Denver Herald 042723

Mostly — but not fully — compliant

VOLUME 96 | ISSUE 23

Chance Sports levels the playing field

New nonprofit o ers sports scholarships for low-income youth

BY BRUCE GOLDBERG SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

“Equal opportunity levels the playing eld.”

is is what is stated on the Chance Sports website to capture the new nonpro t’s sense of urgency about raising money so young Denver-area athletes can participate in more club sports, both locally and on the road.

BY TATIANA FLOWERS THE COLORADO SUN

e rst audit of how Denver responds to unauthorized homeless encampments found the city is mostly compliant with the law and a 2016 court case where plainti s argued taking personal property from people who are homeless without due process violated the constitution.

e Unauthorized Encampment

Response Program must work harder to ensure people who are homeless can easily get to any possessions removed from an encampment, which is especially challenging when belongings are moved to the city’s long-term storage facility at 1449 Galapago St., according to ndings of the audit, released on April 20.

Denver leaders also need to better outline and document the policies and procedures that guide

the multiple agencies responsible for enforcement and outreach at encampments. For example, several departments and outreach teams don’t have nalized policies or procedures for monitoring encampments. ey also don’t have policies and procedures to track and monitor data, according to the 103-page audit.

e city also is not tracking expenses related to homeless encampments or su ciently monitoring invoices and performance by contractors, which hinders their ability to ensure those workers are in fact providing agreed-upon services, according to the audit.

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“... and makes it about the talent not the success,” the website continues. “ e reason a kid doesn’t make it shouldn’t be because they don’t have the opportunity.”

State Sen. James Coleman, DDenver, and former state Rep. Colin Larson, R-Je erson County, created Chance Sports in late 2022, with the goal of helping low-income families play on a club basis in basketball, football, volleyball, track and eld, cheer, eld hockey, soccer and more. ey formed the idea from when the two served together on an education committee at the state legislature. ey joined up with the Daniels Fund, which gave Chance Sports $300,000 and pledged another $200,000 to encourage matching

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Residents of the tent camp at St. John’s Cathedral gather belongings in advance of a pre-announced sweep the morning of May 20, 2020. The camp had grown to dozens of tents and as many as 80 people on the church’s property, wrapping most of the city block.

PHOTO BY ERIC LUBBERS/THE COLORADO SUN

First audit of Denver’s response to unauthorized encampments finds the city needs to do more to ensure people have access to their belongings

e Denver Mayor’s O ce did not conduct an analysis to identify the resources needed for the Unauthorized Encampment Response Program, which is made up of 10 city agencies and o ces, and so the program may not be adequately sta ed to meet its goals and responsibilities, according to the audit.

“ e (Raymond) Lyall settlement seems to be a driving force behind what the city is doing, and to me, that’s kind of the base level of the way this should operate, so that we’re not violating people’s civil rights,” Denver Auditor Timothy O’Brien said. “Are there plans within the response program to go above and beyond?

is is a very vulnerable population in Denver, especially the 1,313 people, who are living on the street.”

Laura Brudzynski, chief housing o cer and executive director for the Denver Department of Housing Stability, said adequate housing is the solution to resolving homelessness, so the city is focused on creating a ordable housing and supportive programs.

e city agreed to all 36 recommendations made by the auditor. If the city implements all recommendations by Dec. 31, Denver leaders will be better situated to ensure its encampment response program is e ectively helping vulnerable people who are homeless while maintaining transparency with Denver residents about how it spends money to respond to unauthorized encampments, according to ndings of the audit.

Denver has already implemented many of the recommendations in the audit report, city leaders wrote in a response to the audit’s ndings.

“Chronic unsheltered homelessness is the most complex issue any city will manage, and we appreciate the audit team, over the course of many months, taking a hard look at how our city is approaching the challenge of encampments,” Mayor Michael B. Hancock said.

“More than a housing crisis, it’s a situation made more complicated amid a nationwide drug crisis, mental health crisis and continued fallout from the pandemic on our most vulnerable residents and communities,” he said.

A rise in homelessness

Denver Homeless Initiative and many other U.S. cities and counties conduct the point-in-time count, which gathers the number of people who are homeless on one of the coldest nights during the winter.

24, 2022, showed 4,794 people were homeless that night in Denver.

Of those, 1,313, or more than 27%, were unsheltered. One in three people were homeless for the rst time and most of the population were adults older than 25. People reported physical disabilities, mental health conditions and escaping domestic violence as reasons leading to homelessness. Men and people of color are overrepresented in local homelessness. Six percent of people between 18 and 24 were homeless, according to the 2022 count.

e number of people who were unsheltered increased between 2019 and 2022 while the number of people who were sheltered remained relatively the same. Many communities, including Denver, did not conduct an unsheltered count in 2021 because of increased risk of spreading the coronavirus.

Findings from this year’s count, which only provides a snapshot of local homelessness, will most likely be nalized and published during the summer, Denver Department of Housing Stability leaders said at an audit committee presentation ursday morning.

Because the city does not track how much it spends on homeless encampments, the auditor sought to quantify

e estimated total of $13.65 million outreach and cleanup costs is likely an underestimate, according to the audit.

“While it’s good to have that total, without breaking it up by actual costs per sweep or by services used speci cally for cleanups and sweeps, it doesn’t tell us much about how the city could better invest taxpayer funds on things other than camping ban enforcement,” said Cathy Alderman, chief communications and public policy o cer for the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless.

Denver’s social impact bond program showed when cities provide housing to people, they save money often spent on jails, shelters and emergency rooms because unhoused people’s needs aren’t met.

Denverites will elect a new mayor on June 6. Alderman said she hopes the city can produce more accurate data about conducting sweeps at encampments, so that the new administration can use the number to make better budgetary decisions.

Alderman said she appreciates the recommendations demanded by the audit, but is hoping for more progress toward easing homelessness in Denver.

“I’m not saying that the recommendations that were made shouldn’t be followed, because they could lead to some improvements between the city and people who are sleeping outside. But I don’t think it (the audit) provides a lot of actionable steps toward homelessness resolution and the appropriate way to deal with homelessness as a city.”

A housing crisis, opioids and the COVID-19 pandemic

e a ordable housing crisis has contributed to the growth of encampments. Housing prices have nearly doubled and median rent has increased by 78% over the past decade, according to Denver’s Department of Housing Stability.

e COVID-19 pandemic worsened the housing crisis, as unemployment rates quadrupled at one point and the city saw a 270% increase in requests for rent and utility assistance, according to the audit.

e ongoing opioid epidemic has also complicated encampment response over the past few years, according to the mayor’s o ce. Managers in the Department of Public Health

and Environment also said it can be challenging to convince some people who are homelessness to accept help. In severe cases, people may have a mental health condition, anosognosia, that keeps them from understanding they need help or that using substances is dangerous, which contributes to their resistance to accepting services, according to the audit.

In March 2021, the mayor’s o ce and other city leaders met to discuss how to reduce the number of people who were living outdoors. Shortly after, the group created the Denver Unauthorized Encampment Response Program.

Under the program, several agencies are responsible for responding to encampments and those organizations also enforce city ordinances, conduct public health and safety assessments, connect people to human services and lead cleanups.

e city’s interaction with an encampment typically begins when outreach teams are sent to the site to help people who are homeless before a cleanup, according to the audit.

Most complaints about encampments come from nearby residents, Denver Department of Housing Stability leaders said ursday morning.

e mayor’s o ce reviews complaints data twice daily. From January through June 2022, people submitted 117 nonemergency, public health complaints about an encampment at Glenarm Place and 21st Street in Five Points, and 97 complaints about an encampment at 20th Street and Chestnut Street in LoDo. e data the auditor reviewed showed the city cleaned up both sites twice during that period.

From Jan. 1 to June 30, 2022, Department of Public Health and Environment leaders completed 2,223 assessments, including 1,400 of encampments and 711 of recreational vehicles parked illegally.

In that same timeframe, the city completed 58 cleanups and canceled seven. Data included in the audit report also showed about 1,070 instances of personal property being stored from Jan. 1, 2019 to June 30, 2022.

Rules from the court case

In August 2016, the city was sued by local activist Raymond Lyall and others for allegedly seizing and discarding the property found at encampments without due process. e settlement agreement required the city to give at least seven days notice of large-scale cleanup unless removal is needed sooner and to provide 48-hours written notice before removing people’s personal property if the encampment does not pose a public health risk.

While the city complied with legal requirements in most instances, the audit found it did not fully comply with rules for storing and disposing of personal property, and it did not keep its property storage webpage updated.  e city threw away property from its storage facility before 60 days, 2% of the time, from Jan. 1, 2019 to June 30, 2022, according to the audit. During daily trash cleanups, Department of Transportation and Infrastructure sta and contractors threw away and stored property without providing the minimum 48-hour notice on unattended property.

About half of the time, dates were missing for when property was moved to the long-term storage facility. And about 4% of the time, dates were missing to indicate when property

A bag of personal belongings sits outside across the street from the Colorado Village Collaborative’s Safe Outdoor Spaces encampment in Denver’s Capitol Hill neighborhood.

PHOTO BY MARC PISCOTTY/SPECIAL TO THE COLORADO TRUST

‘Rate payer revolt’ demands end to dependence on gas-fired energy

BY ERIC GALATAS PUBLIC NEWS SERVICE

Consumer advocates held a “Rate Payer Revolt” at the Colorado State Capitol to urge lawmakers to address what they see as the root cause of the recent extreme spikes in utility bills: the state’s reliance on natural gas.

Danny Katz, executive director of the Colorado Public Interest Research Group, said at the April protest lawmakers and utilities should take steps to protect ratepayers by tapping new federal funds to speed up the transition to sources such as wind and solar, which are produced locally and are not commodities traded on a global market.

“And if we want to make sure

was thrown away. at means the city can’t know for sure if the items were held for the required amount of time, according to the audit.

Accurate documentation is important, human service providers said, because belongings — such as tents, bedding, clothing and medications — are needed for survival. If they are thrown away, a person may not have as much time for other activities, such as receiving mental health treatment.

that we are not getting ripped o as consumers into the future,” said Katz, “we need to do more to reduce our reliance on gas to heat and power our homes and businesses.”

Xcel Energy has blamed spikes in heating bills on rising wholesale gas prices and market forces beyond its control. It has launched a cost-adjustment plan to give consumers some relief.

CoPIRG and other groups are urging the Legislature to take steps to lower the state’s dependence on gas - including maximizing eciency and ending ratepayer subsidies for new gas infrastructure, lobbying and legal expenses.

Xcel and other utilities have added clean-energy capacity, but

e city’s property storage and removal webpage also did not include all required information, such as a phone number, location and hours of operation for the facility to help people retrieve their property, according to the audit.

While the city identi ed the webpage as the best way to communicate information about stored personal property to people who are homelessness, 311 call records showed people still may not know who to call.

For example, the audit team found that Denver 311 received only 63 calls where people inquired about personal property between Jan. 1, 2019, and

continue to see natural gas as an important source for meeting peak energy demand and keeping the grid working at night and when the wind isn’t blowing.

Katz said we now have roadmaps and technologies - including increased storage capacity, and regulating peak demand via smart appliances - to wean ourselves o of natural gas.

“Twenty years ago, maybe we didn’t have the technology, and maybe we needed to have a much more diverse portfolio,” said Katz. “But I think we’ve seen the price of renewables have come down, the capacity that we have to put more energy from renewables has gone up.”

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June 30, 2022. Of the 346 calls that Denver 311 provided to auditors that included inquiries about property storage or belongings, 179 calls were relevant to homelessness personal property.

e city also wasn’t always in compliance with the part of the Lyall settlement that requires sensitivity training for all city employees who regularly interact with people who are homeless.

e Department of Transportation and Infrastructure was not able to provide attendance records to show employees had taken required training related to hazardous materials or trauma. us, employees from those

nent of natural gas, is more than 85 times more potent at trapping heat in the atmosphere than CO2 and is a major source of climate pollution.

Katz said he believes now is the time for utilities across the state to move away from a fuel source subject to global supply chains and disruptive geo-political events. “ ere’s a lot of federal infrastructure money coming in as well,” said Katz. “So there’s never been a better time for utilities to step up and say, ‘OK, we can start to reduce this reliance and move away from gas.’”

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departments may not have the knowledge or skills to interact with people who are homeless, or the ability to manage personal stress and exhaustion, according to the audit.

“ ese instances of noncompliance expose the city to potential future liabilities and lawsuits,” the audit states.

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donations. The late cable pioneer Bill Daniels, a former Golden Gloves boxer, said that his sports participation drove his massive business success in the cable industry.

“It means more opportunities for our youth to compete at a high level because it’s more affordable,” Coleman said. “They’re really great kids, great athletes, and they’re committed and want to play but they can’t afford it.”

Chance Sports debuted in late March. In the news conference, Denver Mayor Michael Hancock said the city would give at least $200,000 to the nonprofit to match the Daniels Fund. The money will come from the $12.5 million the city got from the Broncos sale. Scholarships range from about $1,000 to about $3,000 per athlete, per year/season.

The new organization gave its first scholarships this winter to Denver basketball players. Athletes in other sports will receive money later this year.

The average U.S. family pays about $900 each year for one child’s primary sport, taking into account equipment costs, monthly fees, participation fees and travel expenses.

Chance Sports “is designed to help increase participation and to help supplement the costs for travel, fees and equipment,” said Rodney Bates, who has coached the

Lady Blackhawks girls’ basketball team for 14 years, and overall has 24 years as a coach.

“It allows young ladies in my program to have the opportunity to showcase their talent at a national level,” Bates said. “In some households, college is not a conversation because of the costs. But because of their skill and being able to demonstrate this at a national level, they have a chance to get a scholarship and follow aspirations beyond sports. In the last 13 years, we’re talking about hundreds of young ladies playing year-round.”

His first group of players were in the fourth grade when he formed the team. They graduated from high school in 2020.

“We have about 15 young ladies that went to college,” Bates said. “We want to give them the tools they need to go to college. Competitive basketball is very expensive. If we can break down that cost, more participate and the more we’ll see them do something really positive.”

The benefits? Larson pointed out that being involved in sports can help boost GPAs, can contribute to better mental and physical health, closer friendships, high rates of volunteerism and voting in later years.

There’s talk about spreading the program throughout the state and eventually to other states.

“Our vision is to help out the kid that wants a chance to play,” Coleman said. “I know at some point we wanted to scale our organization, but do it right. Take care of home first.”

To learn more about Chance Sports, visit chancesports.org.

State Sen. James Coleman, D-Denver.

Former State Rep. Colin Larson, R-Je erson County.

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‘He was Golden’: Local icon Marv Kay dies at age 84

BY CORINNE WESTEMAN CWESTEMAN@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Marv Kay, a staple of the Golden and Colorado School of Mines communities for decades, died April 19 at age 84.

e former Golden mayor and Mines football coach was preceded in death by his wife, Diane, who died March 15. e two were married for 55 years.

Kay’s survived by his two children, Chandra Polk and Kendra Sund, both of Golden; three grandchildren; a great-grandson; and four siblings.

e Kay family is holding a private memorial at this time. O cials con rmed there will be a public memorial for him at a later date.

“Marv Kay was Golden,” the city stated on its Facebook page. “ ... He helped build our great community into the vibrant place it is today. He will be missed, and his legacy lives on.”

David Hansburg, Mines’ director of athletics, described how Kay was the “greatest Oredigger of all time,” and similarly felt that his legacy will live on at the Mines campus, in Golden and beyond.

“Rarely do we see people like Coach Kay who have committed their entire life to one school and the surrounding community,” Hansburg stated.

Kay was heavily involved with the Mines football program as a player, coach, athletic director and fan. His last interview with e Transcript was in December, as the Mines football team was traveling to the NCAA Division II National Championship game, when he expressed how he was proud of the Orediggers’ accomplishments.

“Marv Kay was everything at Mines — a student-athlete, coach, administrator, fundraiser, mentor, leader, and friend,” the Mines football team and Athletics Department stated on Facebook. “He is an irreplaceable icon, and we will forever miss him.”

‘The greatest Oredigger’

Marv Kay was born in 1939 in Golden, where his father was a junior at Mines.

e family later moved to the Western Slope, where Kay grew

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up playing high school sports in mining towns. He later studied and played at Mines, where he lettered in football and wrestling. He was also an All-American lineman for the Orediggers, heavily involved with fraternity Sigma Phi Epsilon, and was named Mr. Engineer during the annual E-Days celebration.

He graduated with an engineering degree in 1963, and served in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for two years before returning to Mines to coach swimming and football.

He was named Mines’ head football coach in 1969.

Over the next 26 years, he won a then-school-record 84 games, was the RMAC Coach of the Year in 1975 and 1979, and coached 13 AllAmericans and 50 All-Conference players. After his coaching days, he served as Mines athletic director for nine years.

In addition to his career in athletics, Kay was also a professor and fundraiser for the university. He was also famously the inspiration for Marvin the Miner, one of the Orediggers’ mascots.

In 2015, the university named its football stadium in his honor, and in 2019, he was inducted into the Colorado Sports Hall of Fame.

Along with all his extensive work at and for Colorado School of Mines, Kay was very involved in the Golden community — its civic organizations and local government.

He served on Golden City Council from 1986 to 1998, including as mayor from 1988 to 1996. Laura Weinberg, Golden’s current mayor, recalled how Kay was a wonderful mentor and supporter for so many in the city.

‘His legacy lives on’

During his time on City Council,

Kay was instrumental in approving the city’s capital improvement sales tax. is helped fund improvements to Washington Avenue, expanding the water treatment plant, building numerous recreation amenities, and establishing the Golden Community Center.

Kay also helped start Leadership Golden, served as the Golden Chamber of Commerce president, and served the Golden Civic Foundation for more than 30 years.

GCF recently honored Kay with

Marv Kay, former Colorado School of Mines athletic director and former Golden mayor, died April 19 at age 84. There will be a public memorial for him at a later date.

remember longtime community leader as ‘the greatest Oredigger’

Marv Kay, center left, was honored in 2019 with a state proclamation for Marv Kay Day, celebrating his decades of service for the City of Golden and Colorado School of Mines. PHOTOS COURTESY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES

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the title emeritus board member and installed a tribute bench outside the Golden Community Center in October.

Heather Schneider, the foundation’s executive director, described how Kay’s vision and leadership made a lasting impact on the organization, and how his advocacy wouldn’t be forgotten.

“If you talk to someone around town whether it would be a longtime resident or Mines student or alumni, you’ll likely hear the statement from them, ‘I love that guy. He made a big impact on my life,’” Schneider stated on April 19.

Almost four years ago, the State of Colorado proclaimed April 11, 2019, as Marv Kay Day. People around Golden and beyond celebrated Kay’s legacy of hard work, dedication and civil service that day.

Many Goldenites, Orediggers and others have been sharing their “Marv Kay stories,” as Mines President Paul C. Johnson described them, recalling how kind, wel-

coming and caring Kay was. He was the Mines athletes’ greatest supporter, mentoring many during their time at the university. He always stopped to say hello, have a nice chat and occasional joke with people too, they recalled.

At least two former Mines coaches described how Kay was instrumental in their careers, giving them a chance to lead the Orediggers in their respective sports.

“(Kay) was an amazing human and leader,” said Paula Krueger, a former women’s basketball coach at Mines. “His heart was always in the right place. Even after my time at Mines came to an end, he still checked in. ... I will remember him with (love).”

Johnson also recalled the rst time he met Kay when Johnson rst arrived in Golden. He was standing in front of the president’s house on campus, when Kay happened to be driving by, made a quick U-turn, and stopped to say hello and welcome him.

“ at’s just the kind of person he was,” Johnson continued.

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Marv Kay was the inspiration for Colorado School of Mines mascot Marvin the Miner.

Julie Federico: ‘Blackness is Creativeness’

Denverite Julie Federico has been a school counselor for more than 20 years.

is experience has provided her with a gift of being able to break down di cult societal topics into a preschooler’s language.

“I don’t have all the answers,” Federico said, “but I’m willing to start the dialogue.”

Federico got started writing her children’s books in 2007. Since then, she has written a number of books for infants to pre-teens on a variety of topics that include anger control, domestic violence, school safety and friendship.

e books can serve as a tool for parents to start a conversation between them and their children, Federico said. ey o er emotional intelligence, Federico said.

Many of “the problems discussed in the books can be resolved when you talk about them,” Federico said. “If you can start with the younger generation, we can start to make a di erence.”

Her latest book came out in May 2021 and has two titles: “Blackness is Creative” and “God Made Me Black Because He’s Creative.” It is intended for preschoolers and elementary children.

An author’s note in the book states: “As a child’s rst book on race relations, I wanted to begin the conversation in an age-appropriate manner. is book will get the conversation started, but requires further study as kids get older … Ideally, you will have many conversations with your child about race over the years … When we can teach a community of 2-year-olds to identify and de ne discrimina-

tion, we are onto signi cant societal change.”

Q&A with Julie Federico

In your opinion, why is it important to have conversations about important social topics when children are young? In the world we live in, children encounter di cult social topics at a very young age. Knowledge is power, please educate and protect your children.

On ‘Blackness is Creative.’

This generation is the last generation that will tolerate systemic

racism. They won’t stand for it. I know this from the teenagers at the schools (she’s worked at). They’re vocal about wrongdoings.

What do you hope readers get out of your book/s?

I hope to give parents dialogue to use with their children when they discuss difficult topics. Some parents say nothing on these topics because they do not know what to say. I give parents the language to use with their children to open doors of communication and educate children.

Where to get the book

All of Julie Federico’s books can be found on her website, juliefederico.com. Federico is also available to speak at parenting groups, schools, foster agencies and youth-serving organizations. Her contact information can be found on the website.

What’s next?

Federico has a couple of ideas for parenting books. Her ideas include tough parenting issues such as how to keep your kids and teens safe, and how to connect with your teen.

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Requirements dramatically pared back in governor’s “land-use” bill

BY JESSE PAUL AND ELLIOTT WENZLER THE COLORADO SUN

Gov. Jared Polis and Democrats in the Colorado legislature signi cantly pared back their major land-use bill amid big questions about whether their signature a ordable housing initiative at the Capitol this year can get enough support to pass.

Colorado’s largest cities would no longer be required to let multifamily housing with up to six units be built in all residentially zoned areas under a major amendment made to Senate Bill 213. Instead, those cities — like Denver, Aurora, Boulder, Englewood, Colorado Springs, Fort Collins, Lakewood, Pueblo, ornton and Westminster — would only have to let duplexes, triplexes and fourplexes be built in 30% of their land area currently zoned for singlefamily homes, concentrated around train and high-frequency bus corridors where applicable.

e change, which came in midApril, shifts the legislation away from attempting to broadly increase housing density to a more limited approach linked to transit. Without the changes, it appeared the bill, which has received major opposition from cities and towns across the state, would lack enough support to clear its rst committee.

In all, there were 17 amendments made to the bill, totaling dozens of pages. One of the major changes reduces land-use requirements on resort communities, like Aspen and Vail.

e Senate Local Government and Housing Committee approved the overhauled measure on a 4-3 vote, with all of the Democrats on the panel voting “yes” and all of the Republicans voting “no.” It was unclear whether the measure would have enough votes to advance and the committee hearing was delayed for hours while amendments were nalized and negotiated.

Senate Majority Leader Dominick Moreno, a Commerce City Democrat and prime sponsor of the bill, warned that more changes were needed. “By no means does the work stop here,” he said.

Heading into a committee hearing, Sen. Dylan Roberts, an Avon Democrat, appeared to be the swing vote on the committee. He cast a reluctant “yes” vote. “I still have concerns with where the bill is,” he said, adding that there will be “a lot more to do” to get him to back the bill once it is debated on the Senate oor.

But two other Democrats on the committee — Sens. Julie Gonzales of Denver and Tony Exum of Colorado Springs — also expressed anxiety about the measure before voting to advance the legislation. e pair said more changes were needed.

“You will see more amendments coming,” Gonzales said.

An e ort by Sen. Barbara Kirkmeyer, a Brighton Republican on the committee to erase the measure and replace it with an alternative policy with no policy preemptions for local governments was rejected. “Senate

bill 213, as it stands right now, … is never going to get us to a ordable housing,” she said. “All it’s going to do is preempt local governments.”

e bill now heads to the Senate Appropriations Committee for approval before it can advance to the full Senate.

Under amendments, cities and towns would have to allow duplexes, triplexes and fourplexes to be built in a half-mile radius around rail stations and a quarter-mile around corridors with bus-rapid-transit or where a bus stops every 15 minutes. If a municipality doesn’t want to allow building of two, three or four units next to certain transit stops they could opt to zone for that kind of housing in a di erent part of their city or town proportional to the area around a transit stop that would have been a ected. In doing so, however, the municipality would have to take steps to prevent people living in those areas from being displaced and would be encouraged to focus the zoning around walkable areas.

At a minimum, Colorado’s largest cities would have to allow duplexes, triplexes and fourplexes in 30% of the areas that are currently zoned for single-family homes. e requirement would also apply to large cities that don’t have train stops or bus rapid transit and bus routes with 15-minute frequencies, though they would be encouraged to prioritize their placement of denser residential zoned areas near transit.

Additionally, the amendments remove a provision preventing cities from mandating that new duplexes, triplexes and fourplexes around train stations and along bus routes with a lot of frequency be accompanied by parking. Instead, the change allows municipalities to require that a half a parking spot be built along-

side each new housing unit. e cities that would be subject to the requirements include: Arvada, Aurora, Boulder, Brighton, Broomeld, Castle Pines, Castle Rock, Centennial, Cherry Hills Village, Columbine Valley, Commerce City, Denver, Edgewater, Englewood, Erie, Federal Heights, Glendale, Golden, Greenwood Village, Lafayette, Lakewood, Littleton, Lochbuie, Lone Tree, Longmont, Louisville, Northglenn, Parker, Sheridan, Superior, ornton, Westminster and Wheat Ridge.

Outside of the Denver metro area, Greeley, Fort Collins, Loveland, Windsor, Colorado Springs, Fountain, Grand Junction and Pueblo would also fall under the mandates. e amendments would also require that cities with bus rapid transit zone for an average housing density of 25 units an acre in at least 25% of the housing-eligible land without a half-mile of stops. e requirement would be the same for within a quarter-mile of corridors with frequent bus routes.

Cities with trains would have to zone for an average housing density of 40 units per acre in 50% of the housing-eligible land within a halfmile of stations.

Another amendment signi cantly changes the zoning shifts that would have been required of so-called rural resort job centers, including the Eagle River Valley near Vail and Roaring Fork Valley near Aspen.

Rural resort job centers are dened as municipalities that have a population of at least 1,000 and at least 1,200 jobs and are outside of a metropolitan planning organization, like the Denver Regional Council of Governments or the North Front Range Metropolitan Planning Organization. ey also have regional transit service with at least 20 trips

per day. e legislation’s rural resort centers include: Avon, Breckenridge, Crested Butte, Dillon, Durango, Frisco, Glenwood Springs, Mountain Village, Silverthorne, Snowmass Village, Steamboat Springs, Telluride

As originally written, the measure would have required adjacent towns in rural resort communities to work together to determine where to increase housing density and to identify bus corridors and work to increase residential and commercial development surrounding those

Under the amendments, rural resort communities would be required to choose at least ve options from a menu of 10 to 15 a ordability strategies included in the bill. Most of the resort communities already employ many of the listed strategies.

One of those options is letting property owners build accessorydwelling units, also known as ADUs or “granny ats.” Other strategies on the menu include restrictions on short-term rentals, like those listed on Airbnb or Vrbo, deed restrictions, expediting building permit review, and establishing a local revenue source to develop a ordable housing. One strategy would be for municipalities to waive permitting, infrastructure and utility fees for building a ordable housing developments.

“I think they sort of missed the boat in this rst draft and what should apply to us and what would work best for us,” said Eric Mamula, the mayor of Breckenridge and owner of Downstairs at Eric’s restaurant.

Mamula said his community’s top concerns with the introduced version of the legislation involved a lack of a ordability restrictions on new construction and no requirements that buyers and residents of new housing be part of the local workforce. ey also worried about the absence of permanence for a ordability and other regulations involving the newly mandated housing.

Last month Mamula said resort communities would be working with lawmakers and the governor to “make sure we are getting the point across that we need some protections for our smaller ski town communities.”

“I feel like we are being heard,” he said.

e original version of the bill would have required rural resort centers to allow ADUs. Under the amended version, only municipalities in the rest of the state would be prevented from restricting them. Right now, ADUs may be built in many towns and cities only in certain zoning areas and the size of the units is governed by lot size. e bill would prohibit cities from requiring that new parking accompany any ADUs that are built.

One amendment adopted at the behest of Sen. Sonya Jaquez Lewis, a Boulder County Democrat, adds unincorporated parts of counties to

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Wrapped in stress

There seems to be some kind of “awareness month” for almost every topic on the planet, so I was not overly surprised to see that April is Stress Awareness Month. Not sure a month quite does it for the level of stress we are under these days, but hey, at least there is an established time to educate the public about it.

By nature, I am a stressed person. I have regular anxiety. I have imposter syndrome in several aspects of my life. en, there are the daily realities of life that I do not create in my head to add to the stress.

In doing some research, I learned about three levels of stress, which include:

• Acute stress – is is known as more “brief” stress. However, those brief stresses are common and frequent. is kind of stress is caused by reactive thinking where negative thoughts re ect current events and situations.

• Episodic acute stress – is is when a person experiences acute stress frequently. is level of stress may leave someone feeling like they are always under pressure and that things are always going to go wrong.

• Chronic stress – is is the most harmful type of stress, especially if left untreated. is level of stress never fades, leaving someone to feel pressured and overwhelmed over a long period of time.

Stress does not just a ect the mind. I can attest to that in telling you all something I rarely talk about. Not because I am embarrassed, but it is hard to explain.

In my early 20s, I was getting my journalism career started, had recently been married and was waking up feeling o some mornings. My tongue was hurting and something was wrong.

After getting married and moving in with my husband, we found out I was having seizures in my sleep. I never had them during the day and they only happened on occasion. ey had also never happened before.

I was sent to a neurologist who ran tests and found nothing wrong or nothing to explain it, especially given that the seizures only occurred in my sleep. He considered it to be hormones and maybe other causes but eventually told me I would either have to learn to deal with the stress of my job or nd another career.

Seizures can a ect everyone di erently. For me, it impacted some of my memories. I do not remember dating my husband and sometimes he has to remind me of things that happened in those early years of marriage.

ere was no way I was going to give up my career, so I started working with doctors and therapists on what to do.

To this day, I am still a stressed person by nature, but on those particularly bad days, I have a di erent feeling or sense. I know that before going to sleep, I must destress. I must take some time to smile and try not to think about the day I just had.

I haven’t had a seizure since I was 32. I am now 44.

To this day, we still do not know for sure what exactly triggered these seizures, but it did force me to be a lot more aware of what is happening to me on a mental health level.

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Bring your own ...

We all know what BYOB means right? It’s a restaurant that doesn’t serve alcohol, so the BYOB means bring your own booze. We love those establishments that have a full bar, great wines, and specialty cocktails. And when the food is as good or better than the booze, all the better. But we also love those restaurants that require us to bring our own booze. Maybe it’s because they couldn’t get a liquor license, or maybe they prefer to focus on their passion for the food they cook, and either way, they are still a BYOB.

What if we thought about this in other areas of life? Even if we aren’t a restauranteur, or even if we are, we face other situations and opportunities in life that require us to bring something else to the game in order to achieve success. What if we thought about changing BYOB to BYOK, bring your own kindness? Or BYOS, bring your own strength. Perhaps it’s BYOP, bring your own peace. As you read this you could probably fill in the blank with, bring your own compassion, grace, awesomeness, courage, hope, or any other positive, encouraging, and affirming word.

So, let’s tackle a few, shall we?

BYOK, bring your own kindness. As I did some research for this column, asking people what they wished the world would bring if they had to bring their own

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anything, kindness was the number one word. Those I spoke with and others who responded to a survey shared that the ugliness and negativity of the world had them wishing that the world could be a little kinder, well actually, a lot kinder. One respondent was so convicted of this that she felt that, “If we could all just show up with kindness every day, we could actually have a greater impact on the world than climate change efforts, economic shifts, and voting in the right candidate for president.”

BYOS, bring your own strength. Sometimes life deals us a bad or difficult hand. Sometimes we find ourselves in a season of life where we succumb to our weaknesses, or we see the situation as too much for us to handle; Illness, divorce, addiction, or death in our circle of family and friends, and so many other horrible life events that can cause us to cave. BYOS means that we find our inner strength, and if we don’t have that strength or can’t find that strength, we need to BYOS, bring the strength of others who come alongside us, just when we need them the most.

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How failed banks impact investors

It can be very unsettling to hear of a bank failure such as Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) last month. Investors may wonder how they should react or if they should adjust their portfolios.

First, a little history lesson to put this into perspective.

When depositors rush to get their money out of a bank that is nancially in trouble, it is called a “run” on the bank. ese are not new and have occurred at di erent levels of severity in the past, the worst in the 1930s during the Great Depression. At that time, there was contagion across many banks, not our current situation. While bank insolvency can often come on the heels of the Federal Reserve Board raising interest rates, that is not solely the cause, according to Mariner Wealth Advisors Chief Economist William Greiner.

Each bank must manage the risk of lending, investing, cash deposits and withdrawals. If any or all of those are out of balance, problems start to percolate. When you have high-risk loans, such as technology

start-ups, and you are short on liquidity (more withdrawals than deposits), and the investments backing the deposits decline in value, you have a recipe for failure.

Many banks issue loans on real estate or other business collateral. ey may also use Treasuries to back up deposits. When the Fed raises interest rates, and the value of those Treasury bonds declines, bankers may need to sell at a loss to cover withdrawals. Once this spiral starts, or collateral is devalued due to bad loans, depositors may demand their money causing a run on the bank.

Fed Chairman Jerome Powell remained concerned about in ation when he testi ed before Congress in March. is drove interest rate expectations higher after several interest rate hikes over the last three quarters. is downward

pressure on bond values and concerns the bank would need to raise capital, caused some technologyfocused venture capital companies to remove funds from SVB.

It was very fortunate that a contagion was avoided, as the U.S. government response was swift and e ective. Once the facts were released and average depositors realized they were not involved in a bank that does high-risk lending, some of the pressures eased.

Investors will likely review their portfolio to make sure they are not invested in small banks in the venture capital space or have heavy exposure to commercial real estate.

ey may also avoid banks that have not had proper risk management or oversight. ese things created a perfect storm scenario for SVB. It may be wise to stay with large institutions commonly known as “too big to fail” due to their backing by the Fed. Large banks may actually bene t from depositors moving money to them from small banks in amounts not covered by the $250,000 limit for FDIC

The power of one is anything

It takes just the power of one to make a difference. That sounds cliché. Yet, in reality it is more than true.

This is what the work of a CASA volunteer (Court Appointed Special Advocate) does every day. CASAs advocate for children who have suffered abuse and neglect and who are now in our court system by no fault of their own. These children must try to understand fear, trauma, anger, anticipation, disappointment and the unknown — alone. And, sometimes at the tender age of 4 or 8 or 14.

People say children are resilient. That’s true. Yet, they still harbor these experiences over a lifetime. It’s imperative we, as a community and society, change that. We must ensure these children have the coping skills and resources to address these challenges and to rise above. We owe that to them and ourselves. It really does take a village, to coin another cliché.

These are the children who will grow up to work in and run busi-

nesses, become community leaders and sometimes fall to the wayside. It’s that last part that has inspired me to be a CASA to 16 children over the past 14 years.

As the 2022-2023 Colorado CASA Advocate of the Year, I’ve had the honor to advocate for children from newborn to young adult. Children who have seen and experienced violence that should never have been a part of anyone’s life, much less a child’s. Sexual abuse. Physical abuse. Emotional abuse. Domestic violence. Addiction. Crime. Poverty. CASAs help ensure a child’s safety, best interests and well-being. They are a voice for the child and the eyes and ears for the court. They interact with attorneys, caseworkers, educators and therapists to ensure resources are available

so the child can thrive through their situation. We know that youth with a CASA:

• Have significantly fewer placements and are less likely to re-enter the child welfare system.

• Have higher academic performance.

• Have improved behavior and self-control.

• Have improved overall wellbeing.

• Are less likely to turn to delinquency and crime.

In Colorado, nearly 5,000 children were served through the 18 CASA programs by nearly 2,000 CASA advocates. Even with these numbers, there are many children navigating these situations without a CASA volunteer. There are five metro area CASA organizations that provide services in Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, Elbert, Gilpin, Jefferson and Lincoln counties. These organizations provide a number of additional donated resources like school supplies,

insurance.

Jimmy Stewart as George Bailey in “It’s a Wonderful Life” was able to instill trust in his customers to survive a run on his bank during the Great Depression. In real life during that time, the Emergency Banking Act of 1933 formed the Federal Deposit Insurance known as FDIC.

ese days you don’t really run to your bank and can click to manage transactions on your phone. It is not recommended to keep large deposits in any one institution, just as you would not put all of your investments in one individual stock. Work with your wealth advisor to determine the right amount to leave in the bank, which is usually designed for transactions or emergency reserves, not large sums that could be working harder for you elsewhere.

Patricia Kummer has been a Certi ed Financial Planner professional and a duciary for over 35 years and is managing director for Mariner Wealth Advisors.

BYOP, bring your own peace. Wow, could this be the most prolific of all BYO’s? In the agitated world that finds us reading news about road rage, random violence, wars, school or community shootings, or any other topic that drives a wedge between humanity, peace is the most desired of human emotions right now. We live in a

world of violence on TV, in the movies, in video games, and it’s all tolerated or worse, accepted as the norm of the world in which we live. BYOP, bring your own peace, this means we can own how we react or respond to each and every news feed or situation we find ourselves in with peace.

You get the point, right? BYO isn’t restricted to restauranteurs, BYO means we can bring our own anything to each and every situation we face. We all face seasons of life that bring us heartache and

anguish, seasons of joy and celebration, and well, just seasons of life. No matter what we face, we, and only we, can determine what we bring to the game or situation. Will it be kindness, strength, peace, hope, grace, love, awesomeness, courage, or hope?

The choice is yours; the choice is ours. It doesn’t matter what other BYO might be, we get to select our own BYO. What’s yours? If your BYO is kindness, please live it. If it’s strength, please own it. And if it’s peace, please keep it. And if

holiday gifts, tickets for outings, and gift cards for groceries, retail and restaurants.

It’s time to invest in our communities’ future with a collective power of one. You can be the one. You can:

• Give your time and be a voice for these children.

• Be a champion and cheerleader — we all need one at some point, especially a child.

• Build their confidence and selfworth.

• Be a role model.

You can make a difference in the future of our community by lifting these children up, guiding them on their journey and being the one stable influence in their lives at a critical time of need.

We cannot underestimate the power one person can have, especially for our most vulnerable children. That’s essential and anything but cliché.

Jane Dvorak is the 2022-2023 Colorado CASA of the Year.

it is any other quality or trait that can have a positive impact on our world, please share it. I would love to hear your story at gotonorton@gmail.com and when we can decide which BYO to live, it really will be a better than good life.

Michael Norton is an author, a personal and professional coach, consultant, trainer, encourager and motivator of individuals and businesses, working with organizations and associations across multiple industries.

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In a state that has over 400 breweries and almost 100 distilleries, approaching the topic of sobriety can be a hard conversation for many people to have.

But with low-key, no-fuss non-alcoholic options at many establishments across the metro, it doesn’t have to be a big deal if you don’t want to drink, whatever your reasons.

Mocktails that you wouldn’t even know were NA

Golden Moon Speakeasy in Golden uses all its own distilled spirits and creates unique craft cocktails at’s all the more reason that general manager Kayla Veatch sees to o er quality, non-alcoholic options.

“My overall philosophy when I changed the menu was to have the same options as the alcohol menu,” Veatch said.

So no, you won’t have to order a water if you’re the designated driver. e mocktails at Golden Moon use highly steeped teas to replace alcohol and utilize many of the same syrups and NA ingredients the cocktails use.

Mocktails are a great option for people ready to slow down on alcohol for the night, people taking certain medications, pregnant people and people exploring sobriety, Veatch said. e speakeasy even serves mocktails to children before 9 p.m.

Having an inclusive menu makes an establishment like this a gathering place for groups, Veatch explained.

“People can still come together….if I didn’t have mocktails, I wonder if they would still be excited to come,” she said about group members who don’t consume alcohol.

Some of the mocktails Veatch makes include the Cloud City, which features an earl grey tea base, ginger, lemon and elder ower, or the Cheshire Cat, which features a butter y pea ower tea base, passionfruit juice and lime. Veatch even makes a copycat smoked whiskey.

Golden Moon Speakeasy is located at 1111 Miner’s Alley in Golden.

An alcohol alternative

For those looking for another NA drink option, perhaps with health bene ts, kombucha has been a popular choice.

Kombucha has been added as an option at many breweries, bars and co ee shops around Colorado; but Marc Gaudreault owns one of only two kombucha tap rooms on the front range.

Before the pandemic, the Trubucha tap room in Lone Tree had space for people to sit inside and enjoy a glass of kombucha. According to Gaudreault, Trubucha actually grew during the pandemic, and the demand for his product is so great he needs most of his shop space for fermenting the kombucha in huge vats.

Still, Trubucha boasts 31 taps in the store and has a spacious patio for people to enjoy kombucha, lemonade, ginger beer or cold brew.

So, what is kombucha? Put simply, Gaudreault explained, it’s lightly fermented tea. But the health bene ts are much more lengthy, he said. Most notably, the drink has an abundance of natural probiotics,

Kayla Veatch crafts a mocktail.

A lineup of mocktails at Golden Moon.

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as well as B vitamins and an acidic composition that some say can help your gut health.

For many, this drink has become a replacement for beer and other alcoholic beverages, partly due to its prevalence in drinking establishments.

“We have some breweries that go through three of these (kegs) in a week,” Gaudreault said.

People who choose not to drink should have options besides a soda, Gaudreault said.

“You want something that is a little more sophisticated,” he said.

Trubucha is located at 10047 Park Meadows

Drive Unit A in Lone Tree.

Make it at home yourself

For those looking to have an NA drink at home, e Spice and Tea Exchange in Idaho Springs has almost everything you need to get started on your very own mocktail creation.

Logan Houser, manager at e Spice and Tea Exchange in Idaho Springs, explained that the shop has all sorts of ingredients to make cocktails or mocktails at home.

e sugar and salt wall, which contains countless canisters of avored granules, is a good place to get ingredients to sweeten your mocktails or rim the glasses, according to Houser.

“It all just depends on what you’re trying to achieve,” he said.

e store has many types of teas, some of

which can make for a good mocktail base.

“We have like four or ve teas you can use for mocktails,” Houser said.

He said the fruity teas do really well for those drinks, but you can try out lots of combinations.

“Really anything you buy here is multipurpose,” Houser said.

e shop also o ers cocktail kits with sugars, teas and syrups to make drinks, which Houser said are popular for people to use for NA drinks.

“You can change them out for club soda,” he said of champagne or other alcohol recommended in the recipes.

e Spice and Tea Exchange is located at 1634 Miner St. in Idaho Springs.

If you or someone you know is struggling with addiction, call the alcohol addiction hotline at 331-200-1664, or visit alcohol.org.

Veatch finishes a drink.

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Veatch strains a mocktail.

The mocktails utilize di erent ingredients and garnishes.

Regis program o ers students with intellectual disabilities college support

BY JASON GONZALES CHALKBEAT

Jen Anderman loves college. She lives on campus at Regis University, is learning about world religions like Buddhism, and took on the persona of Benjamin Franklin once to present in a class.

Anderman, 25, always wanted to follow in her sister’s footsteps, but most colleges don’t o er programs geared toward students with intellectual disabilities who might need more support. Anderman also wanted a program that pushed her academically and allowed her to get the college experience she desired.

In Colorado and nationwide, most colleges don’t o er programs for students with intellectual disabilities, which includes limitations in reasoning, learning, problem solving, or social or practical skills. ose colleges that do have limited spots.

Anderman, who is a person with autism, now is living her dream. Regis University’s Global Inclusive College Certi cate program has o ered Anderman and four other students at the Denver Jesuit school a full college experience for about two years, plus extra support to earn their certi cate. Regis’ program launched in the fall and joined several others across the state that o er support for students with intellectual disabili-

ties.

Anderman’s mom says Jen thrives when she gets to learn with students who learn in a variety of ways. Living on campus, she’s made plenty of friends. Home is just 20 minutes away, which means she didn’t have to go far to continue her education. e program allows Anderman to take any Regis class, which she likes. She said that so far, she has enjoyed them all.

Regis o ers a certi cate requiring students to complete from 12 to 30 hours of school work over the course of one or two years. e

program focuses on academics, but also teaches social skills, emotional regulation, career development, and independence, according to Jeanine Coleman, the certi cate programs director. e program also o ers tutoring, class preparation and other help.

Coleman hopes to add several more students to the program next year, and the school has received support from the GLOBAL Down Syndrome Foundation and the Anna and John J. Sie Foundation. Recently the school announced it received $365,000 to help provide

scholarships. e scholarships are crucial for many families who never thought that their children would nd a college that works for their learning style.

“ ey just didn’t plan for that because they didn’t really think it was an option,” Coleman said. “ ere are just not very many opportunities for individuals with intellectual disabilities beyond high school.”

Statewide, the University of Northern Colorado, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, and Arapahoe Community College o er programs tailored toward students with intellectual disabilities, said Tracy Murphy, Colorado Initiative for Inclusive Higher Education executive director.

Until 2016, Colorado was one of four states nationwide that didn’t o er speci c programs for students with intellectual disabilities, Murphy said. Lawmakers that year passed a law establishing speci c programs for students at colleges, and last year approved grants to support new or existing programs at higher education institutions.

Creating a more inclusive environment is good for students with and without intellectual disabilities, Murphy said.

Students at established programs have rushed fraternities and participated in student government, she

Jen Anderman, right, poses for a selfie with a Regis University student housing adviser.

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the list of places where ADUs can’t be prohibited.

Another change to the bill would allow municipalities to notify the state of their need for an extension or exemption from the requirements based on shortfalls in their water supply or infrastructure.

Unchanged in the bill are a preemption on occupancy restrictions based on whether people living in a home are family members, as well as efforts to stream-

line manufactured housing. Still pending in the legislature is a measure that would ban municipalities from imposing growth caps while also repealing caps that have already been adopted in cities like Golden and Boulder.

Colorado Sun staff writer Jason Blevins contributed to this report.

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said. ey’re helping create acceptance and enabled others to see the value students with disabilities can bring to a school campus and jobs, she said.

“College students bene t from seeing that capability,” she said.

For Jordan Stewart, 18, the Regis program has boosted his con dence, his mother Cassy Stewart said. While Colorado o ers high school for students with intellectual disabilities until they are 21, Jordan wanted

most to graduate with his class and get a diploma with them, she said.

Regis helped Jordan thrive in a college setting. Previously, his mother had worried about his future because so few college programs work with his learning style.

Jordan Stewart has loved being a part of the school community. He enjoys the classes more than those in high school, and making friends is his favorite part of the experience. “College makes me feel great,” he said, “and included.”

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Date: April 20, 2023 and April 27, 2023

Re: Notice of Proposed Declaration Amendment

The purpose of this notice is to provide written notice of the proposed Second Amendment to the Amended and Restated Declaration of Covenants, Conditions, Restrictions, Easements and Party Wall Agreement for Monroe Chase, Denver, Colorado (“Declaration Amendment”) to first mortgagees of Parcels within the community of Monroe Chase Owners Association (“Association”), pursuant to C.R.S. § 38-33.3-217(1)(b)(I).

The Association, through its Board of Directors and with assistance from legal counsel, has prepared the proposed Declaration Amendment to the existing Amended and Restated Declaration of Covenants, Conditions, Restrictions, Easements and Party Wall Agreement for Monroe Chase, which is located in the City and County of Denver, State of Colorado, and was recorded in the real property records of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on March 12, 2002 at Reception No. 2002049136, as it may have been amended and supplemented from time to time (“Declaration”).

The consent of fifty-one percent (51%) of first mortgagees is required to approve the proposed Declaration Amendment, pursuant to Article IX, Section 11.1(B) of the Declaration. The general purpose of the Declaration Amendment is to clarify insurance and maintenance responsibilities between Owners and the Association. The general nature of the Declaration Amendment is to amend the insurance responsibility of the Association to cover, in general, structural components of the Parcels, while amending the insurance responsibilities of Owners to cover, in general, the whole of the interior of the Parcel along with utilities. The Declaration Amendment also clarifies certain leasing restrictions, removes a requirement for mediation, and outlines responsibility for damage caused by the negligence of an Owner.

A first mortgagee shall be deemed to have approved the proposed Declaration Amendment, if said first mortgagee does not deliver to the Association a negative response within sixty (60) days after the date of this notice, pursuant to C.R.S. § 38-33.3-217(1)(b)(II). You may deliver your response in writing to the Association, c/o Moeller Graf, P.C., 385 Inverness Pkwy., Suite 200, Englewood, CO 80112, but you are not required to respond.

Please review this notice carefully. It may affect first mortgagees’ rights in the Lot(s) within the Association’s community in which first mortgagees may have an interest.

A copy of the proposed Declaration Amendment may be obtained by contacting Moeller Graf, P.C., at 720-279-2568 or via email at jhinson@moellergraf.com.

Legal Notice No. 82195

First Publication: April 20, 2023

Last Publication: April 27, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Public Notice

TO: COURI JOHNSON: You are notified that you have 10 days after publication for this notice of levy to file your claim of exemption with the District Court of Denver County, 1437 Bannock, Room 256, Denver, CO 80202 in Case 2021CV031742

entitled: HB ENTERPRISES, LLC v. TREADSTONE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, LLC and COURI JOHNSON, individually $7,438.24 garnished at Chase Bank, 5800 S. Parker Rd., Aurora, CO 80015

Legal Notice No. 82188

First Publication: April 20, 2023

Last Publication: May 18, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Public Notice

NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND FORECLOSURE SALE

WHEREAS, on July 25, 2011, a certain Deed of Trust was executed by Carol Kurz, Successor Trustee of the John B. Kurz, Jr. Trust dated April 30, 1997, as Amended and Restated April 7, 2006, as Grantor, in favor of MetLife Home Loans, a Division of MetLife Bank, N.A., and the Public Trustee of Denver County, Colorado as Trustee, and was recorded on July 29, 2011, at Reception Number 2011082392, in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Denver, Colorado; and

WHEREAS, the Deed of Trust was insured by the United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (the Secretary) pursuant to the National Housing Act for the purpose of providing single family housing; and

WHEREAS, the beneficial interest of the Deed of Trust is now owned by the Secretary, pursuant to an assignment recorded on October 17, 2018 at Reception Number 2018134975 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Denver Colorado.

WHEREAS, a default has been made in the covenants and conditions of the Deed of Trust in that Paragraph 9 (b) (i) has been violated; and

WHEREAS, the entire amount delinquent is $295,784.28 as of March 1, 2023; and

WHEREAS, by virtue of this default, the Secretary has declared the entire amount of the indebtedness secured by the Deed of Trust to be immediately due and payable;

NOW THEREFORE, pursuant to the powers vested in me by the Single Family Mortgage Foreclosure Act of 1994, 12 U.S.C. 3751 et seq., by 24 CFR part 27, subpart B, and by the Secretary’s designation of me as Foreclosure Commissioner, recorded on July 19, 2017 at Reception No. 2017094067 in the records of the Denver County Clerk and Recorder, notice is hereby given that on May 5, 2023 at 3:00 p.m. local time, all real and personal property at or used in connection with the following described premises (“Property”) will be sold at public auction to the highest bidder:

LOT 2, BLOCK 7, VIRGINIA VILLAGE, FILING NO. 3 CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER STATE OF COLORADO.

Commonly known as: 1290 S. Ivy Way, Denver, CO 80224.

The sale will be held on front steps of the City and County Building located at 1437 Bannock St., Denver, CO 80202.

The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development will bid the lesser amount of the loan balance, or the appraised value obtained by the Secretary prior to sale.

There will be no proration of taxes, rents or other income or liabilities, except that the purchaser will pay, at or before closing, his prorated share of any real estate taxes that have been paid by the Secretary to the date of the foreclosure sale.

When making their bids, all bidders except the Secretary must submit a deposit totaling 10% of the Secretary’s bid in the form of a certified check or cashier’s check made out to the Secretary of HUD. A deposit need not accompany each oral bid. If the successful bid is oral, a deposit of 10% of the Secretary’s bid must be presented before the bidding is closed. The deposit is nonrefundable. The remainder of the purchase price must be delivered within 30 days of the sale or at such other time as the Secretary may determine for good cause shown, time being of the essence. This amount, like the bid deposits, must be delivered in the form of a certified or cashier’s check. If the Secretary is the highest bidder, he need not pay the bid amount in cash. The successful bidder will pay all conveying fees, all real estate and other taxes that are due on or after the delivery date of the remainder of the payment and all other costs associated with the transfer of title. At the conclusion of the sale, the deposits of the unsuccessful bidders will be returned to them.

The Secretary may grant an extension of time within which to deliver the remainder of the payment. All extension will be for 15-day increments for a fee of $500.00, paid in advance. The extension fee shall be in the form of certified or cashier’s check made payable to the Secretary of HUD. If the high bidder closes the sale prior to the expiration of any extension period, the unused portion of the extension fee shall be applied toward the amount due.

If the high bidder is unable to close the sale within the required period, or within any extensions of time granted by the Secretary, the high bidder may be required to forfeit the cash deposit, or at the election of the foreclosure commissioner after consultation with the HUD representative, will be liable to HUD for any costs incurred as a result of such failure. The Commissioner may, at the direction of the HUD representative, offer the property to the second highest bidder for an amount equal to the highest price offered by that bidder.

There is no right of redemption, or right of possession based upon a right of redemption, in the mortgagor or others subsequent to a foreclosure completed pursuant to the Act. Therefore, the Foreclosure Commissioner will issue a Deed to the purchaser(s) upon receipt of the entire purchase price in accordance with the terms of the sale as provided herein, HUD does not guarantee that the property will be vacant.

The scheduled foreclosure sale shall be cancelled or adjourned if it is established, by documented written application of the mortgagor to the Foreclosure Commissioner no less than three (3) days before the date of sale, or otherwise, that the default or defaults upon which the foreclosure is based did not exist at the time of service of this notice of default and foreclosure sale, or all amounts due under the mortgage agreement are tendered to the Foreclosure Commissioner, in the form of a certified cashier’s check payable to the Secretary of HUD, before the public auction of the property is completed.

The amount that must be paid if the mortgage is to be reinstated prior to the scheduled sale is $295,784.28 as of March 1, 2023, plus all other amounts that would be due under the mortgage agreement if payments under the deed of trust had not been accelerated, advertising costs and postage expenses incurred in giving notice, mileage by the most reasonable road distance for posting notices and for the Foreclosure Commissioner’s attendance at the sale, reasonable and customary costs incurred for

costs incurred by the

Foreclosure Commissioner, and all other costs incurred in connection with the foreclosure prior to reinstatement.

Tender of payment by certified or cashier’s check or application for cancellation of the foreclosure sale shall be submitted to the address of the Foreclosure Commissioner provided below.

Dated: March 29, 2023

Foreclosure Commissioner

Deanne R. Stodden 1550 Wewatta Street, Suite 710 Denver, CO 80202

Telephone: (303) 623-4806

Email: foreclosure@messner.com

Legal Notice No. 82177

First Publication: April 13, 2023

Last Publication: April 27, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Public Notice

NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND FORECLOSURE SALE

WHEREAS, on May 23, 2005, a certain Deed of Trust was executed by Delia Torres, as Grantor, in favor of Financial Freedom Senior Funding Corporation, a Subsidiary of Indy Mac Bank, F.S.B., and the Public Trustee of Denver County, Colorado as Trustee, and was recorded on June 19, 2005, at Reception Number 2005100755, in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Denver, Colorado; and

WHEREAS, the Deed of Trust was insured by the United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (the Secretary) pursuant to the National Housing Act for the purpose of providing single family housing; and

WHEREAS, the beneficial interest of the Deed of Trust is now owned by the Secretary, pursuant to an assignment recorded on July 6, 2009 at Reception Number 2009084299 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Denver Colorado.

WHEREAS, a default has been made in the covenants and conditions of the Deed of Trust in that Paragraph 9 (a) (i) has been violated; and

WHEREAS, the entire amount delinquent is $227,025.89 as of March 1, 2023; and

WHEREAS, by virtue of this default, the Secretary has declared the entire amount of the indebtedness secured by the Deed of Trust to be immediately due and payable;

NOW THEREFORE, pursuant to the powers vested in me by the Single Family Mortgage Foreclosure Act of 1994, 12 U.S.C. 3751 et seq., by 24 CFR part 27, subpart B, and by the Secretary’s designation of me as Foreclosure Commissioner, recorded on July 19, 2017 at Reception No. 2017094067 in the records of the Denver County Clerk and Recorder, notice is hereby given that on May 5, 2023 at 3:00 p.m.. local time, all real and personal property at or used in connection with the following described premises (“Property”) will be sold at public auction to the highest bidder:

THE NORTH 20 FEET OF THE WEST 77 FEET OF LOT 3, AND THE SOUTH 5 FEET OF THE WEST 77 FEET OF LOT 2 BLOCK 14, ELMWOOD ADDITION TO THE CITY OF DENVER, CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER, STATE OF COLORADO.

Commonly known as: 674 Elati Street, Denver, Colorado 80204

The sale will be held on front steps of the City and County Building located at 1437 Bannock St., Denver, CO 80202.

The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development will bid the lesser amount of the loan balance, or the appraised value obtained by the Secretary prior to sale.

There will be no proration of taxes, rents or other income or liabilities, except that the purchaser will pay, at or before closing, his prorated share of any real estate taxes that have been paid by the Secretary to the date of the foreclosure sale.

When making their bids, all bidders except the Secretary must submit a deposit totaling 10% of the Secretary’s bid in the form of a certified check or cashier’s check made out to the Secretary of HUD. A deposit need not accompany each oral bid. If the successful bid is oral, a deposit of 10% of the Secretary’s bid must be presented before the bidding is closed. The deposit is nonrefundable. The remainder of the purchase price must be delivered within 30 days of the sale or at such other time as the Secretary may determine for good cause shown, time being of the essence. This amount, like the bid deposits, must be delivered in the form of a certified or cashier’s check. If the Secretary is the highest bidder, he need not pay the bid amount in cash. The successful bidder will pay all conveying fees, all real estate and other taxes that are due on or after the delivery date of the remainder of the payment and all other costs associated with the transfer of title. At the conclusion of the sale, the deposits of the unsuccessful bidders will be returned to them.

The Secretary may grant an extension of time within which to deliver the remainder of the payment. All extension will be for 15-day increments for a fee of $500.00, paid in advance. The extension fee shall be in the form of certified or cashier’s check made payable to the Secretary of HUD. If the high bidder closes the sale prior to the expiration of any extension period, the unused

portion of the extension fee shall be applied toward the amount due.

If the high bidder is unable to close the sale within the required period, or within any extensions of time granted by the Secretary, the high bidder may be required to forfeit the cash deposit, or at the election of the foreclosure commissioner after consultation with the HUD representative, will be liable to HUD for any costs incurred as a result of such failure. The Commissioner may, at the direction of the HUD representative, offer the property to the second highest bidder for an amount equal to the highest price offered by that bidder.

There is no right of redemption, or right of possession based upon a right of redemption, in the mortgagor or others subsequent to a foreclosure completed pursuant to the Act. Therefore, the Foreclosure Commissioner will issue a Deed to the purchaser(s) upon receipt of the entire purchase price in accordance with the terms of the sale as provided herein, HUD does not guarantee that the property will be vacant.

The scheduled foreclosure sale shall be cancelled or adjourned if it is established, by documented written application of the mortgagor to the Foreclosure Commissioner no less than three (3) days before the date of sale, or otherwise, that the default or defaults upon which the foreclosure is based did not exist at the time of service of this notice of default and foreclosure sale, or all amounts due under the mortgage agreement are tendered to the Foreclosure Commissioner, in the form of a certified cashier’s check payable to the Secretary of HUD, before the public auction of the property is completed.

The amount that must be paid if the mortgage is to be reinstated prior to the scheduled sale is $227,025.89 as of March 1, 2023, plus all other amounts that would be due under the mortgage agreement if payments under the deed of trust had not been accelerated, advertising costs and postage expenses incurred in giving notice, mileage by the most reasonable road distance for posting notices and for the Foreclosure Commissioner’s attendance at the sale, reasonable and customary costs incurred for title and lien record searches, the necessary out of pocket costs incurred by the Foreclosure Commissioner, and all other costs incurred in connection with the foreclosure prior to reinstatement.

Tender of payment by certified or cashier’s check or application for cancellation of the foreclosure sale shall be submitted to the address of the Foreclosure Commissioner provided below.

Dated: March 29, 2023

Deanne R. Stodden Foreclosure Commissioner 1550 Wewatta Street, Suite 710 Denver, CO 80202

Telephone: (303) 623-4806

Email: foreclosure@messner.com

Legal Notice No. 82178

First Publication: April 13, 2023

Last Publication: April 27, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Public Notice

NOTICE OF DEFAULT AND FORECLOSURE SALE

WHEREAS, on February 27, 2006, a certain Deed of Trust was executed by Leo Chavez, Sr. and Mary A. Chavez, as Grantors, in favor of Financial Freedom Senior Funding Corporation, a Subsidiary of Indy Mac Bank, F.S.B., and the Public Trustee of Denver County, Colorado as Trustee, and was recorded on March 15, 2006, at Reception Number 2006041435, in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Denver, Colorado; and

WHEREAS, the Deed of Trust was insured by the United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (the Secretary) pursuant to the National Housing Act for the purpose of providing single family housing; and

WHEREAS, the beneficial interest of the Deed of Trust is now owned by the Secretary, pursuant to an assignment recorded on February 3, 2014 at Reception Number 2014011210 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Denver Colorado.

WHEREAS, a default has been made in the covenants and conditions of the Deed of Trust in that Paragraph 9 (a) (i) has been violated; and

WHEREAS, the entire amount delinquent is $314,996.52 as of March 1, 2023; and

WHEREAS, by virtue of this default, the Secretary has declared the entire amount of the indebtedness secured by the Deed of Trust to be immediately due and payable;

NOW THEREFORE, pursuant to the powers vested in me by the Single Family Mortgage Foreclosure Act of 1994, 12 U.S.C. 3751 et seq., by 24 CFR part 27, subpart B, and by the Secretary’s designation of me as Foreclosure Commissioner, recorded on July 19, 2017 at Reception No. 2017094067 in the records of the Denver County Clerk and Recorder, notice is hereby given that on May 5, 2023 at 3:00 p.m. local time, all real and personal property at or used in connection with the following described premises (“Property”) will be sold at public auction to the highest bidder:

Commonly known as: 5060 W Vassar Ave., Denver, Colorado 80219.

The sale will be held on front steps of the City and County Building located at 1437 Bannock St., Denver, CO 80202.

The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development will bid the lesser amount of the loan balance, or the appraised value obtained by the Secretary prior to sale.

There will be no proration of taxes, rents or other income or liabilities, except that the purchaser will pay, at or before closing, his prorated share of any real estate taxes that have been paid by the Secretary to the date of the foreclosure sale.

When making their bids, all bidders except the Secretary must submit a deposit totaling 10% of the Secretary’s bid in the form of a certified check or cashier’s check made out to the Secretary of HUD. A deposit need not accompany each oral bid. If the successful bid is oral, a deposit of 10% of the Secretary’s bid must be presented before the bidding is closed. The deposit is nonrefundable. The remainder of the purchase price must be delivered within 30 days of the sale or at such other time as the Secretary may determine for good cause shown, time being of the essence. This amount, like the bid deposits, must be delivered in the form of a certified or cashier’s check. If the Secretary is the highest bidder, he need not pay the bid amount in cash. The successful bidder will pay all conveying fees, all real estate and other taxes that are due on or after the delivery date of the remainder of the payment and all other costs associated with the transfer of title. At the conclusion of the sale, the deposits of the unsuccessful bidders will be returned to them. The Secretary may grant an extension of time within which to deliver the remainder of the payment. All extension will be for 15-day increments for a fee of $500.00, paid in advance. The extension fee shall be in the form of certified or cashier’s check made payable to the Secretary of HUD. If the high bidder closes the sale prior to the expiration of any extension period, the unused portion of the extension fee shall be applied toward the amount due.

If the high bidder is unable to close the sale within the required period, or within any extensions of time granted by the Secretary, the high bidder may be required to forfeit the cash deposit, or at the election of the foreclosure commissioner after consultation with the HUD representative, will be liable to HUD for any costs incurred as a result of such failure. The Commissioner may, at the direction of the HUD representative, offer the property to the second highest bidder for an amount equal to the highest price offered by that bidder. There is no right of redemption, or right of possession based upon a right of redemption, in the mortgagor or others subsequent to a foreclosure completed pursuant to the Act. Therefore, the Foreclosure Commissioner will issue a Deed to the purchaser(s) upon receipt of the entire purchase price in accordance with the terms of the sale as provided herein, HUD does not guarantee that the property will be vacant.

The scheduled foreclosure sale shall be cancelled or adjourned if it is established, by documented written application of the mortgagor to the Foreclosure Commissioner no less than three (3) days before the date of sale, or otherwise, that the default or defaults upon which the foreclosure is based did not exist at the time of service of this notice of default and foreclosure sale, or all amounts due under the mortgage agreement are tendered to the Foreclosure Commissioner, in the form of a certified cashier’s check payable to the Secretary of HUD, before the public auction of the property is completed.

The amount that must be paid if the mortgage is to be reinstated prior to the scheduled sale is $314,996.52 as of March 1,2023, plus all other amounts that would be due under the mortgage agreement if payments under the deed of trust had not been accelerated, advertising costs and postage expenses incurred in giving notice, mileage by the most reasonable road distance for posting notices and for the Foreclosure Commissioner’s attendance at the sale, reasonable and customary costs incurred for title and lien record searches, the necessary out of pocket costs incurred by the Foreclosure Commissioner, and all other costs incurred in connection with the foreclosure prior to reinstatement.

Tender of payment by certified or cashier’s check or application for cancellation of the foreclosure sale shall be submitted to the address of the Foreclosure Commissioner provided below.

Dated: March 28, 2023

Deanne R. Stodden

Foreclosure Commissioner 1550 Wewatta Street, Suite 710

Denver, CO 80202

Telephone: (303) 623-4806

Email: foreclosure@messner.com

Legal Notice No. 82176

First Publication: April 13, 2023

Last Publication: April 27, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

the Public Trustee of Denver County, Colorado as Trustee, and was recorded on September 21, 2004, at Reception Number 2004196375, in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Denver, Colorado; and

WHEREAS, the Deed of Trust was insured by the United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (the Secretary) pursuant to the National Housing Act for the purpose of providing single family housing; and

WHEREAS, the beneficial interest of the Deed of Trust is now owned by the Secretary, pursuant to an assignment recorded on July 26, 2018 at Reception Number 2018092262 in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Denver Colorado.

WHEREAS, a default has been made in the covenants and conditions of the Deed of Trust in that Paragraph 9 (a) (i) has been violated; and

WHEREAS, the entire amount delinquent is $294,067.61 as of March 1, 2023; and

WHEREAS, by virtue of this default, the Secretary has declared the entire amount of the indebtedness secured by the Deed of Trust to be immediately due and payable;

NOW THEREFORE, pursuant to the powers vested in me by the Single Family Mortgage Foreclosure Act of 1994, 12 U.S.C. 3751 et seq., by 24 CFR part 27, subpart B, and by the Secretary’s designation of me as Foreclosure Commissioner, recorded on July 19, 2017 at Reception No. 2017094067 in the records of the Denver County Clerk and Recorder, notice is hereby given that on May 5, 2023 at 3:00 p.m. local time, all real and personal property at or used in connection with the following described premises (“Property”) will be sold at public auction to the highest bidder:

LOT 13, 14 AND THE NORTH 10 FEET OF THE LOT 15, BLOCK 7, STRAYER AND SHEPARD’S PARK HILL, CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER, STATE OF COLORADO.

Commonly known as: 2840 Magnolia Street, Denver, CO 80207.

The sale will be held on front steps of the City and County Building located at 1437 Bannock St., Denver, CO 80202.

The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development will bid the lesser amount of the loan balance, or the appraised value obtained by the Secretary prior to sale.

There will be no proration of taxes, rents or other income or liabilities, except that the purchaser will pay, at or before closing, his prorated share of any real estate taxes that have been paid by the Secretary to the date of the foreclosure sale.

When making their bids, all bidders except the Secretary must submit a deposit totaling 10% of the Secretary’s bid in the form of a certified check or cashier’s check made out to the Secretary of HUD. A deposit need not accompany each oral bid. If the successful bid is oral, a deposit of 10% of the Secretary’s bid must be presented before the bidding is closed. The deposit is nonrefundable. The remainder of the purchase price must be delivered within 30 days of the sale or at such other time as the Secretary may determine for good cause shown, time being of the essence. This amount, like the bid deposits, must be delivered in the form of a certified or cashier’s check. If the Secretary is the highest bidder, he need not pay the bid amount in cash. The successful bidder will pay all conveying fees, all real estate and other taxes that are due on or after the delivery date of the remainder of the payment and all other costs associated with the transfer of title. At the conclusion of the sale, the deposits of the unsuccessful bidders will be returned to them.

The Secretary may grant an extension of time within which to deliver the remainder of the payment. All extension will be for 15-day increments for a fee of $500.00, paid in advance. The extension fee shall be in the form of certified or cashier’s check made payable to the Secretary of HUD. If the high bidder closes the sale prior to the expiration of any extension period, the unused portion of the extension fee shall be applied toward the amount due.

If the high bidder is unable to close the sale within the required period, or within any extensions of time granted by the Secretary, the high bidder may be required to forfeit the cash deposit, or at the election of the foreclosure commissioner after consultation with the HUD representative, will be liable to HUD for any costs incurred as a result of such failure. The Commissioner may, at the direction of the HUD representative, offer the property to the second highest bidder for an amount equal to the highest price offered by that bidder.

There is no right of redemption, or right of possession based upon a right of redemption, in the mortgagor or others subsequent to a foreclosure completed pursuant to the Act. Therefore, the Foreclosure Commissioner will issue a Deed to the purchaser(s) upon receipt of the entire purchase price in accordance with the terms of the sale as provided herein, HUD does not guarantee that the property will be vacant.

The scheduled foreclosure sale shall be cancelled or adjourned if it is established, by documented written application of the mortgagor to the Foreclosure Commissioner no less than three (3) days before the date of sale, or otherwise, that the default or defaults upon which the foreclosure is based did not exist at the time of service of this notice of default and foreclosure sale, or all amounts due under the mortgage agreement are tendered to the Foreclosure Commissioner, in the form of a certified cashier’s check payable to the Secretary of HUD, before the public auction of the property is completed.

The amount that must be paid if the mortgage is to be reinstated prior to the scheduled sale is $227,025.89 as of March 1, 2023, plus all other amounts that would be due under the mortgage agreement if payments under the deed of trust had not been accelerated, advertising costs and postage expenses incurred in giving notice, mileage by the most reasonable road distance for posting notices and for the Foreclosure Commissioner’s attendance at the sale, reasonable and customary

costs incurred for title and lien record searches, the necessary out of pocket costs incurred by the Foreclosure Commissioner, and all other costs incurred in connection with the foreclosure prior to reinstatement.

Tender of payment by certified or cashier’s check or application for cancellation of the foreclosure sale shall be submitted to the address of the Foreclosure Commissioner provided below.

Dated: March 29, 2023 Deanne R. Stodden Foreclosure Commissioner 1550 Wewatta St., Ste. 710 Denver, CO 80202

Telephone: (303) 623-4806

Email: foreclosure@messner.com

Legal Notice No. 82179

First Publication: April 13, 2023

Last Publication: April 27, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Storage Liens/Vehicle Titles

Public Notice

Notice to obtain title- The following vehicle(s) were towed and abandoned: VIN 1FAHP2EW9CG112689 2012 Ford Taurus M1 Towing lot address 2810 W. 62nd Ave, Denver, CO 80221, 720-364-1160 is applying for title.

Legal Notice No. DHD1001 First Publication: April 27, 2023 Last Publication: April 27, 2023 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

to Creditors

Notice

TO CREDITORS Estate of Sonya Z. Botiller, a/k/a Sonya Botiller, Deceased Case No: 2023PR30197

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the Denver Probate Court, City and County of Denver, Colorado, on or before August 14, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Nancy S. Botiller, Personal Representative 3063 S. Steele St. Denver, CO 80210

Legal Notice No. 82183 First Publication: April 13, 2023

Last Publication: April 27, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of JUNE LARAE PRINCE, aka JUNE L. PRINCE, aka JUNE PRINCE, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30364

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before August 20, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Tiffany Burnham, Personal Representative c/o 3i Law, LLC 2000 S. Colorado Blvd. Tower 1, Suite 10000 Denver, CO 80222

Estate of Robert D. Hockenbury, a/k/a Robert Dennis Hockenbury, Deceased Case Number 2023PR30272

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before August 27, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

BAIGALMAA DELGERDORJ HOCKENBURY

Personal Representative 1617 Steele Street

Denver, Colorado 80206

Legal Notice No. 82213

First Publication: April 27, 2023

Last Publication: May 11, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of JEFFERY JOHN WHALEN, aka JEFFERY J. WHALEN, aka JEFF J. WHALEN, aka JEFF WHALEN, Deceased Case Number 2022PR31427

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before August 21, 2023 , or the claims may be forever barred.

Michael K. Obernesser. Reg. No. 38766 Attorney to the Personal Representative c/o Peakstone Law Group 5475 Tech Center Drive Suite 210 Colorado Springs, Colorado 80919

Legal Notice No. 82202

First Publication: April 20, 2023

Last Publication: May 4, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

The Estate of: JOSEPH MITCHELL OLMEDO, SR. aka Joseph M. Olmedo, Sr., aka Joseph Olmedo, Sr., aka Joseph Mitchell Olmedo, aka Joseph M. Olmedo, aka Joseph Olmedo, aka Joe Olmedo, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30309

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before August 15, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Susan Mickus: Attorney for Personal Representative Jon A Olmedo Skipton Law 2 Inverness Drive East, Suite 102 Englewood, CO 80112

Legal Notice No. 82173

First Publication: April 13, 2023

Last Publication: April 27, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Ronald C. Hill, AKA Ronald Clyde Hill, AKA Ron Hill, AKA Ron Clyde Hill AKA Ron C. Hill, Deceased Case Number 2023PR30366

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before August 21, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Mary Kathleen Anstine Personal Representative c/o Mollie B. Hawes, Miller and Steiert, P.C. 1901 W. Littleton Blvd. Littleton, CO 80120

Legal Notice No. 82203

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before June 9, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

George Middleman, Personal Representative 7877 E. Mississippi Ave., #607 Denver, Colorado 80247

Legal Notice No. 82198 First Publication: April 20, 2023 Last Publication: May 4, 2023 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Casey Daniel Rozmarynoski, a/k/a Casey D. Rozmarynoski, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30403

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before August 20th, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Marcy and James Merner Personal Representative 37 45 Rolling Heights Oneida WI 54155 Legal

First Publication: April 20, 2023

Last Publication: May 4, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of TERRENCE A. OKUMURA, a/k/a TERRENCE AKIRA OKUMURA, AND TERRENCE OKUMURA, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30343

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before August 20, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

William T. Okumura

Personal Representative 80292 Moonshadow Drive Indio, California 92201

Legal Notice No. 82190

First Publication: April 20, 2023

Last Publication: May 4, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Gilbert Y. Marchand, also known as Gilbert Yaeger Marchand, and Gilbert Marchand, Deceased Case Number 2022PR031657

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before September 15, 2023 or the claims

may be forever barred.

Mary Ellen Marchand, Personal Representative 2552 E. Alameda Avenue, Unit 16 Denver, CO 80209

Legal Notice No. 82201

First Publication: April 20, 2023

Last Publication: May 4, 2023

Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Public Notice NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Steven Mark Rochefort, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30211

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before August 13, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Joseph M. Rochefort Personal Representative 411 Hilcrest Str. El Segundo California 90245

Legal Notice No. 82172

First Publication: April 13, 2023

Last Publication: April 27, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Ryan Nelligan, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR166

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before August 28, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Eduardo Salvidrez, Personal Representative 1596 W. Maple Avenue Denver, Colorado 80223

Legal Notice No. 82206

First Publication: April 27, 2023

Last Publication: May 11, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Carrie Elizabeth Gayles, aka Carrie E. Gayles, aka Carrie Gayles, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30282

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before August 14, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Carlton E. Gayles, Personal Representative c/o Schafer Thomas Maez PC, 4 Garden Center #200 Broomfield, Colorado 80020

Legal Notice No. 82174

First Publication: April 13, 2023

Last Publication: April 27, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Evan Thomas Wissing, a/k/a Evan T. Wissing, a/k/a Evan Wissing, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30433

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before August 20, 2023 or the claims may be forever barred.

Katy Uhl, Personal Representative 1330 S Washington, Denver CO 80210

Legal Notice No. 82196

First Publication: April 20, 2023

Last Publication: May 4, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Kristi Lou Peeples, a/k/a Kristi L. Peeples a/k/a Kristi Peeples, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30306

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the Denver Probate Court, City and County of Denver, State of Colorado, on or before August 14, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

William Charles Peeples, Personal Representative 24900 WA County Road 1 Flagler, CO 80815

Stan M. Kimble, P.C.

Stan M. Kimble, Attorney for the Estate P.O. Box 731 Limon, CO 80828

Legal Notice No. 82180

First Publication: April 13, 2023

Last Publication: April 27, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

on or before August 14, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Colette Ratcliff Grimshaw Personal Representative 550 E. 12th Avenue, Unit 1504 Denver, CO 80203

Legal Notice No. 82170

First Publication: April 13, 2023

Last Publication: April 27, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Kip M. Sleichter, also known as Kip Merle Sleichter, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR030464

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before August 28, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

/s/ Nadya Vecchiet-Lambert, Esq. on behalf of Diane Cole, Personal Representative 6855 S. Havana St. Ste 370, Centennial, CO 80112

Legal Notice No. 82211

First Publication: April 27, 2023

Last Publication: May 11, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of H. Thomas Arnett, aka Howard Thomas Arnett, Howard T. Arnett, Thomas Arnett and Tom Arnett, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30299

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before August 20, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Kristi Radosevich Attorney to the Personal Representative PO Box 2708, Elizabeth, CO 80107

Legal Notice No. 82204

First Publication: April 20, 2023

Last Publication: May 4, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Andrew P. Woolfolk II, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30181

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before August 13, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Dana R. Woolfolk Co-Personal Representative 8680 E Duke Pl Denver CO 80231

Co-Personal Representative Kimberly L. Woolfolk-King 7958 Vassar Dr. Denver CO 80231

Legal Notice No. 82182

First Publication: April 13, 2023

Last Publication: April 27, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Esther Katherine Bay, aka Esther Bay, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30347

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before August 27, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Anastasia Fainberg Attorney to the Personal Representative 3600 S Yosemite Street Suite 810 Denver, CO, 80237

Legal Notice No. 82208

First Publication: April 27, 2023

Last Publication: May 11, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Robert Dexter Harry, M.D., aka Robert Dexter Harry, aka Robert D. Harry, and Robert Harry, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR030392

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before August 13, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Michael Thomas Harry Personal Representative 3773 Gill Drive Denver, Colorado 80209

Legal Notice No. 82171

First Publication: April 13, 2023

Last Publication: April 27, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of DOUGLAS SCOTT NORMALI,

a/k/a DOUGLAS S. NORMALI, a/k/a DOUGLAS NORMALI, Deceased

Case Number: 2023PR30160

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before August 20, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Dianne Michener, Personal Representative c/o Opfer Campbell Beck, P.C. 19751 East Mainstreet, Suite 215 Parker, CO 80138

Legal Notice No. 82193

First Publication: April 20, 2023

Last Publication: May 4, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Gale Alan Pittenger, aka Gale A. Pittenger, aka Gale Pittenger, aka G.A. Pittenger, aka Pete Pittenger Deceased Case Number: 2023 PR 30371

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before August 21, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Matthew Dean Pittenger, Co-Personal Representative c/o Katz, Look & Onorato, P.C. 1120 Lincoln Street, Suite 1100 Denver, Colorado 80203

Legal Notice No. 82194

First Publication: April 20, 2023

Last Publication: May 4, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of CHRISTOPHER STEWART REAMY; a.k.a. CHRISTOPHER S. REAMY; a.k.a. CHRISTOPHER REAMY; CHRIS REAMY, Deceased Case Number: 2023 PR 30277

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before August 21, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Scott H. Challinor, Attorney for Mariami Reamy, Personal Representative 6161 S. Syracuse Way, Suite 270 Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111

Legal Notice No. 82192

First Publication: April 20, 2023

Last Publication: May 4, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of ISABELLE GRANT CLARK, a/k/a ISABELLE G. CLARK, and ISABELLE CLARK, deceased

Case Number: 2022PR603

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before August 27, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

BOKF, NA, Personal Representative c/o Shana Rogers, Trust Officer, Vice President 1600 Broadway, 4th Floor Denver, CO 80202

Legal Notice No. 82209

First Publication: April 27, 2023

Last Publication: May 11, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Roberta Phyllis Martinez, a/k/a Robbie Martinez, a/k/a Roberta P. Martinez, a/k/a Roberta Martinez, 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 Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before August 28, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Daniel P. Kapsak Attorney to the Personal Representative 610 Hover Street Suite 203 Longmont, Colorado 80501

Legal Notice No. 82210

First Publication: April 27, 2023

Last Publication: May 11, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

TO CREDITORS Estate of JANET KATHERINE CANFIELD, a/k/a Janet K. Canfield, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR030398

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before August 27, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred. Mark Canfield, Co-Personal Representative 375 Lafayette Denver, CO 80218 Craig Canfield, Co-Personal Representative 538 Cherry Hills Road Billings, MT 59105

Legal Notice No. 82214

First Publication: April 27, 2023

Last Publication: May 11, 2023 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

TO CREDITORS Estate of Morris D. Troy, a/k/a Morris Daniel Troy, a/k/a Morris Troy,

Morey Troy, Deceased Case Number : 2023PR030374

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before August 20, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Joan M. Troy, Personal Representative of the Estate of Morris D. Troy 183 S. Pontiac St. Denver, CO 80230

Legal Notice No. 82199 First Publication: April 20, 2023 Last Publication: May 4, 2023 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Rose Mary Elizabeth Meier, aka Rose Mary Meier, aka Rosemary Meier, aka Rose Mary Pelster, Rose Mary Elizabeth Pelster, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30327

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before August 21, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Steven Paul Meier, Personal Representative 2717 South Marion Circle Denver, Colorado 80210

Legal Notice No. 82197

First Publication: April 20, 2023 Last Publication: May 4, 2023 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Patricia Connors Houlihan, a/k/a Patsy Connors Houlihan, Deceased

Case Number: 2023PR30346

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Probate Court of the City & County of Denver, Colorado or on or before August 13, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Thomas M. Houlihan

Personal Representative 3021 S. Gilpin St. Denver, CO 80210

Legal Notice No. 82185

First Publication: April 13, 2023

Last Publication: April 27, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Kathleen M. Fiore, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR7

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before August 14, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Angelo Belore, Personal Representative c/o Henry J. Geisel, #2551

Attorney for Personal Representative NAYLOR & GEISEL, P.C. 1123 N. Elizabeth Street Pueblo, CO 81003 (719) 543-7243

Legal Notice No. 82181

First Publication: April 13, 2023

Last Publication: April 27, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of CARMEN GREGORIA GARZA, a/k/a CARMEN GREGORIA LASSERRE, AND CARMEN LASSERRE, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30375

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before August 20, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Roger E. Whitsett Personal Representative 693 South Clay Street Denver, Colorado 80219

Legal Notice No. 82200

First Publication: April 20, 2023

Last Publication: May 4, 2023 Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Irene Sigrid Staerz, aka Irene Staerz, Deceased Case Number: 2023PR30279

All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before August 14 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Uwe D. Staerz

Personal Representative c/o Schafer Thomas Maez PC, 4 Garden Center #200 Broomfield, Colorado 80020

Legal Notice No. 82175

First Publication: April 13, 2023

Last Publication: April 27, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Public Notice

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Estate of Andrew S. Kassel, aka Andrew Scott Kassel, aka Andrew Kassel, Deceased

Case Number: 2023PR30417

All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the Denver Probate Court of the City and County of Denver, Colorado on or before August 28, 2023, or the claims may be forever barred.

Donald Brian Miller, Personal Representative c/o Schafer Thomas Maez PC, 4 Garden Center #200 Broomfield, Colorado 80020

Legal Notice No. 82212

First Publication: April 27, 2023

Last Publication: May 11, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch

Children Services

(Adoption/Guardian/Other)

Public Notice Hope’s Promise 1585 S. Perry St., Suite E Castle Rock, CO 80104 (303)660-0277

Seth Grob, Esq. Attorney for Hope’s Promise Grob & Eirich, LLC 12596 W. Bayaud Ave., Suite 390 Lakewood, CO 80228 (303) 679-8266

NOTICE OF ANTICIPATED EXPEDITED RELINQUISHMENT OF THE PARENT-CHILD LEGAL RELATIONSHIP

TO: ANY AND ALL UNKNOWN BIRTH FATHERS

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED, PURSUANT TO C.R.S. § 19-5-103.7, AS FOLLOWS:

1. You have been identified by Nya Alice-Mae Brown as the possible birth father of her child expected to be born on or about April 30, 2023 in Colorado.

2. Ms. Brown plans to relinquish her parental rights to the child on an expedited basis in the Douglas County District Court, State of Colorado, where the adoption agency has an office, pursuant to C.R.S. § 19-5-103.5 in order to make the child available for adoption.

Placing a child for adoption requires termination of the birth mother and alleged birth father(s) parentchild legal relationships. Termination of parental rights means that pursuant to a court order, all rights powers, privileges, immunities, duties and obligations existing between a parent and a child are permanently severed, except for inheritance rights, which will be severed at the time of the final decree of adoption. Upon termination of parental rights, a parent shall: (a) no longer have the right to custody of, or parenting time with the child; (b) no longer have the right to any information concerning the whereabouts, activities, health, or well-being of the child; and (c) have no say in any further decisions concerning said child.

3. A birth parent of a child has the right to contest the termination of parental rights.

4. Failure to declare intent to contest the termination of parental rights may likely result in a termination of parental rights to the child. In order to contest the termination of the parent-child legal relationship, YOU MUST:

Request and then return a “Reply Form to Notice of Anticipated Expedited Relinquishment” to Hope’s Promise at the above addresses or to Grob & Eirich, LLC, 12596 W. Bayaud Ave., Suite 390, Lakewood, CO 80228 by Certified Mail, Return Receipt Requested, no later than twenty-one (21) days after the date of this notice or before the birth mother’s relinquishment petition is filed with the court, whichever occurs later. The date of notice shall be considered the date of the first day of publication in the newspaper.

OR Request and return a “Reply Form to Notice of Anticipated Expedited Relinquishment” in person

to Hope’s Promise, at the address indicated above, no later than twenty-one (21) days after the date of this notice or before the birth mother’s relinquishment petition is filed with the court, whichever occurs later. The date of notice shall be considered the date of the first day of publication in the newspaper. You should bring photo identification with you for in-person submission.

YOU MUST ALSO: File a claim of paternity pursuant to Article 4 of Title 19, Colorado Revised Statutes and notify Hope’s Promise pursuant to C.R.S. § 19-4-105.5. This claim of paternity must be filed no later than twenty-one (21) days after the date of this notice or before the birth mother’s relinquishment petition is filed with the court, whichever occurs later. The date of notice shall be considered the date of the first day of publication in the newspaper.

5. You may also waive your right to contest the termination of parental rights and doing so will likely result in a termination of any parental rights you may have to the child. If you do not believe that you are the father of this child, please check the appropriate box on the reply form which will be provided to you by the agency upon request.

YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED THAT IF YOU FAIL TO PROPERLY REPLY TO THIS NOTICE IN A MANNER DESCRIBED ABOVE, YOU ALSO WAIVE YOUR RIGHT TO ANY FURTHER NOTICE RELATED TO THE ANTICIPATED EXPEDITED RELINQUISHMENT PROCEEDINGS AND YOUR PARENTAL RIGHTS, IF ANY, WILL LIKELY BE TERMINATED BY THE COURT.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Sincerely, Seth Grob Attorney for Hope’s Promise

Legal Notice No. 82207

First Publication: April 27, 2023

Last Publication: April 27, 2023

Publisher: Denver Herald-Dispatch Pubic Notice Denver Probate Court County, Denver, Colorado Court Address: 1437 Bannock St #230 Denver, Co 802449

In the Interest of: Marilyn Del Rosario Hernandez Martinez, Minor

Case Number:

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