Commerce City Sentinel Express April 3, 2025 by Colorado Community Media

USWNT to face Ireland at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park

June 26 event brings international soccer to Commerce City

BY JOHN RENFROW

Local fans of professional women’s soccer have enjoyed 2025 so far in the Denver area. Just two months after the city was awarded the newest National Women’s Soccer League expansion team, a blockbuster matchup has been announced for this summer in Commerce City.

On June 26, soccer enthusiasts can catch the U.S Wom-

en’s National Team square up against the Republic of Ireland at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park. e star-studded match will be the rst of two meetings between the two teams, with the second coming on June 29 in Cincinnati, Ohio.

e games will be the rst meetings with Ireland since April of 2023, when the USA swept a pair of games in Austin, Texas, and St. Louis, Missouri, ahead of the FIFA Women’s World Cup, according to a release.

“We’re thrilled to have the U.S. Women’s National Team return to Colorado and DICK’S Sporting Goods Park,” said Colorado Rapids President

Pádraig Smith. “We’ve been honored to host and support the USWNT over the years, and we’re proud of the impact that Coloradans have on the squad. I am personally excited to welcome my home team of Eire and to another incredible showcase for women’s soccer in our state.”

Colorado is the home state of several current USWNT players, including team captain Lindsey Heaps (Golden) and forwards Sophia Wilson (Windsor) and Mallory Swanson (Highlands Ranch). Heaps is a Golden High School graduate and played for the Colorado Rush Soccer Club. She made history as the rst

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American female player to sign a professional contract straight out of high school, traveling to Europe to play for Paris SaintGermain in France in 2012 upon graduation. Heaps’s long list of accolades includes: 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup Champion 2024 Olympic Gold Medalist 2021 Olympic Bronze Medalist 2021 U.S. Soccer Female Player of the Year 2013 U.S. Soccer Young Female Player of the Year. is will be the 16th meeting between the U.S. and Ireland squads. e U.S. has won every matchup so far. e game kicks o at 7 p.m. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. MT March 28 at www.ussoccer.com.

David Sevcik knows all about the Mac ‘Noodles, Mile High Cheeseteak and Walking Tacos as well as other culinary delights he serves up in his 10 food trucks that circulate in the metro area. His menu aside, Sevcik also has to keep track of which city and county requires him to get new health and re safety permits to allow his truck grills to operate. e new permits are necessary in many Colorado cities and counties, even though he may have already earned the same permit from a different jurisdiction.

New fees for health and re inspections for each truck can quickly add up, Sevcik said. e Westminster resident said last year he paid nearly $10,000 in fees to local jurisdictions to stay in local compliance.

“I am not trying to fail, I want to stay in business and make everyone safe,” Sevcik said. “But this can get expensive.”

Sevcik Tuesday was prepared to testify in the State Legislature or HB25-1295, which would require local governments to grant reciprocal business licenses, health permits, and re safety permits to food truck operators that hold active licenses and permits from another local jurisdiction.

e measure is sponsored by Rep. Manny Rutinel, an Adams County Democrat, who says food truck operators now must pay for health and re safety permits in di erent jurisdictions even though they have met the exact requirements in another locale. “Food trucks are a growing part of Colorado’s economy, and they are inherently mobile and meant to operate across multiple jurisdictions,” Rutinel said in Capitol Watch,

USA’s Lauren Cheney (12) gets tripped up by Australia’s Clare Polkinghorne during the ﬁrst half of an international friendly match Sept. 19, 2023, at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City. FILE PHOTO

BY LONDON LYLE

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Rapids fans host women’s rights night

e Colorado Organization for Latina Opportunity and Reproductive Rights partnered with Centennial 38, the ocial fan club for the Colorado Rapids, at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City on March 22 to cheer on the Rapids as they faced o against the Portland Timbers.

But the organizations didn’t just get together for camaraderie, and the Rapids literally wore their support on their ashy, hot-pink kits.

March is Women’s History Month, and to celebrate and show support for women who have served and are serving as trailblazers in sports and society as a whole, the Rapids hosted Women’s Empowerment Night. COLOR and C38 hosted a fundraiser for some of the women in COLOR to travel to Washington next month to lobby for causes paramount to the Chicana community.

e Rapids also took advantage of the evening as an opportunity to give a warm welcome to the Denver National Women’s Soccer League, selling scarves in support of the NWSL’s 16th team coming to Denver in 2026.

La Ciudad had a chance to speak to some of the high school and college-age women involved with COLOR at the game about what this opportunity meant to them.

Aliyah Acevedo, a senior at Adams City High School and student board member for Adams 14 School District, described what the partnership with the Rapids meant for COLOR’s advocacy e orts. “It means a lot to all of us because we are

working so hard to empower other people who are people of color, people who identify as female or non-binary,” Acevedo said. “It’s so big because we don’t see this recognition very often. For someone as big as the Rapids to give us the opportunity, it just means we’re doing the work that really needs to be done and that someone is recognizing that, and we are getting somewhere.”

Acevedo rst got involved with COLOR through Karen Varón, who encouraged

her participation in the organization and connected her with opportunities to engage deeply in advocacy and leadership.

Mellanie Santaella Ornelas, a student studying neuroscience psychology on a pre-med track at Front Range Community College and CU Denver, was introduced to COLOR through a friend involved in Weld County activism. She described her involvement with COLOR as a lark that became a mission.

“I have a friend who works for Weld County; her name is Ceci, she goes to CU Denver,” Santaella Ornelas said. “She sent me the opportunity. [My friend] Diana likes to call it my little side quest to my eld, but it’s de nitely something I’m very passionate about.”

Next month, the COLOR group, including nine students, will travel to Washington on April 6-9 to lobby lawmakers directly for issues deeply impactful to the Latina community. e students had a preview of this process at Latino/a Advocacy Day and gave them hands-on lobbying experience.

“We have the opportunity with the program after the sessions to go to D.C. and lobby,” Santaella Ornelas said. “Just a few weeks ago, we went to Latino Advocacy Day, where we also got to lobby. We got a little bit of experience to prepare us for D.C.”

Acevedo said the bills that COLOR would be advocating for in Washington re ect the concerns of their community.

“We’re lobbying for a lot of the bills that we ourselves are passionate about and do research on, as well as asking our community what bills … they’d also like us to lobby for,” Acevedo said. “For example, on Latino Advocacy Day, we were lobbying on Senate Bill 3 and House Bill 1285, which protect workers from extreme temperatures and extreme weather con-

ditions. ese bills re ect what our community needs, like school funding, immigrant protections and Medicaid.”

For many of the participants, lobbying e orts are deeply personal. ey see this advocacy as necessary and urgent; they say marginalized communities increasingly need strong voices in their corner. Santaella Ornelas added that supporting marginalized communities isn’t limited to those who can a ord to donate.

“You also have the opportunity to use your voice,” she said. “Your voice can be very loud if you want it to be. Share it on social media, share it with your community. e more people learn about nonpro t organizations like COLOR, the more involvement we’re going to have, and the bigger our voice is going to get.”

Diana Pantoja Ortiz, another student activist involved with COLOR, emphasized the importance of people physically showing up to support activism e orts, particularly those who have privilege and access.

“If you feel comfortable enough, put yourself on the front lines,” Pantoja Ortiz said. “A lot of minorities are putting themselves on the front lines. For instance, Jeanette [Vizguerra], she’s in the ICE center, and she’s a prominent undocumented activist. If you have the privilege, put yourself in front.”

Beyond nancial donations and social media advocacy, COLOR members said that community presence at rallies and other events signi cantly bolsters the visibility of critical issues a ecting marginalized groups.

“One of the biggest things is just coming down to these rallies and saying, ‘I support the people in this community, and I support the people who don’t have the voice to support themselves,’” Acevedo said.

From left to right: Rosemary Lovera Nova, Diana Pantoja Ortiz, Aliyah Acevedo, Karen Varón, Mellanie Santaella Ornelas, and Lynette Garcia from COLOR pose for a photo at halftime. LONDON LYLE

NAHB’s International Builders’ Show 2025 in Las Vegas Provided a Glimpse of New & Inspiring Products

Regular readers of this column know that I’m a sucker for new and innovative products. Many of them are on display each year at the National Association of Home Builders’ annual International Builders’ Show (IBS), which was held in Las Vegas the last week of February.

For me, as a real estate professional, IBS is comparable in interest to what the Consumer Electronics Show (now CES) is to geeks. This is where we learn about new concepts in manufacturing, both of home building materials and of houses themselves.

There were many “smart home” products promoted at IBS, including an app called OliverIQ, which claims to tie together all of one’s smart home devices into “smart home as a service” (SHaaS). At right is a screenshot of this app shown on an iPhone.

Literally hundreds of companies purchased exhibit space at February’s IBS show in Las Vegas, and I wish I could have attended, but here are some of the new or improved products which I learned about from press reports.

Lighting is an important part of any home, and one of the innovations that caught my attention was Alloy LED’s SurfaFlex 1 Tape Light. It is demonstrated in the picture below, providing a nice alternative to indirect lighting, which was also on display in various forms by other vendors.

When I visited a Scottsdale hotel several years ago, I was captivated by the folding garage door on its restaurant. Well, that concept is now going mainstream, albeit at a cost many home builders or homeowners might not feel they could justify.

Instead of the garage door traveling overhead on rails, rendering that part of the ceiling inaccessible and unusable, this garage door folds itself at the top of the opening. Clopay’s VertiStack garage door, shown below, won “Best of Show” at this year’s IBS.

Another product concept that caught my attention was under-counter refrigerator and freezer drawers, great for a wet bar, shown here between a couple beverage coolers.

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speaker system to the heated seat with hands-free opening and closing.” It is priced at $9,796.01 on Kohler.com. I’ll pass, thank you. Walls of glass are nothing new, of course. I saw my first example of a wall of sliding glass panels that opened onto a patio (with outdoor kitchen, of course) in a house in Lakewood’s Solterra subdivision that I helped a client purchase several years ago. I haven’t seen others quite as large and dramatic since, but maybe they’ll catch on following the display of a “multi-slide door” at IBS. They are also sold as pocket doors, but more typically stack into the width of one panel.

maintenance-free way to bring nature and tranquility indoors. In the posting of this article on our blog, http://RealEstateToday.substack.com, I’ll include links for each of these products

Over 90% of Listing Agents Insert Faulty Legal Descriptions in MLS

I’ve written about this before, but it bears repeating. As a finicky editor, it has always bothered me that my fellow agents don’t know what is and isn’t the proper legal description.

I analyzed 100 listing on REcolorado, our local MLS, and only 8 of them had a clean legal description. Let me explain.

Most non-rural listings are in a subdivision, and are legally described by the name of the subdivision plus the block and lot numbers. But almost every listing agent inserts the “legal description” provided by the Realist report obtained via the MLS. That description also contains a Section, Township, and Range as well as the size of the parcel in addition to the subdivision, block and lot, like this from a recent listing of mine:

SECTION 34 TOWNSHIP 02 RANGE 69 QTR NE SUBDIVISIONCD 138000 SUBDIVISIONNAME CLUB CREST FLG #2 BLOCK 003 LOT 0011 SIZE: 11001 TRACT VALUE: .253

Heading the list of truly weird products was a “smart toilet” from Kohler, the Numi 2.0, shown below. It “combines unmatched design and technology to bring you the finest in personal comfort and cleansing. Kohler's most advanced toilet now offers personalized settings that let you fine-tune every option to your exact preferences, from ambient colored lighting and built-in audio

Client Praises One of Our Agents

Hi, Jim. This is Rita Levine. I just wanted to give you feedback, and I'm sure you already know this, but I closed on a home recently, and my broker was Chuck Brown. I just wanted to let you know he was the best real estate agent I have ever had, and this is my ninth house in three states. So, he was just so accommodating, so helpful, and so patient because we've been looking for four and a half years trying to find somebody that would do a contingency and find something I could afford.

And so, I just wanted to let you know how much I greatly appreciate his assistance and what a wonderful person he is. I'm just really happy I had the opportunity to get to know him, and I'm so happy when I met with you that you brought him along and recommended that he would be the best person for me to work with because he absolutely was the best person to work with.

So, just giving you feedback, and I'm sure that's much better than any complaint because many times people only call to complain about things, and I just like to always let people know when somebody went way beyond what was expected of them, and he certainly did that. So, thanks again, and let him know that I let you know. Okay, have a great day. Bye-bye.

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Defying Critics, NAR Retains Its

Last week, I wrote about the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR’s) Clear Cooperation Policy (CCP), which some major brokerages would like to see abolished, claiming that it is anti-competitive.

However, NAR, bolstered by an unsolicited determination by the U.S. Department of Justice that the CCP by itself was not anti-competitive, announced last week that it was retaining the policy, while throwing some crumbs to objectors in the form of a new MLS policy called “Multiple Listing Options for Sellers.”

That new policy was effective immediately (March 25, 2025), but gave MLSs until September 30th to implement it. The irony is that our MLS and possibly many others already offer these “new listing options” specified in NAR’s new policy. Those options are spelled out as follows:

1) A consumer will have the option to market their home as a “delayed marketing exempt listing.” This means a seller can instruct their listing agent to delay the marketing of their listing by other agents outside the listing firm through IDX or syndication for a period of time. REcolorado already has this feature, a “Coming Soon” status that is limited to 7 days, during which no showings may occur, including by the listing agent.

2) During the delayed marketing period, the home seller and the listing agent can market the listing in a manner consistent with the seller’s needs and interests. At the same time, the delayed marketing exempt listing will still be available to other MLS Participants through the MLS platform so they can inform their consumers about the property. That’s how “Coming Soon” status works.

3) Each MLS will have discretion to determine a delayed marketing period that is most

Here is the actual legal description, which the title company inserted in the warranty deed transferring the property to the buyer: Lot 11, Block 3, Club Crest Filing No. 2, County of Jefferson

Policy Against ‘Pocket Listings’

suitable for their local marketplace. REcolorado set that period as 7 days.

4) Listing agents representing sellers who choose to delay the public marketing of their listing must secure from their seller a signed disclosure documenting the seller’s informed consent to waive the benefits of immediate public marketing through IDX and syndication. Seller disclosure is required for both delayed marketing exempt listings and office exclusive exempt listings. The Colorado Real Estate Commission dictates that sellers be advised that restricting the exposure of their listing may not be in the public interest, but I don’t believe that such disclosures are being made to sellers by agents who convince sellers to keep their listing visible only to fellow agents within the same brokerage.

As I noted in last week’s column, listing agents can simply check a box during data entry to keep a listing off other broker websites, including realtor.com, redfin.com, and Zillow.com.

In summary, REcolorado has nothing to do to comply with this new “rule.”

My only wish is that NAR would disallow the “office exclusive” policy, which is itself anticompetitive, in that it disadvantages independent brokers and small brokerages, which, like small businesses, are the real workhorses of the real estate industry.

Does State Law Trump NAR Dictates?

Alabama has enacted a law that buyers do not need to sign an agreement with a broker in order to be shown a home for sale, directly overriding a key part of last year’s NAR settlement. The local Realtor Association lobbied for the bill, saying it put undue duress on buyers and was not in the best interest of consumers.

Juan Espinosa on truth, resistance and Chicano media

BY ROSSANA LONGO BETTER ROSSANA@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Juan Espinosa is a pioneering Chicano journalist, activist and co-founder of La Cucaracha, an independent newspaper that emerged in Pueblo during a time of social upheaval and resistance. You can explore the archive of La Cucaracha, a publication that continues to inspire generations committed to truth, justice and community storytelling.

Colorado Community Media connected with Espinosa during the 19th annual Latino/a Advocacy Day in Denver, and interviewed him about his life’s work, his legacy and the enduring mission of La Cucaracha.

is interview has been edited for length and clarity.

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you were there at a time when being a student journalist also meant being an organizer, a cultural worker and a witness to both profound hope and devastating loss. What do you remember most about those early days?

Juan Espinoza: I’d take it back to Boulder in the 1970s. I was a student at the University of Colorado, majoring in news editorial at the journalism school. What surprised me back then was that the school didn’t have its own student-run publication.

Before that, I had been editor of the student paper at Mesa College in Grand Junction, so I knew how to put a news-

paper together. at’s when I decided to start El Diario de la Gente, a publication by and for Chicano students in Boulder. When I graduated, the paper kept going, thanks to the students who had joined the team while I was there. It gave me hope to see it continue without me. Eventually, we moved to Pueblo. We didn’t go there planning to start a newspaper, but La Cucaracha came out of that next chapter in 1976. We were looking for a name that was a little catchy, maybe a little ironic or humorous, and La Cucaracha just stuck. at was 49 years ago.

As my kids got older and needed things like school shoes, I had to get a steady paycheck. I joined e Pueblo Chieftain, where I worked for 22 years, rst as a reporter, then editor, and later a columnist. I retired in 2010.

After retiring, I was really looking forward to slowing down. But my good friend Rita Martinez, who was organizing the Cinco de Mayo celebration in Pueblo, asked me if I’d help publish a program for the event. She only had a couple hundred dollars for a budget.

I told her, “Rita, this could be a fundraiser.” And it was. We turned it into a publication that brought in as much as $10,000 some years through ad sales. We did that for ve or six years.

Eventually, I decided to turn that project into something bigger. A couple of things had changed; e Chieftain’s circulation

Juan Espinosa attended the 19th annual Latino Advocacy Day in Denver, where he continues to uplift community journalism and Chicano voices.

PHOTO BY ROSSANA LONGO BETTER SEE ESPINOSA, P5

had dropped from 60,000 to about 12,000, and it was sold to Gannett. I realized Pueblo needed more local news, more stories about our own people that weren’t being covered.

at’s when I decided to launch La Cucaracha as a quarterly newspaper. We were just getting into our rst year when the press in Pueblo shut down.

Rather than search for a new printer, I took La Cucaracha online. Today, we publish at La Cucaracha News and we go live with a story whenever we have something ready. Sometimes we publish 10 stories in a week, sometimes just one. On average, we try to keep it to about two a week. It’s not huge, but we’re consistent.

And now I’m working on building a sta . at’s my focus these days — getting the next generation involved so we can keep telling the stories that matter.

CCM: Why is it essential to keep local news alive, especially in communities like Pueblo that have been historically underrepresented or misrepresented in mainstream media?

Espinosa: rough my reporting, I was able to keep a close eye on law enforcement. I covered the police department, the sheri ’s o ce and the state patrol. I treated it seriously, and I tried to bring depth and oversight to a beat that often gets overlooked.

What I learned from that experience is this: newspapers matter because of their reporting. At e Pueblo Chieftain, we were covering city council, school boards, county government. We were watching all of it.

And I’m not saying everyone in public o ce is dishonest. But when no one’s watching, who knows what’s going on? When reporters are paying attention — when someone’s reading 200 reports a day — they begin to see patterns. And when we report those patterns, we help institutions do a better job.

I really believe that strong, consistent journalism makes public o cials better at their jobs.

Back when I was a beat reporter, I could get something in the paper as late as midnight. A few times, I even pushed it to two in the morning and still made the morning edition. at kind of immediacy made a di erence. It meant people knew what was happening in their community, when it was happening.

And that’s the power of local news.

CCM: How do you re ect on this shift, and what do you think we’re at risk of losing when local journalism is no longer given the time, funding, or respect it once had?

Espinosa: Right now, I believe Gannett owns around 500 newspapers across the country. And if you pick up any one of them, you’ll see they essentially carry the same stories.

What we’re getting is a single perspective — from a massive

corporation — that decides what news is “valuable” to local communities. But only the people who live in those communities truly know what matters to them.

When we started La Cucaracha, our reporting was very focused on the Chicano community. I’m a product of the Chicano Movement, and we were ghting for civil rights, for equity, and for the power to tell our own story, on our own terms. We did the best we could with the small budget we had.

Now, I feel like we have an even bigger responsibility. We’re not just reporting for the Chicano community anymore. We’re covering the broader Pueblo community because the mainstream media isn’t doing it fairly or fully.

At La Cucaracha, we’ve expanded the types of stories we publish. We’re doing more features, more opinion pieces, and we’re trying to ll in the gaps, telling stories that would otherwise go untold.

CCM: According to the Pew Research Center, only 5% of U.S. adults say they often get their news from print newspapers, compared to 48% who cite digital devices. Why do you believe it’s still important to publish a print newspaper today, and what do you think print can o er that digital or social media can’t?

Espinosa: at’s actually one of the reasons we went online. We knew we needed to reach people where they already are. We use social media to promote our website, so as soon as a story is published online, we push it out through platforms like Facebook and others to drive tra c to our site.

Another bene t of being online is spontaneity. If someone brings

me a story today, I can have it published before midnight. at speed allows us to beat the local media all the time.

So in a way, we’re doing both. We stay active online year-round, but we also produce one special print edition each year for Cinco de Mayo.

CCM: So why, in your view, does print still matter—especially in a place like Pueblo, where independent voices like La Cucaracha have carried so much of the community’s truth for decades?

Espinosa: It’s tangible. Print is something real; something you can hold in your hands, clip out, save in a scrapbook or send to a loved one. It’s a form of media that carries weight, permanence and a sense of belonging.

It’s also a medium that many Chicanos and Latinos are deeply familiar with. If you walk through Mexico City, for example, you’ll see dozens of newspapers available on every corner. So for us, print is not just accessible; it’s part of our culture. We know it reaches people in ways digital sometimes can’t.

CCM: You’ve talked about the importance of storytelling that re ects and reaches the community. Why is it so important for La Cucaracha to remain in print and to expand its bilingual coverage, especially now?

Espinosa: When we started La Cucaracha, most of us were English speakers, so English was the dominant language in the paper. We always included some Spanish, but now, making the publication bilingual is part of our mission, especially when it comes to stories that directly impact the Spanish-speaking community.

at’s where we’re putting our

energy today, making sure our stories are not only told, but understood by everyone we aim to serve.

CCM: I want to return to your powerful story. You helped launch El Diario de la Gente in Boulder in the early 1970s, and that history is deeply tied to the tragedy of Los Seis de Boulder. Can you re ect on why it’s so critical for us to continue telling these stories—and not allow them to be forgotten?

Espinosa: It’s hard to be brief when talking about Los Seis. Six young people died in two separate car bombings, 48 hours apart, in May 1974. Five of them were Chicanos, and one was a young white woman who was dating one of the drivers.

e o cial explanation at the time was that they accidentally detonated the explosives they were allegedly carrying, but many of us have never accepted that. It’s hard to believe that two separate groups would make the same fatal mistake, just two days apart.

Since then, we’ve commemorated them every year. Last year marked the 50th anniversary, and this coming April 26, the University of Colorado Law School in Boulder will host a panel discussion to revisit the legal and historical context of their deaths: what laws were in place, what was overlooked and what justice might have looked like.

What’s clear is that the investigation never seriously considered alternatives. From the beginning, authorities treated these young activists as responsible for their own deaths, and they never moved beyond that narrative.

at’s why it’s so important to continue telling these stories, because if we don’t, no one else will.

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Higher visibility of RTD police halves crime calls

BY MONTE WHALEY MWHALEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Regional Transportation District ocials say a new emphasis on law enforcement at high visibility bus and train stops has resulted in a big drop in security-related calls from RTD passengers and personnel.

An increased number of RTD Transit Police o cers patrolling the system has resulted in both a month-over-month and year-over-year decrease in calls for security help, according to RTD. e agency has also focused on upgrading facilities and adding bus and train enhancements to improve the personal safety and security of customers and employees, RTD states in a news release.

In February 2024, RTD logged 4,460 calls, and that number was cut in half to 2,134 calls in February 2025. Similar month-over-month decreases have been observed going back to July 2024, shortly after RTD implemented 24/7 patrols and gained momentum in recruiting additional police o cers, the news release states.

“Calls have been decreasing because RTD is deploying more o cers in highvisibility areas, and they’re regularly riding buses and trains,” said RTD Acting Chief of Police and Emergency Management Steve Martingano in the news release. “We’re enforcing the Customer Code of Conduct, conducting fare sweeps, and maintaining a regular presence. ese e orts are making a noticeable di erence for our custom-

ers and frontline employees.”

RTD says that in 2024, a majority of security incidents recorded by the agency were the result of o cer observations. As RTD expands its police force and dispatches more o cers across the service area, RTD-PD is able to proactively intervene instead of relying on customers to make reports, the agency states. Last year, the number of o cer observations nearly doubled, a metric that the agency sees as clear evidence that growing its police force is working, according to the news release.

e increase in the department’s sworn o cers, standing at approximately 100 currently, is a force multiplier” and enables greater patrolling coverage across the agency’s 2,345 square-mile service area, RTD Manager of 911 Operations Michelle Lawrence said in the news release. e agency is budgeted to have 150 ocers on its force by the end of 2025.

In 2024, RTD logged approximately 43,000 security-related calls for service, or an average of 118 calls each day. e metric includes customer reports of grafti, drug activity, noise complaints, unattended bags, and other personal safety concerns, the news release states.

In January 2025, RTD received 2,774 security-related calls for service to the agency’s dispatch center. During that same month, RTD had approximately ve million customer boardings, which equates to approximately one security-related report for every 1,800 boardings across the entire system, the news release states. Reports from customers allow RTD-PD to know what is happening in real time and become aware of problematic areas that need addressed. e reports also

support data-driven policing strategies and o cer deployment, the agency says.

“RTD is interwoven into the fabric of the communities it serves,” said General Manager and CEO Debra A. Johnson in the news release. “Whatever challenges or problems are happening near a stop

or station will most certainly impact the agency’s buses and trains. Whether a customer is waiting for a connection or traveling to their destination, RTD is doubling down on its e orts to ensure their journey is seamless, comfortable, and convenient.”

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Public Notice

NOTICE OF INDEPENDENT MAIL BALLOT ELECTION

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

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and, particularly, to the electors of the Third Creek Metropolitan District No. 1 (the “District”), Adams County, State of Colorado.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an independent mail ballot election will be held by the District on the 6th day of May, 2025, between 7:00 A.M. and 7:00 P.M. Mail ballots will be mailed to eligible electors between April 14, 2025 and April 21, 2025.

The drop-off location and the hours during which the drop-off location will be open for delivery of mail ballots:

Location: Icenogle Seaver Pogue, P.C.

4725 South Monaco Street, Suite 360 Denver, Colorado 80237

Hours: 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. on weekdays through May 5, 2025

7:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M. on May 6, 2025

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

The names of persons nominated as Director for a Two-Year Term:

There are no Candidates for this Office

The names of persons nominated as Director for a Four-Year Term:

Conan C. Blakemore

Ballot Issue(s) certified by the District:

Ballot Issue 6A

(Operations and Maintenance Mill Levy –Ad Valorem Taxes)

Ballot Issue 6B

(TABOR Exemption – Any Revenues)

Ballot Issue 6C

(Multiple Fiscal Year IGA Mill Levy Question) Ballot Issue 6D (Water)

Ballot Issue 6E (Sanitation)

Ballot Issue 6F (Streets)

Ballot Issue 6G (Safety Protection)

Ballot Issue 6H (Parks and Recreation)

Ballot Issue 6I (Transportation)

Ballot Issue 6J

(Television Relay and Translation)

Ballot Issue 6K (Mosquito Control)

Ballot Issue 6L

(Fire Protection and Emergency Medical)

Ballot Issue 6M (Security)

Ballot Issue 6N

(Operations and Maintenance Debt)

Ballot Issue 6O (Refunding Debt)

Ballot Issue 6P

(Intergovernmental Agreement Debt)

Ballot Issue 6Q

(Intergovernmental Agreements)

Ballot Issue 6R (Mortgage)

Ballot Issue 6S

(Reimbursement Agreements)

Ballot Issue 6T

(Construction Management Agreement)

Ballot Issue 6U (Oil and Gas Debt)

Ballot Question(s) certified by the District:

Ballot Question 6C

(Property Tax Limit Waiver)

THIRD CREEK METROPOLITAN

DISTRICT NO. 1

By: Stacie L. Pacheco, Designated Election Official

Legal Notice No. CCX1682

First Publication: April 3, 2025

Last Publication: April 3, 2025

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Public Notice

NOTICE OF REGULAR INDEPENDENT MAIL BALLOT ELECTION

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN and particularly to the electors of the Legato Metropolitan District No. 6 of Adams County, State of Colorado:

NOTICE IS HEREBY given that a regular mail ballot election of the Legato Metropolitan District No. 6 will be held on Tuesday, May 6, 2025, from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. The election is being conducted as an independent mail ballot election. Mail ballots are required to be mailed to eligible electors between 22 and 15 days prior to the election date.

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

The names of persons nominated as Director for a FOUR-Year Term:

Casey Fanganello

John W. O’Neil III

The names of persons nominated as Director for a TWO-Year Term:

Peter Richards

Ballot Issue certified by the Legato Metropolitan District No. 6:

Ballot Issue 5A regarding removal of 291-1702 limitations.

The address of the location for return of mail ballots and the hours which the office will be open:

Seter & Vander Wall, P.C. 7400 East Orchard Rd., Suite 3300 Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111 (303)770-2700

Monday-Friday: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

The address of the location for mail ballot applications and the hours which the office will be open:

Seter & Vander Wall, P.C.

7400 E. Orchard Rd., Suite 3300 Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111 (303)770-2700

Monday-Friday: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

The office is open Monday through Friday, beginning at least 22 days prior to Election Day (April 14th), and from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Election Day (May 6th).

Legato Metropolitan District No. 6

Michele Barrasso Designated Election Official Phone Number: 303-770-2700

Legal Notice No. CCX1656

First Publication: April 3, 2025

Last Publication: April 3, 2025

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Public Notice

AVISO DE ELECCIONES ORDINARIAS INDEPENDIENTES CON VOTO POR CORREO

A QUIEN PUEDA INTERESAR y, en particular, a los electores del distrito metropolitano N.o 2 de Legato del condado de Adams, estado de Colorado.

SE NOTIFICA POR LA PRESENTE que se celebrarán elecciones ordinarias por correo del distrito metropolitano N.o 2 de Legato el martes 6 de mayo de 2025, desde las 7:00 a.m. hasta las 7:00 p.m. Las elecciones se celebran mediante voto por correo independiente. Los votos por correo deben enviarse a los electores con derecho a voto entre 22 y 15 días antes de la fecha de las elecciones.

En dichas elecciones, los electores del distrito votarán por los directores de la junta directiva del distrito para los siguientes mandatos:

Estos son los nombres de las personas propuestas al cargo de director para un mandato de CUATRO años:

Casey Fanganello

John W. O’Neil III

Estos son los nombres de las personas

propuestas al cargo de director para un mandato de DOS años:

Peter Richards

Propuesta electoral certificada por el Distrito Metropolitano N.o 2 de Legato:

Propuesta Electoral 5A sobre la eliminación de las limitaciones de la Sección 29-1-1702.

Dirección del lugar para devolución de boletas de voto por correo y horario de atención de la oficina:

Seter & Vander Wall, P.C. 7400 East Orchard Rd., Suite 3300 Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111 (303)770-2700

De lunes a viernes de 8:00 a.m. a 5:00 p.m.

Dirección del lugar para solicitudes de voto por correo y horario de atención de la oficina:

Seter & Vander Wall, P.C. 7400 E. Orchard Rd., Suite 3300 Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111 (303)770-2700

De lunes a viernes de 8:00 a.m. a 5:00 p.m.

Las oficina está abierta de lunes a viernes, desde al menos 22 días antes del día de las elecciones (14 de abril), y de 7:00 a.m. a 7:00 p.m. el día de las elecciones (6 de mayo).

Distrito metropolitano n.o 2 de Legato Michele Barrasso Funcionaria electoral designada Teléfono: 303-770-2700

Legal Notice No. CCX1649 First Publication: April 3, 2025 Last Publication: April 3, 2025 Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Public Notice

AVISO DE ELECCIONES LUGAR DE VOTACIÓN §1-13.5-502, C.R.S.

A QUIEN CORRESPONDA y, especialmente, a los electores del Distrito de Agua y Saneamiento del condado de South Adams, estado de Colorado:

POR EL PRESENTE SE AVISA que se celebrará una elección el 6 de mayo de 2025 entre las 7:00 a. m. y las 7:00 p. m.La Junta de Directores del Distrito designó los siguientes lugares de votación:

Distrito de Agua y Saneamiento del condado de South Adams Edificio de Administración Stevenson 6595 E. 70th Avenue Commerce City, CO 80022

Estación de bomberos 8 del condado de South Adams

10326 Walden Street

Commerce City, CO 80022

Los electores del Distrito votarán por tres directores para que desempeñen un mandato en la Junta durante cuatro años y un director para desempeñar un mandato de dos años. Los nombres de las personas candidatas a directores por un periodo de cuatro años son (en el orden en que aparecerán en la boleta):

René Bullock

Joe Robert Frey-Waite

Alan McConnell

Kiel Thomas Canterbury

Los nombres de las personas candidatas a directores por un periodo de dos años son (en el orden en que aparecerán en la boleta):

Jaeger Luke

Joaquin Casanova

Rebecca Toczylowski

ADEMÁS, SE AVISA que los que quieran votar en ausencia deberán presentar las solicitudes a la funcionaria electoral designada (DEO, por su sigla en inglés) a más tardar a la hora de cierre el martes 29 de abril de 2025. La dirección, el teléfono y el horario de atención de dicha funcionaria son los siguientes:

Dawn Fredette 6595 E. 70th Avenue Commerce City, CO 80022 720-206-0509

Lunes a jueves de 8 a. m. a 5 p. m. Viernes de 7 a. m. a 4 p. m.

Por: Dawn Fredette

Funcionaria electoral designada Distrito de Agua y Saneamiento del condado de South Adams

Legal Notice No. CCX1689

First Publication: April 3, 2025

Last Publication: April 3, 2025

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Public Notice

AVISO DE ELECCIONES ORDINARIAS INDEPENDIENTES CON VOTO POR CORREO

A QUIEN PUEDA INTERESAR y, en particular, a los electores del distrito metropolitano N.o 1 de Legato del condado de Adams, estado de Colorado.

SE NOTIFICA POR LA PRESENTE que se celebrarán elecciones ordinarias por correo del distrito metropolitano N.o 1 de Legato el martes 6 de mayo de 2025, desde las 7:00 a.m. hasta las 7:00 p.m. Las elecciones se celebran mediante voto por correo independiente. Los votos por correo deben enviarse a los electores con derecho a voto entre 22 y 15 días antes de la fecha de las elecciones.

En dichas elecciones, los electores del distrito votarán por los directores de la junta directiva del distrito para los siguien-

tes mandatos:

Estos son los nombres de las personas propuestas al cargo de director para un mandato de CUATRO años:

Casey Fanganello

John W. O’Neil III

Estos son los nombres de las personas propuestas al cargo de director para un mandato de DOS años:

Peter Richards

Propuesta electoral certificada por el Distrito Metropolitano N.o 1 de Legato:

Propuesta Electoral 5A sobre la eliminación de las limitaciones de la Sección 29-1-1702.

Dirección del lugar para devolución de boletas de voto por correo y horario de atención de la oficina:

Seter & Vander Wall, P.C.

7400 East Orchard Rd., Suite 3300 Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111 (303) 770-2700

De lunes a viernes de 8:00 a.m. a 5:00 p.m.

Dirección del lugar para solicitudes de voto por correo y horario de atención de la oficina:

Seter & Vander Wall, P.C.

7400 E. Orchard Rd., Suite 3300 Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111 (303) 770-2700

De lunes a viernes de 8:00 a.m. a 5:00

p.m.

Las oficina está abierta de lunes a viernes, desde al menos 22 días antes del día de las elecciones (14 de abril), y de 7:00 a.m. a 7:00 p.m. el día de las elecciones (6 de mayo).

Distrito metropolitano n.o 1 de Legato

Michele Barrasso

Funcionaria electoral designada Teléfono: 303-770-2700

Legal Notice No. CCX1647

First Publication: April 3, 2025

Last Publication: April 3, 2025

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Public Notice

AVISO DE ELECCIÓN INDEPENDIENTE POR BOLETA POR CORREO

§ 1-13.5-502(1)-(2), Estatutos Revisados de Colorado § 1-13.5-1105(2)(d), Estatutos Revisados de Colorado

A QUIEN PUEDA INTERESAR, y, en particular, a los electores de Velocity Distrito Metropolitano N.º 3 (el “Distrito”), Condado de Adams, Estado de Colorado.

POR LA PRESENTE SE NOTIFICA que el Distrito celebrará una elección independiente por correo con boleta el martes 6 de mayo de 2025.

Horario y ubicación de los centros de votación el DÍA DE LAS ELECCIONES:

Ubicación: Icenogle Seaver Pogue, P.C. 4725 South Monaco Street, Suite 360 Denver, Colorado 80237

Horario: 7:00 a. m. a 7:00 p. m. Las boletas por correo se enviarán a los electores elegibles del Distrito entre el lunes 14 de abril de 2025 y el lunes 21 de abril de 2025.

El lugar de entrega de las boletas por correo y el horario de apertura del lugar de entrega:

Ubicación: Icenogle Seaver Pogue, P.C. 4725 South Monaco Street, Suite 360 Denver, Colorado 80237

Horario: de 8:00 a. m. a 5:00 p. m. de lunes a viernes hasta el 5 de mayo de 2025 y de 7:00 a. m. a 7:00 p. m. el 6 de mayo de 2025.

Los nombres de los candidatos cuyas candidaturas han sido certificadas por el Funcionario Electoral Designado para el cargo de director del Distrito son los siguientes:

Los nombres de las personas nominadas como Directores para un mandato de dos años:

Kristen Adams

Seth C. Rollert

Los nombres de las personas designadas como directores por un período de cuatro años:

Mark A. Adams

Melissa M. Shea

Asunto(s) de la boleta certificado(s) por el Distrito:

PAPELETA 6A (Operaciones y mantenimiento de imposición por milésimasImpuestos ad valorem), PAPELETA 6B (Mejoras regionales de imposición por milésimas - Impuestos ad valorem), PAPELETA 6C (Exención de declaración de derechos del contribuyente (TABOR, por sus siglas en inglés - Cualquier ingreso), PAPELETA 6D (Pregunta sobre la imposición por milésimas en el marco de un acuerdo intergubernamental (IGA, por sus siglas en inglés) para múltiples ejercicios fiscales), PAPELETA 6E (Agua), PAPELETA 6F (Saneamiento), PAPELETA 6G (Calles), PAPELETA 6H (Protección de la seguridad), PAPELETA 6I (Parques y actividades recreativas), PAPELETA 6J (Transporte), PAPELETA 6K (Retransmisión y traducción por televisión), PAPELETA 6L (Control de mosquitos), PAPELETA 6M (Protección contra incendios y emergencias médicas), PAPELETA 6N (Seguridad), PAPELETA 6O (Deuda de funcionamiento y mantenimiento), PAPELETA 6P (Refinanciación de la

deuda), PAPELETA 6Q (Deuda por acuerdos intergubernamentales),

PAPELETA 6R (Acuerdos intergubernamentales), PAPELETA 6S (Mejoras regionales del acuerdo intergubernamental (IGA, por sus siglas en inglés)),

PAPELETA 6T (Hipoteca), PAPELETA 6U (Acuerdos de reembolso), PAPELETA 6V (Contrato de gestión de la construcción), PAPELETA 6W (Deuda de petróleo y gas)

Pregunta(s) de la boleta certificada(s) por el Distrito:

PREGUNTA 6C (Autoridad de transporte público), PREGUNTA 6D (Exención del límite del impuesto sobre bienes inmuebles)

VELOCITY DISTRITO Metropolitano N.º 3

POR: /f/ L. Stacie L. Pacheco, Funcionario Electoral Designado

Legal Notice No. CCX1665

First Publication: April 3, 2025

Last Publication: April 3, 2025

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Public Notice

AVISO DE ELECCIÓN INDEPENDIENTE POR BOLETA POR CORREO § 1-13.5-502(1)-(2), Estatutos Revisados de Colorado § 1-13.5-1105(2)(d), Estatutos Revisados de Colorado

A QUIEN PUEDA INTERESAR, y, en particular, a los electores de Velocity Distrito Metropolitano N.º 4 (el “Distrito”), Condado de Adams, Estado de Colorado.

POR LA PRESENTE SE NOTIFICA que el Distrito celebrará una elección independiente por correo con boleta el martes 6 de mayo de 2025.

Horario y ubicación de los centros de votación el DÍA DE LAS ELECCIONES:

Ubicación: Icenogle Seaver Pogue, P.C. 4725 South Monaco Street, Suite 360 Denver, Colorado 80237

Horario: 7:00 a. m. a 7:00 p. m. Las boletas por correo se enviarán a los electores elegibles del Distrito entre el lunes 14 de abril de 2025 y el lunes 21 de abril de 2025.

El lugar de entrega de las boletas por correo y el horario de apertura del lugar de entrega:

Ubicación: Icenogle Seaver Pogue, P.C. 4725 South Monaco Street, Suite 360 Denver, Colorado 80237

Horario: de 8:00 a. m. a 5:00 p. m. de lunes a viernes hasta el 5 de mayo de 2025 y de 7:00 a. m. a 7:00 p. m. el 6 de mayo de 2025.

Los nombres de los candidatos cuyas

candidaturas han sido certificadas por el Funcionario Electoral Designado para el cargo de director del Distrito son los siguientes:

Los nombres de las personas nominadas como Directores para un mandato de dos años:

Kristen Adams

Seth C. Rollert

Los nombres de las personas designadas como directores por un período de cuatro años:

Mark A. Adams

Melissa M. Shea

Asunto(s) de la boleta certificado(s) por el Distrito:

PAPELETA 6A (Operaciones y mantenimiento de imposición por milésimasImpuestos ad valorem),

PAPELETA 6B (Mejoras regionales de imposición por milésimas - Impuestos ad valorem),

PAPELETA 6C (Exención de declaración de derechos del contribuyente (TABOR, por sus siglas en inglés - Cualquier ingreso),

PAPELETA 6D (Pregunta sobre la imposición por milésimas en el marco de un acuerdo intergubernamental (IGA, por sus siglas en inglés) para múltiples ejercicios fiscales), PAPELETA 6E (Agua), PAPELETA 6F (Saneamiento), PAPELETA 6G (Calles), PAPELETA 6H (Protección de la seguridad), PAPELETA 6I (Parques y actividades recreativas), PAPELETA 6J (Transporte), PAPELETA 6K (Retransmisión y traducción por televisión), PAPELETA 6L (Control de mosquitos), PAPELETA 6M (Protección contra incendios y emergencias médicas), PAPELETA 6N (Seguridad), PAPELETA 6O (Deuda de funcionamiento y mantenimiento), PAPELETA 6P (Refinanciación de la deuda), PAPELETA 6Q (Deuda por acuerdos intergubernamentales), PAPELETA 6R (Acuerdos intergubernamentales), PAPELETA 6S (Mejoras regionales del acuerdo intergubernamental (IGA, por sus siglas en inglés)), PAPELETA 6T (Hipoteca), PAPELETA 6U (Acuerdos de reembolso), PAPELETA 6V (Contrato de gestión de la construcción), PAPELETA 6W (Deuda de petróleo y gas)

Pregunta(s) de la boleta certificada(s) por el Distrito:

PREGUNTA 6C (Autoridad de transporte público), PREGUNTA 6D (Exención del límite del impuesto sobre bienes inmuebles)

VELOCITY DISTRITO Metropolitano

N.º 4

POR: /f/ L. Stacie L. Pacheco, Funcionario Electoral Designado

Legal Notice No. CCX1667

First Publication: April 3, 2025

Last Publication: April 3, 2025

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Public Notice

AVISO DE ELECCIÓN INDEPENDIENTE POR BOLETA POR CORREO § 1-13.5-502(1)-(2), Estatutos Revisados de Colorado § 1-13.5-1105(2)(d), Estatutos Revisados de Colorado

A QUIEN PUEDA INTERESAR, y, en particular, a los electores de Mejoramiento Empresarial Porteos, (el “Distrito”), Condado de Adams, Estado de Colorado.

POR LA PRESENTE SE NOTIFICA que el Distrito celebrará una elección independiente por correo con boleta el martes 6 de mayo de 2025.

Horario y ubicación de los centros de votación el DÍA DE LAS ELECCIONES:

Ubicación: Icenogle Seaver Pogue, P.C. 4725 South Monaco Street, Suite 360 Denver, Colorado 80237

Horario: 7:00 a. m. a 7:00 p. m.

Las boletas por correo se enviarán a los electores elegibles del Distrito entre el lunes 14 de abril de 2025 y el lunes 21 de abril de 2025.

El lugar de entrega de las boletas por correo y el horario de apertura del lugar de entrega:

Ubicación: Icenogle Seaver Pogue, P.C. 4725 South Monaco Street, Suite 360 Denver, Colorado 80237

Horario: de 8:00 a. m. a 5:00 p. m. de lunes a viernes hasta el 5 de mayo de 2025 y de 7:00 a. m. a 7:00 p. m. el 6 de mayo de 2025.

Los nombres de los candidatos cuyas candidaturas han sido certificadas por el Funcionario Electoral Designado para el cargo de director del Distrito son los siguientes:

Los nombres de las personas nominadas como Directores para un mandato de dos años:

Kristen Adams

Seth C. Rollert

Los nombres de las personas designadas como directores por un período de cuatro años:

Mark A. Adams

Melissa M. Shea

Asunto(s) de la boleta certificado(s) por el Distrito:

PAPELETA 6A

(Operaciones y mantenimiento

de imposición por milésimasImpuestos ad valorem), PAPELETA 6B (Exención de declaración de derechos del contribuyente (TABOR, por sus siglas en inglés - Cualquier ingreso), PAPELETA 6C (Pregunta sobre la imposición por milésimas en el marco de un acuerdo intergubernamental (IGA, por sus siglas en inglés) para múltiples ejercicios fiscales), PAPELETA 6D (Agua), PAPELETA 6E (Saneamiento), PAPELETA 6F (Calles), PAPELETA 6G (Protección de la seguridad), PAPELETA 6H (Parques y actividades recreativas), PAPELETA 6I (Transporte), PAPELETA 6J (Retransmisión y traducción por televisión), PAPELETA 6K (Control de mosquitos), PAPELETA 6L (Protección contra incendios y emergencias médicas),

PAPELETA 6M (Seguridad), PAPELETA 6N (Deuda de funcionamiento y mantenimiento), PAPELETA 6O (Refinanciación de la deuda), PAPELETA 6P (Deuda por acuerdos intergubernamentales),

PAPELETA 6Q (Acuerdos intergubernamentales), PAPELETA 6R (Hipoteca), PAPELETA 6S (Acuerdos de reembolso), PAPELETA 6T (Contrato de gestión de la construcción), PAPELETA 6U (Deuda de petróleo y gas)

Pregunta(s) de la boleta certificada(s) por el Distrito:

PREGUNTA 6C (Autoridad de transporte público),

MEJORAMIENTO EMPRESARIAL PORTEOS

POR: /f/ L. Stacie L. Pacheco, Funcionario Electoral Designado

Legal Notice No. CCX1677

First Publication: April 3, 2025

Last Publication: April 3, 2025

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Public Notice

NOTICE OF REGULAR INDEPENDENT MAIL BALLOT ELECTION

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN and particularly to the electors of the Aberdeen Metropolitan District No. 1 of Adams County, State of Colorado:

NOTICE IS HEREBY given that a regular mail ballot election of the Aberdeen Metropolitan District No. 1 will be held on Tuesday, May 6, 2025, from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. The election is being conducted as an independent mail ballot election. Mail ballots are required to be mailed to eligible electors between 22 and 15 days prior to the election date.

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

Directors of the District:

The names of persons nominated as Director for a FOUR-Year Term:

James W. Harmon

Lauren R. Morley

Lawrence P. Jacobson

The names of persons nominated as Director for a TWO-Year Term:

Scott Koceski

Ballot Issue certified by the Aberdeen Metropolitan District No. 1:

Ballot Issue 5A regarding removal of 291-1702 limitations.

The address of the location for return of mail ballots and the hours which the office will be open:

Seter & Vander Wall, P.C. 7400 East Orchard Rd., Suite 3300 Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111 (303) 770-2700

Monday-Friday: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

The address of the location for mail ballot applications and the hours which the office will be open:

Seter & Vander Wall, P.C. 7400 E. Orchard Rd., Suite 3300 Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111 (303) 770-2700

Monday-Friday: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

The office is open Monday through Friday, beginning at least 22 days prior to Election Day (April 14th), and from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Election Day (May 6th).

Aberdeen Metropolitan District No. 1

Michele Barrasso

Designated Election Official Phone Number: 303-770-2700

Legal Notice No. CCX1644 First Publication: April 3, 2025 Last Publication: April 3, 2025 Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Public Notice

AVISO DE ELECCIONES ORDINARIAS INDEPENDIENTES CON VOTO POR CORREO

A QUIEN PUEDA INTERESAR y, en particular, a los electores del distrito metropolitano N.o 4 de Legato del condado de Adams, estado de Colorado.

SE NOTIFICA POR LA PRESENTE que se celebrarán elecciones ordinarias por correo del distrito metropolitano N.o 4 de Legato el martes 6 de mayo de 2025, desde las 7:00 a.m. hasta las 7:00 p.m. Las elecciones se celebran mediante voto por correo independiente. Los votos por correo deben enviarse a los electores con derecho a voto entre 22 y 15 días antes de la fecha de las elecciones.

En dichas elecciones, los electores del distrito votarán por los directores de la junta directiva del distrito para los siguientes mandatos:

Estos son los nombres de las personas propuestas al cargo de director para un mandato de CUATRO años:

Casey Fanganello

John W. O’Neil III

Estos son los nombres de las personas propuestas al cargo de director para un mandato de DOS años:

Peter Richards

Propuesta electoral certificada por el Distrito Metropolitano N.o 4 de Legato:

Propuesta Electoral 5A sobre la eliminación de las limitaciones de la Sección 29-1-1702.

Dirección del lugar para devolución de boletas de voto por correo y horario de atención de la oficina:

Seter & Vander Wall, P.C.

7400 East Orchard Rd., Suite 3300 Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111 (303) 770-2700

De lunes a viernes de 8:00 a.m. a 5:00 p.m.

Dirección del lugar para solicitudes de voto por correo y horario de atención de la oficina:

Seter & Vander Wall, P.C. 7400 E. Orchard Rd., Suite 3300 Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111 (303) 770-2700

De lunes a viernes de 8:00 a.m. a 5:00 p.m.

Las oficina está abierta de lunes a viernes, desde al menos 22 días antes del día de las elecciones (14 de abril), y de 7:00 a.m. a 7:00 p.m. el día de las elecciones (6 de mayo).

Distrito metropolitano n.o 4 de Legato

Michele Barrasso Funcionaria electoral designada Teléfono: 303-770-2700

Legal Notice No. CCX1653

First Publication: April 3, 2025 Last Publication: April 3, 2025 Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Public Notice

NOTICE OF INDEPENDENT MAIL BALLOT ELECTION

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

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and, particularly, to the electors of the Velocity Metropolitan District No. 5 (the “District”), Adams County, State of Colorado.

The drop-off location and the hours during which the drop-off location will be open for delivery of mail ballots:

Location: Icenogle Seaver Pogue, P.C.

4725 South Monaco Street, Suite 360 Denver, Colorado 80237

Hours: 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. on weekdays through May 5, 2025

7:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M. on May 6, 2025

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

The name of person nominated as Director for a Two-Year Term:

Kristen Adams Seth C. Rollert

The names of persons nominated as Director for a Four-Year Term:

Melissa M. Shea

Mark A. Adams

Ballot Issue(s) certified by the Subdistrict:

BALLOT ISSUE 6A

(Operations and Maintenance Mill Levy –Ad Valorem Taxes)

BALLOT ISSUE 6B

(Regional Improvements Mill LevyAd Valorem Taxes)

BALLOT ISSUE 6C

(TABOR Exemption - Any Revenues)

BALLOT ISSUE 6D

(Multiple Fiscal Year IGA Mill Levy Question)

BALLOT ISSUE 6E (Water)

BALLOT ISSUE 6F (Sanitation)

BALLOT ISSUE 6G (Streets)

BALLOT ISSUE 6H (Safety Protection)

BALLOT ISSUE 6I (Parks and Recreation)

BALLOT ISSUE 6J (Transportation)

BALLOT ISSUE 6K

(Television Relay and Translation)

BALLOT ISSUE 6L (Mosquito Control)

BALLOT ISSUE 6M

(Fire Protection and Emergency Medical)

BALLOT ISSUE 6N (Security)

BALLOT ISSUE 6O

(Operations and Maintenance Debt)

BALLOT ISSUE 6P (Refunding Debt)

BALLOT ISSUE 6Q

(Intergovernmental Agreement Debt)

BALLOT ISSUE 6R

(Intergovernmental Agreements)

BALLOT ISSUE 6S

(Regional Improvements IGA)

BALLOT ISSUE 6T (Mortgage)

BALLOT ISSUE 6U

(Reimbursement Agreements)

BALLOT ISSUE 6V

(Construction Management Agreement)

BALLOT ISSUE 6W (Oil and Gas Debt)

Ballot Question(s) certified by the District:

BALLOT QUESTION 6C

(Public Transportation Authority)

BALLOT QUESTION 6C

(Property Tax Limit Waiver)

VELOCITY METROPOLITAN

DISTRICT NO. 5

By: Stacie L. Pacheco, Designated Election Official

Legal Notice No. CCX1668

First Publication: April 3, 2025

Last Publication: April 3, 2025

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Public Notice

AVISO DE ELECCIONES

ORDINARIAS INDEPENDIENTES

CON VOTO POR CORREO

A QUIEN PUEDA INTERESAR y, en particular, a los electores del distrito metropolitano N.o 7 de Legato del condado de Adams, estado de Colorado.

SE NOTIFICA POR LA PRESENTE que se celebrarán elecciones ordinarias por correo del distrito metropolitano N.o 7 de Legato el martes 6 de mayo de 2025, desde las 7:00 a.m. hasta las 7:00 p.m. Las elecciones se celebran mediante voto por correo independiente. Los votos por correo deben enviarse a los electores con derecho a voto entre 22 y 15 días antes de la fecha de las elecciones.

En dichas elecciones, los electores del distrito votarán por los directores de la junta directiva del distrito para los siguientes mandatos:

Estos son los nombres de las personas propuestas al cargo de director para un mandato de CUATRO años:

Casey Fanganello John W. O’Neil III

Estos son los nombres de las personas propuestas al cargo de director para un mandato de DOS años:

Peter Richards

Propuesta electoral certificada por el Distrito Metropolitano N.o 7 de Legato:

Propuesta Electoral 5A sobre la eliminación de las limitaciones de la Sección 29-1-1702.

Dirección del lugar para devolución de boletas de voto por correo y horario de atención de la oficina:

Seter & Vander Wall, P.C. 7400 East Orchard Rd., Suite 3300 Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111 (303) 770-2700

De lunes a viernes de 8:00 a.m. a 5:00 p.m.

Dirección del lugar para solicitudes de voto por correo y horario de atención de la oficina:

Seter & Vander Wall, P.C. 7400 E. Orchard Rd., Suite 3300 Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111 (303) 770-2700

De lunes a viernes de 8:00 a.m. a 5:00 p.m.

Las oficina está abierta de lunes a viernes, desde al menos 22 días antes del día de las elecciones (14 de abril), y de 7:00 a.m. a 7:00 p.m. el día de las elecciones (6 de mayo).

Distrito metropolitano n.o 7 de Legato

Michele Barrasso Funcionaria electoral designada Teléfono: 303-770-2700

Legal Notice No. CCX1659

First Publication: April 3, 2025

Last Publication: April 3, 2025

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Public Notice

AVISO DE ELECCIÓN

A QUIEN CORRESPONDA y, en particular a los votantes del Distrito Metropolitano DIATC (“Distrito”) del condado de Ciudad de Commerce City, Condado de Adams, Colorado.

POR EL PRESENTE SE ENTREGA AVISO de que la elección se realizará el martes 6 de mayo 2025, entre las 7:00 a.m. y las 7:00 p.m. en relación con la cuestión de la exención de los límites de ingresos del impuesto predial, la elección de ciertos miembros de la junta directiva, y cualquier pregunta necesaria para implementar las disposiciones del Artículo X, Sección 20 de la Constitución de Colorado según lo aplicable al Distrito.

La elección se realizará como elección con boleta por correo y la realizará el Funcionario electoral designado, Craig Sorensen, c/o McGeady Becher Cortese Williams P.C., 450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400, Denver, Colorado 80203, número de teléfono 303-592-4380. El lugar para depositar las boletas por correo y lugar de votación sin cita previa para votar en las elecciones será esa oficina.

Entre el 14 de abril de 2025 y el 21 de abril de 2025, el Funcionario electoral designado enviará por correo a cada votante registrado activo del Distrito un paquete de boletas por correo.

Brock R. Chapman y Grant Thompson (candidato por escrito) son candidatos para los términos que se extienden a la segunda elección regular.

El lugar de votación presencial estará abierto de lunes a viernes, de 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. y comenzará veintidós días antes de la elección, el 14 de abril de 2025, y entre las 7:00 a.m. y las 7:00 p.m. el día de la elección.

TAMBIÉN SE NOTIFICA que el votante elegible de dicho Distrito para fines de tal elección es una persona registrada para votar según el “Código de Elecciones Uniformes de Colorado de 1992”; y (i) que es residente del Distrito o (ii) que él/ella o su cónyuge o pareja de unión civil, poseen bienes muebles o inmuebles imponibles dentro del Distrito, ya sea que esta persona resida o no dentro del Distrito. Una persona obligada a pagar impuestos en virtud de un contrato de compra de propiedad imponible dentro del Distrito se considerará titular de una propiedad imponible para los fines de calificar como votante elegible.

TAMBIÉN SE NOTIFICA que las solicitudes para boletas del votante en ausencia podrán presentarse ante el Funcionario electoral designado a la dirección indicada arriba, antes del cierre del cierre comercial del martes inmediatamente anterior a la elección. La devolución de boletas de votante en ausencia y las boletas de reemplazo podrán ser recibidas por el Funcionario electoral designado en la dirección anterior, de lunes a viernes de

8:00 a.m. a 5:00 p.m. desde el 14 de abril de 2025, hasta el día previo a la elección, o entre las 7:00 a.m. y las 7:00 p.m. en la fecha de la elección.

Distrito Metropolitano DIATC

Por:/s/ CRAIG SORENSEN

Funcionario electoral designado

Legal Notice No. CCX1687

First Publication: April 3, 2025

Last Publication: April 3, 2025

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Public Notice

NOTICE OF REGULAR INDEPENDENT MAIL BALLOT ELECTION

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN and particularly to the electors of the Legato Metropolitan District No. 7 of Adams County, State of Colorado:

NOTICE IS HEREBY given that a regular mail ballot election of the Legato Metropolitan District No. 7 will be held on Tuesday, May 6, 2025, from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. The election is being conducted as an independent mail ballot election. Mail ballots are required to be mailed to eligible electors between 22 and 15 days prior to the election date.

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

The names of persons nominated as Director for a FOUR-Year Term:

Casey Fanganello

John W. O’Neil III

The names of persons nominated as Director for a TWO-Year Term:

Peter Richards

Ballot Issue certified by the Legato Metropolitan District No. 7:

Ballot Issue 5A regarding removal of 291-1702 limitations.

The address of the location for return of mail ballots and the hours which the office will be open:

Seter & Vander Wall, P.C.

7400 East Orchard Rd., Suite 3300 Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111 (303) 770-2700

Monday-Friday: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

The address of the location for mail ballot applications and the hours which the office will be open:

Seter & Vander Wall, P.C.

7400 E. Orchard Rd., Suite 3300 Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111 (303) 770-2700

Monday-Friday: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

The office is open Monday through Friday, beginning at least 22 days prior to Election Day (April 14th), and from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Election Day (May 6th).

Legato Metropolitan District No. 7

Michele Barrasso

Designated Election Official

Phone Number: 303-770-2700

Legal Notice No. CCX1658

First Publication: April 3, 2025

Last Publication: April 3, 2025

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Public Notice

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Second Creek Farm Metropolitan District No. 3, Adams County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 6, 2025, is hereby canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513, C.R.S.

The following candidates are declared elected:

Cynthia Mae Payne until the second regular election (May 8, 2029)

Ashish Malla until the second regular election (May 8, 2029)

Caesar Borjas until the second regular election (May 8, 2029)

DATED: March 5, 2025

/s/ Lisa A. Jacoby

Designated Election Official for the Second Creek Farm Metropolitan District No. 3 c/o McGeady Becher Cortese Williams P.C. 450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400 Denver, Colorado 80203-1254 Phone: 303-592-4380

Legal Notice No. CCX1680

First Publication: April 3, 2025 Last Publication: April 3, 2025

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Public Notice

AVISO DE ELECCIÓN INDEPENDIENTE POR BOLETA POR CORREO

§ 1-13.5-502(1)-(2), Estatutos Revisados de Colorado § 1-13.5-1105(2)(d), Estatutos Revisados de Colorado

A QUIEN PUEDA INTERESAR, y, en particular, a los electores del Distrito n.º 3 de Third Creek Metropolitan District propuesto (el “Distrito”), Condado de Adams, Estado de Colorado.

POR LA PRESENTE SE NOTIFICA que el Distrito celebrará una elección independiente por correo con boleta el martes 6 de mayo de 2025.

Horario y ubicación de los centros de votación el DÍA DE LAS ELECCIONES:

Ubicación: Icenogle Seaver Pogue, P.C.

4725 South Monaco Street, Suite 360 Denver, Colorado 80237

Horario: 7:00 a. m. a 7:00 p. m.

Las boletas por correo se enviarán a los electores elegibles del Distrito entre el lunes 14 de abril de 2025 y el lunes 21 de abril de 2025.

El lugar de entrega de las boletas por correo y el horario de apertura del lugar de entrega:

Ubicación: Icenogle Seaver Pogue, P.C.

4725 South Monaco Street, Suite 360 Denver, Colorado 80237

Horario: de 8:00 a. m. a 5:00 p. m. de lunes a viernes hasta el 5 de mayo de 2025 y de 7:00 a. m. a 7:00 p. m. el 6 de mayo de 2025.

Los nombres de los candidatos cuyas candidaturas han sido certificadas por el Funcionario Electoral Designado para el cargo de director del Distrito son los siguientes:

Los nombres de las personas nominadas como Directores para un mandato de dos años:

No hay candidatos para este cargo.

Los nombres de las personas designadas como directores por un período de cuatro años:

Conan C. Blakemore

Asunto(s) de la boleta certificado(s) por el Distrito:

Papeleta 6A

(Operaciones y mantenimiento de imposición por milésimasImpuestos ad valorem)

Papeleta 6B

(Exención de declaración de derechos del contribuyente (TABOR, por sus siglas en inglés - Cualquier ingreso)

Papeleta 6C (Pregunta sobre la imposición por milésimas en el marco de un acuerdo intergubernamental (IGA, por sus siglas en inglés) para múltiples ejercicios fiscales)

Papeleta 6D (Agua)

Papeleta 6E (Saneamiento)

Papeleta 6F (Calles)

Papeleta 6G (Protección de la seguridad)

Papeleta 6H

(Parques y actividades recreativas)

Papeleta 6J

(Retransmisión y traducción por televisión)

Papeleta 6K (Control de mosquitos)

Papeleta 6L

(Protección contra incendios y emergencias médicas)

Papeleta 6M (Seguridad)

Papeleta 6N

(Deuda de funcionamiento y mantenimiento)

Papeleta 6O (Refinanciación de la deuda)

Papeleta 6P

(Deuda por acuerdos intergubernamentales)

Papeleta 6Q

(Acuerdos intergubernamentales)

Papeleta 6R (Hipoteca)

Papeleta 6S (Acuerdos de reembolso)

Papeleta 6T

(Contrato de gestión de la construcción)

Papeleta 6U (Deuda de petróleo y gas)

Pregunta(s) de la boleta certificada(s) por el Distrito:

Pregunta 6B

(Exención del límite del impuesto sobre bienes inmuebles)

THIRD CREEK METROPOLITAN DISTRITO No. 3

POR: /f/ Stacie L. Pacheco, Funcionario Electoral Designado

Legal Notice No. CCX1685

First Publication: April 3, 2025

Last Publication: April 3, 2025

Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express

Public Notice

AVISO DE ELECCIÓN INDEPENDIENTE POR BOLETA POR CORREO § 1-13.5-502(1)-(2), Estatutos Revisados de Colorado § 1-13.5-1105(2)(d), Estatutos Revisados de Colorado

A QUIEN PUEDA INTERESAR, y, en particular, a los electores de Velocity Distrito Metropolitano N.º 2 (el “Distrito”), Condado de Adams, Estado de Colorado.