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earners — as long as the legislature doesn’t change the refund formula this year, as it did in 2022.

e forecasts are provided to the Colorado General Assembly to help lawmakers draft the state budget for the next scal year. e data presented in March to the legislature’s powerful Joint Budget Committee, which drafts the budget, is considered the most important each year because it’s used to set spending.

e good news for the legislature is that it will have all the money it’s entitled to. e bad news is that the in ation rate used to calculate the TABOR cap lags current economic conditions. at means that while the legislature would seem to have more money to spend next year, the amount is actually lower than this year’s when adjusted for real-time population and in ation increases.

In fact, Greg Sobetski, chief economist for Legislative Council Sta , told the JBC that even without TABOR state budget revenue isn’t expected to keep up with in ation and population increases.

“We expect those revenue increases to not make up for the budgetary whom explore the exability and impact of photography in unique ways. As is always the case with exhibits at Walker, expect to be both challenged and delighted in equal measure.

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Dining of the delecTABLE kind at ASLD

The Art Students League of Denver is unveiling the sixth version of its biennial, functional ceramics exhibit delecTABLE: The Fine Art of Dining at the league, 200 Grant St. in Denver, where it is on display from April 7 through May 21.

According to provided information, the show features 90 pieces by more than 70 ceramists, as well as accompanying 2D and fiber arts works by ASLD faculty.

The show was juried by Andrew Clark, a Tennessee ceramics artist and current gallery manager at in ation, while credit card balances have risen. pressures that arise from in ation and population,” he said. Still, state tax revenue is expected to exceed the TABOR cap through the 2024-25 scal year, which begins on July 1, 2024. at’s assuming Colorado voters don’t approve more reductions in the income tax rate — as conservatives are pushing for — and the legislature doesn’t pass new bills o ering tax breaks. ere’s also a proposal swirling at the Capitol to ask voters to forgo their TABOR refunds and send the money to K-12 schools instead. e TABOR cap was exceeded last scal year by $3.7 billion, which prompted refund checks to be mailed to Coloradans last year. Another round will be mailed out in April, as well.

Companion Gallery in Humboldt, Tennessee. There will be an opening reception from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. on April 7 and there will also be discussions, workshops and more held during delecTABLE’s run. For all the necessary information, visit https://asld.org/delectable/.

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“Some households may still have excess savings, but most lowerincome households spent down the excess savings acquired early in the pandemic,” Louis Pino, an LCS analyst, told the JBC.

Bryce Cooke, chief economist with OSPB, said if there is an economic downturn, Colorado will be well positioned to weather it.

Legislative Council Sta and the governor’s o ce shared good and bad news about the state’s economy.

Overall, the state’s economy, like the nation’s, is slowing in the wake of rising interest rates set by the Federal Reserve. Unemployment in Colorado, however, remains low — 2.8% in January, which means it has returned to pre-pandemic levels — and isn’t expected to rise too much.

Legislative Council Sta forecasts the unemployment rate to be 2.9% at the end of 2023 before increasing slightly to 3.1% in 2024. e Governor’s O ce of State Planning and Budgeting says there are two job openings in Colorado for every unemployed person.

Coloradans’ personal savings, meanwhile, have shrunk amid high

“If the gap between the workforce and job openings remained similar to where it is now, you would see that people wouldn’t be losing jobs,” he said.

Cooke said bank failures in the U.S. and internationally are a real economic risk, though it will be tempered by the federal government’s willingness to respond to the situation.

Overall, Lauren Larson, who leads OSPB, said these are “uncertain economic times.” is story is from e Colorado Sun, a journalist-owned news outlet based in Denver and covering the state. For more, and to support e Colorado Sun, visit coloradosun. com. e Colorado Sun is a partner in the Colorado News Conservancy, owner of Colorado Community Media. project.aspx?activityno=DA2022-0093

CITY OF ARVADA PLANNING COMMISSION /s/ Tim Knapp, Secretary

Legal Notice No. 416042

First Publication: March 30, 2023

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Publisher: Jeffco Transcript PUBLIC NOTICE

A public hearing will be held before the Arvada Planning Commission scheduled for April 18, 2023 at 6:15 p.m., Arvada City Hall, 8101 Ralston Rd., Arvada, when and where you may speak on the matter to consider an Alternative Sign Program, 1.76 acre parcel of land approximately located at 8041 I-70 Frontage Rd N. Members of the public may attend. To submit written public comment to be considered by the Commission, email comments to cedboardsandcommission@ arvada.org by 5 p.m. on 4/17/2023. Additional information can be obtained from https://www.arvadapermits.org/etrakit3/search/ project.aspx?activityno=DA2023-0006.

CITY OF ARVADA PLANNING COMMISSION /s/ Tim Knapp, Secretary

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Public Notice

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION AND CERTIFIED STATEMENT OF RESULTS BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL SPRING MESA METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Spring Mesa Metropolitan District of Jefferson County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the regular election to be held on May 2, 2023, is hereby canceled pursuant to Sections 1-13.5-513(6), C.R.S. The following candidates are hereby declared elected:

Larry Seidl to a 4-year term until May, 2027 Georgia Magnera to a 4-year term until May, 2027

JoEtta Gentry to a 2-year term until May, 2025 Vacancy 4-year term (2023-2027)

Contact Person for the District: Nicole R. Peykov, Esq

District Address: 1700 Lincoln Street, Suite 2000, Denver, CO 80203

District Telephone Number: 303/839-3800

SPRING MESA METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

By: /s/Robin A. Navant, Designated Election Official

Legal Notice No. 416018

First Publication: March 30, 2023

Last Publication: March 30, 2023

Publisher: Golden Transcript Jeffco Transcript and the Arvada Press

Metro Districts Budget Hearings

Public Notice NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON THE AMENDED 2022 AND 2023 BUDGETS

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the HANCE RANCH METROPOLITAN DISTRICT (the “District”), will hold a meeting via teleconference on April 5, 2023 at 9:30 AM, for the purpose of conducting such business as may come before the Board including public hearings on the amendments to the 2022 budget and 2023 budget (the “Amended Budgets”). This meeting can be joined using the following teleconference information:

Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81826113491?pwd

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Meeting ID: 818 2611 3491 Passcode: 014666

Call-in Number: 1-720-707-2699

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Amended Budgets have been submitted to the District. A copy of the Amended Budgets are on file in the office of CliftonLarsonAllen, LLP, 8390 E Crescent Pkwy #300, Englewood, CO 80111, where the same are open for public inspection.

Any interested elector of the District may file any objections to the Amended Budgets at any time prior to final adoption of the Amended Budgets by the Board. This meeting is open to the public and the agenda for any meeting may be obtained by calling (303) 858-1800.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS:

HANCE RANCH METROPOLITAN DISTRICT, a quasi-municipal corporation and political subdivision of the State of Colorado

/s/ WHITE BEAR ANKELE

TANAKA & WALDRON

Attorneys at Law

Legal Notice No. 416005

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Last Publication: March 30, 2023

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