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The Fort Lupton Fire Protection District had its grand opening for its new fire station Aug. 28 celebration Saturday, August 28th at 2470 S. Rollie Ave. “This is a vision going back 50 to 60 years of making this happen and keeping that rich tradition,” said Chief Phil Tiffany. Tiffany added a quote from Ron Cerretto a former volunteer firefighter for 27 years who passed away in May. Cerretto said, “What you need for a successful community, good fire department, police department, a good school system. We’re trying to own our part in making this a great fire department so that we can serve our community be well prepared, and well ahead of the growth curves.” “There was only a volunteer department in Fort Lupton and I was related to a lot of the members and so I spent a lot of time at the fire hall,” said Mayor Zo Stieber. “This is a dream come true. Phil was right when he said this is a project that has been 50 years in the making. That’s wonderful.”
The new 13,700 square feet Fort Lupton Station 3 firehouse.
The new firehouse is about 13,700 square feet in size with four firefighters in the house 24 hours a day, seven days a week. “So, we’ll have three stations that will have a total of 12 people on duty at any given time. It’s beautiful. We can’t thank the community enough and our board,” said Tiffany. Funding for the new station came from the state Department of Local Affairs and also an Energy and Mineral Impact Grant.
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“DOLA contributed a million dollars start to our project. That is huge. It helps us to accomplish this, and thank you to the State of Colorado DOLA,” said Tiffany. “We were also awarded a grant from the Energy and Mineral Impact Grant for $1 million. It saved our taxpayers that amount. This is our oil and gas money at work. The oil and gas industry is huge for the success of our district.” Chris LaMay, the regional manager for the Colorado
Department of Local Affairs, said, “It’s great to see the money’s being used wisely, efficiently on various projects. And it’s great to have partnerships.” “Thank you to our community, above all. You guys have been there, supported us and helped us when we needed additional funding. You’ve always been there for us in rural and the city of Fort Lupton,” said Tiffany. The city hired 12 new firefighters, including Sophia
Robinson and Jacob Bolger. “I’m a new probationary firefighter -- just got hired on a few weeks ago. I’m very excited and thankful to be here. I just hope I can give the community everything on what they’re hoping for and more. As far as the new station, we’re all very excited. It’s going to be great. A great addition to Fort Lupton,” said Robinson. Bolger said, “As a new SEE FIRE HOUSE, P4
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December 10, 1935 ~ April 13, 2020 Norman Earl Pawlowski was born in Alpena, South Dakota, December 10, 1935. After more than 21 months of (Long Term Care) he passed away April, 13, 2020. He was born the 7th child “the baby” of George and Anna (Daleske) Pawlowski. His love of sports and hunting filled his life at a young age. Although he accidentally shot his own big toe at age 10, this didn’t impede his love for hunting geese, pheasants, ducks and rabbits. His athletic prowess developed as he practiced basketball on packed dirt, shooting at a hoop that was made from a bushel basket nailed to a wooden pole. He still holds scoring records in basketball at Alpena High School. At the age of 17, he received a basketball scholarship to General Beadle State Teachers College (now Dakota State University). However, upon his arrival at school, he was informed that he would not be able to play basketball as a Freshman, unless he suited up for the football team. He reluctantly headed for the first practice and was confused and a bit skeptical of the pads as football was not played at Alpena HS. He also did not care for being hit and soon left school to enlist in the Marines. Following his service in the Marine Corp, he traveled to Denver to visit his older brother George, who was rehabbing at Fitzsimmons Hospital after losing a lung to tuberculosis, which he contracted during World War II. Norm decided to use the GI Bill to enroll at Colorado State University. He majored in Biology and Physical Education. While attending CSU, he also served as Assistant Head Resident at the first CSU coed dormitory, Green Hall. This is where he met his wife to be, Janice (Jan) Mosser, as she was the hall receptionist. While at CSU he received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1963 and in 1965 earned a Master’s degree in Guidance Counseling. After teaching and coaching sports in Bushnell, Nebraska, he married Jan on May 22nd, 1966. Immediately after, they traveled to Germany, where he spent a year teaching and counseling Army brats in Vilseck. Upon their return to Colorado, he was hired as a Counselor at Brighton High School. He spent 30 years at BHS counseling, coaching, and teaching, retiring in 1997. During his tenure, he coached Freshman Boys basketball (1990 Skyline League Champs), Girls Tennis, and Girls Golf. However, he fostered his primary love, golf, as he served 40 years (half of his life) as Head Boys Golf Coach, winning Skyline League Championships in 1996 and 1997. He coached his son Todd and two of his grandsons during each of their 4 years at BHS, ultimately retiring in 2015. Norm and Jan purchased Varsity Sporting Goods in 1984 and for 31 years they served the Brighton area providing uniforms, trophies, awards, letter jackets, and embroidered products. He became a silk screening master and was invaluable as the clean-up and fix-it man! They sold the business in 2015, the same year he retired from coaching golf. His passion for sports and his competitive nature was prevalent throughout his life. At CSU, his dorm’s intramural basketball team won a league title and he was the intramural handball champion. While at CSU, he spent his winters on ski patrol and his summer months teaching biology and sports at a 4-H camp near Walsh, CO. After moving to Brighton, Norm’s passion for sports and the outdoors continued. He won several tournaments in the Riverdale Men’s Club and aced hole number 17, during a Men’s Club event in 2005. He participated in the Estes Park Labor Day weekend
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golf tournament for more than 35 years and was the senior flight winner in 1997. He also managed the fields and umpires for Brighton’s adult softball leagues and worked gate admissions at Mile High Kennel Club (Greyhound racing). Prior to purchasing Varsity, he owned and operated Paw’s Timber, cutting, chopping, and delivering firewood. He was dedicated to his personal fitness and faithfully visited the recreation center, swimming and lifting weights until he was 81. He could frequently be seen spinning around town on his bike and he entered several 5k run/walks over the years, winning several medals for his age bracket. To round out his hobbies, he took up gardening later in life and in 2010, encouraged by his brother George, he entered the Nature Sweet tomato contest and won first place, proudly earning a check for $2,500 for the sweetest tomato! When Jan became Brighton’s first woman Mayor in 2001, he appreciated the title of being Brighton’s first 1st Man. He was active in the community as 1st Man, attending events and ribbon cuttings for 8+ years. In November 2018, Norm and Jan were given the distinction of having the Youth Sports Complex renamed Norm and Jan Pawlowski Park. They were both incredibly honored to be recognized for their commitment to education, commerce, and community. Norm was a dedicated husband, father, and grandfather. He was known for his creative solutions and jerry-rigging techniques. Widely recognized around town for his trademark handlebar moustache, Norm’s pragmatic logic, wry sense of humor, and the loving way he teased everyone was appreciated by all who had the pleasure of knowing him. Unfortunately, due to his January 2018 diagnosis, Corticobasal Degeneration, (where the motor part of the brain just slowly goes to sleep) he required long term care at the Brighton Avamere facility. He became a favorite of the Certified Nurse Assistants and Nurse staff due to his sense of humor. He was preceded in death by his parents, and brothers Donald of South Dakota and George of Arvada. He is survived by his wife, Jan; son, Todd (Shelly) Pawlowski and their children, Brock, Brice, and Jamie of Commerce City; daughter, Jill (Scott) McCollum of Thornton and their son, Jordan (Jackie) and great grandson, Jaden (born March 18, 2021) DelRoss of Northglenn; brother, Marvin (Shirley) of Redmond, OR; sisters, Doris Groenhoff of Boulder and Margaret Sample of Mesa, AZ (unfortunately his sister, Luetta O’Brien of Oakdale, CA passed away July 29, 2020); also surviving are seven nieces and five nephews.
Eunice Loreen Wegner Sanow Zander went home to be with her Lord on June 2, 2021. She was born on October 10, 1931 in Battle Creek Nebraska to William and Hedwig Wegner the youngest of 3 sisters Ruby, Wilma and Eunice. After her father died unexpectedly in 1937 the family moved to Battle Creek Nebraska then later moved to Brighton Colorado in 1944 where she spent the remainder of her childhood. As a lifelong member of the Lutheran Church Misouri Synod, Eunice and her family were active at Zion Lutheran Church in Brighton where she was confirmed in 1945. After graduating from High School Eunice went to Concordia Teachers College in Seward Nebraska where she graduated in June 1952 with a degree in Elementary Education. She taught for two years at St. Johns Lutheran School in Denver. It was at St Johns that Eunice met Luther Sanow, a widower, and they were married in November 1953. Luther’s 6 year old son Stephen then joined them in Denver. After living there for a year the family moved several times ending up in Eugene Oregon in 1958. Timothy William Sanow was born in 1960 followed by Daniel Jacob Sanow in 1963 and Rebecca (Becky) Lu Sanow in 1966. In 1969 the family moved to Vancouver Washington where she spent the
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remainder of her life. In 1976 she began her career as a legal secretary at the law firm of Blair, Schafer, Hutchinson and Wolfe where she worked until her retirement. Eunice and Luther divorced in1995. She married Richard Zander in 2002 and they were married until shortly before his death in 2017. Eunice had a passion for music. She was a piano and organ player and played the organ for several years at both Grace Lutheran Church and St. Johns Lutheran Church. She also served as choir director at both congregatons. She was a member of Vancouver USA Singers for several years and enjoyed their performances both in the USA and overseas. In her later years she would spend hours playing the piano and singing traditional hymns. Eunice is survived by her 4 children, 10 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren. We will be having a celebration of life on Friday, September 17, 2021 10 am at Evergreen Memorial Gardens in Vancouver Washington followed by private internment. Friends and acquaintences are welcome to attend. Mom we love you and miss you and we look forward to being with you again in heaven.
Earl V. Mathisen
June 3, 1937 ~ August 22, 2021 his passion for football with his nieces and nephews. For about 30 years, he showed his love for youth sports and football when he “ran the chains” for the Wiggins Tigers. Earl was a member of the Colorado Chapter of the Polka Lovers Klub of America. What wonderful times he had with all the friends he made there!
Earl Vaughn Mathisen was born June 3, 1937 to George and Myrtle (Jensen) Mathisen of Fort Lupton, Colorado. He often talked about the happy childhood he had growing up on the family farm with his siblings; James, Glenda, Arlene, Judy and George. Earl attended grades 1 – 9 in Fort Lupton and then graduated from Brighton High School in 1957. His main regret was that his mom didn’t allow him to play football. After graduation, Earl worked for John Deere Implement in Wiggins and later for OK Farms maintaining their equipment. About 1961, Earl decided to join the US Airforce Reserve. Soon after that, he was called to active service during the Berlin Crisis. Following his time in the Airforce, Earl became a member of the VFW. Earl was an avid Denver Broncos fan and part of the South Stand Fans holding season tickets to Mile High Stadium for several years. He loved to share
Norm’s Life will be Celebrated on Saturday, September 18, 2021, beginning at 11:30 a.m., at the Brighton High School Gymnasium with a Reception to follow at the Dawg Diner. Please RSVP online if you plan to attend at: www.taborfuneralhome.com/ obituary/Norman-Pawlowski (Use the same link to add a tribute or access the live event / video) The family encourages attendees to bring tall tales and an empty stomach and to dress in Bulldog or Golf attire. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that contributions be made to Norm Pawlowski’s Memorial, c/o Independent Financial, 2707 E. Bromley Ln., Brighton, CO 80601.
Earl had a love for life. He treasured his family and many friends. He will be missed dearly and will always be loved. Memorial services honoring Earl will begin at 10:00 a.m., on Friday, September 10, 2021 at Tabor Funeral Home, 75 South 13th Avenue, in Brighton. A luncheon will be held immediately afterwards at the Brighton Elks, beginning at 12:00 noon. Tabor Funeral Home, Brighton, Colorado handled arrangements. Please share memories of Earl and condolences with his family at www. TaborFuneralHome.com.
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Marijuana excise tax hits Fort Lupton ballot BY STEVE SMITH SSMITH@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Fort Lupton City Council voted to put a marijuana excise tax question on November’s ballot. Councilman Tommy Holton cast the only no vote of seven that were cast on Aug. 31 during a special meeting. The tax would begin at 1.5% and be capped at 4% if voters agree. “Pueblo started at 1 percent and started losing the grow operations when they hit 4 percent,” Mayor Zo
Stieber said. “Give the people what they want,” Holton said before his vote. “ I think that the tax should have been higher.” “I’d try for 2 percent, but if 1 .5 percent is the consensus,” said Councilman Chris Ceretto. City Clerk Mari Pena said the finance department will be in charge of administering the excise tax if passed. She told the council there will be minimal impact on the police department if voters approve the
tax. More marijuana During a companion study session Aug. 31, councilors were not inclined to start talking about cultivation of marijuana in town .. at least not yet. “I don’t think we should vote on this unless and until voters approve the excise tax,” Stieber said. The last piece of marijuana business before council Aug. 31 dealt with a combined ordinance dealing
with medical and retail marijuana businesses. The ordinance has to become part of the city code and has been the subject of lengthy discussions most of the year. Most of the Aug. 31 discussion dealt with a fear of getting “stacked applications,” several applications from the same business. City Attorney Andy Ausmus offered to come up with some language to address this. But city consultant Laura Bauer wasn’t quite on board.
Kaylor gets one-year contract extension BY STEVE SMITH SSMITH@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
The Weld Re-8 board of education approved a one-year contract for Superintendent Alan Kaylor during its Aug. 24 regular meeting. The vote was 4-1. Cody Leblanc cast the dissenting vote. “Without getting into executive session discussions, I have no comment, other than I support Superintendent Alan Kaylor and value his leadership in our district,” LeBlanc texted. “I do have questions that needed further clarification prior to voting in favor.” Kaylor’s salary is $170,000, payable in installments of one12th of the rate once a month. The contract also provides for time for Kaylor to attend professional
growth seminars, professional growth organizations and related meetings. The district pays up to $3,500 for such professional growth opportunities. His mileage reimbursement is $2,000 per academic year. Half is due by Dec. 31, Kaylor and the other half is June 30 of the contract year. He and the board are to meet on or before March 1 to establish goals and objectives for the coming year. The board has to provide an annual review of Kaylor’s performance once during the length of the contract. “We can’t go into details about the contract?” asked LeBlanc.
Board president Susan Browne said no because it’s a personnel matter that can come up in an executive session. There was no other discussion. More money talk In other business, the board heard from a former teacher about teacher pay. Substitute teacher pay, to be specific. Eric Anderson, who taught music in the district for 17 years, said the rate of pay for substitutes -- $120 per day – needed a change. “I do not need to substitute,” he told the board. “But Fort Lupton is falling back. If you see me in the classroom, it’s not for the money.” Anderson told the board other businesses, such as King Soop-
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ers and the Weld Food & Clothing Bank, start their employees at between $15 and $17 per hour. “One hundred twenty isn’t cutting it,” Anderson said. “This district needs really good substitutes.” Browne referred the matter to Kaylor and to Chief Operating Officer Jim Roedel for further action. Bus drivers Board member Matthew Adame wondered about the number of available bus drivers in the Re-8 district. Some area districts are having trouble hiring enough drivers. “We have the routes filled,” Kaylor said. “But we don’t have an excess in place.” The hiring process continues, he added.
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Home Cooking from Scratch Copper Kettle Kitchen and Catering opens its doors BY BELEN WARD BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Copper Kettle Kitchen and Catering is so happy to have its brick-andmortar location open, owner Francis LaBarbera hopes customers will leave a permanent mark. The restaurant had its grand opening on Aug. 28, featuring some good old home cooking and barbecue. “We had over 400 people come to the opening. It was exciting,” LaBarbera said. A new addition inside the restaurant is a blank wall of bricks. Artists can buy a brick for $10 and paint it. The money will be donated to the Fort Lupton Food & Clothing Bank. “It does double duty, and we get a sense of the community. And they’re
helping out the food bank. So, it’s a win, win for everybody. Also, I love the colors and artwork. It’s going be beautiful,” said LaBarbera. LaBarbera opened her restaurant when COVID hit and communities were in mandatory shelter-in-place situations, but she continued to serve the community with take-out. The community support was there, and the restaurant thrived. She opened her brick-and-mortar restaurant Aug. 3 and got ready for the grand opening for in-service dining and also do take-out. LaBarbera’s passion for cooking is what inspired her to open a restaurant. “I started as cook working in the food industry for many years and also cooked for catering events. So, I decided to venture out on my own,” said LaBarbera. She specializes in making her dishes from scratch, cooking comfort foods such as homemade
Employees Brittany Degenhart and Draven Seidell standing by the brick wall that will be painted by local artists. The donations will go to the Fort Lupton Food and Clothing PHOTO BY BELEN WARD Bank.
soups,sandwiches and offering daily specials. “I never want anyone to be hungry after they have eaten my food, so I serve generous portions,” said LaBarbera.
Copper Kettle Kitchen and Catering is at 737 Denver Ave. Visit http:// www.facebook.com/CopperKettleKitchenAndCatering. To order take out for food or delivery call 303-8573981.
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Saturday, Sept. 11th 7 to 10 a.m.: Annual pancake breakfast for the South Platte Valley Historical Society, fire station No. 1, 1121 Denver Ave. 10 to 11 a.m.: Parade on Denver Avenue from 12th to Second streets.
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The parade stand is at 4th Sreet and Denver Avenue 11 a.m.: Ducks Along the Rockies Race for the Optimist Club, Weld County roads 6 and 19. 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Home and garden raffle booth for Fort Lupton High School student government at Fourth Street and Denver Avenue.
11 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Main festival space, Denver Ave., 4th to 1st streets with food trucks, beer garden. Noon to 3 p.m.: Shuttle shuffle stops: Tour the city and earn raffle tickets by visiting the museum, liibrary, a petting zoo, Fort Lupton Historic Park and Hillside Cemetery.
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as a fire district and it has allowed us to build this magnificent building. We’re very proud of it and I thank them for their job and everything they do for me makes my job very easy,” the chief said. Board member Shaun Austin said, “It’s very exciting. It’s nice to have a station to serve the south side of the district. I think it’s a great benefit for our district.” “It’s been a long time coming, so a lot of planning and work has gone into it. So we are very happy to see how nice it’s come out and how well it looks. Not only is it functionally but if it is pleasant to view,” said Don Patton, district board vice president. Board member Mark Grajeda said, “Definitely, it’s been a long time to coming. We’re thankful to all the citizens and all the people on the committees, all the retired people and the officers. We’re pretty proud. I think we have the best department in the state.”
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firefighter with the district, I love Fort Lupton. I’m glad we’re opening a new station to serve the community. So far, it’s been an awesome experience, and I look forward to station 3 and serving the community of Fort Lupton.” Tiffany said the actual opening date will be Sept. 11, the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attack in New York. “So what a great day. I want to thank all of those guys for the work that they do and for making this a reality behind the scenes to make this happen. Thank you to all the firefighters,” he said. The fire district board also contributed with support and planning. “We have a great board and they helped us out. They support everything that we want to accomplish
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A wall that heals the soul The vietnam memorial wall replica came to Brighton BY BELEN WARD BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
The Walls that Heals memorial replica arrived in Brighton to honor more than three million Americans who are serving in the U.S. Armed Force and with the engraved names of 58,279 servicemen and women that made sacrifices in Vietnam. “It’s a complex process to set it up to make it as perfect and as exact as the wall in Washington DC, we send out two staffers from Washington, DC, to lead all these volunteers and how to set it up and make it as perfect as the wall in DC,” said Tim Tetz, Wall that Heals Site Manager. The wall is 375 feet, its three quarters the scale of the one in Washington DC. The wall in Washington DC is 500 feet. At three-quarters scale, it’s seven in a half feet tall at the apex and it reaches out 187 feet on each side. Two staffers from Walls That Heals and over 30 volunteers with veterans and United Airlines employees came on Wednesday, September 1st to Brighton’s City Hall Carmichael Park to help construct the wall. “They are doing a great job with no skill. None of them had ever done this. They have skills coming in, obviously from their professions, but we’re guiding them in that role in making this and setting this up this week,” said Tetz. The wall is owned by the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund. It started the wall’s current tour in March 2021 with 28 stops from coast to coast every weekend. They move the wall to a different community every Wednesday of every week throughout the season, constructing the wall in a different park in a different community. Tetz said, “It’s exciting to be able to do this time and time again every week in communities across the nation.” It’s a bustling affair, with volunteers working to get the wall set up and ready for visitors. Tetz said the mood changes once the wall is completed. “It is an incredible relief that we’ve done it again, it’s incredible when those first people start to come and see it and interact with the wall in the way that they do with its healing and reflective nature,” said Tetz. United Airlines Sharon Hogg oversees the Military Cargo Division they heard about the wall coming to Brighton through the employee resource group called the United for Veterans. “We have about 150 members in the Denver area that represent all different work aspects of United,” said Hogg. We get together and partner on activities that are near and dear to veterans’ hearts and veteran issues within the company,” said Hogg. Family affair Many of the United Airlines employees are veterans, she said, either currently or active duty. Many others have parents like Hogg’s dad
The final completion of the replica of the Washington D.C. Vietnam Memorial opens on Sept. 2 at Brighton’s Carmichael Park. PHOTOS BY BELEN WARD
Zackary Holder came to visit the wall with his parents. People who know a fallen solider leaves a memory next to the wall so people can find them on the wall. Holder found Jeffrey James Benjamin from Keenesburg, CO.
who was a Vietnam veteran in the U.S. Army. “We heard of the opportunity and my Dad has never been to the Washington Memorial. So he’s here today helping us build this wall and I’m already seeing the healing that’s happening,” said Hogg. “Just being around a few veterans is impactful. We do what we can to honor those who are serving us and keeping our freedoms. It’s very important to us to give back and that’s beautiful.” Hogg’s dad John Bauserman served from June of 1968 to 1969 working in Army intelligence in Saigon. “I was not out in the jungles with the guys, but we were doing our part to keep everyone safe and protect 58,000 soldiers there and who did not make it, “ said Bauserman. “Our mission is to make sure they stayed away from the enemies and didn’t get surprised. I’m helping build the wall to support my daughter, support the cause and the folks that did not make it back. We are
Tim Tetz, Wall that Heals site manager, is giving a history lesson to the fourth graders from the Zion Lutheran School in Brighton. Teacher Chuck Hart said it’s important for these kids to learn history.
doing this for all of them.” Jan Sands with United Airlines Customer Service she’s volunteering to make a difference. “It’s a nice thing to bring here and I have been to the wall in Washington. I just thought it would be fun to be a part of bringing this to Brighton,” said Sands. It’s a great way to honor the vets. Maurice Mercens a Navy Vietnam veteran served two tours from 1965 to 1967. He volunteers his time to build the wall for his fellow vets. “I owe it to my brothers and sisters,” said Mercens. Kashinda Pullen, an advance planner in the airline’s flight training center, volunteered because it is an important project for the veterans. “I am here because I think it’s always a cool opportunity to give back and do something of importance. I try to set a goal to complete so many volunteer service hours, so when I see something that’s cool and out of the ordinary, I try to take advantage of it,” said Pullen.
The memory of Jeffery James Benjamin that Holder found. Benjamin from Keenesburg was in the Army 196th Light Infantry Brigade in November 4th and passed away in 1970.
Chris Locky a United Airlines Manager for the Standard Operations Center is volunteering because his father-in-law was a Vietnam veteran that recently passed away. “I support the effort for constructing this wall and contributing to the community. So, I heard about this one and I’m supporting the cause,” said Locky.
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Athletic facility fee decision delayed BY STEVE SMITH SSMITH@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
The Weld Re-8 board of education opted not to decide on fees on Aug. 24 for outside use of the high-school athletic fields. The board didn’t seem to have a problem renting the fields. The issue was whether to charge per day of use or per game. The present fee for the high-school fields is a flat charge of $100 for day games and $50 for the middle-school field. One reason for the difference, according to Chief Operating Officer Jim Roedel, is the middle-school field does not offer bleacher seating.
Board member Cody LeBlanc asked about the fee for a group that wanted to host a concert. “We’ve been asked, but we’ve never been faced with that instance,” Roedel said. “We’d have to review and see if we had the capacity for what they were looking to do. But we’ve never had that instance occur. We could go back and add that provision to allow outside use.” LeBlanc made a motion to change the high-school field fee to $100 per day. Roedel cautioned the board about potential liabilities. “That’s a cheap rental to host a big event,” he told the board. “We can leave outside use up to the adminis-
tration. We could add a provision for other use.” “But if you have a tournament, that could be several games,” board President Susan Browne said. “We’ve never had this occur,” Roedel said. “The only time was someone (Bluedevil Youth Football and Cheerleading) wanted to use the football field to give them a chance to play on the big field. We don’t have that provision.” “If we wanted to rent out the field for a concert, $100 wouldn’t cover potential damages,” said board member Michelle Bettger. But LeBlanc said district policy pins payment for potential damages to the renting
group/individual. The board also broached the subject of how much to charge outof-district groups for use of school facilities. LeBlanc wanted to be sure that a potential different fee for such interests was the same across the board “and not based on the type of event.” There was no decision on the separate fee question. The board agreed to send the matter back for more discussion among district staff and the district attorneys. The next time the board could discuss is Thursday, Sept. 9, during a study session. The next chance to make a decision is Thursday. Sept. 23.
Kaylor asks for board input ahead of teacher negotiations BY STEVE SMITH SSMITH@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Weld Re-8 Superintendent Alan Kaylor asked his bosses, the five members of the Weld Re-8 board of education, for some help as teacher negotiations begin. He asked each board member to send feedback to him and/or board President Susan Browne in the hopes of presenting a unified statement from both the district and FLEA, the Fort Lupton Education Association, Thursday, Sept. 9, the board’s next study session. Suncor Air Monitoring Print Ads.pdf Teacher negotiations for a new
contract are to begin in January. “There have been a lot of conversations and negotiations and extended sessions with COVID,” Kaylor told the board on Aug. 24. “That relationship was strained.” “Our negotiation team will begin our yearly negotiations in January, and we look forward to continuing working, as a team, with our school district and board of education,” said the new FLEA president, Nancy Wendirad. “Negotiation’s items are chosen by both FLEA and the district, based on information gathered throughout the year. Sal2 10:38 PM ary8/10/21 is a topic discussed every year,
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per the trust agreement.” Kaylor provided the board a draft outline of the relationship between the district and FLEA. It was rocky at the beginning. Former FLEA advisor Ron Anderson was kept out of the negotiation room until the 2006-2007 school year. At that time, he could be an observer. “By 2011, Mr. Anderson was conducting training on the grievance process not only for FLEA members but for district administrators,” Kaylor’s draft letter to the board read. “These trainings helped to encourage more solution-oriented conversations at the building level
that kept most grievances from advancing beyond the informal level. This type of working arrangement was possible because of the trust that developed and has continued into the present. The positive working relationship between FLEA and the district has had a widespread positive impact on the district overall.” Kaylor’s draft went on to say the two sides worked together on such things as a reworking of the extra duty salary schedule, a pay raise for all staff members that took effect this year and to bring educator voices to curriculum committees.
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Fort Lupton HS draws up homecoming plans STAFF REPORT
Fort Lupton High School’s student government put plans in place for this year’s homecoming activities. They are set for the week of Monday, Sept. 13. The theme this year is “Paradise Under the Stars.” The schedule for dress-up days is Sept. 13: Class Color Wars Tie Dye (Teachers) Blue (Seniors): Water White (Juniors): White sandy beaches. Yellow/Gray (Sophomores): The
nighttime stars. Black (Freshmen): The night-time sky. Sept. 14: Luau/Tropical Tuesday Sept. 15: Movie Character Wednesday Sept. 16: Coral/Neon Thursday Sept. 17: Bluedevil Friday Lunchtime activities Every day (MondayThursday),will feature throwing a pie in a teacher’s face Sept. 13: Arts and crafts (make a lei) and a hula hoop competition Sept. 14: Water pong (indoor); life
size water pong (outdoor) Sept. 15: Courtyard games (volleyball, cornhole, bubble soccer) Sept. 16: Relay races between staff and students. And lemonade will be available. Sept. 17: Student government and the school’s booster club hosting a barbecue Starting Sept., 14, each day features after school activities: Sept. 14: Movie night (“Moana”), preceded by performances from cheerleaders, the school band, the Folklorico group, the Spanish club. The movie begins around 7:45 p.m.;
snacks will be available. Sept. 15: Powderpuff football and a bonfire, starting at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 16: Peach fuzz football, 1 p.m. Sept. 17: The parade is at 3:30 p.m., and the homecoming game between the Bluedevils and Estes Park stgarts at 7 p.m. Students will be released at 12:50 for the day. The week wraps up with the homecoming dance at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 18, at the school. The plan is to have a luau, complete with palm trees and torches. Call 303-857-7100 with questions.
Brighton volunteers win awards from the President Kathleen Pierz helped many displaced families with shelter BY BELEN WARD BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Brighton volunteer Kathleen Pierz, Brighton Rotary Club president, received a couple of U.S. Presidential Administration and Humanitarian Organization ShelterBox USA Service Awards for providing emergency shelter and supplies to people that lost their homes in a natural disaster or fled civil conflict, according to a press release by
ShelterBox. She did the work in 2019. “It’s for working a certain number of volunteer hours in any given year. The award was started by President George W. Bush. It was the ‘Points of Light’ program. It’s been continued by every president since then. So last year, I got one signed by President Trump and this year, one signed by President Biden,” said Pierz. “I have a big passion for doing work with ShelterBox and doing work for the Rotary.” David Addor also received a bronze medal for his contribution of hundreds of hours raising money. He has been volunteering since 2007 SEE SHELTERBOX, P12
ShelterBox Ambassadors Kathleen Pierz, Rotary president, and David Addor, Rotary PHOTO BY BELEN WARD member, both received awards for their work with ShelterBox USA.
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Money, politics and the source of life in Colorado Understanding two years of conflict over water in the North Denver Metro area BY LIAM ADAMS LADAMS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
There might be little evidence that the adage, “Whiskey is for drinking; water is for fighting,” actually came from Mark Twain, but government officials don’t doubt its accuracy. The saying has become a maxim for communities throughout the western U.S., but especially along Colorado’s Front Range. In the past two years, there have been recall elections for members of city councils in Westminster and Brighton due to citizens’ anger over water rates. Meanwhile, Thornton has been engaged in disputes with Larimer and Weld County commissioners over a 74-mile water pipeline that Thornton wants to build from a reservoir near Fort Collins. Three neighboring cities, unified by the same water supply, were all shaken up by social-political conflict because of that water. North Metro Denver cities aren’t the only ones with problems. Denver Water is currently fighting Boulder County in federal court over plans to expand a reservoir to acquire more water for Denverites. Englewood came under scrutiny for a violation it received a week before the city issued a boil order when it discovered E. coli in its water supply. “That’s the nature of how this resource works,” said Pete Taylor, chair of Colorado State University’s sociology department, whose research focuses on environmental sociology and water governance. “I see water as potentially one of the most challenging and sometimes conflictual problems that we are facing here in the West.” But North Metro Denver is also unique. Much of its water infrastructure — 1,417 miles of water line and six water treatment plants for Westminster, Thornton, Northglenn and Brighton altogether — is getting old and needs replacing. Meanwhile, the population in those four cities jumped 943% or 304,140 people in the past 60 years. The population of Adams County is projected to increase another 59% by 2050, according to the state demography office. In those same years, experts expect water supplies to fall to climate change and wildfires to damage watersheds. North metro cities need to keep water infrastructure up to date with population growth while preparing for a changing climate. It’s a perfectly expensive storm and a perfect opportunity for local socialpolitical conflict. A lone voyage at sea The concentration of water issues in the north metro area didn’t spring out of nowhere. Colorado water resources expert Walraven Ketellapper traces it back to the early 1950s when the Denver Water Board imposed the “Blue Line” to establish a boundary for
Part of the Cache La Poudre River in Larimer County, in which Thornton owns a large reservoir of water from the same basin. The city is currently working on building a pipeline to transport the water southward, though it has faced difficulties during the proFILE PHOTO cess.
Denver-provided water service. Before that, Denver Water served communities to its south and north, but the Blue Line cast out the north and kept in the south metro area. “Instead of being able to rely on Denver to provide water, they had to start securing their own resources,” Ketallapper said. What followed was a scramble to acquire more water and build the infrastructure to treat and transport the new water, all while the cities grew at a rapid pace. The total population of Westminster, Thornton, Northglenn and Brighton was 32,258 in 1960, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That jumped to 68,932 in 1970, 133,174 in 1980, 171,054 in 1990 and 233,289 in 2000. During that same time, Westminster and Thornton acquired water rights from ditch companies, including the Farmers Highline Canal and the Farmers Reservoir and Irrigation Company (FRICO), that sold shares of agricultural water rights that the cities then converted into municipal water rights, Ketallapper said. The shares FRICO sold were in Standley Lake. Also, the two cities purchased farmland that they extracted water from. Whether it was from the ditch companies or individual properties, the bulk of the water the cities acquired flowed from the South Platte River and the Clear Creek basin. Northglenn would rely on water service from Thornton until the late 1970s when Thornton and Westminster encircled the land around Northglenn through a series of annexations. Northglenn determined it, “needed to separate themselves from Thornton’s system so they could have control over their own
Part of the Greensands water treatment process at Brighton’s water treatment plant. The city wanted to expand its Greensands treatment operations at one point, PHOTO BY BELEN WARD but it realized it currently doesn’t have the funding to do so.
destiny,” said Ketallapper, who worked for Thornton’s utilities department from the 1979 to 1985. In 1978, Thornton, Northglenn and Westminster all increased their water supply through a deal with FRICO. It, “helped Northglenn stabilize its water supply,” wrote Colorado water resources expert Charles Fisk in his memoir, “The Metro Denver Water Story.” About a decade later, Thornton purchased 58,000 acre-feet of water in a reservoir near Fort Collins from the Water Storage and Supply Company. The bulk of Brighton’s water
supply comes from alluvium wells fed by the South Platte River and the Beebe Draw, rights the city acquired in the 1970s and 80s. Needing additional supply, however, Brighton entered into an agreement with Thornton and Westminster in 2009 to receive water from Standley Lake. Thornton began using its first water treatment plant in 1955 and its second one in 2005. Westminster’s first plant came online in 1969 and its second one was in 2001. Northglenn opened its plant in 1981 and Brighton in the 1993. SEE WATER, P13
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Struggling to breath, Fort Lupton boy going strong Family had to educate themselves about rare birth defect BY BELEN WARD BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
As a soon-to-be first-time mother, Fort Lupton’s Jennifer Rodi knew something was amiss just three months into her pregnancy. “At 12 weeks gestation, we knew that something was wrong, and they didn’t know exactly what was wrong. We were,at that point, encouraged to consider whether or not we were going to continue the pregnancy,” she said.“We elected to continue the pregnancy and did not feel it was our decision to make. So, we continued and found the problem identified as CDH.” CDH, a birth defect called Congenital Diaphragmic Hernia, is when the lungs do not develop properly and the lung’s blood vessels do not form. It causes the abdominal organs to reach the chest cavity, further keeping the lungs from growing properly. “It’s about a 50 percent survival rate, and its cause is still unknown,” said Rodi. The doctors at University of Colo;rado Hospital in Aurora used a high-capacity ultrasound to examine the baby in utero and saw her growing son, Joseph’s, organs were not where they belonged. “The doctors know of many other
Joseph Rodi, 10 years old, loves math.
cases that when the condition looks like that, it’s consistent with the congenital diaphragmatic hernia,” said Rodi. There are procedures during a pregnancy that the doctors can help the babies develop their lungs, she said. In their case, those procedures were too risky. Instead, she continued to educate herself about the condition during her pregnancy, preparing for the birth and making sure to have the right team in place to care for him once he was born. “We had an amniocentesis done to look at the genetics, and it’s when we found out that he was a little boy because they weren’t able to establish that during that ultrasound because he kept his legs crossed,” Rodi said. “We were able to establish gender and knew that he was otherwise fine.”
Joseph as baby with parents Al and Jennifer Rodi.
There were no instances of Trisomy, a chromosomal condition that causes intellectual disability and physical abnormalities, such as characteristics of Down Syndrome in patients with CDH. Rodi went to Children’s Hospital for additional tests and scans during her pregnancy. “They were able to use that technology to look at his lungs in detail and where the lungs were,” she said, “also, estimating his lung volume and where his other organs were. We had daily ultrasounds and blood tests towards the end of the pregnancy.” That was all 10 years ago. Today, Joseph Rodi is a miracle baby. Born
PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE RODIS
with underdeveloped lungs, he has dreams and goals .. and he loves math. Multiple surgeries Measurements helped Rodi understand where her son was, developmentally in utero, based on how a healthy child would be expected to develop. Joseph Rodi was born Aug. 31, 2011. He had his first surgery at three days old, a hernia repair surgery. Then at two months old in October, he had a Nissen Fundoplication and Gastrostomy tube surgery. The Nissen is a procedure for severe reflux. The SEE RODI, P12
Heritage Day Saturday, Sept. 25 Adams County Museum 9601 Henderson Road Brighton, CO 80601 Archies Hotdogs on site for food purchase!
Car show from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Free admission into the buildings from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., plus blacksmith demonstrations.
11 a.m. in the Hoffman Hall:
Presentation of the Denver Poor Farm, which used to be the area of the current Riverdale Regional Park & Fairgrounds.
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SHELTERBOX FROM PAGE 9
and first learned about ShelterBox when an ambassador came out and talked to the Rotary Club. “It’s such an impactful organization. Our mission is to help people stay in their community, if we can help people rebuild where they live, they can stay there. Everything is there, their job, their families, and churches,” said Addor. “The idea is to keep those communities together and hopefully within three to six months, life is back to normal.” The Rotarians started ShelterBox in Cornwall, England, as a millennial project. The groiup sent 10 boxes to a disaster area. “They all realize that the gap in providing aid when there’s a disaster was shelter. So they came up with an idea and worked with an English tent manufacturer,” said Pierz The Rotary Club came up with a basic kit for essentials for people to survive a natural disaster, manmade or natural. Over the years, ShelterBox added more contents,
RODI FROM PAGE 11
gastrostomy tube was installed in his stomach to feed himself safely until he was 5 years old. “Kiddos with chronic lung disease and pulmonary hypertension, like Joseph, have a high flow
such as kitchen sets, lights, mosquito nets, water purifications, blankets and tools. As of this year, they added a washtub and soap. “In March, ShelterBox hit a milestone, having helped 2 million people in a disaster. After we deploy in a situation, we go back and talked to the families who got aid from us, and we ask, ‘What worked for you and what didn’t work for you? Or, what do you wish we give you instead so that we can continue to improve and do what we do better?’” said Pierz. “Eight-five percent of the funding goes directly to ShelterBox.” Pierz said the Rotary Club is an important partner because local Rotarians know how to get things through customs and courts. “Rotarians often own a business, have trucks to lend us and those trucks get the aid delivered. So, it’s a wonderful partnership with Rotary and a wonderful organization in terms of the number of people they help,” said Pierz. ShelterBox tents can hold a family of up to nine. It includes privacy partitions, so girls can have privacy to change clothes. The tents are designed with lots of ventilation
in warm climates. They also have special liners to go into the tents for such destinations as Syria, where they have hard winters. The most important item in the tent is a solar lightbox that gives people light to work and see at night. “It keeps women safe at night to go to the bathroom, which cuts down sexual violence so they can see who it is,” said Pierz. “Also, we provide school packs for the children.” ShelterBox also provided coats and hats for children in northern Syria where it gets very cold. ShelterBox also sends supplies to the Nigeria Borno Stat and the Lake Chad Basin where Boko Haram displaced 1,000 people. “They’re not able to stay in their homes. They have to flee often with nothing,” said Pierz. “So we operate those camps and we are the intake there people are coming in,” said Addor. According to ShelterBox, thanks to Pierz’s achievement of raising awareness and funds, the organization provided shelter and lifesaving supplies to more than 200,000 people in 13 countries. among the
of oxygen that it was not safe for him to take food orally. The flow of oxygen was so high that it could divert his liquid nutrition, such as breast milk or formula,” said Rodi. “It can flow it into his lungs instead of down his esophagus. When you aspirate milk or formula, it could create pneumonia and further difficulties breathing.” Then on Christmas Eve Joseph
Rodi had a life-saving surgery for severe tracheomalacia. In this instance, the cartilage of the windpipe or trachea is soft, weak, or floppy thatu could cause the tracheal wall to collapse, blocking the airway and making it even more difficult to breathe. “That surgery was called an aortic trach surgery. Doctors secured his aorta to his sternum to take the pressure off of his trachea, which was collapsing, and causing him to code or stop breathing,” Rodi said. On Christmas Day, Joseph Rodi started to develop pneumonia and was struggling. The doctors had to reintubate him. “That surgery was so successful that they were over circulating his oxygen with the use of the nitric oxide therapy. They turned the therapy off. Three days later, he turned around, and we were discharged, “ said Rodi. As of February 1, 2012, the first five months of Joseph Rodi’s life, he faced multiple surgeries. Since then, he has had a total of 10 surgeries for cases related to his CHD. “We hope there will not be more surgeries, but it is not uncommon for kids with CDH to have ad-
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efforts were four responses to the Philippines Typhoon Goni, Typhoon Vonfong, Taal Volcano, and COVID-19. There were responses in Honduras, for hurricanes Eta and Iota, Somaliland severe drought, F Vanuatu Cyclone Harold, India Cyclone Amphan, Paraguay COVID-19,o Tanzania flooding, Sudan flooding, o s Burkina Faso conflict, Syria conm flict, Nigeria conflict, Cameroon conflict and the Ethiopian conflict. i “The lifesaving work of ShelterBox is only possible because of our t inspiring volunteers like Kathleen s Pierz, whose service in their com- i munities is ensuring families made c homeless by disaster and conflict situations to have access to essen- s tial shelter and supplies,” said KerriO m Murray, president of ShelterBox c USA. “This distinction truly sets a her apart as someone committed b to serving others and making the world a better place. Never has this s h work been more important as we scaled up our efforts to both shelter c families and to protect them from i s COVID-19.” To learn about ShelterBox USA or donate visit www.shelterboxusa.org i or call 805-608-2400. visit www.shel- a terboxusa.org or call 805-608-2400. d c o ditional surgeries. One thing we p have to watch for the rest of his life is what they call reherniation. w D That’s when the hernia comes E back because the repair has not r held or has failed,” said Rodi. p s So far, so good t Joseph Rodi is growing up strong. He’s in the fourth grade. T p He goes to school remotely through the Weld-Re 8 School Dis- w trict program, the Florida Virtual d Learning Academy. Rodi is in his first year as a Webelos Scout. Aftern two years -- if he continues -- he’ll i become a Boy Scout. When grows r up, he would like to be a veterinar-i ian; he like cats. He also likes the P wizards in the Harry Potter series. t “He always accomplishes what- A ever he starts and does a good job h in everything and is very motivat- i p ed,” said Al Rodi, Joseph’s dad. “He is my hero. A lot of people say that Sally Ride or Amelia Ear- T hart, are their heroes, and they’re p amazing. My son is my hero and t is resilient like nobody I’ve ever p met. He perseveres, and he pressese c through,” Jennifer added. To learn more about the Rodi’s n or to donate for Joseph visit www. cdhi.org.
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WATER
FROM PAGE 10
From smooth sailing to choppy seas After being forced out on their own, acquiring sufficient supplies of water and building the necessary infrastructure, the north metro cities began to have different issues at the turn of the century. Jayla Poppleton, executive director of Water Education Colorado, said a variety of pressures collided in recent years that have driven up costs for local water suppliers. “Aging infrastructure in their system is catching up with them. Or they are having to get out on the market where water rights are increasingly expensive to provide for a growing community and need to build their water rights portfolio,” she said. Water Education Colorado helps community leaders and its citizens understand the intersecting challenges around water in the state. Poppleton added, “There are increasingly stringent conditions around water quality and safe drinking water. So, in some cases, communities are having to upgrade or even rebuild water treatment plants.” That was the case in Brighton, which was notified by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment in 2005 that the city’s reverse osmosis water treatment plant needed to meet new treatment standards, requiring the installation of expensive new equipment. The city was able to receive a permit extending the deadline for when it needed to meet new standards. Then, in 2014, the city drafted a rnew capital improvement plan that included a new treatment plant to replace the existing one that would -include equipment to meet the CDPHE standards, and also increase the city’s water treatment capacity. A rate consultant that Brighton hired recommended an 8% increase in water rates to fund the treatment plant, which the city did in 2015. The next year, in neighboring Thornton, the city council approved a 13% water rate increase to help fund a new water treatment plant and the Thornton Water Project, the proposed 74-mile pipeline to carry south the city’s water supply near Fort Collins. Following the rate increase,
Thornton filed its applications for construction permits to build the Thornton Water Project with Larimer and Weld counties in 2018. The Larimer County Board of Commissioners said no a year later, causing Thornton to respond by suing the Larimer County board in district court. Also, in 2019, a 10% water rate increase in Westminster went into effect to help fund Water2025, a new water treatment plant that would replace its current Semper Water Treatment Facility. Cascade Back in Brighton, the situation was escalating. Then-City Manager Philip Rodriguez called into question the money the city had saved up for the future water treatment plant — partly coming from water rates - for being excessive. Because the city hadn’t made certain progress on the proposed treatment plant, Rodriguez called the project “fictitious.” City Councilor Matt Johnston backed Rodriguez, saying the abundance of savings was evidence that the city “price gouged” ratepayers. Soon after Rodriguez and Johnston made their case to the public about the seemingly suspicious pool of “$70 million,” the city council voted 5-4 to fire Rodriguez for conflict between the city manager and city staff. But many residents believed it was a cover-up, so they launched a recall campaign against the mayor, Ken Kreutzer, for previously supporting water rate increases and for leading the charge to fire Rodriguez. Johnston was a leader in the recall effort. In the November 2019 municipal election, the residents successfully recalled Kreutzer. Less than a year later, back in Westminster, a group of citizens angry over the cost of water launched a recall campaign against four members of the council, then-Mayor Herb Atchison, then-Mayor Pro Tem Anita Seitz, and Councilors Jon Voelz and Kathryn Skulley. The effort to obtain enough signatures on petitions to trigger recall elections was initially unsuccessful, but after a court battle in Adams County District Court, the Westminster Water Warriors secured recall elections against Atchison and Voelz in April 2021. Atchison resigned soon after, while Voelz faced and survived a recall election in July.
Reverse osmosis treatment trains at Brighton’s water treatment plant, which went online in 1993. Eventually, the city will need to build a new water treatment plant, PHOTO BY BELEN WARD but the city doesn’t currently have enough funding for it.
Around the same time, neighboring Thornton finally received an answer from the Weld County Board of Commissioners regarding its application to construct the pipeline. It was a no, so Thornton sued. However, Thornton also learned a state statute would allow the city to override the Weld denial, which the Thornton City Council voted to do. Washed on the shore Despite the success with the Weld override, Thornton is still fighting a legal battle with Larimer County over its pipeline, now in the Colorado Court of Appeals. As for Brighton, the city still needs to find a way to meet the CDPHE standards for water treatment as it juggles present concerns about meeting peak water demand in the summer. Yet, the city doesn’t have the funding for a new water treatment plant, in part due to a decrease in water rates in 2020 following a new rate study based on a different capital improvement plan that didn’t include the treatment plant. Meanwhile, Westminster’s plan to replace its water treatment plant by 2025 hit a roadblock when the city council couldn’t reach a consensus
on a rate increase for 2022, which the city saw as critical to funding Water2025. After Atchison resigned and Seitz became mayor, the Westminster City Council was split 3-3 on water rates. The council never appointed a seventh councilor to fill the vacant seat.
Disagreements persist; problems intensify Kevin Bommer, executive director of the Colorado Municipal League, said elements of the north metro water controversies are similar to that of other CML members. “Water rates have certainly come up in a couple of places.” At the same time, he added, “I don’t know that they have been a central theme in as many other places.” To Johnston, now mayor pro tem on the Brighton City Council, it makes sense that the issue of water rates was so politically powerful in Brighton. “There is something to that being the cost that comes from the city,” he said. “The water bill is the face of how much you pay the city. It’s the thing that every citizen sees and goes, `is my city ripping me off SEE WATER, P15
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BRIEFS Top award for FLHS alum Juan Arellano, a fort Lupton High School alumnus, won a Heartland Emmy award for photography and editing for a piece he did for television station KCEC. He and reporter Carlos Moreno collaborated on a story called “Llego La Migra.” SPHS schedule of events for Trapper Days The schedule for Trapper Days through the South Platte Valley Historical Sociery begins with a pancake breakfast at the Fort Lupton Fire Department from 7 to 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 11, at 1121 Denver Ave. At the historic park, events start at 9 a.m. with a flag raising ceremony and a performance from the Buffalo Bill soldiers. Several events take place until 3 p.m. with the Native American Dancers, Cavalry Pony Express, and the French Voyager Demonstration. Art show applications open Applications are open for Fort Lupton’s third annual community art show. Call 303-857-6694. Cemetery walk The city of Fort Lupton’s historic preservation is looking for volunteers to help with a cemetery walk from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 11, at Hillside Cemetery. Volunteers will re-enact historic figures from the town’s history, such as past city leaders, farmers, pioneers and soldiers. The event is part of this year’s Trapper Days
and is on the list of stops for shuttle service. Contact Alyssa Knutson at 303.857.6694 or aknutson@fortluptonco.gov. Growing Grads kickoff The city of Brighton’s Growing Grads College and Career Readiness Kickoff returns in person at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 15, at The Armory Performing Arts Center. High school juniors, seniors and parents are encouraged to attend and explore post-secondary options. “After hosting our last college fair remotely, we are so excited to bring back this one in-person,” said Tawnya Russell, manager of youth services in a statement.“This kickoff is a great way to help prepare students for that next step and we hope this in-person setting will help get questions answered and new opportunities discovered.” Colleges, trade schools and other programs that will be in attendance include Western Colorado University, Emily Griffith Technical College, Spartan College (aviation and technology), Front Range Community College, Universal Technical Institute and Independent Electrical Contractors - Rocky Mountain (IECRM) and more. The kickoff is free to attend. Register at brightonco.gov/growinggrads. COVID-19 guidelines at the time will apply. Visit brightonco. gov/growinggrads or email trussell@brightonco.gov. Call for Art in Park artists The city of Brighton’s sixth an-
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nual Art in the Park festival tuns from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 18, at Carmichael Park, 650 Southern St. A city statement said this oneday festival will give attendees the opportunity to meet with local, regional, and international artists showcasing their work, enjoy live music, watch artist demonstrations and entertain children with interactive art activities. In addition, food will be available for purchase through food trucks in attendance. The festival is free. Outdoor COVID guidelines at the time will apply. Artists interested in showcasing their artwork at the festival should apply at brightonartinthepark.com. The deadline for booth applications is Wednesday, Sept. 1. Visit brightonartinthepark.com or contact David Gallegos, arts and culture coordinator, at 303-655-2176 or dgallegos@brightonco.gov. Fall clean-up day The city of Fort Lupton’s annual clean-up day will involve an October voucher program. Public Works Director Roy Vestal said the running average of positive COVID-19 tests was too high to allow for an in-person event. The pick-up day for senior citizens and the disabled is Thursday, Sep. 23. City officials said that date won’t change. Call City Hall to schedule pickup at 303-857-6694. Visit https://www.fortluptonco. gov/454/Clean-Up-Days. Electrification conference United Power is hosting the cooperative’s first-ever Fleet Electrification Conference at its Carbon Valley Service Center, 9586 E I-25 Frontage Road, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 29. The featured guest, Lightning eMotors, specializes in producing sustainable commercial fleet solutions, including electric vehicles. The free conference is open to public and private fleet operators and managers. Guest speakers from United Power, the Colorado Department of Transportation and Northern Colorado Clean Cities will present their expertise in the emerging field of electrification at the conference. Topics covered during the conference include the state of Colorado’s new fleet electrification strategy, resources and funding options for fleet services, the growth and availability of charging infrastructure and the future of electrified fleets. During the conference, Lightning eMotors will also feature demonstration fleet electric vehicles. Preregister for the conference atwww.unitedpowerfleets2021.rsvpify. com. Lunch will be provided. Hunters safety class The city is offering a hunters safety class from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 9 and 10, The fee is $10, payable to instructor Ed Stephenson. Call 303-857-4200, ext. 6160 to preregister. Parents have to accompany those under the age of 10. ONGOING Teen hangout Teens can stop by the Fort Lupton Pubic & School Library Wednesdays to play crafts, video games and hang
out with friends after school. Walk with a doc Platte Valley Medical Center’s cardiac rehab team and Walk With A Doc will host monthly walks with Dr. Christopher Cannon, an interventional cardiologist at Brighton Heart and Vascular Institute. This is a walking program for everyone interested in taking steps for a healthier lifestyle. After a few minutes to learn about a current health topic from the doctor, spend the rest of the hour enjoying a healthy walk and a fun conversation. It’s a great way to get out, get active and enjoy all the benefits that come from walking. Blessings in a Bag Fort Lupton’s Backpack Program helps school children in need with a backpack of healthy food. It’s an all-volunteer program and is in need of volunteers. If interested in volunteering or donating, call 303-7184440. Mail donations to Blessings in a Bag, 306 Park Ave., Fort Lupton 80621. Drop-in child care The Fort Lupton Recreation Center offers drop-in child care from 8:30 to 11 a.m. Mondays and Wednesdays or Tuesdays and Thursdays. Call 303-857-4200. Committee openings Fort Lupton has openings for several of its citizen advisory committees. Visit https://www.fortluptonco.gov/966/I-Want-To-Apply-fora-Committee.
Boards/committees’ openings The city of Fort Lupton is looking for volunteers for its historic preservation board, the Fort Lupton Urban Renewal Authority, FLURA business representative (a five-year term), FLURA alternate member (term expires March 5, 2023) and library board trustee (term expires December 2024). W Call Alyssa Knutson at 720-4666128. c p Chess tournament d The Fort Lupton Public & School R Library put together a chess tour- H nament that’s ideal for beginning 4 players. Visit https://docs.google.com/ P forms/d/1UFPA1ENiETkHnJjaHh_ E3hUAOEWSRKUXpU7utzYab-U/ p viewform?fbclid=IwAR1M9cUK4b T p7cJyH9phmivtIV6gmeXqd3kNra 5q_L113Py-IhRIHDjMHRd4&edit_ requested=true
Fort Lupton senior lunches Senior lunches are available at noon Mondays at the Fort Lupton Recreation Center, 203 S. Harrison Ave. Sign up by noon the previous Thursday. Call 303-857-4200, ext. 6166. Coffee group Fort Lupton’s weekly coffee group sessions are at 8 a.m. Wednesdays. Call 303-857-4200. Silver Sneakers Silver Sneaker Yoga is available Fridays from 9 to 9:45 a.m. and from 10 to 10:45 a.m. at the Fort Lupton recreation Center, 203 S. Harrison Ave. SEE BRIEFS, P15
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or not?’ It’s definitely a motivating factor for any election.” Johnston said water rates helped with the success of Brighton’s recall, but said he didn’t weaponize the issue for other political aspirations. Westminster Mayor Pro Tem David DeMott, one of the most vocal opponents to the city’s rate recommendations, also acknowledged that water rates are a mobilizing force. But, DeMott said, “it’s more than a political chip, if you will. It’s a very important topic to us.” Though the water rates debate in Westminster has effectively concluded, the issue will still be front-and-center in the November municipal election. DeMott, who is running for reelection, and at least four other candidates running for mayor or at-large council seats have taken strong anti-rates stances. Also, it doesn’t seem like Brighton and Westminster’s dilemmas with the cost of providing water service will reach points of resolution soon. If anything, it’s just getting started. Despite Brighton city staff brainstorming creative solutions to temporarily circumvent the need for a new water treatment plant, the staff also acknowledged the city will still need the new plant one day. Westminster staff said the same about its treatment plant. Yet, Johnston and DeMott, who represent a broader sentiment in each of their communities, simply don’t agree with the staff on key issues.
“I’m not sure that we can or need to build a new water treatment plant. I know that’s not going to be a popular thing to say. But the reason is, is because we might not be able to,” Johnston said. DeMott’s feeling about Westminster’s treatment plant is almost identical. “I do have my concerns about whether or not that’s the right path,” he said. Pacing matters Johnston argues that Brighton’s issue isn’t necessarily the treatment plant, but development. “What if we had to have the talk of pacing residential development in the city?” he said. “Because the reason that we need a water treatment plant isn’t as much for the citizens we have now, it’s for the citizens that we expect to have.” But the CML’s Bommer doesn’t think it’s that simple. “We are going to grow, no matter what,” he said. Growth isn’t the only problem the future holds for Brighton, Westminster, Thornton, or almost anywhere else in Colorado, said Poppleton, the Water Education Colorado director. “I think the increasing pressures that are being placed on our water resources from drought and climate change and Colorado’s continued growing population are going to continue to test our ability to come to the table together,” Poppleton said. “There is going to be a real shortage in systems across the state. It will produce real pain points.” Climate change poses several threats to municipal water systems, with the first being a diminishment of supply. That’s why Thornton is eager to build the Thornton Water
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Project. Having access to the city’s supply in Larimer County will be crucial if Thornton’s supply in Standley Lake is experiencing drought. Since droughts are typically localized, both reservoirs likely wouldn’t experience the same shortages at the same time, city utilities staff explained. There’s also concern that the growing frequency of wildfires will damage city watersheds in the mountains. The fires destabilize soils and create flash floods, resulting in a higher concentration of fine particles in the water supply. Westminster says its proposed water treatment plant can treat that degraded water quality. Cities once cast out on their own shouldn’t be perpetually Poppleton, Bommer and Taylor, the CSU professor, all admonish citizens and their local officials to listen to and trust the recommendations of utilities staff. “Every water provider I have ever come across takes seriously their mission to provide a safe, reliable supply of water for their customers. And it’s no easy feat and the challenges they face are enormous,” Poppleton said. However, the three experts don’t think cities are wholly individually responsible for the crises that await them. “At the local level is where we see the tension, as well as the opportunities and needs for collaboration most clearly,” said Taylor, who has extensively studied collaborative efforts among different water users in the Colorado River Basin. Taylor and several of his CSU colleagues outline six cases of collaboration in a 2019 Journal of Soil and Water Conservation article titled
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“Every ditch is different: Barriers and opportunities for collaboration for agricultural water conservation and security in the Colorado River Basin.” One case they looked at was the “Super Ditch,” a coalition of seven ditch companies in southern Colorado that fallows land — or conserving water usage on certain plots of land — and then leases the water it conserves to Colorado Springs, Fountain, Security and other cities. “The Super Ditch’s main objective is to reverse a trend of municipality-led permanent `buy and dry’ of farms with related negative impacts on the region’s rural communities,” the 2019 report reads. Meanwhile, Bommer is hopeful about future collaborative opportunities for funding, ideally to take pressure off residential water rates. For example, the proposed federal infrastructure bill currently tied up in the U.S. House of Representatives includes an allocation for Western water projects. “I’ll never second guess the recommendations that have been put on the table for how infrastructure gets funded no matter where it’s at. Rates are one way to do it,” Bommer said. Taylor said that’s the ethos of collaborating on water issues, be it city-to-city efforts or between a city and its citizens. “Collaboration is not about giving up your interests and saying, `I’m going to care about what the other user wants above my own interests.’ It’s about trying to find common ground,” he said. The question just is, Taylor said, “What control do we have as a society over which of those two that we choose: conflict or collaboration?”
gov.com/go/radon. Warm Line up and running Community Reach Center is offering a Warm Line (303-280-6602) for those who want to talk to mental-health professionals about anxiety, lack of sleep and strained relationships, among other topics. The professionals can facilitate referrals to other programs for assistance. A press statement said the line is not for crisis intervention. Those feeling unsafe or suicidal should call Colorado Crisis Services (1-844-493-
8255) or text 38255 or visit the Behavioral Urgent Care Center, 2551 W. 84th Ave., Westminster. Also, the center’s COVID-19 Heroes Program is set up to assist healthcare workers during the pandemic. Those who live or work in Adams County can receive up to six free counseling sessions. Use the Warm Line for support and free counseling. Brighton’s community intake location is at 1850 E. Egbert St., on the second floor. It’s open from 8 a.m. to noon Tuesdays.
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3 measures qualify for Colo.’s statewide ballot Voters will decide questions on taxes, legislative money control BY JESSE PAUL THE COLORADO SUN
Colorado voters will decide whether the legislature should have more control over how money from legal settlements and the federal government is spent after a third and final measure qualified to be on the statewide ballot in November. The signatures turned in to the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office
by proponents of Initiative 19 were deemed sufficient Aug. 31. To get their question on the Nov. 2 ballot, backers needed the signatures of 124,632 registered voters, including a minimum of 2% of registered voters from each of Colorado’s 35 state Senate districts. The two other questions on the statewide ballot in November are: -- Initiative 27, which would lower the property tax assessment rate for multi-family residential homes to 6.5% from 6.8% and to 26.4% for lodging properties from 29% -- Initiative 25, which would impose a new 3% sales tax on recreational marijuana starting Jan. 1 and increasing to 5% by Jan. 1, 2024, at which point it is projected to
generate about $138 million a year. That’s in addition to the existing 15% state sales tax on recreational marijuana. The money generated by the increased taxes would go toward bolstering out-of-school learning. Initiatives 19 and 27 are being pushed by Colorado Rising Action, a conservative fiscal group. Initiative 25 has bipartisan support, though the marijuana industry and the state’s largest teachers union have expressed concern about the measure.
Colorado Education Association president Amie Baca-Oehlert said her organization has anxieties over the implementation of the out-ofschool learning program under the measure and whether students will truly be able to access aid in their communities. There are no other groups seeking to place measures on the November ballot.
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Can Colorado GOP’s base get past 2020 to win in 2022? Unfounded claims of a stolen election test party’s game plan BY JESSE PAUL THE COLORADO SUN
Kristi Burton Brown, chairwoman of the Colorado GOP, appeared at a gathering of Republicans in Jefferson County this summer where she talked about how the party can attract unaffiliated voters and finally win again in 2022. Candidates need to look forward and talk about keeping taxes low and school choice, she said. “We have to become the party of ideas.” But when Burton Brown opened the hotel-conference-room gathering up for questions, the crowd didn’t want to discuss her talking points. They jerked the focus back to the past. “The biggest issue for me is voter cheating and this whole national election, as we all know, was a set up,” a man said. “Has there been any talk of a forensic audit anywhere in this state?” a woman asked next. “If the Arizona audit shows the Dominion (Voting System) machines to be unreliable — and we use those machines — what’s our game plan?” another man wanted to know, referencing a Republican-led recount in the Phoenix area. As Colorado Republicans look to 2022 with hopes of bouncing back from two election cycles of defeat, their game plan for how to move forward is clashing with an attachment among the party’s base to unfounded claims that the 2020 presidential election was fraudulent. It’s not clear if the two pursuits can successfully coexist. “The election-fraud claim does pose a special challenge, because the base is especially riled up about it and swing voters are especially turned off by it,” said Daniel Cole, who leads the Republican campaign operations for state House and Senate Republicans. The same debate is playing out in other states, including Arizona, where a Republican audit of 2020 ballots in Maricopa County is dragging
on. Trump, who continues to question his loss last year, fell short in the state by more than 10,000 votes. A previous recount of Maricopa County’s ballots found no problems. A push from some in the Colorado GOP to cancel the 2022 primaries to cut unaffiliated voters out of the process and allow party insiders to select the GOP nominees is an extension of the baseless voter fraud anxiety. Unaffiliated voters have been able to vote in partisan primaries in Colorado since the 2016 passage of Proposition 108. For instance, state Rep. Ron Hanks,
a Fremont County Republican who has been one of the loudest voices in Colorado when it comes to questioning the 2020 presidential election results, said opting out of the state-run primary is a step toward election integrity. Randy Corporon, a Republican national committeeman and conservative talk radio host, has been advocating on his KNUS show for the primaries to be canceled for the same reason. “The Republican Party can take … power away from Jena Griswold and the state by reclaiming their own
primary,” he told listeners recently, referring to the Democratic secretary of state, who is Colorado’s top election official. Priscilla Rahn, vice chair of the Colorado GOP, recently said she supports canceling the 2022 primary, calling into question Griswold’s ability to fairly oversee the contest. “Ask yourself this: “Do you trust her to administer an honest election and not interfere against Republicans?” Rahn wrote in an Aug. 21 letter. SEE ELECTION, P19
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But Dick Wadhams, a former chair of the Colorado Republican Party, sees major peril for his party if it continues to beat the drum on election fraud and opts out of next year’s primaries. “There is no way a Republican can win in 2022 for statewide office and, frankly, in a bunch of competitive districts around the state,” he said of the scenario. Unaffiliated voters made up 43% of registered voters in Colorado at the end of July, compared to Republicans at 26% and Democrats at 29%. “They keep talking about how these unaffiliated voters are going to defile our process because they are going to be nominating a bunch of moderates and liberals,” Wadhams said. “I read that kind of stuff, I listen to it, and I’m thinking: ‘Any Republican candidate for statewide office who doesn’t think about the unaffiliated voters during their primary isn’t serious.’” Wadhams said it would be disastrous for Republicans if questioning the 2020 presidential election results becomes a litmus test for primary candidates. Burton Brown, who hasn’t taken a public stance on the question of whether to cancel next year’s GOP primaries, appears to agree, urging Republicans to move on from last year. “The more we talk about the past, the more we talk about what happened instead of what we are going
to do in 2022, the more our candidates are put at a disadvantage,” she said at the Jefferson County Republican event, “because we are focusing on something we cannot control.” Still, she said, questions about election integrity are posed “all around the state.” The Colorado GOP is encouraging people who are concerned about the state’s voting processes to “get involved” and “get your eyes in the room” by becoming poll watchers and election judges. But she said there has been no proof of mass fraud in Colorado and that the only sure way for Republicans to lose in 2022 is for the party’s voters not to show up on Election Day because they think their vote won’t count. Election security was not explicitly on the list when Burton Brown and other top Republicans earlier this month rolled out a 10-point “Commitment to Colorado” aimed at attracting unaffiliated voters and serving as the party’s 2022 platform. State Rep. Dave Williams, a Colorado Springs Republican, thinks the GOP shouldn’t shy away from election integrity issues and that it needs to push for policy reforms. “It does no one any good to stay out of the fight or not engage,” said Williams, who favors canceling the 2022 primaries. “We need to be able to secure our elections but also prepare for 2022 with the fundamentals — find and recruit candidates, set them up. We can’t ignore one or the other.” He thinks both can be addressed simultaneously — and he also thinks that unaffiliated voters care about election integrity.
Even if there are Republicans who want to move on, 2020 continues to dominate the spotlight. Most recently, that’s because of Tina Peters, the GOP clerk and recorder in Mesa County who is under criminal investigation after election system passwords and a copy of a voting equipment hard drive were allegedly taken from her office and then leaked online. Peters’ case has generated headlines in Colorado for weeks. She has cast doubt on the 2020 presidential election results, allying herself with MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell, a Trump supporter who has peddled conspiracy theories about last year’s contest. Seth Masket, who leads the Center for American Politics at the University of Denver, suspects that election integrity questions will persist. “If you make that (stolen election) argument, it’s pretty hard to pivot away from,” he said. “It’s kind of a difficult place that Republicans have painted themselves into.” Ryan Winger, a pollster with Louisville-based Magellan Strategies, thinks the divided focus among Republicans is “symptomatic of a larger problem.” “Many in the GOP fail to understand unaffiliated voters and consequently fail to grasp why they lose elections,” he said. “Sure, making election integrity a major focus will likely scare off unaffiliated voters who didn’t vote for Trump and who the GOP needs to win over, but in a world where there is no dispute about the 2020 result, unaffiliated voters still aren’t flocking to Republican candidates.” Others, like state Rep. Colin
Larson, a Ken Caryl Republican who is eyeing a 2022 congressional bid, doesn’t see election integrity as being the main focus of GOP voters. He’s bullish on his party’s chances next year. “It’s not something I’m inundated with,” he said about election security questions. “The vast majority of people in my district are talking to me about school issues right now. And then after that it’s crime.” Cole, the strategist leading election efforts for Colorado’s legislative Republicans, thinks that even if there is an election integrity focus among the GOP base “it poses a … familiar challenge.” “How to appeal first to the base in the primary election and then to swing voters in the general election?” he said. “This is an issue every cycle on both sides of the aisle. And there are always voices who think Republicans can’t hold the base and the middle together. In 2016, Jeb Bush said: ‘You have to lose the primary to win the general.’ But it turned out he was wrong.” The Colorado GOP’s central committee will decide whether to cancel the party’s 2022 primaries on Sept. 18. Colorado Sun staff writer Daniel Ducassi contributed to this report.
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Further information is available through the City Planning and Building Department at (303) 857-6694.
Section 2: The election shall be conducted as a coordinated election in Weld County in accordance with articles 1 to 13 of title 1, C.R.S. (the “Uniform Election Code”), and Intergovernmental Agreements (collectively, the “Intergovernmental Agreement”) between the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Weld, the Weld County Clerk and Recorder (the “County Clerk”) and the City of Fort Lupton.
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Notice is hereby given that the City of Fort Lupton is in receipt of an application for a special use permit for a gravel mine referred to as the Inouye Gravel Mine Amended Special Use Permit, located approximately 0.37 miles north of State Highway 52, and west of US Highway 85 in Fort Lupton, Colorado, pursuant to the City of Fort Lupton Municipal Code Notice Requirements.
LOT 2, PEARSON PARK SUBDIVISION LOCATED IN THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 31, TOWNSHIP 2 NORTH, RANGE 66 WEST, AND A PORTION OF THE EAST HALF OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 6, TOWNSHIP 1 NORTH, RANGE 66 WEST OF THE 6TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, CITY OF FORT LUPTON, COUNTY OF WELD, STATE OF COLORADO.
The public hearings are to be held before the Planning Commission on Thursday, September 23, 2021, at 6:00 P.M., and before the City Council on Tuesday, October 19, 2021 at 7:00 P.M. or as soon as possible thereafter.
Legal Ad No.: FLP222392 First Publication: September 8, 2021 Last Publication: September 8, 2021 Publisher: Fort Lupton Press
The public hearings shall be held at the Fort Lupton City Hall, 130 S. McKinley Avenue in Fort Lupton, Colorado. In the event that the City Hall is closed to the public at the time of the hearings due to COVID-19, the public hearings will be held remotely, accessible to the public by phone and internet. Information on how to attend the hearings will be provided in the agenda as posted on the City’s website, www.fortluptonco.gov. Further information is available through the City Planning and Building Department at (303) 857-6694.
CITY OF FORT LUPTON NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that the City of Fort Lupton is in receipt of an application for a Preliminary and Final plat referred to as the Lupton Village Filing No. 3 Preliminary and Final Plat, located west and adjacent to S. Rollie Avenue and north and adjacent to County Road 12 in Fort Lupton, Colorado, pursuant to the City of Fort Lupton Municipal Code Notice Requirements.
Section 3: For purposes of C.R.S. § 31-11-111, this Ordinance shall serve to set the title and content for the ballot issues set forth herein and the ballot titles for such questions shall be the text of the questions themselves. Any protest to the ballot titles shall be filed in writing with the City Clerk within five (5) business days following the date of adoption of this Ordinance and shall be resolved thereafter by the City Council following a hearing with published notice. Section 4: The City Clerk and other City officials and employees are hereby authorized and directed to take all action necessary or appropriate to effectuate the provisions of this Ordinance. Section 5: All actions not inconsistent with the provisions of this Ordinance heretofore taken by the members of the City Council and the officers and employees of the City and directed toward holding the election for the purposes stated herein are hereby ratified, approved and confirmed.
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The public hearings are to be held before the Planning Commission on Thursday, September 23, 2021, at 6:00 P.M., and before the City Council on Tuesday, October 19, 2021, at 7:00 P.M. or as soon as possible thereafter.
Section 6: All prior acts, orders or resolutions, or parts thereof, by the City in conflict with this Ordinance are hereby repealed, except that this repealer shall not be construed to revive any act, order or resolution, or part thereof, heretofore repealed.
LOT 2, PEARSON PARK SUBDIVISION LOCATED IN THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 31, TOWNSHIP 2 NORTH, RANGE 66 WEST, AND A PORTION OF THE EAST HALF OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 6, TOWNSHIP 1 NORTH, RANGE 66 WEST OF THE 6TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, CITY OF FORT LUPTON, COUNTY OF WELD, STATE OF COLORADO.
The public hearings shall be held at the Fort Lupton City Hall, 130 S. McKinley Avenue in Fort Lupton, Colorado. In the event that the City Hall remains closed at the time of the hearings, the public hearings will be held remotely, accessible to the public by phone and internet. Information on how to attend the hearings will be provided in the agenda as posted on the City’s website, www. fortluptonco.gov.
Section 7: If any section, paragraph, clause or provision of this Ordinance shall be adjudged to be invalid or unenforceable, the invalidity or unenforceability of such section, paragraph, clause or provision shall not affect any of the remaining sections, paragraphs, clauses or provisions of this Ordinance, it being the intention that the various parts hereof are severable.
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CITY OF FORT LUPTON NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that the City of Fort Lupton is in receipt of an application for a change of zone to the “P” Parks and Open Space zone district referred to as the Pearson Park Change of Zone, located north and adjacent to State Highway 52, and west of US Highway 85 in Fort Lupton, Colorado, pursuant to the City of Fort Lupton Municipal Code Notice Requirements. The public hearings are to be held before the Planning Commission on Thursday, September 23, 2021, at 6:00 P.M., and before the City Council on Tuesday, October 19, 2021 at 7:00 P.M. or as soon as possible thereafter. The public hearings shall be held at the Fort Lupton City Hall, 130 S. McKinley Avenue in Fort Lupton, Colorado. In the event that the City Hall is closed to the public at the time of the hearings due to COVID-19, the public hearings will be held remotely, accessible to the public by phone and internet. Information on how to attend the hearings will be provided in the agenda as posted on the City’s website, www.fortluptonco.gov. Further information is available through the City Planning and Building Department at (303) 857-6694. ALL INTERESTED PERSONS MAY ATTEND. LEGAL DESCRIPTION LOT 1, PEARSON PARK SUBDIVISION LOCATED IN A PORTION OF THE EAST HALF OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 6, TOWNSHIP 1 NORTH, RANGE 66 WEST, OF THE 6TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, CITY OF FORT LUPTON, COUNTY OF WELD, STATE OF COLORADO. Legal Ad No.: FLP222390 First Publication: September 8, 2021 Last Publication: September 8, 2021 Publisher: Fort Lupton Press CITY OF FORT LUPTON NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
ALL INTERESTED PERSONS MAY ATTEND. LEGAL DESCRIPTION Lot 2, Block 7 of the Lupton Village P.U.D., City of Fort Lupton, County of Weld, State of Colorado Legal Ad No.: FLP222388 First Publication: September 8, 2021 Last Publication: September 8, 2021 Publisher: Fort Lupton Press ORDINANCE NO. 2021-1126 INTRODUCED BY: BRUCE FITZGERALD AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF FORT LUPTON APPROVING THE SUBMISSION OF A BALLOT ISSUE ON THE NOVEMBER 2, 2021, COORDINATED ELECTION, PERTAINING TO A RETAIL MARIJUANA EXCISE TAX; SETTING THE TITLES AND CONTENT OF THE BALLOT FOR THE ELECTION; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY WHEREAS, the City of Fort Lupton, Weld County, Colorado (the “City”) is a statutory municipality and political subdivision of the State of Colorado (the “State”), duly organized and operating under the Constitution and laws of the State; and WHEREAS, The City Council may, without receipt of any petition, submit any proposed or adopted ordinance or resolution or any question to a vote of the registered electors of the municipality; and WHEREAS, the question of whether to allow a retail marijuana excise tax be placed on the ballot, WHEREAS, § 29-2-114 C.R.S. authorizes each municipality in the state to levy, collect, and enforce a municipal excise tax; and WHEREAS, § 29-2-114 C.R.S the excise tax shall be imposed on the first sale or transfer of unprocessed retail marijuana by a retail cultivation facility; and WHEREAS, Article X, Section 20, of the Colorado Constitution (“TABOR Amendment”) limits the ability of the City to enact new taxes; and
Notice is hereby given that the City of Fort Lupton is in receipt of an application for a change of zone to the A” Agricultural zone district referred to as the WWTP Change of Zone, located approximately 0.37 miles north of State Highway 52, and west of US Highway 85 in Fort Lupton, Colorado, pursuant to the City of Fort Lupton Municipal Code Notice Requirements.
WHEREAS, the TABOR Amendment permits electors of the City to approve the adoption of new taxes and to authorize the expenditure of revenues from such taxes; and
The public hearings are to be held before the Planning Commission on Thursday, September 23, 2021, at 6:00 P.M., and before the City Council on Tuesday, October 19, 2021 at 7:00 P.M. or as soon as possible thereafter.
WHEREAS, the question of whether to impose a retail marijuana excise tax must be directed to the registered voters.
The public hearings shall be held at the Fort Lupton City Hall, 130 S. McKinley Avenue in Fort Lupton, Colorado. In the event that the City Hall is closed to the public at the time of the hearings due to COVID-19, the public hearings will be held remotely, accessible to the public by phone and
WHEREAS, any excise tax imposed by the municipality shall be administered, collected, or enforced by the municipality; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT LUPTON, COLORADO, AS FOLLOWS: Section 1: An election shall be held on Tuesday, November 2, 2021 at which there shall be submitted to the eligible electors of the City the question
Section 8. Emergency Declaration. Because of the necessity of submitting this Ordinance to meet the election scheduling demands, an emergency exists, and the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby declared to be necessary to the immediate preservation of the public health and safety, and it shall become effective upon adoption and compliance with the provisions of Section 31-16105, Colorado Revised Statutes. INTRODUCED, READ AND PASSED ON FIRST READING, AND ORDERED PUBLISHED this 31st day of August, 2021. PUBLISHED in the Fort Lupton Press 8th day of September 2021. EFFECTIVE the 8th day of October 2021. CITY OF FORT LUPTON, COLORADO Zo Stieber, Mayor ATTEST: Maricela Pena, City Clerk Approved as to Form: Andy Ausmus, City Attorney Exhibit A RETAIL MARIJUANA EXCISE TAX SHALL THE CITY OF FORT LUPTON TAXES BE INCREASED BY ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($100,000) ANNUALLY IN THE FIRST FISCAL YEAR (2022), AND BY SUCH AMOUNTS AS ARE RAISED ANNUALLY THEREAFTER BY IMPOSING, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2022, A NEW EXCISE TAX OF 1.5% WHEN UNPROCESSED RETAIL MARIJUANA IS FIRST SOLD OR TRANSFERRED BY A RETAIL MARIJUANA CULTIVATION FACILITY WITH THE TAX REVENUES BEING USED TO FUND GENERAL GOVERNMENT EXPENSES AS DETERMINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, WITH THE RATE OF THE TAX BEING ALLOWED TO BE INCREASED OR DECREASED WITHOUT FURTHER VOTER APPROVAL SO LONG AS THE RATE OF TAXATION DOES NOT EXCEED 4%, AND WITH THE RESULTING TAX REVENUE BEING ALLOWED TO BE COLLECTED AND SPENT AS A VOTER APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY EXPENDITURE, REVENUE RAISING, OR OTHER LIMITATION CONTAINED IN ARTICLE X, § 20 (TABOR), OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW? Yes:_____ No:______ Legal Ad No.: FLP222394 First Publication: September 8, 2021 Last Publication: September 8, 2021 Publisher: Fort Lupton Press
Metropolitan Districts Notice of Public Hearing on Petition for Inclusion Of Real Property into Recreation District Frederick, Colorado - PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that at 6:30 PM on SEPTEMBER 15, 2021 the Board of Directors of the CARBON VALLEY PARKS AND RECREATION DISTRICT will hold
a public hearing to consider a Petition of Inclusion by COTTONWOOD HOLLOW FILING NO. 1 to be included into the Carbon Valley Parks and Recreation District’s boundaries with the following legal description of real property: LEGAL DESCRIPTION – LOTS 1-34, BLOCK1; LOTS 1-12, BLOCK 2; LOTS 1-3, BLOCK 3; LOTS 1-9, BLOCK 4; LOTS 1-11, BLOCK 5; AND LOTS 1-17, BLOCK 6 OF COTTONWOOD HOLLOW FILING NO. 1, RECORDED AT RECEPTION NUMBER 4485833 IN WELD COUNTY, STATEOF COLORADO (THE “PROPERTY”). Copies of the Petition and the legal description of the property is subject to the above-mentioned inclusion may be obtained from Abbigail Hebert, 8350 County Rd. 13, Suite 180, Firestone, Colorado. The public hearing will be held at the Carbon Valley Parks and Recreation District Active Adult Center located at 6615 Frederick Way, Frederick, Colorado, September 15, 2021 at 6:30 PM. Questions prior to the public meeting should be directed to Hannah Wardlow, Administrative Specialist, (303) 833-3660 Ext. 103.
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All interested persons, municipalities or counties that may be able to provide service to the real property, shall appear at the public hearing and show cause, in writing, why the Board of Directors of the Carbon Valley Parks and Recreation District should/should not adopt a final resolution and order approving the inclusion of the aboveidentified real property. The Board of Directors may continue the public hearing to a subsequent meeting. The failure of any person within the Carbon Valley Parks and Recreation District to file a written objection shall be taken as an assent on his or her part to the inclusion of the property. Dean Rummel, Executive Director Carbon Valley Parks and Recreation District For more information or to view Petitions for Inclusion, please contact Abbigail Hebert at ahebert@ cvprd.com. Legal Ad No.: FLP222393 First Publication: September 8, 2021 Last Publication: September 8, 2021 Publisher: Fort Lupton Press
Bids and Settlements NOTICE OF FINAL PAYMENT NOTICE is hereby given that Highway 119 Metropolitan District No. 1 of the Town of Firestone, Weld County, Colorado (the “District”), will make final payment at 10130 Astorbrook Lane, Highlands Ranch, CO 80126, on October 4, 2021, at the hour of 9:00a.m. to COYOTE RIDGE CONSTRUCTION, LLC, a Colorado limited liability company of Johnstown, Colorado for all work done by said Contractor(s) in construction or work on the Firelight Park Offsite Waterline Project, performed within the District, Weld County, Colorado. Any person, copartnership, association of persons, company or corporation that has furnished labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender, or other supplies used or consumed by such contractors or their subcontractors, in or about the performance of the work contracted to be done or that supplies rental machinery, tools, or equipment to the extent used in the prosecution of the work, and whose claim therefor has not been paid by the contractors or their subcontractors, at any time up to and including the time of final settlement for the work contracted to be done, is required to file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid, and an account of such claim, to the District on or before the date and time hereinabove shown for final payment. Failure on the part of any claimant to file such verified statement of claim prior to such final settlement will release the District, its directors, officers, agents, and employees, of and from any and all liability for such claim. BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS HIGHWAY 119 METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 1 Legal Ad No.: FLP222387 First Publication: September 8, 2021 Second Publication: September 15, 2021 Last Publication: September 22, 2021 Published in: Fort Lupton Press
Notice to Creditors NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Wayne Logan Morrow a/k/a Wayne L. Morrow, a/k/a Wayne Morrow, Deceased Case Number 2021PR30443 Division: 1 All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Weld County, Colorado; Court address: 901 9th Ave, Greeley, CO 80631, on or before January 10, 2022 or the claims may be forever barred. Brenda Hart 15607 Caroline Ave Ft. Lupton, CO 80621 Personal Representative Legal Ad No.: FLP222389 First Publication: September 8, 2021 Last Publication: September 22, 2021 Publisher: Fort Lupton Press
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