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A joint effort by the Weld County Sheriff ’s Office and the Colorado State Patrol helped cut the number of fatal crashes on seven highways in 2020, according to a Jan. 29 release.

“The progress is wonderful, it’s very exciting and a great sense of reward. I think with both agencies, we are looking forward to 2021 to see if this can be the new normal in Weld County,” said Captain Ian Whittington Colorado State Patrol.

“It does give me a sense of appreciation with optimism because I know that we need the local community support to slow down and buckle up.

Pay attention to the road.”

Captain Whittington, said with the COVID-19 impacting nationwide last year, it is something to consider of the reduction of fatal crashes resulting in less traffic on roadways and also economic changes.

“The reduction that we saw A Colorado State Trooper joins a Weld County deputy working together for a traffic stop. The two agencies are working together to in fatal crashes, particularly on designated rural highways in Weld COURTESY PHOTO reduce the number of crashes on Weld County highways.

County, was truly extraordinary. I credit the troopers of the Colorado The seven highways that had half State Patrol had a much higher level of the fatal crashes reduced by nearof enforcement and a higher level of ly 50% stretched to about 250 miles patrols on those rural highways in total, was U.S. Highway 85 north of Weld County, said, Whittington.

Greeley and U.S. Highway 85 south The partnership of the Weld Coun- to Brighton, WCR 34 east of Greeley, State Highway 14, and 392 both in STAFF REPORT ty Sheriff ’s Office, the deputies also down, which caused the fire to go the northern part of Weld, 1-76 from contributed along with the CSP of out,” the tweet said. “This fire was having high visibility of patrols and the town of Hudson east and State Fort Lupton fire officials were isolated to a small potion of the Highway 52 in Fort Lupton. enforcement on the highways. looking into the cause of explosion facility the entire time.”

“State Highway 392 has been a perand fire near the Anadarko plant “With both agencies, we could afThe tweet also said the fire was sistent problem for us last year but early Jan. 31. ford the education to work on those under control aound 6:15 a.m. and there were only two fatal crashes.

The fire started shortly before rural highways in Weld County, it was out by 6:45 a.m.

5:30 a.m. near the intersection of was very much an experiment for us On U.S. Highway 85 north of GreeFourteen members of Fort ley, it had only two fatal crashes. On Weld County roads 21 and 18. The in 2020,” said Whittington. “Those Lupton’s department responded, U.S. Highway 85 south of Lasalle fire was out by 6:45 a.m. results were so favorable in the way together with five pieces of aphas been a persistent problem but A tweet from the fire district said that we had the drastic reduction paratus. The Frederick Firestone we are fortunate there have not been no one was hurt and no evacuaof nearly 50% on those rural highFire Protection District send four any fatal crashes,” said Whittington. tions were ordered. ways and we are looking forward to of its members and three pieces of “We’re looking forward to com“We evaluated the scene and continuing that experiment in 2021 apparatus. munity support and have zero fatal stood by until crews from Occiand beyond.”

Every year before Thanksgiving, First United Methodist Church in Fort Lupton and the Fort Lupton Food and Clothing Bank provide community dential shut the facility operations The Weld County’s Sheriff ’s Office crashes in 2021.” members with food boxes.

This program’s 10th consecutive Colorado State Patrol Trooper year. Above, Joe Hubert, left China Garcia and Sue Hubert with Change 4 Change, and the Colorado State Patrol arewill be the reckless driving. Number one and roadways that they were able to Matthew KingSee Colorado patrol going to continue to work another organization thattogether helps with the food drive. more State on Page 2. determine. Number one is speeding, two are the biggest problems.

State Highway 392. Trooper King and explore new ways to maintain number two stops sign violations, said three things that contribute a strong patrol present, particularly and number three is bad passes or to injury and fatal crashes on the in rural Weld County.

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Council asks for more library relocation data

By Steve Smith ssmith@coloradocommunitymedia.com

The Fort Lupton Public and School Library still has plans to move, but its favored location – Vincent Village, near state Highway 52 and U.S. Highway 85 – is the favored location among Fort Lupton City Council members.

The library narrowed its search for a new home to three locations – northeast of Fort Lupton High School, across the street from the Safeway store or near the Cannery. The library wants Vincent Village, even if a new round of inspections decreases some of the available land.

During a Jan. 26 town hall meeting, Mayor Zo Stieber said that on a personal level she is not in favor of putting the library near a large

retail area.

“Everyone has to cross the street to get to the building,” she said.

“It’s not as welcoming as other choices.”Library Director Sarah Franks said the two other locations were either more expensive (Lupton Village) or the land area “wasn’t going to work for us” (near the Cannery).

“I’m not in favor of it going on city property,” said councilman Tommy Holton.

City administrator Chris Cross said the library board examined a “lot of properties” during the search for a new home.

“The best choice is Vincent Village,” he told councilors. “They are going to do more diligence to make sure it’s big enough to handle what the library needs. It seems to be the most viable spot.”

“I’m not wild about Vincent Village,” Stieber said.

City vehicles

In other business, council took up a proposal to replace some of its city vehicles.

The city has 48 vehicles in its fleet. Larry Caster, senior account executive with Enterprise Fleet, said 10 percent of the vehicles were at least 20 years of age and 19 percent were at least 15 years old.

His suggestion was to replace two police cars and to enter into a lease arrangement for 17 vehicles, including two police vehicles. The annual cost is $168,000 per year for five years (which leads to outright ownership), plus maintenance.

Caster called it an “open-ended equity lease” with no charges for

wear and tear.

“Older vehicles have higher maintenance costs, they aren’t as reliable, and they aren’t as safe,” Caster said. “You save money by leasing. We considered safety.

There will be less down, and your employees will be happier.”

City administrator Chris Cross said the biggest impact of a lease arrangement would be on the police department.

“We’ll research more,” Stieber said. “But it’s looking somewhat attractive, considering the age and safety of our fleet and maintenance costs. The price would go up as we swap more police units each year, assuming this was successfully adopted.”

The discussion came during a town-hall format in which the council cannot make decisions.

RE-8 district facing budget shortfall Officials say it could have been worse

By Steve Smith ssmith@coloradocommunitymedia.com

Thanks to the impacts of coronavirus, the Weld RE-8 School District is facing a deficit of about $113,000.

RE-8 Director of Business Services Jessica Holbrook said bankrupt oil-and-gas companies and the resulting loss of what she called “a huge source of revenue” didn’t help the district’s cause. The assessed valuation in the district dropped by about $2 million.

There was a change in the revenue stream, too. Holbrook said because the district is fully funded from local sources, the state normally requires certain funds to be paid back. That could range from $196,000 to almost $1 million, the total amount of categorical funding in the district.

The state provides about 7 percent of state aid to school districts for such purposes as special education, according to edsource.org.

One thing that helped the district was the Legislature’s decision to extend the deadline to collect property taxes, according to Holbrook. Those receipts showed up in October.

“There is nowhere we can reduce expenses?” asked board member Cody LeBlanc. “Forty-four percent of our budget is salaries,” Hol-

Front Range aims to focus on equity

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A new leadership position will help steer ongoing diversity and inclusion efforts at the college.

Front Range Community College has hired Abenicio Rael, M.Ed., to be the school’s first executive director of equity and inclusion.

“Creating this new position will sharpen FRCC’s focus on our goals of inclusive excellence, educational equity and advancing opportunity for all,” said the college’s President Andy Dorsey.

brook said. “Nineteen percent goes to benefits. The only place to do a reduction is more economical staff positions.”

The RE-8 school board adopted an amended $37 million budget -- including the shortfall -- by a vote of 4-1 during its Jan. 28 meeting.

“I will vote no because of the deficit,” LeBlanc said before casting his vote. “Without additional funds, it would have been larger.”

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approved a negotiation agreement between the district and its employees. LeBlanc voted against that, too.

“I don’t believe we should be appropriating additional expenses to salaries, anything that’s going to raise our budget,” he said. He and the rest of the board unanimously approved salary schedules for licensed, administrative and classified employees in the district.

One area where Re-8 isn’t paying money to district employees is

for food service. The district has a $41,000, one-year contract with Chartwell Food Service.

Holbrook said thanks to funding from the state Department of Education and the United States Department of Agriculture, free meals are available to all students every day.

“No kid has had to pay for lunch,” she told the board. “It’s been interesting on my side. We haven’t had any revenue. It makes fluctuations hard.”

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Briefs FLHS student council news

The Fort Lupton High School student council has been busy this school year.

To date, members have been involved in a food drive, sponsoring a golf table and helping with the annual duck race at Trapper Days in September; helping with Trick or Treat Street inside the high school in October; organizing a food drive, helping with the Field of HOnor and assembling holiday meal boxes in November; and helping with the Optimist Club’s annual Angel Tree program and with the city’s Winterfest celebration in December.

In January, the student council was involved in assembling holiday meal boxes and with a local food drive.

Co-op Cares Fund

The United Power board of directors allocated $250,000 to the co-op’s Co-op Cares Fund for this year. The fund started in April in response to the coronavirus pandemic and is designed to provide financial assistance to members who have been impacted, especially through illness or loss of employment.

“We’ve seen an increase in the number of members who are struggling to make their payments because of the lasting effects of this pandemic,” said Laurie Burkhart, United Power’s chief financial officer, in a statement.

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“So we when I started working on roadway 392, those are the three things that I focused on or some that egregious. I would say on that road, it’s going to be those three things.

Not every road that is worked by every other trooper, they are all going to have their own things to focus on based on their location and the number of people on that road,” said King.

It depends on the day on how many troopers are on the road in Weld County. The agencies hope to have more troopers to provide the best efforts with the limited resources on any given day.

Captain Whittington said, “We look forward to 2021 and beyond, I think motorists in Weld County can look forward to seeing more troopers and more deputies on rural highways.”

For 2021, the Weld County Sheriff ’s and the Colorado State Patrol have partnered on a new agency called “Team Ops.” Its mission is to focus on crime centric problems

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The Fort Lupton Optimist Club saluted Fort Lupton Middle School eighth-grade students for their positive attitudes, acts of kindness towards others and overall giving measures that contribute positively to the school and the community.

The winners were: September: Ashley Diaz Teller and Jared Lira October: Clara Patino Jaime and Fabian Morales-Sanchez November: Abbigail Dalbotten and Ivan Mota December: Isabel Diaz Teller and Ivan Rodriguez Gonzales

Sock drive

KM Coffee Shop, 721 Fourth St., is collecting new, unworn socks to benefit Change4Change, a local group in Fort Lupton. Be the first 20 people at KM Cup in Fort Lupton from 9 to 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 5, to receive a free coffee from Team Rise.

PPP reopening

Mark Sheeley, chief credit officer of Front Range State Park, will outline what businesses need to know with the latest round of money earmarked for job retention. His virtual discussion will be from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 4.

He will also discuss how to calculate average monthly payroll amount for various types of businesses, which determines loan amounts.

or traffic centric problems. It was a culmination of changes and corrections they needed to make for 2021.

“I had long brainstorming sessions with Captain Whittington (CSP) on how we could partner up to create synergy and, and become more effective in our respective missions starting in 2021 with “Team Ops,” said Weld County Sheriff ’s Office Captain Alan Caldwell.

The goal of Team Ops is to pull resources and to combine groups of troopers and county deputies to work on particular areas of the county to address special problems.

Captain Caldwell said, “ The problems can be either what we call a crime centric type of problem or just criminal activity. Or it could be a traffic centric problem. Something having to do with traffic safety. On a particular day where the Ops takes place groups of deputies and troopers will come together. They’ll work the area and they’ll try to mitigate the problem.”

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Free tax help

Aims Community College in Fort Lupton is offering free income tax preparations from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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Bird walk

Join volunteer naturalists Tammy and Ira for a virtual walk at Barr Lake State Park at 9 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 20.

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Archery class

Barr Lake State Park’s free archery instruction course offers two

sessions Sunday, Feb. 7, and Feb. 28.

One class is at 10 a.m. and one at 11 a.m.

The course is limited to 10 students who are at least age 6. Loaner equipment is available, or bring your own.

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Bald eagle festival

Barr Lake State Park’s sixth annual bald eagle festival runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 6.

Nature’s Educators will be making the 30-minute presentations, which are available on a first-come, firstserved basis. Friends of Barr Lake will sponsor an eagle craft program for kids.

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Peanut butter collection drive

The Tailtwisters 4-H Club of Fort Lupton is sponsoring a peanut butter collection drive to benefit the Fort Lupton Food & Clothing Bank through Sunday, Feb. 14.

It’s the club’s community service project. Call 720-353-1649.

Pennock Center news

Pennock Center for Counseling won’t be able to host its annual fundraiser, the Healing Hearts Benefit, in person this year. It will be an online, silent auction the week of Feb. 21.

Sponsors and donations are welcome. Call 303-655-9065.

A Colorado State Trooper speaks with a driver during a traffic stop. The State Patrol has been working with Weld County to reduce the number of crashes on Weld County highways. COURTESY PHOTO

ourselves, how can we get better? So Captain Whittington and I began to discuss these issues. The deal was generated, wouldn’t it be great if, we can combine efforts, “ said Captain Caldwell. “It brings certain knowledge to the table and certain assets, and we can combine those and essentially solve problems through this mutual partnership.”

Weld County Sheriff ’s Office made the news in 2020 for two big drug busts and finding missing people with the K-9 unit. These K-9 deputies will also join “Team Ops. Captain Caldwell said, “We were looking at how we could make our teams more effective in solving these problems. It will not be unusual to have a canine deputy assigned to that particular opera-

tion. In terms of being able to bring subject matter experts and an expert in skills to particular problems you’re combining the experts to traffic expertise, he added.

So with the Colorado State Patrol, you are combining criminal mitigation expertise of the Sheriff ’s office and all the assets that we bring to the table such as canines.”

“I’m very excited from our perspective this something new is something innovative. We are thinking outside of the box. We’re trying new approaches. And again, we are continually asking ourselves how do we get better. We are very optimistic for 2021 and beyond and working with Captain Whittington. Our end goals are the same its is public safety,” said Captain Caldwell.

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February 3, 2021

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Public Notices call Bobi 303.659.2522 Legals City and County CITY OF FORT LUPTON NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that the City of Fort Lupton is in receipt of an application submitted by Sheryl Been for an annexation and initial zoning to the ‘A’ Agricultural Zone District for a property located west and adjacent to County Road 19 and approximately 0.29 miles south from County Road 10 in Weld County, 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, January 28, 2021, at 6:00 P.M., and before the City Council on Tuesday, February 16, 2021, at 7:00 P.M. or as soon as possible thereafter.

The public hearings shall be held in the City Hall, 130 South McKinley Avenue, Fort Lupton, Colorado, or at such other time or place in the event this hearing is adjourned. In the event that 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 posted on the City’s website, www.fortluptonco.gov.

Further information is available through the City Planning & Building Department at (303) 857-6694.

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A PARCEL OF LAND LOCATED IN THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 16, AND THE NORTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 15, TOWNSHIP 1 NORTH, RANGE 67 WEST OF THE 6TH P.M., COUNTY OF WELD, STATE OF COLORADO, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

CONSIDERING THE EAST LINE OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SAID SECTION 16 TO BEAR NORTH 00°02’24” WEST, AND WITH ALL BEARINGS CONTAINED HEREIN RELATIVE THERETO;

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BEGINNING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF ZADEL ANNEXATION NO. 6 TO THE CITY OF FORT LUPTON, AS SHOWN ON THE PLAT RECEPRECORDED MARCH 11, 2019 AS RECEP TION NO. 4472769 IN THE RECORDS OF THE CLERK AND RECORDER FOR WELD COUNTY, COLORADO; THENCE SOUTH 12°24’49” EAST, A DISTANCE OF 140.00 FEET TO THE EAST LINE OF THE NORTH- EAST 1/4 OF SAID SEC SECTION 16; THENCE NORTH 12°19’56” EAST, A DISTANCE OF 140.02 FEET TO THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID ZADEL ANNEXATION NO. 6 TO THE CITY OF FORT LUPTON; THENCE SOUTH 89°56’40” WEST, COINCIDENT WITH THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID ZADEL ANNEXATION NO. 6, A DISTANCE OF 60.00 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING.

COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF ZADEL ANNEXATION NO. 6 TO THE CITY OF FORT LUPTON, AS SHOWN ON THE PLAT RECORDED MARCH 11, 2019 AS RECEPTION NO. 4472769 IN THE RECORDS OF THE CLERK AND RECORDER FOR WELD COUNTY, COLORADO; THENCE SOUTH 00°02’24” EAST, COINCIDENT WITH THE WEST RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF COUNTY ROAD NO. 19, A DISTANCE OF 729.97 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE CONTINUING SOUTH 00°02’24” EAST, COINCIDENT WITH SAID WEST RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE, A DISTANCE OF 864.43 FEET TO THE NORTH LINE OF LOT A, RECORDED EXEMPTION NO. RE-4223 AS SHOWN ON THE PLAT RECORDED NOVEMBER 23, 2005 AS RECEPTION NO. 3342371 IN THE RECORDS OF THE CLERK AND RECORDER FOR WELD COUNTY, COLORADO; THENCE COINCIDENT WITH SAID NORTH LINE THE FOLLOWING ELEVEN (11) COURSES AND DISTANCES:

SAID PARCEL CONTAINS 4103 SQUARE FEET OR 0.09 ACRES, MORE OR LESS. DESCRIPTION OF BEEN ANNEXATION NO. 2 A PARCEL OF LAND LOCATED IN THE NORTH NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 16, AND THE NORTH NORTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 15, TOWNSHIP 1 NORTH, RANGE 67 WEST OF THE 6TH P.M., COUNTY OF WELD, STATE OF COLORADO, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: CONSIDERING THE EAST LINE OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SAID SECTION 16 TO BEAR NORTH 00°02’24” WEST, AND WITH ALL BEARINGS CONTAINED HEREIN RELATIVE THERETO; BEGINNING AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF ZADEL ANNEXATION NO. 6 TO THE CITY OF FORT LUPTON, AS SHOWN ON THE PLAT RECORDED MARCH 11, 2019 AS RECEPTION NO. 4472769 IN THE RECORDS OF THE CLERK AND RECORDER FOR WELD COUNTY, COLORADO; THENCE SOUTH 12°24’49” EAST, A DISTANCE OF 140.00 FEET TO THE EAST LINE OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SAID SECTION 16; THENCE NORTH 12°19’56” EAST, A DISTANCE OF 140.02 FEET TO THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID ZADEL ANNEXATION NO. 6 TO THE CITY OF FORT LUPTON; THENCE SOUTH 02°27’07” WEST, A DISTANCE OF 690.00 FEET TO THE EAST LINE OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SAID SECTION 16; THENCE NORTH 02°38’42” WEST, A DISTANCE OF 660.05 FEET TO THE INTERSECTION OF THE SOUTH RIGHT-OFWAY LINE OF COUNTY ROAD NO. 10 AND THE WEST RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF COUNTY ROAD NO. 19; THENCE NORTH N00°02’24” WEST, COINCIDENT WITH SAID WEST RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF SAID COUNTY ROAD NO. 10, A DISTANCE OF 29.97 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING. SAID PARCEL CONTAINS 17,027 SQUARE FEET OR 0.39 ACRES, MORE OR LESS. DESCRIPTION OF BEEN ANNEXATION NO. 3 A PARCEL OF LAND LOCATED IN THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 16, AND THE NORTH-

1) NORTH 70°29’49” WEST, A DISTANCE OF 48.75 FEET; 2) NORTH 76°52’39” WEST, A DISTANCE OF 461.68 FEET; 3) NORTH 74°47’30” WEST, A DISTANCE OF 66.09 FEET; 4) NORTH 72°36’36” WEST, A DISTANCE OF 384.13 FEET; 5) SOUTH 89°59’19” WEST, A DISTANCE OF 10.07 FEET; 6) SOUTH 49°07’04” WEST, A DISTANCE OF 244.82 FEET; 7) SOUTH 50°18’30” EAST, A DISTANCE OF 340.62 FEET; 8) SOUTH 47°52’20” WEST, A DISTANCE OF 299.39 FEET; 9) SOUTH 55°57’49” WEST, A DISTANCE OF 88.08 FEET; 10) SOUTH 65°00’00” WEST, A DISTANCE OF 80.60 FEET; 11) SOUTH 77°14’08” WEST, A DISTANCE OF 107.46 FEET TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID LOT A; THENCE NORTH 86°23’22” EAST, COINCIDENT WITH THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID LOT A, A DISTANCE OF 1920.13 FEET TO THE EAST RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF COUNTY ROAD NO. 19; THENCE NORTH 00°02’24” WEST, COINCIDENT WITH SAID EAST RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE, A DISTANCE OF 1176.07 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 01°46’10” WEST, A DISTANCE OF 950.00 FEET TO THE EAST LINE OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SAID SECTION 16; THENCE NORTH 01°50’59” WEST, A DISTANCE OF 950.00 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING. SAID PARCEL CONTAINS 729,846 SQUARE FEET OR 16.75 ACRES, MORE OR LESS. RESOLUTION NO. 2021R008 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF FORT LUPTON INITIATING ANNEXATION PROCEEDINGS FOR THE ANNEXATION KNOWN AS THE BEEN ANNEXATION NOS. 1 – 4 AND SETTING THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR FEBRUARY 16, 2021

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WHEREAS, the Fort Lupton City Council has reviewed the annexation petition submitted by Sheryl Been for 18.40 acres, more or less, and known as the Been Annexation Nos. 1 – 4; and WHEREAS, the Fort Lupton City Council finds the annexation petition to be complete and in substantial conformance with the requirements of C.R.S. 31-12-107 (1) as amended.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Fort Lupton City Council hereby approves this Resolution initiating annexation proceedings for the Been Annexation Nos. 1 – 4 and sets the hearing date for February 16, 2021, to determine if the proposed annexation complies with C.R.S. 31-12-104 and 31-12-105, or such parts thereof as may be required to establish eligibility for annexation under the terms of Part 1, Article 12, Title 31, C.R.S. APPROVED AND ADOPTED BY THE FORT LUPTON CITY COUNCIL THIS 5th DAY OF JANUARY 2021.

City of Fort Lupton, Colorado /s/ Zo Stieber Zo Stieber, Mayor Attest: s/Maricela Peña Maricela Peña, City Clerk Approved as to form: s/Andy Ausmus Andy Ausmus, City Attorney Legal Notice No. FLP2222221 First Publication: January 13, 2021 Last Publication: February 3, 2021 Publisher: Fort Lupton Press CITY OF FORT LUPTON NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given that the City of Fort Lupton is in receipt of an application submitted by Mandi Hagler and Lee Hagler for an annexation and initial zoning to the ‘A’ Agriculture Zone District for two parcels located north and adjacent to County Road 22 and approximately 0.11 miles east of County Road 19 in Weld County, Colorado, pursuant to the City of Fort Lupton Municipal Code Notice Requirements. The annexation also includes road right of way. A special use permit for the property is being considered at a separate public hearing before the Planning Commission and City Council.

The public hearings are to be held before the Planning Commission on Thursday, February 11, 2021, at 6:00 P.M., and before the City Council on Tuesday, March 2, 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 interne t. Information on how to attend the hearings will be provided in the agenda as posted on the City’s website, www.fortluptonco.gov.

LEGAL DESCRIPTION ANNEXATION NO. 1 A TRACT OF LAND LOCATED IN THE NW1/4 OF SECTION 34 AND THE NE1/4 OF SECTION 33, T2N, R67W OF THE 6TH P.M., COUNTY OF WELD, STATE OF COLORADO, BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS; BEGINNING AT THE W1/4 CORNER OF SAID SECTION 34, THENCE S89°27’08”W, 30.00 FEET ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID NE1/4 OF SECTION 33 TO THE WESTERLY LINE OF WELD COUNTY ROAD 19; THENCE N11°14’13”E, 146.96 FEET; THENCE S12°18’56”E, 147.03 FEET TO THE EASTERLY LINE OF SAID WELD COUNTY ROAD 19, SAID POINT ALSO BEING ON THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID NW1/4 OF SECTION 34; THENCE S89°36’17”W, 30.00 FEET ALONG SAID SOUTH LINE OF THE NW1/4 OF SECTION 34 TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. CONTAINING 0.099 ACRES ANNEXATION NO. 2 A TRACT OF LAND LOCATED IN THE NW1/4 OF SECTION 34 AND THE NE1/4 OF SECTION 33, T2N, R67W OF THE 6TH P.M., COUNTY OF WELD, STATE OF COLORADO, BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS; COMMENCING AT THE W1/4 CORNER OF SAID SECTION 34, THENCE S89°27’08”W, 30.00 FEET ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID NE1/4 OF SECTION 33 TO THE WESTERLY LINE OF WELD COUNTY ROAD 19, SAID POINT BEING THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE N00°32’32”W, 75.00 FEET ALONG SAID WESTERLY LINE OF WELD COUNTY ROAD 19; THENCE N02°07’21”E, 645.24 FEET; THENCE S03°12’25”E, 645.31 FEET TO THE EASTERLY LINE OF SAID WELD COUNTY ROAD 19; THENCE S00°32’32”E, 75.00 FEET ALONG SAID EASTERLY LINE OF WELD COUNTY ROAD 19; THENCE N12°18’56”W, 147.03 FEET; THENCE S11°14’13”W, 146.96 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING. CONTAINING 0.448 ACRES ANNEXATION NO. 3 A TRACT OF LAND LOCATED IN THE NW1/4

OF SECTION 34 AND THE NE1/4 OF SECTION 33, T2N, R67W OF THE 6TH P.M., COUNTY OF WELD, STATE OF COLORADO, BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS; COMMENCING AT THE W1/4 CORNER OF SAID SECTION 34, THENCE S89°27’08”W, 30.00 FEET ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID NE1/4 OF SECTION 33 TO THE WESTERLY LINE OF WELD COUNTY ROAD 19; THENCE N00°32’32”W, 75.00 FEET ALONG SAID WESTERLY LINE OF WELD COUNTY ROAD 19, SAID POINT BEING THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE N00°32’32”W, 600.00 FEET ALONG SAID WESTERLY LINE OF WELD COUNTY ROAD 19; THENCE N00°20’40”E, 1938.52 FEET; THENCE S01°25’45”E, 1938.60 FEET TO THE EASTERLY LINE OF SAID WELD COUNTY ROAD 19; THENCE S00°32’32”E, 600.00 FEET ALONG SAID EASTERLY LINE OF WELD COUNTY ROAD 19; THENCE N03°12’25”W, 645.31 FEET; THENCE S02°07’21”W, 645.24 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING. CONTAINING 1.718 ACRES ANNEXATION NO. 4 A TRACT OF LAND LOCATED IN THE SE1/4 OF SECTION 21, THE SW1/4 OF SECTION 22, THE W1/2 OF SECTION 27, THE E1/2 OF SECTION 28, THE NW1/4 OF SECTION 34 AND THE NE1/4 OF SECTION 33, T2N, R67W OF THE 6TH P.M., COUNTY OF WELD, STATE OF COLORADO, BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS; COMMENCING AT THE W1/4 CORNER OF SAID SECTION 34, THENCE S89°27’08”W, 30.00 FEET ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID NE1/4 OF SECTION 33 TO THE WESTERLY LINE OF WELD COUNTY ROAD 19; THENCE N00°32’32”W, 675.00 FEET ALONG SAID WESTERLY LINE OF WELD COUNTY ROAD 19, SAID POINT BEING THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE N00°32’32”W, 1968.33 FEET ALONG SAID WESTERLY LINE OF WELD COUNTY ROAD 19; THENCE N00°03’53”W, 30.00 FEET TO THE NORTHERLY LINE OF WELD COUNTY ROAD 16; THENCE N89°31’55”E, 68.78 FEET ALONG SAID NORTHERLY LINE OF WELD COUNTY ROAD 16 TO SAID WESTERLY LINE OF WELD COUNTY ROAD 19; THENCE N00°06’06”E, 7432.01 FEET; THENCE S00°21’39”E, 7431.65 FEET TO THE EASTERLY LINE OF SAID WELD COUNTY ROAD 19; THENCE S12°04’54”W, 315.86 FEET TO SAID EASTERLY LINE OF SAID WELD COUNTY ROAD 19; S00°32’32”E, 1690.01 FEET ALONG SAID EASTERLY LINE OF WELD COUNTY ROAD 19; THENCE N01°25’45”W, 1938.60 FEET; THENCE S00°20’40”W, 1938.52 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING. CONTAINING 6.779 ACRES ANNEXATION NO. 5 A TRACT OF LAND LOCATED IN THE E1/2 OF SECTION 9, THE W1/2 OF SECTION 10, THE W1/2 OF SECTION 15, THE E1/2 OF SECTION 16, THE E1/2 OF SECTION 21, THE W1/2 OF SECTION 22, THE W1/2 OF SECTION 27 AND THE E1/2 OF SECTION 28, T2N, R67W OF THE 6TH P.M., COUNTY OF WELD, STATE OF COLORADO, BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS; COMMENCING AT THE W1/4 CORNER OF SAID SECTION 34, THENCE S89°27’08”W, 30.00 FEET ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID NE1/4 OF SECTION 33 TO THE WESTERLY LINE OF WELD COUNTY ROAD 19; THENCE N00°32’32”W, 2643.33 FEET ALONG SAID WESTERLY LINE OF WELD COUNTY ROAD 19; THENCE N00°03’53”W, 30.00 FEET ALONG SAID WESTERLY LINE OF WELD COUNTY ROAD 19 TO THE NORTHERLY LINE OF WELD COUNTY ROAD 16; TO THE NORTHERLY LINE OF WELD COUNTY ROAD 16; THENCE N89°31’55”E, 68.78 FEET ALONG SAID NORTHERLY LINE OF WELD COUNTY ROAD 16 TO SAID WESTERLY LINE OF WELD COUNTY ROAD 19, SAID POINT BEING THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE ALONG SAID WESTERLY LINE OF WELD COUNTY ROAD 19, THE FOLLOWING TEN (11) COURSES; 1. N00°03’53”W, 2602.58 FEET;

2. N89°43’15”E, 30.00 FEET TO THE EASTERLY LINE OF SAID WELD COUNTY ROAD 19;

THENCE ALONG SAID EASTERLY LINE OF WELD COUNTY ROAD 19, THE FOLLOWING TWO (2) COURSES; 1. S00°09’06”E, 2596.94 FEET; 2. S00°09’24”E, 2597.47 FEET TO THE NORTHERLY LINE OF WELD COUNTY ROAD 22;

THENCE S89°56’05”E, 542.07 FEET ALONG SAID NORTHERLY LINE OF WELD COUNTY ROAD 22 TO THE WESTERLY LINE OF LOT C, RECORDED EXEMPTION NO. 1311-10-03 RECX18-0072;

THENCE ALONG THE EXTERIOR BOUNDARY OF SAID LOT C, RECORDED EXEMPTION NO. 1311-10-03 RECX18-0072 AND SUBDIVISION EXEMPTION NO. 1311-10-03 SUBX18-0023 THE FOLLOWING SIX (6) COURSES; 1. N00°08’56”W, 247.87 FEET; 2. N89°47’49”E, 97.07 FEET; 3. N32°23’18”E, 296.72 FEET; 4. N89°42’24”E, 239.63 FEET; 5. S00°00’25”W, 34.14 FEET; 6. S89°46’22”E, 440.82 FEET TO THE EASTERLY LINE OF SAID SUBDIVISION EXEMPTION NO. 1311-10-03 SUBX18-0023;

THENCE S00°25’54”W, 525.19 FEET ALONG SAID EASTERLY LINE OF SUBDIVISION EXEMPTION NO. 1311-10-03 SUBX18-0023 ALONG SAID EASTERLY LINE EXTENDED SOUTHERLY TO THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF SAID WELD COUNTY ROAD 22;

THENCE N89°56’05”W, 1473.84 FEET ALONG SAID SOUTHERLY LINE OF WELD COUNTY ROAD 22 TO THE EASTERLY LINE OF SAID WELD COUNTY ROAD 19;

THENCE ALONG SAID EASTERLY LINE OF WELD COUNTY ROAD 19, THE FOLLOWING SIX (6) COURSES; 1. S00°00’07”E, 2601.85 FEET; 2. S00°00’37”E, 2632.39 FEET; 3. S00°01’02”W, 2649.05 FEET; 4. S00°16’50”E, 2652.60 FEET; 5. S00°04’03”E, 2635.27 FEET; 6. S00°03’53”E, 2602.16 FEET;

THENCE N00°21’39”W, 7431.65 FEET; THENCE S00°06’06”W, 7432.01 FEET TO THE TRUE POINT OF BEGINNING. CONTAINING 35.793 ACRES RESOLUTION NO. 2021R010 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF FORT LUPTON INITIATING ANNEXATION PROCEEDINGS FOR THE ANNEXATION KNOWN AS THE HAGLER ANNEXATION NOS. 1 – 5 AND SETTING THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR MARCH 2, 2021

WHEREAS, the Fort Lupton City Council has reviewed the annexation petition submitted by Sheryl Been for 44.837 acres, more or less, and known as the Hagler Annexation Nos. 1 – 5; and WHEREAS, the Fort Lupton City Council finds the annexation petition to be complete and in substantial conformance with the requirements of C.R.S. 31-12-107 (1) as amended.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Fort Lupton City Council hereby approves this Resolution initiating annexation proceeding for the Hagler Annexation Nos. 1 – 5 and sets the hearing date for March 3, 2021, to determine if the proposed annexation complies with C.R.S. 31-12-104 and 31-12-105, or such parts thereof as may be required to establish eligibility for annexation under the terms of Part 1, Article 12, Title 31, C.R.S.

APPROVED AND ADOPTED BY THE FORT LUPTON CITY COUNCIL THIS 19th DAY OF JANUARY 2021. /s/Zo Stieber

2. N00°04’03”W, 2635.15 FEET; 3. N00°16’50”W, 1441.62 FEET; 4. S89°43’10”W, 20.00 FEET;

Zo Stieber, Mayor

5. N00°16’50”W, 1211.08 FEET;

Attest: /s/ Maricela Peña

6. N89°52’06”E, 20.00 FEET;

Maricela Peña, City Clerk

7. N00°01’02”E, 2649.19 FEET;

Approved as to form: s/Andy Ausmus Andy Ausmus, City Attorney

8. N00°00’37”W, 2632.38 FEET; 9. N00°00’07”W, 2631.85 FEET; 10. N00°09’24”W, 2627.31 FEET; 11. N00°09’06”W, 2597.43 FEET TO THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF WELD COUNTY ROAD 24; THENCE ALONG SAID SOUTHERLY LINE OF WELD COUNTY ROAD 24, THE FOLLOWING TWO (2) COURSES; 1. S89°05’42”E, 30.01 FEET;

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MOUNTAIN SKY METROPOLITAN DISTRICT By: /s/ FRITSCHE LAW LLC Attorneys for the District Published in: Fort Lupton Press Published on: February 3, 2021

Notice to Creditors NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Norman I. Nakamoto, Deceased Case Number 2020PR30658 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 on or before May 27, 2021 or the claims may be forever barred.

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Public Notice is given on December 23, 2020 that a Petition for a Change of Name of an Adult has been filed with the Weld County Court.

The Petition requests that the name of Melissa Ann Zak be changed to Melissa Ann Town By: /s/ Rachael Erickson Clerk of Court

Name Changes PUBLIC NOTICE OF PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME

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Fort Lupton’s Anayah Urbina checks the defense of Faith Henandez of Prospect Ridge.

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KEENESBURG -- Weld Central slipped past Fort Lupton 43-42 in a quadrangular meet Jan. 29 on the Rebels’ mats.

The on-mat winners for the Bluedevils were William Alvarado (138 pounds), Kaiden Taylor (145) and Toby Ocana (170).

Platte Valley beat the Bluedevils 65-12. Danny Rodriguez (132) and D’mitri Garza-Alarcon (126) accounted for the Bluedevils’ points.

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tion girls basketball poll, beat Fort Lupton 56-25 in Fort Lupton Jan. 26. No stats were available for either team. FLHS is scheduled to play at Bennett at 5 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 4.

Two of the Colorado High School Activities Association’s winter sports will have new homes for state championship weekends this winter.

CHSAA announced last week the state basketball and state spirit championships will be at the Broadmoor World Arena in Colorado Springs. The basketball tournament finals will be Friday and Saturday, March 19 and 20. The change in location does not change the format in the run-up to the finals. Those games will be at the home of the higher seeds.

“Our goals this season were to get the players back on the court for a modified regular season,” said CHSAA assistant commissioner Bert Borgmann in a statement.

“This facility gives us the opportunity to showcase basketball.

The state spirit competition will be Thursday through Saturday, March 25-27. Events include game day, hip-hop, jazz dance and conventional poms, game-day cheer, all-girl cheer and co-ed cheer.

“What a great opportunity for our spirit participants,” said CHSAA assistant commissioner Jenn RobertsUhligh in the statement. “The way

the (Colorado Springs) Sports Corp. and World Arena have stepped up to provide a high-quality venue speaks volumes about their commitment to Colorado’s young people.”

CHSAA hosted other state events at the Broadmoor.

“We are excited that we can offer our student participants the state championship experience those that preceded them have had,” CHSAA Commissioner Rhonda BlanfordGreen said in the statement. “Thank you to the Colorado Springs Sports Corp. for providing the necessary support that will make this possible. We know the experience at the Broadmoor World Arena will be a special one. It is one of the state’s premier athletic facilities.”

“The Colorado Springs Sports Corp. is excited to develop a strong partnership with the Colorado High School Activities Association leadership,” said Tom Osborne, corporation CEO. “We are honored to collaborate once again with CHSAA on the prestigious all-class state basketball championships and the CHSAA spirit championships. The potential for future CHSAA events in Colorado Springs is very exciting.”

Fort Lupton downed Northridge 36-18 in Fort Lupton Jan. 27. It was part of a four-way meet in which Bennett and Loveland high schools participated.

FLHS’ on-mat winners were Paige Shaffer (215 pounds), Rylee Balcazar (100), Alonda Becerra (136), Alexia Buschman (147) and AngelRae Gasca (185).

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Prospect Ridge turned back the Bluedevils 56-25 on the Bluedevils’ floor Jan. 26. No stats were available for either team.

Aurora Central downed Fort Lupton 48-34 in Aurora Jan. 29. Aryannah McClain of the Trojans scored 28 points. No stats were available for the Bluedevils.

Boys basketball

Prospect Ridge held on for a 49-47 win over Fort Lupton in the seasonopener Jan. 26 on the Bluedevils’ floor.

PRA, which led by nine points with less than three minutes to play in the game, sank one of two free throws with 1.6 seconds left. Fort Lupton’s last chance to tie or win the game sailed out of bounds.

Andrew Cuss of Prospect Ridge scored 20 of his team’s points. No stats were immediately available for FLHS. The Bluedevils earned a split of their first week’s worth of games, thanks to a 59-30 home-floor win over Ridgeview Academy Jan. 29.

Girls basketball

Northridge beat Frederick 63-48 in Greeley Jan. 29. No stats were immediately available.

Boys wrestling

Frederick opened the new season by beating Greeley West 40-27 Jan. 28 in Greeley.

FHS’ on-mat winners were JT Gardner (132 pounds), Logan Rangel (145), Tatum Sanders (152), Michael Espindola (182), Reese Lehman (285) and Justin Dean (120).

The Warriors took one of three matches at a four-team meet Jan. 30. The win came against Niwot by a score of 54-18. On-mat winners for FHS were Gardner, Rangel, Sanders, Xavier Albertson (160) and Adrian Casillas (170).

Windsor topped Frederick 48-34.

Alex Carrillo (113), Gardner, Albertson, Casillas and Lehman won their

contested matches.

Fort Morgan took a 39-30 decision from the Warriors. Carillo, Gardner, Casillas and Espindola pcked up the on-mat victories.

Boys basketball

Frederick downed Riverdale Ridge 68-47 in the season-opener for both teams. The game was on the Warriors’ floor.

Jacoby Conway led FHS with 16 points. Ilan Marinoff added 13.

Izayah Elize tossed in 12, and AJ Huthcinson contributed 11.

Jathan Alston led the Ravens with 14 points. Mj Nuce added 10.

The Warriors scored the first 22 points of the game against Northridge and went on to a 102-31 win in Greeley Jan. 29. Zach Van soest led the Grizzlies with seven points. No stats were available for the Warriors