad Geiger and Valerie ompson created the Community Voice, Community Choice coalition with a platform of attracting and retaining sta , building a safe and welcoming climate and culture, and restoring trust with the community.  e coalition advocates for the $66 million mill levy override and the $484 million bond on the ballot this November, which would help the district increase sta pay and build new schools, respectively.

Meek currently represents the

District A seat, which covers western Highlands Ranch, and is running for a second term against Andy Jones. Geiger is running for the District C seat, representing eastern Highlands Ranch, and faces David DiCarlo and Jason Page, who was appointed to the board in June.  ompson is running for the District F seat, covering south Parker and the Pinery, against Maria Sumnicht.

Sumnicht and ompson are running to replace school board member David Ray, who is term-limited.

In a statement announcing the coalition, Meek, Geiger and ompson said they are dedicated to serving the district and representing the community’s voice.

Meek has spent 16 years working in public education and, as a school board member, helped draft the

district’s original equity policy, supported the acquisition of the Legacy Campus for career and technical education, encouraged the return of accountability reporting and helped launch the new community engagement plan.

Meek said her priorities include focusing on success for every student, creating an inclusive and safe environment and improving transparency and community engagement.

Geiger is an attorney who serves on the Juvenile Parole Board and has volunteered in the district for nine years on the Long Range Planning Committee and the Mill Bond Exploratory Committee. Geiger said he would focus on local solutions, addressing funding needs and creating a plan for areas of declining enrollment.

ompson works in community health and health education and she sits on the District Accountability Committee and the Mill Bond Oversight Committee. Some of the priorities ompson said she would have as a board member include putting students rst, ensuring scal responsibility and supporting teachers and sta .

According to campaign nance records from the Secretary of State’s Ofce, the three candidates have raised almost $50,000. Meek has received $19,488, Geiger has raised $18,405 and ompson has raised $11,278.  e Community Voice, Community Choice coalition is the second slate of candidates to form for this election. Jones, Page and Sumnicht are running as the Best DCSD slate.  e election is Nov. 7.

Media ejected from school district candidate forum

BY MCKENNA HARFORD MHARFORD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Four candidates for Douglas County school board participated in a forum hosted by the Douglas County GOP and Parker Conservatives on Oct. 4 in Parker.

Candidates David DiCarlo, Andy Jones, Jason Page and Maria Sumnicht were interviewed by KNUS radio host Deborah Flora at the Deep Space Lounge. Able Shepherd CEO Jimmy Graham was a guest speaker.

Colorado Community Media can’t report further on the event because reporter McKenna Harford was ejected after being told by organizer Mark Hampton that it was a private event and media wasn’t invited.  However, the Facebook post that announced the forum described the

event as public and free. No tickets were needed to enter.

On her way out of the building, Harford stopped to use the restroom, where a woman who introduced herself as Deep Space Lounge owner Antoinette Engelke entered and said she needed to escort Harford out since she was not invited to the event.

Engelke walked Harford out.  Colorado Community Media reached out to the candidates for comments about the forum.

invited to participate in a candidate forum,” Horn said. “ ey were available and participated. I would guess the LGBTQ+ students wouldn’t be any more interested in this one than the others we have done like Braver Angels. Same situation. e candidates had no control over the forum format or the guest list and the people in attendance were invited by the hosts.”

believe there are persuadable votes to be earned and I expected the conservative forum would be receptive to my anti-tax message,” he said.   In response to a question about sharing the stage with Graham, DiCarlo said it’s an important life skill to be able to talk with people you don’t agree with.

Holly Horn, campaign manager for Best DCSD, the slate Jones, Page and Sumnicht formed, said the candidates were not involved in planning the forum and were unaware it was a private event and that Graham would be there.

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Funding toward a partnership to acquire what would become the biggest parcel of public land in Castle Rock is a priority in the Town of Castle Rock’s recommended 2024 Budget, which Town Council will consider in October and November.

e recommendation to acquire the 680-acre Lost Canyon Ranch open space on the Town’s southeast-

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provide a foundation for a successful community, so the proposed budget recommends three additional positions in both the re and police departments. With those proposed additions, sta ng for CRFD will have grown by 30% and for CRPD by 36% since 2016.

e proposed budget totals $337.3 million and would also prioritize continued investments in road and water infrastructure. A down payment for a sports development facility as part of the proposed Brickyard development is also included.

In addition to soliciting feedback via the 2023 community survey, the Town held a budget open house in August to gather input on the proposed 2024 Budget priorities, which are unchanged from 2023: ensure outstanding public safety; enhance our roads; secure our water future; maintain strong parks and recreation; support economic development; manage Town nances

conservatively; and preserve our community character.

e proposed budget estimates annual growth in sales tax revenue at 3%, which is half of the 6% growth initially projected for 2023 over 2022. In addition to anticipating continued lower sales tax growth, slower residential growth is expected, with 400 single-family units budgeted in 2024 compared to 900 units initially budgeted in 2023. Slower residential growth means lower impact fee revenue and corresponding reduced capacity for capital initiatives.

e property tax mill levy rate is also expected to decline by 19% — from 1.139 mills to 0.92 mills — when nalized in December. at means the owner of an average-valued home ($663,360) would pay the Town about $40 next year in property tax. e Town Charter allows for up to 5.5% growth in property tax

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Education Corner: A losing proposition

One of my favorite job duties as the superintendent of the Douglas County School District (DCSD) is visiting any one of our 90 schools. ese visits bring a smile to face and joy to my heart as I see the incredible work taking place in our classrooms. However, these visits have also brought to light a common concern happening all across our district: losing sta members to neighboring districts. e reason? Money.

During a recent visit to Mountain Vista High School (MVHS), I had the pleasure of sitting down and chatting with Principal Rob Ceglie. Rob beamed as he discussed the importance of teachers, Mountain Vista’s robust career and technical education o erings, and more.  en the conversation took a turn. Rob shared that he has been hiring teachers in our school district for the last 13 years and this has been, by far, the lowest number of applicants he has ever seen. e reason? Teacher pay.

In DCSD, our starting teacher salary is $45,209, which is dramatically less than what neighboring school districts can pay. In fact, Rob shared that he lost

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three teachers to a neighboring district this year. All three were very promising young professionals with one thing in common: they left our school district for a higher salary. Rob said he had teachers in his o ce in tears, having to choose between a school they love, and their livelihood. ey had to make that di cult choice for themselves and their families.

e truth is teachers are just like all of us — they want what’s best for their family. ey are raising children and putting their kids through college, and when our neighbors right across the county line o er on average $20,000 more per year, especially when our average teacher salary is only $58,193, how do our teachers say no to that kind of increase? It is a very signicant struggle for us. And it makes it hard to compete for the best teachers to put in front of our students.

Politics and education FROM

THE EDITOR

As I read stories and watch coverage of the ongoing school board elections across the Denver metro area, it’s been fascinating to see how many times candidates are being asked about politics in schools. Of course, all of them absolutely agree that politics should not be in schools — but then many follow up with politically driven statements in their answers to other questions.

While I won’t single out any speci c candidates, I have to say I laughed at a recent Cherry Creek School District candidate forum when a candidate said absolutely no politics in school — only to say they are against SROs in schools because police o cers carry a negative image. Really? Is that statement alone not a clear sign that politics in school is on your agenda? I’ve said it before and will say it again — SROs can and have been shown to have a positive in uence on students. Maybe not all, but in my experience, on most.

Look at the Douglas County SRO who is credited for indirectly saving a student’s life last year when she wanted to commit suicide. I bet her parents are happy he was on campus that day.

en, there’s the true politics of politics in school. Teachers are more commonly talking about their political views in the classroom.

About two years ago, my now fth-grade son came home telling me about how Hillary Clinton had won the election and not Donald Trump. rough a series of questions, he said she won the popular vote, and his

teacher told him.

He was in third grade yet had to get a lesson from me on what the Electoral College is and why Donald Trump won.

I was a bit frustrated because I didn’t think he even needed that lesson in third grade and because it was not completely accurate in what he was told.

I talked to a candidate recently who is running for school board who said we need to get back to basics in schools. We need students to read, write and do a better job in math instead of being told political messages and told what to think and believe.

I agree with him. It is our job to teach these kids, whether at home or at school, how to think but not what to think.

For me, as a parent, too many times I hear my kids tell me how they are being told what to think at school. Parents are guilty too — we are telling our kids what to think and believe and not exactly teaching them to take the information and think on their own.

Schools are becoming way too political in all regards. Discipline in schools is becoming absent because too often fear of parents and retribution has the administration not pushing discipline. Instead, students are getting away with being disrespectful and disruptive on a regular basis.

Teachers lack the support, and 20 or 25 students are losing out in each class on valuable learning because of continued disruptions.

In the end, I am going to vote for candidates who work to take politics out of our schools but will set a priority on restoring honor and respect for our teachers, students, and parents to see true growth and progress.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Reject creationism

e Douglas County chapter of Grandparents for Kids sounds like a well-intentioned group who care about the education of their families. So what did they do for one of their rst public events? ey decided to hold an event at a public library (Great! So far so good!) — and it was an event to promote a book publishing group — fantastic — and who was the lead publisher? Creationist Kirk Cameron of Brave Books. And what was the book? A book promoting masculinity authored by failedactor-turned-evangelical Kevin Sorbo. eir speaker? A 12-year-old pro-gun student.

Kirk Cameron is famous in skeptic circles for his public appearances regarding his laughable rejection of evolution by natural selection, he announced on ABC that if “Evolution is true we would expect to see a crocoduck” and presented a Photoshopped picture of a crocodile head on a duck’s body. Does Grandparents for Kids want to introduce his brand of creationism in the science classroom just as Cameron does?

If Grandparents for Kids is serious about educating children the very rst thing they should do is distance themselves from evangelical science deniers like Brave Books and instead encourage grandchildren to read Charles Darwin’s “On the Origin of Species.” We need more educated scientists, not half-baked preachers.

Craig Mason Vice president, Freedom From Religion Foundation,

Denver Area Chapter, Highlands Ranch

Oh HHeck no

When I rst saw that Proposition HH was about lowering property taxes, I was very happy. Our home value assessment went up so much this year, my property tax has to be going way up next year. en I saw the description in the Blue Book mentioning my TABOR refunds, and I decided to read a little more. What did lowering my property tax have to do with my TABOR refund like that awesome $750 check my friends and I got last year? Well, it turns out they

elma Grimes is the south metro editor for Colorado Community Media.

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really don’t have anything to do with each other!

is Prop. HH will get rid of our refunds, while giving us a little of it back and calling that a “decrease” in our property tax. What a scam. ose refunds are due back to us because the state collects too much in taxes, more than they need, and TABOR says they have to return the extra to us. Now they

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year-over-year, and so this reduction is necessary due to 2023’s property reassessment. e proposed rate represents a 46% reduction to the Town’s property tax mill levy over the last decade.

e Town continues to maintain a solid overall nancial condition, thanks to e ective Town Council direction and strong nancial manage-

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is isn’t unique to Mountain Vista High School, or even the Highlands Ranch area. is is a Douglas County issue that is impacting our entire 850 square mile school district.

Although Douglas County homeowners are seeing an increase in their property taxes, and our district will collect more locally, this does not increase funding for our local schools. Our total program funding is determined by the School Finance Act and is paid for by a combination of property taxes (“local share”) and the state’s general fund (“state share”). When the local share goes up, the state share goes down proportionally. Mill levy overrides, on the other hand, are over and above the allowance we get per the School Finance Act, and do have a signi cant impact on the district’s funding and ability to pay teachers.

For example, when my children were young, my husband and I gave them each a $10 weekly allow-

want to keep all of it. And we are giving them permission by voting for HH.

No wonder those state senators and state representatives keep trying to get us to cancel TABOR. at is probably the best law the people of Colorado ever passed. Now they want us to vote to give that up? Again? No way. Not in my house. I have way better things to do with my money than let the state keep more than it deserves. I am voting no on Proposition HH.

Jay Riechel Highlands Ranch

ment and planning by the organization. Town departments maintain international and national accreditations, and Castle Rock continues to earn recognition from various publications and programs for being one of the nation’s premier communities. View information on Town honors at CRgov.com/Recognition.

Learn more about the proposed 2024 Budget at CRgov. com/2024Budget.

David L. Corliss is the town manager of Castle Rock

ance. I am known to never carry cash - so some weeks, I would have only $3 for each of my children, then their dad would add in the remaining $7. Let’s say that the next week, I am able to give $6 to each of my children - they would collect the remaining $4 from their dad. While twice as much money came out of my wallet the second week, my children still ended up with the same allowance.

An increase in local property taxes has a $0 impact on total program funding - it just changes the balance of who is paying the bill.  is is truly a losing proposition, unless our funding changes. We are losing our teachers, the ones who inspire and connect with our students every day. And in the end, it’s our kids who stand to lose the most.

Our funding in DCSD is at a critical point. Our Board of Education recognizes that and voted unanimously to place 5A (Mill Levy Override) and 5B (Bond) on the November 2023 ballot. For arguments for and against these measures, visit www.dcsdk12.org/funding.

Erin Kane is the Superintendent of the Douglas County School District

DEBORD

Pamela Ann DeBord

November 28, 1955 - October 2, 2023

Pamela Ann DeBord, age 67 of Castle Rock, passed away on October 2, 2023. She was born on November 28, 1955 in Fair eld, Iowa, the daughter of Dr. James Truman Horner and Dr. Rosemary Lester Horner. Pamela married Edward DeBord in 1986, and they celebrated 37 years of marriage together.

In addition to her husband, Pam is survived by her daughter Danielle Taylor and husband Alex; brother Dr. James Horner and wife Shelley; and sister Dr. Paula Faye Riner, D.PT and husband Mike.

Pam was raised in Nebraska with brief childhood stints in North Carolina and Michigan before settling home in Colorado. She had a heart of gold and loved to give back to her community through hundreds

of hours of community service projects supporting the First United Methodist Church of Castle Rock, the Lions Club, and the Dumb Friends League. Pam was an artistic woman who played the piano in her younger years, created stained glass master pieces, and was a creative writer with a successful career in advertising.

Pam cherished the time she spent with her family and friends, all of whom will miss her beautiful smile, her great sense of humor, and her positivity that she brought to everyone.

A celebration of Pam’s life was held on Saturday, October 7, 2023 at the First United Methodist Church of Castle Rock. In lieu of owers, memorial contributions may be made in Pam’s honor to the First United Methodist Church of Castle Rock.

BY AMANDA HORVATH ROCKY MOUNTAIN PBS

On a cool summer morning, quietness settles over the prairie. Only nature is audible. A warm breeze rustles the grass and the meadowlarks’ songs are punctuated by the grunts of bu alo, who t perfectly into this puzzle of prairie life.  “We have to all work together to conserve bison in their native landscape,” said Megan Klosterman, the deputy refuge manager at Rocky Mountain Arsenal Wildlife Refuge. Bison conservation has received more attention in the last ve to 10 years than ever before. On Sept. 7, the Department of the Interior announced $5 million for the “support the restoration of bison populations and grassland ecosystems in Tribal communities.” is investment supports Secretary Order 3410, which was announced in March 2023 and is the larger investment of $25 million from the In ation Reduction Act to restore bison and prairie ecosystems through Indigenous knowledge of the species.

Klosterman said Rocky Mountain Arsenal, located in Commerce City, is part of a greater initiative to work with Indigenous groups to bring back and protect the bu alo.

Bison once numbered in the range of 70 million across North America prior to Europeans settling on the continent. en, for a range of reasons but primarily to “settle the West,” which was the excuse made for clearing out the megafauna — the bison — and the American Indians who heavily relied on the bu alo for subsistence, European Americans killed most of the bu alo,which brought the species near extinction and purposefully nearly destroyed many American Indian tribes. Over the last 100 years, conservationists and American Indian tribes have worked to bring back this important animal to the ecosystem.

“People are beginning to understand that we can’t control Mother Earth. Mother Earth is going to control us. And so, I think that it’s almost imperative that we bring the bu alo

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back,” said Rick Williams, board president of People of the Sacred Land, an organization that aims to reveal the ways American Indians were mistreated throughout Colorado’s history and create an equitable future for American Indians.

Prairie grasslands stretched for miles across the state as did herds of bu alo who play an important ecological role in the landscape. Colorado is home to nearly 50 di erent tribes who traversed this land much like the bu alo did.

“It’s so important that we believe that the strength of the herds of bu alo who are coming back parallel our existence, we will never be strong as a people again until we have the bu alo back,” said Williams, who is Oglala Lakota and Northern Cheyenne.

Bu alo are incredibly intertwined with many Indigenous Tribes and Nations, especially the Lakota, Williams said, and not just as a source of food, tools and clothing.

“Part of that relationship is a spiritual relationship, the spirit of that bu alo and my spirit can interact with each other and understand each other,” said Williams.

In the 1990s, Williams was part of a group that created what is now the InterTribal Bu alo Council. ITBC is a collection of more than 80 tribes across the country who manage more than 20,000 bu alo. e organization is bene ting from the new federal funding, using the money to help educate and fund the animals’ care.

e Southern Ute Tribe in Colorado is one of the founding tribes of ITBC. eir herd was established in 1984 with just eight bison and has grown to 115 bison. is size of the herd sustains their meat program, which provides ve pounds of free bison meat each month to all 1,500 tribal members.

One of the main reasons [to return bu alo to tribal lands] is to help restore our food sovereignty and our traditional food system,” said Stacey Oberly, a Southern Ute Tribal council member and representative for the tribe with ITBC.

e other reason to return the bison to prairie grasslands is the incredible ecological role the animals play — an aspect Oberly, Williams and

Klosterman all talked about extensively.

“ at symbiotic relationship that we had with the bu alo also goes all across the environment.

e prairie dogs love the bu alo, the grass loves the bu alo,” explained Williams. “Even the bugs and mosquitoes like bu alo.”

As the World Wildlife Organization explains, bison graze grasses at di erent heights which not only replenishes the grasses but also provides nesting grounds for birds. Bu alo also roll around as a way to shed their coats and rid themselves of bugs. at rolling creates depressions in the ground called wallows. ose wallows then ll with rainwater and become sources of drinking water for wildlife across the plains. e wallows are also home to several medicinal and rare plants that rely on these spaces to grow.

“[Bu alo] ber is the second warmest ber in America. And so, when animals use that ber to line their nests, the animals that nest on the ground, the scent of the bu alo masks the scent of their babies in their nests. So, the predators can’t send them to nd their babies,” explained Oberly.

Bu alo hooves also churn the soil and create microclimates for new plants to grow. And bison use their big heads and shoulders to plow through the snow to eat the grass in the winter. is plowing activity bene ts other animals like pronghorn antelope and elk.

“Bison were selected to be part of this refuge

At Rocky Mountain Arsenal Wildlife Refuge, more than 200 bison live on 6,300 acres of land. Visitors to the refuge can see the bison for themselves using an 11-mile wildlife drive. e refuge also boasts 20 miles of hiking trails and many other animal species.

“We are really hoping that we are a place where people in the urban communities here can come experience wildlife in nature and really nd their place in this natural environment,” said Klose refuge donates new bison to Tribes or other conservation herds hoping to bolster their own herds. e bison’s area at the refuge will soon expand to 11,500 acres, giving the animals even more space to roam, which Williams said is something they desperately need to thrive.

“ ey’ll come back if they’re treated well and they can have that freedom again, not being conned, not being unable to roam and be bu alo,” said Williams.

While the refuge is a good place to conserve bison, Williams is talking about bringing back bison as true wild animals. In fact, he believes we, as a country, should create corridors for bu alo to move freely north and south as they did for thousands of years.

“ ey need more land. And that is the critical issue that we’re facing. We’ve seen a diminishment of bu alo grass and grasslands that would be suitable for bu alo going away,” said Williams.   While this idea may seem radical to some, Williams believes returning the bu alo in this way will not only help the grasslands, the environment and Indigenous ways of life but restore some balance that has been missing in this area for the last 150 years.

“My message to all people — because it’s going to take more than just the Indians to do this — if you really want to make a di erence in the world, nd a way to bring bu alo back,” said Williams. “If you want to make a di erence in this world, bring bu alo back.”

is story is from Rocky Mountain PBS, a nonpro t public broadcaster providing community stories across Colorado over the air and online. Used by permission. For more, and to support Rocky Mountain PBS, visit rmpbs.org.

COVER PHOTO: Bison herds are a matriarchal society and follow the lead of the female bison. PHOTO BY JULIO SANDOVAL / ROCKY MOUNTAIN PBS.

Rick Williams is a community leader and a member of Oglala Lakota and Northern Cheyenne tribes.

PHOTO BY MELANIE TOWLER / ROCKY MOUNTAIN PBS

Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge has more than 200 bison in its herd.

PHOTO BY JULIO SANDOVA / ROCKY MOUNTAIN PBS

MOA adds Cabinet of Curiosities at Marjorie Park

MOA will add a new Cabinet of Curiosities at its new location in Marjorie Park. Aided by Lonnie Hanzen, the Cabinet of Curiosities will be centered around fairy tale relics.

Hudson Gardens

inking about holiday season, Hudson Gardens is planning two separate events this year. Hudson Holidays is the rst event. e second, coming after Jan. 1 is “Light up the New Year.” Ticket information can be found at www.hudsongardens.org/enjoy/holidays/.

Parker Symphony

e Parker Symphony will host a “Musical Cruise” to celebrate its 30th anniversary. e Oct. 20 show will be heald at PACE Center. For tickets, call 303-805-6800, or visit the website at https://parkerarts.org/.

Englewood Civic Center

Englewood Arts Presents next chamber music concert will be on Oct. 28 with pianist Jooeun Pak. e 2 p.m. show will be held in Hampden Hall at the Englewood Civic Center. Reserve tickets before the show at englewoodarts.org. Tickets can

be purchased at the door day of the show.

Miners Alley

Miners Alley, located at 12244 Washington Ave. in Golden, presents “ e Cherry Orchard” through Nov. 5. Performances are at 7:30 p.m., ursday, Friday, Saturday; 2 p.m. on Sundays. For ticket information call 303-935-3044, or visit the website at https:// minersalley.com/mapac_shows/ the-cherry-orchard/.

Colorado Cowboy Gathering

Returning to Golden this year is e Colorado Cowboy Gathering at the Bu alo Rose Event Center between Jan. 11 and Jan. 14. is event is celebrating 35 years of performances.

Audubon Nature Center

e Audubon Nature Center is o ering travel opportunities with the Birds and Butter ies of Central Mexico Jan. 21-26. Overwintering Monarch Butter ies at the Monarch Butter y Biosphere Reserve plus birding hotspots in Mexico City, Valle de Bravo and surrounding areas.

Learn more about the six-day wildlife expedition at https://

denveraudubon.org/travel/.

Free birding eld trips are offered each month through the Front Range Birding Company. For information, call 303-977-2473.

Denver Audubon’s Kingery Nature Center is located at 9308 S. Wadsworth Blvd.

ere are about 345 species of birds living in or navigating through Chat eld State Park.

Arapahoe Philharmonic Orchestra

e Arapahoe Philharmonic Orchestra will perform at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 21 at the Newman Center, locatd 2344 E. Ili Ave. in Denver.

e show will feature Igor Pikayazen on violin with Rachmanino ’s “Symphonic Dances;” and Brahms’ “Violin Concerto.”

e orchestra will also perform Anna Clyne’s “Masquerade.”

As shows continues this season, the orchestra is celebrating its Platinum Anniversay season.

For information, visit the website at arapahoe-phil.org or call General Manager arapahoe-phil.org or call General Manager Bess Scully at 303-829-4857.

Colorado Gallery of Arts

The Colorado Gallery of the Arts will host “Shared Visions-

Tactile and Interactive Exhibition” from Nov. 8 through Nov. 15. It will include multisensory art created by Arapahoe Community College students and students from the Colorado School for the Blind.

For information, visit www. arapahoe.edu/blog/sharedvisions-tactile-art-exhibition.

Lonnie Hanzon COURTESY PHOTO

Thu 10/19

Setting & Attacking Clinic

@ 10am / $50

Elevation Volleyball Club, 12987 E Adam Aircraft Drive, Englewood. 720-524-4136

Fri 10/20

Sun 10/22

Mon 10/23

Modern Swing Mondays @ 5pm / $10

Stampede, 2430 South Havana, Aurora

ARTS: DIY Create! Pumpkin Painting @ Harvey Park @ 9:30pm

Harvey Park Recreation Center, 2120 S. Tennyson Way, Denver. 720-913-0654

Tue 10/24

Tony Goffredi: Tony G @ 2 Penguins @ 5pm

Chris Koza @ 5pm

Gii Astorga @ 4pm

Cherry Hills Country Club, 4125 S University Blvd, Cherry Hills Vil‐lage

2 Penguins Tap and Grill, 13065 E Briarwood Ave, Centennial

Isabel LaRosa @ 7pm

Gothic Theatre, 3263 S Broadway, Engle‐wood

Five8 @ 8pm Thank Sool, 2222 S Havana St E, Aurora

Sat 10/21

The Old North End Restaurant & Deli, 3980 Limelight Ave Unit A, Castle Rock

Monty Franklin: Denver @ 6:30pm

Comedy Works South, 5345 Land‐mark Pl, Greenwood Village Field Guide: Gothic (supporting Darlingside) @ 7pm

Gothic Theatre, 3263 S Broadway, Engle‐wood

Halloween Extravaganza @ 12pm / Free

Aspen Grove, 7301 South Santa Fe Drive, Littleton. info@aspen grovecenter.com

Ally Free @ 7pm Swallow Hill Music, 71 E Yale Ave, Denver

Miss Grit supporting Nation of Language @ 7pm

Gothic Theatre, 3263 S Broadway, Englewood

Bearly Dead @ 7pm

Herman's Hideaway, 1578 S Broadway, Denver

Nation of Language @ 7pm Gothic Theatre, 3263 S Broadway, Engle‐wood

Tony Medina Music: The Tuesday Night Open Mic at the Alley @ 5:30pm

The Alley, 2420 W Main St, Little‐ton

Angelica Garcia @ 7pm

Gothic Theatre, 3263 S Broadway, Engle‐wood

Wed 10/25

Country Music Ladies Night @ 5pm

Stampede - Aurora, 2430 S Havana St, Aurora

Thu 10/26

Mux Mool @ 7pm Gothic Theatre, 3263 S Broadway, Engle‐wood

Calendar information is provided by event organiz‐ers. All events are subject to change or cancella‐tion. This publication is not responsible for the ac‐curacy of the information contained in this calendar.

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‘Thoughtful Intuition’ exhibit brings vibrant colors and design

BY SONYA ELLINGBOE SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

“Taiko Chandler: oughtful Intuition” is the title for the Littleton Museum’s new exhibit of works by Denver-based Japanese artist Taiko Chandler, whose paintings, monoprints and three-dimensional works will be exhibited at the Littleton Museum through Jan. 7.

I’m already wanting to return for another look after thinking about the color and design...and remembering a printmaking class that remains an all-time favorite.

Moira Casey, the museum’s Curator of Patron Engagement, wrote about Chandler’s technique for

her three-dimensional installation works—as well as the prints.

She has used Tyvek, a new material, to print her works on, which gives a great depth in color and a soft-looking surface.

As a visitor walks into the gallery, a turn to the right brings the start of a print series called “On and On.” Mounted on the wall below an early print is a small black case, containing “Forms of Reliance,” an assemblage of related white clay shapes. It re ects ongoing thoughts about shapes and spaces...

e continuous “On and On” series of prints was “brainstormed with Sue Oheme of Oheme Graphics,” according to a release by

Casey, which talks about Chandler’s methods and body of work, with “her approach as layered as her pieces, nuanced with fragments of memories, interwoven with past and present personal events and tied together with the strength of human bonds and a desire to share emotion and connection...”

We have shown a detail from “Practice Makes Perfect,” which is a large work oating on the back gallery wall. e surface is created with a pattern painted on a sheet of clear plastic, then the plastic sheet is covered with a sheet of Tyvek and run through a printing press. e print for “Practice Makes Perfect” has then been shaped and mounted on the wall and oats there inviting a visitor to contemplate.

Painting is done, not with a brush, but with a small piece of mat board used to move the paint around on the plastic sheet with great skill and control. After printing, some shapes are cut away and the printed Tyvek sheet is shaped and installed.

Do go look at the completed work. It and the other individual

pieces are amazing.

In addition to the artworks we have attempted to describe, there are a number of additional prints in the exhibit, including some handcolored monotypes and cyanotypes and others.

Chandler is constantly improvising and changing her approach to her work, one can see the “What if I...?” going on in her brain.

Artists and parents who will be taking children to see this work may want to look up the online piece about Chandler rst—or at least afterwards. Take note that a printmaking workshop is planned at the Museum on Nov. 15. Readers may need to reserve a spot as space is limited.

Casey speaks of a gallery activity, based on stream of consciousness writing. Look for it when you visit. e Littleton Museum, 6028 S. Gallup St., is open Tuesday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. e last entry allowed during the day is at 4:30 p.m.

Admission is free.

For information, call 303795-3950 or visit the website at museum.littletonco.gov.

“Practice Makes Perfect” is part of Denver-based artists Taiko Chandler’s “Thoughtful Intuition” show at the Littleton Museum. COURTESY PHOTO

Property-tax hike to see small mitigation

County slightly eases hit to homeowners

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

In response to this year’s large jump in property values, o cials have taken an action that likely hasn’t been seen in recent Douglas County history, according to the county’s head of property valuation.

“We as a county are motivated to give our citizens relief wherever it’s lawful and prudent,” said Toby Damisch, the county assessor, speaking about a move to lower the increase in property values.

Local taxes are in the spotlight after homeowners around the Denver metro area checked a notice from their county assessors this spring and saw that their home value had jumped by sometimes shocking amounts.

Driven by a costly real-estate market, those home values — as calculated for tax purposes — have spiked since the last time homeowners received notices of value two years ago. In Douglas County, residential properties faced increases between 30% and 60%, with a median of 47%.

e high increase in property values means families’ property tax bills could jump up next year. at’s because when property values rise, the amount of taxes people owe goes up — even if local governments’ tax rates themselves don’t change.

After many homeowners in Douglas County led challenges, or appeals, to blunt the increase

on their home values, the median increase went down slightly.

Now, that number will come down even more — for a combined total of around a few percentage points — in a move that a ects homeowners across the county, not just those who led appeals.

“We also appreciate the fact that there are people who view this as practically an insult because it’s so modest compared to the increase,” Damisch said, adding: “But it doesn’t mean we shouldn’t take the action.”

e move, approved by the Douglas County commissioners

Sept. 19, will provide an average of $223 in estimated property tax relief for owners of single-family homes, townhomes or condominiums, or a 4% adjustment.

“We understand this is a small step — this is one of a series of small steps,” said Damisch, who emphasized the county leaders are encouraging smaller local government entities to provide further relief.

Here’s a look at how the action works, how the 4% lowering was determined and where it applies.

Unusual move

Some homeowners may wonder

why their property values jumped so high this year. e property valuation that homeowners received around early May is based on data as of June 2022, near the recent peak in the real-estate market.

So even though home prices have declined since then, property values from the county assessor’s o ce re ect last year’s exceptional highs.

Property taxes partly fund county governments, but they also fund school districts, re and library districts, and other local entities.

ough Damisch’s o ce is bound by Colorado law, he and other o cials researched a way to provide some property tax relief that would still fall within the bounds of legality.

e action went through what’s called the Douglas County Board of Equalization. In Douglas County, the county’s elected leaders, or commissioners, serve as the board of equalization.  ey voted 3-0 to approve the action.

ey used a state law — Colorado statute 39-8-102 — to make the reduction around the county, a rare move according to Damisch, a 25-year veteran of the assessor’s o ce.

“I would say in that time frame, I can say with con dence that the (board of equalization) has held its hearings and made decisions because of its hearings and from time to time received small recommendations from the assessor, but nothing like this in recent history has occurred,” Damisch said.

Often, county o cials have gone to the equalization board and said they found an error at a speci c

Owners of homes in Douglas County, like these in Lone Tree, will see their tax bills fall by a few percentage points.

address that needed correcting, but this broad action is rare, according to Damisch.

Why not more?

So why only a 4% adjustment?

Damisch’s o ce recently received a review from a statehired auditor that showed that his o ce’s calculations of property values were “straight down the middle” in terms of compliance with audit parameters and state statute, Damisch said.

“ ere’s a really important statute in Colorado law which says when an assessor performs a (revaluation), they must be within 5% of market value,” Damisch said.

Because the calculated property values this year in Douglas County started out essentially on the nose — and then saw a small drop overall due to the impact of homeowners’ led appeals — a 4% change around the county was as large as Damisch felt he could propose while staying within the 5% boundary, he said.

“As much as we as a county would really wanted to do more than 4%, a lot more than 4%, to bene t our citizens and mitigate the results of this reassessment, we had to remain compliant with state statute, regulation, audit parameters,” Damisch said.

(Among Douglas County homeowners who led a successful appeal on their property value in recent months, the average ad-

justment to the increase in value they saw as a result of the appeal for a single-family home was $340 less in estimated taxes, given current conditions, Damisch said. at’s in addition to the average of $223 in estimated tax relief around the county.)

Apartments not part of relief Apartments, duplexes, triplexes and fourplexes, or “multifamily” properties, aren’t part of the county’s Sept. 19 property tax relief action. Neither are other types of property, like commercial buildings.

So renters in those types of units won’t see a change based on the county’s action. “Multifamily is 100% rental properties,” Damisch noted.

ose properties were excluded because their values increased at a “signi cantly more modest rate

than single-family residential,” seeing average value changes that were generally similar to what the county saw in recent property revaluations, Damisch said.

Multifamily properties saw increases of somewhere around 20% this year, Damisch estimated.

He wasn’t sure how much the resulting rise in tax bills could translate into some shift in monthly apartment rent prices.

“Frankly, I think you would have to ask an apartment owner whether they would pass those increases on to their tenants or not,” Damisch said.

Owners of houses, townhomes or condos will see the 4% adjustment, including for homes of those kinds where renters currently live, Damisch said.

Vacant land in a residential neighborhood would not get the

reduction, he added.

Other appeals continue e action by the commissioners, acting as the board of equalization, is separate from the equalization board’s normal work, which includes making decisions on property value appeals that homeowners push past the assessor’s o ce level and contest further.

Regardless of the equalization board’s eventual decisions on those continuing appeals, those homeowners will receive the relief from the Sept. 19 decision as well, Damisch said.

e equalization board is no longer accepting appeals, as the deadline has passed. See information about the appeal process at cdola.colorado.gov/appeal-ofyour-valuation-reminder.

Homes sit in the Castle Pines area in August. Homeowners are facing steep increases in their property tax bills around the Denver metro area, an issue that o cials in Douglas County have called attention to over the last several months. PHOTO BY ELLIS ARNOLD

Douglas County school o cials discuss needs for additional funds through ballot measures

BY HALEY LENA HLENA@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

In collaboration with the Douglas County School District, the Parker Chamber’s Government A airs Committee held an informational town hall with the business community to discuss school funding measures that will appear on the November ballot.

Jacki Hayden, Parker chamber’s government a airs committee chair, said members of the committee visited representatives of the school district to discuss concerns about the district.

“Our eyes were opened,” said Hayden. “To exactly how the funds were disbursed, not only in our school system, but statewide.”

Of the district’s 90 schools, there are 27 public schools in Parker, which accounts for more than 21,000 students enrolled in Preschool through 12th grade.

Additionally, nearly half of those employed in Parker are part of the Douglas County School District, according to the Government Affairs Committee.

A poll sent to chamber members in January indicated increasing

teacher pay was their most important education issue. Another poll in April indicated most people were very concerned, said Hayden.  e school board voted unanimously at an Aug. 8 meeting to approve ballot language for the bond and mill levy override in addition to a salary schedule and bond plan.

Although the Douglas County School District ranked the highest in the metro area on state standardized tests, won awards and outscored their own scores from 2019 in every school subject, Superintendent Erin Kane said there are signi cant funding challenges in the district.

Funding in the district

Douglas County School District’s total funding is determined by the School Finance Act, which is paid for by property taxes and the state’s general fund.

According to the district, the increased local property tax will not impact the district’s total funding.

“We’re given an allowance by the State of Colorado,” said Kane. “Local taxpayer wallets ll in that allowance rst and then we go visit

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Each school district can request additional local funding through a mill levy override, which is typically used for salaries, sta ng and student programming.

“ ere is a cap with what districts can ask for in mill levy overrides,” said Susan Meek, a member of the Douglas County school board.

Kane said the Douglas County School District has received one mill levy override over the last 17 years while other districts have received one every three or four years.

In Douglas County, a starting teacher salary is $45,209, while it is over $58,000 in the neighboring Cherry Creek School District.

Additionally, the Cherry Creek School District received an additional $2,000 more per student and is paying teachers $20,000 more a year, on average, said Kane.

e low salary is one of the reasons for the district’s teacher retention rate. David Ray, a school board member,said teacher retention doesn’t always tell the full story because there has not been a high number of people applying

for the positions as well as turning away positions.

“Forty percent of our o ers are turned down,” said Kane.  e funding issues provide challenges not only for teachers, but for school resource o cers, custodians, education assistants and bus drivers.

e lack of bus drivers this school year impacted Cherokee Trail Middle School students, said Principal Josh Miller. During their rst week of school, with the rolling bus black outs, many kids did not have the means to get to school.

“It’s not fair for them to be able to miss school,” said Miller.  e school’s current solution is providing bikes to the students.

Ballot measure 5A and 5B Douglas County residents will have the opportunity to vote for two school funding measures in November’s election.

Measure 5A is for a $66 million mill levy override, which would be used for sta pay, bene ts and school security sta .

If the override were to pass,

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teachers would get an average 9% raise. Classi ed sta , also known as support sta , would see a 9% raise and all other sta would receive a 7% raise.

e maxed out teachers will also get an increase, just not all the way up to 9%, said Kane.

e override would also increase the district’s funding by about $1,000 per student, including those at charter schools within the county.

With the current starting pay at $45,209, the increase would make Douglas County’s School District’s starting pay $50,182, according to the district.

Included in the mill levy override is $6 million to fund additional school resource o cers and

school security support.

Should the ballot initiatives be successful, the salary changes would be e ective immediately and retroactive to July 1, 2024, said Kane, and with about 70% of the district’s employees living in Douglas County, a large portion of money would go to the county’s economy.

Ballot measure 5B involves a bond, which is a one time loan.

e $484 million bond would go towards the school district’s capital needs, such as repairs, the building of new schools and a further investment in career and technical education for students.

e impact of the initiatives to a homeowner is $20 per year per $100,000 in home values, said Kane.

In Parker speci cally, 21 schools such as Challenge to Excellence, Chaparral High School and Pine Grove Elementary would bene t

from the bond.

One of the schools that would receive an expansion would be Sierra Middle School. e expansion would include 15 additional classrooms, three exible learning areas, three small group collaboration rooms among others.

Sara Curto, principal at Sierra Middle School, said the expansion would also open up conversation about access points to the building to help alleviate tra c in the area.

“You can just drive around our community and you see the growth in our area,” said Curto.”So we will have more kids coming into our schools within the next few years.”

With schools like VALE in Parker and Legacy Campus in Lone tree, community members have seen expenditures toward innovative programming and may have wondered why the district can a ord these new schools but not pay

teachers more.

ose two schools were built because of the funding from the 2018 bond, said Ray.

Ray also said the Douglas County School Board does not touch the funding for the measures.

Possible outcomes

Arguments against the measures include the fact that there is a tax increase and the override does not have a sunset.

If voters vote no, the district would see a shortage of educators, said Kane, which would lead to a high student to teacher ratio. Also, on the bond side, schools would have to move to include more mobile homes for classrooms.

Meek encourages Douglas County residents to further educate themselves with the Douglas County School Districts Funding the Future, found at https:// funding.dcsdk12.org/ .

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2023 TAX LIEN SALE PUBLIC NOTICE DAVID GILL, TREASURER

2023 TAX LIEN SALE

INTEREST RATE SET AT 15%

DATE: November 2, 2023 Internet Tax Sale

To prevent delinquent taxes, interest and penalties from selling at the tax lien sale, payments must be received in the Treasurer’s Office by noon on November 1, 2023. No payments will be accepted during the sale.

PLEASE VISIT WWW.ZEUSAUCTION.COM FOR ALL TAX LIEN SALE INFORMATION INCLUDING RULES, GUIDELINES, REGISTRATION, AND W9 FORMS. THE DELINQUENT PROPERTY INFORMATION LISTED IN THIS PUBLICATION IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH C.R.S. 39-11-102.

The Colorado Attorney General believes that the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Tyler v Hennepin County indicates that Colorado’s Treasurer Deed Process as detailed in Colorado State Statute is unconstitutional and that Colorado County Treasurers should not issue Treasurer Deeds until after the Colorado State Legislature has revised State Law to conform to the U.S. Supreme Court decision. The issuance of Treasurer Deeds will likely be delayed and the procedure leading up to the issuance is likely to be changed.

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Public Trustee Sale No. 2023-0140

To Whom It May Concern: On 8/4/2023 3:00:00

PM the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: Louis E. Mitchell and Katie A. Mitchell

Original Beneficiary: Washington Mutual Bank

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee, in trust for registered Holders of Long Beach Mortgage Loan Trust 2006-10, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-10

Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 10/23/2006

Recording Date of DOT: 11/9/2006

Reception No. of DOT: 2006096795

DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt:

$319,500.00

Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $305,867.53

Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: FAILURE TO MAKE TIMELY PAYMENTS AS REQUIRED UNDER THE EVIDENCE OF DEBT AND DEED OF TRUST.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property:

Lot 13, Block 6, Highlands Ranch Filing No. 68A, County of Douglas, State of Colorado. Which has the address of: 9410 Yale Lane, Highlands Ranch, CO 80130

NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, December 6, 2023, at the Public Trustee’s office, Philip S Miller Building Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

First Publication: 10/12/2023

Last Publication: 11/9/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Dated: 8/4/2023

DAVID GILL

DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

AMANDA FERGUSON

Colorado Registration #: 44893

355 UNION BLVD SUITE 250, LAKEWOOD, COLORADO 80228

Phone #: (303) 274-0155

Fax #:

Attorney File #: CO21186

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE

DATES on the Public Trustee website: https:// www.douglas.co.us/public-trustee/

Legal Notice No. 2023-0140

First Publication: 10/12/2023

Last Publication: 11/9/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press

PUBLIC NOTICE

Highlands Ranch NOTICE OF SALE

Public Trustee Sale No. 2023-0145

To Whom It May Concern: On 8/16/2023 3:24:00

PM the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: Ruth Limited, a Colorado limited liability company

Original Beneficiary: PB&T Bank

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: PB&T Bank

Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 1/31/2020

Recording Date of DOT: 2/4/2020

Reception No. of DOT: 2020008033

DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $951,150.00

Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $516,432.66

Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay monthly payments of principal and interest together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: Condominium Unit No. C5, The Premises Warehouse Center Highlands Ranch, According to the Condominium Map of the Premises Warehouse Center Highlands Ranch, Recorded on September 4, 2007 under Reception No. 2007070562, and as defined by the Condominium Declaration of the Premises Warehouse Center Highlands Ranch, Recorded on July 10, 2006, as Reception No. 2006058495 and Amendment recorded September 4, 2007 under Reception No. 2007070561 and Second Amendment recorded May 12, 2008 under Reception No. 2008033385, and subject to and including that undivided interest in the Ground Lease recorded on July 10, 2006 as Reception No. 2006058494, as set forth in said declaration, all recorded in the office of the Clerk and recorder, Douglas County, Colorado.

Which has the address of:

9337 Commerce City Street, Unit C5, Highlands Ranch, CO 80129

NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, December 6, 2023, at the Public Trustee’s office, Philip S Miller Building Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

First Publication: 10/12/2023

Last Publication: 11/9/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Dated: 8/16/2023

DAVID GILL

DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

ROBERT GRAHAM

Colorado Registration #: 26809 360 S GARFIELD STREET, 6TH FLOOR , DENVER, COLORADO 80209

Phone #: Fax #:

Attorney File #: 4109.0077

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE

DATES on the Public Trustee website: https:// www.douglas.co.us/public-trustee/

Legal Notice No. 2023-0145

First Publication: 10/12/2023

Last Publication: 11/9/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press

PUBLIC NOTICE

Highlands Ranch NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2023-0136

To Whom It May Concern: On 8/1/2023 8:33:00

AM the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: Michael J. Frasco and Leigh Ann Frasco

Original Beneficiary:

Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. ("MERS") as nominee for American Mortgage Network, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, Its Successors and Assigns

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: Citibank, N.A., as trustee for CMLTI Asset Trust

Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 3/8/2006

Recording Date of DOT: 3/14/2006

Reception No. of DOT: 2006020813

DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $196,000.00

Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $181,323.76

Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: the failure to make timely payments required under said Deed of Trust and the Evidence of Debt secured thereby.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 13, BLOCK 1, HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING NO. 8, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO.

Which has the address of: 243 Saddlewood Circle, Highlands Ranch, CO 80126

NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, November 29, 2023, at the Public Trustee’s office, Philip S Miller Building Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

First Publication: 10/5/2023

Last Publication: 11/2/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Dated: 8/1/2023

DAVID GILL

DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

ILENE DELL'ACQUA

Colorado Registration #: 31755

7700 E. ARAPAHOE ROAD, SUITE 230, CENTENNIAL, COLORADO 80112

Phone #: (877) 369-6122

Fax #:

Attorney File #: CO-23-961952-LL

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE

DATES on the Public Trustee website: https:// www.douglas.co.us/public-trustee/

Legal Notice No. 2023-0136

First Publication: 10/5/2023

Last Publication: 11/2/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press

PUBLIC NOTICE

Sedalia NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2023-0142

To Whom It May Concern: On 8/7/2023 12:15:00

PM the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: Jan C. Schultz and Anna M. Schultz

Original Beneficiary: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Universal Lending Corporation, Its Successors and Assigns

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: Mortgage Assets Management, LLC

Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 12/22/2011

Recording Date of DOT: 12/29/2011

Reception No. of DOT: 2011082472

DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $817,500.00

Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $466,618.88

Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Deed of Trust have been violated for reasons including, but not limited to, death of all named mortgagors under said Deed of Trust and the Evidence of Debt secured thereby. Therefore, the current holder of the Evidence of Debt has elected to accelerate the entire indebtedness.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 5, BLOCK 15, PERRY PINES FILING NO. 5, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO.

Which has the address of: 3435 West Dawson Road , Sedalia, CO 80135

NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, December 6, 2023, at the Public Trustee’s office, Philip S Miller Building Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

First Publication: 10/12/2023

Last Publication: 11/9/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Dated: 8/8/2023

DAVID GILL

DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

HOLLY SHILLIDAY

Colorado Registration #: 24423 7700 E. ARAPAHOE ROAD, SUITE 230 , CENTENNIAL, COLORADO 80112

Phone #: (877) 369-6122

Fax #:

Attorney File #: CO-23-963184-LL

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE

DATES on the Public Trustee website: https:// www.douglas.co.us/public-trustee/

Legal Notice No. 2023-0142

First Publication: 10/12/2023

Last Publication: 11/9/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press

PUBLIC NOTICE Highlands Ranch NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2023-0139

To Whom It May Concern: On 8/3/2023 9:56:00 AM the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: John W Burke and Kathleen A Burke

Original Beneficiary:

Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Decision One Mortgage Company, LLC, Its Successors and Assigns

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF THE CWABS, INC., ASSETBACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2004-BC3

Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 12/18/2003

Recording Date of DOT: 12/29/2003

Reception No. of DOT: 2003181846

DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $488,000.00

Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $374,414.62

Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: the failure to make timely payments required under said Deed of Trust and the Evidence of Debt secured thereby.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 44, HIGHLANDS RANCH FILING NO. 122-I, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO

Which has the address of: 10105 Charissglen Lane, Highlands Ranch, CO 80126

NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, December 6, 2023, at the Public Trustee’s office, Philip S Miller Building Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

Public Notices

First Publication: 10/12/2023

Last Publication: 11/9/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Dated: 8/3/2023

DAVID GILL

DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

ILENE DELL'ACQUA

Colorado Registration #: 31755 7700 E. ARAPAHOE ROAD, SUITE 230 , CENTENNIAL, COLORADO 80112

Phone #: (877) 369-6122

Fax #:

Attorney File #: CO-20-885106-LL

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE

DATES on the Public Trustee website: https:// www.douglas.co.us/public-trustee/

Legal Notice No. 2023-0139

First Publication: 10/12/2023

Last Publication: 11/9/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press

PUBLIC NOTICE

Littleton NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2023-0134

To Whom It May Concern: On 7/25/2023 10:42:00

AM the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: LIGITA S BARDULIS

Original Beneficiary: ARGENT MORTGAGE COMPANY, LLC

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR PARK PLACE SECURITIES, INC. ASSET-BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES

2005-WHQ3

Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 3/31/2005

Recording Date of DOT: 1/6/2006

Reception No. of DOT: 2006001890

DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $323,550.00

Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $284,415.50

Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Borrower's failure to make timely payments as required under the Evidence of Debt and Deed of Trust.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property:

LOT 213, ROXBOROUGH DOWNS, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO

Which has the address of: 10506 Brown Fox Trail, Littleton, CO 80125

NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m.

Wednesday, November 15, 2023, at the Public Trustee’s office, Philip S Miller Building Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

First Publication: 9/21/2023

Last Publication: 10/19/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Dated: 7/25/2023

DAVID GILL

DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

ALISON L. BERRY

Colorado Registration #: 34531

9540 MAROON CIRCLE SUITE 320, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112

Phone #: (303) 706-9990

Fax #: (303) 706-9994

Attorney File #: 18-019380

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: https:// www.douglas.co.us/public-trustee/

Legal Notice No. 2023-0134

First Publication: 9/21/2023

Last Publication: 10/19/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press

PUBLIC NOTICE

Littleton NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2023-0138

To Whom It May Concern: On 8/2/2023 4:21:00 PM the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: RICHARD M SMITH

Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: MIDFIRST BANK

Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 12/20/2010

Recording Date of DOT: 12/27/2010

Reception No. of DOT: 2010091954

DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $207,765.00

Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $156,223.07

Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Borrower's failure to make timely payments as required under the Evidence of Debt and Deed of Trust.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property:

LOT 144, ACRES GREEN FILING NO. 4, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO.

Which has the address of: 69 Dianna Dr, Littleton, CO 80124-2805

NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, November 29, 2023, at the Public Trustee’s office, Philip S Miller Building Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

First Publication: 10/5/2023

Last Publication: 11/2/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Dated: 8/3/2023

DAVID GILL DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

N. APRIL WINECKI

Colorado Registration #: 34861 9540 MAROON CIRCLE SUITE 320, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112

Phone #: (303) 706-9990

Fax #: (303) 706-9994

Attorney File #: 22-028356

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE

DATES on the Public Trustee website: https:// www.douglas.co.us/public-trustee/

Legal Notice No. 2023-0138

First Publication: 10/5/2023

Last Publication: 11/2/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press

PUBLIC NOTICE

Parker

NOTICE OF SALE

Public Trustee Sale No. 2023-0144

To Whom It May Concern: On 8/16/2023 2:25:00

PM the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: RONALD DOSTIE AND ANGIE DOSTIE

Original Beneficiary:

U.S. Bank National Association

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt:

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 11/4/2019

Recording Date of DOT: 12/6/2019

Reception No. of DOT: 2019083411

DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $75,727.00

Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $66,745.20

Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust and/or other violations of the terms thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property:

SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO LOT 54, VILLAGE ON THE GREEN FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO. BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED BY DEED RECORDED IN INSTRUMENT NO. 2017047444 OF THE DOUGLAS COUNTY, COLORADO RECORDS. SUBJECT TO ALL EASEMENTS, COVENANTS, CONDITIONS, RESERVATIONS, LEASES AND RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, ALL LEGAL HIGHWAYS, ALL RIGHTS OF WAY, ALL ZONING, BUILDING AND OTHER LAWS, ORDINANCES AND REGULATIONS, ALL RIGHTS OF TENANTS IN POSSESSION, AND ALL REAL ESTATE TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS NOT YET DUE AND PAYABLE

Which has the address of:

19403 Legend Avenue, Parker, CO 80134

NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, December 6, 2023, at the Public Trustee’s office, Philip S Miller Building Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

First Publication: 10/12/2023

Last Publication: 11/9/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Dated: 8/16/2023

DAVID GILL

DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

ARICYN J. DALL

Colorado Registration #: 51467 216 16TH STREET SUITE 1210, DENVER, COLORADO 80202

Phone #: (720) 259-6714

Fax #: (720) 259-6709

Attorney File #: 23CO00308-1

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE

DATES on the Public Trustee website: https:// www.douglas.co.us/public-trustee/

Legal Notice No. 2023-0144

First Publication: 10/12/2023

Last Publication: 11/9/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press

PUBLIC NOTICE

Parker NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2023-0132

To Whom It May Concern: On 7/25/2023 8:07:00

AM the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: KEENAN YOUNG AND CHRISTOPHER YOUNG

Original Beneficiary: MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR COUNTRYWIDE BANK, N.A., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt:

U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE FOR RCF2 ACQUISITION TRUST

Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 2/22/2007

Recording Date of DOT: 3/5/2007

Reception No. of DOT: 2007018693

DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $372,000.00

Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $374,700.88

Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Borrower's failure to make timely payments as required under the Evidence of Debt and Deed of Trust.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 116, STONEGATE FILING NO 14A, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO

Which has the address of: 16298 Hawkstone Pl, Parker, CO 80134-9488

NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, November 15, 2023, at the Public Trustee’s office, Philip S Miller Building Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

First Publication: 9/21/2023

Last Publication: 10/19/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Dated: 7/25/2023

DAVID GILL

DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

DAVID R DOUGHTY

Colorado Registration #: 40042 9540 MAROON CIRCLE SUITE 320, ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO 80112 Phone #: (303) 706-9990

Fax #: (303) 706-9994

Attorney File #: 23-030417

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: https:// www.douglas.co.us/public-trustee/

Legal Notice No. 2023-0132

First Publication: 9/21/2023

Last Publication: 10/19/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press

PUBLIC NOTICE

Castle Rock NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2023-0131

To Whom It May Concern: On 7/24/2023 10:37:00

AM the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: ROBERTO J. MUNOZ

Original Beneficiary: LEHMAN BROTHERS BANK FSB

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt: PARK TREE INVESTMENTS 23, LLC

Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 8/9/2006

Recording Date of DOT: 8/16/2006

Reception No. of DOT: 2006070227

DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $31,000.00

Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $23,770.23

Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay installments of principal and interest, together with other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the Deed of Trust and other violations of the terms thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 20, BLOCK 2, CASTLE HIGHLANDS FILING NO. 2, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO

Which has the address of: 1737 Granger Circle, Castle Rock, CO 80109 NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, November 15, 2023, at the Public Trustee’s office, Philip S Miller Building Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

First Publication: 9/21/2023

Last Publication: 10/19/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Public Notices

Dated: 7/24/2023

DAVID GILL

DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

NEAL K DUNNING

Colorado Registration #: 10181 7995 E. Prentice Avenue, Suite 101E , GREENWOOD VILLAGE, COLORADO 80111 Phone #: (303) 329-3363

Fax #:

Attorney File #: 3938-019

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE

DATES on the Public Trustee website: https:// www.douglas.co.us/public-trustee/

Legal Notice No. 2023-0131

First Publication: 9/21/2023

Last Publication: 10/19/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press

PUBLIC NOTICE

Parker NOTICE OF SALE Public Trustee Sale No. 2023-0129

To Whom It May Concern: On 7/6/2023 1:35:00 PM the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in Douglas County.

Original Grantor: Jason L. Doumer and Megan E. Doumer

Original Beneficiary:

Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Beneficiary, as nominee for Cherry Creek Mortgage, LLC, its successors and assigns

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt:

Freedom Mortgage Corporation

Date of Deed of Trust (DOT): 1/20/2021

Recording Date of DOT: 2/8/2021

Reception No. of DOT: 2021015465

DOT Recorded in Douglas County.

Original Principal Amount of Evidence of Debt: $425,488.00

Outstanding Principal Amount as of the date hereof: $341,185.73

Pursuant to C.R.S. §38-38-101 (4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: FAILURE TO MAKE TIMELY PAYMENTS AS REQUIRED UNDER THE EVIDENCE OF DEBT AND DEED OF TRUST.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

The property described herein is all of the property encumbered by the lien of the deed of trust.

Legal Description of Real Property: LOT 24, BLOCK 11, STROH RANCH FILING NO. 12, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO.

Which has the address of: 12960 Banyon Cir, Parker, CO 80134

NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust described herein, has filed written election and demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that on the first possible sale date (unless the sale is continued*) at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, November 8, 2023, at the Public Trustee’s office, Philip S Miller Building Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, Colorado, I will sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.

First Publication: 9/14/2023

Last Publication: 10/12/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Dated: 7/7/2023

DAVID GILL

DOUGLAS COUNTY Public Trustee

The name, address and telephone numbers of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

AMANDA FERGUSON

Colorado Registration #: 44893 355 UNION BLVD SUITE 250, LAKEWOOD, COLORADO 80228

Phone #: (303) 274-0155

Fax #:

Attorney File #: CO22011

*YOU MAY TRACK FORECLOSURE SALE DATES on the Public Trustee website: https:// www.douglas.co.us/public-trustee/

Legal Notice No. 2023-0129

First Publication: 9/14/2023

Last Publication: 10/12/2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press

City and County

PUBLIC NOTICE OF HEARING ON PETITION FOR EXCLUSION

PETITION FOR THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN PROPERTY FROM THE DOWNTOWN PARKER BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT IN THE TOWN OF PARKER, COLORADO

Public notice is hereby given that there was filed in the office of the Town Clerk of the Town of Parker, Colorado, a Petition for the Exclusion from the Downtown Parker Business Improvement District (“Downtown Parker BID”) in accordance with the provisions of the Business Improvement District Act, Part 12 of Article 25 of Title 31, C.R.S. Said Petition is pending the hearing on the sufficiency of said Petition and action on an ordinance by the Town Council as the governing body of the Town of Parker, Colorado (the “Town”).

Said Petition states, among other things:

(a) A description of the boundaries proposed to be excluded from the Downtown Parker BID, which generally includes the commercial area located at 11000 S. Parker Road, #105, Parcel Number 2233-221-06-008. A legal description is provided in said Petition.

(b) A request that the property be excluded.

The petition was filed by BONBECK PARKER LLC, a Colorado limited liability company, as owner for the property proposed to be excluded. A copy of said petition is on file at the office of the Town Clerk of the Town of Parker, and is available for public inspection.

Notice is further given that by resolution of the Town Council, a public hearing on said Petition shall be held at the hour of 7:00 p.m., at Council Chambers, Parker Town Hall, 20120 E. Mainstreet, Parker, Colorado 80138, on Monday, November 6, 2023 at which time and place all persons having objections shall appear and show cause as to why the Petition should not be granted. Failure of any interested person to show cause shall be deemed an assent to the exclusion of the property.

Notice is further given that the Town Council shall hear the petition and all objections as may be presented. At the conclusion of said hearing, if it determines that the exclusion of the property from the Downtown Parker BID does not adversely affect the district, the Petition will be granted and an ordinance shall be adopted and filed with the County Clerk and Recorder excluding the property from the Downtown Parker BID.

Chris Vanderpool, Town Clerk Town of Parker, Colorado

Legal Notice No. 946151

First Publication: October 12, 2023

Last Publication: October 12, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

of the Town of Parker My Mainstreet General Improvement District. One designated representative from each property owner in the Town of Parker My Mainstreet General Improvement District will receive a separate mail ballot packet at the address on file with the Town of Parker. The Ballot will contain the following Ballot Issue to be voted upon:

BALLOT ISSUE:

SHALL THE TOWN OF PARKER MY MAINSTREET GENERAL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT TAXES BE INCREASED $1,500,000.00 IN 2024 AND ANNUALLY THEREAFTER BY WHATEVER AMOUNTS AS MAY BE GENERATED IN ANY YEAR FROM A MILL LEVY NOT TO EXCEED 45 MILLS; PROVIDED THAT SUCH MILL LEVY MAY BE ADJUSTED TO ACCOUNT FOR CHANGES IN THE METHOD BY WHICH ASSESSED VALUATION IS CALCULATED; FOR THE PURPOSE OF FUNDING A PORTION OF THE COSTS OF FINANCING, OPERATING, AND MAINTAINING A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, INCLUDING THE IMPROVEMENTS AND SERVICES SET FORTH IN THE PETITION FOR ORGANIZATION OF THE DISTRICT; AND SHALL THE PROCEEDS OF SUCH TAXES AND ANY OTHER REVENUE RECEIVED BY THE DISTRICT, BE COLLECTED AND SPENT WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY LIMITATION CONTAINED WITHIN ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW, INCLUDING THE 5.5% PROPERTY TAX REVENUE LIMIT IN C.R.S. § 29-1-301?

Yes No

Ballots must be returned in the official return envelope provided, the back of the envelope must be signed and must be received by the Town Clerk’s Office by 7:00 p.m. on Election Day, Tuesday, November 7, 2023 at Town Hall, 20120 E. Mainstreet, Parker, CO 80134. Replacement ballots and updating voter information can be done at the Parker Town Clerk’s Office during normal business hours. Questions can be directed to the Town Clerk at 303-805-3198 or Clerk@parkeronline.org.

In witness thereof, the Town Clerk of the Town of Parker, Colorado, has caused this Notice to be given as required by law this 2nd day of October 2023.

Chris Vanderpool, CMC Town Clerk, Town of Parker

Legal Notice No. 946123

First Publication: October 12, 2023

Last Publication: October 19, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

PUBLIC NOTICE

CONCERNING DOUGLAS COUNTY’S COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) 2022 CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATION REPORT (CAPER)

Douglas County has prepared an update to the 2022 program year Consolidated Annual Performance Evaluation Report (CAPER), which evaluates overall progress in addressing CDBG priorities and specific objectives identified in the 2014-2018 Douglas County Consolidated Plan and 2015 Annual Action Plan. This report summarizes project accomplishments and provides a financial summary of the active CDBG programs. The County invites public review of this document beginning October 12, 2023, through October 26, 2023. The CAPER is submitted to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in accordance with program regulations.

CAPER use the contact information above, or mail written comments to 100 Third Street, Castle Rock, CO 80104.

Legal Notice No. 946137

First Publication: October 12, 2023

Last Publication: October 12, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice

NOTICE OF HEARING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT the proposed fiscal year 2024 budgets for the Town of Castle Rock, the Castle Rock Urban Renewal Authority, and the Festival Park Commons General Improvement District, as well as the five-year capital program for the Town of Castle Rock, have been submitted to the Town Clerk at the Town of Castle Rock, 100 N Wilcox St, Castle Rock, CO 80104, where the same are open for public inspection. All proposed 2024 budgets and said capital program will be considered at a public hearing to be held at the regular meeting of the Town of Castle Rock Town Council, at 6:00 pm on Tuesday, October 17, 2023, 100 N Wilcox St., Castle Rock, CO 80104. Any interested party may file any objections to any of the proposed budgets and/or capital program at any time prior to their final adoption.

Legal Notice No. 945954

First Publication: October 12, 2023

Last Publication: October 12, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF CONTRACTORS SETTLEMENT TOWN OF PARKER STATE OF COLORADO

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, PURSUANT TO SECTION 38-26-107, C.R.S., as amended, that on the 19th day of October, 2023, final settlement will be made by the Town of Parker, State of Colorado, for and on account of a contract between Town of Parker and RME Ltd, LLC dba Elite Surface Infrastructure, for the completion of 2023 Townwide Roadway Reconstruct Program (CIP 23-005-CI), and that any person, co-partnership, association or corporation that has an unpaid claim against said RME Ltd, LLC dba Elite Surface Infrastructure for or on account of the furnishing of labor, materials, team hire sustenance, provisions, provender or other supplies used or consumed by such contractor or any of his subcontractors in or about the performance of said work, or that supplied rental machinery, tools or equipment to the extent used in the prosecution of said work, may at any time up to and including said time of such final settlement on said 19th day of October, 2023, file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim with the Town of Parker Council, c/o Director of Engineering/Public Works, 20120 E. Mainstreet, Parker, Colorado, 80138. Failure on the part of claimant to file such statement prior to such final settlement will relieve said Town of Parker from all and any liability for such claimant's claim.

The Town of Parker Council, By: Tom Williams, Director of Engineering/Public Works.

Legal Notice No. DCNP3010

First Publication: October 5, 2023

Last Publication: October 12, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Metropolitan Districts

Public Notice NOTICE OF ELECTION

north of Mainstreet and generally between Longs Peak Lane and Parker Vista Circle in the Town of Parker, Douglas County, Colorado. The legal description of the proposed District is as follows:

A PARCEL OF LAND BEING LOCATED IN THE WEST 1/2 OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 23, TOWNSHIP 6 SOUTH, RANGE 66 WEST OF THE 6TH P.M., COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BASIS OF BEARINGS: THE NORTH LINE OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 23, TOWNSHIP 6 SOUTH, RANGE 66 WEST OF THE 6TH P.M. BEING MONUMENTED BY A 1.5" BRASS CAP ENCASED IN CONCRETE AT THE NORTH 1/4 CORNER AND A 3" BRASS CAP STAMPED "LS 2690" AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER, SAID LINE BEING ASSUMED TO BEAR N89°31'03"E A DISTANCE OF 2676.71 FEET. COMMENCING AT THE NORTH 1/4 CORNER OF SAID SECTION 23; THENCE ON THE WEST LINE OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SAID SECTION 23, S00°20'03"E A DISTANCE OF 488.30 FEET, TO THE SOUTHWESTERLY CORNER OF THE DALTON SUBDIVISION 3RD AMENDMENT, RECORDED UNDER RECEPTION NO. 2016082720 IN THE RECORDS OF THE DOUGLAS COUNTY CLERK AND RECORDER, AND THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE ON THE SOUTHERLY AND EASTERLY LINES OF SAID SUBDIVISION, THE FOLLOWING TWO (2) COURSES:

1. N89°31'03"E A DISTANCE OF 669.29 FEET;

2. N00°20'45"W A DISTANCE OF 488.30 FEET, TO A POINT ON THE NORTH LINE OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SAID SECTION 23; THENCE ON SAID NORTH LINE, N89°31'03"E A DISTANCE OF 669.19 FEET, TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE WEST 1/2 OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SAID SECTION 23; THENCE ON THE EAST LINE OF THE WEST 1/2 OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SAID SECTION 23, S00°21'26"E A DISTANCE OF 1570.02 FEET, TO A POINT ON THE NORTHERLY RIGHT-OFWAY LINE OF MAINSTREET; THENCE ON SAID NORTHERLY RIGHTOF-WAY LINE, THE FOLLOWING FOUR (4) COURSES:

1. S85°28'12"W A DISTANCE OF 40.99 FEET;

2. S83°13'47"W A DISTANCE OF 1101.75 FEET;

3. N06°46'13"W A DISTANCE OF 12.00 FEET;

4. S83°06'16"W A DISTANCE OF 203.32 FEET, TO A POINT ON THE WEST LINE OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SAID SECTION 23; THENCE ON SAID WEST LINE, N00°20'03"W A DISTANCE OF 1216.06 FEET, TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. CONTAINING A CALCULATED AREA OF 1,869,272 SQUARE FEET OR 42.9126 ACRES.

The election is being conducted as a mail ballot election by the Designated Election Official, Andrew M. Bryant, c/o McGeady Becher P.C., 450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400, Denver, Colorado 80203, telephone number 303-592-4380. The place of deposit for mail ballots and walk-in polling place for voting at the election will be at said office.

Not sooner than October 16, 2023, and no later than October 23, 2023, the Designated Election Official shall mail to each active registered elector of the proposed District a mail ballot packet.

Joseph Sutton, Nash Verano and Cynthia Myers are candidates for terms extending to the second regular election, and Mark Hensley and Eric Barney are candidates for terms extending to the next regular election.

The walk-in polling place shall be open Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. beginning not sooner than twenty-two days prior to the election, October 16, 2023, and from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on the date of election.

Notice is hereby given that on Tuesday, November 7, 2023, a mail ballot election will be held in the Town of Parker for the qualified electors

Hard copies of the report are available at Douglas County offices, 100 Third St., Castle Rock, Douglas County Libraries, or online at www.douglas. co.us/community-services/grants-low-incomecdbg/. Reasonable accommodations can be provided to individuals with disabilities or those who do not speak English to ensure meaningful review of this document. Versions of the CAPER in Spanish or other languages are available upon request. Arrangements for accommodations are to be made in advance and may include the use of interpreters as needed. Translations, interpreters or special needs accommodations can be provided with five-days advance notice by contacting Melanie Grothe, Douglas County Department of Community Development at 303-814-4326 or mgrothe@ douglas.co.us. Persons in need of information for the hearing impaired may call the TTY number at 303-663-7791. To provide comments on the

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and particularly, to the electors of the proposed Kime Ranch Metropolitan District (“District”) of the Town of Parker, Douglas County, Colorado.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an election will be held on November 7, 2023, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. regarding the question of the organization of the proposed District, the initial board of directors, and the submission of the proposition of issuing general obligation bonds or creating other general obligation indebtedness or any questions necessary to implement the provisions of Article X, Section 20, of the Colorado Constitution as applied to the proposed District.

The proposed District encompasses approximately forty-three (43) acres generally located

The purposes of the proposed District are to provide: street; park and recreation; water; sanitation; transportation; safety protection (as limited by the Service Plan); security services (as limited by the Service Plan); fire protection (as limited by the Service Plan); mosquito control (as limited by the Service Plan); television relay and translation (as limited by the Service Plan); and all other improvements or services permitted by Article 1, Title 32, C.R.S., except as specifically limited in the Service Plan for the proposed District.

Pursuant to Section 1-5-207, C.R.S., the estimated operating and debt service mill levies and fiscal year spending for the first year following organization are:

Operating Mill Levy:

5.000 mills, subject to adjustments allowed per the proposed District’s Service Plan

Public Notices

Town Capital and Maintenance Mill Levy: 5.000 mills, subject to adjustments allowed per the proposed District’s Service Plan

Debt Service Mill Levy: 57.000 mills, subject to adjustments allowed per the proposed District’s Service Plan

Combined Mill Levy: 67.000 mills, subject to adjustments allowed per the proposed District’s Service Plan

Fiscal Year Spending: $50,000

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that an eligible elector of said proposed District for the purpose of said election is a person registered to vote pursuant to the “Colorado Uniform Election Code of 1992”; and (i) who is a resident of the proposed District, or (ii) who, or whose spouse or civil union partner, owns taxable real or personal property within the proposed District, whether said person resides within the proposed District or not. A person who is obligated to pay taxes under a contract to purchase taxable property within the proposed District shall be considered an owner of taxable property for the purpose of qualifying as an eligible elector.

Any individual who wishes to know if his or her residence or taxable real or personal property is located within the boundaries of the proposed District should contact the County Assessor’s office with reference to the legal description set forth above. Additionally, a map of the proposed District as included in the Service Plan is available for examination at the office of the District Court for Douglas County and at 450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400, Denver, Colorado 80203.

Write-in candidates must have filed an affidavit of intent with the Designated Election Official by no later than September 4, 2023.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that applications for absentee voter ballots may be filed with the Designated Election Official at the address set forth above no later than the close of business on the Tuesday immediately preceding the election. Return of absentee voter ballots and replacement ballots may be received by the Designated Election Official at the above address, Monday through Friday between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. beginning on October 16, 2023, until the day prior to the election, or between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. on the date of the election.

Proposed Kime Ranch Metropolitan District

By: /s/Andrew M. Bryant

Designated Election Official

Legal Notice No. 946157

First Publication: October 12, 2023

Last Publication: October 12, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice

NOTICE OF MAIL BALLOT ELECTION FOR PROPOSED VALLEY VIEW METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 1

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN and particularly to the electors of the proposed Valley View Metropolitan District No. 1 (the “District”) of the Town of Castle Rock, Douglas County, Colorado.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Court ordered organizational election for the District shall be held on Tuesday, November 7, 2023, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. The election is being conducted as an independent mail ballot election. The ballots will be mailed to the eligible electors of the District no earlier than 22 days prior to the election (October 16, 2023) and no later than 15 days prior to the election (October 23, 2023). The drop off location for the delivery of mail ballots and receipt of replacement ballots shall be located at the office of the Designated Election Official, 44 Cook Street, Suite 620, Denver, Colorado, and shall be open Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. beginning at least 22 days prior to the election day and from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on election day.

The purposes of the election are for the electors of the proposed District to consider the organization of the District, to vote for Directors to serve on the first Board of Directors of the proposed District, if organized (the candidates are Chad Murphy, Courtney Murphy, Christopher Crawford, Richard Cross and Sean Logue), and vote for or

against Ballot Issue B, Ballot Issue C, Ballot Issue

D, Ballot Issue E, Ballot Issue F, Ballot Issue G, Ballot Issue H, Ballot Issue I, Ballot Issue J, Ballot Issue K, Ballot Issue L, Ballot Issue M, Ballot Issue

N, Ballot Issue O, Ballot Issue P, Ballot Issue Q, Ballot Issue R, Ballot Question S, Ballot Question T, Ballot Issue U, Ballot Issue V, Ballot Question W and Ballot Question X.

The estimated operating and debt service mill levies for the first year following organization (2024) are 60.000 mills. The estimated fiscal year spending for Valley View Metropolitan District Nos. 1-3 for the first year following organization (2024) is $100,000 for operations. The initial boundaries of the proposed District consist of approximately 162.502 acres generally located east of Founders Parkway, Town of Castle Rock, County of Douglas, State of Colorado, as more particularly described below:

A PARCEL OF LAND BEING A PORTION OF THE NORTH HALF OF SECTION 31, TOWNSHIP 7 SOUTH, RANGE 66 WEST OF THE SIXTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO, BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: THE BEARINGS FOR THIS DESCRIPTION ARE BASED ON THE EAST LINE OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 30, TOWNSHIP 7 SOUTH, RANGE 66 WEST OF THE SIXTH P.M., AS SHOWN ON SAID PLAT OF CANYONS SOUTH FILING NO.1A, 3RD AMENDMENT

TO BEAR S 00°03'57" E, FROM THE EAST QUARTER CORNER OF SAID SECTION 30, BEING MONUMENTED BY A REBAR WITH A 2 INCH ALUMINUM CAP STAMPED "PLS 23515"

TO THE SOUTH SIXTEENTH CORNER OF SECTIONS 29/30, BEING MONUMENTED BY A REBAR WITH A 1-1/2 INCH ALUMINUM CAP, STAMPED "PLS 23515", WITH ALL BEARINGS CONTAINED HEREIN RELATIVE THERETO. COMMENCING AT THE EAST QUARTER CORNER OF SAID SECTION 30, THENCE S 24° 10' 22" W, 3212.88 FEET TO A POINT ON THE EAST LINE OF THE WEST HALF OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 31 ALSO BEING THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE S 00° 07' 26" E, 2371.18 FEET ALONG THE EAST LINE OF THE WEST HALF OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 31

TO A POINT ON THE NORTH LINE OF CASTLE OAKS ESTATES FILING NO. 1, 9TH AMENDMENT, A SUBDIVISION PLAT RECORDED AT RECEPTION NO. 2013082860 ALSO BEING A POINT ON THE NORTH LINE OF THAT BOUNDARY LINE AGREEMENT RECORDED

AT RECEPTION NO. 2007016736, BOTH OF SAID DOUGLAS COUNTY RECORDS; THENCE S 89° 18' 28" W, 3675.98 FEET ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID BOUNDARY LINE AGREEMENT AND ALONG THE NORTH LINES OF SAID CASTLE OAKS ESTATES FILING NO. 1, 9TH AMENDMENT, CASTLE OAKS ESTATES FILING NO. 1, AMENDMENT NO. 2, RECORDED AT RECEPTION NO. 2006078876 AND CASTLE OAKS ESTATES FILING NO. 1, RECORDED AT RECEPTION NO. 2003181990, TO THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THAT PARCEL OF LAND DESCRIBED IN THAT DEED RECORDED AT RECEPTION NO. 2009029995, SAID DOUGLAS COUNTY RECORDS; THENCE ALONG THE EAST AND NORTH LINES OF SAID PARCEL OF LAND RECORDED AT RECEPTION NO. 2009029995, THE FOLLOWING TWO (2) COURSES AND DISTANCES: 1) THENCE N 00° 13' 51" W, 245.55 FEET; 2) THENCE N 47° 08' 24" W, 34.12 FEET TO A POINT ON THE EAST LINE OF THE FOUNDER'S PARKWAY RIGHTOF-WAY, ORIGINALLY DEDICATED AS MILLER BOULEVARD, BY THE MILLER BOULEVARD FILING NO. 2 FINAL PLAT, A SUBDIVISION PLAT RECORDED AT RECEPTION NO. 8603133, SAID DOUGLAS COUNTY RECORDS; THENCE N 00° 12' 47" W, 1079.85 FEET CONTINUING

ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID FOUNDER'S PARKWAY RIGHT-OF-WAY; THENCE N 90° 00' 00" E, 107.71 FEET; THENCE N 65° 17' 53" E, 472.50 FEET; THENCE S 83° 01' 49" E, 1101.53

FEET; THENCE N 09° 32' 32" W, 234.06 FEET

TO A POINT OF CURVATURE; THENCE ALONG

THE ARC OF A CURVE TO THE RIGHT HAVING A RADIUS OF 3209.48 FEET, A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 07° 05' 49" AND AN ARC LENGTH OF 397.54 FEET, THE CHORD OF WHICH BEARS N 02° 44' 38" W, 397.29 FEET; THENCE N 90° 00' 00" E, 713.67 FEET; THENCE N 00° 00' 00" E, 375.54 FEET; THENCE N 90° 00' 00" E, 1414.40 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. CONTAINING AN AREA OF 7,078,603 SQUARE FEET OR 162.502 ACRES, MORE OR LESS.

VALLEY VIEW METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 1

By: /s/ Sarah H. Luetjen

Designated Election Official

Legal Notice No. 946153

First Publication: October 12, 2023

Last Publication: October 12, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice

NOTICE OF MAIL BALLOT ELECTION FOR PROPOSED VALLEY VIEW METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 3

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN and particularly to the electors of the proposed Valley View Metropolitan District No. 3 (the “District”) of the Town of Castle Rock, Douglas County, Colorado.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Court ordered organizational election for the District shall be held on Tuesday, November 7, 2023, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. The election is being conducted as an independent mail ballot election. The ballots will be mailed to the eligible electors of the District no earlier than 22 days prior to the election (October 16, 2023) and no later than 15 days prior to the election (October 23, 2023). The drop off location for the delivery of mail ballots and receipt of replacement ballots shall be located at the office of the Designated Election Official, 44 Cook Street, Suite 620, Denver, Colorado, and shall be open Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. beginning at least 22 days prior to the election day and from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on election day.

The purposes of the election are for the electors of the proposed District to consider the organization of the District, to vote for Directors to serve on the first Board of Directors of the proposed District, if organized (the candidates are Chad Murphy, Courtney Murphy, Christopher Crawford, Richard Cross and Sean Logue), and vote for or against Ballot Issue B, Ballot Issue C, Ballot Issue D, Ballot Issue E, Ballot Issue F, Ballot Issue G, Ballot Issue H, Ballot Issue I, Ballot Issue J, Ballot Issue K, Ballot Issue L, Ballot Issue M, Ballot Issue N, Ballot Issue O, Ballot Issue P, Ballot Issue Q, Ballot Issue R, Ballot Question S, Ballot Question T, Ballot Issue U, Ballot Issue V, Ballot Question W and Ballot Question X.

The estimated operating and debt service mill levies for the first year following organization (2024) are 60.000 mills. The estimated fiscal year spending for Valley View Metropolitan District Nos. 1-3 for the first year following organization (2024) is $100,000 for operations. The initial boundaries of the proposed District consist of approximately 46.286 acres generally located east of Founders Parkway, Town of Castle Rock, County of Douglas, State of Colorado, as more particularly described below: A PARCEL OF LAND BEING PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 25, TOWNSHIP 7 SOUTH, RANGE 67 WEST AND THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 30, TOWNSHIP 7 SOUTH, RANGE 66 WEST OF THE SIXTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO, BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

THE BEARINGS FOR THIS DESCRIPTION ARE BASED ON THE EAST LINE OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 30, TOWNSHIP 7 SOUTH, RANGE 66 WEST OF THE SIXTH P.M., BEARING S 00°03'57" E, FROM THE EAST QUARTER CORNER OF SAID SECTION 30, BEING MONUMENTED BY A REBAR WITH A 2 INCH ALUMINUM CAP STAMPED "PLS 23515" TO THE SOUTH SIXTEENTH CORNER OF SECTIONS 29/30, BEING MONUMENTED BY A REBAR WITH A 1-1/2 INCH ALUMINUM CAP, STAMPED "PLS 23515", WITH ALL BEARINGS CONTAINED HEREIN RELATIVE THERETO. COMMENCING AT THE EAST QUARTER CORNER OF SAID SECTION 30, THENCE S 72° 59' 32" W, 5631.40 FEET TO A POINT ON THE SOUTH LINE OF THAT SPECIAL WARRANTY DEED RECORDED AT RECEPTION NO. 2018029164 IN THE RECORDS OF THE DOUGLAS COUNTY CLERK AND RECORDER'S OFFICE AND THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE S 31° 21' 51" E, 155.30 FEET; THENCE S 58° 38' 09" W, 58.38 FEET; THENCE S 31° 21' 51" E, 130.49 FEET TO A POINT OF CURVATURE; THENCE ALONG THE ARC OF A CURVE TO THE LEFT HAVING A RADIUS OF 4574.42 FEET, A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 05° 25' 49", AND AN ARC LENGTH OF 433.54 FEET, THE CHORD OF WHICH BEARS S 34° 04' 46" E, 433.38 FEET TO A POINT OF REVERSE CURVATURE; THENCE ALONG THE ARC OF A CURVE TO THE RIGHT HAVING A RADIUS

OF 16240.49 FEET, A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 01° 08' 55" AND AN ARC LENGTH OF 325.60 FEET, THE CHORD OF WHICH BEARS S 36° 13' 12" E, 325.59 FEET; THENCE S 54° 21' 15" W, 241.78 FEET TO A POINT ON THE EAST LINE OF THE RIDGE ROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY; THENCE S 89° 47' 43" W, 729.78 FEET ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID RIDGE ROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY, TO A POINT ON THE NORTH LINE OF SAID FOUNDER'S PARKWAY RIGHT-OF-WAY AND A POINT OF NON-TANGENT CURVATURE; THENCE ALONG THE NORTH LINES OF SAID FOUNDER'S PARKWAY RIGHT-OF-WAY, THE FOLLOWING THREE (3) COURSES AND DISTANCES: 1) THENCE ALONG THE ARC OF A NON-TANGENT CURVE TO THE LEFT HAVING A RADIUS OF 1005.00 FEET, A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 13° 57' 59", AND AN ARC LENGTH OF 244.98 FEET, THE CHORD OF WHICH BEARS N 82° 51' 30" W, 244.37 FEET;

2) THENCE N 89° 50' 29" W, 488.91 FEET TO A POINT OF CURVATURE; 3) THENCE ALONG THE ARC OF A CURVE TO THE RIGHT HAVING A RADIUS OF 895.00 FEET, A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 25° 36' 15" AND AN ARC LENGTH OF 399.95 FEET, THE CHORD OF WHICH BEARS N 77° 02' 22" W, 396.63 FEET TO A POINT ON THE EAST LINE OF THE RIDGE ROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY, AS DESCRIBED IN THAT DEED RECORDED AT RECEPTION NO. 2008079259, SAID DOUGLAS COUNTY RECORDS; THENCE N 11° 41' 01" W, 29.20 FEET ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID RIDGE ROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY, TO A POINT BEING 23.00 FEET NORTH OF THE NORTH LINE OF SAID FOUNDER' PARKWAY RIGHTOF-WAY AND A POINT OF NON-TANGENT CURVATURE, AND BEING THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF A PARCEL OF LAND DESCRIBED IN THAT DEED RECORDED AT RECEPTION NO. 2006097242, SAID DOUGLAS COUNTY RECORDS; THENCE ALONG THE SOUTH AND EAST LINES OF SAID DEED RECORDED AT RECEPTION NO. 2006097242, THE FOLLOWING TWO (2) COURSES AND DISTANCES:

1) THENCE ALONG THE ARC OF A NONTANGENT CURVE TO THE LEFT HAVING A RADIUS OF 872.00 FEET, A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 22° 57' 23" AND AN ARC LENGTH OF 349.38 FEET, THE CHORD OF WHICH BEARS S 74° 32' 56" E, 347.05 FEET;

2) THENCE N 19° 21' 06" W, 1023.82 FEET TO A POINT ON THE EAST LINE OF THE RIDGE ROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY AS DESCRIBED IN SAID DEED RECORDED AT RECEPTION NO. 2008079259; THENCE N 11° 52' 30" E, 499.36 FEET ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID SPECIAL WARRANTY DEED RECORDED AT RECEPTION NO. 2018029164; THENCE ALONG THE SOUTH LINES OF SAID SPECIAL WARRANTY DEED RECORDED AT RECEPTION NO. 2018029194, THE FOLLOWING THREE (3) COURSES AND DISTANCES: 1) THENCE N 90° 00' 00" E, 653.69 FEET; 2) THENCE S 33° 43' 04" E, 792.75 FEET; 3) THENCE N 59° 57' 41" E, 374.50 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. CONTAINING AN AREA OF 2,016,238 SQUARE FEET OR 46.286 ACRES, MORE OR LESS.

VALLEY VIEW METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 3

By: /s/ Sarah H. Luetjen

Designated Election Official

Legal Notice No. 946155

First Publication: October 12, 2023

Last Publication: October 12, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice

NOTICE OF MAIL BALLOT ELECTION FOR PROPOSED VALLEY VIEW METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 2

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN and particularly to the electors of the proposed Valley View Metropolitan District No. 2 (the “District”) of the Town of Castle Rock, Douglas County, Colorado.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Court ordered organizational election for the District shall be held on Tuesday, November 7, 2023, between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. The election is being conducted as an independent mail ballot election. The ballots will be mailed to the eligible electors of the District no earlier than 22 days prior to the election (October 16, 2023) and no later than 15 days prior to the election (October 23, 2023). The drop off location for the delivery of mail ballots and receipt of replacement ballots shall be located at the office of the Designated Election Official, 44 Cook Street, Suite 620, Denver, Colorado, and shall be open Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. beginning at least 22 days prior to the election day and from

7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on election day.

The purposes of the election are for the electors of the proposed District to consider the organization of the District, to vote for Directors to serve on the first Board of Directors of the proposed District, if organized (the candidates are Chad Murphy, Courtney Murphy, Christopher Crawford, Richard Cross and Sean Logue), and vote for or against Ballot Issue B, Ballot Issue C, Ballot Issue D, Ballot Issue E, Ballot Issue F, Ballot Issue G, Ballot Issue H, Ballot Issue I, Ballot Issue J, Ballot Issue K, Ballot Issue L, Ballot Issue M, Ballot Issue N, Ballot Issue O, Ballot Issue P, Ballot Issue Q, Ballot Issue R, Ballot Question S, Ballot Question T, Ballot Issue U, Ballot Issue V, Ballot Question W and Ballot Question X.

The estimated operating and debt service mill levies for the first year following organization (2024) are 60.000 mills. The estimated fiscal year spending for Valley View Metropolitan District Nos. 1-3 for the first year following organization (2024) is $100,000 for operations. The initial boundaries of the proposed District consist of approximately 200.219 acres generally located northeast of Founders Parkway, Town of Castle Rock, County of Douglas, State of Colorado, as more particularly described below:

A PARCEL OF LAND BEING A PORTIONS OF THE SOUTH HALF OF SECTION 30 AND THE NORTH HALF OF SECTION 31, TOWNSHIP 7 SOUTH, RANGE 66 WEST OF THE SIXTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ALSO BEING A PORTION OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 25, TOWNSHIP 7 SOUTH, RANGE 67 WEST, OF THE 6TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO, BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

THE BEARINGS FOR THIS DESCRIPTION ARE BASED ON THE EAST LINE OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 30, TOWNSHIP 7 SOUTH, RANGE 66 WEST OF THE SIXTH P.M., AS SHOWN ON SAID PLAT OF CANYONS SOUTH FILING NO.1A, 3RD AMENDMENT TO BEAR S 00°03'57" E, FROM THE EAST QUARTER CORNER OF SAID SECTION 30, BEING MONUMENTED BY A REBAR WITH A 2 INCH ALUMINUM CAP STAMPED "PLS 23515" TO THE SOUTH SIXTEENTH CORNER OF SECTIONS 29/30, BEING MONUMENTED BY A REBAR WITH A 1-1/2 INCH ALUMINUM CAP, STAMPED "PLS 23515", WITH ALL BEARINGS CONTAINED HEREIN RELATIVE THERETO. BEGINNING AT THE SOUTH SIXTEENTH CORNER OF SECTIONS 29/30, ALSO BEING A POINT ON THE NORTH LINE OF CASTLE OAKS, A SUBDIVISION PLAT RECORDED AT RECEPTION NO. 150556, SAID DOUGLAS COUNTY RECORDS, THENCE ALONG THE NORTH AND WEST LINES OF SAID CASTLE OAKS PLAT, THE FOLLOWING THREE (3) COURSES AND DISTANCES: 1) THENCE S 89° 49' 31" W, 1319.43 FEET TO THE SOUTHEAST SIXTEENTH CORNER OF SAID SECTION 30; 2) THENCE S 00° 04' 19" E, 1331.29 FEET ALONG THE WEST LINE OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 30, TO THE EAST SIXTEENTH CORNER OF SAID SECTIONS 30/31; 3) THENCE S 00° 07' 26" E, 272.20 FEET ALONG THE EAST LINE OF THE WEST HALF OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 31; THENCE N 90° 00' 00" W, 1414.40 FEET; THENCE S 00° 00' 00" E, 375.54 FEET; THENCE N 90° 00' 00" W, 713.67 FEET TO A POINT OF NON-TANGENT CURVATURE; THENCE ALONG THE ARC OF A NON-TANGENT CURVE TO THE LEFT HAVING A RADIUS OF 3209.48 FEET, A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 07° 05' 49" AND AN ARC LENGTH OF 397.54 FEET, THE CHORD OF WHICH BEARS S 02° 44' 38" E, 397.29 FEET; THENCE S 09° 32' 32" E, 234.06 FEET; THENCE N 83° 01' 49" W, 1101.53 FEET; THENCE S 65° 17' 53" W, 472.50 FEET; THENCE ALONG THE EAST LINE OF SAID FOUNDER'S PARKWAY RIGHT-OF-WAY, THE FOLLOWING TWO (2) COURSES AND DISTANCES: 1) THENCE N 00° 12' 47" W, 340.52 FEET TO A POINT OF CURVATURE; 2) THENCE ALONG THE ARC OF A CURVE TO THE LEFT HAVING A RADIUS OF 1005.00 FEET, A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 10° 42' 21" AND AN ARC LENGTH OF 187.79 FEET, THE CHORD OF WHICH BEARS N 05° 33' 57" W, 187.51 FEET TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THAT PARCEL OF LAND DESCRIBED IN THAT DEED RECORDED AT RECEPTION NO. 2009099312; THENCE ALONG THE SOUTH AND EAST LINES OF SAID DEED RECORDED AT RECEPTION NO. 2009099312, THE FOLLOWING FIVE (5) COURSES AND DISTANCES: 1) THENCE N 72° 31' 31" E, 73.36 FEET; 2) THENCE N 00° 01' 17" E, 200.00 FEET; 3) THENCE N 72° 31'

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31" E, 192.84 FEET; 4) THENCE N 24° 42'

07" W, 72.63 FEET; 5) THENCE N 33° 43' 04"

W, 424.14 FEET TO A POINT ON THE EAST LINE OF THE RIDGE ROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY; THENCE N 00° 01' 17" E, 88.15 FEET TO A POINT ON THE NORTH LINE OF SAID RIDGE ROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY; THENCE N 54° 21' 15"

E, 241.78 FEET TO A POINT OF NON-TANGENT CURVATURE; THENCE ALONG THE ARC OF A NON-TANGENT CURVE TO THE LEFT HAVING A RADIUS OF 16240.49 FEET, A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 01° 08' 55", AND AN ARC LENGTH OF 325.60 FEET, THE CHORD OF WHICH BEARS N 36° 13' 12" W, 325.59 FEET TO A POINT OF CURVATURE; THENCE ALONG THE ARC OF A CURVE TO THE RIGHT HAVING A RADIUS OF 4574.42 FEET, A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 05° 25' 49", AND AN ARC LENGTH OF 433.54 FEET, THE CHORD OF WHICH BEARS N 34° 04' 46" W, 433.38 FEET; THENCE N 31° 21' 51" W, 130.49 FEET; THENCE N 58° 38' 09" E, 58.38 FEET; THENCE N 31° 21' 51"

W, 155.30 FEET TO A POINT ON THE SOUTH LINE OF THAT PARCEL OF LAND DESCRIBED IN THAT DEED RECORDED AT RECEPTION NO. 2018029164, SAID DOUGLAS COUNTY RECORDS; THENCE ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID DEED RECORDED AT RECEPTION NO. 2018029164, THE FOLLOWING TWO (2) COURSES AND DISTANCES: 1) THENCE N 59° 57' 41" E, 374.50 FEET; 2) THENCE N 76° 24' 57" E, 941.81 FEET; THENCE S 89° 06' 00" E, 1845.91 FEET; THENCE N 74° 02' 37" E, 891.67 FEET; THENCE N 81° 10' 33" E, 389.25

FEET TO A POINT ON THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID CANYONS SOUTH FILING NO. 1A, 3RD FILING, A SUBDIVISION PLAT RECORDED AT RECEPTION NO. 2021023312, IN THE RECORDS OF THE DOUGLAS COUNTY CLERK AND RECORDER'S OFFICE; THENCE ALONG THE SOUTH LINES OF SAID CANYONS SOUTH FILING NO. 1A, 3RD FILING, THE FOLLOWING THREE (3) COURSES AND DISTANCES: 1) THENCE N 63° 07' 04"

E, 395.46 FEET; 2) THENCE S 73° 17' 30" E, 198.44 FEET; 3) THENCE S 85° 55' 00" E, 165.88

FEET TO THE WEST CORNER OF TRACT X, SAID CANYONS SOUTH FILING NO. 1A, 3RD FILING; THENCE N 81° 10' 33" E, 354.66 FEET ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID TRACT

X, TO A POINT ON THE EAST LINE OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 30; THENCE S 00° 03' 56" E, 525.32 FEET ALONG THE EAST LINE OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 30, TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. CONTAINING AN AREA OF 8,721,529 SQUARE FEET OR 200.219 ACRES, MORE OR LESS.

VALLEY VIEW

METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 2

By: /s/ Sarah H. Luetjen

Designated Election Official

Legal Notice No. 946154

First Publication: October 12, 2023

Last Publication: October 12, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice

NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION CHAMBERS COMMERCIAL BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NOVEMBER 7, 2023

1-13.5-1105(2)(d), 1-13.5-502 C.R.S.

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and particularly to the eligible electors of the Chambers Commercial Business Improvement District of the Town of Parker, Douglas County, Colorado.

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a special election is to be held on Tuesday, the 7th day of November, 2023, and that said election shall be conducted by mail ballot. Accordingly, ballots will be distributed by U.S. Mail not earlier than October 16, 2023, and not later than October 23, 2023, to eligible electors of the District entitled to vote in the election. The purpose of the election is to submit to the eligible electors of the District referenced above, certain ballot issues and ballot questions concerning taxes, debt, revenue, and spending summarized below, as applied to the District.

At said election, the eligible electors of the District shall vote for Directors to serve the following terms of office on the Board of Directors of the District.

The names of the persons nominated for Director to serve until the next regular election (2025) are:

Dalton Horan

Thomas Clark

The names of the persons nominated for Director to serve until the second next regular election (2027) are:

Andrew Trietley

Grant Nelson

Joshua Brgosh

At said election, the electors of the District shall vote for the following Ballot Issues and Ballot Questions certified by the District:

BALLOT ISSUE A (Operations Tax Increase)

BALLOT ISSUE B (Operations and Maintenance– Fees)

BALLOT ISSUE C (Capital Costs – Ad Valorem Taxes)

BALLOT ISSUE D (Revenue Debt)

BALLOT ISSUE E (Special Assessment Debt)

BALLOT ISSUE F (Water)

BALLOT ISSUE G (Sanitation)

BALLOT ISSUE H (Streets)

BALLOT ISSUE I (Traffic and Safety)

BALLOT ISSUE J (Parks and Recreation)

BALLOT ISSUE K (Transportation)

BALLOT ISSUE L (Television Relay and Translation)

BALLOT ISSUE M (Mosquito Control)

BALLOT ISSUE N (Security)

BALLOT ISSUE O (Business Recruitment)

BALLOT ISSUE P (Fire Protection)

BALLOT ISSUE Q (Operations and Maintenance Debt)

BALLOT ISSUE R (Refunding)

BALLOT ISSUE S (Reimbursement Agreements)

BALLOT ISSUE T (De-TABOR)

BALLOT ISSUE U (TABOR Exemption – Non Ad Valorem Taxes)

BALLOT ISSUE V (Mortgage)

BALLOT ISSUE W (IGA Authorization)

BALLOT ISSUE X (Multi-Fiscal Year IGA)

BALLOT ISSUE Y (Master IGA and Private Parties)

BALLOT QUESTION Z (Term limits)

BALLOT QUESTION AA (Transportation authorization)

BALLOT QUESTION BB (Cable Television Service Authorization)

Eligible electors may apply for new or replacement mail ballots and return voted mail ballots to the office of the Designated Election Official which is also the ballot drop-off/walk-in voting location: at Spencer Fane LLP, 1700 Lincoln Street, Suite 2000, Denver, Colorado 80203. The office of the Designated Election Official is open Monday through Friday between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. from October 16, 2023 through November 6, 2023 and from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on November 7, 2023 (Election Day).

Please contact the office of the Designated Election Official at (303) 839-3800 to coordinate walk in voting or drop off of ballots.

By: /s/ Stephanie Net

Designated Election Official

Legal Notice No. 946159

First Publication: October 12, 2023

Last Publication: October 12, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Metro Districts Budget Hearings

Public Notice

VILLAGES AT CASTLE ROCK

METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 6

NOTICE CONCERNING 2023 BUDGET AMENDMENT AND PROPOSED 2024 BUDGET

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to all interested parties that the necessity has arisen to amend the Villages at Castle Rock Metropolitan District No. 6 2023 Budget and that a proposed 2024 Budget has been submitted to the Board of Directors of the Villages at Castle Rock Metropolitan District No. 6; and that copies of the proposed Amended 2023 Budget and 2024 Budget are on filed at the office of the District’s Accountant, CliftonLarsonAllen LLP, 8390 East Crescent Parkway, Suite 300, Greenwood Village, CO 80111 where the same is open for public inspection; and that adoption of Resolutions Amending the 2023 Budget and Adopting the 2024 Budget will be considered at a public meeting of the Board of Directors of the District to be held at the Philip S. Miller Library, 100 S. Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, Colorado on Monday, October 16, 2023 at 1:30 p.m. Any elector within the District may, at any time prior

to the final adoption of the Resolutions to Amend the 2023 Budget and adopt the 2024 Budget, inspect and file or register any objections thereto.

VILLAGES AT CASTLE ROCK

METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 6

By /s/ David Solin, Secretary

Legal Notice No. 946161

First Publication: October 12, 2023

Last Publication: October 12, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice

NOTICE OF HEARING

ON PROPOSED 2024 BUDGETS AND 2023 BUDGET AMENDMENTS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the proposed budgets for the ensuing year of 2024 has been submitted to the North Pine Vistas Metropolitan District Nos. 1-3 (collectively, the “Districts”). Such proposed budgets will be considered at a meeting and public hearing of the Boards of Directors of the Districts to be held on November 3, 2023, at 10:30 a.m., or as soon thereafter, via telephone and videoconference. To attend and participate by telephone, dial 833 435 1820 and meeting ID 160 748 0443 and passcode 376906. Information regarding public participation by videoconference will be available at least 24 hours prior to the meeting and public hearing at https://www.northpinevistasmds.com/

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that an amendment to the 2023 budgets of the Districts may also be considered at the above-referenced meeting and public hearing of the Boards of Directors of the Districts. A copy of the proposed 2024 budget and the amended 2023 budget, if required, are available for public inspection at the offices of Simmons & Wheeler. 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.

Legal Notice No. 946124

First Publication: October 12, 2023

Last Publication: October 12, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice 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 Southeast Public Improvement 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 at 12:00 p.m. on November 21, 2023 at 304 Inverness Way South #315, Denver, CO. Information regarding public participation by videoconference will be available at least 24 hours prior to the meeting and public hearing online at https://southeastpublicimprovementmd. colorado.gov/ or contacting Laurie Tatlock, by email at laurie@mulhernmre.com or by telephone at 720-274-8377.

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 the offices of Mulhern MRE, Inc., 188 Inverness Drive West, Suite 150, Englewood, CO 80112. 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.

SOUTHEAST PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

By: /s/ Walter Koelbel, Jr., President

Legal Notice No. 946135

First Publication: October 12, 2023

Last Publication: October 12, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

AND 2023 BUDGET AMENDMENT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the proposed budget for the ensuing year of 2024 has been submitted to the Sierra Ridge Metropolitan District No. 1 ("District"). Such proposed budget will be considered at a meeting and public hearing of the Board of Directors of the District to be held on November 3, 2023, at 9:15 a.m., or as soon thereafter, via telephone and videoconference. To attend and participate by telephone, dial 833 435 1820 and meeting ID 161 612 8433 and passcode 516993. Information regarding public participation by videoconference will be available at least 24 hours prior to the meeting and public hearing at https://www.sierraridgemetrodistrict. com/home/

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 the offices of Simmons & Wheeler. 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.

SIERRA RIDGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

NO. 1

By: /s/ Tom Clark, President

Legal Notice No. 946139

First Publication: October 12, 2023

Last Publication: October 12, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice

NOTICE OF SETTING RATES AND FEES FOR WATER, SANITARY SEWER, AND STORM WATER SERVICES OF THE STERLING RANCH COMMUNITY AUTHORITY BOARD DOUGLAS COUNTY, COLORADO

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to C.R.S. §32-1-1001(2)(a), as may be amended, that the Board of Directors of the STERLING RANCH COMMUNITY AUTHORITY BOARD (the “CAB”) is considering setting fees, rates, tolls, penalties, or charges for the provision of domestic water, sanitary sewer and stormwater charges and community service fees (trash, streetlights, etc.) for 2024. The CAB’s Board of Directors shall consider adopting these fees, rates, tolls, penalties or charges changes at the regular board meeting held on November 15, 2023 at 1:00 p.m. at The Overlook located at 7853 Piney River Ave, Littleton, CO 80125. This meeting is open to the public. The address of the office of the CAB where the names and addresses of the CAB Members and its officers and the address, telephone number, fax number and email address of the CAB may be obtained is 9350 Roxborough Park Road, Littleton, CO 80125.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: STERLING RANCH COMMUNITY AUTHORITY BOARD /s/ Gary Debus, General Manager

Legal Notice No. 946104

First Publication: October 12, 2023

Last Publication: October 12, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED 2024 BUDGETS AND NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON THE AMENDED 2023 BUDGETS

The Boards of Directors (collectively the “Boards”) of the LANTERNS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS. 1-5 (collectively the “Districts”), will hold a public hearing via teleconference on October 19, 2023, at 11:00 a.m., to consider adoption of the Districts’ proposed 2024 budgets (the “Proposed Budgets”), and, if necessary, adoption of an amendment to the 2023 budgets (the “Amended Budgets”). This public hearing may be joined using the following teleconference information:

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81323636675?pwd= WWQxRkZwdHZsRE9md2tGRFR4bDUxZz09

Meeting ID: 813 2363 6675; Passcode: 149647; Call-in Number: 720-707-2699

The Proposed Budgets and Amended Budgets are available for inspection by the public at the offices of CliftonLarsonAllen, LLP, 8390 East

Crescent Parkway, Suite 300, Greenwood Village, CO 80111.

Any interested elector of the Districts may file any objections to the Proposed Budgets and Amended Budgets at any time prior to the final adoption of the Proposed Budgets or the Amended Budgets by the Boards.

The agenda for any meeting may be obtained at www.lanternsmetrodistrict.org or by calling (303) 858-1800.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARDS OF DIRECTORS:

LANTERNS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS. 1-5, quasi-municipal corporations and political subdivisions of the State of Colorado /s/ WHITE BEAR ANKELE

TANAKA & WALDRON

Attorneys at Law

Legal Notice No. 946136

First Publication: October 12, 2023

Last Publication: October 12, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice

NOTICE AS TO PROPOSED 2024 BUDGET AND AMENDMENT OF 2023 BUDGET CANTERBERRY CROSSING METROPOLITAN DISTRICT DOUGLAS 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 Canterberry Crossing 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, CliftonLarsonAllen LLP at 8390 E. Crescent Parkway, Ste. 300, Greenwood Village, CO 80111, where same are available for public inspection. Such proposed 2024 budget and 2023 amended budget will be considered at a special meeting to be held on Thursday, October 19, 2023 at 6:00 p.m. via video/teleconference. Any interested elector within the District may, at any time prior to the final adoption of the 2024 budget or the 2023 amended budget, inspect the 2024 budget and the 2023 amended budget and file or register any objections thereto.

You can attend the meeting in any of the following ways:

1. To attend via videoconference, e-mail cwill@specialdistrictlaw.com to obtain a link to the videoconference.

2. To attend via telephone, dial 1-720-5475281, and enter the following additional information:

Conference ID: 467 021 903#

CANTERBERRY CROSSING METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

/s/ Suzanne M. Meintzer

McGEADY BECHER P.C.

Attorneys for the District

Legal Notice No. 946118

First Publication: October 12, 2023

Last Publication: October 12, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice

NOTICE OF ELECTION

OLDE TOWN METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

SPECIAL ELECTION (BY INDEPENDENT MAIL BALLOT) NOVEMBER 7, 2023 § 1-13.5-502(2), C.R.S. § 1-13.5-1105(2), C.R.S.

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and, particularly, to the electors of the Olde Town Metropolitan District, Town of Parker, County of Douglas, State of Colorado.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an independent election by mail ballot will be held Tuesday, November 7, 2023.

Hours and location the polls will be open on ELECTION DAY:

Public Notices

Location: 4725 South Monaco Street, Suite 360 Denver, Colorado 80237

Hours: 7:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M.

Mail ballots will be mailed between October 16, 2023 and October 23, 2023.

Addresses of the mail-ballot drop off location and hours during which the mail ballot dropoff location for the delivery of mail ballots and receipt of replacement ballots will be open:

Location: 4725 South Monaco Street, Suite 360 Denver, Colorado 80237

Hours: 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. on weekdays until November 6, 2023 and; 7:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M. on November 7, 2023.

Mail ballots shall be available at the abovelisted location from October 16, 2023 to 7:00 P.M. on Election Day.

Address of the location for application and the return of absentee voters’ ballots and the hours during which the office will be open:

Location: 4725 South Monaco Street, Suite 360 Denver, Colorado 80237

Applications for Absentee Voters’ Ballots: This office is open from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. on weekdays. The application must be received at this office no later than 5:00 P.M. on Tuesday, October 31, 2023 to be issued.

Absentee Voters’ Ballots: Absentee voters’ ballots will be accepted at this location on weekdays until November 6, 2023 from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M., and on November 7, 2023 from 7:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M.

The purposes of the election are to authorize public transportation authority and authorize the imposition of property taxes and the issuance of debt. Ballot questions are as follows: Public Transportation Authority. Ballot issues are as follows: Operations and Maintenance Mill Levy—Ad Valorem Taxes, Multiple Fiscal Year IGA Mill Levy, Water, Sanitation, Streets, Safety Protection, Parks and Recreation, Transportation, Television Relay and Translation, Mosquito Control, Fire Protection and Emergency Medical, Security, Operations and Maintenance Debt, Refunding Debt, Intergovernmental Agreement Debt, Mortgage, Reimbursement Agreements, District Intergovernmental Agreements, and Construction Management Agreement.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that an eligible elector of said District for the purpose of said election is a person registered to vote pursuant to the “Uniform Election Code of 1992”; articles 1 to 13 of title 1, C.R.S., and (i) is a resident of the area to be included in the District, or (ii) who, or whose spouse or civil union partner, owns taxable real or personal property within the area to be included in the District, whether said person resides within the area to be included in the District or not. A person who is obligated to pay taxes under a contract to purchase taxable property within the area to be included within the District shall be considered an owner of taxable property for the purpose of qualifying as an eligible elector.

OLDE TOWN METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

BY: /s/ L. Noël Nail, Designated Election Official

Legal Notice No. 946127

First Publication: October 12, 2023

Last Publication: October 12, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice

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 Devils Head 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 on November 8, 2023, at 9:00 a.m., or as soon thereafter, via telephone and videoconference. To attend and participate by telephone, dial 833 568 8864 and enter meeting id 160 564 2740 and passcode 054464. Information regarding public

participation by videoconference will be available at least 24 hours prior to the meeting and public hearing online at www.devilsheadmd.com

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 the offices of Simmons & Wheeler P.C. 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.

DEVILS HEAD METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

By: /s/ Tom Clark, President

Legal Notice No. 946138

First Publication: October 12, 2023

Last Publication: October 12, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice

NOTICE AS TO ADOPTION OF PROPOSED 2024 BUDGET AND AMENDMENT OF 2023 BUDGET OF THE STERLING RANCH COLORADO METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 2

DOUGLAS 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 Sterling Ranch Colorado Metropolitan District No. 2 (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 CAB, located at 9350 Roxborough Park Road, Littleton, CO 80125, where same are available for public inspection. Such proposed 2024 budget and 2023 amended budget will be considered for final reading and public hearing at a special meeting of the District to be held at 5:00 p.m. on November 29, 2023 at The Overlook, 7853 Piney River Ave, Littleton, CO 80125. These meetings are open to the public. Any interested elector within the District may, at any time prior to the final adoption of the 2024 budget or the 2023 amended budget, inspect the 2024 budget and the 2023 amended budget and file or register any objections thereto.

The address of the office of the CAB where the names and addresses of the CAB Members and its officers and the address, telephone number, fax number and email address of the CAB may be obtained is: 9350 Roxborough Park Road, Littleton, CO 80125.

STERLING RANCH COLORADO

METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 2 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

/s/ Gary Debus

General Manager Sterling Ranch Community Authority Board On behalf of: Sterling Ranch Colorado Metropolitan District No.

2 Board of Directors

Legal Notice No. 946133

First Publication: October 12, 2023

Last Publication: October 12, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice

NOTICE OF CONSOLIDATION ELECTION

Court Ordered Election pursuant to §§ 32-1-602(2)(e) & 1-13.5-510, C.R.S.

You are hereby notified that an election on the proposed consolidation of Elk Creek Fire Protection District, Inter-Canyon Fire Protection District, and North Fork Fire Protection District is scheduled for November 7, 2023 as a mail ballot election. The consolidation election shall be part of the statewide coordinated election, so relevant election measures will appear on the mail ballot received from your County. This consolidation election was set by order of the Jefferson County District Court in case number 1948 CV 6431, by order dated July 26, 2023.

Consolidation Election Information:

Proposed Name of Consolidated District: Conifer Fire Protection District

Names of Consolidating Districts and Districts

presently empowered to provide Fire Protection services in area proposed for Consolidation:

- Elk Creek Fire Protection District (portions of Jefferson and Park Counties)

- Inter-Canyon Fire Protection District (portions of Jefferson County)

- North Fork Fire Protection District (portions of Jefferson and Douglas Counties)

Conditions for Consolidation:

- Voters from all 3 Districts must approve 2 election measures for consolidation to occur (consolidation measure and related mill levy increase measure)

- Voters in each District must respectively approve mill levy increase to permit Conifer Fire Protection District to certify up to 16 mills

- Terms of Pre-Consolidation Intergovernmental Agreement, effective April 12, 2023

Consolidated Service Area:

- All property currently served by Elk Creek, Inter-Canyon, or North Fork Fire Protection Districts and any property included in the Conifer Fire Protection District in the future

- The Districts currently serve approximately 390 square miles in portions of Jefferson, Park, and Douglas Counties

On behalf of Elk Creek, Inter-Canyon, and North Fork Fire Protection Districts.

Dated: October 3, 2023

Legal Notice No.946140

First Publication: October 12, 2023

Last Publication: October 12, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press Public Notice

CASTLEWOOD RANCH METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

NOTICE CONCERNING 2023 BUDGET AMENDMENT AND PROPOSED 2024 BUDGET

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to all interested parties that the necessity has arisen to amend the Castlewood Ranch Metropolitan District 2023 Budget and that a proposed 2024 Budget has been submitted to the Board of Directors of the Castlewood Ranch Metropolitan District; and that copies of the proposed Amended 2023 Budget and 2024 Budget have been filed at the District's offices, 141 Union Boulevard, Suite 150, Lakewood, Colorado, where the same is open for public inspection; and that adoption of Resolutions Amending the 2023 Budget and Adopting the 2024 Budget will be considered at a public hearing of the Board of Directors of the District to be held at Philip S. Miller Library, 100 South Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, CO 80104 and conference call at 1 (669) 900-6833, meeting ID number is 546 911 9353 , and when prompted, dial the passcode: 912873, on Thursday, November 9, 2023, at 6:00 P.M. Any elector within the District may, at any time prior to the final adoption of the Resolutions to Amend the 2023 Budget and adopt the 2024 Budget, inspect and file or register any objections thereto.

CASTLEWOOD RANCH METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

By /s/ David Solin, Secretary

Legal Notice No. 946110

First Publication: October 12, 2023

Last Publication: October 12, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice

NOTICE AS TO ADOPTION OF PROPOSED 2024 BUDGET AND AMENDMENT OF 2023 BUDGET OF THE STERLING RANCH COLORADO METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 3 DOUGLAS 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 Sterling Ranch Colorado Metropolitan District No. 3 (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 CAB, located at 9350 Roxborough Park Road, Littleton, CO 80125, where same are

available for public inspection. Such proposed 2024 budget and 2023 amended budget will be considered for final reading and public hearing at a special meeting of the District to be held at 5:00 p.m. on December 7, 2023 at The Overlook, 7853 Piney River Ave, Littleton, CO 80125. These meetings are open to the public. Any interested elector within the District may, at any time prior to the final adoption of the 2024 budget or the 2023 amended budget, inspect the 2024 budget and the 2023 amended budget and file or register any objections thereto.

The address of the office of the CAB where the names and addresses of the CAB Members and its officers and the address, telephone number, fax number and email address of the CAB may be obtained is: 9350 Roxborough Park Road, Littleton, CO 80125.

STERLING RANCH COLORADO

METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 3

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

/s/ Gary Debus

General Manager

Sterling Ranch Community Authority Board

On behalf of: Sterling Ranch Colorado Metropolitan District No. 3 Board of Directors

Legal Notice No. 946132

First Publication: October 12, 2023

Last Publication: October 12, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice

NOTICE OF HEARING ON PROPOSED 2024 BUDGETS AND 2023 BUDGET AMENDMENTS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the proposed budgets for the ensuing year of 2024 has been submitted to the Range Metropolitan District Nos. 1-3 (collectively, the "Districts"). Such proposed budgets will be considered at a meeting and public hearing of the Boards of Directors of the Districts to be held on November 3, 2023, at 10:30 a.m., or as soon thereafter, via telephone and videoconference. To attend and participate by telephone, dial 833 435 1820 and meeting ID 160 748 0443 and passcode 376906. Information regarding public participation by videoconference will be available at least 24 hours prior to the meeting and public hearing at https://www.rangemds.com/

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that an amendment to the 2023 budgets of the Districts may also be considered at the above-referenced meeting and public hearing of the Boards of Directors of the Districts. A copy of the proposed 2024 budget and the amended 2023 budget, if required, are available for public inspection at the offices of Simmons & Wheeler. 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.

RANGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS. 1-3

By: /s/ Tom Clark, President

Published On: October 12, 2023

Published In: Douglas County News Press

Legal Notice No. 946126

First Publication: October 12, 2023

Last Publication: October 12, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice

NOTICE OF HEARING ON PROPOSED 2024 BUDGETS AND 2023 BUDGET AMENDMENTS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the proposed budgets for the ensuing year of 2024 has been submitted to the Piney Lake Trails Metropolitan District Nos. 1 and 2 (collectively, the "Districts"). Such proposed budgets will be considered at a meeting and public hearing of the Boards of Directors of the Districts to be held on November 3, 2023, at 10:30 a.m., or as soon thereafter, via telephone and videoconference. To attend and participate by telephone, dial 833 435 1820 and meeting ID 160 748 0443 and passcode 376906. Information regarding public participation by videoconference will be available at least 24 hours prior to the meeting and public hearing at https:// www.pineylaketrailsmd1-2.com/

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that an amendment to the 2023 budgets of the Districts may also be considered at the above-referenced meeting

and public hearing of the Boards of Directors of the Districts. A copy of the proposed 2024 budget and the amended 2023 budget, if required, are available for public inspection at the offices of Simmons & Wheeler. 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.

PINEY LAKE TRAILS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS. 1 AND 2

By: /s/ Tom Clark, President

Legal Notice No. 946125

First Publication: October 12, 2023

Last Publication: October 12, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice

NOTICE OF PROPOSED 2024 BUDGET OF THE LOUVIERS WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT DOUGLAS COUNTY, COLORADO

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a proposed 2024 budget has been submitted to the Board of Directors of the Louviers Water and Sanitation District for the ensuing year 2024; that a copy of such proposed budget has been filed in the office of the District located at Circuit Rider of Colorado, 1100 W. Littleton Blvd., #101, Littleton, Colorado, where same is open for public inspection; and that such proposed budget will be considered at a regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the District to be held on Tuesday, November 14, 2023 at 6:30 p.m.

Any elector within the District may, at any time prior to the final adoption of the 2024 budget, inspect the budget and file or register any objections thereto. This meeting is open to the public.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE LOUVIERS WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT

/s/ Circuit Rider of Colorado, Manager

Legal Notice No. 946142

First Publication: October 12, 2023

Last Publication: October 12, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice

NOTICE AS TO PROPOSED 2024 BUDGET AND AMENDMENT OF 2023 BUDGET CANTERBERRY CROSSING METROPOLITAN DISTRICT II DOUGLAS 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 Canterberry Crossing Metropolitan District II (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, CliftonLarsonAllen LLP at 8390 E. Crescent Parkway, Ste. 300, Greenwood Village, CO 80111, where same are available for public inspection. Such proposed 2024 budget and 2023 amended budget will be considered at a special meeting to be held on Tuesday, October 24, 2023 at 5:30 p.m. at via video/teleconference. Any interested elector within the District may, at any time prior to the final adoption of the 2024 budget or the 2023 amended budget, inspect the 2024 budget and the 2023 amended budget and file or register any objections thereto.

You can attend the meeting in any of the following ways:

1. To attend via videoconference, e-mail cwill@specialdistrictlaw.com to obtain a link to the videoconference.

2. To attend via telephone, dial 1-720-5475281, and enter the following additional information:

Conference ID: 543 910 783#

CANTERBERRY CROSSING

METROPOLITAN DISTRICT II

/s/ Suzanne M. Meintzer McGEADY BECHER P.C. Attorneys for the District

Public Notices

Legal Notice No. 946119

First Publication: October 12, 2023

Last Publication: October 12, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice

NOTICE OF BUDGET HEARING

CONSOLIDATED BELL MOUNTAIN RANCH METROPOLITAN DISTRICT DOUGLAS COUNTY, COLORADO

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to § 29-1-106, C.R.S., as amended, that a proposed Budget has been submitted to the Board of Directors of the Consolidated Bell Mountain Ranch Metropolitan District, Douglas County, Colorado, for calendar year 2024. A copy of said proposed Budget is on file in the District office located at CliftonLarsonAllen, LLP, 8390 E. Crescent Parkway, Suite 300, Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111, where the same is available for inspection by the public Monday through Friday during normal business hours (i.e., 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.).

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that the Board of Directors of the Consolidated Bell Mountain Ranch Metropolitan District will consider the adoption of the proposed 2024 Budget at a public hearing to be conducted at a regular meeting of the District’s Board of Directors to be held at the Lowell Ranch located at 2330 South I-25, Castle Rock, Colorado 80104 on Tuesday, November 7, 2023 at 6:00 p.m.

Any interested elector of the Consolidated Bell Mountain Ranch Metropolitan District may inspect the proposed Budget for 2024 and file or register any objections thereto at any time prior to the final adoption of the Budget.

Dated this 2nd day of October, 2023.

CONSOLIDATED BELL MOUNTAIN RANCH METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

By: /s/ Jay Smith Secretary/Treasurer

Legal Notice No. 946122

First Publication: October 12, 2023

Last Publication: October 12, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED 2024 BUDGET AND NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON THE AMENDED 2023 BUDGET

The Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the CASTLE PINES COMMERCIAL METROPOLITAN

DISTRICT NO. 4 (the “District”), will hold a public hearing via teleconference on Monday, November 6, 2023, at 2:15 P.M., to consider adoption of the District’s proposed 2024 budget (the “Proposed Budget”), and, if necessary, adoption of an amendment to the 2023 budget (the “Amended Budget”). The public hearing may be joined using the following teleconference information: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89444339145?pwd=w QocUlZWUx9rUY8mpsf4smgYKlkV6r.1

Meeting ID: 894 4433 9145; Passcode: 066792, Call-in number: 1-720-707-2699.

The Proposed Budget and Amended Budget are available for inspection by the public at the offices of CliftonLarsonAllen LLP, 8390 E. Crescent Pkwy., Ste. 300, Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111.

Any interested elector of the District may file any objections to the Proposed Budget and Amended Budget at any time prior to final adoption of the Proposed Budget or the Amended Budget by the Board.

The agenda for any meeting may be obtained at www.castlepinescommercialmds.org or by calling (303) 858-1800.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS:

CASTLE PINES COMMERCIAL

METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 4, a quasi-municipal corporation and political subdivision of the State of Colorado

/s/ WHITE BEAR ANKELE

TANAKA & WALDRON

Attorneys at Law

Legal Notice No. 946101

First Publication: October 12, 2023

Last Publication: October 12, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice NOTICE OF BUDGET (Pursuant to 29-1-106, C.R.S.)

NOTICE is hereby given that a proposed budget has been submitted to the Perry Park Water and Sanitation District for the ensuing year of 2024; a copy of such proposed budget has been filed in the office of the Perry Park Water and Sanitation District, where the same is open for public inspection; such proposed budget will be considered at the regular meeting of the Perry Park Water and Sanitation District to be held at 5676 Red Rock Drive, Larkspur, Colorado on December 13, 2023 at 2:00p.m. Any interested elector of the Perry Park Water and Sanitation District may inspect the proposed budget and file or register any objections thereto at any time prior to the final adoption of the budget.

Diana Miller, District Manager

Legal Notice No. 946107

First Publication: October 12, 2023

Last Publication: October 12, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE AS TO PROPOSED 2024 BUDGET

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a proposed budget has been submitted to the Board of Trustees of the Douglas County Libraries for the year 2024. A copy of such proposed budget will be filed on October 15, 2023 in the administrative offices of the Douglas County Libraries, 100 S. Wilcox Street, Castle Rock, CO where same is open for public inspection. The proposed budget will be considered at the regular meeting of the Douglas County Libraries Board of Trustees to be held on Wednesday, December 6, 2023 at 5:30 p.m. at the Castle Rock Library, 100 S. Wilcox St, Castle Rock, CO.

Any interested elector of the Douglas County Libraries may inspect the proposed budget and file or register any objections at any time prior to the final adoption of the budget.

Dated: October 12, 2023

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES DOUGLAS COUNTY LIBRARIES

By:

/Robert Pasicznyuk/ Robert Pasicznyuk

Executive Library Director

Legal Notice No. 946108

First Publication: October 12, 2023

Last Publication: October 12, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AS TO AMENDED 2023 BUDGET AND PROPOSED 2024 BUDGET

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a proposed budget has been submitted to the LINCOLN PARK METROPOLITAN DISTRICT dba STONEGATE NORTH VILLAGES METROPOLITAN DISTRICT for the year 2024. If necessary, an amended 2023 budget will also be submitted to the District. A copy of such proposed 2024 budget and amended 2023 budget, if necessary, is on file in the office of the manager, PCMS, 7208 S. Tucson Way, Suite 125, Centennial, Colorado, where the same is open for public inspection. The proposed 2024 budget and amended 2023 budget will be considered at a special meeting of the Lincoln Park Metropolitan District dba Stonegate North Villages Metropolitan District to be held Wednesday, October 25, 2023 at 4:30 p.m. at the SNVMD Community Center, 9550 Stonegate Parkway, Parker, Co 80134. Any interested elector of the Lincoln Park Metropolitan District dba Stonegate North Villages Metropolitan District may inspect the proposed and amended budgets and file or register any objections at any time prior to the final adoption of the proposed 2024 budget and amended 2023 budget.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: LINCOLN PARK METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

dba STONEGATE NORTH VILLAGES METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

By: /s/ SETER & VANDER WALL, P.C.

Attorneys for the District

Legal Notice No. 946102

First Publication: October 12, 2023

Last Publication: October 12, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice

NOTICE OF HEARING ON PROPOSED 2024 BUDGETS AND 2023 BUDGET AMENDMENTS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the proposed budgets for the ensuing year of 2024 has been submitted to the Fields Metropolitan District Nos. 1-3 (collectively, the "Districts"). Such proposed budgets will be considered at a meeting and public hearing of the Boards of Directors of the Districts to be held on November 3, 2023, at 10:30 a.m., or as soon thereafter, via telephone and videoconference. To attend and participate by telephone, dial 833 435 1820 and meeting ID 160 748 0443 and passcode 376906. Information regarding public participation by videoconference will be available at least 24 hours prior to the meeting and public hearing at https://www.fieldsmd1-3.com/

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that an amendment to the 2023 budgets of the Districts may also be considered at the above-referenced meeting and public hearing of the Boards of Directors of the Districts. A copy of the proposed 2024 budget and the amended 2023 budget, if required, are available for public inspection at the offices of Simmons & Wheeler. 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.

FIELDS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS. 1-3

By: /s/ Tom Clark, President

Legal Notice No. 946121

First Publication: October 12, 2023

Last Publication: October 12, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice

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 Hidden Pointe 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 at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, October 17, 2023 via telephone and videoconference. To attend and participate by telephone, dial 720-547-5281 and enter passcode 624 406 726#. Information regarding public participation by videoconference will be available at least 24 hours prior to the meeting and public hearing online at www. hiddenpointemd.org.

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 the offices of CliftonLarsonAllen LLP at 8390 E. Crescent Parkway, Ste. 300, Greenwood Village, CO 80111. 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.

HIDDEN POINTE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

By: /s/ Jeffrey Huff, President

Legal Notice No. 946100

First Publication: October 12, 2023

Last Publication: October 12, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice

NOTICE AS TO PROPOSED 2024 BUDGET AND HEARING REMUDA RANCH METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a proposed budget has been submitted to the REMUDA RANCH METROPOLITAN DISTRICT for the ensuing year of 2024. A copy of such proposed 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 budget will be considered at a hearing at the regular meeting of the Remuda Ranch Metropolitan District to be held at 10:00 A.M., on Thursday, November 2, 2023. The meeting will be held at Wiens Ranch

Company, Inc., 5567 South Perry Park Road, Sedalia, Colorado. The meeting will also be held via telephone conference at Dial-In: (701) 8011211, Access Code: 653-752-003. Any interested elector within the Remuda Ranch 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: REMUDA RANCH METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

By: /s/ ICENOGLE | SEAVER | POGUE

A Professional Corporation

Legal Notice No. 946144

First Publication: October 12, 2023

Last Publication: October 12, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice

NOTICE OF ELECTION

PROPOSED CRYSTAL VALLEY SHOPS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT ORGANIZATIONAL ELECTION (BY INDEPENDENT MAIL BALLOT) NOVEMBER 7, 2023

§ 1-13.5-502(2), C.R.S.

§ 1-13.5-510(2), C.R.S.

§ 1-13.5-1105(2), C.R.S.

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and, particularly, to the electors of the proposed Crystal Valley Shops Metropolitan District, Town of Castle Rock, County of Douglas, State of Colorado.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an independent election by mail ballot will be held Tuesday, November 7, 2023.

Hours and location the polls will be open on ELECTION DAY:

Location: 4725 South Monaco Street, Suite 360 Denver, Colorado 80237

Hours: 7:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M.

Mail ballots will be mailed between October 16, 2023 and October 23, 2023.

Addresses of the mail-ballot drop off location and hours during which the mail ballot dropoff location for the delivery of mail ballots and receipt of replacement ballots will be open:

Location: 4725 South Monaco Street, Suite 360 Denver, Colorado 80237

Hours: 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. on weekdays until November 6, 2023 and; 7:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M. on November 7, 2023.

Mail ballots shall be available at the abovelisted location from October 16, 2023 to 7:00 P.M. on Election Day.

Address of the location for application and the return of absentee voters’ ballots and the hours during which the office will be open:

Location: 4725 South Monaco Street, Suite 360 Denver, Colorado 80237

Applications for Absentee Voters’ Ballots:

This office is open from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. on weekdays. The application must be received at this office no later than 5:00 P.M. on Tuesday, October 31, 2023 to be issued.

Absentee Voters’ Ballots:

Absentee voters’ ballots will be accepted at this location on weekdays until November 6, 2023 from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M., and on November 7, 2023 from 7:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M.

The purposes of the election are to elect directors, to authorize the imposition of property taxes and the issuance of debt, and to submit other questions regarding the collection, retention, and spending of revenues, the proposed district organization and terms of office of the directors. Ballot questions are as follows: Directors of Crystal Valley Shops Metropolitan District, Organization, Term Limits and Public Transportation Authority. Ballot issues are as follows: Operations and Maintenance Mill Levy—Ad Valorem Taxes, Multiple Fiscal Year IGA Mill Levy, TABOR Exemption-Non

Ad Valorem Tax Revenues, Water, Sanitation, Streets, Safety Protection, Parks and Recreation, Transportation, Television Relay and Translation, Mosquito Control, Fire Protection and Emergency Medical, Operations and Maintenance Debt, Authorization Relating to Remittance of Specific Ownership Taxes, Refunding Debt, District Intergovernmental Agreements, Intergovernmental Agreement Debt, Mortgage, Reimbursement Agreements, Construction Management Agreement, Town Regional Tax Levy, and Town Regional IGA Authorization.

The estimated operating mill levy imposed in 2023 for collection in 2024 is 00.000 mills. The estimated debt service mill levy imposed in 2023 for collection in 2024 is 00.000 mills. The estimated fiscal year spending for the first year following organization is $40,000. The proposed District is described to be a parcel located in the vicinity of the southwest corner of Crystal Valley Parkway and Plum Creek Boulevard being a portion of the Southeast Quarter of Section 22 and the Southwest Quarter of Section 23, Township 8 South, Range 67 West of the 6th Principal Meridian, Town of Castle Rock, County of Douglas, State of Colorado. The total area to be included in the proposed District is approximately 5.169 acres.

The names of the candidates whose nominations have been certified by the Designated Election Official for the position of director of the proposed Crystal Valley Shops Metropolitan District are as follows:

Jerry D. Biggs

Joseph W. DesJardin

Tamrin Apaydin

Charlie Williams

Andrew J. Biggs

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that an eligible elector of said District for the purpose of said election is a person registered to vote pursuant to the “Uniform Election Code of 1992”; articles 1 to 13 of title 1, C.R.S., and (i) is a resident of the area to be included in the District, or (ii) who, or whose spouse or civil union partner, owns taxable real or personal property within the area to be included in the District, whether said person resides within the area to be included in the District or not. A person who is obligated to pay taxes under a contract to purchase taxable property within the area to be included within the District shall be considered an owner of taxable property for the purpose of qualifying as an eligible elector.

PROPOSED CRYSTAL VALLEY SHOPS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

BY: /s/ L. Noël Nail, Designated Election Official

Legal Notice No. 946128

First Publication: October 12, 2023

Last Publication: October 12, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Bids and Settlements

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF CONTRACTORS SETTLEMENT TOWN OF PARKER STATE OF COLORADO

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, PURSUANT TO SECTION 38-26-107, C.R.S., as amended, that on the 26th day of October, 2023, final settlement will be made by the Town of Parker, State of Colorado, for and on account of a contract between Town of Parker and Elite Surface Infrastructure, for the completion of 2023 Hess Manhole Adjustments-CIP 23-012 and that any person, co-partnership, association or corporation that has an unpaid claim against said Elite Surface Infrastructure., for or on account of the furnishing of labor, materials, team hire sustenance, provisions, provender or other supplies used or consumed by such contractor or any of his subcontractors in or about the performance of said work, or that supplied rental machinery, tools or equipment to the extent used in the prosecution of said work, may at any time up to and including said time of such final settlement on said 26th day of October, 2023, file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim with the Town of Parker Council, c/o Director of Engineering/Public Works, 20120 E. Mainstreet, Parker, Colorado, 80138. Failure on the part of claimant to file such statement prior to such final settlement will relieve said Town of Parker from all and any liability for such claimant's claim.

Public Notices

The Town of Parker Council, By: Tom Williams, Director of Engineering/Public Works.

Legal Notice No. 946152

First Publication: October 12, 2023

Last Publication: October 19, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section 38-26-107, C.R.S., that on the 24th day of October, 2023 final settlement with POWELL RESTORATION, INC. will be made by the HIGHLANDS RANCH METROPOLITAN DISTRICT for construction of the 2022 HRMD PARKWAY LANDSCAPE CONVERSION project, subject to prior satisfactory final inspection and acceptance of said facilities by the HIGHLANDS RANCH METROPOLITAN DISTRICT.

Any person, copartnership, association of persons, company, or corporation that has furnished labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender, or other supplies used or consumed by such contractor or his subcontractor in or about the performance of the work contracted to be done or that supplied rental machinery, tools, or equipment to the extent used in the prosecution of the work whose claim therefore has not been paid by the contractor or the subcontractor, may file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim.

All such claims shall be filed with HIGHLANDS RANCH METROPOLITAN DISTRICT, 62 Plaza Drive, Highlands Ranch, Colorado 80129, with a copy forwarded to Kathryn Winn, Attorney at Law, Collins Cole Flynn Winn & Ulmer, PLLC, 165 S. Union Boulevard, Suite 785, Lakewood, Colorado 80228. Failure on the part of any claimant to file such a verified statement or claim prior to such final settlement will release said HIGHLANDS RANCH METROPOLITAN DISTRICT, it's officers, agents and employees, of and from any and all liability for such claim and for making payment for the said Contractor.

HIGHLANDS RANCH METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

Legal Notice No. 946112

First Publication: October 12, 2023

Last Publication: October 19, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE OF CONTRACTORS SETTLEMENT

TOWN OF PARKER STATE OF COLORADO

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, PURSUANT TO SECTION 38-26-107, C.R.S., as amended, that on the 19th day of October, 2023, final settlement will be made by the Town of Parker, State of Colorado, for and on account of a contract between Town of Parker and Vance Brothers, Inc. for the completion of 2023 Townwide Preservation Program (CIP 23-003) and that any person, copartnership, association or corporation that has an unpaid claim against said Vance Brothers, Inc., for or on account of the furnishing of labor, materials, team hire sustenance, provisions, provender or other supplies used or consumed by such contractor or any of his subcontractors in or about the performance of said work, or that supplied rental machinery, tools or equipment to the extent used in the prosecution of said work, may at any time up to and including said time of such final settlement on said 19th day of October, 2023, file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim with the Town of Parker Council, c/o Director of Engineering/Public Works, 20120 E. Mainstreet, Parker, Colorado, 80138. Failure on the part of claimant to file such statement prior to such final settlement will relieve said Town of Parker from all and any liability for such claimant's claim.

The Town of Parker Council, By: Tom Williams, Director of Engineering/Public Works.

Legal Notice No. 946079

First Publication: October 5, 2023

Second Publication: October 12, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Public Notice

NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT

Date: 9/27/2023

Project Title: 2023 Slurry Seal Project

Town of Castle Rock

Contractor: Vance Brothers, Inc

5201 Brighton, Kansan City, MS 64130

Notice is hereby given that the Town of Castle Rock intends to start processing the Final Payment to the above-named contractor on October 23, 2023, provided no claims are received.

Any person or firm having debts against the Contractor must file a proper written notice with the Public Works Director, Town of Castle Rock, 4175 Castleton Court, Castle Rock, CO 80109, on or before October 23, 2023.

TOWN OF CASTLE ROCK

By: Frank Castillo, Project Manager

Legal Notice No. 946089

First Publication: October 5, 2023

Last Publication: October 12, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice

NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to § 3826-107, C.R.S., that on October 23, 2023 final settlement with Glacier Construction Co., Inc will be made by Castle Pines North Metropolitan District for the “Backwash Reclaim Tank Rehabilitation” project subject to satisfactory final inspection and acceptance of said facilities by the District. Any person, co-partnership, association of persons, company or corporation that has furnished labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender, or other supplies used or consumed by such contractor or his or her subcontractor in or about the performance of the work contracted to be done or that supplies, laborers, rental machinery, tools, or equipment to the extent used in the prosecution of the work whose claim therefore has not been paid by the contractor or subcontractor, at any time up to and including the time of final settlement for the work contracted to be done, may file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on such claim with Castle Pines North Metropolitan District, c/o, Mr. Nathan Travis, District Manager, 7404 Yorkshire Dr, Castle Pines, CO 80108. Failure to file such verified statement or claim prior to final settlement will release the District and its employees and agents from any and all liability for such claim and for making final payment to said contractor.

Greg Sekera, P.E. Kennedy/Jenks Consultants (720) 744-2216

Castle Pines North Metropolitan District

Legal Notice No. 946087

First Publication: October 5, 2023

Last Publication: October 12, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section 38-26-107, C.R.S., that on the 24th day of September, 2023 final settlement with Star Playgrounds will be made by the HIGHLANDS RANCH METROPOLITAN DISTRICT for construction of the Dog Park Shade Structures, subject to prior satisfactory final inspection and acceptance of said facilities by the HIGHLANDS RANCH METROPOLITAN DISTRICT.

Any person, copartnership, association of persons, company, or corporation that has furnished labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender, or other supplies used or consumed by such contractor or his subcontractor in or about the performance of the work contracted to be done or that supplied rental machinery, tools, or equipment to the extent used in the prosecution of the work whose claim therefore has not been paid by the contractor or the subcontractor, may file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim.

All such claims shall be filed with HIGHLANDS RANCH METROPOLITAN DISTRICT, 62 Plaza Drive, Highlands Ranch, Colorado 80129, with a copy forwarded to Kathryn Winn, Attorney at Law, Collins Cockrel & Cole, 390 Union Boulevard, Suite 400, Denver, Colorado 80228-1556. Failure on the part of any claimant to file such a verified statement or claim prior to such final settlement will release said HIGHLANDS RANCH METROPOLITAN DISTRICT, it's officers, agents

and employees, of and from any and all liability for such claim and for making payment for the said Contractor.

HIGHLANDS RANCH

METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

Legal Notice No. 946129

First Publication: October 12, 2023

Last Publication: October 19, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice

NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT

Town of Castle Rock, Colorado

Date: 19 September 2023

Project Title: Tank 18 Blue Zone

Transmission

Contractor: Reynolds Construction, LLC 1775 East 69th Ave. Denver, CO 80229

Notice is hereby given that The Town of Castle Rock intends to start processing the Final Payment to the above-named contractor on October 20, 2023, provided no claims are received.

Any person or firm having debts against the Contractor must file a proper written notice with Matthew Hayes, Project Manager, Town of Castle Rock, 175 Kellogg Court, Castle Rock, Colorado 80109, on or before October 19, 2023.

TOWN OF CASTLE ROCK

By: Matthew Hayes, P.E. Project Manager

Legal Notice No. 946030

First Publication: October 5, 2023

Last Publication: October 12, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice

INVITATION FOR BIDS

Sealed Bids for construction of the Meridian Village Metropolitan District No. 1’s Dragonfly Park Basketball Courts and Parking Lot Project, addressed to Meridian Village Metropolitan District No. 1 (MVMD1), 12111 Belford Avenue, Englewood, CO, 80112 will be received at the office of MVMD1 (Owner), until 1:00 p.m., local time, on the 3rd day of November, 2023. Bids will also be accepted in electronic format – review contract and bid specifications for accepted bid delivery formats. Any Bids received after the specified time will not be considered. Bids will then be privately opened and read.

Bids are invited for the following Schedule & General Scope:

This project includes grading of the site for construction and generally includes the purchase and installation of the following: instillation of basketball courts, asphalt access drive, asphalt parking lot, concrete sidewalk, drainage facilities and other.

Bidders shall submit a separate and independent Bid for all the separate Schedules contemplated under the Bidding Documents. All Schedules will be awarded under one contract.

Each Bid must be submitted on the prescribed Bid Form as prescribed in the Instructions to Bidders.

The Successful Bidder will be required to furnish the additional bond(s) and insurance prescribed in the Bidding Documents.

For information concerning the proposed work and the Bidding Documents, contact Tom Farrell, telephone: (303) 790-0345, email: tom.farrell@ sheaproperties.com. Please review the Bidding Documents for specific Request for Information (RFI) instructions.

The optional pre-bid meeting and site visit will be at 10:00 a.m. on October 20, 2023 and will include a walkthrough of the project work area. Please bring your own personal protective equipment (Level D Personal Protective Equipment) as it will not be provided. The pre-bid meeting will be held at the MVMD1 field office located at the following address: 12111 Belford Avenue, Englewood, CO 80112

Pre-bid meeting attendees should check-in at the front desk where they’ll be directed to the meeting room.

MVMD1 reserves the right to reject any and all bids, to waive any informality, technicality or irregularity in any bid, to disregard all nonconforming, non-responsive, conditional or alternate bids, to negotiate contract terms with the successful bidder, to require statements or evidence of bidders’ qualifications, including financial statements, and to accept the proposal that is in the opinion of MVMD1 in its best interest. MVMD1 also reserves the right to extend the bidding period if it appears in its interest to do so.

Dated this 2nd day of October, 2023.

Meridian Village Metropolitan District No. 1

By: Ken Lykens, General Manager

Legal Notice No. 946143

First Publication: October 12, 2023

Last Publication: October 12, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice

SECTION 001110

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

ROXBOROUGH WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT

LITTLETON, COLORADO VALLEY VIEW CHRISTIAN CHURCH WATERLINE

Sealed Bids for the construction of the Project will be received at the offices of TST Infrastructure, located at 5655 S. Yosemite St, Suite 101 Greenwood Village, CO 80111, until November 2, 2023, at 11:00 am local time. At that time the Bids received will be publicly opened and read.

The Project includes the following Work: Construction of approximately 2200 feet of 8’’ PVC potable waterline, 42 feet of 6’’ DIP potable waterline, as well as other required appurtenances. The project is generally located at 11004 Wildfield Lane, Littleton, CO 80125.

Bids will be received for a single prime Contract. Bids shall be on a unit price basis, as indicated in the Bid Form.

The Issuing Office for the Bidding Documents is: TST Infrastructure, LLC 5655 S. Yosemite St., Suite 101 Greenwood Village, CO 80111 Phone: (303) 799-5197

Bidding Documents will be available on October 12, 2023, and may be obtained from the Issuing Office on Monday through Friday between the hours of 8:00 am and 5:00 pm.

Prospective Bidders are required to be listed on the plan holders list to be eligible to bid. The Bidding Documents will be available for download at no cost in PDF format. Bidding Documents download information must be requested by email from Kelli Kavinsky, KKavinsky@TSTInfrastructure. com. Upon TST’s receipt of email requesting Bidding Documents, the Prospective Bidder will be added to the plan holders list and emailed instructions to download Bidding Documents.

Partial sets of Bidding Documents will not be available from the Issuing Office. Neither Owner nor Engineer will be responsible for full or partial sets of Bidding Documents, including addenda, if any, obtained from sources other than the Issuing Office.

A mandatory pre-bid conference for the Project will be held on October 24th, 2023 at 1:00 pm at the Roxborough Water and Sanitation District Water Treatment Plant, 8383 Waterton Road, Littleton, CO 80125. Bids will not be accepted from Bidders that do not attend the mandatory pre-bid conference.

Bid security in the amount of five (5) percent of the total Bid Price must accompany each Bid and shall be furnished in accordance with the Instruction to Bidders.

Bidders must be licensed to do business in the State of Colorado. Bids received from Bidders who are not recorded by the Issuing Office as having received the Bidding Documents will not be opened.

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

For all further requirements regarding bid submittal, qualifications, procedures, and contract

award, refer to the Instructions to Bidders that are included in the Bidding Documents.

Owner: Roxborough Water and Sanitation District

By:

Barbara J. Biggs

Title: General Manager

Date: October 12, 2023

Legal Notice No. 946158

First Publication: October 12, 2023

Last Publication: October 26, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Public Notice

NOTICE OF FINAL PAYMENT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Meridian Metropolitan District will make final payment at their offices located at 12111 E. Belford Avenue, Englewood, CO 80112 , on or after October 23, 2023 to Total Turf Golf Services (Contractor) for all work done by said contractor on the Water Main Installation & Golf Course Repair Project, all of said construction being within or near the boundaries of Douglas County, Colorado. Any person, co-partnership, association of persons, company or corporation that has furnished labor materials provisions or other supplies used or consumed by such Contractor or their Subcontractors in or about the performance of the work contracted to be done, and whose claim therefore has not been paid by the Contractor or their Subcontractor, at any time up to and including the time of final settlement for the work contracted to be done is required to file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim to Meridian Metropolitan District at 12111 E. Belford Avenue, Englewood, CO 80112 on or before the time and date hereinabove shown. Failure on the part of any claimant to file such verified statement of claim prior to final settlement will release the Meridian Metropolitan District, its Board of Directors, officers, agents, and employees of and from any and all liability for such claim. BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE MERIDIAN METROPOLITAN DISTRICT.

/s/ Ken Lykens, General Manager

Legal Notice No. DCNP3006

First Publication: October 5, 2023

Last Publication: October 12, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Misc. Private Legals

Public Notice District Court Douglas County, CO 4000 Justice Way, Castle Rock, CO 80109

In re the Marriage of: Petitioner:Maria Mellady (maria.mellady@yahoo.com) and Respondent: Jorge Ernesto Zorrilla Gavidia CASE NUMBER:2023DR30689

SUMMONS FOR: DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE

To the Respondent named above, this Summons serves as a notice to appear in this case.

If you were served outside of the State of Colorado or you were served by publication, you must file your Response with the clerk of this Court within 35 days after this Summons is served on you to participate in this action.

You may be required to pay a filing fee with your Response. The Response form (JDF1103) can be found at www.courts.state.co.us by clicking on the Self Help/Forms tab.

After 91 days from the date of service or publication, the Court may enter a Decree affecting your marital status, distribution of property and debts, issues involving children such as child support, allocation of parental responsibilities (decisionmaking and parenting time), maintenance (spousal support), attorney fees, and costs to the extent the Court has jurisdiction.

If you fail to file a Response in this case, any or all of the matters above, or any related matters which come before this Court, may be decided without further notice to you.

Public Notices

This is an action to obtain a Decree of: Dissolution of Marriage or Legal Separation as more fully described in the attached Petition, and if you have children, for orders regarding the children of the marriage.

Notice: 14-10-107, C.R.S. provides that upon the filing of a Petition for Dissolution of Marriage or Legal Separation by the Petitioner and Co-Petitioner, or upon personal service of the Petition and Summons on the Respondent, or upon waiver and acceptance of service by the Respondent, an automatic temporary injunction shall be in effect against both parties until the Final Decree is entered, or the Petition is dismissed, or until further Order of the Court. Either party may apply to the Court for further temporary orders, an expanded temporary injunction, or modification or revocation under 14-10-108, C.R.S.

Automatic Temporary Injunction By Order of Colorado Law, You and Your Spouse are:

1. Restrained from transferring, encumbering, concealing or in any way disposing of, without the consent of the other party or an Order of the Court, any marital property, except in the usual course of business or for the necessities of life. Each party is required to notify the other party of any proposed extraordinary expenditures and to account to the Court for all extraordinary expenditures made after the injunction is in effect;

2. Enjoined from molesting or disturbing the peace of the other party;

3. Restrained without at least 14 days advance notification and the written consent of the other party or an Order of the Court, from canceling, modifying, terminating, or allowing to lapse for nonpayment of premiums, any policy of health insurance, homeowner s or renter s insurance, or automobile insurance that provides coverage to either of the parties or the minor children or any policy of life insurance that names either of the parties or the minor children as a beneficiary.

Legal Notice No. 946077

First Publication: October 5, 2023

Last Publication: November 2, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Storage Liens/Vehicle Titles

Public Notice

1) 2006 Land Rover Range Rover Silver

Vin: SALMF13476A200552

2) 2013 Freightliner M2 Box Truck White

Vin: 3ALACWDT4DDFG8609

3) 2012 Flatbed Trailer Black

Vin: 5APRE1415CL006757

4) 2005 Ford F150 Green

Vin: 1FTRW14W15KD95442

5) 2005 Ford F350 Blue

Vin: 1FTWW31P26EC13467

Gotcha Recovery Services LLC

P.O. Box 623, Parker, CO 80134 303-524-5419

Legal Notice No. 946120

First Publication: October 12, 2023

Last Publication: October 12, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice

1) 2002 ACURA TL BLACK – 19UUA56862A011527

2) 2001 OLDSMOBILE BRAVADA BLACK – 1GHDT13W312182873

3) 2010 CHRYSLER TOWN & COUNTRY WHITE – 2A4RR5DX1AR345492

4) 2007 FORD ESCAPE SILVER – 1FMCU93137KA81984 Parker Towing Inc 18800 E. Clarke Road, Parker, CO 80134 303-841-9161

Legal Notice No. 946150

First Publication: October 12, 2023

Last Publication: October 12, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice

1) 2003 VOLKSWAGEN PASSAT VIN WVWYH63B23E408941

Villalobos Towing LLC 5161 York Street, Denver, CO 80216 720-299-3456

Legal Notice No. 946162

First Publication: October 12, 2023

Last Publication: October 12, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Notice to Creditors

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of NORMAN S. FULTON, a/k/a NORMAN S. FULTON II, a/k/a NORMAN SAMUEL FULTON, a/k/a NORMAN SAMUEL FULTON II a/k/a NORMAN FULTON, Deceased

Case Number: 23PR30397

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before January 29, 2024, or the claims may be forever barred.

Denver, CO 80203

Legal Notice No. 946046

First Publication: September 28, 2023

Last Publication: October 12, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of William Weston, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR030000

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before February 1, 2024, or the claims may be forever barred.

Elisabeth Nugent, Personal Representative

1100 Steele St Denver, CO 80206

Legal Notice No. 945038

First Publication: September 28, 2023

Last Publication: October 12, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Janet Weston, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR030138

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before February 1, 2024, or the claims may be forever barred.

Elisabeth Nugent, Personal Representative

1100 Steele St Denver, CO 80206

Legal Notice No. 945037

First Publication: September 28, 2023

Last Publication: October 12, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of JACQUELINE LOUISE LANE; a/k/a JACQUELINE L. LANE; a/k/a JACQUELINE LANE; a/k/a JILL LANE; f/k/a JACQUELINE LOUISE MCCLANAHAN, Deceased Case Number: 2023 PR 30412

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before February 5, 2024, or the claims may be forever barred.

Douglas F. McClanahan

Personal Representative c/o EIRICH LAW FIRM 10233 S. Parker Road, Suite 300 Parker, CO 80134

Legal Notice No. 946090

First Publication: October 5, 2023

Last Publication: October 19, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

a/k/a PATRICIA CLAIRE STIRLING, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR151

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before February 5, 2024, or the claims may be forever barred.

The Law Office of Jennifer S. Gormley, P.C.

Attorney to the Personal Representative 6060 Greenwood Plaza Blvd., Suite 300 Greenwood Village, CO 80111

Legal Notice No. 946080

First Publication: October 5, 2023

Last Publication: October 19, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of David Christopher Kuhns, aka David C. Kuhns, and David Kuhns, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30365

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before January 28, 2024, or the claims may be forever barred.

David Robert Kuhns aka David R. Kuhns

Personal Representative c/o Kokish & Goldmanis, P.C. 316 Wilcox St. Castle Rock, CO 80104

Legal Notice No. 946042

First Publication: September 28, 2023

Last Publication: October 12, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Jennifer Rebecca Quint, Deceased

Case Number: 2023 PR 030420

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Douglas, County, Colorado on or before February 23, 2024, or the claims may be forever barred.

James T. Anest #16727

Attorney to the Personal Representative

19751 E. Mainstreet Suite 365 Parker Colorado 80138

Legal Notice No. 946146

First Publication: October 12, 2023

Last Publication: October 26, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Corinne Earle Lander, a/k/a Corinne E. Lander, a/k/a Corinne Lander, Deceased

Case Number: 2023PR30367

James T. Anest #16727

Attorney to the Personal Representative

Arant Law, LLC

19751 E. Mainstreet, Suite 365 Parker CO 80138

Legal Notice No. 946147

First Publication: October 12, 2023

Last Publication: October 26, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Dale D. Douglass, aka Dale Douglass, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30355

All representative persons or having to claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before February 5, 2024, or the claims may be forever barred.

Darlys J. Wong Kast Personal Representative 103 East Cheyenne Road Colorado Springs, Colorado 80906

Legal Notice No. 946078

First Publication: October 5, 2023

Last Publication: October 19, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Paul Robert Milliken, aka Paul R. Milliken, aka Paul Milliken, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR030332

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before January 29, 2024, or the claims may be forever barred.

/s/ NADYA VECCHIET-LAMBERT, ESQ.

On behalf of Brett Milliken, Personal Representative 6855 South Havana Street, Suite #370 Centennial, CO 80112 (303) 734-7131

Legal Notice No. 946050

First Publication: September 28, 2023

Last Publication: October 12, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of JO EILEEN JACKSON a/k/a JO JACKSON a/k/a JO E. JACKSON a/k/a JO EILEEN WESSMAN a/k/a JO WESSMAN a/k/a JO E. WESSMAN a/k/a JO EILEEN WESSMAN-JACKSON a/k/a JO WESSMAN-JACKSON a/k/a JO E. WESSMAN-JACKSON, Deceased Case Number: 2023 PR 30302

TRACKER

VIN 2CNBJ734526932908

REDLINERS INC 2531 W 62ND CT UNIT G DENVER, CO 80221 720-930-8139

Legal Notice No. 946156

First Publication: October 12, 2023

Last Publication: October 12, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Amy M. Kullander, Personal Representative C/O ROBINSON BAILEY PC 7100 E. Belleview Ave., Suite 101 Greenwood Village, CO 80111

Legal Notice No. 946039

First Publication: September 28, 2023

Last Publication: October 12, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of William Tyler Waite, a/k/a William T. Waite, a/k/a William Waite, Deceased

Case Number: 2023PR30391

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before January 29, 2024, or the claims may be forever barred.

Tammi W. Ronzio, Co-Personal Representative

Terri L. Waite, Co-Personal Representative c/o KATZ, LOOK & ONORATO, P.C.

1120 Lincoln Street, Suite 1100

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Patrice L. Neef aka Patrice Leanne Neef aka Pat Neef, Deceased Case Number: 2023 PR 30399

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before February 5, 2024, or the claims may be forever barred.

Abbey Pontius and Jessica Schroeder CoPersonal Representatives c/o Gubbels Law Office, P.C. 103 4th Street, Suite 120 Castle Rock, CO 80104

Legal Notice No. DCNP3005

First Publication: October 5, 2023

Last Publication: October 19, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of PATRICIA STIRLING,

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Douglas County, Colorado, located at 4000 Justice Way, Suite 2009, Castle Rock, Colorado 80109, on or before February 12, 2024, or the claims may be forever barred.

Vivian Gail Tewalt, Personal Representative

c/o Kathryn T. James, Esq.

Folkestad Fazekas Barrick & Patoile, P.C. 18 South Wilcox Street, Suite 200 Castle Rock, Colorado 80104

Legal Notice No. 946141

First Publication: October 12, 2023

Last Publication: October 26, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Randell Hilton Barnard, aka Randall H. Barnard, Deceased Case Number: 2023 PR 030411

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to presemt them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before February 23, 2024, or the claims may be forever barred.

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before February 5, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Maynard Harlan Jackson, Jr. Personal Representative 11615 Sagewood Lane Parker CO 80138

Legal Notice No. DCNP3014

First Publication: October 5, 2023

Last Publication: October 19, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News Press

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Moiz U. Hussain, also known as Moiz Uddin Hussain, and Moiz Hussain, Deceased Case Number :2023PR30413

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before February 12, 2024, or the claims may be forever barred.

Martha L. Hussain, Personal Representative

We are community.

648 Hiddenbrook Court

Highlands Ranch, Colorado 80126

Legal Notice No. 946134

First Publication: October 12, 2023

Last Publication: October 26, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Colin Stacy Grice, aka Colin S. Grice, and Colin Grice, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30341

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before January 28, 2024, or the claims may be forever barred.

Sandra Laird Barrett, aka Sandra Barrett, and Sandra Hughes

Personal Representative

c/o Kokish & Goldmanis, P.C.

316 Wilcox St. Castle Rock, CO 80104

Legal Notice No. 946044

First Publication: September 28, 2023

Last Publication: October 12, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Susan Marie Feiler, aka Susan M. Feiler, aka Susan Feiler, Deceased Case Number 2023PR30354

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before February 12, 2024, or the claims may be forever barred.

/s/ NADYA VECCHIET-LAMBERT, ESQ.

On behalf of John J. Feiler and Jessica R. Feiler, Personal Representatives 6855 South Havana Street, Suite #370 Centennial, CO 80112 (303) 734-7131

Legal Notice No. 946109

First Publication: October 12, 2023

Last Publication: October 26, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Donna L. Wolf, and Donna Wolf, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30381

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before January 28, 2024, or the claims may be forever barred.

Melanie M. Stewart and James L. Wolf

Co-Personal Representatives

c/o Kokish & Goldmanis, P.C.

316 Wilcox St. Castle Rock, CO 80104

Legal Notice No. 946043

First Publication: September 28, 2023

Last Publication: October 12, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Louis W. Marsilio, aka Louis Wesley Marsilio, and Louis Marsilio, Deceased

Case Number: 23PR30379

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Douglas County, Colorado on or before January 29, 2024, or the claims may be forever barred.

Bonnie S. Marsilio, Personal Representative

3397 New Haven Circle Castle Rock, CO 80109

Legal Notice No. 946022

First Publication: September 28, 2023

Last Publication: October 12, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Name Changes

PUBLIC NOTICE

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Public notice is given on September 11, 2023, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Douglas County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Morrigan Aletta McFain-Manadh be changed to Morrigan Aletta Caldwell-Manadh

Case No.: 23 C 572

By: Deputy Clerk

Legal Notice No. DCNP3011

First Publication: October 12, 2023

Last Publication: October 26, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

PUBLIC NOTICE

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Public notice is given on July 28, 2023, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an Adult has been filed with the Douglas County Court.

The Petition requests that the name of Daniel Chantaca Pacheco be changed to Daniel Camarillo Chantaca Chancey

Case No.: 23 C 481

By: Judge Brian Fields

Legal Notice No. 946019

First Publication: September 28, 2023

Last Publication: October 12, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

PUBLIC NOTICE

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Public notice is given on September 19, 2023, that a Petition for a Change of Name of a Minor Child has been filed with the Douglas County Court.

The Petition requests that the name of Sidra Hayder Jalal be changed to Sidra Jalal

Case No.: 2023C597

By: Judge Brian Fields

Legal Notice No. 946084

First Publication: October 5, 2023

Last Publication: October 19, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

PUBLIC NOTICE

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Public notice is given on September 14, 2023, that a Petition for a Change of Name of a Minor Child has been filed with the Douglas County Court.

The Petition requests that the name of Tyler Samuel Roberts be changed to Ty Samuel Roberts

Case No.: 2023 C 435

By: K.A.P. Cone, Clerk of Court / Deputy Clerk

Legal Notice No. 946149

First Publication: October 12, 2023

Last Publication: October 26, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

PUBLIC NOTICE

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Public notice is given on September 19, 2023, that a Petition for a Change of Name of a Minor Child has been filed with the Douglas County Court.

The Petition requests that the name of Nargis Hayder Jalal be changed to Narjis Jalal

Case No.: 2023C598

By: Judge Brian Fields

Legal Notice No. 946085

First Publication: October 5, 2023

Last Publication: October 19, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

PUBLIC NOTICE

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Public notice is given on September 13, 2023, that a Petition for a Change of Name of a Minor Child has been filed with the Douglas County Court.

The Petition requests that the name of Brently Rey Story be changed to Brently Rey Gavito Case No.: 23C521

By: K.A.P. Cone Deputy Clerk

Legal Notice No. 946028

First Publication: September 28, 2023

Last Publication: October 12, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

PUBLIC NOTICE

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Public notice is given on September 10, 2023, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an Adult has been filed with the Douglas County Court.

The Petition requests that the name of Nicole Desiree Esquivias be changed to Nicole Desiree Esquivias Houck Case No.: 23C556

By: Judge Brian Fields

Legal Notice No. 946026

First Publication: September 28, 2023

Last Publication: October 12, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

PUBLIC NOTICE

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Public notice is given on September 13, 2023, that a Petition for a Change of Name of a minor child has been filed with the Douglas County Court.

The petition requests that the name of Graeme Andrew Foster be changed to Graeme Andrew McKean Foster Case No.: 23 C 497

By: Deputy Clerk

Legal Notice No. DCNP3009

First Publication: October 5, 2023

Last Publication: October 19, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

PUBLIC NOTICE

Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name

Public notice is given on September 10, 2023, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an Adult has been filed with the Douglas County Court.

The Petition requests that the name of Lisa Ann Murdock-Johnson be changed to Lisa Ann Johnson Case No.: 23 C 570

By: Judge Brian Fields

Legal Notice No. 946024

First Publication: September 28, 2023

Last Publication: October 12, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

NOTICE OF PUBLICATION OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATION STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA WAKE COUNTY IN THE GENERAL COURT OF JUSTICE DISTRICT COURT DIVISION

Diana Williamson v Scott Williamson 23CV024154-910

Attn Scott Williamson

Take notice of pleading seeking relief against you has been filed in the above entitled action. The nature of the relief being sought is as follows:

Permanent Custody of the minor child born to Scott Williamson and Diana Williamson in Raleigh, NC on Feb 20, 2018.

You are required to make defense to such pleading no later than Nov 14, 2023 and upon your failure to do so the party seeking service against you will apply to the court for the relief sought.

This the 25th day of Sep, 2023

Diana Williamson 4416 Lancashire Drive, Raleigh, NC 27613

Legal Notice No. 946065

First Publication: October 5, 2023

Last Publication: October 19, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE OF HEARING BY PUBLICATION District Court, Douglas County, Colorado * 4000 Justice Way, Castle Rock, Colorado 80109

In the Interests of: Ezra Duran

Party Without Attorney: Joshua and Marisa Duran 5970 Jaguar Way, Lone Tree, Colorado 80124

Phone Number: 303-929-5443

E-mail: jduran@flourishsupportiveliving.com

Case Number: 23 PR 150

NOTICE OF HEARING BY PUBLICATION PURSUANT TO § 15-10-401, C.R.S.

To: John Doe / Lianna Olson

Last Known Address, if any: Unknown: 5970 Jaguar Way, Lone Tree, Colorado 80124

A hearing on Guardianship for Ezra Duran will be held at the following time and location or at a later date to which the hearing may be

continued:

Date: November 15, 2023: Time 8:00 a.m.

Courtroom or Division:

18th Judicial, Division C

Address: Douglas County via Webex at: https://judicial.webex.com/meeting

018-Doug-DivC Meeting Access Code: 2592 910 3130

The Hearing will take approximately 30 minutes.

Legal Notice No. 946106

First Publication: October 12, 2023

Last Publication: October 26, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice

DOUGLAS COUNTY DISTRICT COURT, STATE OF COLORADO 4000 Justice Way Castle Rock, CO 80109

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

In the Interest of:

JURY M. AARNESS, D.O.B.: 09/01/2020

Child,

And concerning:

DOMINIQUE L. DAWSON, D.O.B.: 09/05/1985, Mother JOSHUA MICHAEL AARNESS, D.O.B.: 10/04/1980, Father JAMES DAWSON, D.O.B. 01/13/1970, Mother’s Husband, Presumptive Father Respondents, And

CINDY HAYDEN, Paternal Grandmother, JERRY HAYDEN, Paternal Grandfather, Placement, Special Respondents.

Attorney for Department:

R. LeeAnn Reigrut, #28833 Angela Borkowski, #50088 4400 Castleton Ct. Castle Rock, CO 80109 (303) 814-5326

Fax: (303) 479-9259 lreigrut@douglas.co.us aborkowski@douglas.co.us

CASE NUMBER: 23JV11 DIVISION 8

DEPENDENCY SUMMONS

This Summons is initiated pursuant to Rule 2.2 of the Colorado Rules of Juvenile Procedure, Rule 4 of the Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure, and Section 19-3-503, C.R.S.

TO: JAMES DAWSON, D.O.B. 01/13/1970

TO THE RESPONDENT NAMED ABOVE: You are hereby notified that a petition has been filed which alleges that the above-named child is dependent or neglected as per the facts set forth in the Dependency and Neglect Petition, a copy of which may be obtained at the office of the Douglas County Attorney’s Office.

A Return of Service for Respondent Father, James Dawson, and a Review Hearing have been set for November 6, 2023, at 2:15 p.m. in Division 8 by phone: 720-437-6180 + 75592#, Douglas County District Court, 4000 Justice Way, Castle Rock, Colorado, 80109.

Your presence before this court is required to defend against the claims in this petition. IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR, THE COURT WILL PROCEED IN YOUR ABSENCE, WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE, TO CONDUCT AN ADJUDICATORY HEARING AND MAY ENTER A JUDGMENT BY DEFAULT THEREBY ADJUDICATING YOUR CHILD AS A DEPENDENT OR NEGLECTED CHILD.

You have the right to request a trial by jury at the adjudicatory stage of this petition. You also have the right to legal representation at every stage of the proceedings by counsel of your own choosing, or if you are without sufficient financial means, appointment of counsel by the Court. Termination of your parent-child legal relationship to free your child for adoption is a possible remedy in this proceeding. If that remedy is pursued, you are entitled to a hearing before a Judge. You also have the right, if you are indigent, to have the Court appoint, at no expense to you, one expert witness of your own choosing at any hearing on the termination of your parent-child relationship. If you are a minor, you have the right to the appointment of a Guardian ad litem to represent your best interests.

You have the right to have this matter heard by a district court judge rather than by the magistrate. You may waive that right, and in doing so, you will be bound by the findings and recommendations of the magistrate, subject to review as provided by sec. 19-1-108(5.5), C.R.S., and subsequently, to the right of appeal as provided by Colorado Appellate Rule 3.4.

This summons is being initiated by the Douglas County Department of Human Services through its counsel.

Dated: October 3, 2023

/s/ Angela Borkowski Angela Borkowski, #50088 Assistant Douglas County Attorney Legal Notice No. 946145

First Publication: October 12, 2023

Last Publication: October 12, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press ###

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