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Elementary students to head back to campus Full, in-person transition planned for mid-October but could happen sooner

BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

A group of viewers stood and danced in their socially-distanced pod during the Sept. 15 jazz performance in Highlands Ranch.

PHOTOS BY ELLIOTT WENZLER

‘People are happy to be out’ Attendees gather on lawn to enjoy jazz performance

BY ELLIOTT WENZLER EWENZLER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

After a summer season without many events, Highlands Ranch residents came together Tuesday, Sept.

15 to listen to jazz in the community association’s first in-person, seated show since the start of COVID-19.

About 160 attendees gathered on the Highlands Ranch Mansion front lawn to listen to the show.

Each group was asked to remain inside taped-off sections of the lawn. Within each pod, guests were allowed to remove their masks and set up lawn chairs, blankets and picnic items.

“We’re so happy with how great this turned out. Everyone who came was comfortable,” said Jamie Noebel, director of community relations for the Highlands Ranch Community Association. “This ended up being the perfect situation. We’re so happy we got to do something.”

While Noebel was surprised that the event didn’t sell out, she attributed it to the fact that some residents aren’t yet comfortable gathering, she said.

“It’s not as pretty but it’s functional and people feel safe and people are happy to be out.”

The four-person band, led by singer Heidi Schmidt, played a variety of jazz songs and performed for an hour.

“Thank you for supporting live music,” Schmidt said during the show.

“It really makes a difference for us.”

Jazz singer Heidi Schmidt performed at the Sept. 15 event at the Highlands Ranch Mansion.

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Amid pressure from district families but fearful pushback from some educators, the Douglas County School District has announced plans to get its youngest learners back to full inperson learning, five days a week as early as next month.

The board unanimously passed a motion on Sept. 15 that aims to bring elementary students back to school for 100% in-person learning by Oct. 19. Full online learning will remain an option for students as well.

“I think we have to be the bold ones tonight and we have to accept the responsibility and we need to stop deflecting it on to our staff,” school board President David Ray said. “We are the elected officials. We do need to take action.”

Public comment in recent weeks has told a tale of two districts — one where many families are eager to see children back to in-person learning or even angered by the hybrid model, but also one where teachers are concerned for their safety, petrified by the thought of bringing students back full time.

School board directors said COVID-19 data is driving the decision.

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‘This is the gem of the county’ Sandstone Ranch paths can be used for hiking, cycling, horseback riding

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A more than 2,000-acre property in southern Douglas County that was once destined for residential development is now open to the public with 12 miles of trails for hiking, bicycling and horseback riding.

Sandstone Ranch, which was purchased by the county in January 2018, sits in the foothills between Denver and Colorado Springs. The property, adjacent to Pike National Forest, features mountain views, red rock formations, wildlife and a historic ranching operation.

The land, once owned by a residential development company, was slated to become a neighborhood until the housing market crashed

Commissioners, from left, Abe Laydon, Lora Thomas and Roger Partridge stand in the gazebo in Sandstone Ranch Sept. 18. in 2008, said open space director Cheryl Matthews. Then, the land was put on the market.

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Commissioners Roger Partridge, Abe Laydon and Lora Thomas sign their names in a storm drain in the newly opened Sandstone Ranch Sept. 18.

PHOTOS BY ELLIOTT WENZLER to the project in order to mitigate environmental impacts caused by the increase in water supply in the reservoir. Funding also came from the Douglas County Open Space Sales and Use Tax. The county is also in the process of receiving Great Outdoors Colorado funds for the project.

“We all know this is the gem of the county,” Commissioner Roger Partridge said. “It’s amazing how there are so many people around the whole metro area who know about Sandstone Ranch.”

The Douglas Land Conservancy will hold a conservation easement on the property, ensuring that the land remains open space.

“We’ve had to look at this from the aspect of how to open this to the public but also protect it,” Partridge said. “Because it can easily be overused. That’s been the hardest thing.”

If the need arises, there is room to develop additional trails in the future, Matthews said. More details on the Sandstone Ranch Master Plan are available at douglas.co.us/ sandstone-ranch.

“When we came through here and looked I thought it was amazing and then we would go around a curve and I thought ‘this is even more amazing,’” Commissioner Lora Thomas said about the first time she came to the space. “It’s all possible because in Douglas County, we believe in partnership.”

All of the available trails will be multi-use.

“We have a big county with a lot of citizens and age ranges and interests. This is good for horseback riding, biking, families and bringing

IF YOU GO To get to the trailhead at Sandstone Ranch, drivers coming from Castle Rock can get off I-25 at exit 182, turn west on Wolfensberger Road, then continue until it dead ends at Highway 105. After turning left, drivers will eventually see the trailhead — about 0.6 mile from the intersection with Perry Park Avenue. The open space property will be open from an hour before sunrise until an hour after sunset.

A gazebo is available at the trailhead of Sandstone Ranch. dogs out on leash,” Commissioner Abe Laydon said.

One portion of the property will continue to operate as a ranch, Matthews said.

“Get out there and enjoy it,” Matthews said.

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Legend High School asks more than 150 to quarantine Other district schools quarantine dozens after COVID-19 exposures

BY JESSICA GIBBS JGIBBS@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

For the second time the week of Sept. 14, the Douglas County School District has asked more people to quarantine at Legend High School after learning of another positive COVID-19 case at the school.

A letter sent on Sept. 18 told 73 people who had close contact with the individual who tested positive that they should quarantine through Sept. 28 and can return to school on or after Sept. 29.

The school had asked another 88 people to quarantine on Sept. 14 through at least Sept.

24. They can return to school on or after Sept. 28, depending on their cohort schedule.

The letters told individuals asked to quarantine that if they choose to get tested for the novel virus, a negative test result will not release them from quarantine.

“Please know that a negative test result only means that you did not have the virus detected at the time of

Legend High School in Parker. testing,” the letters said.

The Parker school’s latest round of quarantines comes roughly one week after the district asked 174 people at Legend to quarantine following two other positive cases at the school.

A district spokesman said the health department had not declared an outbreak at the school as of Sept. 18.

Dozens of other people were quarantined at other district schools two days later.

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More than 40 people were asked to quarantine at Chaparral High School on Sept.

15 after a positive case at the school.

The district on Sept. 8 notified 100 people at Sierra Middle School in Parker that they needed to quarantine after two individuals at the school developed symptoms common of COVID-19.

The district asked another 93 people to quarantine at Douglas County High School

in Castle Rock that same day after confirming a positive case at the school.

This was not Douglas County High School’s first brush with a sizeable quarantining incident either. The district on Aug. 27 asked 114 students and 20 staff to quarantine after someone who had contact with various classrooms tested positive.

Between Aug. 31 and Sept.

8, at least eight other schools were affected by quarantines

although a district spokesman said fewer than 10 people were quarantined in each of those instances.

Public records show the impact of COVID-19 exposures at Douglas County schools has varied widely since students returned on the district’s “hybrid” learning model.

With hybrid learning, students are divided into cohorts and attend school with a mix of in-person and online learning.

In some instances, well more than 100 people have need needed to quarantine after a known or presumed COVID-19 case in a school. In others, only a handful of students and staff were affected.

In one case, a student at Fox Creek Elementary School tested positive, but the district did not ask anyone to quarantine because administrators did not believe the sick child had recent close contact with anyone at the school.

“Thanks to the cautious actions of the parents, this child has not been in our school for over a week and has not exposed anyone else to the virus,” Principal Brian Rodda wrote in a Sept. 4 letter to the school community. “Because of the precautions taken by the student’s parents, there is no action needed by any students or staff in our building.”

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Douglas County adds new open space Ditmars Ranch is now protected under a conservation easement

BY ELLIOTT WENZLER EWENZLER@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

A 1,500-acre ranch in Douglas County is now protected open space after the purchase of a conservation easement on the property was completed in an Aug. 11 business meeting.

The purchase of Ditmars Ranch was funded by the Conservation Fund and Douglas County, which each contributed $1 million. The Douglas County portion came from the por-

tion of sales tax earmarked for open space.

“The ability to have this funding is thanks to the public,” Commissioner Roger Partridge said.

The land has an evergreen forest and grasslands. It serves as a habitat for elk, mule deer, pronghorn, black bear, mountain lion and bighorn sheep.

The land will still be privately owned and will operate as a cattle ranch. Four times per year, the public will be able to enter the land during guided hikes on the property.

With this easement, there are now 35,000 acres of preserved land in the South I-25 Conservation Corridor, according to a Douglas County press release.

The conservation easement will be held by Douglas Land Conservancy.

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Some counties qualify for eased COVID rules For some counties, personal gatherings allowed up to 25, event crowd cap loosens

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Colorado released another round of new social-distancing rules, updating the state’s current “safer-athome” policy to raise the cap on personal gatherings and event crowds for counties that qualify based on local severity of the coronavirus’s spread.

Arapahoe, Douglas and Elbert are among counties eligible for the new least-restrictive level of Colorado’s safer-at-home rules as of Sept. 16.

The vast majority of Colorado counties still operate under the saferat-home phase, which came after the statewide stay-at-home order this spring and allowed numerous types of businesses to reopen.

The state’s new framework, referred to as a “dial,” indicates when counties should operate under different shades of Colorado’s “safer at home” phase as well as when they should follow stay-at-home rules or the state’s third and loosest phase, called “protect our neighbors,” which allows for virtually all activities at 50% of pre-pandemic capacity with up to 500 people in one setting.

That third phase, reserved for counties with notably low coronavirus spread, is likely months away for metro Denver localities.

“We hope the dial can provide communities with clarity and predictability,” Jill Hunsaker Ryan, executive director of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, said in a Sept. 15 news release. “Recognizing that Colorado is a diverse and vast state, the dial is based on local conditions. Local governments can always choose more protective (strict) standards than the dial requires.”

The new rules come amid a “slight upward trend” in Colorado’s rate of new COVID-19 cases after the virus’s spread had been reduced for much of July and August, according to a Sept.

16 state news release.

Another gradual move to reopen The state public-health department’s new proposed framework breaks the safer-at-home phase itself into three levels that counties are placed under based on local COVID-19 spread, according to the final version of the rules, which went into effect dSept. 15.

State officials had heard from the public that Colorado should make recognizing local differences in rules simpler and more predictable, according to the draft of the framework.

For the past few months, counties have been able to apply for exemptions — or “variances” — from certain parts of the state’s safer-at-home rules, allowing for larger crowds at some types of businesses.

The new framework does away with the ability to apply for variances unless a county is already in the leastrestrictive new level of the safer-at-

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$2.5 million grant program for charitable nonprofit agencies to ease COVID-19 impacts Eligible 501(c)(3) charitable organizations that serve Douglas County residents are invited to review eligibility for the CARES Act Nonprofit Grant Program and submit an application by Sept. 30 for reimbursement of eligible expenses incurred on behalf of County residents due to COVID-19. To learn more and review eligibility details visit douglas.co.us/nonprofit-grant-program

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ARAPAHOE, DOUGLAS, ELBERT QUALIFY FOR NEW LEVEL

Part of the Denver metro area was eligible for the new least-restrictive level of Colorado’s safer-at-home rules as of Sept. 16.

Arapahoe, Douglas and Elbert counties qualified, while Adams, Jefferson, Denver, Broomfield and Boulder counties fell into the new middle level of safer-at-home.

See what crowd size and gathering size levels apply to which contexts — including in restaurants, gyms, indoor and outdoor events, and others — on the state’s website at tinyurl.com/ColoradoNewSaferatHome.

Eligibility for the different levels depends on a county’s rate of new COVID-19 cases, the percentage of COVID-19 tests that come back positive and whether hospitalizations are stable or declining. home phase.

Counties don’t lose the variances they already were granted, though. All variance allowances remained intact when the new framework launched — either because the variance standards are still possible by default under the new framework or because variances that do not fit into the new framework are still recognized, according to the state’s summary.

“This way, we transition to the new framework without any changes,” and counties’ future changes occur according to that framework, the summary says.

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Homeless sweep starts process over again After homeless camp removal, the unhoused are left scared, lonely

BY DAVID GILBERT DGILBERT@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Misty Butterfield couldn’t find her backpack.

“It’s green,” Butterfield said, her voice shaking, as she scanned the landscape beside the South Platte River, where her camp sat just hours before. “Everything I had was in it.

Clothes, a bag of rice — but also a lot of sentimental things.”

Things like family photos, from before Butterfield wound up living on the streets. Poetry she and her sister wrote. Drawings done by her mom, who died in 2014.

Butterfield was one of numerous residents of a sprawling homeless camp in Denver that stretched along East South Platte River Drive between Dartmouth and Harvard avenues.

Composed of dozens of tents, RVs and campers, the camp was sandwiched into a narrow stretch of grass between the South Platte River and the barbed wire-topped fence of a sewage treatment plant.

On the morning of Sept. 15, Englewood and Denver police blocked off the street at both ends of the camp, making way for an armada of trucks, trailers and garbage trucks.

Over the next several hours, staff from the Denver Fire Department, as well as the Denver Department of Public Health and Environment and the Department of Transportation and Infrastructure, dismantled the camp.

Misty Butterfield said she couldn’t find her backpack after a sweep of a homeless camp beside the South Platte River. She was one of many residents of the camp who said they feared their belongings were thrown out.

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— to power numerous small generators and the still-running vehicles in the camp — in a variety of containers, often stored in close proximity to propane tanks used for cookstoves. Tents were too close together, exacerbating the fire hazard. Health officials found problems with garbage and human waste.

Crews counted 25 trailers, 50 residents and dozens of tents on the day of the sweep, Pixley said.

“The proximity of all those people, all those tents, all that fuel presented a serious hazard,” Pixley said. “People here are trying their best, but we have to do our best as firefighters.”

Why not provide portable toilets, trash receptacles and other sanitation services to the camp?

“We’ve tried that in some places, but the problem becomes access,” Pixley said. “It becomes difficult to empty the Dumpsters. People stop using the toilets if they get too gross.”

Pixley said the sweep was the culmination of weeks of outreach, seeking to connect residents of the camp with resources like numbers for housing agencies, drug and alcohol counseling and assistance signing up for government services before clearing the area.

“It’s just inhumane,” Butterfield said through tears as a garbage truck rumbled away. “If everyone, if whitecollar people had to go through losing everything, maybe they wouldn’t keep doing this to us.”

Many of those who had been staying in the camp said they knew the sweep was inevitable, especially after the Aug. 25 knife slaying of Joe Hix, who had been living in the camp. Englewood Police have yet to announce any arrests in the slaying that occurred in Englewood just south of the camp.

In an email, Englewood Police spokesman Sgt. Tracy Jones said the department mainly provided security for the sweep, and said the action was unrelated to the Hix homicide investigation.

‘Wonderful people’ Greg Pixley, a captain with the Denver Fire Department, said the sweep was heartbreaking but necessary.

“These are wonderful people,” Pixley said as he walked through the remains of the camp. “You know what they did when we showed up this morning? They offered us breakfast.”

Pixley said recent inspections of the camp had found 91 gallons of gasoline

‘Losing everything’ By early afternoon, a handful of stragglers remained. Butterfield was one of several who told Colorado Community Media that despite promises from Denver city staff to store their belongings for later retrieval, it was clear many items had been thrown out.

None said they had any idea where they would sleep that night.

Seen from across the South Platte River, a Denver city worker walks through a homeless camp during a sweep.

Englewood and Denver police officers man a roadblock as Denver city staff sweep a nearby homeless camp.

“It’s unfortunate there’s not a simple, single fix,” he said. “If people let us know what they need, we do our best to help them.”

Social workers accompanied the cleanup crews on the day of the sweep, making efforts to guide camp residents to assistance.

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Board’s pick for interim superintendent won’t take job Damon Brown, a former Pentagon employee, had been selected to lead DCSD

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An Air Force officer with experience in IT, communications, human resources and education was selected to be the interim leader of the Douglas County School District.

The Douglas County School Board voted 4-3 the evening of Sept. 19 to name Damon Brown as the sole finalist for the position of interim superintendent. The board had narrowed down candidates to Brown and Corey Wise, director of learning and leadership for DCSD and former principal at Legend High School.

A day later, Brown withdrew his name from consideration for the post, according to a DCSD news release. The board had been set to undergo a 14-day public vetting process of Brown before he could be installed as interim superintendent.

“I greatly enjoyed getting to know the (DCSD) board better and learn so much about your outstanding school district,” Brown said in the news release issued Sept. 20.

The release added: “The DCSD Board of Education will reconvene at a future date to continue the process of naming an interim superintendent.”

Brown, an Air Force Reserve officer and former deputy superintendent of Mapleton School District in Adams County, served at the Pentagon before changing career paths toward education, he said in the Sept. 19 board meeting held virtually on YouTube.

The school board’s seven members spent all day Sept. 19 interviewing candidates to replace Thomas Tucker, who is resigning, effective Sept. 30.

After eight hours of executive session, the meeting opened to the public virtually at 4 p.m. and adjourned 2 1/2 hours later. All directors commented on the process the board completed to reach this point. Despite close to 11 hours of interviews and deliberating, several board directors expressed difficulty reaching a final decision.

Board members discussed the pros and cons of hiring an internal versus an external candidate. The majority agreed that Brown’s connections throughout the state, as well as his background in a variety of fields, made him the best choice to lead the district.

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The board noted a number of metrics on its COVID-19 dashboard — which summarizes information like incidence rates and positivity rates and is meant to gauge the pandemic’s severity within school district boundaries — look favorable.

District staff are expected to provide an update on schools’ readiness to execute that plan by Oct. 6. The motion also left the option open for schools to return to in-person learning sooner.

District staff told directors there are countless logistical issues schools will need to address before bringing students back, but they did not appear to oppose the plan.

Rather, Assistant Superintendent Ted Knight stressed the district needs to give schools adequate time to prepare and cautioned against setting too quick a timeline.

Director Anthony Graziano was first to suggest bringing elementary students back and suggested an original target date of Oct. 6, although he said he was open to other timelines.

“There are so many components of this and I think the biggest mistake that we can make is set a date that is too aggressive and then have to push that back, similar to how we did with e-learning,” Knight said. “I really don’t want to put us in a position

where we over promise and under deliver again.”

Earlier this year, the district delayed the start to online classes by one week after the program was plagued by technological issues and staffing shortages.

Knight also said the district needed more time to talk with school staff about what they need to feel comfortable returning to in-person learning.

Staffing could be one of the more significant issues to work through, Executive Director of Schools Ian Wells said. Some schools lost building teachers when they reassigned staff to full online instruction.

The district will likely need to hire additional teachers, Knight said, and reshuffle teaching assignments based on class sizes.

Then there are tasks like bringing enough furniture back into the currently socially-distanced buildings and rearranging classrooms to accommodate more students safely.

One of the two acting superintendents, Matt Reynolds, said the district would want to engage with families immediately to asses if students who left district-run schools for private or homeschooling during the pandemic might want to reenroll at neighborhood buildings once full in-person schooling is available.

“I think we’ve got to be realistic about all the things that have to happen,” Knight said. “I know we have many parents who want this to happen tomorrow but I think they want it to happen well.”

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Coronavirus in driver’s seat as state elections near Polls show parties have different strengths, weaknesses in voters’ perception

BY JESSE PAUL THE COLORADO SUN

When Suzanne Staiert knocks on doors and asks voters about their topof-mind issues as part of her statehouse campaign, the response these days usually has something to do with the state of the economy or the reopening of schools.

What all the concerns have in common: coronavirus.

“Some of them want to know what kind of solutions you have,” said Staiert, a Republican running to represent Denver’s southern suburbs in the state Senate.

As Colorado enters month seven of the COVID-19 pandemic, and with the election on tap, coronavirus is increasingly becoming a political issue.

In a recent survey sponsored by the Colorado Health Foundation, 26% of Coloradans said coronavirus is the most important issue facing the state.

About three quarters said they are more worried by pandemic-related harm to the economy than illness and death caused by COVID-19.

And nearly 40% of Coloradans polled said they are worried they won’t be able to afford either housing, health insurance or food in the coming year.

Nowhere has coronavirus taken a larger electionyear role than in Colorado’s marquee U.S. Senate race, where the two candidates have been running competing television and digital ads and hosting events centered on the pandemic. Both incumbent Republican Cory Gardner and Democrat John Hickenlooper have pitched themself as best positioned to respond to the pandemic.

Hickenlooper, Colorado’s former governor, considers COVID-19 to be among the top three or four issues in the campaign. “I keep going around the state and hearing the stories, and people’s lives are upside down,” Hickenlooper told The Colorado Sun. Which party may benefit from the pandemic’s disruptions, however,

U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner sits at a Feb. 19 roundtable on mental health at the Cherry Creek Innovation Campus, just south of central Centennial.

FILE PHOTO BY ELLIS ARNOLD remains a big question.

Republicans surveyed by The Colorado Sun contend that as long as the economic impacts of COVID-19 remain a bigger focus on voters’ minds than rising infection rates and fatalities, they can appeal to voters by pitching themselves as the party of a recovering economy.

Democrats say they can speak to voters either way by pointing to President Donald Trump’s failures in responding to COVID-19 and then painting all Republicans with the same broad brush. That tactic has only been amplified in recent days by revelations that Trump downplayed the seriousness of coronavirus.

A recent poll of 800 registered voters conducted by Global Strategies Group and the liberal organization ProgressNow Colorado found that 58% of Coloradans disapprove of Trump’s handling of coronavirus, including 50% who said they strongly disapprove of his job performance.

Congressional response under scrutiny In the U.S. Senate race, it’s been a tale of two coronavirus responses.

Gardner is running television and Facebook ads touting his efforts in Congress to help Coloradans through the pandemic. “Cory Gardner got us help,” a restaurateur says in a recent TV spot, referring to the federal Paycheck Protection Program, which was

John Hickenlooper greets supporters at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa, on Aug. 10, 2019, during his campaign for president. He later switched to Colorado’s U.S. Senate race.

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passed unanimously by the Senate.

Hickenlooper’s ads, however, paint a very different picture.

“Cory Gardner’s on vacation,” a narrator says in a video released by the Democratic Senate candidate earlier this month, when the entire Senate was in its regularly scheduled recess, “still silent about Donald Trump’s failures on COVID.” The tit-for-tat ads come with the backdrop of Congress recently failing, yet again, to pass a new coronavirus relief package. It was June when federal lawmakers last passed legislation to help Americans reeling from the pandemic’s effects, in part because of Republican infighting about how best to move forward.

Add to that a partisan impasse, and it looks like nothing will get done before Election Day, meaning pressure is mounting on incumbents like Gardner. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell nodded to that reality, saying “100% of people that are up and are in any form of danger want a vote and want a successful vote,” according to CNN. Democrats — including Hickenlooper and Colorado’s U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet — have put Gardner and other Republicans on the spot for not coming up with a relief plan, citing House Democrats’ passage of the $3 trillion HEROES Act in May — legislation that was never taken up in the Republican-controlled Senate.

When the Senate returned to session in mid-September, Republicans in the chamber tried to flip the script by

bringing a pared-down relief bill that Democrats blocked, saying it was too weak for consideration.

“We will do more and we should do more,” Gardner said in an exasperated speech on the Senate floor last week before the bill failed. “But why on earth would you vote no tomorrow and tell the people of this country to go pound sand because you didn’t get everything you wanted?”

Colorado Republicans have worked to paint Hickenlooper as being among the Democrats who would have voted to prevent the limited aid package from moving forward. Hickenlooper never definitely said if he would have rejected the measure, but he said the legislation didn’t “do nearly enough to help Americans who are struggling to put food on the table and pay their bills.”

Hickenlooper would like to see more money for local governments facing the economic effects of the pandemic, rental relief, money for food-assistance programs and funding for more personal protective equipment. That’s in addition to extra unemployment aid for people who have lost their jobs.

Gardner’s wish list isn’t all that different. He would like to see a 15% increase in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, an extension of extra unemployment benefits and money for education, housing and public health needs. He has also called for $500 billion to be set aside for local governments, as well SEE STATE, P9

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as relief for rural hospitals, nursing homes and providers treating patients living in the U.S. illegally.

But ultimately Gardner, who is in an uphill battle to keep his job, may be in a more difficult position since he is the incumbent. That has allowed Hickenlooper to pick apart Gardner’s work on coronavirus — which has been praised by Gov. Jared Polis and includes helping secure masks and tests for Colorado — by saying there’s still more to be done. Democrats have also blasted the senator for taking a tough stance on aid negotiations in May and still having nothing to show for it.

“I understand where he’s coming from — you know, `I did this and I did that’ — but I think he’s missing the point,” Hickenlooper said. “People are still suffering. We haven’t done enough or we haven’t done the right things.”

And Gardner is facing backlash from voters, too. The Global Strategies Group/ProgressNow Colorado poll showed that 44% of registered voters disapprove of the job Gardner is doing on coronavirus, while 37% approve.

During a recent telephone town hall, a Denver resident asked Gardner about Trump’s downplaying of coronavirus. “We have to take this seriously. And I certainly am,” the senator said, echoing a line he’s used in recent weeks about Congress doing better in its response every day.

Another caller asked Gardner why he didn’t personally warn the public about the pandemic sooner.

“The second I knew what was hap-

pening, we were sounding the alarm,” Gardner said. “And that’s exactly what we have to continue to do.”

‘Hearing from voters’ On the state level, Republicans see Gov. Jared Polis’ executive orders limiting Coloradans’ movements and the economic consequences of those restrictions as an area where they may be able to tap into people’s frustrations.

Gardner appeared to refer to that frustration during his Senate floor speech in mid-September, talking about a Pueblo restaurant owner who has had difficulty navigating seemingly contradictory pandemic rules.

“They’re trying to figure out and understand the regulations, the guidances that they are under, making sure that their customers are safe, making sure that their employees can be paid, making sure that they survive this and get through this,” Gardner said.

Republican state lawmakers have asked Polis to pump the brakes on his coronavirus restrictions and include the legislature in his decision-making.

They also asked him to call a special legislative session to help parents navigate schooling during the pandemic and sought more oversight over his emergency powers.

There’s even now an effort to recall the governor over his handling of the pandemic.

Kristi Burton Brown, vice chairman of the Colorado GOP, said she thinks Republicans are providing a way to balance the economy with keeping people healthy and safe.

Colorado Senate Minority Leader Chris Holbert, a Parker Republican, said voters recognize the difference between the coronavirus response by Trump and the federal government

and the one by Polis and the state. And he says people want more oversight over the governor’s decision-making — which Republicans have been pushing for at the legislative level.

“Constituents, whether they are Republican, Democrats, unaffiliated or something else, continue to ask their legislators: `Why aren’t we doing anything? Why aren’t we providing some sort of balance? Why is there only one decision maker?’” Holbert said. “…

We’re definitely hearing from voters across the spectrum who want there to be some balance, some separation of power.”

Mixed message But at the same time, some leading Colorado conservatives have been flouting coronavirus rules and guidance.

U.S. Rep. Ken Buck, a Windsor Republican who leads the Colorado GOP, recently released a campaign reelection ad in which he pokes fun at mask-wearing requirements. Patrick Neville, the top Republican in the Colorado House, was an organizer of a mass gathering at Bandimere Speedway criticizing Polis’ response to the pandemic, an event that prompted health officials in Jefferson County to file a lawsuit against the track.

“We have a King Polis,” Neville said at a news conference last week, attacking the governor for not seeking legislative input on his executive orders.

Despite those instances, Burton Brown said events sponsored by the state party follow proper guidelines and are geared toward keeping the virus at bay. “We’re very safe,” she said.

Those apparent contradictions within the Colorado GOP could work against their efforts to sell themselves as the best party to

handle the pandemic.

“You’re confusing folks,” said Alvina Vasquez, a veteran Democratic strategist, “and when people get confused, they tune out.”

The polling by Global Strategies Group/ProgressNow Colorado shows the majority of registered Colorado voters think Polis is handling the pandemic well. In fact, 57% said they approve of his job performance when it comes to the pandemic.

When asked whom they trust more to handle the response to coronavirus, 56% said Polis and Colorado state government while just 34% said Trump and the federal government.

FInally, the poll found that among registered voters, 48% trust Democrats in Colorado to handle the health response to the pandemic compared with 37% who said they trust Republicans in Colorado.

As for the economic response to coronavirus, the split is much closer — in fact, it was nearly within the poll’s 3.5% margin of error. Forty-six percent of those polled said they trust Democrats in Colorado to handle the economic response to the pandemic compared with 42% who said they trust Republicans to take on the job.

A significant portion — between 12% and 16% — said they didn’t know which party they trust more to handle the health and economic effects of coronavirus.

And with no end to the pandemic in sight, there’s plenty of time for both parties to jostle to pick up additional support.

This story is from The Colorado Sun, a journalist-owned news outlet based in Denver and covering the state. Used by permission. For more, and to support The Colorado Sun, visit coloradosun. com.

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Tom Munds ‘served our community and country’ Longtime Englewood Herald reporter, military veteran honored at Fort Logan memorial service

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Family, coworkers, and current and former Englewood city officials came together in memoriam of a wellknown figure in the Englewood community who loved that city as much as it loved him back.

“It’s just an honor to be part of honoring someone who served our community and country,” said Joe Jefferson, a former Englewood mayor and current municipal judge, after a Sept. 18 memorial service for Tom Munds, who covered Englewood as a news reporter for Munds decades.

Munds, a Denver resident, died Feb. 6 after a battle with cancer. He was 82.

The memorial service at Fort Logan National Cemetery in southwest Denver — complete with ceremonial riflefiring and the traditional folding of an American flag — was a fitting tribute to Munds, whose first career was in the U.S. Air Force. A technical sergeant, Munds spent 21 years in the Air Force, including service in the Vietnam War. The memorial service for Munds was “a tribute to the sacrifice he made for not only his country but his family,” said his son, Thomas Munds, 57.

During the times of military assignments, Tom Munds “did the traveling so it wouldn’t be hard on the family,” said Thomas Munds, who would stay home with his family in Denver while his dad was away.

When Thomas Munds looks back, his dad’s work ethic and discipline are among the qualities that stand out the most.

“He probably learned that from the military — he raised us the same way.

It was ‘yes sir, no sir,’ ‘yes ma’am, no ma’am’ until we were 16 years old,” Thomas Munds said. “He was very straightforward; he told you what to do, when to do. And that’s not a bad thing.”

A military member kneels to give an American flag to Tom Munds’ daughter, Gayle Munds, at Fort Logan National Cemetery. Her brother, Thomas E. Munds, sits next to her.

PHOTOS BY ELLIS ARNOLD Military personnel at Fort Logan National Cemetery salute during the Sept. 18 memorial service for Tom Munds. Munds, who died Feb. 6 at 82 after a battle with cancer, spent 21 years in the Air Force and went on to cover Englewood as a news reporter for decades. Current and former Englewood city officials attended his service.

Munds wasn’t all business. A sports lover, he was a big Green Bay Packers fan until the day he died, his son said.

And Munds had a soft side, too.

“That was mainly generated toward the family,” Thomas Munds said.

“Mom, he protected her like a husband should.”

Born and raised in Portsmouth, Virginia, Munds ended up going to military tech school in Mississippi, eventually listening to Russian radio

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He later landed as a public information officer at Lowry Air Force Base in Denver, writing for the base’s newspaper and freelancing for the Sentinel newspaper chain.

Munds retired from military service in late 1976 and went on to complete his journalism degree at Metropolitan State University of Denver.

In 1977, the Sentinel chain hired him to report on and take photos of high school sports at nine schools, including Englewood High. The beat was eventually pared down to schools in

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In 1986, he was assigned to cover the entire community of Englewood, which he did for the next 30-plus years.

He spent most of that time working for the Englewood Herald. His articles appeared on the pages of the Herald and sister papers as recently as spring 2019.

“I was just amazed at how many people knew Tom and interacted with him. He went to almost every event in Englewood,” said Jefferson, the former mayor. Munds’ dependable photography and quote-gathering “always made those events seem like a big deal.”

Englewood City Councilmember Rita Russell and former Councilmember Laurett Barrentine attended Munds’ memorial, as did Jefferson.

“He really did live a life of service,” Jefferson said. “It was just really an honor to be there.”

Munds loved reminiscing about his favorite Englewood restaurants, the big high school sports games and the tougher stories — but perhaps above all, the familiar faces.

In an interview not long before he died, Munds expressed his gratitude for being a member of the community.

“Tell the people of Englewood,” Munds said, “that I love them.”

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What changes mean for businesses, gatherings Previously, the highest exemption a county could achieve under the variance process included a 175-person cap for indoor events and 250-person cap for outdoor events, according to the state’s summary.

Those are the same capacities allowed in the least-restrictive new safer-at-home level, and it’s easier to qualify for that level than to meet the benchmarks set in the original variance process. In other words, the state has loosened the requirements for allowing larger crowds.

Although the new framework eliminates the possibility of new blanket, countywide exemptions, the state public-health department will still consider applications for “site-

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the outreach efforts sporadic and ineffectual, and said information about the forthcoming sweep was garbled and confusing.

“Last night I heard we had 48 hours, but this morning I wake up and I’m told I have half an hour to clear out,” said an older man who gave his name as Vegas, as he loaded a shopping cart with clothes.

Several others in the camp said they heard shifting timelines for when the sweep would take place. The camp had swollen in size since Colorado Community Media visited in March. Barely

specific” variances for unique facilities, such as zoos, theaters or other large venues or events, according to the summary.

To fall into the highest exemption under the state’s previous rules, a county had to have a two-week rate of below 25 new COVID-19 cases per 100,000 people — a notably low rate for highly populated areas. In the new framework, to fall into that same level — which is the least-restrictive new safer-at-home level — a county has to have a two-week rate of up to 75 new cases per 100,000 people.

Among other items, that new level allows for: • 50% capacity or up to 175 people indoors at places of worship; • 50% capacity or up to 175 people indoors at restaurants; • 25% capacity or up to 75 people at gyms and fitness establishments; • Perhaps most notably, 50% capacity or up to 175 people at indoor events and 50% capacity or up to 250 people at

outdoor events. In June, Colorado set the limits generally at up to 100 people for indoor venues and up to 175 people for outdoor venues.

• Also of note: The new level allows personal gatherings of up to 25 people, up from the limit of 10 the state has maintained since spring after the stayat-home order was lifted.

For counties where the virus’s spread is more dire, the two morerestrictive proposed levels of safer-athome phase — or, in the extreme case, the stay-at-home phase — apply, with restrictions tightening the worse the virus’s spread is.

For example, a county under the tightest new level of safer-at-home — seeing between 175 and 350 new cases per 100,000 people within two weeks — would fall under guidance for P-12 schools as follows: “Remote (online) or hybrid suggested, limited in-person as appropriate.”

The middle new level, on the other hand — for counties seeing between 75

and 175 new cases per 100,000 people within two weeks —gives guidance as follows: “In-person, hybrid, or remote as appropriate.”

For context, the 14-day rate per 100,000 for Arapahoe County was 76.2, the rate for Adams County was 107.1 and Douglas County’s rate was 65.3 as of Sept. 17, according to the Tri-County Health Department.

Where a county lands among the three proposed safer-at-home levels also depends on the percentage of COVID-19 tests that come back positive and whether hospitalizations are stable or declining.

Similar to Colorado’s previous process for applying for variances, a county that is eligible for and would like to move to a less-restrictive level would notify the state public-health department. A county can submit a letter signed by the local public health agency, local hospitals, and a majority of county commissioners or other county-level governing body.

inside Denver city limits, the camp sat just two blocks north of a similar camp swept by Englewood authorities in 2019.

“They let everyone stay so long that people began accumulating the necessities of life,” Vegas said. “Cookware.

Supplies. People had started to enterprise — doing day labor, painting gigs, hauling scrap.”

Vegas called the sweep chaotic. He said each time he ventured from his camp to speak to representatives of city departments, he would return to find more of his belongings gone.

“These are supposed to be civil servants,” he said. “They’re nothing but thieves.”

Fe Drive, Stephanie Wallace said the primary housing advice she was given by aid workers was to call 211, Mile High United Way’s hotline.

But, she said, that isn’t much help.

Local housing authorities are overwhelmed with demand. Many require leaving messages and waiting for a return call, but Wallace doesn’t have a phone. Homeless shelters, she said, “can be more dangerous than the streets” for a young woman on her own.

“We try to stay together” in camps, Wallace said. “I felt safe there. But we get moved out of everywhere.”

Even with robust outreach, homeless camp sweeps do little to combat underlying issues, said Mike Sandgren, who heads Change The Trend, a network of agencies and nonprofits

seeking to address homelessness in the south metro area.

“Sweeps of homeless camps are an unfortunate symptom of a deeper problem: the lack of housing options for people who find themselves experiencing homelessness,” Sandgren said in an email. “Sweeps are costly to the taxpayer in that they require time and effort from city officials and law enforcement. Worse, they are deeply disruptive to the homeless community and compound the inherent vulnerability within the experience of homelessness. Until we in the Englewood, Littleton, and Sheridan communities secure a reliable array of housing services, we will continue in a difficult cycle of encampment formation and sweeps.”

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Instagram and indiscretion are on the shame page

nstagram, Instagram, wherefore art thou, Instagram — and why?

I guess it must be good for something.

QUIET But not a day goes by that someone isn’t DESPERATION apologizing or being shamed, slammed or threatened because of something they posted on Instagram.

Is it worth it to put a comment or photo on Instagram?

People: People are mean. When are you Craig Marshall going to learn?

It sounds like you Smith can troll and run.

Or leave your fingerprints and start a feud.

Why? Who needs this? One billion is who.

I don’t have any evidence, but I am going to pretend I do and say many of us have taken to the internet as never before during the coronavirus as a source of entertainment as well as information.

There sits a celebrity wearing a mask or not wearing a mask, or scoffing at local no-gathering ordinances, hosting a bash.

Remember barbershops? Before appointments became routine, you’d wait your turn and look at magazines and newspapers that you’d never see anywhere else. It’s where I first saw the National Enquirer. The lurid headlines beckoned me.

“Dachshund abducted by aliens, becomes their leader.”

Who isn’t fascinated by the behavior of others?

The behavior of others is credited with the genesis of an expression.

As of May 2019, Instagram had 1 billion users.

I keep noticing celebrities and others apologizing for or pouting about something on their Instagram accounts.

No one is forced into social media, except, I suppose, by the urgency of peer pressure.

But by now it should be apparent that almost anything posted is likely to be subjected to ridicule, flak, and (a word that social media seemed to spawn) shaming.

Yahoo! must think informing us whenever a personality is shamed is a requisite of good journalism.

And it seems some personalities can’t win. I’d name them, but it would just be dogpiling, like ballplayers used to do after a walk-off home run.

Now they simply gather and hop up and down near home plate.

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“What was he thinking?”

Jay Leno famously asked Hugh Grant, “What were you thinking?”

If none of us made bad choices, we’d have no news, no documentaries, no films, no literature, and fewer attorneys.

Human behavior frequently exasperates me. But a person’s weight loss or gain or plastic surgery has never caused me to berate or belittle them online.

One study showed that graffiti is progressive. Someone tags a wall and it gives others permission to do the same.

Likewise, shaming.

There was a back-and-forth debate online about a photo posted by a woman you may know that showed her, fully clothed, with her husband,

ope may not be a strategy, but then again it just might be, especially when we tie it to encourage-

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WINNING Although I have WORDS personally limited the amount of time I spend reading or watching the news, and have scaled back on the time I spend on certain social media platforms, it seems like I still find news and posts that focus on what seems Michael Norton hopeless instead of what is possible. We all see how some choose to tear others down instead of putting their energy into the encouragement of a better and positive outcome.

Perhaps hope and encouragement are not top of mind for everyone. And if that’s you, it’s OK. We are living in unprecedented times that may have eroded our once hopeful disposition.

And if you find yourself feeling this way, one of the best ways we can regain our hope is to find a way to encourage others around us.

With a little spark of hope and with the encouragement of others, the possibilities of what we can do become endless. Some of us have tremendous hope, but that may have not always been the case. Those who are filled with hope today may have been feeling hopelessness yesterday. And then one

day someone showed them a little encouragement, and with a little encouragement and a little hope, who knows what we can accomplish?

Now imagine that it wasn’t just a little hope and a little bit of encouragement, imagine if we allowed our hearts and minds to be filled with hope, with so much hope that we couldn’t help but feel encouraged and compelled to encourage everyone around us.

When we are of the belief that hope is not a strategy, it may be a good time to reassess our thinking. And if we remain sold on the fact that hope is not a strategy, perhaps we can also believe that hope does give us a tactical advantage in all aspects of life.

Hope is the great activator and has contributed so much to what has been accomplished by others throughout history.

Can we rely simply on hope and encouragement? No, probably not.

However, when we use hope and encouragement as our foundation, and then build upon that foundation with preparation and planning, we will be much better positioned to come through all challenges, adversities, and opportunities that we are facing today.

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increasing the sheriff ’s budget each year.

During the COVID crisis, Lora has coordinated with Tri-County Health to restore normal business and community operations quickly and safely.

Douglas County consistently has had far fewer cases, hospitalizations, and deaths from COVID than nearby Arapahoe and Adams counties.

Lora Thomas is a problem-solver with proven accomplishments who has kept her promises to us. Let’s reelect her to help keep Douglas County the healthiest county in the country!

Vicki Noffsinger Highlands Ranch Thomas not right for Douglas I have recently been surprised by the blatant disregard for truth and honesty by our county commissioner

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and what the potential impact could be, considering the negative impact as well as the positive impact. And the companies that I speak with begin with the hope for a better future and know that one way that they can increase their chances of success is through the positive encouragement of the people on their team who will drive their desired results.

Encouragement ignites hope; Hope activates purpose; Purpose fuels passion; Passion drives performance;

Lora Thomas. In the past few months, I have watched as she made decisions based on feelings rather than science.

I have also seen her post information that has no basis to facts or truth and can be labeled as false science. I have also noted Lora twist information to pass them as true.

Lora Thomas had informed the Highlands Ranch Herald that the decision to leave the Tri-County Health Department was due to the department’s decision to not listen to its director regarding a mask mandate. Now she implies that maybe the commissioners weren’t intending to leave TCHD. Why then did Lora and the other commissioners have the county’s legal department send an official notice to TCHD to end the partnership? Questions to Lora about the financial impact without loss of important services have gone unanswered. There are concerns about her disregard for facts or science and questions about who will staff the new county health department have

also been ignored. I am concerned that if Lora does not listen to experts because she doesn’t agree with them, she will lack the foresight to employ the right professionals for the job.

I believe Douglas County needs leadership who will have open, honest discussions and utilize data and community input before making decisions. Lora is NOT that person.

Esther Okanlawon, FNP Highlands Ranch

Performance leads to results. And after working with individuals and businesses over many years, and especially through the past several months, they all tell me how important hope is and how purpose, passion, and performance are inspired by encouragement and activated by hope. And these are the people and companies whose possibilities are endless as they prepare for whatever comes next.

Here’s the good news: We can choose to be hopeful instead of hopeless. We can choose to be encouraged or discouraged. And we can decide if we want to see the impossible or the possible. What will you choose?

How about you? Hopeful or hopeless? Encouraged or discouraged?

Have you tried encouraging others to provide a little hope? I would love to hear all about your hope and encouragement story at mnorton@tramazing.com. And when we live with hope and encouragement, and recognize

Wilson gives to community This November we will vote for leaders at the most local levels all the way to our nation’s highest office. We hear a lot about races at the national level, but how many of us really know what our county leaders do? They often make decisions that have more impact on our lives than the decision makers in Washington.

For example, the Douglas County Board of Commissioners manages a budget of nearly a half billion tax dollars. They oversee economic develop-

ment, transportation, land use, public safety, and health services. In times of crisis, like the pandemic we’re living through now, they make decisions that affect our health and economic welfare. This race is one to which we should all pay attention.

I have known one of the candidates, Darien Wilson, for five years.

I’ve watched her work tirelessly and passionately for her family, small business, local schools, and our community. She has volunteered thousands of hours in support of public education. In only one example, as our schools faced years of continued budget shortfall, Darien worked tirelessly to help voters understand and pass 5A/5B, which is why our schools are now able to afford badly needed security and building improvements.

When someone needs help, Darien is the first to raise her hand. When faced with problems, Darien brings solutions. And she does so with facts, an SEE LETTERS, P15

that the possibilities are endless, it really will be a better than good week.

Michael Norton is the grateful CEO of Tramazing.com, a personal and professional coach, and a consultant, trainer, encourager and motivator to businesses of all sizes.

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fully clothed. It was criticized because of the location of her husband’s hand on her body.

There are far racier hamburger commercials, but for certain conservatives it was highly inappropriate and deserving of backlash.

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“Don’t you own a comb?”

“Looks like you’ve discovered donuts.”

Kids (remember Art Linkletter) say the darndest things. So does everyone else. Some of us even do the darndest things.

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Out of the ordinary

A crowd of kids and adults stands near the barn at 17 Mile House Farm Park, an Arapahoe County park that sits at 8181 S. Parker Road.

Curious sights around metro area tell historic tales

CURIOUS ABOUT A PLACE? Seen an odd or interesting place in the Denver metro area that you’d like to know more about? Email earnold@coloradocommunitymedia.com or call 303-5664109, and we might look into it for you.

BY ELLIS ARNOLD EARNOLD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

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ith many Coloradans still avoiding large crowds with the continued risk of COVID-19, some may be taking a better look at what’s in their neighborhood — or even driving around with no particular place to go.

Wandering eyes may pick up on odd or unusual sights in the Denver metro area — such as a Native American tipi near an upscale suburban neighborhood or, say, a 30-foot cowboy statue overlooking a busy city road.

Here’s the story behind some sights that may inspire curiosity around the Denver metro area.

A cowboy on Federal Those who have driven north of Denver on North Federal Boulevard may have been struck with the sight of a giant cowboy looming over the traffic.

“I have people who pull over and want to take pictures of him, especially with tourists,” said Jeffry Cook, park manager at Rustic Ranch Mobile Home and RV Park.

The park just south of Interstate 76 is home to the detailed cowboy statue, which was originally intended as part of an amusement park that never materialized, according to an old news article clipping Cook has. But it ended up as part of the mobile home park instead.

Built in the 1950s by Colorado artist John Sutton, the cowboy has become something of a local landmark. Cook, 54, remembers seeing the statue as a child.

“A fun fact for you is that the ‘American Pickers’ came to this park,” Cook said, referring to the show on the His-

COURTESY OF ARAPAHOE COUNTY OPEN SPACES OFFICE

wasn’t there tomorrow, everybody would be knocking on my door asking where the cowboy went,” Cook said.

The park sits just outside northwest Denver in unincorporated Adams County, near Arvada and Westminster.

Adams City High School sits along North Quebec Parkway near East 72nd Avenue. The name Adams City is a relic of an area that is now part of Commerce City. PHOTO BY ELLIS ARNOLD

A Native American tipi at Plains Conservation Center on East Hampden Avenue.

PHOTO BY ELLIS ARNOLD

tory Channel. The show tried to buy the cowboy several years ago, according to Cook.

In the mobile home park’s 106 units, most residents have lived at the park

for at least 20 to 25 years, Cook estimates. He hopes the cowboy carries some sentimental meaning for those who call the place home.

“I guarantee you that if the cowboy

Tipi along the prairie Along Aurora’s east edge, not far from east Centennial, stands a large gate that bears the word “Plains.”

It’s the entrance to Plains Conservation Center, a nature preserve and educational center that houses replicas of a Native American tipi camp and homestead village, showcasing life on the plains in the late 1800s, according to the City of Aurora’s website.

The center encompasses more than 1,100 acres of short-grass prairie with views of the Rocky Mountains, located at 21901 E. Hampden Ave., west of toll highway E-470.

In June 1950, the land was deeded to what became the West Arapahoe Conservation District, and the land was formally christened the Plains Conservation Center, according to the center’s website.

In 1997, 1,100 acres were sold to the City of Aurora to remain as passiveuse open space, with the center continuing to manage the land and offer programs, the site says.

Adams City?

North metro residents may be familiar with Adams City High School, which sits along North Quebec Parkway near East 72nd Avenue.

But the name Adams City doesn’t denote an actual city — the school sits in Commerce City.

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The Adams City name dates back to an area that was laid out around 1902 with developers hoping that Adams County’s seat — the city or town that serves as a county’s governmental center — would be established there, according to the Commerce City Historical Society.

But Brighton was elected as the county seat in November 1904. Adams City never became a town and was vacated by 1922, the historical society’s website says.

The South Adams County Volunteer Fire Department was founded in 1942, and Adams City was beginning to redevelop with new houses being built. In 1946-47, Adams County School District 14 was formed from surrounding schools, with the first official class from Adams City High School graduating in 1949, according to the website. That school took the place of Union High School, the region’s earlier school, according to an unofficial website for Adams City High alumni and a timeline by the historical society.

The South Adams County Water and Sanitation District was formed in 1951 at the same time Denver was considering annexing, or taking control of, the south Adams area. A plan to incorporate all of southern Adams County — meaning to declare the area as its own city or town — was developed, according to the historical society. In July 1952, a group of about 300 residents voted for incorporation of Commerce Town, comprising neighborhoods such as Rose Hill, Adams City, Dupont and Irondale.

Commerce Town annexed part of the Derby area in 1962, increasing the population fourfold. That was enough for the town to gain status as a city, and its name was then changed to Commerce City, according to the historical society.

At least one business — Adams City Liquor — still carries the area’s old name along with Adams City Middle School.

Four Mile, 17 Mile, 20 Mile Drivers who frequent South Parker

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ear for listening, and integrity.

I am thrilled to cast my vote for Darien Wilson and I hope you will join me.

Kelly Mayr Highlands Ranch

Keep Van Winkle in House Bipartisan leadership is more important than ever. As polarization grows, it’s crucial we have leaders who can stand in those gaps and represent our voices in a unifying manner.

Nationally, we have a great example of this in Cory Gardner who was recently ranked the third most bipartisan senator in the country. Locally, we’re fortunate to have a similar bipartisan leader in Kevin Van Winkle, our state House representative. Kevin Van Winkle puts people over partisanship.

This past year he’s led and passed 13 bills with strong bipartisan support. , This is a rare and important accomplishment in our Democrat-controlled state government.

A native Highlands Rancher, Kevin knows and cares about the issues that matter most to us like health care and schools. Kevin recently received the “Hero in Health” award from Healthi-

Road may recall a large barn a short drive south of East Arapahoe Road.

Located just south of Centennial, the 17 Mile House is one of several inns that emerged along Cherry Creek for travelers and freighters when the 1859-60 gold rush caused large-scale settlement of the state, according to the Arapahoe County website.

The property is an Arapahoe County park that sits at 8181 S. Parker Road, just north of the Town of Parker.

The “mile houses” sat every two to three miles along the Cherokee/ Smoky Hill wagon trails from Kansas, named based on their distance to the intersection of Colfax Avenue and North Broadway in Denver, according to the website. Out of the original six mile houses, only 17 Mile House and Four Mile House exist in their entirety today, the website says. The buildings also included Seven Mile House, Nine Mile House, 12 Mile House and 20 Mile House, according to the National Register of Historic Places.

At mile houses, travelers could get a meal, spend the night, rest their animals and have minor repairs made to coaches or wagons, according to the Arapahoe County website.

The 17 Mile barn was constructed in the late 1870s, according to a county news release.

Construction likely began on what was to become the 20 Mile House around the mid-to-late 1860s, according to the Parker Area Historical Society.

The old 20 Mile House property continued to be a working farm until the mid-1990s, when the property was acquired by developers. Eventually, the cinderblock portion was torn down and the small plot of land on which the 20 Mile House structure was built was donated to the Town of Parker. With the help of the historical society, the original post office portion was restored and surrounded by a small park, according to the historical society’s website.

The 20 Mile Post Office sits on Mainstreet, a short drive west of Parker Road — and close to Twenty Mile Road.

Four Mile Historic Park sits in Denver, a short drive from South Colorado Boulevard and Leetsdale Drive.

er Colorado for his leadership on prohealth bills. He also twice-earned the Colorado Medical Society’s Legislative Champion award recognizing his focus to deliver healthcare solutions.

Championing students and teachers, Kevin worked to increase K-12 funding by $600 million, including significant funds to secure schools, improve mental health resources, and prevent violence. Kevin was also recently named the CO Association of Realtors “Legislator of the Year.” They recognized his leadership on public policy that builds better communities, preserves our environment, and ensures economic vitality.

To better balance our one-party dominated state government, we need proven bipartisan leaders like Kevin Van Winkle to represent our Highlands Ranch voices and values. Let’s reelect Kevin Van Winkle to continue serving our community with excellence!

Barb Duda Highlands Ranch Biden has right payroll tax plan With the election approaching, voters should pause to assess the effect of President Trump’s plans to end the payroll tax if he is reelected. The payroll tax funds Social Security and SEE LETTERS, P17

The 30-foot cowboy statue at the entrance to Rustic Ranch Mobile Home and RV Park on North Federal Boulevard Sept. 12. The cowboy was originally intended as part of an amusement park that never materialized, according to an old news article clipping that the park manager has held onto.

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Gifted golfers rise to top of tourneys Rock Canyon, Lakewood athletes among notable performers

BY JIM BENTON JBENTON@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Rock Canyon senior Nick Fallin examined his round and figured he could have played better.

Fallin, however, took medalist honors with an even-par 72 on Sept. 15 at the Spring Valley Golf Club in the final Continental League boys golf tournament of the season.

He helped the Jaguars win their first league title with a total team score of 1,686 through seven league tournaments with Castle View coming in second at 1,703.

Fallin, who started on the 18th hole in the shotgun start, had three birdies to go along with three bogeys and wound up a stroke ahead of Castle View’s Luke Cushman, Johnny Williams of Ponderosa and Legend’s Logan Douglass, who each had 1-over-par scores of 73.

“I thought I played pretty good,” said Fallin. “I didn’t take advantage of the par 5s as well as I wanted. I played well on the rest of the course.

I hit the ball well and make a couple putts. It wasn’t as great as I wanted to play but I was obviously happy,

Rock Canyon senior Nick Fallin won medalist honors with a 72 at the final Continental League boys golf tournament on Sept. 15 at Spring Valley Golf Club. Fallin helped the Jaguars wrap up the league’s team title.

Legend’s Spencer Schlagel watches his drive during the final Continental League boys golf tournament which was held Sept. 15 at Spring Valley Golf Club. Schlagel finished with a 78.

PHOTOS BY JIM BENTON “I kind of just kept it together the whole round. Through the middle part of the round I was 1-under through 14 holes and at that point I was pretty locked in.”

Fallin was 1-over-par on the three par-5 holes and a bogey on the 531-yard, par-5 16th hole put him at 1-over-par, but he birdied the par-3 17th hole to finish his round at evenpar.

“You just have to have confidence in your game that even if you have a bad hole you are just going to be able to get in back the next hole,” said Fallin.

“I thought it was a pretty good season. We won the league title. I was pretty happy with how I did during the season. Obviously you can always do better but I had a solid year and it was a good

way to finish my senior year with a win.”

Fallin had support from his teammates as Rock Canyon nailed down the league championship. Logan Douglass had a high school career best 73, Nathan Kim came in with a 74 and Blake Sullivan fired a 79 for the 298 team score, seven strokes lower than Legend, which came in second in the league finale.

In the Jefferson County League 5A tournament at West Woods on Sept. 14, Lakewood’s Max Lange carded a 5-under-par 67 with teammate Ryan Liao shooting a 68. Jack Armstrong of Valor Christian tied for sixth with a par-72.

Ralston Valley won the conference title while Valor

Christian was fourth.

Arapahoe’s Matthew Wilkinson tied for medalist honors with a 1-under-par 71 on Sept. 16 at Murphy Creek Golf Club in the Centennial League’s regular-season ending tournament.

The league champion Warriors, helped by Jack Rottschafer’s 73 which tied for third and a 76 from defending state champion Will Kates, won the team title at Murphy Creek with a score of 297 with Cherry Creek placing second at 304.

Lutheran’s Jackson Lowe was the leading Lions golfer with an 83 at the Class 3A Metro League tournament at the Broadlands. Lutheran was fourth in the team tourney standings.

The fields are set for Class 5A regional tournaments.

Arapahoe, Heritage and Douglas County will be in the Class 5A Southern regional, which was set for Sept. 24 at South Suburban golf course.

The Central regional was held Sept. 23 at Overland golf course with Valor, Mountain Vista and Regis Jesuit entered. Rock Canyon, Highlands Ranch, ThunderRidge and Jeffco champ Ralston Valley played Sept. 21 in the 5A Western regional at Raccoon Creek while Legend and Chaparral competed on Sept.

21 in the Northern regional at Hyland Hills.

The 5A state tournament is set for Oct. 5-6 at Rolling Hills Country Club.

Football, field hockey, spirit gain approval for fall Governor, CHSAA give schools the option of competing

South metro teams ready for football

BY JESSE PAUL THE COLORADO SUN

Gov. Jared Polis and the Colorado High School Activities Association on Sept. 16 signed off on allowing high school football and field hockey games to happen in the fall despite the coronavirus.

Schools have the option of resuming the sports in the coming weeks if they are ready, or waiting until the spring.

CHSAA’s board met to decide whether to move forward with the seasons after the Polis administration earlier in the day approved variances to allow the sports to resume. By a 12-3 vote, the board decided to allow schools to resume the sports under the variances.

“We are in a pandemic,” Troy Baker, president of CHSAA’s board of directors and the athletic director at Buena Vista High School, said in a written statement. “It’s not normal times. We’re all trying to find a way to navigate through it, with the hope of trying to find some normalcy in our

lives. There isn’t a guide of how to do this.”

Sideline spirit — also known as cheer — will also be allowed to resume in the fall.

Under variances approved by state, all participants who are not actively playing or performing must wear masks and be 6 feet apart. Players and performers may not go into specta-

tor areas and are required to observe mask-wearing and social-distancing rules while traveling to games.

The variances approved by Polis’ team allow for 50 players per sideline to be on the field during a football game. In field hockey, the variance allows for 25 players per sideline, per game.

“We have worked closely with

CHSAA to approve their request, issue guidelines and assist in creating a process that supports a return to football, field hockey and cheer,” Polis said in a written statement.

The governor and CHSAA have been facing pressure across the state to allow more high school sports to resume. Many districts have or are about to resume in-person classes.

Earlier this month, Polis said he thought there was an opening for high school football to resume in the fall.

CHSAA initially balked at the idea.

Some high school sports have already resumed, like golf and cross country.

CHSAA has requested variances for gymnastics, boys soccer, spirit, girls volleyball and unified bowling, which are traditionally played during the fall season. The Polis administration is still considering how to move forward on those sports.

If coronavirus transmission in a county starts to rise too quickly, schools there would no longer be allowed to offer football, field hockey and cheer.

This story is from The Colorado Sun, a journalist-owned news outlet based in Denver and covering the state. Used by permission. For more, and to support The Colorado Sun, visit coloradosun. com.

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Medicare Part A. Trump proposes funding the programs with general tax revenues which would require increasing those taxes by over $1 trillion per year to fund Social Security alone, a highly unrealistic possibility.

Without the current ongoing funding, Social Security’s actuary has advised that Trump’s proposal would end disability benefits next year and retirement benefits in 2023.

As of December 2019, Social Security benefits paid to residents of Douglas County total $73,461,000 per month, every month. The local economic effect of their loss is apparent. Also, if it were possible to switch to general tax funding, the current employer match would be lost, shifting the tax burden away from corporations and wealthier individuals to workers. Lastly, benefits would become an entitlement or welfare, no longer an earned benefit and much easier to cut.

Why is the president proposing such a disastrous change? Ending the employer match will cut taxes for his businesses significantly. He will profit enormously.

Joe Biden has proposed changes to the current payroll tax cap formula to fully fund Social Security going forward. A Trump win may very well end Social Security and Medicare.

Then, how would we address financial issues related to aging, disability and premature death, particularly at an overhead cost of less than 1% which Social Security does? The responsible vote is obvious.

Dwight Roinestad Highlands Ranch Speak up for fisheries This fall, anglers, hunters and those who love Colorado’s wildlife have a chance to protect wildlife habitats

from the negative impacts of oil and gas drilling. The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) is accepting input from the public regarding its 1200 series of rules, which determines regulations regarding wildlife, and I, as a lifelong angler, intend to speak up.

This updated rulemaking is required after Senate Bill 181 passed in 2019. This legislation changed the COGCC’s mission by directing it to safeguard wildlife and its habitat and allowing it to deny any permit application if its approval would not protect wildlife nor the environment.

This is our chance to protect the fisheries we love. Currently, the buffer zone for drilling around streams and rivers is 300 feet, which does not seem adequate, given the risk of spills and runoff from those eventually reaches waters that hold our precious fish.

Riparian zones are critical to keeping waters cool and healthy, and they are also frequented by an incredible diversity of birds and mammals. With that in mind, I advocate for increasing that drilling distance to one-quarter mile to help mitigate any adverse impacts.

For the sake of all Coloradans and the multitudes of visitors to our fine state, let’s do our due diligence and speak up for fish and wildlife while we have a chance. You can do so by emailing DNR_COGCC.Rulemaking@state. co.us with the subject line reading 800/900/1200 Series.

John Egan Highlands Ranch GOP needs resounding loss Many are condemning Donald Trump as president and as reelection candidate. While the president has many shortcomings, he could have been a better president if only the Republican Party had made some effort to rein in his worst impulses. After all, he had never held any political office SEE LETTERS, P23

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Public Notices call Sheree 303.566.4088 Legals City and County PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the following ordinance was adopted, on second and final reading, as amended, at a regular public hearing of the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Douglas on September 15, 2020: ORDINANCE NO. O-020-001 THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF THE COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, COLORADO AN ORDINANCE FOR THE REGULATION OF TRAFFIC AND PARKING; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS IN CONFLICT THEREWITH; AND PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION THEREOF. WHEREAS, pursuant to C.R.S. § 30-15-401(1) (h), the Board of County Commissioners (“Board”) is authorized to adopt ordinances to control and regulate the movement and parking of motor vehicles on public property; and WHEREAS, pursuant to C.R.S. § 42-4-111(1)(a) and (c), the Board is authorized to regulate or prohibit the stopping, standing or parking of vehicles and to regulate traffic by means of Official Traffic Control Devices; and WHEREAS, C.R.S. § 42-4-1210(1), provides that the owner or lessee of any private property available for public use in the unincorporated areas of a county may request in writing that specified areas on such property be designated by the Board for use only by authorized vehicles; and WHEREAS, C.R.S. § 42-4-1210(1), further provides that said areas, upon acceptance in writing by the Board, shall be clearly marked by the owner or lessee with Official Traffic Control Devices, as defined in C.R.S. § 42-1-102(64); and WHEREAS, C.R.S. § 42-4-1210(2), provides that it is unlawful for any person to park any vehicle other than an authorized vehicle in any area designated and marked for such use as provided therein; and WHEREAS, C.R.S. § 42-4-110(1), authorizes all local authorities, including counties, to adopt by reference all or any part of a model traffic code; and WHEREAS, the Board has previously adopted the 2010 edition of the “Model Traffic Code for Colorado” and desires to replace the 2010 edition with the recently published 2020 edition; and WHEREAS, the Board has previously adopted the “Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices” as authorized by C.R.S. § 42-4-104, which addresses all aspects of “traffic control devices”; and WHEREAS, the Board desires to adopt this ordinance establishing consolidated parking and traffic enforcement and establishing the current authorities and priorities thereof on which Douglas County will rely, hereby superseding and revoking all prior ordinances and resolutions inconsistent or overlapping herewith; now therefore, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF THE COUNTY OF DOUGLAS as follows: PART I: GENERAL Purpose. The purpose of this ordinance is to promote the general public welfare and safety by imposing and enforcing reasonable and necessary traffic and parking restrictions in the County.

Definitions. Unless otherwise specified or the context otherwise requires, the following words shall have the following meanings throughout this ordinance.

“Authorized Emergency Vehicle” means such vehicles of the fire department, police vehicles, ambulances, and other special-purpose vehicles as are publicly owned and operated by or for a governmental agency to protect and preserve life and property in accordance with state laws regulating emergency vehicles; said term also means such privately owned vehicles as are designated by the state motor vehicle licensing agency, necessary to the preservation of life and property, to be equipped and to operate as emergency vehicles in the manner prescribed by state law.

“Automobile” means any motor vehicle.

“County” means Douglas County, Colorado.

“Law Enforcement Officers” shall mean the Douglas County Sheriff, Undersheriff and his or her deputy sheriffs.

“Official Traffic Control Device” means all signs, signals, markings, and devices, not inconsistent with Title 42 of the Colorado Revised Statutes, placed or displayed by authority of a public body or official having jurisdiction, for the purpose of regulating warning, or guiding traffic.

“Owner” means a person who holds the legal title of a vehicle; or, if a vehicle is the subject of an agreement for the conditional sale or lease thereof with the right of purchase upon performance of the conditions stated in the agreement and with

an immediate right of possession vested in the conditional vendee or lessee or if a mortgagor of a vehicle is entitled to possession, then such conditional vendee or lessee or mortgagor shall be deemed the owner for purposes herein. The term also includes parties otherwise having lawful use or control or the right to use or control a vehicle for a period of thirty days or more.

“Park” or “parking” means the standing of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, other than very briefly for the purpose of and while actually engaged in loading or unloading property or passengers.

“Private Property” shall mean private property available for public use within the meaning of C.R.S. § 42-4-1210.

“Residential Parking Permit Area” means a contiguous or nearly contiguous residential area containing public streets more particularly described in Exhibit A, attached hereto and incorporated by reference herein, on which motor vehicle parking is prohibited at certain times, except for vehicles displaying a parking permit as provided in this ordinance.

“Stand” or “standing” means the halting of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, other than momentarily for the purpose of and while actually engaged in receiving or discharging passengers.

“Stop” or “stopping” means, when prohibited, any halting, even momentarily, of a vehicle, whether occupied or not, except when necessary to avoid conflict with other traffic or in compliance with the directions of a Law Enforcement Officer or Official Traffic Control Device.

“Vehicle” means any device which is capable of moving itself, or of being moved, from place to place upon wheels or endless tracks.

Enforcement. This ordinance shall be enforced by the Douglas County Sheriff.

Violation. It shall be unlawful for any person to violate any provision of this ordinance or to disobey any Official Traffic Control Devices referenced herein. In any prosecution for any violation of this ordinance wherein the identity of the violator is in question (such as parking citations issued when the driver of the vehicle is not present), there shall be a rebuttable presumption that the violation was committed by the Owner of the motor vehicle in which the violation occurred.

Disposition of Fines and Forfeitures. Unless otherwise provided by law, all fines and penalties, and the surcharge thereon, for the violation of this ordinance shall be paid into the treasury of Douglas County.

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Model Traffic Code is adopted as if set out at length save and except the following articles and/ or sections which are declared to be inapplicable to Douglas County and are therefore expressly deleted: (a) Section 107 (b) Section 203 Unsafe Vehiclespot Inspections (c) Section 227(3)(b) (d) Section 228 (7) (e) Section 233 (f) Section 235 (g) Section 238 (h) Section 241 (1) (i) Section 507 (j) Section 508 (k) Section 509 (l) Section 510 (m) Section 607 (2)(b) (n) Section 611 (o) Section 705 (2) (p) Section 1008.5 (q) Section 1101 (12)(b) (r) Section 1105 (s) Section 1401 (t) Section 1402 (u) Section 1406 (1)(b) (v) Section 1407 (3)(c) (w) Section 1409 (x) Section 1412 (y) Section 1413 (z) Section 1415 (aa) Section 1701 (bb) Section 1705 (cc) Section 1706 (dd) Section 1707 (ee) Section 1708 (ff) Section 1709 (gg) Section 1710 (hh) Section 1711 (ii) Section 1712 (jj) Section 1713 (kk) Section 1714 (ll) Section 1715 (mm) Section 1716 (nn) Section 1717 (oo) Section 18 Abandoned Vehicle (pp) Section 1901 (qq) Section 1902 (rr) Section 1903 (ss) Section 1904 Section 3. Penalty Assessment Procedure and Penalty Schedule. (a) Any person who violates any of the provisions of this Part II commits a traffic infraction, pursuant to C.R.S. § 30-15-402(1). The penalty assessment procedure provided in C.R.S. § 16-2-201, shall be followed by the arresting officer for any such violation of this ordinance.

Surcharges. In addition to the fines and penalties prescribed in this ordinance, any person convicted of a violation of this ordinance shall be subject to the statutory surcharges of ten dollars ($10.00) for the Victims and Witnesses Assistance and Law Enforcement Fund, and ($22.00) for the Colorado Traumatic Brain Injury Trust Fund. Effective January 1, 2013, Colorado requires law enforcement to collect a $1 surcharge to supplement the Family Friends Fund. These surcharges shall be paid to the clerk of the court by each person convicted of violating this ordinance. The clerk shall transmit the moneys to the respective funds in accordance with C.R.S. § 30-15-402(2).

(b) The County hereby elects to have the provisions of C.R.S. § 42-2-127(5.5)(b), apply to violations of this ordinance. If a violator receives a penalty assessment notice for a violation of this ordinance, and such person pays the fine and surcharge for the violation on or before the date the payment is due, the points assessed for the violation are reduced as follows:

Scope. This ordinance shall apply to every street, alley, sidewalk, driveway, park, and to every other public way or public place, or public parking area (except where such application is prohibited by C.R.S. § 30-15-401(9)(a) and § 42-4-111(1)), or private property as specifically designated herein, within the unincorporated territory of Douglas County and to all other areas designated herein.

This ordinance shall in no way limit application and enforcement of any statutes of the State of Colorado but shall be in addition thereto.

(c) For its schedule of fines and penalties, the County incorporates by this reference the schedule of fines and penalties set forth in C.R.S. § 42-41701(as that section may be amended), as those fines and penalties correspond to the sections of the Model Traffic Code adopted by this ordinance, for all cases wherein the alleged violator acknowledges guilt or liability, is found guilty by a court of competent jurisdiction, or has judgment entered against him/her. If the penalty assessment procedure is not used, and the alleged offender is found guilty, court costs may be assessed in addition to the fine and penalties set forth in C.R.S. § 42-4-1701, and surcharges.

Severability. If any part or parts of this ordinance are for any reason held to be invalid, such provision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. The Board of County Commissioners hereby declares that it would have passed this ordinance and each part or parts hereof, irrespective of the fact that any one part or parts be declared invalid.

Repeal. All ordinances and/or resolutions or parts or ordinances and/or resolutions inconsistent with provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed, except that this repeal shall not affect or prevent the prosecution or punishment of any person for any act done or committed in violation of any ordinance hereby repealed prior to the effective date of this ordinance.

PART II: TRAFFIC Section 1. Adoption. Pursuant C.R.S. §§ 42-4-110(1) and 30-15-401(1)(h), there is hereby adopted by reference Articles I and II, inclusive, of the 2020 edition of the “Model Traffic Code for Colorado,” promulgated and published as such by the Colorado Department of Transportation, Staff Traffic and Safety Projects Branch, 4201 East Arkansas Avenue, Denver, Colorado 80222. The subject matter of the Model Traffic Code relates primarily to comprehensive traffic control regulations. The purpose of this ordinance is to provide a system of traffic regulations consistent with state law and generally conforming to similar regulations throughout the state and nation. Copies of the Model Traffic Code adopted herein are on file in the office of the Clerk and Recorder of Douglas County, Colorado, and may be inspected during regular business hours.

Section 2.

Deletions. The 2020 edition of the

(1) for a violation having an assessment of three or more points, the points are reduced by two points; (2) for a violation having an assessment of two points, the points are reduced by one point.

(d) In the case of multiple traffic offenses involving aggressive driving, the applicable penalty or penalty assessment shall be doubled for each traffic offense. For purposes of this subsection, “aggressive driving” means committing any two or more of the following violations in a single act or series of acts in close proximity to another motor vehicle: 1) exceeding the speed limits (1101); 2) following too closely (1008); 3) failure to obey official traffic control devices (603); 4) passing on shoulder of road (1004(2)); 5) failure to give an adequate signal (903); 6) failure to yield right-ofway (701, 702, 703); and 7) unsafe lane change (903). (e) The imposition of any penalty imposed pursuant to this Part II shall not preclude impound where appropriate pursuant to Part IV. PART III: PARKING The restrictions, procedures and penalties provided in this Part III shall be in addition to those provided in Part II. Section 1.

Residential Parking Permit Areas Purpose.

Sometimes persons in residential areas request assistance reducing hazardous traffic conditions resulting from nonresidents competing with residents to park their vehicles in certain residential areas; to protect those residential areas from polluted air, excessive noise, and refuse caused by the entry of nonresident vehicles; to protect residents from unreasonable burdens in gaining

access to their residences; to preserve the character of residential areas; to promote efficiency in maintaining streets in residential areas in a clean and safe condition; to preserve the value of the property in residential areas; to promote traffic safety and the safety of children and other pedestrians in residential areas; and to promote the peace, comfort convenience, and welfare of all residents of the County.

Establishment.

The Board hereby establishes Residential Parking Permit Areas in the areas more particularly described in Exhibit A and Exhibit C, as may be amended from time to time by motion of the Board of County Commissioners, attached hereto and incorporated herein.

Parking Without Permit Prohibited.

It shall be unlawful for any motor vehicle to be parked on a public street within the Residential Parking Permit Areas, more particularly described in Exhibit A, between the hours of 8:00 A.M. and 3:00 P.M. on weekdays, excepting holidays, from July 30 through May 30, inclusive, unless the vehicle properly displays a parking permit authorized by this ordinance.

It shall be unlawful for any motor vehicle to be parked on a public street within the Residential Parking Permit Areas, more particularly described in Exhibit C, between the hours of 7:00 A.M. and 3:00 P.M. on weekdays, excepting holidays, from July 30 through May 30, inclusive, unless the vehicle properly displays a parking permit authorized by this ordinance.

Posting of Signs.

The Division of Engineering Services shall post appropriate signs within the areas more particularly described in Exhibit A, advising motorists of the days and hours when motor vehicle parking within said area shall be prohibited except by permit.

The Division of Engineering Services shall post appropriate signs within the areas more particularly described in Exhibit C, advising motorists of the days and hours when motor vehicle parking within said area shall be prohibited except by permit.

Penalty.

Any person who violates any of the provisions of this Part III on any public street or public facility commits a Class A Traffic Infraction, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of seventeen dollars ($17.00) for each separate violation. Any person who violates any of the provisions of this ordinance on any private road or private facility commits a Class 2 Petty Offense, and upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) for each separate violation. The penalty assessment procedure provided in C.R.S. § 16-2-201, may be followed by the arresting officer for any such violation of this ordinance. In the event that a violation of the Part II exists which is outside the scope of this Part III, the violations may be treated as two separate violations and two penalties may be assessed. The penalties prescribed in this Part III shall not preclude impound where appropriate pursuant to Part IV. Defenses.

It shall be a defense that the area was not properly marked with the relevant restriction at the time the violation notice is issued. It shall further be a defense that the violation was the result of direction of a Law Enforcement Officer or at the direction of an Official Traffic Control Device. It shall not be a defense to a violation otherwise contained herein if the property is improperly or not designated in the attached exhibits so long as the County was authorized to restrict and/or enforce parking restrictions in such area. It shall not be a defense that the Owner of the vehicle was not the person who placed the vehicle or allowed the vehicle to be placed in the restricted area(s) and such Owner shall be responsible for all violations involving the owner’s vehicle(s). It shall not be a defense that an Official Traffic Control Device was not placed pursuant to a designated procedure so long as the location and nature of the restriction is clearly posted.

Permits.

A. The owner, owners, lessee or lessees of each residential unit within the residential parking permit area may be issued one or more permits which shall allow a motor vehicle to which it is affixed to be parked within the area without regard to the parking restrictions imposed by this ordinance. No more than three permits may be issued for each residential unit, unless good cause is shown for issuance of additional permits. A resident permit shall consist of a numbered decal which shall be permanently affixed to the lower left corner of the rear window of the motor vehicle.

B. The owner or owners of each residential unit within a parking permit area may also be issued up to five (5) visitor permits. A visitor permit shall allow the motor vehicle in which it is displayed to be parked within the area without regard to the parking restrictions imposed by this ordinance. A visitor permit shall be placed on the front dash of the motor vehicle.

C. Permits shall be issued by the Division of Engineering Services based on satisfactory evidence of residency within the area.

D. Temporary permits. A contractor may obtain, at no cost, a reasonable number of temporary permits for vehicles of the contractor and the contractor’s employees for the period of time that the contractor is engaged in work within a residential parking zone, as specified on the permit.

E. Resident permits shall be numbered and shall not be transferable from one residence or vehicle

to another.

F. Resident and visitor permits shall remain the property of the County. Where the maximum number of resident permits have been issued for a residential unit, a resident permit shall be voided by the County for each new resident permit issued.

Section 2.

Private Property Parking Restrictions

Private Property owners may request and the Board may accept designation of specified areas for use only by authorized vehicles pursuant to C.R.S. § 42-4-1210. Upon acceptance in writing by the Board, the owner of such private property is required to clearly mark the area with Official Traffic Control Devices. Such areas are listed in Exhibit B, as may be amended from time to time by motion of the Board of County Commissioners, attached hereto and incorporated herein. Violations of such postings shall be a violation of this Part III. Section 3.

Public Property Parking Restrictions

The Director of Engineering Services or his/ her designee shall have the authority to direct the installation of any “traffic control device” which is warranted in accordance with the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, as revised. Violations of such postings shall be a violation of this Part III.

PART IV: IMPOUNDS In addition to the penalties and procedures set forth hereinabove, the Sheriff, or any person acting under his direction, is authorized to impound Vehicles, by means of towing or installation of an immobilizing device or “boot”, under the following circumstances:

(a) if the registered Owner of said Vehicle has been issued three or more traffic or parking citations that remain outstanding. For purposes of this Part IV, “outstanding” shall mean that the Owner has: failed to pay the fine or penalty imposed under said citation by the date set forth in the citation and, without prior authorization, failed to appear in court on the date set forth in the citation; or

(b) if the Vehicle has been abandoned on a public right-of-way. For purposes of this Part IV, a Vehicle shall be deemed “abandoned” if it is inoperative (regardless of registration status) or if, after an abandoned vehicle notice has been placed on the Vehicle requiring that it be moved, the Vehicle has not been removed within 72 hours; or

(c) if the Vehicle is illegally parked, for any length of time: (1) in a manner that obstructs any roadway or emergency access; (2) in a fire zone or in front of a fire hydrant; (3) in a manner that prevents any other Vehicle from being able to move; (4) in any area marked by appropriate signage as a tow away zone; or (5) in any other circumstance where the sheriff or a person acting under his authority determines that it would be unsafe for the Vehicle to remain illegally parked.

The cost of recovering an impounded Vehicle shall be the responsibility of the Owner of the Vehicle and shall be in addition to any other fines or penalties that may otherwise apply.

PART IV: CERTIFICATION.

The Douglas County Clerk shall certify to the passage of this ordinance and shall have on file copies of this ordinance and the adopted Model Traffic Code available for inspection by the public during regular business hours.

PART V: EFFECTIVE DATE.

This ordinance shall be effective thirty (30) days after publication after adoption on second reading and shall apply to traffic offenses occurring or committed on or after said date.

INTRODUCED, READ AND ADOPTED ON FIRST READING on August 11, 2020, and ordered published in full in the DOUGLAS COUNTY NEWS-PRESS. THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, COLORADO By: /s/ Roger A. Partridge Roger A. Partridge, Chair ATTEST: /s/ Kristin Randlett Kristin Randlett, Deputy Clerk

ADOPTED ON SECOND AND FINAL READING, AS AMENDED, on September 15, 2020, and ordered published in the DOUGLAS COUNTY NEWS-PRESS. THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, COLORADO By: /s/ Roger A. Partridge Roger A. Partridge, Chair ATTEST: /s/ Kristin Randlett Kristin Randlett, Deputy Clerk EXHIBIT A RESIDENTIAL PARKING PERMIT AREAS

All or portions (as posted) of the following streets in Douglas County: Highlands Ranch High School:

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before and he neither understood nor valued our democratic form of government. Instead of guiding an inexperienced president, they abandoned their values to provide unwavering support to a man ignorant in the ways of governing. It is the Republican Party who has lost their way and are responsible for the excesses of the Trump administration.

While it is important to vote the president out of office, Republicans need an electoral shellacking that sends them to the wilderness where they can decide who they are as a party. It behooves all of us to assist them in that effort by voting them out of office at every level of government.

Douglas Willey Highlands Ranch Note age differences with COVID As of Sept. 3, CBS Denver reports 37 schools had 39 reported COVID cases out of 19,000 students with zero

hospitalizations and zero deaths. Aug. 22, CDC reports the 0-24 age group had 324 deaths in a population size of 104 million. 65+ age group, 130,000 died (79% of all COVID-19 deaths). U.S. nursing homes reported 68,000 deaths (NY Times).

There are ~60M children under 15 in the US. During March 1-July 31, the following tragic deaths occurred within this group: 13,106 — all causes, 1,193 — unintentional injury, 149 — influenza, 42 — COVID. Three times more flu deaths … but ~1M times more focus on the COVID threat (CDC).

As for the under 24 age group for viral load spreading, deaths, etc., there are tons of scientific evidenced-based studies in Europe showing this age group can go to school/colleges safely.

“Iceland study used actual genetic mapping and found extremely low transmission risk.”

Schools are open in Sweden, closed in Finland. Researchers conclude “closure or not, schools had no measurable direct impact on the number of laboratory confirmed cases in schoolaged children in Finland or Sweden.”

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What we are doing is electing to distribute the epi burden evenly across lower and higher risk age groups. And by doing this we are probably increasing the eventual size of the pandemic.

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Steve Taraborelli Highlands Ranch Elect Kellner district attorney For months, the news has been about America’s cities burning and violent protesters destroying storefronts, trashing minority neighborhoods and businesses, and defacing buildings with hateful slogans. Now the radical mob is invading communities, actually threatening elected lawmakers in their homes in Aurora and elsewhere. They are swarming restaurants, screaming at terrified diners, spitting in their food, and overturning tables.

If we think that can’t happen here, we are seriously deluded. We need to elect law and order champion John Kellner district attorney in the 18th

Judicial (Douglas, Arapahoe, Elbert and Lincoln counties.) When current DA George Brauchler took office in 2012, he asked Kellner to tackle high-profile homicide cases. Since then, Chief Deputy District Attorney Kellner and his team have prosecuted thousands of cases in the four counties. A Marine Corps captain and deputy judge advocate in Afghanistan, he helped develop rule of law in terrorist-dominated areas. A veteran, he became a founding member of the Veterans Treatment Court to help vets through the justice system.

We citizens are often puzzled why victims like the St. Louis couple who stood armed on their front lawn defending their lives and home are prosecuted, not the rioting mobs threatening them. The reason: the left has been very successful in massively funding and electing liberal DAs across the country. These district attorneys favor criminals over victims, often setting them free with no bail, if they are even arrested at all. We can trust John Kellner to keep our communities safe.

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Public Notices East of the school: Morning Glory Court Morning Glory Place Morning Glory Lane Morning Glory Way Weeping Willow Circle (as posted – Cresthill Lane to Morning Glory Way) West of the school: Lark Sparrow Drive (as posted – Fallbrooke Drive to Sand Hill Way) Sand Hill Court Sand Hill Street South of the school: Townsville Circle (as posted – 9614 Townville Circle to Griffith Place) Griffith Place (as posted – Newcastle Drive to Cresthill Lane) Queenscliffe Drive (as posted – Townsville Circle to 9688 Queenscliffe Dr) Queenscliffe Court Canberra Dr (as postednorthbound from 9687 Canberra Dr, including the cul-de-sac) Canberra Court Parramatta Place (as posted – Queenscliffe Dr to Rockhampton Way) Redstone Elementary:South of the school: Brady Place Ponderosa High School: North of the school: Meadow View (as posted – to Pine Forest Lane on east and west ends of Meadow View) Tamarac Court Red Oak Way (as posted – Meadow View to Pine Forest Lane) Bur Oak Lane (as posted – Meadow View to Pine Forest Lane) Honey Locust Court Chaparral High School: South of the school (Stonegate Terrace Subdivision) bounded by Lincoln Avenue, Stonegate Parkway, Brookstone Drive and Chambers Road: As posted: Brookstone Drive Greenstone Circle Greenstone Lane Hedgeway Drive Crystallo Drive Crystallo Court Citrine Court Alabaster Court Malachite Court Tourmaline Court EXHIBIT B PRIVATE PARKING RESTRICTED AREAS Highlands Ranch Recreation Center at Northridge, 8801 South Broadway, Highlands Ranch, Colorado.

Highlands Ranch Recreation Center at Southridge, 4800 McArthur Ranch Road, Highlands Ranch, Colorado.

Highlands Ranch Recreation Center at Eastridge, 9568 South University Boulevard, Highlands Ranch, Colorado.

Highlands Ranch Recreation Center at Westridge, 9650 South Foothills Canyon Boulevard, Highlands Ranch, Colorado.

Backcountry Parking Area, 11950 Monarch Blvd., Highlands Ranch, Colorado.

Pinewood Townhome Association, Inc. (Pinery) 6500 North Pinewood Drive Athletic Club at Inverness 374 Inverness Drive South.

Hydrogen Components, Inc., 12420 North Dumont Way, Littleton, Colorado Highlands Ranch Learning Center, 405 Dad Clark Drive, Highlands Ranch, Colorado.

AMC Highlands Ranch 24, 103 West Centennial Boulevard, Highlands Ranch, Colorado Valor Christian High School, 3775 Grace Boulevard, Highlands Ranch, Colorado EXHIBIT C RESIDENTIAL PARKING PERMIT AREAS Chaparral High School area more particularly described as Onyx St, Greenstone Cir, Malachite Ct, Greenstone Ln, Crystallo Ct, Crystallo Dr, Verdigris St, Alabaster Ct, Tourmaline Ct, Citrine Ct, and from the intersections of Stonegate Parkway to Greenstone Cir on Hedgeway Dr as well as from the intersection of Brookstone Dr to Greenstone Cir on Onyx St. Legal Notice No. 937949 First Publication: September 24, 2020 Last Publication: September 24, 2020 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press PUBLIC NOTICE REGARDING DOUGLAS COUNTY’S COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM 30-DAY PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD AND PUBLIC HEARINg FOR THE CITIZEN PARTICIPATION PLAN The Citizen Participation Plan outlines how Douglas County will conduct outreach and consultation regarding the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program, administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The purpose of this Plan is to set forth how Douglas County will encourage citizen participation in the CDBG program and obtain housing and community development input from the community. The overall CDBG program goals are to provide decent housing, a suitable living environment, and expand economic opportunities, primarily for the benefit of low-to moderate-income residents of Douglas County.

The comment period is from September 24, 2020 through October 26, 2020. A public hearing will be held on October 27, 2020, at 2:30 p.m. by the Douglas County Board of County Commissioners in the Commissioners Hearing Room, Philip S. Miller Building, at the 100 Third St. in Castle Rock. The public will have an opportunity to provide feedback before the Commissioners consider the adoption of the Public Participation Plan. The hearing can be attended in person or accessed virtually. See the County website at www.douglas.co.us or contact the Department of Community Development for instructions on how to participate virtually, at 303 660-7460.

The draft Citizen Participation Plan is available at the Department of Community Development, at the address above, or online at www.douglas. co.us/cdbg/whats-new/. Hard copies of the Citizen Participation Plan or versions of the Plan in Spanish or other languages are available upon request.

Interpreters or special needs accommodations can be provided with three-days advance notice by contacting Tina Dill, Douglas County Department of Community Development at 303-814-4380.

Persons in need of information for the hearing impaired may call the TTY number at 303-663-7791.

Legal Notice No. 937961 First Publication: September 24, 2020 Last Publication: September 24, 2020 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press Public Notice AVISO PÚBLICO SOBRE EL PERÍODO DE 30 DÍAS DE COMENTARIOS PÚBLICOS CON RESPECTO AL PROGRAMA DE SUBVENCIONES EN BLOQUE PARA EL DESARROLLO COMUNITARIO DEL CONDADO DE DOUGLAS Y SOBRE LA AUDIENCIA PÚBLICA PARA EL PLAN DE PARTICIPACIÓN CIUDADANA

El Plan de Participación Ciudadana describe cómo el Condado de Douglas llevará a cabo actividades de divulgación y consultas con respecto al programa de Subvenciones en Bloque para el Desarrollo Comunitario (CDBG por sus siglas en inglés), administrado por el Departamento de Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano de los Estados Unidos (HUD por sus siglas en inglés). El propósito de este Plano es establecer cómo el Condado de Douglas alentará la participación ciudadana en el programa CDBG y obtendrá aportes de la comunidad sobre vivienda y desarrollo comunitario.

Los objetivos generales del programa CDBG son proporcionar una vivienda digna, un entorno de vida adecuado y ampliar las oportunidades económicas, principalmente para el beneficio de los residentes de ingresos bajos a moderados del condado de Douglas.

El período de comentarios es desde el 24 de septiembre de 2020 hasta el 26 de octubre de 2020. Se llevará a cabo una audiencia pública el 27 de octubre de 2020 a las 2:30 p.m. por la Junta de Comisionados del Condado de Douglas en la Sala de Audiencias de los Comisionados, Edificio Philip S. Miller, en 100 Third St. en Castle Rock.

El público tendrá la oportunidad de proporcionar comentarios antes de que los Comisionados consideren la adopción del Plan de Participación Pública. Se puede asistir a la audiencia en persona o acceder virtualmente. Visite el sitio web del condado en HYPERLINK “http://www.douglas.co.us” www.douglas.co.us o comuníquese con el Departamento de Desarrollo Comunitario para obtener instrucciones sobre cómo participar virtualmente, al 303 660-7460.

El borrador del Plan de Participación Ciudadana está disponible en el Departamento de Desarrollo Comunitario, en la dirección anterior, o en línea en HYPERLINK “http://www.douglas.co.us/ cdbg/whats-new/” www.douglas.co.us/cdbg/ whats-new/. Las copias impresas del Plan de Participación Ciudadana o versiones del Plan en español u otros idiomas están disponibles a pedido. Se pueden proporcionar intérpretes o adaptaciones para necesidades especiales comunicándose con tres días de anticipación con Tina Dill, Departamento de Desarrollo Comunitario del Condado de Douglas al 303-814-4380. Los que necesiten información para personas con problemas de audición pueden llamar al número TTY al 303-663-7791.

Fecha de publicación: 24 de septiembre de 2020 Legal Notice No. 937962 First Publication: September 24, 2020 Last Publication: September 24, 2020 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Memorandum #138, dated January 26, 2015, is required in support of the County’s Community Action Plan to identify the causes and conditions of poverty (under 50% AMI or 125% FPL) in the area served. The County requires a consultant to develop and complete these documents and ensure that the minimum standards for ConPlan and Community Needs Assessment are met. The anticipated contract period is November 2020 through June 2021.

The RFP documents may be reviewed and/or printed from the Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System website at www.rockymountainbidsystem.com.

RFP documents are not available for purchase from Douglas County Government and can only be accessed from the above-mentioned website.

While the RFP documents are available electronically, Douglas County cannot accept electronic proposal responses.

RFP responses will be received until 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 20, 2020 by Douglas County Government, Finance Department, Purchasing Division, 100 Third Street, Suite 130, Castle Rock, Colorado 80104. All responses must be submitted in a sealed envelope plainly marked “Request for Proposal (RFP) #032-20, CDBG Consultant”. Proposal responses will not be considered which are received after the time stated and any proposals so received will be returned unopened.

Douglas County Government reserves the right to reject any and all proposals, to waive formalities, informalities, or irregularities contained in a said proposal and furthermore, to award a contract for items herein, either in whole or in part, if it is deemed to be in the best interest of the County to do so. Additionally, we reserve the right to negotiate optional items/services with the successful vendor.

Please direct any questions concerning this RFP to Carolyn Riggs, Purchasing Supervisor, 303-6607434, criggs@douglas.co.us, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding holidays.

Legal Notice No. 937959 First Publication: September 24, 2020 Last Publication: September 24, 2020 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

Misc. Private Legals Public Notice

Bids and Settlements

DOUGLAS COUNTY DISTRICT COURT, STATE OF COLORADO 4000 Justice Way Castle Rock, CO Douglas County, CO 80109

Public Notice

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL (RFP) #032-20 DOUGLAS COUNTY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT CONSOLIDATED PLAN and COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENT The Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Consolidated Plan (ConPlan) sets forth Douglas County’s overall strategy for coordinating federal community development resources. The ConPlan outlines goals and priorities to address decent housing, establish and maintain a suitable living environment, improve infrastructure, and expand economic opportunities, particularly for very-low, low- and moderate-income persons. The ConPlan is described in 24 CFR Part 91, and in the Final Rule clarifying Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing requirements (FR-6228-F-01). The Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) Community Needs Assessment, as described in the Department of Health and Human Service’s Information

In the Interest of: ADAM OCHOA-JUAREZ, D.O.B.: 07/14/2011; Child, And concerning: CRYSTAL OCHOA-JUAREZ, D.O.B.: 07/02/1992, Mother; DANIEL STORTI, D.O.B.: 01/20/1985, Possible Father; JOHN DOE, D.O.B.: Unknown, Possible Father; Respondents, And Bertha Ochoa and Ramon Ochoa, Maternal Grandparents, Special Respondents.

Attorney for Department: John Thirkell, #13865 Lori Kennedy, #53479 4400 Castleton Ct. Castle Rock, CO 80109 (303) 814-5326

Fax: (303) 479-9259 jthirkel@douglas.co.us lkennedy@douglas.co.us CASE NUMBER: 20JV90

DIVISION 8

DEPENDENCY SUMMONS

This Summons is initiated pursuant to Rule 2.2 of the Colorado Rules of Juvenile Procedure, Rule 4 of the Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure, and Section 19-3-503, C.R.S. 2019.

TO: CRYSTAL OCHOA-JUAREZ, D.O.B.: 07/02/1992 TO THE RESPONDENT NAMED ABOVE: You are hereby notified that a petition has been filed which alleges that the above-named child is dependent or neglected as per the facts set forth in the Dependency and Neglect Petition, a copy of which may be obtained at the office of the Douglas County Attorney’s Office.

A Return of Service and Adjudication Hearing for Respondent Mother and a Permanency Planning Hearing has been set for October 19, 2020 at 10:45 a.m. in Division 8, Douglas County District Court, 4000 Justice Way, Castle Rock, Colorado, 80109. All parties shall be present by calling 720437-6180, extension 75592# unless otherwise indicated by the Court.

Your presence before this court is required to defend against the claims in this petition. IF YOU FAIL TO APPEAR, THE COURT WILL PROCEED IN YOUR ABSENCE, WITHOUT FURTHER NOTICE, TO CONDUCT AN ADJUDICATORY HEARING AND MAY ENTER A JUDGMENT BY DEFAULT THEREBY ADJUDICATING YOUR CHILD AS A DEPENDENT OR NEGLECTED CHILD.

You have the right to request a trial by jury at the adjudicatory stage of this petition. You also have the right to legal representation at every stage of the proceedings by counsel of your own choosing, or if you are without sufficient financial means, appointment of counsel by the Court. Termination of your parent-child legal relationship to free your children for adoption is a possible remedy in this proceeding. If that remedy is pursued, you are entitled to a hearing before a Judge. You also have the right, if you are indigent, to have the Court appoint, at no expense to you, one expert witness of your own choosing at any hearing on the termination of your parent-child relationship.

If you are a minor, you have the right to the appointment of a Guardian ad litem to represent your best interests.

You have the right to have this matter heard by a district court judge rather than by the magistrate.

You may waive that right, and in doing so, you will be bound by the findings and recommendations of the magistrate, subject to review as provided by sec. 19-1-108(5.5), C.R.S. 2019, and subsequently, to the right of appeal as provided by Colorado Appellate Rule 3.4.

This summons is being initiated by the Douglas County Department of Human Services through its counsel.

Dated: September 14, 2020 /s/ Lori Kennedy Lori Kennedy, #53479 Assistant Douglas County Attorney Legal Notice No. 937947 First Publication: September 24, 2020 Last Publication: September 24, 2020 Publisher: Douglas County News-Press

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