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VOLUME 34 • NUMBER 48 • OCTOBER 20, 2016
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Coffman and Carroll keep it cordial in candidate forum 1st District Republican stresses DeGette’s absence
U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman makes a point as his opponent state Sen. Morgan Carroll listens in. The two participated in a forum last week presented by the Jewish Community Relations Council.
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I think we can fix Obamacare, but I think one of the fixes is to leave it to the individual. - U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman
I am more concerned than I have ever been about the open bigotry, hate, racism and misogyny I’m seeing at the risk of being normalized. - State Sen. Morgan Carroll
Centennial city manager resigns Danielson was only third person to hold position
After four and a half years as Centennial’s third city manager, John Danielson has resigned. The 15-year-old city’s top fulltime staff leader abruptly announced his intended departure to City Council two weeks ago. Although his last official day was Oct. 14, Danielson will remain on payroll for two months as an on-call consultant, per an agreement with the council The 30-year veteran of city government says the time seemed right for semi-retirement, especially with such major projects as the leasing of Centennial’s fiber-optic network now in full swing. “We were talking about some really big projects coming up,” Danielson said of his recent conversations with other city officials. “The fiber could easily be a three-to-five-year
timeframe, and it would be nice for and wish him well in his future enthem to have some continuity. I just deavors.” Danielson counts the Arapahoe thought, you know what, maybe this presents an opportunity to for Road project as the proudest accomme to go out on a high point and put plishment under his leadership. the next person there who “That’s really going to would have that kind of improve the quality of life longevity.” for people who take that During his tenure with road every day,” he said. Centennial, Danielson has The outgoing manbeen credited with leading ager emphasizes that the the city through a number public works building of key projects, includand redesign of the Civic Center were both projects ing the reconstruction of Arapahoe Road between John Danielson that were completed either under budget or in highly Waco and Himalaya streets, the complete renovation of the Civic cost-effective ways. “We couldn’t have replaced the Center building, acquisition of a new public works facility and expansion concrete for what we what we paid for the entire [public works] facility,” of Center Park. Mayor Cathy Noon said Centen- Danielson said. “I was proud of that.” The city leader also touted Cennial “grew up” during Danielson’s time with the city. tennial being the smallest city chosen “We are known for innovation by the Bloomberg Philanthropies to and customer service and many large receive a grant to create an in-house projects became a reality” she said. Innovation Team. “We thank [Danielson] for the pro“We’re shoulder to shoulder with fessional development of our team Tel Aviv, Los Angeles, Boston—
Centennial,” he said. Danielson will be available for consultation and office work as requested until mid-December. After that, he intends to take a break while considering his options, which include further municipal consultation work. “What I’m not particularly interested in is working 50 to 60 hours a week for the next five years,” he said. “It’s such a time-demanding job. The council days are 15 to 16 hours. It’s exhausting.” The City Council was expected to immediately begin the national search process for the next city manager, a procedure that could take up to six months. In the meantime, Deputy City Manager Alisha Thomas will serve as the interim city manager. Danielson says he is happy to leave Centennial on good terms. “This career has been good for me. Centennial has been good for me,” he said. “I absolutely love the people that are there. I’d kind of like to go out on a high note.”
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Centennial joins “Smart Cities” to tackle mobility The City of Centennial announced this week it has been selected to join Transportation for America’s new smart-cities collaborative, supported by Alphabet’s Sidewalk Labs, to explore how technology can improve urban mobility. The announcement follows the launch of GoCentennial, a partnership with Lyft to provide rides to the city’s light rail station. Along with Denver and Lone Tree, Centennial is one of three metro cities partnering in the nationwide project. During the coming year, Centennial will work with the 15 cities to tackle challenges related to implementing smart-city policies and projects, sharing best practices and technical assistance and piloting new programs. Centennial was selected for nearly 60 cities that applied to be a part of the collaborative, which will hold its first meeting in Minneapolis, Minn. on Nov. 9-10. “Participating with T4A is a great opportunity for Centennial,” Mayor Cathy Noon said. “The city is looking forward to sharing and learning information on how to continue to improve transportation mobility in Centennial. Joining this group on the heels of launching the GoCentennial pilot program continues the momentum we already have in place. I look forward to seeing what future partnerships and opportunities come from all of these smart cities working together.” The collaborative is the result of the partnership T4A and Sidewalk Labs announced in June to engage cities in developing efficient and affordable transportation options for all. The partnership builds on T4A’s experience collaborating with state and local governments to develop forward-looking transportation and land-use policy, combined with Sidewalk Labs’ expertise working with cities to develop digital technology that solves urban problems. James Corless, director of T4America, said the nation is in the midst of the most transformational shift in urban transportation since the start of the interstate era more than 50 years ago. “And just like that era, cities have enormous potential to help or harm their residents with the decisions they make,” he said. “It’s incredibly
encouraging to see this long list of cities proactively shaping the future to ensure that this monumental shift in transportation doesn’t shape their cities without their input and produce a new generation of transportation haves and have-nots.” Sidewalk Labs Chief Policy Officer Rit Aggarwala noted that the organization had spent the past several months speaking directly with cities across the country. “What we’ve heard is mobility is a major issue across the board,” he said. “There is a desire to do something to solve these challenges, but it is not always clear how emerging technology can be helpful. Cities understand that they need to work together, but the question has always been how best to band these municipalities in partnership. This collaborative will be an unprecedented step in unifying these urban areas and hopefully accelerate solutions that provide affordable, efficient ways to get around.” Through the collaborative, Centennial and the other member cities will form working groups to focus on three core areas: • Automated vehicles and their potential impact on urban transit systems, congestion, transportation equity and the environment. • Shared mobility and how it could help cities provide equitable, affordable and more sustainable transportation choices. • Performance measures and data analytics, and how to use data to manage complex transportation networks and achieve transit equity and environmental goals. Initially, representatives from Centennial will participate in a variety of information-sharing meetings, both with other member cities and with industry-leading transportation experts. From there, city representatives will receive direct technical assistance, create pilot programs and share results with the rest of the collaborative to drive best practices across the country. Other participating cities include Austin, Texas, Boston, Chattanooga, Tenn., Los Angeles, MiamiDade County, Madison, Wis., Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minn., Nashville, Tenn., Portland, Ore., Sacramento, Calif., San Jose, Calif., Seattle and Washington, D.C.
Colorado Business Women to benefit JeffCo’s special advocates Wednesday, Nov. 9, at Maggiano’s in DTC Colorado Business Women, based in the Denver Tech Center, is again utilizing its members’ “passion and purpose” to raise funds for a worthy charitable organization. This year, CBW has chosen to assist the Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children organization, which serves Jefferson and Gilpin counties. “Our goal is to support organizations locally that mirror our message to provide community outreach and personal and professional development,” said Melissa Wilson, a CBW board member. “CASA has adult volunteers, many that are women, that assist children going through the court system.” “In 2016, CASA celebrates 15 years of serving abused and neglected children in Jefferson and Gilpin counties,” said Leah Varnell, executive director of CASA for Children. “More that 2,500 children have benefited from having a courtappointed special advocate as a CASA volunteer provided through the support of the community.” Varnell said, “CASA Jeffco/Gilpin trains community volunteers to advocate in court for the safety and well-being of child abuse victims in Jefferson and Gilpin counties. Appointed to child abuse cases by
Members of the Colorado Business Women, Polly Letofsky, (left), president Nell Hawley, Melissa Wilson and Leha Varnel, discuss the upcoming CASA fundraiser. Photo by Tom Barry judges, they provide insightful analyses to assist the courts in making the decisions that ultimately determine the placement of child abuse victims. CASA volunteers advocate for a child’s best interests in areas of education, health, foster-care placement and, most importantly, permanency in a safe home.” CASA staff and volunteers will be speaking at CBW’s annual luncheon fundraiser. A number of specially-themed baskets will be available during a silent auction in advance of the DTC-CBW’s monthly luncheon next month. Nonmembers, women and men are invited. These distinctive baskets vary in value from several hundred dollars to $1,000. Each themed basket is unique, and some provide an assortment of gift cards. Others have jewelry, wine or family-oriented activities.
Botanic Gardens CEO speaks to women’s business group Brian Vogt is former CEO of South Metro Denver Chamber
“We are women with a passion and a purpose,” said Melissa Wilson, a 22-year member of the Denver Tech Center’s Colorado Business Women who now serves as a board member. More than 120 women and
some men now comprise the group’s membership with ages running from mid 20s to 70’s. On Oct. 12, members met at Maggiano’s Little Italy restaurant in the DTC for the group’s monthly luncheon. “One of the reasons why I’m part of this group is to continue to empower women to pursue their dreams,” said Nancy Blackwell, a high school teacher-turned-businesswoman who is now an independent associate for Legal/ID Shield. “We’re all in this together,
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“The baskets themes include Family Fun, Dining in Denver, Girls’ Night Out, Date Night and many more. Each colorful handcrafted basket contains generous donations from members and community businesses with Ostrich Baskets providing a gorgeous decorating touch,” Wilson said. That Centennial company creates the colorful baskets. DTC-CBW will host this luncheon and fundraiser Wednesday, Nov. 9, beginning at 10:30 a.m., at Maggiano’s Little Italy Restaurant/ DTC, 7401 S. Clinton St. Reservations must be made by contacting Wilson at 303-694-4764. Tickets will be sold at the door for $25. Emcees will be business broadcasters Eric Reamer and Angel Tuccy from Experience Pros radio show.
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men and women. We all bring our different skills.” Each year, CBW members select a nonprofit. This year, the group chose the Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children in Jefferson and Gilpin counties for the annual fundraiser. Later, Brain Vogt, CEO of Denver Botanic Gardens and a former CEO with the South Metro Denver Chamber, conveyed recent successes, his management philosophy and interesting experiences. Vogt remembered a staff member once saying, “I would like to work in an environment of abundance, rather than scarcity.” “Isn’t that a beautiful phrase,” Vogt said, proclaiming that abundance is possible in our daily lives. Vogt said the phrase and a new approach to business turned things around in all aspects of the Gardens. “It was amazing to see what happened as soon as people were convinced that they participated in that choice on a daily basis. All of a sudden, everything turned around,” he said. Ten years ago, the Gardens had 500,000 annual visitors. Today, the Gardens hosts more than one million annually. The membership base has escalated by 24,000 households. The budget doubled, providing guests and members increased opportunities. When asked about the Dale Chihuly exhibit, Vogt said the Gardens were late to the game. “We took the Chihuly exhibit and took it to a level that was so extraordinary that we wound up setting a record for attendance of any public garden in North America, 1.44 million people in 2014. … Everybody fired on all cylinders. … It exceeded at an extraordinary level,” Vogt said.
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Pharmaca’s Fall Wellness Fair offering free health services Oct 22 Pharmaca Integrative Pharmacy has been serving pharmacy customers for more than two years its location next to Trader Joe’s in Greenwood Village. With a focus on expert customer service from a staff of expert pharmacists and practitioners, Pharmaca has become a well-loved spot in the community—and a center for education on natural health and wellness. This Saturday, Oct. 22, Pharmaca will be hosting its first annual Fall Health & Wellness Fair, featuring a variety of services for the community. Customers can get free health screenings, including body fat, bone density, cholesterol and skin health screenings, as well a complimentary 10-minute chair massage. (All services are available on a first-come, first-served basis.) In addition, Pharmaca’s team of expert pharmacists, naturopaths, herbalists and nutritionists will be on hand to speak with customers about
Reversing Heart Disease
SUBMITTED BY SOUTH DENVER CARDIOLOGY Many of you know that at South Denver Cardiology, we have a stateof-art cardiac rehabilitation clinic southdenver.com/tour-our-center/ cardiac-rehabilitation-clinic/. However, we have some changes coming – all for the better. In October, our cardiac rehabilitation clinic will be the only Colorado cardiac clinic associated with Dr. Dean Ornish’s Program for Reversing Heart Disease, an intensive cardiac rehabilitation (ICR). Ornish wrote the book, literally, on reversing heart disease and his programs are the first to be scientifically proven to undo heart disease. LIFE magazine named him one of the top 50 most influential figures of his generation and People magazine has recognized him as one the most interesting people of 1996. Today, Ornish regularly writes medical columns for Newsweek and Reader’s Digest in addition to being the Medical Editor for The Huffington Post. Ornish’s diet has been rated #1 for heart health by U.S. News & World Report every year since they started ranking healthy diets. Being selected as Colorado’s exclusive cardiac rehabilitation clinic to feature Ornish Lifestyle Medicine is a great honor. The program is designed as a comprehensive lifestyle change that will help our patients reverse their heart disease. The Ornish team selected us for rapid deployment because we already have in place much of the foundation to support an ICR program. Medicare and commercial payers across the county are now reimbursing for the Ornish Lifestyle Medicine Program under the benefit category of Intensive Cardiac Rehab. Patients who sign up for the program will come to the clinic two times a week for a four-hour program for a total of 72 hours (nine weeks). The program will include participation and education in exercise, stress management, group support, nutrition and cooking classes with our very own Dr. Collins. Unlike other programs that only deal with the effects of heart disease, this focuses on the root causes including how to eat well, move more, stress less and love more. Participants are kept in a consistent and small group which helps encourage better support throughout the duration of the program. All the participants have a common goal of reversing their heart disease and
a variety of natural brands, including local favorites like Sanitas and MyChelle, or indie brands such as S.W. Basics and One Love Organics.
The pharmacy at Pharmaca offers not only full prescription services, but also compounding, walk-in flu shots, travel immunizations and the warmth and expertise of Pharmacist Anne and her team. Pharmaca also awards $30 in free retail shopping for every prescription transferred to their pharmacy (some restrictions apply), and accepts all major insurance plans, so the co-pay stays the same. The rest of the tranquil store is filled with medicine cabinet essentials like aspirin, bandages and toothpaste—and a unique blend of natural vitamins, herbal supplements and
homeopathic remedies. Customers also love coming to the Natural Beauty Bar, where they can find the best new skin care and natural cosmetics, and enjoy beauty services such as facial waxing, lash applications and makeovers, performed by Pharmaca’s on-staff estheticians. Frequent customers are rewarded through Pharmaca’s Feel Better Rewards loyalty program, offering 3% back on retail purchases, and $1 for every prescription filled (Rewards are distributed on a quarterly basis, and are valid toward future purchases). The Pharmaca team looks forward to serving you.
program. The program will help you feel more energy, lower your chances of needing surgery, reduce your risk for a heart-related event as well as potentially reduce or
discontinue reliance on medication. We are happy to answer any questions you may have and get you signed up. Simply call us at 303-74 HEART.
Pharmaca: A full-service pharmacy and so much more
Pharmaca Integrative Pharmacy in Cherry Hills Marketplace is a valuable local resource for natural health and wellness.
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supplements and best practices for boosting immunity during the cold and flu season. Customers can even get free samples of popular supplements, and save $20 on a $100 purchase.
Happening simultaneously is Pharmaca’s Fall Facial Care Sale, featuring 25% off all facial care in the store between Oct. 18-24. The sale is the first of its kind, offering serious savings on facial care from
improving their well-being. But, it also involves commitment outside of class days as the success of the program is about adopting healthy lifestyle changes.
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Can I buy you a drink? Donald Trump is the best choice for president
We are just a few weeks away from a very important election on leadership of the finest country on the planet. We are the best nation because of our great legal system of law, private ownership of land, our Constitution and Bill of Rights, and the massive power of immigration that has given us the brains and the brawn to build this mighty nation. We need to protect these pillars of our land. Mexico has every resource of people and property that we have here in the United States. The difference between the two countries is governments. The U.S. system works the best. Second, behind the Constitution is the fact that we have compulsory education. Children must, by law, attend school. That means that over decades we have a modestly well-educated society. We owe a great debt to our teachers, who have toiled so hard to educate our children. They do not receive the credit that they deserve! Abraham Lincoln established public education and land-grant universities in 1862, creating a great opportunity across America for rural and urban students to find a univer-
sity close to their home. The Old Main buildings appeared at CU and CSU are now only found in historic photos. I studied in one. Up until that time most of the universities were private and located in the East. The doors swung open and these public universities have become bulwarks of our higher-educational system. As I watch this ongoing campaign, it seems that we have strayed away from the real issues facing America. This election should not be about sex in politics. There has been plenty of that for decades, and that includes many of our elected presidents. Sex sells, and the media knows that sexual content drives our morals and imaginations. We live in such a Hollywood and sports environment that we relate to sex and violence readily. Most of the popular culture thrives on sex to promote their products, and athletic teams include cheerleaders dancing scantily. I think the obvious reason is because we like it. That’s how we all arrived in this world. Someone had sex, and thankfully it was our parents. We’ve become hypocritical that sex is bad, but it is good under certain circumstances. “No” means “no” to most men, who prefer to hear “yes.” Sex is good in the media, and you should notice the appearance of the major female media news channels. Most of them could win a beauty contest and they always put the pretty legs on the end of the panel table. This is not by accident, but to gain attention. Megyn Kelly is a knockout with brains. Have you seen an overweight news anchor? The media loves sex, and if you go to London and pick up
a newspaper they have full-page pinups on page 3. Donald Trump comes from the entertainment world of casinos, hotels, television shows and beauty pageants. He has had three wives, no doubt a number of romances, and a fine group of children that even Hillary commends. Give him credit for not being a deadbeat dad, but a great loving father. It should be of no surprise to voters that he has a colorful past that now is rising to the surface, along with Bill Clinton’s. Neither is important, and voters should not lose sight that this election is about the issues. The future of the Supreme Court, liberal or conservative. The national debt, increased or decreased. The war against terrorism and ISIS, fought and won. Extension and expansion of terrorism into more cities and countries. The vetting of immigrants and enforcing immigration laws, including “sanctuary cities,” where illegal aliens can find a safe haven above and beyond the law. NATO is obsolete, funded 73 percent by American taxpayers and protecting rich countries, such as Saudi Arabia, Japan, Germany and South Korea. Why are we paying most of this bill? Trump asks. We make the Russians look bad if we can’t defeat a rag-tag ISIS, using abandoned U.S. Army equipment. How would we do against the Russian armies? Russia should be our ally, not our foe. It appears to me that Russia and Iran are really whipping ISIS, and their effort may bring a ceasefire to this terrible conflict that the Obama administration has brushed aside for two terms. And lastly, nothing has happened
to help Israel and the Palestinian conflict that is the basic cause of igniting the Arab Spring of hostility towards the West. Obama has not supported Israel and has given $1.5 billion to the Iranians that will fuel further terrorism against the Jewish state, sooner or later. A new president should work with Israel and Palestinians for a better, safer future for both peoples. Dealing with Islamic Sunni and Shia hatred toward each other has reached civil-war stages, and who’s side are we supporting? The answer should be neither. They have to get along, but Hillary hasn’t been able to accomplish these tasks as our secretary of state. Sending a woman into the Muslim world of male chauvinism, where they still have multiple wives, is ludicrous and insulting to many of their leaders. The Middle East is still a man’s world—that is a fact. Do see any female leaders in those areas? They cover themselves, walk behind their husbands, and are seen, but not heard. They could really use female leadership. Golda Meir, with Denver connections, was once Israel’s leader in early struggles. Her Denver home is now located on the Auraria Campus. It’s not about sex, but real issues of leadership. Donald Trump has taken the lead on every issue being discussed from our borders to NATO. He is the only one who is addressing the real issues of the day and just might make a good president if we can keep him away from single women sitting alone at a bar.
For president – I’m voting for Donald Trump REMARKS
BY MORT MARKS
Since this coming election on Nov. 8 is one in which electors will be electing a president who can solve many of the profound questions facing them such as racial conflicts, unimpeded illegal immigration, international and
national terrorism, and how to handle such countries as China, Russia and Iran, I must support Donald Trump for that position because as a nonpolitician he brings new ideas into our world that may solve many of our profound problems. Trump’s opponent for that most important position is Hillary Clinton, whose whole life has been spent as a politician working in government. Over her many years in government, she has been found to have misled people with her many lies, the worst one being her statement that involved the murder of our country’s ambassador to Benghazi. Hillary Clinton once served as New York’s U.S. senator, but did not propose a single important piece of legislation. Hillary’s record indicates that
she did support the invasion of Iraq, the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and her decisions helped create ISIS and today’s European refugee fiasco. As the U.S. secretary of state, Hillary did not negotiate any treaties or prevent any conflicts. The nuclear deal with Iran was a deal worse than anyone could have possibly imagined. In an early debate, one of the questions asked the candidates was who their enemies were. Hillary named the Republican Party and the National Rifle Association. Donald Trump hasn’t run a perfect campaign, but he has brought out the many, many failures of Hillary, and especially her desire of an open border that would raise our country’s refugee target by more than 500 percent.
A vote for Trump will at least give us a president who calls it the way he sees it without regard for whether he offends the Washington establishment. He will at least try to make America great again. In this coming election, the one thing I can’t understand are those people who proudly say “I’m not going to vote for either one.” Don’t they understand that their “no” vote will help elect Hillary Clinton as our president? Don’t those “no voters” understand that it is a fact that if Hillary Clinton is elected our country’s chance to have a Supreme Court that values our Constitution and self-government for which I, and millions of other fellow citizens fought for and many died for, will be gone!
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Reverend Martin Niemoller “In Germany, the Nazis first came for the communists, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a trade unionist. Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn’t speak up because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me, and by that time there was no one left to speak for me!”
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2016 Statewide Ballot Issues The Colorado Constitution (Article V, Section 1(7.3)) requires the Colorado Legislative Council to publish the ballot title and legal text of each statewide ballot measure. A “YES/FOR” vote on any ballot issue is a vote in favor of changing current law or existing circumstances, and a “NO/AGAINST” vote on any ballot issue is a vote against changing current law or existing circumstances. Amendment T No Exception to Involuntary Servitude Prohibition The ballot title below is a summary drafted by the professional legal staff for the general assembly for ballot purposes only. The ballot title will not appear in the Colorado constitution. The text of the measure that will appear in the Colorado constitution below was referred to the voters because it passed by a two-thirds majority vote of the state senate and the state house of representatives. Ballot Title: Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution concerning the removal of the exception to the prohibition of slavery and involuntary servitude when used as punishment for persons duly convicted of a crime? Text of Measure: Be It Resolved by the Senate of the Seventieth General Assembly of the State of Colorado, the House of Representatives concurring herein: SECTION 1. At the election held on November 8, 2016, the secretary of state shall submit to the registered electors of the state the ballot title set forth in section 2 for the following amendment to the state constitution: In the constitution of the state of Colorado, amend section 26 of article II as follows: Section 26. Slavery prohibited. There shall never be in this state either slavery or involuntary servitude. except as a punishment for crime, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted. SECTION 2. Each elector voting at the election may cast a vote either “Yes/For” or “No/Against” on the following ballot title: “Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution concerning the removal of the exception to the prohibition of slavery and involuntary servitude when used as punishment for persons duly convicted of a crime?” SECTION 3. Except as otherwise provided in section 1-40-123, Colorado Revised Statutes, if a majority of the electors voting on the ballot title vote “Yes/For”, then the amendment will become part of the state constitution. Amendment U Exempt Certain Possessory Interests from Property Taxes The ballot title below is a summary drafted by the professional legal staff for the general assembly for ballot purposes only. The ballot title will not appear in the Colorado constitution. The text of the measure that will appear in the Colorado constitution below was referred to the voters because it passed by a two-thirds majority vote of the state senate and the state house of representatives.
necessary to insure that the percentage of the aggregate statewide valuation for assessment which is attributable to residential real property shall remain the same as it was in the year immediately preceding the year in which such change occurs. Such adjusted ratio shall be the ratio of valuation for assessment for residential real property for those years for which such new level of value is used. In determining the adjustment to be made in the ratio of valuation for assessment for residential real property, the aggregate statewide valuation for assessment that is attributable to residential real property shall be calculated as if the full actual value of all owner-occupied primary residences that are partially exempt from taxation pursuant to section 3.5 of this article was subject to taxation. All other taxable property shall be valued for assessment at twenty-nine percent of its actual value. However, the valuation for assessment for producing mines, as defined by law, and lands or leaseholds producing oil or gas, as defined by law, shall be a portion of the actual annual or actual average annual production therefrom, based upon the value of the unprocessed material, according to procedures prescribed by law for different types of minerals. Non-producing unpatented mining claims, which are possessory interests in real property by virtue of leases from the United States of America, shall be exempt from property taxation. OTHER POSSESSORY INTERESTS IN REAL PROPERTY SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM PROPERTY TAXATION AS SPECIFIED IN SUBPARAGRAPH (II) OF THIS PARAGRAPH (b). (II) (A) FOR THE PROPERTY TAX YEAR COMMENCING ON JANUARY 1, 2018, A POSSESSORY INTEREST IN REAL PROPERTY SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM THE LEVY AND COLLECTION OF PROPERTY TAX IF THE ACTUAL VALUE OF SUCH POSSESSORY INTEREST IN REAL PROPERTY IS LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS. (B) FOR PROPERTY TAX YEARS COMMENCING ON OR AFTER JANUARY 1, 2019, A POSSESSORY INTEREST IN REAL PROPERTY SHALL BE EXEMPT FROM THE LEVY AND COLLECTION OF PROPERTY TAX IF THE ACTUAL VALUE OF SUCH POSSESSORY INTEREST IN REAL PROPERTY IS LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS ADJUSTED BIENNIALLY TO ACCOUNT FOR INFLATION AS DEFINED IN SECTION 20 (2) (f) OF ARTICLE X OF THIS CONSTITUTION. ON OR BEFORE NOVEMBER 1, 2018, AND ON OR BEFORE NOVEMBER 1 OF EACH EVEN-NUMBERED YEAR THEREAFTER, THE PROPERTY TAX ADMINISTRATOR SHALL CALCULATE THE AMOUNT OF THE EXEMPTION FOR THE NEXT TWO-YEAR CYCLE USING INFLATION FOR THE PRIOR TWO CALENDAR YEARS AS OF THE DATE OF THE CALCULATION. THE ADJUSTED EXEMPTION SHALL BE ROUNDED UPWARD TO THE NEAREST ONE-HUNDRED-DOLLAR INCREMENT. THE ADMINISTRATOR SHALL CERTIFY THE AMOUNT OF THE EXEMPTION FOR THE NEXT TWO-YEAR CYCLE AND PUBLISH THE AMOUNT IN A MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW. SECTION 2. Each elector voting at the election may cast a vote either “Yes/For” or “No/Against” on the following ballot title: “Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution concerning an exemption from property taxation for a possessory interest in real property if the actual value of the interest is less than or equal to six thousand dollars or such amount adjusted for inflation?” SECTION 3. Except as otherwise provided in section 1-40-123, Colorado Revised Statutes, if a majority of the electors voting on the ballot title vote “Yes/For”, then the amendment will become part of the state constitution. Amendment 69 Statewide Health Care System
Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution concerning an exemption from property taxation for a possessory interest in real property if the actual value of the interest is less than or equal to six thousand dollars or such amount adjusted for inflation?
The ballot title below is a summary drafted by the professional staff of the offices of the secretary of state, the attorney general, and the legal staff for the general assembly for ballot purposes only. The ballot title will not appear in the Colorado constitution. The text of the measure that will appear in the Colorado constitution below was drafted by the proponents of the initiative. The initiated measure is included on the ballot as a proposed change to current law because the proponents gathered the required amount of petition signatures.
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Be It Resolved by the Senate of the Seventieth General Assembly of the State of Colorado, the House of Representatives concurring herein:
SHALL STATE TAXES BE INCREASED $25 BILLION ANNUALLY IN THE FIRST FULL FISCAL YEAR, AND BY SUCH AMOUNTS THAT ARE RAISED THEREAFTER, BY AN AMENDMENT TO THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION ESTABLISHING A HEALTH CARE PAYMENT SYSTEM TO FUND HEALTH CARE FOR ALL INDIVIDUALS WHOSE PRIMARY RESIDENCE IS IN COLORADO, AND, IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, CREATING A GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY CALLED COLORADOCARE TO ADMINISTER THE HEALTH CARE PAYMENT SYSTEM; PROVIDING FOR THE GOVERNANCE OF COLORADOCARE BY AN INTERIM APPOINTED BOARD OF TRUSTEES UNTIL AN ELECTED BOARD OF TRUSTEES TAKES RESPONSIBILITY; EXEMPTING COLORADOCARE FROM THE TAXPAYER’S BILL OF RIGHTS; ASSESSING AN INITIAL TAX ON THE TOTAL PAYROLL FROM EMPLOYERS, PAYROLL INCOME FROM EMPLOYEES, AND NONPAYROLL INCOME AT VARYING RATES; INCREASING THESE TAX RATES WHEN COLORADOCARE BEGINS MAKING HEALTH CARE PAYMENTS FOR BENEFICIARIES; CAPPING THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF INCOME SUBJECT TO TAXATION; AUTHORIZING THE BOARD TO INCREASE THE TAXES IN SPECIFIED CIRCUMSTANCES UPON APPROVAL OF THE MEMBERS OF COLORADOCARE; REQUIRING COLORADOCARE TO CONTRACT WITH HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS TO PAY FOR SPECIFIC HEALTH CARE BENEFITS; TRANSFERRING ADMINISTRATION OF THE MEDICAID AND CHILDREN’S BASIC HEALTH PROGRAMS AND ALL OTHER STATE AND FEDERAL HEALTH CARE FUNDS FOR COLORADO TO COLORADOCARE; TRANSFERRING RESPONSIBILITY TO COLORADOCARE FOR MEDICAL CARE THAT WOULD OTHERWISE BE PAID
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SECTION 1. At the election held on November 8, 2016, the secretary of state shall submit to the registered electors of the state the ballot title set forth in section 2 for the following amendment to the state constitution: In the constitution of the state of Colorado, section 3 of article X, amend (1) (b) as follows: Section 3. Uniform taxation - exemptions. (1) (b) (I) Residential real property, which shall include all residential dwelling units and the land, as defined by law, on which such units are located, and mobile home parks, but shall not include hotels and motels, shall be valued for assessment at twenty-one percent of its actual value. For the property tax year commencing January 1, 1985, the general assembly shall determine the percentage of the aggregate statewide valuation for assessment which is attributable to residential real property. For each subsequent year, the general assembly shall again determine the percentage of the aggregate statewide valuation for assessment which is attributable to each class of taxable property, after adding in the increased valuation for assessment attributable to new construction and to increased volume of mineral and oil and gas production. For each year in which there is a change in the level of value used in determining actual value, the general assembly shall adjust the ratio of valuation for assessment for residential real property which is set forth in this paragraph (b) as is
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FOR BY WORKERS’ COMPENSATION INSURANCE; REQUIRING COLORADOCARE TO APPLY FOR A WAIVER FROM THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT TO ESTABLISH A COLORADO HEALTH CARE PAYMENT SYSTEM; AND SUSPENDING THE OPERATIONS OF THE COLORADO HEALTH BENEFIT EXCHANGE AND TRANSFERRING ITS RESOURCES TO COLORADOCARE? Text of Measure: Be it Enacted by the People of the State of Colorado: SECTION 1. In the constitution of the state of Colorado, add article XXX as follows: ARTICLE XXX ColoradoCare Section 1. Purpose and findings. (1) THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO FIND AND DECLARE THAT: (a) COLORADANS NEED THE SECURITY OF KNOWING THAT THEY CAN AFFORD HEALTH CARE FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES; (b) BUSINESSES NEED RELIEF FROM THE UNSUSTAINABLE FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE BURDENS OF PROVIDING HEALTH INSURANCE FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES; (c) ANNUAL INSURANCE CHANGES DISRUPT COORDINATED LIFETIME HEALTH CARE; (d) HEALTH CARE COSTS HAVE BEEN INCREASING AT UNSUSTAINABLE RATES AND MUST BE STABILIZED; (e) COLORADO NEEDS A HEALTH CARE DELIVERY SYSTEM THAT PRIORITIZES VALUE OVER VOLUME AND THAT ENCOURAGES QUALITY, EFFICIENT, AND ACCESSIBLE HEALTH CARE; (f) COLORADO HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS NEED RELIEF FROM THE ADMINISTRATIVE BURDENS THAT INTERFERE WITH QUALITY HEALTH CARE; (g) SECTION 1332 OF THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT ALLOWS COLORADO TO OBTAIN WAIVERS FROM THE INSURANCE EXCHANGE PROGRAM IN ORDER TO CREATE A UNIQUE COLORADO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; AND THEREFORE, THAT (2) COLORADO WILL FINANCE HEALTH CARE THROUGH COLORADOCARE, A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE GOVERNED BY A TWENTY-ONE MEMBER BOARD OF TRUSTEES THAT WILL ADMINISTER A COORDINATED PAYMENT SYSTEM FOR HEALTH CARE SERVICES AND CONTROL THE PER CAPITA COST OF HEALTH CARE, THEREBY IMPROVING ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE FOR ALL COLORADANS, ENHANCING THEIR HEALTH CARE EXPERIENCES, GIVING COLORADANS THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE THEIR PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS, AND IMPROVING THE WORKING LIVES OF PROVIDERS. Section 2. Definitions. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS ARTICLE: (1) “AFFORDABLE CARE ACT” MEANS THE FEDERAL “PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT”, PUB.L. 111-148, AS AMENDED BY THE FEDERAL “HEALTH CARE AND EDUCATION RECONCILIATION ACT OF 2010”, PUB.L. 111-152, AND AS MAY BE FURTHER AMENDED, INCLUDING ANY FEDERAL REGULATIONS ADOPTED UNDER THE ACT. (2) “BENEFICIARY” MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL WHOSE PRIMARY RESIDENCE IS IN COLORADO. (3) “BOARD” MEANS THE ELECTED BOARD OF TRUSTEES ESTABLISHED IN SECTION 5 OF THIS ARTICLE UNLESS THE CONTEXT INDICATES THAT “BOARD” MEANS THE INTERIM BOARD DEFINED IN SUBSECTION (9) OF THIS SECTION. (4) “CHILDREN’S BASIC HEALTH PLAN” MEANS THE HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN ESTABLISHED IN ARTICLE 8 OF TITLE 25.5, COLORADO REVISED STATUTES. (5) “COLORADO HEALTH BENEFIT EXCHANGE” MEANS THE COLORADO HEALTH BENEFIT EXCHANGE CREATED IN ARTICLE 22 OF TITLE 10, COLORADO REVISED STATUTES, OR ITS SUCCESSOR ENTITY. (6) “EFFECTIVE DATE” MEANS THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ARTICLE AS SPECIFIED IN SECTION 14 OF THIS ARTICLE. (7) “EMPLOYEE” MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO WORKS OR RESIDES IN COLORADO AND WHO RECEIVES WAGES, SALARIES, TIPS, OR ANY OTHER INCOME WHICH MUST BE REPORTED ON INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE FORM W-2. (8) “EMPLOYER” MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL, A GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY, AND ANY ORGANIZATION DEFINED IN TITLE 7, COLORADO REVISED STATUTES, THAT: (a) PAYS COMPENSATION TO ONE OR MORE INDIVIDUALS FOR WORK PERFORMED; AND (b) IS REQUIRED BY COLORADO LAW TO WITHHOLD A PORTION OF THE COMPENSATION FOR THE PAYMENT OF COLORADO INCOME TAXES, OR TO REPORT THOSE EARNINGS TO THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE. (9) “INTERIM BOARD” MEANS THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPOINTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 4 OF THIS ARTICLE. (10) “MEDICAID PROGRAM” MEANS THE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM AUTHORIZED IN TITLE XIX OF THE FEDERAL “SOCIAL SECURITY ACT”, 42 U.S.C. SECTIONS 1305 ET SEQ., AS AMENDED, AND UNDER THE “COLORADO MEDICAL ASSISTANCE ACT”, ARTICLES 4, 5, AND 6 OF TITLE 25.5, COLORADO REVISED STATUTES, OR ANY SUCCESSOR STATUTES. (11) “MEMBER” MEANS A BENEFICIARY WHO IS AT LEAST EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE AND WHOSE PRIMARY RESIDENCE HAS BEEN IN COLORADO FOR AT LEAST ONE CONTINUOUS YEAR. (12) “NONPAYROLL INCOME” MEANS TOTAL INCOME FROM ALL SOURCES SPECIFIED ON LINES 8 THROUGH 10, 12 THROUGH 18, AND 20 THROUGH 21 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE FORM 1040 FOR THE TAX YEAR 2014 OR THE CORRESPONDING LINES OF ANY SUCCESSOR FORM. “NONPAYROLL INCOME”
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2016 Statewide Ballot Issues DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY PENSION OR ANNUITY INCOME WHICH IS NOT SUBJECT TO COLORADO INCOME TAXES PURSUANT TO SECTION 39-22-104(f)(4), COLORADO REVISED STATUTES, OR ANY SUCCESSOR STATUTE. (13) “PAYROLL INCOME” MEANS WAGES, TIPS, SALARIES, AND ALL OTHER INCOME THAT MUST BE REPORTED ON INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE FORM W-2. (14) “PREMIUM TAX” MEANS THE TAX SPECIFIED IN SECTION 9(2) OF THIS ARTICLE. (15) “PROVIDER” MEANS A HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONAL LICENSED BY THE STATE OF COLORADO AND INCLUDES INDIVIDUALS, HOSPITALS, AND OTHER HEALTH CARE FACILITIES LICENSED OR CERTIFIED BY THE STATE. “PROVIDER” INCLUDES AN INDIVIDUAL OR ENTITY THAT PROVIDES SERVICES, MEDICAL INTERVENTIONS, PHARMACEUTICALS, OR EQUIPMENT USED TO TREAT BENEFICIARIES. (16) “TRANSITIONAL OPERATING FUND TAX” MEANS THE TAX SPECIFIED IN SECTION 9 (1) OF THIS ARTICLE. (17) “TRUSTEE” MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL APPOINTED OR ELECTED TO SERVE ON THE INTERIM OR ELECTED BOARD OF TRUSTEES. Section 3. ColoradoCare - establishment. (1) THERE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE CALLED COLORADOCARE. COLORADOCARE IS NOT AN AGENCY OF THE STATE AND IS NOT SUBJECT TO ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTION OR CONTROL BY ANY STATE EXECUTIVE, DEPARTMENT, COMMISSION, BOARD, BUREAU, OR AGENCY. (2) THE PURPOSE OF COLORADOCARE IS TO FINANCE HEALTH CARE SERVICES FOR ALL COLORADO RESIDENTS, TO ADMINISTER STATE AND FEDERAL HEALTH CARE FUNDS, AND TO INSTITUTE FISCALLY SOUND PAYMENT POLICIES THAT IMPROVE AND MAINTAIN HIGH STANDARDS FOR VALUE, QUALITY, AND HEALTHY OUTCOMES FOR ALL BENEFICIARIES. Section 4. Interim board - governance and responsibilities. (1) (a) WITHIN SIXTY DAYS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ARTICLE, THE PRESIDENT OF THE COLORADO SENATE, THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE COLORADO SENATE, THE SPEAKER OF THE COLORADO HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THE MINORITY LEADER OF THE COLORADO HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AND THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO SHALL EACH APPOINT THREE TRUSTEES TO SERVE ON THE INTERIM BOARD. IN MAKING THE APPOINTMENTS TO THE INTERIM BOARD, THE APPOINTING AUTHORITIES SHALL MAKE GOOD- FAITH EFFORTS TO ENSURE THAT: (I) EACH TRUSTEE WILL STRIVE TO REPRESENT THE INTERESTS OF ALL COLORADANS; (II) THEIR APPOINTMENTS REFLECT THE SOCIAL, DEMOGRAPHIC, AND GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSITY OF THE STATE; AND (III) THEIR APPOINTEES ARE COMMITTED TO SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENTING THIS ARTICLE. (b) AN INTERIM TRUSTEE MAY BE REMOVED FOR CAUSE BY A MAJORITY VOTE OF THE OTHER TRUSTEES. (c) IF A VACANCY OCCURS ON THE INTERIM BOARD, THE APPOINTING AUTHORITY SHALL APPOINT A NEW TRUSTEE TO FILL THE VACANCY WITHIN THIRTY DAYS AFTER THE VACANCY OCCURS. (2)(a) THE INTERIM BOARD SHALL CARRY OUT ALL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE BOARD UNTIL THE ELECTED BOARD ASSUMES RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE OPERATION OF COLORADOCARE ON THE DATE SPECIFIED IN PARAGRAPH (i ) OF THIS SUBSECTION. (b) THE INTERIM BOARD SHALL: (I) PROMULGATE BYLAWS, PROCEDURES, RULES, AND POLICIES. THE BYLAWS, PROCEDURES, RULES, AND POLICIES OF THE INTERIM BOARD SHALL EXPIRE ONE HUNDRED TWENTY DAYS AFTER THE ELECTED BOARD TAKES OFFICE UNLESS THE ELECTED BOARD RATIFIES THEM. (II) APPROVE AN OPERATING BUDGET; (III) HIRE EMPLOYEES AND CONSULTANTS; AND (IV) PROMULGATE RULES TO ENSURE TRANSPARENCY IN ITS OPERATIONS AND DECISIONMAKING, WHICH RULES MUST BE AT LEAST AS STRICT AS THE REQUIREMENTS IN THE “COLORADO OPEN RECORDS ACT”, PART 2 OF ARTICLE 72 OF TITLE 24, COLORADO REVISED STATUTES, OR ITS SUCCESSOR ACT. (c) AS SOON AS IT IS ALLOWED UNDER FEDERAL LAW, THE INTERIM BOARD SHALL SEEK A WAIVER TO ALLOW THE STATE TO SUSPEND OPERATION OF THE COLORADO HEALTH BENEFIT EXCHANGE AND TRANSFER ITS RESOURCES TO COLORADOCARE NO LATER THAN THE DATE ON WHICH COLORADOCARE ASSUMES RESPONSIBILITY FOR HEALTH CARE PAYMENTS. (d) NO LATER THAN NINETY DAYS PRIOR TO THE DATE COLORADOCARE IS TO ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR HEALTH CARE PAYMENTS, THE BOARD SHALL PROVIDE WRITTEN CERTIFICATION TO THE GOVERNOR AND THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE OF THE DATE COLORADOCARE INTENDS TO ASSUME THIS RESPONSIBILITY. (e) FOR PURPOSES OF ELECTING THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, THE INTERIM BOARD SHALL USE THE MOST RECENT UNITED STATES DECENNIAL CENSUS FIGURES TO DIVIDE THE STATE INTO SEVEN COMPACT CONTIGUOUS DISTRICTS WITH SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME NUMBER OF RESIDENTS IN EACH DISTRICT. (f) ELECTIONS SHALL BE NONPARTISAN. (g) THE INTERIM BOARD SHALL PROMULGATE RULES GOVERNING THE SELECTION OF TRUSTEE CANDIDATES AND THE CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS, INCLUDING RULES THAT REGULATE CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS AND EXPENDITURES, AND THE CERTIFICATION OF ELECTION RESULTS. (h) TRUSTEE CANDIDATES MUST BE MEMBERS OF COLORADOCARE WHO LIVE IN THE DISTRICT FROM WHICH THEY ARE
SEEKING ELECTION. (i) THE INTERIM BOARD SHALL SCHEDULE THE FIRST ELECTION WITHIN THREE YEARS AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ARTICLE. THE ELECTED BOARD SHALL ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE OPERATION OF COLORADOCARE WITHIN FORTY-FIVE DAYS AFTER THE INTERIM BOARD CERTIFIES THE ELECTION RESULTS. INTERIM TRUSTEES SHALL CONTINUE TO SERVE AS EX OFFICIO, NONVOTING TRUSTEES FOR NINETY DAYS AFTER THE ELECTED BOARD ASSUMES RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE OPERATION OF COLORADOCARE. Section 5. Elected board of trustees - duties and responsibilities. (1) A MEMBER ELECTED BOARD OF TWENTY-ONE TRUSTEES SHALL GOVERN COLORADOCARE. THREE TRUSTEES SHALL BE ELECTED FROM AMONG THE MEMBERS RESIDING IN EACH DISTRICT. (2) (a) ELECTED TRUSTEES SHALL SERVE FOUR YEAR TERMS OF OFFICE, EXCEPT THAT, OF THE TRUSTEES FIRST ELECTED TO THE BOARD, ONE TRUSTEE FROM EACH DISTRICT SHALL SERVE AN INITIAL TWO YEAR TERM AND TWO TRUSTEES FROM EACH DISTRICT SHALL SERVE INITIAL FOUR YEAR TERMS. THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE INTERIM BOARD SHALL DETERMINE BY LOT WHICH TRUSTEES ELECT WILL SERVE INITIAL TWO YEAR TERMS AND WHICH WILL SERVE INITIAL FOUR YEAR TERMS. TRUSTEES WHO SERVE INITIAL TWO YEAR TERMS ARE ELIGIBLE TO SERVE TWO CONSECUTIVE FOUR YEAR TERMS AFTER COMPLETING THEIR INITIAL TERMS. TRUSTEES ELECTED TO SERVE AN INITIAL TERM OF FOUR YEARS MAY NOT SERVE MORE THAN TWO CONSECUTIVE TERMS. (b) A TRUSTEE MAY BE REMOVED FOR CAUSE BY A MAJORITY VOTE OF THE OTHER TRUSTEES. (c) TRUSTEES ARE NOT SUBJECT TO RECALL ELECTIONS. (d) IF A VACANCY OCCURS ON THE BOARD, THE BOARD, BY MAJORITY VOTE, SHALL APPOINT A TRUSTEE FROM THE DEPARTING TRUSTEE’S DISTRICT TO COMPLETE THE REMAINDER OF THE DEPARTING TRUSTEE’S TERM OF OFFICE. (3) NOT MORE OFTEN THAN ONCE PER DECENNIUM, THE ELECTED BOARD MAY MODIFY THE BOUNDARIES OF THE SEVEN DISTRICTS, BUT ONLY IF IT DOES SO WITHIN ONE YEAR AFTER DECENNIAL CENSUS FIGURES ARE PUBLISHED BY THE UNITED STATES CENSUS BUREAU. EACH NEW DISTRICT SHALL BE COMPACT AND CONTIGUOUS AND ALL DISTRICTS SHALL HAVE SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME NUMBER OF RESIDENTS. (4) THE BOARD SHALL: (a) PROMULGATE BYLAWS, PROCEDURES, RULES, AND POLICIES, AND RATIFY, AMEND, OR REJECT THOSE BYLAWS, PROCEDURES, RULES AND POLICIES PROMULGATED BY THE INTERIM BOARD; (b) HIRE AN EXECUTIVE TEAM TO ADMINISTER THE OPERATIONS OF COLORADOCARE. THE EXECUTIVE TEAM SHALL INCLUDE A CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, A CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, AND A CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER. (c) ESTABLISH A CENTRAL PURCHASING AUTHORITY RESPONSIBLE FOR NEGOTIATING FAVORABLE PRICES FOR PRESCRIPTION DRUGS, MEDICAL EQUIPMENT AND OTHER PRODUCTS AND SERVICES REQUIRED BY COLORADOCARE; (d) PROVIDE FUNDS TO THE COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE FOR THE OPERATION OF SEPARATE OMBUDSMAN OFFICES FOR BENEFICIARIES AND PROVIDERS. FUNDING SHALL BE SUFFICIENT TO ALLOW THE TIMELY COMPLETION OF ALL INVESTIGATIONS. EACH OFFICE SHALL HAVE THE CAPACITY TO INVESTIGATE AND RESPOND TO INQUIRIES AND COMPLAINTS AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD. (e) ESTABLISH AND FUND AN OFFICE FOR THE INVESTIGATION AND PREVENTION OF FRAUD. THE OFFICE SHALL HAVE THE POWER TO BRING CIVIL ACTIONS IN THE NAME OF COLORADOCARE TO RECOVER ANY MONIES OR THE VALUE OF ANY BENEFITS OBTAINED BY FRAUD OR MISTAKE AND MAY REFER FRAUDULENT CONDUCT TO A DISTRICT ATTORNEY FOR CRIMINAL PROSECUTION. (f) ESTABLISH PROCEDURES FOR MANAGING SURPLUS FUNDING BY MAINTAINING NECESSARY OPERATING RESERVES, INCREASING BENEFITS, OR ISSUING REFUNDS TO MEMBERS; (g) ESTABLISH PROCEDURES FOR ENSURING FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY BY ADJUSTING PAYMENTS AND BENEFITS; (h) PROMULGATE RULES FOR INDEPENDENT ANNUAL PERFORMANCE AND FINANCIAL AUDITS; (i) PROMULGATE RULES THAT PROTECT BENEFICIARY CONFIDENTIALITY WHILE ALLOWING FOR PUBLICLY AVAILABLE RESEARCH OF COLORADOCARE’S DATABASES; (j) PROMULGATE RULES TO ENSURE TRANSPARENCY IN ITS OPERATIONS AND DECISIONMAKING, WHICH RULES MUST BE AT LEAST AS STRICT AS THE REQUIREMENTS IN THE “COLORADO OPEN RECORDS ACT”, PART 2 OF ARTICLE 72 OF TITLE 24, COLORADO REVISED STATUTES, OR ITS SUCCESSOR ACT; (k) APPROVE AND MAKE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE AN ANNUAL BUDGET; (l) FACILITATE CREATION OF EFFICIENT MEDICAL RECORDS AND BILLING RECORDS SYSTEMS THAT: (I) CAN BE EASILY ACCESSED BY PROVIDERS AND BENEFICIARIES; (II) ALLOW COLORADOCARE TO MAINTAIN A CENTRAL DATABASE OF MEDICAL RECORDS FOR MANAGEMENT AND RESEARCH PURPOSES; AND (III) ENSURE THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF BENEFICIARIES’ MEDICAL RECORDS IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL FEDERAL AND STATE HEALTH CARE LAWS, REGULATIONS, AND RULES CONCERNING THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF PATIENT MEDICAL RECORDS. (m) ADMINISTER ALL STATE FUNDS FOR HEALTH CARE SERVICES PROVIDED TO BENEFICIARIES; (n) ESTABLISH POLICIES AND PROCEDURES TO PAY BENEFITS
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FOR HEALTH CARE SERVICES RENDERED TO A BENEFICIARY WHO IS TEMPORARILY LIVING OR TRAVELING IN ANOTHER STATE; AND (o) ESTABLISH AN APPEALS PROCEDURE THAT ALLOWS BENEFICIARIES AND PROVIDERS TO CHALLENGE COVERAGE AND PAYMENT DECISIONS. FINAL ACTION ON AN APPEAL SHALL BE SUBJECT TO JUDICIAL REVIEW ACCORDING TO COLORADO LAW AND THE COLORADO RULES OF CIVIL AND APPELLATE PROCEDURE FOR THE REVIEW OF FINAL AGENCY ACTIONS. (5) THE BOARD MAY: (a) AUTHORIZE REASONABLE COMPENSATION AND EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE TRUSTEES; (b) SEEK WAIVERS FROM STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS, RULES, AND REGULATIONS; AND (c) SEEK AND ACCEPT GIFTS, GRANTS, AND DONATIONS ON BEHALF OF COLORADOCARE. (6) THE BOARD IS GRANTED ALL POWERS NECESSARY AND PROPER TO FULFILL COLORADOCARE’S RESPONSIBILITIES, INCLUDING THE POWER TO PROMULGATE SUCH RULES AS THE BOARD FINDS NECESSARY FOR THE PROPER ADMINISTRATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF THIS ARTICLE. Section 6. Health care benefits paid by ColoradoCare. (1) (a) COLORADOCARE SHALL CONTRACT WITH PROVIDERS TO PAY FOR HEALTH CARE SERVICES TO BENEFICIARIES THAT MUST INCLUDE: (I) AMBULATORY PATIENT SERVICES, INCLUDING PRIMARY AND SPECIALTY CARE; (II) HOSPITALIZATION; (III) PRESCRIPTION DRUGS AND DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT; (IV) MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER SERVICES, INCLUDING BEHAVIORAL HEALTH TREATMENT; (V) EMERGENCY AND URGENT CARE; (VI) PREVENTIVE AND WELLNESS SERVICES AND CHRONIC DISEASE MANAGEMENT; (VII) REHABILITATIVE AND HABILITATIVE SERVICES AND DEVICES; (VIII) PEDIATRIC SERVICES, INCLUDING ORAL, VISION, AND HEARING CARE; (IX) LABORATORY SERVICES; (X) MATERNITY AND NEWBORN CARE; AND (XI) PALLIATIVE AND END-OF-LIFE CARE. (b) THE BOARD MAY AUTHORIZE PAYMENT FOR BENEFITS NOT SPECIFIED IN PARAGRAPH (a) OF SUBSECTION 1 OF THIS SECTION. (2) (a) COLORADOCARE SHALL PAY FOR HEALTH CARE SERVICES TO BENEFICIARIES REGARDLESS OF THE CAUSE OF THEIR INJURIES OR ILLNESSES. (b) COLORADOCARE SHALL ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR PAYMENT OF ALL REASONABLE AND NECESSARY MEDICAL EXPENSES INCURRED BY WORKERS WHO SUFFER INJURIES OR ILLNESSES ARISING OUT OF AND IN THE COURSE OF THEIR EMPLOYMENT ON AND AFTER THE DATE COLORADOCARE ASSUMES RESPONSIBILITY FOR HEALTH CARE PAYMENTS. COLORADOCARE’S RESPONSIBILITY EXTENDS ONLY TO EMPLOYEES WHOSE EMPLOYERS ARE REQUIRED BY THE “WORKERS’ COMPENSATION ACT OF COLORADO”, ARTICLES 40 TO 47 OF TITLE 8, COLORADO REVISED STATUTES, TO PROVIDE WORKERS’ COMPENSATION INSURANCE FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES. WORKERS SUFFERING FROM INJURIES OR ILLNESSES ARISING OUT OF AND IN THE COURSE OF THEIR EMPLOYMENT ARE ENTITLED TO THE SAME BENEFITS AND HAVE THE SAME RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES AS OTHER BENEFICIARIES. (c) FOR INDIVIDUALS ELIGIBLE FOR THE MEDICAID PROGRAM, THE CHILDREN’S BASIC HEALTH PLAN, AND ANY OTHER FEDERAL HEALTH CARE PROGRAMS TO BE ADMINISTERED BY COLORADOCARE, THE BENEFIT PACKAGE UNDER COLORADOCARE MUST INCLUDE: (I) THE BENEFITS REQUIRED BY FEDERAL LAW; (II) ANY OPTIONAL MEDICAID PROGRAM BENEFITS AUTHORIZED UNDER 42 U.S.C. SEC. 1396d OR THE “COLORADO MEDICAL ASSISTANCE ACT”, ARTICLES 4 TO 6 OF TITLE 25.5, COLORADO REVISED STATUTES, OR SERVICES COVERED UNDER THE STATE PLAN FOR THE CHILDREN’S BASIC HEALTH PLAN AS PROVIDED IN 42 U.S.C. SEC. 1397cc, FOR WHICH THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE ELIGIBLE; AND (III) ANY ADDITIONAL BENEFITS PROVIDED IN COLORADOCARE’S BENEFIT PACKAGE. (d) AN INDIVIDUAL WHO LOSES ELIGIBILITY FOR STATE OR FEDERAL BENEFITS UNDER THE MEDICAID PROGRAM OR THE CHILDREN’S BASIC HEALTH PLAN SHALL RECEIVE THE SAME BENEFITS AS ANY OTHER BENEFICIARY OF COLORADOCARE. (3) COLORADOCARE SHALL NOT CHARGE BENEFICIARIES ANY DEDUCTIBLES. (4) THE BOARD SHALL PROMULGATE RULES FOR WAIVING COPAYMENTS WHEN THEY WILL CAUSE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP FOR A BENEFICIARY. THE BOARD SHALL NOT REQUIRE COPAYMENTS FOR DESIGNATED PRIMARY AND PREVENTIVE CARE SERVICES. (5) A PROVIDER MAY NOT REQUIRE A BENEFICIARY TO MAKE A COPAYMENT OR SUBMIT TO ANY OTHER COST-SHARING ARRANGEMENT WITHOUT COLORADOCARE’S APPROVAL. (6) COLORADOCARE SHALL ALLOW BENEFICIARIES TO CHOOSE THEIR OWN PRIMARY CARE PROVIDERS. (7) COLORADOCARE MAY PROVIDE FUNDING AND OTHER SUPPORT TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE SERVICES FOR ALL BENEFICIARIES REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY LIVE IN COLORADO. (8) COLORADOCARE MAY PROVIDE FUNDING AND OTHER SUPPORT FOR STATEWIDE ACCESS TO EMERGENCY AND TRAUMA CARE SERVICES.
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2016 Statewide Ballot Issues Section 7. Delivery of service models. (1) COLORADOCARE SHALL BEGIN OPERATION BY ASSUMING PAYMENT FOR HEALTH CARE SERVICES IN A MANNER DESIGNED TO MINIMIZE DISRUPTIONS TO CURRENT DELIVERY AND PAYMENT SYSTEMS. (2) COLORADOCARE SHALL PHASE IN PAYMENT REFORMS AND A UNIFIED BILLING SYSTEM. (3) COLORADOCARE SHALL USE PAYMENT MODELS THAT OPTIMIZE QUALITY, VALUE, AND HEALTHY OUTCOMES FOR BENEFICIARIES. Section 8. Transition to ColoradoCare. (1) (a) THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CARE POLICY AND FINANCING, THE COLORADO HEALTH BENEFIT EXCHANGE, AND ANY OTHER NECESSARY STATE DEPARTMENT OR AGENCY SHALL ASSIST THE INTERIM AND ELECTED BOARDS IN SEEKING ALL WAIVERS, EXEMPTIONS, AND AGREEMENTS FROM THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS THAT ARE NECESSARY TO TRANSFER HEALTH CARE FUNDING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND FROM ANY STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES TO COLORADOCARE. (b) TO THE EXTENT ALLOWABLE UNDER FEDERAL LAW, COLORADOCARE AND ALL INVOLVED STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES SHALL ARRANGE FOR FEDERAL FUNDS TO BE DELIVERED DIRECTLY TO COLORADOCARE. IF THESE FUNDS CANNOT BE DELIVERED DIRECTLY TO COLORADOCARE, THE STATE SHALL TRANSFER THEM TO COLORADOCARE WITHIN TEN DAYS AFTER IT RECEIVES THEM. (2) NO LATER THAN THE DATE COLORADOCARE IS TO ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR HEALTH CARE PAYMENTS, THE STATE SHALL TRANSFER TO COLORADOCARE ALL STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDS FOR THE MEDICAID, CHILDREN’S BASIC HEALTH PLAN, AND ANY OTHER PROGRAM TO BE ADMINISTERED BY COLORADOCARE. THE STATE MAY RETAIN ANY FUNDS NECESSARY TO MEET PAYMENT OBLIGATIONS WHICH EXIST AS OF THE DATE OF TRANSFER. UPON RECEIPT OF THIS FUNDING, COLORADOCARE SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING FOR ALL BENEFITS AND SERVICES PREVIOUSLY PAID BY THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WITH THOSE FUNDS. (3) COLORADOCARE SHALL ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PROPER ADMINISTRATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDS PURSUANT TO STATE AND FEDERAL LAW. (4) THE BOARD MAY APPLY FOR COLORADOCARE TO BECOME A MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PROGRAM, A MEDICARE SUPPLEMENTAL PROGRAM, OR ANY SUCCESSOR PROGRAM. (5) THE BOARD IS AUTHORIZED TO APPLY FOR FUNDS AND ENROLL IN ANY PROGRAM THAT DOES NOT ALTER THE PURPOSE OF COLORADOCARE AS SET FORTH IN SECTION 3(2) OF THIS ARTICLE. Section 9. Funding of ColoradoCare - collection of premiums. (1) ON AND AFTER JULY 1 OF THE YEAR FOLLOWING THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ARTICLE, AND UNTIL THIRTY DAYS BEFORE COLORADOCARE ASSUMES RESPONSIBILITY FOR HEALTH CARE PAYMENTS, THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE SHALL COLLECT A TRANSITIONAL OPERATING FUND TAX OF: (a) SIX-TENTHS PERCENT OF TOTAL PAYROLL FROM EACH EMPLOYER; (b) THREE-TENTHS PERCENT OF ALL PAYROLL INCOME FROM EACH EMPLOYEE; AND (c) NINE-TENTHS PERCENT OF ALL NONPAYROLL INCOME FROM ALL BENEFICIARIES. (d) FROM JULY 1 UNTIL DECEMBER 31 OF THE FIRST YEAR IN WHICH THE TAXES IN THIS SUBSECTION (1) ARE LEVIED, THEY SHALL BE LEVIED ON FIFTY PERCENT OF THE BENEFICIARY’S TOTAL NONPAYROLL INCOME. (2) THIRTY DAYS BEFORE COLORADOCARE IS TO ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR HEALTH CARE PAYMENTS, THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE SHALL CEASE COLLECTING TRANSITIONAL OPERATING FUND TAXES AND SHALL BEGIN COLLECTING A PREMIUM TAX OF: (a) SIX AND SIXTY-SEVEN-ONE-HUNDREDTHS PERCENT OF TOTAL PAYROLL FROM ALL EMPLOYERS, WHICH SATISFIES THEIR OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE HEALTH CARE INSURANCE FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES; (b) THREE AND THIRTY-THREE-ONE-HUNDREDTHS PERCENT OF ALL PAYROLL INCOME FROM EACH EMPLOYEE; AND (c) TEN PERCENT OF ALL NON-PAYROLL INCOME FROM ALL BENEFICIARIES. (d) IF THE PREMIUM TAX LEVIED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBSECTION (2) IS FIRST LEVIED ON A DATE OTHER THAN JANUARY 1, IT SHALL BE LEVIED ON THE BENEFICIARY’S TOTAL NONPAYROLL INCOME MULTIPLIED BY THE PERCENTAGE OF THE CALENDAR YEAR IN WHICH THE TAX IS FIRST LEVIED. (3) PAYMENT OF THE PREMIUM TAX DOES NOT CONSTITUTE THE PURCHASE OF A HEALTH INSURANCE POLICY BY AN EMPLOYER OR TAXPAYER. (4) THE TAXES LEVIED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION 9 SHALL BE LEVIED AGAINST THE INCOME OF NONRESIDENT INDIVIDUALS IN THE MANNER SPECIFIED IN SECTION 39-22-109, COLORADO REVISED STATUTES OR ANY SUCCESSOR STATUTE, AND AGAINST THE INCOME OF PART-YEAR RESIDENTS IN THE MANNER SPECIFIED IN SECTION 39-22-110, COLORADO REVISED STATUTES OR ANY SUCCESSOR STATUTE. (5) AN EMPLOYER MAY PAY ALL OR PART OF AN EMPLOYEE’S SHARE OF THE TAXES LEVIED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION. (6) THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF PAYROLL EARNINGS BY EMPLOYEES AND OF NONPAYROLL INCOME SUBJECT TO THE TAXES LEVIED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL NOT EXCEED THREE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THOSE FILING INDIVIDUAL INCOME TAX RETURNS AND FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR COUPLES FILING JOINTLY. THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE SHALL ANNUALLY ADJUST
THESE LIMITS FOR INFLATION USING THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX PUBLISHED BY THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR FOR THE BOULDER-GREELEY-DENVER METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREA. ADJUSTMENTS SHALL BE EFFECTIVE ON JANUARY 1 OF EACH YEAR, BEGINNING WITH THE CALENDAR YEAR 2018 AND USING THE CALENDAR YEAR 2017 AS THE BASE YEAR. (7) THE BOARD SHALL CONDUCT AN ANNUAL ASSESSMENT OF REVENUES AND COSTS AND PREPARE A PUBLIC REPORT REGARDING THE FINANCIAL STATUS OF COLORADOCARE AND OPTIONS CONSIDERED FOR ECONOMIES, BENEFITS, REFUNDS, BUILDING NECESSARY RESERVES, AND PREMIUM ADJUSTMENTS. (8) IF THE BOARD DETERMINES THAT A PREMIUM INCREASE IS NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN THE FISCAL STABILITY OF COLORADOCARE, THE BOARD MAY INCREASE THE PREMIUM TAXES SPECIFIED IN SUBSECTION (2) OF THIS SECTION NOT MORE OFTEN THAN ONCE PER FISCAL YEAR, BUT ONLY IF A MAJORITY OF THE MEMBERS OF COLORADOCARE WHO CAST VOTES ON THE PROPOSED INCREASE APPROVE IT. Section 10. Exemption. COLORADOCARE AND THIS ARTICLE ARE EXEMPT FROM SECTION 20 OF ARTICLE X OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION. Section 11. ColoradoCare secondary payor - subrogation rights. (1) COLORADOCARE SERVES AS A SECONDARY PAYOR TO ANY HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN IN WHICH A BENEFICIARY IS ENROLLED OR WHICH MAY BE RESPONSIBLE FOR A BENEFICIARY’S HEALTH CARE EXPENSES. THE TOTAL OF COLORADOCARE’S PAYMENT AND ALL OTHER PAYMENTS SHALL NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNT THAT COLORADOCARE WOULD PAY IF IT WERE THE ONLY PAYOR. (2) COLORADOCARE SHALL SERVE AS A STATE HEALTH PLAN THAT PAYS FOR DESIGNATED SUPPLEMENTAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES FOR MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES; EXCEPT THAT COLORADOCARE SHALL NOT PAY FOR SERVICES: (a) COVERED BY MEDICARE PARTS A, B AND D; OR (b) COVERED BY A MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PLAN THAT A BENEFICIARY HAS WITH AN ENTITY OTHER THAN COLORADOCARE; OR (c) THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN PAID BY MEDICARE PARTS B OR D HAD THE BENEFICIARY PURCHASED THOSE OPTIONAL MEDICARE COVERAGES, UNLESS: (I) COLORADOCARE HAS AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CENTER FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES THAT REQUIRES IT TO PAY FOR SERVICES THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN PAID UNDER PARTS B AND D; OR (II) COLORADOCARE OFFERS A MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PLAN AND THE BENEFICIARY VOLUNTARILY ENROLLS IN THIS PLAN. (3)(a) COLORADOCARE HAS FULL RIGHTS OF SUBROGATION, AHEAD OF THE RIGHTS OF A WORKERS’ COMPENSATION OR OTHER INSURER OR HEALTH CARE PLAN, INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO BRING AN INDEPENDENT LAWSUIT OR TO INTERVENE IN A LAWSUIT FILED BY A BENEFICIARY, IN ORDER TO RECOVER HEALTH CARE COSTS FROM COLLATERAL SOURCES FOR WHICH THE BENEFICIARY HAS A RIGHT OF ACTION FOR COMPENSATION AGAINST THE PERSON OR ENTITY THAT CAUSED HIS OR HER ILLNESS OR INJURY. COLORADOCARE MAY ASSERT A LIEN AGAINST ANY PROCEEDS RECOVERED BY THE BENEFICIARY. (b) COLORADOCARE MAY RECOVER HEALTH CARE PAYMENTS FROM ANY OTHER COLLATERAL SOURCE, SUCH AS A HEALTH INSURANCE PLAN, HEALTH BENEFIT PLAN, OR OTHER PAYOR THAT IS PRIMARY TO COLORADOCARE. Section 12. Legislation. (1) IN THE FIRST REGULAR SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY THAT CONVENES AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ARTICLE, THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY SHALL ENACT LEGISLATION: (a) TO ENABLE THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE TO COLLECT AND TRANSFER TO COLORADOCARE THE TAXES LEVIED PURSUANT TO SECTION 9 OF THIS ARTICLE. THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY SHALL APPROPRIATE SUFFICIENT FUNDS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE TO ENSURE THAT IT CAN BEGIN COLLECTING THESE TAXES ON AND AFTER JULY 1 OF THE YEAR FOLLOWING THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ARTICLE, AND TO ENSURE THAT FUNDS ARE TRANSFERRED TO COLORADOCARE WITHIN TEN DAYS OF COLLECTION; (b) TO SUSPEND OPERATIONS OF THE COLORADO HEALTH BENEFIT EXCHANGE, TRANSFER ITS RESOURCES TO COLORADOCARE PURSUANT TO SECTION 8 OF THIS ARTICLE, AND REPEAL ARTICLE 22 OF TITLE 10, COLORADO REVISED STATUTES; (c) TO TRANSFER RESPONSIBILITY FOR ADMINISTERING THE MEDICAID PROGRAM AND THE CHILDREN’S BASIC HEALTH PLAN TO COLORADOCARE; (d) TO TRANSFER RESPONSIBILITY FOR ADMINISTERING ANY OTHER STATE AND FEDERAL HEALTH CARE PROGRAMS TO COLORADOCARE; (e) TO ENABLE COLORADOCARE TO RECEIVE THE APPROPRIATE FEDERAL FUND CONTRIBUTION IN LIEU OF THE FEDERAL PREMIUM TAX CREDITS, COST-SHARING SUBSIDIES, AND SMALL BUSINESS TAX CREDITS PROVIDED IN THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT; (f) TO REPEAL OR AMEND, AS APPROPRIATE, THOSE PROVISIONS OF THE “WORKERS’ COMPENSATION ACT OF COLORADO”, ARTICLES 40 TO 47 OF TITLE 8, COLORADO REVISED STATUTES, AND ANY OTHER PROVISIONS OF LAW THAT CONCERN THE PROVISION OF MEDICAL CARE FOR WORKERS WHO SUFFER INJURIES OR ILLNESSES ARISING OUT OF AND IN THE COURSE OF THEIR EMPLOYMENT AND FOR THE PAYMENT OF PREMIUMS FOR MEDICAL BENEFITS, WHETHER BY EMPLOYERS
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OR INSURERS COVERED UNDER THE WORKERS’ COMPENSATION ACT, OR THAT OTHERWISE CONFLICT WITH THIS ARTICLE; (g) TO ENSURE THAT THE STATE’S EXPENDITURES FOR HEALTH CARE SERVICES, INCLUDING THE STATE’S RESPONSIBILITY FOR PROVIDING MATCHING FUNDS FOR MEDICAID AND OTHER FEDERALLY SUPPORTED HEALTH CARE PROGRAMS, DO NOT FALL BELOW THE EXPENDITURE LEVELS FOR HEALTH CARE SERVICES IN THE YEAR PRECEDING THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ARTICLE. THE BASE YEAR EXPENDITURE LEVELS SHALL BE ADJUSTED ANNUALLY FOR CHANGES IN THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX FOR THE DENVER-BOULDER-GREELEY METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREA AND IN THE STATE’S POPULATION; AND (h) NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT THIS ARTICLE. (2) THE LEGISLATION SPECIFIED IN PARAGRAPHS (b), (c) AND (d) OF SUBSECTION (1) OF THIS SECTION SHALL INCLUDE THE TRANSFER OF ALL STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDS FOR THESE PROGRAMS TO COLORADOCARE. (3) THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY SHALL APPROPRIATE SUFFICIENT FUNDS TO ENSURE A SMOOTH AND EFFICIENT TRANSFER OF THE PROGRAMS SPECIFIED IN PARAGRAPHS (b), (c) AND (d) OF SUBSECTION (1) OF THIS SECTION AND TO ENABLE THE AGENCIES SPECIFIED IN SECTION 8(1) OF THIS ARTICLE TO ASSIST COLORADOCARE IN THE MANNER SPECIFIED BY THAT SECTION. Section 13. Subject to Colorado sunshine laws. THE MEETINGS OF THE BOARD AND THE INTERIM BOARD ARE SUBJECT TO ARTICLE 6 OF TITLE 24, COLORADO REVISED STATUTES, THE “COLORADO SUNSHINE ACT OF 1972”, OR ITS SUCCESSOR ACT. Section 14. Effective Date. THIS ARTICLE SHALL TAKE FULL FORCE AND EFFECT UPON THE GOVERNOR’S PROCLAMATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 1, ARTICLE V OF THIS CONSTITUTION. Section 15. Severability. IF THE COURTS OF THIS STATE OR OF THE UNITED STATES DECLARE ANY SECTION, PROVISION, PARAGRAPH, CLAUSE, OR PART OF THIS ARTICLE UNCONSTITUTIONAL OR INVALID, THE DECISION OF THE COURT AFFECTS ONLY THE SECTION, PROVISION, PARAGRAPH, CLAUSE, OR PART DECLARED UNCONSTITUTIONAL OR INVALID AND DOES NOT AFFECT ANY OTHER PART OF THIS ARTICLE. Section 16. Termination of ColoradoCare’s Operations. (1) IF THE BOARD DETERMINES THAT COLORADOCARE HAS NOT RECEIVED THE WAIVERS, EXEMPTIONS, AND AGREEMENTS FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SUFFICIENT FOR ITS FISCALLY SOUND OPERATION, THE BOARD SHALL: (a) SHUT DOWN OPERATIONS AND RETURN UNUSED FUNDS; (b) NOTIFY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO OF COLORADOCARE’S INABILITY TO FUNCTION; AND (c) NOTIFY THE REVISOR OF STATUTES IN WRITING OF THE DATE THE OPERATIONS ARE SHUT DOWN. Amendment 70 State Minimum Wage The ballot title below is a summary drafted by the professional staff of the offices of the secretary of state, the attorney general, and the legal staff for the general assembly for ballot purposes only. The ballot title will not appear in the Colorado constitution. The text of the measure that will appear in the Colorado constitution below was drafted by the proponents of the initiative. The initiated measure is included on the ballot as a proposed change to current law because the proponents gathered the required amount of petition signatures. Ballot Title: Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution increasing the minimum wage to $9.30 per hour with annual increases of $0.90 each January 1 until it reaches $12 per hour effective January 2020, and annually adjusting it thereafter for cost-of-living increases? Text of Measure: Be it Enacted by the People of the State of Colorado: SECTION 1. In the constitution of the state of Colorado, amend section 15 of article XVIII as follows: Section 15. State minimum wage rate. Effective January 1, 200717, Colorado’s minimum wage shall be IS increased to $6.85 $9.30 per hour and shall be IS adjusted INCREASED annually BY $0.90 EACH JANUARY 1 UNTIL IT REACHES $12 PER HOUR EFFECTIVE JANUARY 2020, AND THEREAFTER IS ADJUSTED ANNUALLY for inflation COST OF LIVING INCREASES, as measured by the Consumer Price Index used for Colorado. This minimum wage shall be paid to employees who receive the state or federal minimum wage. No more than $3.02 per hour in tip income may be used to offset the minimum wage of employees who regularly receive tips. Amendment 71 Requirements for Constitutional Amendments The ballot title below is a summary drafted by the professional staff of the offices of the secretary of state, the attorney general, and the legal staff for the general assembly for ballot purposes only. The ballot title will not appear in the Colorado constitution. The text of the measure that will appear in the Colorado constitution below was drafted by the proponents of the initiative. The initiated measure is included on the ballot as a proposed change to current law because the proponents gathered the required amount of petition signatures.
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2016 Statewide Ballot Issues Ballot Title: Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado constitution making it more difficult to amend the Colorado constitution by requiring that any petition for a citizen-initiated constitutional amendment be signed by at least two percent of the registered electors who reside in each state senate district for the amendment to be placed on the ballot and increasing the percentage of votes needed to pass any proposed constitutional amendment from a majority to at least fifty five percent of the votes cast, unless the proposed constitutional amendment only repeals, in whole or in part, any provision of the constitution? Text of Measure: Be it Enacted by the People of the State of Colorado: SECTION 1. In the constitution of the state of Colorado, Section 1(4) of article V is amended and said section 1 is further amended BY THE ADDITION OF A NEW SUBSECTION, to read: Section 1. General assembly - initiative and referendum. (2.5) IN ORDER TO MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT TO AMEND THIS CONSTITUTION, A PETITION FOR AN INITIATED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT SHALL BE SIGNED BY REGISTERED ELECTORS WHO RESIDE IN EACH STATE SENATE DISTRICT IN COLORADO IN AN AMOUNT EQUAL TO AT LEAST TWO PERCENT OF THE TOTAL REGISTERED ELECTORS IN THE SENATE DISTRICT PROVIDED THAT THE TOTAL NUMBER OF SIGNATURES OF REGISTERED ELECTORS ON THE PETITION SHALL AT LEAST EQUAL THE NUMBER OF SIGNATURES REQUIRED BY SUBSECTION (2) OF THIS SECTION. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SUBSECTION (2.5), THE NUMBER AND BOUNDARIES OF THE SENATE DISTRICTS AND THE NUMBER OF REGISTERED ELECTORS IN THE SENATE DISTRICTS SHALL BE THOSE IN EFFECT AT THE TIME THE FORM OF THE PETITION HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR CIRCULATION AS PROVIDED BY LAW. (4) (a) The veto power of the governor shall not extend to measures initiated by or referred to the people. All elections on measures initiated by or referred to the people of the state shall be held at the biennial regular general election, and all such measures shall become the law or a part of the constitution, when approved by a majority of the votes cast thereon OR, IF APPLICABLE THE NUMBER OF VOTES REQUIRED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (b) OF THIS SUBSECTION (4), and not otherwise, and shall take effect from and after the date of the official declaration of the vote thereon by proclamation of the governor, but not later than thirty days after the vote has been canvassed. This section shall not be construed to deprive the general assembly of the power to enact any measure. (b) IN ORDER TO MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT TO AMEND THIS CONSTITUTION, AN INITIATED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT SHALL NOT BECOME PART OF THIS CONSTITUTION UNLESS THE AMENDMENT IS APPROVED BY AT LEAST FIFTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE VOTES CAST THEREON; EXCEPT THAT THIS PARAGRAPH (b) SHALL NOT APPLY TO AN INITIATED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT THAT IS LIMITED TO REPEALING, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, ANY PROVISION OF THIS CONSTITUTION. SECTION 2. In the constitution of the state of Colorado, Section 2(1) of article XIX is amended to read: Section 2. Amendments to constitution - how adopted. (1) (a) Any amendment or amendments to this constitution may be proposed in either house of the general assembly, and, if the same shall be voted for by two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, such proposed amendment or amendments, together with the ayes and noes of each house thereon, shall be entered in full on their respective journals. The proposed amendment or amendments shall be published with the laws of that session of the general assembly. At the next general election for members of the general assembly, the said amendment or amendments shall be submitted to the registered electors of the state for their approval or rejection, and such as are approved by a majority of those voting thereon OR, IF APPLICABLE THE NUMBER OF VOTES REQUIRED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (b) OF THIS SUBSECTION (1), shall become part of this constitution. (b) IN ORDER TO MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT TO AMEND THIS CONSTITUTION, A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT SHALL NOT BECOME PART OF THIS CONSTITUTION UNLESS THE AMENDMENT IS APPROVED BY AT LEAST FIFTY-FIVE PERCENT OF THE VOTES CAST THEREON; EXCEPT THAT THIS PARAGRAPH (b) SHALL NOT APPLY TO A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT THAT IS LIMITED TO REPEALING, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, ANY PROVISION OF THIS CONSTITUTION. Amendment 72 Increase Cigarette and Tobacco Taxes The ballot title below is a summary drafted by the professional staff of the offices of the secretary of state, the attorney general, and the legal staff for the general assembly for ballot purposes only. The ballot title will not appear in the Colorado constitution. The text of the measure that will appear in the Colorado constitution below was drafted by the proponents of the initiative. The initiated measure is included on the ballot as a proposed change to current law because the proponents gathered the required amount of petition signatures. Ballot Title: SHALL STATE TAXES BE INCREASED $315.7 MILLION ANNUALLY BY AN AMENDMENT TO THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION INCREASING TOBACCO TAXES, AND, IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, BEGINNING JANUARY 1, 2017, INCREASING TAXES ON
CIGARETTES BY 8.75 CENTS PER CIGARETTE ($1.75 PER PACK OF 20 CIGARETTES) AND ON OTHER TOBACCO PRODUCTS BY 22 PERCENT OF THE MANUFACTURER’S LIST PRICE; AND ALLOCATING SPECIFIED PERCENTAGES OF THE NEW TOBACCO TAX REVENUE TO HEALTH-RELATED PROGRAMS AND TOBACCO EDUCATION, PREVENTION, AND CESSATION PROGRAMS CURRENTLY FUNDED BY EXISTING CONSTITUTIONAL TOBACCO TAXES; AND ALSO ALLOCATING NEW REVENUE FOR TOBACCO-RELATED HEALTH RESEARCH, VETERANS’ PROGRAMS, CHILD AND ADOLESCENT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, CONSTRUCTION AND TECHNOLOGY IMPROVEMENTS FOR QUALIFIED HEALTH PROVIDERS, EDUCATIONAL LOAN REPAYMENT FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS IN RURAL AND UNDERSERVED AREAS, AND HEALTH PROFESSIONAL TRAINING TRACKS? Text of Measure: Be it Enacted by the People of the State of Colorado: Section 1. In the constitution of the state of Colorado, section 21 of article X, add (10) as follows: Section 21. Tobacco Taxes for Health Related Purposes. (10) (a) THE PEOPLE OF COLORADO HEREBY FURTHER FIND THAT: (I) TOBACCO PRODUCT SALES IN THE STATE OF COLORADO HAVE INCREASED; (II) COLORADO’S NEED TO DETER CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS FROM STARTING SMOKING IS AS CRITICAL AS EVER; (III) COLORADO NOW SPENDS LESS THAN HALF OF THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL RECOMMENDED LEVEL ON TOBACCO EDUCATION AND CESSATION PROGRAMS; (IV) SMOKING ADVERSELY AFFECTS THE WELFARE OF COLORADANS DIRECTLY AND INDIRECTLY AND, WITHOUT FURTHER ACTION, WILL DO SO NOW AND IN THE FUTURE; AND (V) IT IS IN THE COLLECTIVE INTEREST OF ALL COLORADANS TO RAISE TOBACCO TAXES AND COMPETITIVELY AWARD TOBACCO TAX REVENUES TO ENHANCE THE PHYSICAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH OF OUR POPULATION, TO FUND RESEARCH TO PREVENT AND CURE DISEASES SUCH AS CANCER, EMPHYSEMA, AND ALZHEIMER’S, AND TO PROVIDE PROGRAMS THAT WILL ENHANCE THE WELL-BEING OF VETERANS, AS WELL AS THOSE WHO LIVE IN RURAL AND UNDERSERVED AREAS OF OUR STATE. (b) THERE ARE HEREBY IMPOSED THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL CIGARETTE AND TOBACCO TAXES, WHICH SHALL BE IN ADDITION TO THE INCREASED RATES BY SUBSECTION (2) OF THIS SECTION: (I) A STATEWIDE CIGARETTE TAX, ON THE SALE OF CIGARETTES BY WHOLESALERS, AT EIGHT AND THREE-QUARTERS CENTS PER CIGARETTE ($1.75 PER PACK OF TWENTY); AND (II) A STATEWIDE TOBACCO PRODUCTS TAX, ON THE SALE, USE, CONSUMPTION, HANDLING, OR DISTRIBUTION OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS BY DISTRIBUTORS, AT TWENTY-TWO PERCENT OF THE MANUFACTURER’S LIST PRICE. (c) THE CIGARETTE AND TOBACCO TAXES IMPOSED BY THIS SUBSECTION (10) SHALL BE IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER CIGARETTE AND TOBACCO TAXES EXISTING AS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBSECTION ON THE SALE OR USE OF CIGARETTES BY WHOLESALERS AND ON THE SALE, USE, CONSUMPTION, HANDLING, OR DISTRIBUTION OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS BY DISTRIBUTORS. SUCH EXISTING TAXES AND THEIR DISTRIBUTION SHALL NOT BE REPEALED OR REDUCED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. (d) THE REVENUES GENERATED BY OPERATION OF THIS SUBSECTION (10)(b) SHALL BE APPROPRIATED AS FOLLOWS: (I) EIGHTEEN PERCENT OF THE REVENUES COLLECTED UNDER THIS SUBSECTION, UP TO THIRTY-SIX MILLION DOLLARS ANNUALLY, SHALL BE ALLOCATED UNDER THE FORMULA FOR PROGRAMS SET FORTH IN SUBSECTION (5); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, ANY AMOUNT OVER THIRTY-SIX MILLION DOLLARS THAT WOULD OTHERWISE BE APPROPRIATED FOR THIS PURPOSE, BASED ON THIS EIGHTEEN PERCENT ALLOCATION, SHALL BE DISTRIBUTED PROPORTIONATELY ACCORDING TO THE RELATIVE DISTRIBUTION OF REVENUES PROVIDED BY SUBSECTION (10)(d)(II) (A)(F). (II) IN LIGHT OF THE ALLOCATION OF EIGHTEEN PERCENT OF REVENUES COLLECTED UNDER THIS SUBSECTION AS PROVIDED IN SUBSECTION (10)(d)(I), THE REMAINING REVENUES COLLECTED UNDER THIS SUBSECTION (10) SHALL BE APPROPRIATED IN THE FOLLOWING AMOUNTS: (A) SIXTEEN PERCENT FOR TOBACCO EDUCATION, PREVENTION, AND CESSATION IN THE SAME MANNER AS THE REVENUE PROVIDED BY SUBSECTION (5)(c) OF THIS SECTION. (B) TWENTY-SEVEN PERCENT FOR TOBACCO-RELATED RESEARCH INTO CARDIOVASCULAR AND PULMONARY DISEASES, CANCER, ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, MATERNAL HEALTH, AND EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT, OR ITS SUCCESSOR AGENCY, WHICH SHALL ESTABLISH FOR THIS PURPOSE GRANT-MAKING GUIDELINES AFTER CONSULTING WITH RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE RECOGNIZED AS AUTHORITIES IN THESE RESEARCH AREAS AND THAT SPECIALIZE IN SUCH RESEARCH. BASED ON SUCH GUIDELINES, GRANTS FROM THESE REVENUES SHALL BE AWARDED FOR IN-STATE RESEARCH BY COLORADO ENTITIES ON THE BASIS OF SCIENTIFIC MERIT AS DETERMINED BY AN OPEN, COMPETITIVE PEER REVIEW PROCESS THAT ASSURES OBJECTIVITY, CONSISTENCY, AND HIGH QUALITY RESEARCH AND ALSO EMPLOYS CONFLICT OF INTEREST STANDARDS THAT REPRESENT BEST PRACTICES AS UTILIZED IN THE COMPETITION FOR AND AWARD OF FEDERAL GRANTS IN THIS FIELD.
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(C) FOURTEEN PERCENT FOR VETERANS’ PROGRAMS TO ASSIST WITH THEIR WELL-BEING, INCLUDING PHYSICAL AND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, SERVICES TO RURAL VETERANS, HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION, AND EMPLOYMENT TRANSITION SERVICES THROUGH PROGRAMS TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT, OR ITS SUCCESSOR AGENCY. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL CONSULT WITH, AND CONSIDER THE EXPERTISE AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF NONPROFIT VETERANS SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS TO DETERMINE SERVICE PRIORITIES AND DEVELOP THE GRANT-MAKING PROCESS. (D) TEN PERCENT FOR CHILD AND ADOLESCENT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH INCLUDING EVIDENCE BASED PREVENTION, EARLY INTERVENTION, AND TREATMENT PROGRAMS TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT, OR ITS SUCCESSOR AGENCY, THROUGH A GRANT-MAKING PROCESS. (E) TEN PERCENT FOR CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENT, AND NEW TECHNOLOGIES FOR ANY QUALIFIED PROVIDER, AS DEFINED IN SECTION 25.5-3-301, COLORADO REVISED STATUTES, OR ANY SUCCESSOR ACT, THAT MEETS EITHER OF THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA: IS A COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER AS DEFINED IN SECTION 330 OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ACT OR ANY SUCCESSOR ACT; OR AT LEAST FIFTY PERCENT OF THE PATIENTS SERVED BY THE QUALIFIED PROVIDER ARE UNINSURED OR MEDICALLY INDIGENT AS DEFINED IN THE COLORADO MEDICAL ASSISTANCE ACT OR ANY SUCCESSOR ACT, OR ARE ENROLLED IN THE CHILDREN’S BASIC HEALTH PLAN OR THE COLORADO MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM OR SUCCESSOR PROGRAMS. SUCH REVENUES SHALL BE APPROPRIATED TO THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CARE POLICY AND FINANCING, OR ITS SUCCESSOR AGENCY, FOR THE PURPOSE OF FUNDING COLORADO HEALTH SAFETY NET INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, INCLUDING ALTERATION AND RENOVATION, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT-ONLY PURCHASES, AND HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY-RELATED HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE. (F) FIVE PERCENT FOR EDUCATIONAL LOAN REPAYMENT FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS WHO WORK IN RURAL AND UNDERSERVED AREAS OF THE STATE THROUGH THE COLORADO HEALTH SERVICES CORPS, OR SUCCESSOR PROGRAM, AND PROFESSIONAL TRAINING TRACKS FOR PHYSICIANS AT TEACHING HEALTH CENTERS, DENTISTS, PEDIATRIC RESIDENCIES, PEDIATRIC PSYCHOLOGY FELLOWSHIPS, AND COMMUNITY DENTAL HEALTH COORDINATORS THROUGH PROGRAMS TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT, OR ITS SUCCESSOR AGENCY. (e) THE LEGISLATIVE RESEARCH OFFICES OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY SHALL ANNUALLY PUBLISH ON AN EASILY IDENTIFIED PORTION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY’S WEBSITE THE NAMES OF ALL PROGRAMS FUNDED UNDER THIS SUBSECTION (10) FOR THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR, THE AMOUNTS APPROPRIATED FROM THE TAXES GENERATED BY THIS SUBSECTION (10) FOR SUCH PROGRAMS, AND THE PURPOSES OF THE EXPENDITURES. (f) ALL REVENUES RECEIVED BY OPERATION OF THIS SUBSECTION (10) SHALL BE EXCLUDED FROM FISCAL YEAR SPENDING, AS THAT TERM IS DEFINED IN SECTION 20 OF ARTICLE X OF THIS CONSTITUTION, AND THE CORRESPONDING SPENDING LIMITS UPON STATE GOVERNMENT AND ALL LOCAL GOVERNMENTS RECEIVING SUCH REVENUES. (g) REVENUES APPROPRIATED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPHS (10)(d)(II) (B)-(F) OF SUBSECTION (10) SHALL BE USED TO SUPPLEMENT REVENUES THAT ARE APPROPRIATED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AS OF JANUARY 1, 2016, AND SHALL NOT BE USED TO SUPPLANT THOSE APPROPRIATED REVENUES. (h) THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY MAY ENACT SUCH LEGISLATION AS WILL FACILITATE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS INITIATIVE. (i) THIS SUBSECTION (10) IS EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2017. Proposition 106 Access to Medical Aid-in-Dying Medication The ballot title below is a summary drafted by the professional staff of the offices of the secretary of state, the attorney general, and the legal staff for the general assembly for ballot purposes only. The ballot title will not appear in the Colorado Revised Statutes. The text of the measure that will appear in the Colorado Revised Statutes below was drafted by the proponents of the initiative. The initiated measure is included on the ballot as a proposed change to current law because the proponents gathered the required amount of petition signatures. Ballot Title: Shall there be a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes to permit any mentally capable adult Colorado resident who has a medical prognosis of death by terminal illness within six months to receive a prescription from a willing licensed physician for medication that can be self-administered to bring about death; and in connection therewith, requiring two licensed physicians to confirm the medical prognosis, that the terminally-ill patient has received information about other care and treatment options, and that the patient is making a voluntary and informed decision in requesting the medication; requiring evaluation by a licensed mental health professional if either physician believes the patient may not be mentally capable; granting immunity from civil and criminal liability and professional discipline to any person who in good faith assists in providing access to or is present when a patient self-administers the medication; and establishing criminal penalties for persons who knowingly violate statutes relating to the request for the medication? 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2016 Statewide Ballot Issues Be it enacted by the people of the State of Colorado: SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, add article 48 to title 25 as follows: ARTICLE 48 End-of-life Options 25-48-101. Short title. THE SHORT TITLE OF THIS ARTICLE IS THE “COLORADO END OF LIFE OPTIONS ACT”. 25-48-102. Definitions. AS USED IN THIS ARTICLE, UNLESS THE CONTEXT OTHERWISE REQUIRES: (1) “ADULT” MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS EIGHTEEN YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER. (2) “ATTENDING PHYSICIAN” MEANS A PHYSICIAN WHO HAS PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CARE OF A TERMINALLY ILL INDIVIDUAL AND THE TREATMENT OF THE INDIVIDUAL’S TERMINAL ILLNESS. (3) “CONSULTING PHYSICIAN” MEANS A PHYSICIAN WHO IS QUALIFIED BY SPECIALTY OR EXPERIENCE TO MAKE A PROFESSIONAL DIAGNOSIS AND PROGNOSIS REGARDING A TERMINALLY ILL INDIVIDUAL’S ILLNESS. (4) “HEALTH CARE PROVIDER” OR “PROVIDER” MEANS A PERSON WHO IS LICENSED, CERTIFIED, REGISTERED, OR OTHERWISE AUTHORIZED OR PERMITTED BY LAW TO ADMINISTER HEALTH CARE OR DISPENSE MEDICATION IN THE ORDINARY COURSE OF BUSINESS OR PRACTICE OF A PROFESSION. THE TERM INCLUDES A HEALTH CARE FACILITY, INCLUDING A LONG-TERM CARE FACILITY AS DEFINED IN SECTION 25-3-103.7 (1) (f.3) AND A CONTINUING CARE RETIREMENT COMMUNITY AS DESCRIBED IN SECTION 25.5-6-203 (1)(c)(I), C.R.S. (5) “INFORMED DECISION” MEANS A DECISION THAT IS: (a) MADE BY AN INDIVIDUAL TO OBTAIN A PRESCRIPTION FOR MEDICAL AID-IN-DYING MEDICATION THAT THE QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL MAY DECIDE TO SELF-ADMINISTER TO END HIS OR HER LIFE IN A PEACEFUL MANNER; (b) BASED ON AN UNDERSTANDING AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE RELEVANT FACTS; AND (c) MADE AFTER THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN FULLY INFORMS THE INDIVIDUAL OF; (I) HIS OR HER MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS AND PROGNOSIS OF SIX MONTHS OR LESS; (II) THE POTENTIAL RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH TAKING THE MEDICAL AID-IN DYING MEDICATION TO BE PRESCRIBED; (III) THE PROBABLE RESULT OF TAKING THE MEDICAL AID-IN-DYING MEDICATION TO BE PRESCRIBED; (IV) THE CHOICES AVAILABLE TO AN INDIVIDUAL THAT DEMONSTRATE HIS OR HER SELF- DETERMINATION AND INTENT TO END HIS OR HER LIFE IN A PEACEFUL MANNER, INCLUDING THE ABILITY TO CHOOSE WHETHER TO: (A) REQUEST MEDICAL AID IN DYING; (B) OBTAIN A PRESCRIPTION FOR MEDICAL AID-IN-DYING MEDICATION TO END HIS OR HER LIFE; (C) FILL THE PRESCRIPTION AND POSSESS MEDICAL AID-IN-DYING MEDICATION TO END HIS OR HER LIFE; AND (D) ULTIMATELY SELF-ADMINISTER THE MEDICAL AID-IN-DYING MEDICATION TO BRING ABOUT A PEACEFUL DEATH; AND (V) ALL FEASIBLE ALTERNATIVES OR ADDITIONAL TREATMENT OPPORTUNITIES, INCLUDING COMFORT CARE, PALLIATIVE CARE, HOSPICE CARE, AND PAIN CONTROL. (6) “LICENSED MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL” MEANS A PSYCHIATRIST LICENSED UNDER ARTICLE 36 OF TITLE 12, C.R.S., OR A PSYCHOLOGIST LICENSED UNDER PART 3 OF ARTICLE 43 OF TITLE 12, C.R.S. (7) “MEDICAL AID IN DYING” MEANS THE MEDICAL PRACTICE OF A PHYSICIAN PRESCRIBING MEDICAL AID-IN-DYING MEDICATION TO A QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL THAT THE INDIVIDUAL MAY CHOOSE TO SELF-ADMINISTER TO BRING ABOUT A PEACEFUL DEATH. (8) “MEDICAL AID-IN-DYING MEDICATION” MEANS MEDICATION PRESCRIBED BY A PHYSICIAN PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE TO PROVIDE MEDICAL AID IN DYING TO A QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL. (9) “MEDICALLY CONFIRMED” MEANS THAT A CONSULTING PHYSICIAN WHO HAS EXAMINED THE TERMINALLY ILL INDIVIDUAL AND THE INDIVIDUAL’S RELEVANT MEDICAL RECORDS HAS CONFIRMED THE MEDICAL OPINION OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN. (10) “MENTAL CAPACITY” OR “MENTALLY CAPABLE” MEANS THAT IN THE OPINION OF AN INDIVIDUAL’S ATTENDING PHYSICIAN, CONSULTING PHYSICIAN, PSYCHIATRIST OR PSYCHOLOGIST, THE INDIVIDUAL HAS THE ABILITY TO MAKE AND COMMUNICATE AN INFORMED DECISION TO HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS. (11) “PHYSICIAN” MEANS A DOCTOR OF MEDICINE OR OSTEOPATHY LICENSED TO PRACTICE MEDICINE BY THE COLORADO MEDICAL BOARD. (12) “PROGNOSIS OF SIX MONTHS OR LESS” MEANS A PROGNOSIS RESULTING FROM A TERMINAL ILLNESS THAT THE ILLNESS WILL, WITHIN REASONABLE MEDICAL JUDGMENT, RESULT IN DEATH WITHIN SIX MONTHS AND WHICH HAS BEEN MEDICALLY CONFIRMED. (13) “QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL” MEANS A TERMINALLY ILL ADULT WITH A PROGNOSIS OF SIX MONTHS OR LESS, WHO HAS MENTAL CAPACITY, HAS MADE AN INFORMED DECISION, IS A RESIDENT OF THE STATE, AND HAS SATISFIED THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS ARTICLE IN ORDER TO OBTAIN A PRESCRIPTION FOR MEDICAL AID-IN-DYING MEDICATION TO END HIS OR HER LIFE IN A PEACEFUL MANNER. (14) “RESIDENT” MEANS AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS ABLE TO DEMONSTRATE RESIDENCY IN COLORADO BY PROVIDING ANY OF THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTATION TO HIS OR HER ATTENDING PHYSICIAN:
(a) A COLORADO DRIVER’S LICENSE OR IDENTIFICATION CARD ISSUED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 2 OF TITLE 42, C.R.S.; (b) A COLORADO VOTER REGISTRATION CARD OR OTHER DOCUMENTATION SHOWING THE INDIVIDUAL IS REGISTERED TO VOTE IN COLORADO; (c) EVIDENCE THAT THE INDIVIDUAL OWNS OR LEASES PROPERTY IN COLORADO; OR (d) A COLORADO INCOME TAX RETURN FOR THE MOST RECENT TAX YEAR. (15) “SELF-ADMINISTER” MEANS A QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL’S AFFIRMATIVE, CONSCIOUS, AND PHYSICAL ACT OF ADMINISTERING THE MEDICAL AID-IN-DYING MEDICATION TO HIMSELF OR HERSELF TO BRING ABOUT HIS OR HER OWN DEATH. (16) “TERMINAL ILLNESS” MEANS AN INCURABLE AND IRREVERSIBLE ILLNESS THAT WILL, WITHIN REASONABLE MEDICAL JUDGMENT, RESULT IN DEATH. 25-48-103. Right to request medical aid-in-dying medication. (1) AN ADULT RESIDENT OF COLORADO MAY MAKE A REQUEST, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTIONS 25-48-104 AND 25-48-112, TO RECEIVE A PRESCRIPTION FOR MEDICAL AID-IN-DYING MEDICATION IF: (a) THE INDIVIDUAL’S ATTENDING PHYSICIAN HAS DIAGNOSED THE INDIVIDUAL WITH A TERMINAL ILLNESS WITH A PROGNOSIS OF SIX MONTHS OR LESS; (b) THE INDIVIDUAL’S ATTENDING PHYSICIAN HAS DETERMINED THE INDIVIDUAL HAS MENTAL CAPACITY; AND (c) THE INDIVIDUAL HAS VOLUNTARILY EXPRESSED THE WISH TO RECEIVE A PRESCRIPTION FOR MEDICAL AID-IN-DYING MEDICATION. (2) THE RIGHT TO REQUEST MEDICAL AID-IN-DYING MEDICATION DOES NOT EXIST BECAUSE OF AGE OR DISABILITY. 25-48-104. Request process - witness requirements. (1) IN ORDER TO RECEIVE A PRESCRIPTION FOR MEDICAL AID-IN-DYING MEDICATION PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE, AN INDIVIDUAL WHO SATISFIES THE REQUIREMENTS IN SECTION 25-48-103 MUST MAKE TWO ORAL REQUESTS, SEPARATED BY AT LEAST FIFTEEN DAYS, AND A VALID WRITTEN REQUEST TO HIS OR HER ATTENDING PHYSICIAN. (2)(a) TO BE VALID, A WRITTEN REQUEST FOR MEDICAL AID-INDYING MEDICATION MUST BE: (I) SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE SAME FORM AS SET FORTH IN SECTION 25-48-112; (II) SIGNED AND DATED BY THE INDIVIDUAL SEEKING THE MEDICAL AID-IN-DYING MEDICATION; AND (III) WITNESSED BY AT LEAST TWO INDIVIDUALS WHO, IN THE PRESENCE OF THE INDIVIDUAL, ATTEST TO THE BEST OF THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND BELIEF THAT THE INDIVIDUAL IS: (A) MENTALLY CAPABLE; (B) ACTING VOLUNTARILY; AND (C) NOT BEING COERCED TO SIGN THE REQUEST. (b) OF THE TWO WITNESSES TO THE WRITTEN REQUEST, AT LEAST ONE MUST NOT BE: (I) RELATED TO THE INDIVIDUAL BY BLOOD, MARRIAGE, CIVIL UNION, OR ADOPTION; (II) AN INDIVIDUAL WHO, AT THE TIME THE REQUEST IS SIGNED, IS ENTITLED, UNDER A WILL OR BY OPERATION OF LAW, TO ANY PORTION OF THE INDIVIDUAL’S ESTATE UPON HIS OR HER DEATH; OR (III) AN OWNER, OPERATOR, OR EMPLOYEE OF A HEALTH CARE FACILITY WHERE THE INDIVIDUAL IS RECEIVING MEDICAL TREATMENT OR IS A RESIDENT. (c) NEITHER THE INDIVIDUAL’S ATTENDING PHYSICIAN NOR A PERSON AUTHORIZED AS THE INDIVIDUAL’S QUALIFIED POWER OF ATTORNEY OR DURABLE MEDICAL POWER OF ATTORNEY SHALL SERVE AS A WITNESS TO THE WRITTEN REQUEST. 25-48-105. Right to rescind request - requirement to offer opportunity to rescind. (1) AT ANY TIME, AN INDIVIDUAL MAY RESCIND HIS OR HER REQUEST FOR MEDICAL AID-IN-DYING MEDICATION WITHOUT REGARD TO THE INDIVIDUAL’S MENTAL STATE. (2) AN ATTENDING PHYSICIAN SHALL NOT WRITE A PRESCRIPTION FOR MEDICAL AID-IN-DYING MEDICATION UNDER THIS ARTICLE UNLESS THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN OFFERS THE QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL AN OPPORTUNITY TO RESCIND THE REQUEST FOR THE MEDICAL AID-IN-DYING MEDICATION. 25-48-106. Attending physician responsibilities. (1) THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN SHALL: (a) MAKE THE INITIAL DETERMINATION OF WHETHER AN INDIVIDUAL REQUESTING MEDICAL AID-IN- DYING MEDICATION HAS A TERMINAL ILLNESS, HAS A PROGNOSIS OF SIX MONTHS OR LESS, IS MENTALLY CAPABLE, IS MAKING AN INFORMED DECISION, AND HAS MADE THE REQUEST VOLUNTARILY; (b) REQUEST THAT THE INDIVIDUAL DEMONSTRATE COLORADO RESIDENCY BY PROVIDING DOCUMENTATION AS DESCRIBED IN SECTION 25-48-102 (14); (c) PROVIDE CARE THAT CONFORMS TO ESTABLISHED MEDICAL STANDARDS AND ACCEPTED MEDICAL GUIDELINES; (d) REFER THE INDIVIDUAL TO A CONSULTING PHYSICIAN FOR MEDICAL CONFIRMATION OF THE DIAGNOSIS AND PROGNOSIS AND FOR A DETERMINATION OF WHETHER THE INDIVIDUAL IS MENTALLY CAPABLE, IS MAKING AN INFORMED DECISION, AND ACTING VOLUNTARILY; (e) PROVIDE FULL, INDIVIDUAL-CENTERED DISCLOSURES TO ENSURE THAT THE INDIVIDUAL IS MAKING AN INFORMED DECISION BY DISCUSSING WITH THE INDIVIDUAL: (I) HIS OR HER MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS AND PROGNOSIS OF SIX MONTHS OR LESS; (II) THE FEASIBLE ALTERNATIVES OR ADDITIONAL TREATMENT
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OPPORTUNITIES, INCLUDING COMFORT CARE, PALLIATIVE CARE, HOSPICE CARE, AND PAIN CONTROL; (III) THE POTENTIAL RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH TAKING THE MEDICAL AID-IN-DYING MEDICATION TO BE PRESCRIBED; (IV) THE PROBABLE RESULT OF TAKING THE MEDICAL AID-IN-DYING MEDICATION TO BE PRESCRIBED; AND (V) THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE INDIVIDUAL CAN OBTAIN THE MEDICAL AID-IN-DYING MEDICATION BUT CHOOSE NOT TO USE IT; (f) REFER THE INDIVIDUAL TO A LICENSED MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL PURSUANT TO SECTION 25-48-108 IF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN BELIEVES THAT THE INDIVIDUAL MAY NOT BE MENTALLY CAPABLE OF MAKING AN INFORMED DECISION; (g) CONFIRM THAT THE INDIVIDUAL’S REQUEST DOES NOT ARISE FROM COERCION OR UNDUE INFLUENCE BY ANOTHER PERSON BY DISCUSSING WITH THE INDIVIDUAL, OUTSIDE THE PRESENCE OF OTHER PERSONS, WHETHER THE INDIVIDUAL IS FEELING COERCED OR UNDULY INFLUENCED BY ANOTHER PERSON; (h) COUNSEL THE INDIVIDUAL ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF: (I) HAVING ANOTHER PERSON PRESENT WHEN THE INDIVIDUAL SELF-ADMINISTERS THE MEDICAL AID-IN-DYING MEDICATION PRESCRIBED PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE; (II) NOT TAKING THE MEDICAL AID-IN-DYING MEDICATION IN A PUBLIC PLACE; (III) SAFE-KEEPING AND PROPER DISPOSAL OF UNUSED MEDICAL AID-IN-DYING MEDICATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 25-48-120; AND (IV) NOTIFYING HIS OR HER NEXT OF KIN OF THE REQUEST FOR MEDICAL AID-IN-DYING MEDICATION; (i) INFORM THE INDIVIDUAL THAT HE OR SHE MAY RESCIND THE REQUEST FOR MEDICAL AID-IN- DYING MEDICATION AT ANY TIME AND IN ANY MANNER; (j) VERIFY, IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO WRITING THE PRESCRIPTION FOR MEDICAL AID-IN-DYING MEDICATION, THAT THE INDIVIDUAL IS MAKING AN INFORMED DECISION; (k) ENSURE THAT ALL APPROPRIATE STEPS ARE CARRIED OUT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS ARTICLE BEFORE WRITING A PRESCRIPTION FOR MEDICAL AID-IN-DYING MEDICATION; AND (l) EITHER: (I) DISPENSE MEDICAL AID-IN-DYING MEDICATIONS DIRECTLY TO THE QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL, INCLUDING ANCILLARY MEDICATIONS INTENDED TO MINIMIZE THE INDIVIDUAL’S DISCOMFORT, IF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN HAS A CURRENT DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION CERTIFICATE AND COMPLIES WITH ANY APPLICABLE ADMINISTRATIVE RULE; OR (II) DELIVER THE WRITTEN PRESCRIPTION PERSONALLY, BY MAIL, OR THROUGH AUTHORIZED ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION IN THE MANNER PERMITTED UNDER ARTICLE 42.5 OF TITLE 12, C.R.S., TO A LICENSED PHARMACIST, WHO SHALL DISPENSE THE MEDICAL AID-IN-DYING MEDICATION TO THE QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL, THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN, OR AN INDIVIDUAL EXPRESSLY DESIGNATED BY THE QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL. 25-48-107. Consulting physician responsibilities. BEFORE AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS REQUESTING MEDICAL AID-IN-DYING MEDICATION MAY RECEIVE A PRESCRIPTION FOR THE MEDICAL AID-INDYING MEDICATION, A CONSULTING PHYSICIAN MUST: (1) EXAMINE THE INDIVIDUAL AND HIS OR HER RELEVANT MEDICAL RECORDS; (2) CONFIRM, IN WRITING, TO THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN: (a) THAT THE INDIVIDUAL HAS A TERMINAL ILLNESS; (b) THE INDIVIDUAL HAS A PROGNOSIS OF SIX MONTHS OR LESS; (c) THAT THE INDIVIDUAL IS MAKING AN INFORMED DECISION; AND (d) THAT THE INDIVIDUAL IS MENTALLY CAPABLE, OR PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION THAT THE CONSULTING PHYSICIAN HAS REFERRED THE INDIVIDUAL FOR FURTHER EVALUATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 25-48-108. 25-48-108. Confirmation that individual is mentally capable - referral to mental health professional. (1) AN ATTENDING PHYSICIAN SHALL NOT PRESCRIBE MEDICAL AID-IN-DYING MEDICATION UNDER THIS ARTICLE FOR AN INDIVIDUAL WITH A TERMINAL ILLNESS UNTIL THE INDIVIDUAL IS DETERMINED TO BE MENTALLY CAPABLE AND MAKING AN INFORMED DECISION, AND THOSE DETERMINATIONS ARE CONFIRMED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SECTION. (2) IF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN OR THE CONSULTING PHYSICIAN BELIEVES THAT THE INDIVIDUAL MAY NOT BE MENTALLY CAPABLE OF MAKING AN INFORMED DECISION, THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN OR CONSULTING PHYSICIAN SHALL REFER THE INDIVIDUAL TO A LICENSED MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL FOR A DETERMINATION OF WHETHER THE INDIVIDUAL IS MENTALLY CAPABLE AND MAKING AN INFORMED DECISION. (3) A LICENSED MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL WHO EVALUATES AN INDIVIDUAL UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL COMMUNICATE, IN WRITING, TO THE ATTENDING OR CONSULTING PHYSICIAN WHO REQUESTED THE EVALUATION, HIS OR HER CONCLUSIONS ABOUT WHETHER THE INDIVIDUAL IS MENTALLY CAPABLE AND MAKING INFORMED DECISIONS. IF THE LICENSED MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL DETERMINES THAT THE INDIVIDUAL IS NOT MENTALLY CAPABLE OF MAKING INFORMED DECISIONS, THE PERSON SHALL NOT BE DEEMED A QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL UNDER THIS ARTICLE AND THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN SHALL NOT PRESCRIBE MEDICAL AID-IN-DYING MEDICATION TO THE INDIVIDUAL. 25-48-109. Death certificate. (1) UNLESS OTHERWISE PROHIBITED BY LAW, THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN OR THE HOSPICE MEDICAL DIRECTOR SHALL SIGN THE DEATH CERTIFICATE OF
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2016 Statewide Ballot Issues A QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL WHO OBTAINED AND SELF-ADMINISTERED AID-IN-DYING MEDICATION. (2) WHEN A DEATH HAS OCCURRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS ARTICLE, THE CAUSE OF DEATH SHALL BE LISTED AS THE UNDERLYING TERMINAL ILLNESS AND THE DEATH DOES NOT CONSTITUTE GROUNDS FOR POST-MORTEM INQUIRY UNDER SECTION 30-10-606 (1), C.R.S.
SIGNED THIS REQUEST IN OUR PRESENCE; APPEARS TO BE OF SOUND MIND AND NOT UNDER DURESS, COERCION, OR UNDUE INFLUENCE; AND I AM NOT THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN FOR THE INDIVIDUAL.
25-48-110. Informed decision required. (1) AN INDIVIDUAL WITH A TERMINAL ILLNESS IS NOT A QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL AND MAY NOT RECEIVE A PRESCRIPTION FOR MEDICAL AID-IN-DYING MEDICATION UNLESS HE OR SHE HAS MADE AN INFORMED DECISION. (2) IMMEDIATELY BEFORE WRITING A PRESCRIPTION FOR MEDICAL AID-IN-DYING MEDICATION UNDER THIS ARTICLE, THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN SHALL VERIFY THAT THE INDIVIDUAL WITH A TERMINAL ILLNESS IS MAKING AN INFORMED DECISION.
NOTE: OF THE TWO WITNESSES TO THE WRITTEN REQUEST, AT LEAST ONE MUST NOT: BE A RELATIVE (BY BLOOD, MARRIAGE, CIVIL UNION, OR ADOPTION) OF THE INDIVIDUAL SIGNING THIS REQUEST; BE ENTITLED TO ANY PORTION OF THE INDIVIDUAL’S ESTATE UPON DEATH; OR OWN, OPERATE, OR BE EMPLOYED AT A HEALTH CARE FACILITY WHERE THE INDIVIDUAL IS A PATIENT OR RESIDENT. AND NEITHER THE INDIVIDUAL’S ATTENDING PHYSICIAN NOR A PERSON AUTHORIZED AS THE INDIVIDUAL’S QUALIFIED POWER OF ATTORNEY OR DURABLE MEDICAL POWER OF ATTORNEY SHALL SERVE AS A WITNESS TO THE WRITTEN REQUEST.
25-48-111. Medical record documentation requirements - reporting requirements - department compliance reviews - rules. (1) THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN SHALL DOCUMENT IN THE INDIVIDUAL’S MEDICAL RECORD, THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: (a) DATES OF ALL ORAL REQUESTS; (b) A VALID WRITTEN REQUEST; (c) THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN’S DIAGNOSIS AND PROGNOSIS, DETERMINATION OF MENTAL CAPACITY AND THAT THE INDIVIDUAL IS MAKING A VOLUNTARY REQUEST AND AN INFORMED DECISION; (d) THE CONSULTING PHYSICIAN’S CONFIRMATION OF DIAGNOSIS AND PROGNOSIS, MENTAL CAPACITY AND THAT THE INDIVIDUAL IS MAKING AN INFORMED DECISION; (e) IF APPLICABLE, WRITTEN CONFIRMATION OF MENTAL CAPACITY FROM A LICENSED MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL; (f) A NOTATION OF NOTIFICATION OF THE RIGHT TO RESCIND A REQUEST MADE PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE; AND (g) A NOTATION BY THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN THAT ALL REQUIREMENTS UNDER THIS ARTICLE HAVE BEEN SATISFIED; INDICATING STEPS TAKEN TO CARRY OUT THE REQUEST, INCLUDING A NOTATION OF THE MEDICAL AID-IN-DYING MEDICATIONS PRESCRIBED AND WHEN. (2)(a) THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT SHALL ANNUALLY REVIEW A SAMPLE OF RECORDS MAINTAINED PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL ADOPT RULES TO FACILITATE THE COLLECTION OF INFORMATION DEFINED IN SUBSECTION (1) OF THIS SECTION. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE REQUIRED BY LAW, THE INFORMATION COLLECTED BY THE DEPARTMENT IS NOT A PUBLIC RECORD AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION. HOWEVER, THE DEPARTMENT SHALL GENERATE AND MAKE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AN ANNUAL STATISTICAL REPORT OF INFORMATION COLLECTED UNDER THIS SUBSECTION (2). (b) THE DEPARTMENT SHALL REQUIRE ANY HEALTH CARE PROVIDER, UPON DISPENSING A MEDICAL AID-IN-DYING MEDICATION PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE, TO FILE A COPY OF A DISPENSING RECORD WITH THE DEPARTMENT. THE DISPENSING RECORD IS NOT A PUBLIC RECORD AND IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION. 25-48-112. Form of written request. (1) A REQUEST FOR MEDICAL AID-IN-DYING MEDICATION AUTHORIZED BY THIS ARTICLE MUST BE IN SUBSTANTIALLY THE FOLLOWING FORM: REQUEST FOR MEDICATION TO END MY LIFE IN A PEACEFUL MANNER I, _____________________________________________ AM AN ADULT OF SOUND MIND. I AM SUFFERING FROM ______________ _________________________, WHICH MY ATTENDING PHYSICIAN HAS DETERMINED IS A TERMINAL ILLNESS AND WHICH HAS BEEN MEDICALLY CONFIRMED. I HAVE BEEN FULLY INFORMED OF MY DIAGNOSIS AND PROGNOSIS OF SIX MONTHS OR LESS, THE NATURE OF THE MEDICAL AID-IN-DYING MEDICATION TO BE PRESCRIBED AND POTENTIAL ASSOCIATED RISKS, THE EXPECTED RESULT, AND THE FEASIBLE ALTERNATIVES OR ADDITIONAL TREATMENT OPPORTUNITIES, INCLUDING COMFORT CARE, PALLIATIVE CARE, HOSPICE CARE, AND PAIN CONTROL. I REQUEST THAT MY ATTENDING PHYSICIAN PRESCRIBE MEDICAL AID-IN-DYING MEDICATION THAT WILL END MY LIFE IN A PEACEFUL MANNER IF I CHOOSE TO TAKE IT, AND I AUTHORIZE MY ATTENDING PHYSICIAN TO CONTACT ANY PHARMACIST ABOUT MY REQUEST. I UNDERSTAND THAT I HAVE THE RIGHT TO RESCIND THIS REQUEST AT ANY TIME. I UNDERSTAND THE SERIOUSNESS OF THIS REQUEST, AND I EXPECT TO DIE IF I TAKE THE AID IN DYING MEDICATION PRESCRIBED. I FURTHER UNDERSTAND THAT ALTHOUGH MOST DEATHS OCCUR WITHIN THREE HOURS, MY DEATH MAY TAKE LONGER, AND MY ATTENDING PHYSICIAN HAS COUNSELED ME ABOUT THIS POSSIBILITY. I MAKE THIS REQUEST VOLUNTARILY, WITHOUT RESERVATION, AND WITHOUT BEING COERCED, AND I ACCEPT FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR MY ACTIONS. SIGNED: __________________________________________ DATED: ___________________________________________ DECLARATION OF WITNESSES WE DECLARE THAT THE INDIVIDUAL SIGNING THIS REQUEST: IS PERSONALLY KNOWN TO US OR HAS PROVIDED PROOF OF IDENTITY;
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25-48-113. Standard of care. (1) PHYSICIANS AND HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS SHALL PROVIDE MEDICAL SERVICES UNDER THIS ACT THAT MEET OR EXCEED THE STANDARD OF CARE FOR ENDOF-LIFE MEDICAL CARE. (2) IF A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER IS UNABLE OR UNWILLING TO CARRY OUT AN ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL’S REQUEST AND THE INDIVIDUAL TRANSFERS CARE TO A NEW HEALTH CARE PROVIDER, THE HEALTH CARE PROVIDER SHALL COORDINATE TRANSFER OF THE INDIVIDUAL’S MEDICAL RECORDS TO A NEW HEALTH CARE PROVIDER. 25-48-114. Effect on wills, contracts, and statutes. (1) A PROVISION IN A CONTRACT, WILL, OR OTHER AGREEMENT, WHETHER WRITTEN OR ORAL, THAT WOULD AFFECT WHETHER AN INDIVIDUAL MAY MAKE OR RESCIND A REQUEST FOR MEDICAL AID IN DYING PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE IS INVALID. (2) AN OBLIGATION OWING UNDER ANY CURRENTLY EXISTING CONTRACT MUST NOT BE CONDITIONED UPON, OR AFFECTED BY, AN INDIVIDUAL’S ACT OF MAKING OR RESCINDING A REQUEST FOR MEDICAL AID-IN-DYING MEDICATION PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE. 25-48-115. Insurance or annuity policies. (1) THE SALE, PROCUREMENT, OR ISSUANCE OF, OR THE RATE CHARGED FOR, ANY LIFE, HEALTH, OR ACCIDENT INSURANCE OR ANNUITY POLICY MUST NOT BE CONDITIONED UPON, OR AFFECTED BY, AN INDIVIDUAL’S ACT OF MAKING OR RESCINDING A REQUEST FOR MEDICAL AID-IN-DYING MEDICATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS ARTICLE. (2) A QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL’S ACT OF SELF-ADMINISTERING MEDICAL AID-IN-DYING MEDICATION PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE DOES NOT AFFECT A LIFE, HEALTH, OR ACCIDENT INSURANCE OR ANNUITY POLICY. (3) AN INSURER SHALL NOT DENY OR OTHERWISE ALTER HEALTH CARE BENEFITS AVAILABLE UNDER A POLICY OF SICKNESS AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE TO AN INDIVIDUAL WITH A TERMINAL ILLNESS WHO IS COVERED UNDER THE POLICY, BASED ON WHETHER OR NOT THE INDIVIDUAL MAKES A REQUEST PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE. (4) AN INDIVIDUAL WITH A TERMINAL ILLNESS WHO IS A RECIPIENT OF MEDICAL ASSISTANCE UNDER THE “COLORADO MEDICAL ASSISTANCE ACT”, ARTICLES 4, 5, AND 6 OF TITLE 25.5, C.R.S. SHALL NOT BE DENIED BENEFITS UNDER THE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM OR HAVE HIS OR HER BENEFITS UNDER THE PROGRAM OTHERWISE ALTERED BASED ON WHETHER OR NOT THE INDIVIDUAL MAKES A REQUEST PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE. 25-48-116. Immunity for actions in good faith - prohibition against reprisals. (1) A PERSON IS NOT SUBJECT TO CIVIL OR CRIMINAL LIABILITY OR PROFESSIONAL DISCIPLINARY ACTION FOR ACTING IN GOOD FAITH UNDER THIS ARTICLE, WHICH INCLUDES BEING PRESENT WHEN A QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL SELF-ADMINISTERS THE PRESCRIBED MEDICAL AID-IN-DYING MEDICATION. (2) EXCEPT AS PROVIDED FOR IN SECTION 25-48-118, A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER OR PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION OR ASSOCIATION SHALL NOT SUBJECT AN INDIVIDUAL TO ANY OF THE FOLLOWING FOR PARTICIPATING OR REFUSING TO PARTICIPATE IN GOOD-FAITH COMPLIANCE UNDER THIS ARTICLE: (a) CENSURE; (b) DISCIPLINE; (c) SUSPENSION; (d) LOSS OF LICENSE, PRIVILEGES, OR MEMBERSHIP; OR (e) ANY OTHER PENALTY. (3) A REQUEST BY AN INDIVIDUAL FOR, OR THE PROVISION BY AN ATTENDING PHYSICIAN OF, MEDICAL AID-IN-DYING MEDICATION IN GOOD-FAITH COMPLIANCE WITH THIS ARTICLE DOES NOT: (a) CONSTITUTE NEGLECT OR ELDER ABUSE FOR ANY PURPOSE OF LAW; OR (b) PROVIDE THE BASIS FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF A GUARDIAN OR CONSERVATOR. (4) THIS SECTION DOES NOT LIMIT CIVIL OR CRIMINAL LIABILITY FOR NEGLIGENCE, RECKLESSNESS, OR INTENTIONAL MISCONDUCT. 25-48-117. No duty to prescribe or dispense. (1) A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER MAY CHOOSE WHETHER TO PARTICIPATE IN PROVIDING MEDICAL AID-IN-DYING MEDICATION TO AN INDIVIDUAL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS ARTICLE. (2) IF A HEALTH CARE PROVIDER IS UNABLE OR UNWILLING TO
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CARRY OUT AN INDIVIDUAL’S REQUEST FOR MEDICAL AID-INDYING MEDICATION MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS ARTICLE, AND THE INDIVIDUAL TRANSFERS HIS OR HER CARE TO A NEW HEALTH CARE PROVIDER, THE PRIOR HEALTH CARE PROVIDER SHALL TRANSFER, UPON REQUEST, A COPY OF THE INDIVIDUAL’S RELEVANT MEDICAL RECORDS TO THE NEW HEALTH CARE PROVIDER. 25-48-118. Health care facility permissible prohibitions - sanctions if provider violates policy. (1) A HEALTH CARE FACILITY MAY PROHIBIT A PHYSICIAN EMPLOYED OR UNDER CONTRACT FROM WRITING A PRESCRIPTION FOR MEDICAL AID-IN-DYING MEDICATION FOR A QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL WHO INTENDS TO USE THE MEDICAL AID-IN-DYING MEDICATION ON THE FACILITY’S PREMISES. THE HEALTH CARE FACILITY MUST NOTIFY THE PHYSICIAN IN WRITING OF ITS POLICY WITH REGARD TO PRESCRIPTIONS FOR MEDICAL AID-IN-DYING MEDICATION. A HEALTH CARE FACILITY THAT FAILS TO PROVIDE ADVANCE NOTICE TO THE PHYSICIAN SHALL NOT BE ENTITLED TO ENFORCE SUCH A POLICY AGAINST THE PHYSICIAN. (2) A HEALTH CARE FACILITY OR HEALTH CARE PROVIDER SHALL NOT SUBJECT A PHYSICIAN, NURSE, PHARMACIST, OR OTHER PERSON TO DISCIPLINE, SUSPENSION, LOSS OF LICENSE OR PRIVILEGES, OR ANY OTHER PENALTY OR SANCTION FOR ACTIONS TAKEN IN GOOD-FAITH RELIANCE ON THIS ARTICLE OR FOR REFUSING TO ACT UNDER THIS ARTICLE. (3) A HEALTH CARE FACILITY MUST NOTIFY PATIENTS IN WRITING OF ITS POLICY WITH REGARD TO MEDICAL AID-IN-DYING. A HEALTH CARE FACILITY THAT FAILS TO PROVIDE ADVANCE NOTIFICATION TO PATIENTS SHALL NOT BE ENTITLED TO ENFORCE SUCH A POLICY. 25-48-119. Liabilities. (1) A PERSON COMMITS A CLASS 2 FELONY AND IS SUBJECT TO PUNISHMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 18-1.3-401, C.R.S. IF THE PERSON, KNOWINGLY OR INTENTIONALLY CAUSES AN INDIVIDUAL’S DEATH BY: (a) FORGING OR ALTERING A REQUEST FOR MEDICAL AID-IN-DYING MEDICATION TO END AN INDIVIDUAL’S LIFE WITHOUT THE INDIVIDUAL’S AUTHORIZATION; OR (b) CONCEALING OR DESTROYING A RESCISSION OF A REQUEST FOR MEDICAL AID-IN-DYING MEDICATION. (2) A PERSON COMMITS A CLASS 2 FELONY AND IS SUBJECT TO PUNISHMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 18-1.3-401, C.R.S. IF THE PERSON KNOWINGLY OR INTENTIONALLY COERCES OR EXERTS UNDUE INFLUENCE ON AN INDIVIDUAL WITH A TERMINAL ILLNESS TO: (a) REQUEST MEDICAL AID-IN-DYING MEDICATION FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENDING THE TERMINALLY ILL INDIVIDUAL’S LIFE; OR (b) DESTROY A RESCISSION OF A REQUEST FOR MEDICAL AIDIN-DYING MEDICATION. (3) NOTHING IN THIS ARTICLE LIMITS FURTHER LIABILITY FOR CIVIL DAMAGES RESULTING FROM OTHER NEGLIGENT CONDUCT OR INTENTIONAL MISCONDUCT BY ANY PERSON. (4) THE PENALTIES SPECIFIED IN THIS ARTICLE DO NOT PRECLUDE CRIMINAL PENALTIES APPLICABLE UNDER THE “COLORADO CRIMINAL CODE”, TITLE 18, C.R.S., FOR CONDUCT THAT IS INCONSISTENT WITH THIS ARTICLE. 25-48-120. Safe disposal of unused medical aid-in-dying medications. A PERSON WHO HAS CUSTODY OR CONTROL OF MEDICAL AID-IN-DYING MEDICATION DISPENSED UNDER THIS ARTICLE THAT THE TERMINALLY ILL INDIVIDUAL DECIDES NOT TO USE OR THAT REMAINS UNUSED AFTER THE TERMINALLY ILL INDIVIDUAL’S DEATH SHALL DISPOSE OF THE UNUSED MEDICAL AID-INDYING MEDICATION EITHER BY: (1) RETURNING THE UNUSED MEDICAL AID-IN-DYING MEDICATION TO THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN WHO PRESCRIBED THE MEDICAL AID-IN-DYING MEDICATION, WHO SHALL DISPOSE OF THE UNUSED MEDICAL AID-IN-DYING MEDICATION IN THE MANNER REQUIRED BY LAW; OR (2) LAWFUL MEANS IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 25-15-328, C.R.S. OR ANY OTHER STATE OR FEDERALLY APPROVED MEDICATION TAKE-BACK PROGRAM AUTHORIZED UNDER THE FEDERAL “SECURE AND RESPONSIBLE DRUG DISPOSAL ACT OF 2010”, PUB.L.111-273, AND REGULATIONS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO THE FEDERAL ACT. 25-48-121. Actions complying with article not a crime. NOTHING IN THIS ARTICLE AUTHORIZES A PHYSICIAN OR ANY OTHER PERSON TO END AN INDIVIDUAL’S LIFE BY LETHAL INJECTION, MERCY KILLING, OR EUTHANASIA. ACTIONS TAKEN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS ARTICLE DO NOT, FOR ANY PURPOSE, CONSTITUTE SUICIDE, ASSISTED SUICIDE, MERCY KILLING, HOMICIDE, OR ELDER ABUSE UNDER THE “COLORADO CRIMINAL CODE”, AS SET FORTH IN TITLE 18, C.R.S. 25-48-122. Claims by government entity for costs. A GOVERNMENT ENTITY THAT INCURS COSTS RESULTING FROM AN INDIVIDUAL TERMINATING HIS OR HER LIFE PURSUANT TO THIS ARTICLE IN A PUBLIC PLACE HAS A CLAIM AGAINST THE ESTATE OF THE INDIVIDUAL TO RECOVER THE COSTS AND REASONABLE ATTORNEY FEES RELATED TO ENFORCING THE CLAIM. 25-48-123. No effect on advance medical directives. NOTHING IN THIS ARTICLE SHALL CHANGE THE LEGAL EFFECT OF: (1) A DECLARATION MADE UNDER ARTICLE 18 OF TITLE 15, C.R.S., DIRECTING THAT LIFE-SUSTAINING PROCEDURES BE WITHHELD OR WITHDRAWN; (2) A CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION DIRECTIVE EXECUTED UNDER ARTICLE 18.6 OF TITLE 15, C.R.S.; OR (3) AN ADVANCE MEDICAL DIRECTIVE EXECUTED UNDER ARTI-
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2016 Statewide Ballot Issues CLE 18.7 OF TITLE 15, C.R.S. Proposition 107 Presidential Primary Elections The ballot title below is a summary drafted by the professional staff of the offices of the secretary of state, the attorney general, and the legal staff for the general assembly for ballot purposes only. The ballot title will not appear in the Colorado Revised Statutes. The text of the measure that will appear in the Colorado Revised Statutes below was drafted by the proponents of the initiative. The initiated measure is included on the ballot as a proposed change to current law because the proponents gathered the required amount of petition signatures. Ballot Title: Shall there be a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes recreating a presidential primary election to be held before the end of March in each presidential election year in which unaffiliated electors may vote without declaring an affiliation with a political party? Text of Measure: Be it Enacted by the People of the State of Colorado: SECTION 1. Declaration of the People of Colorado. COLORADO VOTERS EXPERIENCED DISENFRANCHISEMENT AND PROFOUND DISAPPOINTMENT WITH THE STATE’S SYSTEM FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION PROCESS IN 2016. ON THE DEMOCRATIC SIDE, ATTENDANCE AT CAUCUSES OVERWHELMED MANY PARTY-RUN EVENTS, WITH LONG LINES OR OTHER PROBLEMS LIMITING MANY ELIGIBLE VOTERS’ ABILITY TO TAKE PART. THE STATE’S REPUBLICAN PARTY CHOSE NOT TO HOLD OFFICIAL PREFERENCE POLLS, ESSENTIALLY LEAVING ACTIVE REPUBLICAN VOTERS WITHOUT A SAY ON THE PARTY’S POTENTIAL NOMINEES. AND, GIVEN THE RULES FOR PARTICIPATING IN CAUCUSES, THE STATE’S LARGEST GROUP OF VOTERS -- MORE THAN 1 MILLION UNAFFILIATED ELECTORS -- WERE DISENFRANCHISED ALTOGETHER. COLORADO PREVIOUSLY HELD PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES IN 1992, 1996 AND 2000. THIS MEASURE WOULD RESTORE A PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY IN COLORADO BEGINNING IN 2020. BECAUSE A PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTION WOULD BE PAID FOR BY ALL TAXPAYERS, ALL ELIGIBLE VOTERS WHO WANT THEIR VOICES TO BE HEARD SHOULD BE ABLE TO VOTE IN THOSE ELECTIONS. CURRENTLY, THE 35% OF COLORADO VOTERS WHO ARE INDEPENDENT OF A PARTY MUST JOIN A PARTY IF THEY WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN CAUCUSES WHERE PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE POLLS ARE TAKEN OR A PRIMARY ELECTION. IN FACT, COLORADO IS IN THE MINORITY OF STATES THAT LIMIT PARTICIPATION IN THE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION PROCESS TO ONLY THOSE REGISTERED WITH A MAJOR POLITICAL PARTY. A PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY WOULD INVOLVE MORE VOTERS, INCREASE PARTICIPATION AND COULD ENCOURAGE CANDIDATES WHO ARE RESPONSIVE TO THE VIEWPOINTS OF MORE COLORADANS. ACCORDINGLY, COLORADO SHOULD RESTORE ITS PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY AND ALL VOTERS SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN SELECTING THE PRIMARY CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENT. SECTION 2. In Colorado Revised Statutes, recreate and reenact, with amendments, part 12 to article 4 of title 1 as follows: 1-4-1201. Declaration. IN RECREATING AND REENACTING THIS PART 12, IT IS THE INTENT OF THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO THAT THE PROVISIONS OF THIS PART 12 CONFORM TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL LAW AND NATIONAL POLITICAL PARTY RULES GOVERNING PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTIONS, AND THAT THE COLORADO GENERAL ASSEMBLY WILL, DURING THE 2017 LEGISLATIVE SESSION, ADOPT ALL NECESSARY CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO ENSURE THE PROPER OPERATION OF A PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTION IN COLORADO. 1-4-1202. Definitions. AS USED IN THIS PART 12, UNLESS THE CONTEXT OTHERWISE REQUIRES: (1) “POLITICAL PARTY” MEANS A MAJOR POLITICAL PARTY AS DEFINED IN SECTION 1-1-104 (22). (2) “PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTION” MEANS A PRIMARY ELECTION CONDUCTED IN A YEAR IN WHICH A UNITED STATES PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION WILL BE HELD TO ALLOCATE DELEGATES TO NATIONAL NOMINATING CONVENTIONS OF THE MAJOR POLITICAL PARTIES SELECTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 1-4-701. 1-4-1203. Presidential primary elections - when - conduct. (1) A PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTION SHALL BE HELD ON A TUESDAY ON A DATE DESIGNATED BY THE GOVERNOR. THE DATE SELECTED FOR THE PRIMARY MUST BE NO EARLIER THAN THE DATE THE NATIONAL RULES OF THE MAJOR POLITICAL PARTIES PROVIDE FOR STATE DELEGATIONS TO THE PARTY’S NATIONAL CONVENTION TO BE ALLOCATED WITHOUT PENALTY AND NOT LATER THAN THE THIRD TUESDAY IN MARCH IN YEARS IN WHICH A UNITED STATES PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION WILL BE HELD. THE GOVERNOR SHALL DESIGNATE THE DATE OF THE PRESIDENTIAL
PRIMARY ELECTION NO LATER THAN THE FIRST DAY OF SEPTEMBER IN THE YEAR BEFORE THE PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTION WILL BE HELD. (2)(a) EXCEPT AS PROVIDED FOR IN SUBSECTION (5) OF THIS SECTION, EACH POLITICAL PARTY THAT HAS A QUALIFIED CANDIDATE ENTITLED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTION PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION IS ENTITLED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE COLORADO PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTION. AT THE PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTION, AN ELECTOR THAT IS AFFILIATED WITH A POLITICAL PARTY MAY VOTE ONLY FOR A CANDIDATE OF THAT POLITICAL PARTY. (b) AN UNAFFILIATED ELIGIBLE ELECTOR MAY VOTE IN A POLITICAL PARTY’S PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTION WITHOUT AFFILIATING WITH THAT PARTY OR MAY DECLARE AN AFFILIATION WITH A POLITICAL PARTY TO THE ELECTION JUDGES AT THE PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 1-7-201. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, NO ELECTOR AFFILIATED WITH A MAJOR OR MINOR POLITICAL PARTY OR POLITICAL ORGANIZATION MAY CHANGE OR WITHDRAW HIS OR HER AFFILIATION IN ORDER TO VOTE IN THE PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTION OF ANOTHER POLITICAL PARTY UNLESS THE ELECTOR HAS CHANGED OR WITHDRAWN SUCH AFFILIATION NO LATER THAN THE TWENTY-NINTH DAY PRECEDING THE PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTION AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 1-2-219 (1). (3) EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS PART 12, A PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTION MUST BE CONDUCTED IN THE SAME MANNER AS ANY OTHER PRIMARY ELECTION TO THE EXTENT STATUTORY PROVISIONS GOVERNING OTHER PRIMARY ELECTIONS ARE APPLICABLE TO THIS PART 12. THE ELECTION OFFICERS AND COUNTY CLERK AND RECORDERS HAVE THE SAME POWERS AND SHALL PERFORM THE SAME DUTIES FOR PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTIONS AS THEY PROVIDE BY LAW FOR OTHER PRIMARY ELECTIONS AND GENERAL ELECTIONS. (4)(a) A BALLOT USED IN A PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTION MUST ONLY CONTAIN THE NAMES OF CANDIDATES FOR THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THE BALLOT SHALL NOT BE USED FOR THE PURPOSE OF PRESENTING ANY OTHER ISSUE OR QUESTION TO THE ELECTORATE UNLESS EXPRESSLY AUTHORIZED BY LAW. (b) EACH POLITICAL PARTY THAT IS ENTITLED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTION SHALL HAVE A SEPARATE PARTY BALLOT FOR USE BY ELECTORS AFFILIATED WITH THAT POLITICAL PARTY. IN ADDITION, ALL POLITICAL PARTIES THAT ARE ENTITLED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PRIMARY ELECTION SHALL HAVE THEIR CANDIDATES PLACED ON A SINGLE COMBINED BALLOT TO BE USED BY UNAFFILIATED ELECTORS THAT CONTAINS THE NAMES OF THE CANDIDATES OF EACH OF THE POLITICAL PARTIES AND THAT ARE CLEARLY AND CONSPICUOUSLY SEGREGATED FROM THE NAMES OF THE CANDIDATES OF ANY OTHER POLITICAL PARTY. ACROSS THE TOP OF EACH SUCH BALLOT THE WORDS “PRIMARY ELECTION BALLOT FOR UNAFFILIATED VOTERS” SHALL BE PRINTED AND CLEARLY ADVISE THAT AN ELECTOR MAY CAST THE BALLOT OF ONLY ONE POLITICAL PARTY AND THAT ANY BALLOT IN WHICH VOTES HAVE BEEN CAST IN THE PRIMARY OF MORE THAN ONE PARTY SHALL BE VOID AND NOT COUNTED. (5) IF, AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON THE SIXTIETH DAY BEFORE A PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTION, THERE IS NOT MORE THAN ONE CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT AFFILIATED WITH A POLITICAL PARTY CERTIFIED TO THE PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY BALLOT PURSUANT TO SECTION 1-4-1204(1) OR WHO HAS FILED A WRITE-IN CANDIDATE STATEMENT OF INTENT PURSUANT TO 1-4-1205, THE SECRETARY OF STATE MAY CANCEL THE PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTION FOR THAT POLITICAL PARTY AND DECLARE THAT CANDIDATE THE WINNER OF THE PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTION OF SUCH POLITICAL PARTY. (6) THE SECRETARY OF STATE MAY BY RULE ADOPT ADDITIONAL BALLOT REQUIREMENTS NECESSARY TO AVOID VOTER CONFUSION IN VOTING IN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTIONS. (7) THE STATE SHALL REIMBURSE THE COUNTIES FOR ALL EXPENSES INCURRED AND SHOWN TO BE DIRECTLY ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE PREPARATION AND CONDUCT OF THE PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTION IN THE SAME MANNER AS THE STATE REIMBURSES COUNTIES FOR STATE BALLOT ISSUES IN SECTION 1-5-505.5; EXCEPT THAT THE REIMBURSEMENT MUST BE BASED ON THE NUMBER OF ACTIVE REGISTERED ELECTORS PARTICIPATING IN THE PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTION AS OF THE DAY OF THE PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTION. THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY SHALL MAKE APPROPRIATIONS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE CASH FUND OR FROM THE GENERAL FUND FOR THE PURPOSE OF REIMBURSING COUNTIES UNDER THE TERMS OF THIS SECTION IN CONFORMITY WITH SECTION 24-21-104.5. 1-4-1204. Names on ballots. (1) NOT LATER THAN SIXTY DAYS BEFORE THE PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTION, THE SECRETARY OF STATE SHALL CERTIFY THE NAMES AND PARTY AFFILIATIONS OF THE CANDIDATES TO BE PLACED ON ANY PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTION BALLOTS. THE ONLY CANDIDATES WHOSE NAMES SHALL BE PLACED ON BALLOTS FOR THE ELECTION SHALL BE THOSE CANDIDATES WHO: (a) ARE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE PAYMENTS PURSUANT TO THE FEDERAL “PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY MATCHING PAYMENT ACCOUNT ACT”, 26 U.S.C. SEC. 9031 ET SEQ., OR ANY SUCCESSOR SECTION OF FEDERAL LAW, AT THE TIME CANDIDATES’ NAMES ARE TO BE CERTIFIED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE PURSUANT TO THIS SUBSECTION (1); (b) ARE SEEKING THE NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT OF A POLITICAL PARTY AS A BONA FIDE CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES PURSUANT TO POLITICAL PARTY RULES
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AND ARE AFFILIATED WITH A MAJOR POLITICAL PARTY THAT RECEIVED AT LEAST TWENTY PERCENT OF THE VOTES CAST BY ELIGIBLE ELECTORS IN COLORADO AT THE LAST PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION; AND (c) HAVE SUBMITTED TO THE SECRETARY, BY THE SECOND DAY OF JANUARY IN THE YEAR OF THE PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTION, A NOTARIZED CANDIDATE’S STATEMENT OF INTENT TOGETHER WITH EITHER A NONREFUNDABLE FILING FEE OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS OR A PETITION SIGNED BY AT LEAST FIVE THOUSAND ELIGIBLE ELECTORS OF THE CANDIDATE’S POLITICAL PARTY WHO RESIDE IN THE STATE. CANDIDATE PETITIONS MUST MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF PARTS 8 AND 9 OF THIS ARTICLE, AS APPLICABLE. (2) THE NAMES OF CANDIDATES APPEARING ON ANY PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY BALLOT MUST BE IN AN ORDER DETERMINED BY LOT. THE SECRETARY OF STATE SHALL DETERMINE THE METHOD OF DRAWING LOTS. (3) EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROHIBITED BY POLITICAL PARTY RULES, THE STATE CHAIRPERSON OF A POLITICAL PARTY MAY REQUEST THE SECRETARY TO PROVIDE A PLACE ON THE PRIMARY BALLOT FOR ELECTORS WHO HAVE NO PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE PREFERENCE TO REGISTER A VOTE TO SEND A NONCOMMITTED DELEGATE TO THE POLITICAL PARTY’S NATIONAL CONVENTION. TO BE VALID, THIS REQUEST MUST BE RECEIVED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE NO LATER THAN SEVENTY DAYS BEFORE THE PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTION. (4) ANY CHALLENGE TO THE LISTING OF ANY CANDIDATE ON THE PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTION BALLOT MUST BE MADE IN WRITING AND FILED WITH THE SECRETARY NO LATER THAN FIVE DAYS AFTER THE FILING DEADLINE FOR CANDIDATES. ANY SUCH CHALLENGE MUST PROVIDE NOTICE IN WRITING IN A SUMMARY MANNER OF AN ALLEGED IMPROPRIETY THAT GIVES RISE TO THE COMPLAINT. THE SECRETARY SHALL ADDRESS BY RULE OTHER REQUIREMENTS OF A VALID CHALLENGE. IN RESPONSE TO A VALID CHALLENGE BROUGHT UNDER THIS SUBSECTION (4), THE SECRETARY SHALL TRANSMIT NOTICE OF THE CHALLENGE FORTHWITH TO ALL CANDIDATES APPEARING ON THE PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY BALLOT AND TO THE STATE CHAIRPERSON OF EACH MAJOR POLITICAL PARTY. NO LATER THAN FIVE DAYS AFTER THE CHALLENGE IS FILED, A HEARING MUST BE HELD AT WHICH TIME THE SECRETARY SHALL HEAR THE CHALLENGE AND ASSESS THE VALIDITY OF ALL ALLEGED IMPROPRIETIES. THE SECRETARY SHALL ISSUE FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW NO LATER THAN FORTY-EIGHT HOURS AFTER THE HEARING. THE PARTY FILING THE CHALLENGE HAS THE BURDEN TO SUSTAIN THE CHALLENGE BY A PREPONDERANCE OF THE EVIDENCE. THE SECRETARY OF STATE’S DECISIONS UPON MATTERS OF SUBSTANCE ARE OPEN TO REVIEW, IF PROMPT APPLICATION IS MADE, AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 1-1-113. 1-4-1205. Write-in candidate affidavit for presidential primary. A WRITE-IN VOTE FOR ANY CANDIDATE ON THE PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY BALLOT SHALL NOT BE COUNTED UNLESS THE CANDIDATE FOR WHOM THE WRITE-IN VOTE WAS CAST HAS FILED A NOTARIZED CANDIDATE’S STATEMENT OF INTENT TO SEEK THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. ANY SUCH AFFIDAVIT MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY A NONREFUNDABLE FEE OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS AND MUST BE FILED WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE NO LATER THAN THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON THE SIXTY SEVENTH DAY BEFORE THE PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTION. 1-4-1206. Presidential primary ballots - survey of returns. EACH COUNTY CLERK AND RECORDER SHALL SURVEY ALL RETURNS RECEIVED FROM THE PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTION IN ALL COUNTY PRECINCTS, AS PROVIDED IN THIS TITLE, AND SHALL CERTIFY THE RESULTS OF THE PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTION TO THE SECRETARY NO LATER THAN THIRTEEN DAYS AFTER THE ELECTION. 1-4-1207. Election results – certification – pledging of delegates. (1) THE SECRETARY SHALL COMPILE THE NUMBER OF VOTES CAST FOR EACH CANDIDATE NAMED ON THE PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTION BALLOT AND THE VOTES CAST TO SEND A NONCOMMITTED DELEGATE TO THE POLITICAL PARTY’S NATIONAL CONVENTION, IF APPLICABLE, AND SHALL CALCULATE THE PERCENTAGE OF VOTES RECEIVED BY EACH CANDIDATE AS COMPARED TO THE NUMBER OF VOTES RECEIVED BY ALL CANDIDATES OF THE SAME POLITICAL PARTY. (2) THE SECRETARY SHALL CERTIFY THE RESULTS AND PERCENTAGES CALCULATED PURSUANT TO SUBSECTION (1) OF THIS SECTION TO THE STATE CHAIRPERSON AND THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE OF EACH POLITICAL PARTY WHICH HAD AT LEAST ONE CANDIDATE ON THE PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTION BALLOT. (3) EACH POLITICAL PARTY SHALL USE THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION RESULTS TO ALLOCATE ALL NATIONAL DELEGATE VOTES TO THE PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY CANDIDATE RECEIVING THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF VOTES AND TO BIND MEMBERS OF THE STATE’S DELEGATION TO VOTE FOR THAT CANDIDATE AT THE PARTY’S NATIONAL CONVENTION. SECTION 3. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 1-2-218.5, amend (2) as follows: 1-2-218.5. Declaration of affiliation. (2) Any eligible elector who has not declared an affiliation with a political party or political organization shall be designated on the registration records of the county clerk and recorder as “unaffiliated”. Any unaffiliated eligible elector may declare a political party affiliation when the elector desires to vote at a primary
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2016 Statewide Ballot Issues election, as provided in section 1-7-201(2), or the elector may declare his or her political party or political organization affiliation at any other time during which electors are permitted to register by submitting a letter or a form furnished by the county clerk and recorder, either by mail, or in person, OR ONLINE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 1-2-202.5. AN UNAFFILIATED ELIGIBLE ELECTOR NEED NOT DECLARE AN AFFILIATION TO VOTE IN A PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTION. SECTION 4. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 24-21-104.5, amend as follows: 24-21-104.5. General fund appropriation - cash fund appropriation - elections. The general assembly is authorized to appropriate moneys from the department of state cash fund to the department of state to cover the costs of the local county clerk and recorders relating to the conduct of PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTIONS, general elections, and November odd-year elections. If the amount of moneys in the department of state cash fund is insufficient to cover such costs, the general assembly may appropriate additional general fund moneys to cover such costs after exhausting all moneys in the department of state cash fund. The intent of the general assembly is to authorize the appropriation of department of state cash fund moneys and general fund moneys to the department of state to offset some of the costs of local county clerk and recorders associated with the additional election duties and requirements resulting FROM THE PREPARATION AND CONDUCT OF PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTIONS AND from the passage of section 20 of article X of the state constitution and from the increased number of initiatives that are being filed. SECTION 5. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 1-3-102, amend (1)(a)(III) as follows: 1-3-102. Precinct caucuses. (1) (a) (III) In a year in which a presidential election will be held, a political party may, by decision of its state central committee, hold its precinct caucuses on the first Tuesday in February SATURDAY FOLLOWING THE PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTION. The committee shall notify the secretary of state and the clerk and recorder of each county in the state of the decision within five days after the decision. SECTION 6. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 1-4-801, add (6) as follows: 1-4-801. Designation of party candidates by petition. (6) A CANDIDATE FOR A PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTION SHALL NOT BEGIN CIRCULATING PETITIONS BEFORE THE FIRST MONDAY IN NOVEMBER OF THE YEAR PRECEDING THE YEAR IN WHICH THE PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTION IS HELD. A CANDIDATE MUST FILE A PETITION NO LATER THAN THE SECOND DAY OF JANUARY IN THE YEAR OF THE PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTION. SECTION 7. Effective date - applicability. This measure shall apply to any presidential primary election conducted after the effective date of this measure as declared by proclamation of the governor. Proposition 108 Unaffiliated Voter Participation in Primary Elections The ballot title below is a summary drafted by the professional staff of the offices of the secretary of state, the attorney general, and the legal staff for the general assembly for ballot purposes only. The ballot title will not appear in the Colorado Revised Statutes. The text of the measure that will appear in the Colorado Revised Statutes below was drafted by the proponents of the initiative. The initiated measure is included on the ballot as a proposed change to current law because the proponents gathered the required amount of petition signatures. Ballot Title: Shall there be a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning the process of selecting candidates representing political parties on a general election ballot, and, in connection therewith, allowing an unaffiliated elector to vote in the primary election of a political party without declaring an affiliation with that party and permitting a political party in specific circumstances to select all of its candidates by assembly or convention instead of by primary election? Text of Measure: Be it Enacted by the People of the State of Colorado: SECTION 1. Declaration of the people of Colorado BECAUSE PRIMARY ELECTIONS ARE PAID FOR BY TAXPAYERS, ALL ELIGIBLE VOTERS WHO WANT THEIR VOICES TO BE HEARD SHOULD BE ABLE TO VOTE IN THOSE ELECTIONS. CURRENTLY, THE 35% OF COLORADO VOTERS WHO ARE INDEPENDENT OF A POLITICAL PARTY MUST JOIN A PARTY IF THEY WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SELECTION OF OUR GENERAL ELECTION CANDIDATES. IN FACT, COLORADO IS IN THE MINORITY OF STATES THAT LIMIT PARTICIPATION IN PRIMARY ELECTIONS TO ONLY THOSE AFFILIATED WITH A MAJOR POLITICAL PARTY. BECAUSE PRIMARY ELECTION TURNOUT IS DECLINING, INVOLVING MORE VOTERS CAN INCREASE PARTICIPATION AND ENCOURAGE CANDIDATES WHO ARE RESPONSIVE TO THE VIEWPOINTS OF MORE COLORADANS. ACCORDINGLY, ALL VOTERS SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO VOTE IN STATE AND LOCAL PRIMARY ELECTIONS WITH THE SAME EASE AS THOSE VOTERS AFFILIATED WITH A MAJOR POLITICAL PARTY.
SECTION 2. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 1-2-218.5, amend (2) as follows: 1-2-218.5. Declaration of affiliation. (2) Any eligible elector who has not declared an affiliation with a political party or political organization shall be designated on the registration records of the county clerk and recorder as “unaffiliated”. Any unaffiliated eligible elector may, BUT IS NOT REQUIRED TO, declare a political party affiliation when the elector desires to vote at a primary election, as provided in section 1-7-201 (2), or the elector may declare his or her political party or political organization affiliation at any other time during which electors are permitted to register by submitting a letter or a form furnished by the county clerk and recorder, either by mail, or in person, OR ONLINE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 1-2-202.5. SECTION 3. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 1-4-101, amend (2) as follows: 1-4-101. Primary elections - when - nominations - expenses. (2) Each political party that is entitled to participate in the primary election shall have a separate party ballot FOR USE BY ELECTORS AFFILIATED WITH THAT POLITICAL PARTY. IN ADDITION, ALL POLITICAL PARTIES THAT ARE ENTITLED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PRIMARY ELECTION SHALL HAVE THEIR CANDIDATES PLACED ON A SINGLE COMBINED BALLOT TO BE USED BY UNAFFILIATED ELECTORS THAT CONTAINS THE NAMES OF THE CANDIDATES OF EACH OF THE POLITICAL PARTIES AND THAT ARE CLEARLY AND CONSPICUOUSLY SEGREGATED FROM THE NAMES OF THE CANDIDATES OF ANY OTHER POLITICAL PARTY. ALL CANDIDATES OF A POLITICAL PARTY SHALL BE GROUPED TOGETHER AND SEPARATED BY THE OFFICE EACH CANDIDATE IS SEEKING. SUCH BALLOTS SHALL CLEARLY ADVISE THAT AN ELECTOR MAY CAST THE BALLOT OF ONLY ONE MAJOR POLITICAL PARTY AND THAT ANY BALLOT IN WHICH VOTES HAVE BEEN CAST IN THE PRIMARY OF MORE THAN ONE PARTY SHALL BE VOID AND NOT COUNTED. HOWEVER, AN ELECTOR IS NOT REQUIRED TO VOTE IN THE SAME PARTY PRIMARY AS THE ELECTOR VOTED IN AS PART OF A PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY ELECTION OCCURRING IN THAT SAME YEAR, IF SUCH AN ELECTION IS HELD; (a) IF IT IS NOT PRACTICABLE FOR A COUNTY TO USE A SINGLE COMBINED BALLOT THAT CONTAINS THE NAMES OF THE CANDIDATES OF EACH OF THE POLITICAL PARTIES, THE COUNTY CLERK AND RECORDER SHALL SEND TO ALL ACTIVE ELECTORS IN THE COUNTY WHO HAVE NOT DECLARED AN AFFILIATION WITH A POLITICAL PARTY A MAILING THAT CONTAINS THE BALLOTS OF ALL OF THE MAJOR POLITICAL PARTIES. IN THIS MAILING, THE CLERK SHALL ALSO PROVIDE WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS ADVISING THE ELECTOR OF THE MANNER IN WHICH THE ELECTOR WILL BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS CODE IN SELECTING AND CASTING THE BALLOT OF A MAJOR POLITICAL PARTY. AN ELECTOR MAY CAST THE BALLOT OF ONLY ONE MAJOR POLITICAL PARTY. AFTER SELECTING AND CASTING A BALLOT OF A SINGLE MAJOR POLITICAL PARTY, THE ELECTOR SHALL RETURN THE BALLOT TO THE CLERK. IF AN ELECTOR CASTS AND RETURNS TO THE CLERK THE BALLOT OF MORE THAN ONE MAJOR POLITICAL PARTY, ALL SUCH BALLOTS RETURNED WILL BE VOID AND WILL NOT BE COUNTED. (b) THE SECRETARY OF STATE MAY BY RULE ADOPT ADDITIONAL BALLOT REQUIREMENTS NECESSARY TO AVOID VOTER CONFUSION IN VOTING IN PRIMARY ELECTIONS. (c) The primary election of all political parties shall be held at the same time and shall be conducted by the same election officials. SECTION 4. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 1-4-502, amend (1) as follows: 1-4-502. Methods of nomination for partisan candidates. (1) Except as otherwise provided in paragraphs (b) and (c) of subsection (3) of this section, nominations for United States senator, representative in congress, governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, state treasurer, attorney general, member of the state board of education, regent of the university of Colorado, member of the general assembly, district attorney, and all county officers to be elected at the general election may be made by primary election UNDER SECTION 1-4-101 OR BY ASSEMBLY OR CONVENTION UNDER SECTION 1-4-702 by major political parties, by petition for nomination as provided in section 1-4-802, or by a minor political party as provided in section 1 4-1304. SECTION 5. In Colorado Revised Statutes, add 1-4-702 as follows: 1-4-702. Nominations of candidates for general election by convention. (1) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, A POLITICAL PARTY MAY CHOOSE TO CHANGE FROM THE NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES BY PRIMARY ELECTION TO THE NOMINATION OF CANDIDATES BY ASSEMBLY OR CONVENTION FOR ALL OFFICES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, UNITED STATES SENATOR, REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS, ALL ELECTIVE STATE, DISTRICT, AND COUNTY OFFICERS, AND MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IF AT LEAST THREE-FOURTHS OF THE TOTAL MEMBERSHIP OF THE PARTY’S STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE VOTES TO USE THE ASSEMBLY OR CONVENTION NOMINATION PROCESS; EXCEPT THAT NOMINATIONS BY MAJOR POLITICAL PARTIES FOR CANDIDATES FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR SHALL BE MADE BY THE PARTY’S CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR PURSUANT TO SECTION 1-4-502 (3). SUCH VOTE OF THE PARTY CENTRAL COMMITTEE SHALL OCCUR NO LATER THAN OCTOBER 1 OF THE YEAR PRECEDING THE YEAR IN WHICH AN ASSEMBLY OR CONVENTION NOMINATING PROCESS IS TO BE USED. (2) A POLITICAL PARTY NOMINATING CANDIDATES BY PARTY ASSEMBLY OR CONVENTION SHALL NOMINATE THE CANDIDATES
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OF THE PARTY AND MAKE SUCH NOMINATIONS PUBLIC NOT LATER THAN SEVENTY-FIVE DAYS BEFORE THE GENERAL ELECTION. (3) WHICHEVER METHOD OF CANDIDATE SELECTION IS CHOSEN BY A MAJOR POLITICAL PARTY AS BETWEEN PRIMARY ELECTION, ASSEMBLY OR CONVENTION, ALL OF THE CANDIDATES FOR THAT PARTY AT ANY LEVEL OF OFFICE IN THAT ELECTION YEAR MUST BE SELECTED BY SUCH METHOD, EXCEPT THAT THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS PROVISION SHALL NOT APPLY TO A PRIMARY FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IF SUCH AN ELECTION IS HELD. SECTION 6. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 1-4-1002, amend (2.3)(a) as follows: 1-4-1002. Vacancies in designation or nomination. (2.3)(a) A vacancy in a party nomination, other than a vacancy for a party nomination for lieutenant governor for a general election occurring after January 1, 2001, that occurs after the day of the primary election or AFTER NOMINATION BY ASSEMBLY OR CONVENTION UNDER SECTION 1-4-702 and more than eighteen days before the general election may be filled by the respective party assembly vacancy committee of the district, county, or state, as appropriate, depending upon the office for which the vacancy in nomination has occurred in accordance with the provisions of subsection (9) of this section. A vacancy in a party nomination for lieutenant governor for a general election occurring after January 1, 2001, shall be filled by a replacement candidate for lieutenant governor nominated by the party’s candidate for governor. A vacancy may be caused by the declination, death, disqualification, resignation, or withdrawal of the person nominated at the primary election or by the declination, death, disqualification, resignation, or withdrawal of an elective officer after a primary election at which a nomination could have been made for the office had the vacancy then existed. No person is eligible for appointment to fill a vacancy in the party nomination unless the person meets all of the requirements of candidacy as of the date of the primary election. When a vacancy is filled pursuant to this paragraph (a), the designated election official shall provide notice by publication of the replacement nomination in the same manner as the notice required by section 1-5-205. SECTION 7. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 1-4-1304, amend (1.5)(c) as follows: 1-4-1304. Nomination of candidates. (1.5) (c) If an assembly designates more than one candidate for an office, or if an assembly designates one or more candidates and one or more candidates qualifies by petition, the candidate of the minor political party for that office shall be nominated at a primary election held in accordance with this code. A MINOR POLITICAL PARTY MAY PROHIBIT UNAFFILIATED ELECTORS FROM VOTING IN THE PARTY’S PRIMARY ELECTION SO LONG AS THE PROHIBITION IS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PARTY’S CONSTITUTION, BYLAWS, OR OTHER APPLICABLE RULES. ANY MINOR PARTY CHOOSING TO PROHIBIT UNAFFILIATED ELECTORS FROM VOTING IN ITS PRIMARY ELECTION MUST NOTIFY THE SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE PROHIBITION NOT LESS THAN SEVENTY-FIVE DAYS PRIOR TO THE PRIMARY ELECTION. SECTION 8. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 1-5-402, add (2) as follows: 1-5-402. Primary election ballots. (2) NO LATER THAN FORTY-FIVE DAYS BEFORE THE PRIMARY ELECTION, THE COUNTY CLERK AND RECORDER SHALL PREPARE A COMBINED PRIMARY ELECTION BALLOT TO BE USED BY UNAFFILIATED ELECTORS. THE BALLOT MUST BE PRINTED IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER: (a) ALL OFFICIAL BALLOTS MUST BE PRINTED ACCORDING TO THE PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS 1 4-101, 1-5-407, AND 1-5-408. ACROSS THE TOP OF EACH BALLOT THE WORDS “PRIMARY ELECTION BALLOT FOR UNAFFILIATED VOTERS” SHALL BE PRINTED. (b) THE POSITIONS OF CANDIDATES ON THE BALLOTS TO BE USED BY UNAFFILIATED ELECTORS MUST BE ARRANGED IN THE ORDER SPECIFIED IN PARAGRAPH (b) OF SUBSECTION (1) OF THIS SECTION; EXCEPT THAT THE CANDIDATES OF EACH POLITICAL PARTY MUST BE CLEARLY AND CONSPICUOUSLY SEGREGATED FROM THE CANDIDATES OF ANY OTHER POLITICAL PARTY AND GROUPED TOGETHER ACCORDING TO SECTION 1-4-101(2). SECTION 9. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 1-7-201, amend (2); and add (2.3) as follows: 1-7-201. Voting at primary election. (2) If the name is found on the registration list, the election judge having charge of the list shall likewise repeat the elector’s name and present the elector with the party ballot of the political party affiliation last recorded. If unaffiliated, the eligible elector shall openly declare to the election judges the name of the political party with which the elector wishes to affiliate, complete the approved form for voter registration information changes, and initial the registration list in the space provided. Declaration of affiliation with a political party shall be separately dated and signed or dated and initialed by the eligible elector in such manner that the elector clearly acknowledges that the affiliation has been properly recorded. Thereupon, the election judges shall deliver the appropriate party ballot to the eligible elector. Eligible electors who decline to state an affiliation with a political party that is participating in the primary shall not be entitled to vote at the primary election. (2.3) AN ELIGIBLE UNAFFILIATED ELECTOR IS ENTITLED TO VOTE IN THE PRIMARY ELECTION OF A MAJOR POLITICAL PARTY WITHOUT AFFILIATING WITH THAT POLITICAL PARTY. TO VOTE IN A POLITICAL PARTY’S PRIMARY ELECTION WITHOUT DECLARING AN AFFILIATION WITH THE POLITICAL PARTY, ANY ELIGIBLE UNAF-
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2016 Statewide Ballot Issues FILIATED ELECTOR SHALL BE GIVEN A COMBINED BALLOT, IF APPLICABLE. IF A COMBINED BALLOT IS NOT AVAILABLE, THE ELECTOR SHALL DECLARE TO THE ELECTION JUDGES THE NAME OF THE POLITICAL PARTY IN WHOSE PRIMARY ELECTION THE ELECTOR WISHES TO VOTE. THEREUPON, THE ELECTION JUDGES SHALL DELIVER THE APPROPRIATE PARTY BALLOT TO THE ELECTOR. IN ADDITION, ANY ELIGIBLE UNAFFILIATED ELECTOR MAY OPENLY DECLARE TO THE ELECTION JUDGES THE NAME OF THE POLITICAL PARTY WITH WHICH THE ELECTOR WISHES TO AFFILIATE AND COMPLETE THE NECESSARY FORMS. AN ELIGIBLE ELECTOR MUST SEPARATELY DATE AND SIGN OR DATE AND INITIAL A DECLARATION OF AFFILIATION WITH A POLITICAL PARTY FORM IN SUCH MANNER THAT THE ELECTOR CLEARLY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE AFFILIATION HAS BEEN PROPERLY RECORDED. THEREUPON, THE ELECTION JUDGES SHALL DELIVER THE APPROPRIATE PARTY BALLOT TO THE ELIGIBLE ELECTOR.
forwardable mail to each unaffiliated active registered eligible elector. (b) The notice shall indicate that the unaffiliated elector has the ability to and must affiliate with a political party in order to vote in the primary election. (c) The notice shall have a returnable portion that allows the elector to request affiliation with a political party. (d) The notice may be included with any other communication by mail from the county clerk and recorder to electors within the county. (2.5) (a) (II) For a primary mail ballot election, in addition to the items described in the notice required by subparagraph (I) of this paragraph (a), such notice shall advise eligible electors who are not affiliated with a political party of the ability to declare an affiliation with a political party and vote in the primary election VOTE IN THE PRIMARY ELECTION OF ANY POLITICAL PARTY. THE NOTICE MUST CLEARLY AND CONSPICUOUSLY ADVISE ELECTORS THAT ANY PRIMARY BALLOT CONTAINING VOTES FOR A CANDIDATE OF MORE THAN ONE POLITICAL PARTY SHALL NOT BE COUNTED.
SECTION 10. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 1-7.5-107, delete (2.3); and amend (2.5)(a)(II) as follows:
SECTION 11. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 1-7.5-116, amend (1) (b) as follows:
1-7.5-107. Procedures for conducting mail ballot election - primary elections - first time voters casting a mail ballot after having registered by mail to vote - in-person request for ballot - repeal. (2.3) (a) Not less than thirty days nor more than forty-five days before a primary election, the county clerk and recorder shall mail a notice by
1-7.5-116. Applications for absentee ballot. (1) (b) If the application is made for a primary election ballot, the application shall name the political party with which the applicant is affiliated or wishes to affiliate, OR, IF THE APPLICANT IS UNAFFILIATED, THE APPLICATION MUST EITHER NAME THE POLITICAL PARTY WITH WHICH THE
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APPLICANT WISHES TO AFFILIATE OR MUST STATE THAT THE APPLICANT WISHES TO REMAIN UNAFFILIATED AND RECEIVE AN UNAFFILIATED PRIMARY ELECTION BALLOT, OR IF SUCH COMBINED BALLOT IS NOT AVAILABLE, THE BALLOTS FOR EACH PARTY PRIMARY ALONG WITH NOTICE THAT THE ELECTOR SHALL VOTE IN ONLY ONE PRIMARY. SECTION 12. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 1-8.5-101, amend (5) as follows: 1-8.5-101. Provisional ballot - entitlement to vote. (5) ANY UNAFFILIATED ELECTOR AT A PRIMARY ELECTION MAY CAST A REGULAR PARTY BALLOT UPON REQUESTING SUCH BALLOT FROM AN ELECTION JUDGE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 1-7-201 (2.3). Any unaffiliated elector at a primary election may ALSO cast a regular party ballot upon openly declaring to the election judge the name of the political party with which the elector wishes to affiliate pursuant to section 1 2 218.5 or 1-7-201. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION REQUIRES A MINOR POLITICAL PARTY TO ALLOW AN UNAFFILIATED ELECTOR TO VOTE IN THE PRIMARY ELECTION OF SUCH POLITICAL PARTY. SECTION 13. Effective date - applicability. This measure applies to any primary election conducted after the effective date of this measure as declared by proclamation of the governor.
Employees plant dozens of trees to enhance Denver’s urban forest
Newmont Mining Corporation and Willis Towers Watson employees recently planted over 30 trees through the The Park People’s Mile High Tree Champions’ program. Dozens of workers from both com-
panies were joined by their families and friends for two volunteer planting days at Denver Housing Authority sites with low tree coverage. The Park People’s Mile High Tree Champions program is an in-
novative project encouraging companies to help enhance Denver’s urban forest through one or more customized employee tree planting days. This is the fifth planting for Newmont and the second planting
for Willis Towers Watson. The plantings have increased significance this year, since the discovery of Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) in Boulder in 2013. The Park People, in conjunction with the Office of the
Denver City Forester, has been preparing for the invasive insect’s possible arrival in Denver and working to reduce its impact by proactively planting 20 percent more trees in 2016. The trees planted by these two companies helped with this effort. Since Mile High Tree Champions’ inception in 2010, approximately 20 Colorado companies have added close to 1,000 trees to Denver’s skyline. In addition to Willis Towers Watson and Newmont Mining Corporation, Tree Champions include Chase, Kaiser Permanente, Wells Fargo, CH2M Hill, and more. “The Park People is proud to have partnerships with Newmont Mining and Willis Towers Watson, whose tree planting efforts help bring shade, beauty, and civic engagement to our city’s urban forest,” says Mile High Tree Champions coordinator Dan Staley. “Both companies had a rewarding day of service, and we are grateful for their time, energy, and determination to make a difference.”
Denver Zoo and CH2M volunteers participate in South Platte River clean-up Denver Zoo and CH2M, presenting sponsor of the Zoo’s traveling art exhibit, Washed Ashore: Art to Save the Sea, joined forces Sat., October 15, to clean up trash that had “washed ashore” the South Platte River. Employees from both organizations worked to collect and
recycle debris, supporting the mission of Denver Zoo’s current art installation: to raise awareness about plastic pollution and minimize the amount of debris left on beaches and in water sources. Washed Ashore features 15 giant sculptures of marine life, made
almost entirely from trash collected from beaches. Though Denver is far from any ocean, it is estimated that 80 percent of ocean pollution originates from activities on land and flows down rivers to oceans. Denver Zoo partnered with CH2M because of the firm’s com-
mitment to sustainability and resiliency, including deep expertise in water, transportation and environmental services. CH2M helps clients and communities around the world solve complex challenges by advancing sustainability in the development of infrastructure and
industry, balancing social, economic and environmental priorities. CH2M is sponsoring the exhibit and cleanup to promote awareness, education and community involvement, protecting natural resources and ensuring public access to safe, reliable water supplies.
PAGE 14 | THE VILLAGER • October 20, 2016 An unidentified man walks past the City of Englewood at City Center fountain that turns pink every year for Breast Cancer Awarness month. The fountain may be turned off before the end of the month, due to freezing temps during the night. Photo by Tom Barry
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St. Mary’s Academy announces two Semifinalists and three Commended Students in the 2017 National Merit Scholarship Program, which was released on Sept. 14. Annie Hess and Ceili Sauer were named National Merit Semifinalists and are among 16,000 students throughout the nation being recognized for their exceptional academic promise. They will now continue in the competition for 7,500 National Merit Scholarships worth up to $33,000 that will be offered next
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20 minutes with my cousin Nicholas Sparks
Bestselling author spends time with family on book tour
In August 1993, this journalist attended a spectacular and memorable family reunion on my mom’s side. Nearly 100 relatives, including cousins, aunts
and uncles from California to Alaska, attended the gathering at Fort Robinson State Park in Nebraska. One of my most memorable times was visiting my great grandparents’ potato farm. They were Irish immigrants, homesteading near Chadron. Nick Sparks, one of my cousins and a pharmaceutical sales-
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Nick also shared the reason man at the time, was unable to attend. One of my favorite aunts, why he was unable to attend the Nick’s grandmother, said Nick family reunion. Look us up on-line at: “You know, I was middlewas working on “the great novaSic el,” a fact also noted by Mike, class. I didn’t have a lot of disposColoradoCrematory.com remaTion able income, but I had a house. It Nick’s dad. was on the water … half an acre, Nick’s first venture into the complete 24/7 publishing world had been co-authoring a book with Billy Mills, his friend and Olympic gold medal-winning BrahMs: Variations on a Theme by Haydn long-distance runin 1964. The schuBert: Symphony No. 9 in C major (Great) ner book, Wokini: A Lakota Journey to Happiness and Unriday oveMBer derstanding, is in sileNt auctioN at 6:30 p.M. its eighth printing. “I suppose the south suBurBaN christiaN church biggest reflection 7275 S. Broadway, LittLeton 80122 is how quickly time passes,” Sparks aturday oveMBer said last week. aspeN acadeMy “Life has been lived Tom Barr, Nick Sparks and Jeanie Barry. 5859 S. UniverSity BLvd., Greenwood viLLaGe 80121 in a series of years. Photos by Tom Barry … There’s certainly coNcerts at 7:30 p.M. been a lot that has happened and yet Tickets and info at time has flown. All my novels and it was good,” he said, referring worse, just more complex,” he www.arapahoe-phil.org the characters or the plots within to his home in New Bern, N.C., said. Two decades have passed, 303-781-1892 them—they all come from some- where his family still resides. Sparks remains one of the since Sparks first wrote The Notewhere and bits and pieces have Devin Patrick Hughes, Music Director & Conductor town’s most recognizable citizens book, which climbed to the New come from family stories.” and is one of the town’s most York Times bestsellers list. Nick popular tourist draws. has now authored 20 emotionally This best-selling author said compelling love stories. his wife Cathy’s parents inspired Sparks’s books have all made his first and most popular book, the coveted Times list. Eleven The Notebook. have made it to the big screen. “I remember I was working Global sales have exceeded in the evenings, Ryan [my son], 105 million, which translates into was not a good sleeper, so he was three quarters of a billion dollars up most of the night. … I had a in cumulative worldwide sales, choice, I could read in the eve- according to his publisher, Grand ning, watch TV or write a novel, Central Publishing. and so I just pulled up the comOn Oct. 5, Nicholas was on a puter and started writing a novel. week-long book tour peddling his Six months later, I was done with newly released complex love stoThe Notebook,” he said. ry entitled, Two by Two. He was His book-turned-movie, Mes- the guest author at a special presage in a Bottle, was inspired by sentation hosted by the Douglas his father Mike after the death of County Libraries. his mother Jill at age 47. A Walk This journalist was able to to Remember was inspired by his schedule an exclusive interview younger sister Dana, who died of with my cousin. Joining me was cancer at 22. His dad, Mike, was my wife, Jeanie, who met Nick killed in an auto accident at age for the first time and actively parCARVING CONTEST 54. ticipated in the colorful interview. This journalist’s favorite book There has been a running joke is Three Weeks with My Brother, in the Barry and Sparks families which recounts a trip around the for many years that the initial E N T E R TA I N M E N T globe. sales of Nicholas’s books were “The word ‘inspired’ means sold to his multitude of family just the germ of the idea, and I members. After the interview, the don’t ever start writing until I’ve three of us spent some time toprobably stacked 50 ideas on top gether sharing about that family of each other,” Sparks said. as he looked at some wedding According to the author, a typ- photos we had brought along. ical writing day consists of wak- The now-famous cousin then auing up early, reading the newspa- tographed a few books and preper with a cup of coffee and then pared for the presentation. working out. Around half past Sparks only had about 50 THA N KS TO O UR nine, after addressing business people attending his presentation SP O N SO R: emails, he writes until mid-after- in Denver in 1998—compared noon and then spends time with to the 1,000 fans last week at the CORNER OF UNIVERSITY OF ARAPAHOE his kids, often at their sporting Marriott South in Lone Tree SHOPSOUTHGLENN.COM/EVENTS events. The reporter’s wife, Jeanie “I think in the end you want to Barry, contributed to this story.
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Edwards to lead workshop on “Loose and Fun Pastel Painting” in Littleton On Dec. 3, the Heritage Fine Arts Guild of Arapahoe County will host a one-day workshop with Fort Collins pastel artist Diane Edwards. A Master Signature Member of the Pastel Society of Colorado, Edwards will lead participants as they learn to paint snow, water and reflections in winter scenes, paying particular attention to values, edges and color temperature. She will also teach methods for adding texture to the background of a painting. Edwards is co-founder of Paint the Poudre Plein Air, a group of artists that paints scenes of the Cache La Poudre River outdoors. The Poudre is one of 208 federally designated National Wild and Scenic Rivers and the only such river in Colorado. She particular-
ly likes to paint “the parts of the landscape that most people don’t notice at all” and work in pastel because the color sticks provide “immediate brilliance” for her artwork. Edwards earned a master’s degree in art and education from Adams State University in Alamosa, where her painting professor was nationally recognized watercolorist Stephen Quiller. She maintains a studio in Fort Collins and teaches at Aims Community College in Loveland. Edwards’ murals can be viewed at Medical Center of the Rockies, Kaiser Permanente clinics, as well as in local restaurants and hotels. The workshop will be held Dec. 3 from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. (doors unlocked by 8:30 a.m.) at First
Presbyterian Church, 1609 W. Littleton Blvd. in Littleton, at the northwest corner of Littleton Blvd. and Windermere Street. Artists aged 18 years and older may attend; cost is $30 for Heritage Fine Arts Guild members, $50 for non-members. Membership is only $35 and sign-up forms are at heritage-guild.com/ membership.html. Payment is required to reserve a space and the number of participants is limited. For complete details including a registration form and supply list for the workshop, see heritageguild.com/current-workshops. html. For further information, contact Mary kay Jacobus, mkstudio@comcast.net, phone 303594-4667.
On December 3, pastel artist Diane Edwards will lead a workshop for the Heritage Fine Arts Guild. Her painting, “Winter at the Pond,” is an example of her approach to creating a snowy scene. Courtesy photo
Opera Colorado welcomes new administrative staff members Opera Colorado announced today that it welcomes four new members to its growing staff as the 2016-2017 Season begins, including Director of Development Erin Wenzel, Executive Assistant to the General Director Ben Newman, Digital Marketing Assistant Manager Michael Hayes and part-time Education and Community Engagement Assistant Parisa Zaeri. As a part of Opera Colorado’s five-year strategic plan, the 2016-
2017 fiscal year brings about new growth, and filling positions that were eliminated from the company during the 2013 economic restructuring. A returning position, the director of development and a new full-time, executive assistant to the general director have been added. A previous part-time marketing position changed to full time in the 2015 fiscal year, and developed into the digital marketing assistant manager position, which Michael
Hayes recently took over. The part-time education & community engagement position came into existence in the 2016 fiscal year, and has recently been filled by Parisa Zaeri. “With four fiscal years of financial stability and a new artistic vision in place, Opera Colorado is now positioned to regain some of the positions that were eliminated during our 2013 financial restructuring, and add some much
T. Gordon Parks Concerto competition to open in November The Arapahoe Philharmonic, in support of its ongoing mission to recognize emerging talent in the classical music field, announces the opening of its 2017 T. Gordon Parks Concerto Competition beginning Tuesday, Nov. 1. This season’s competition is for Orchestral Wind, Brass and
Percussion players between the ages of 18 and 25 as of March 31, 2017. The winner will be the featured soloist in performance with the Arapahoe Philharmonic on March 31, 2017. Cash awards of $2,000, $1,000 and $500 will be presented to the top three finalists. The competition is sponsored
by Universal Music Company in Thornton, and owners Jim and Millie Patterson. Full eligibility and application requirements are available on our website at arapahoe-phil. org/competitions/concerto-competition/. All applications must be submitted online by 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 30.
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musicians on Sunday, Oct. 23. Chaparral High School, 15655 Brookstone Drive in Parker, is hosting this full-day orchestral experience. Participants will spend the day rehearsing the first movement of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony and Sibelius’s Fin-
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Sukh to receive the Denver Zoological Conservation Award Denver Zoo has selected Dr. Amgalanbaatar Sukh (Dr. Amgaa) as its 2016 Conservation Award winner. Dr. Amgaa is the director of Ikh Nart Nature Reserve and has been a partner of the zoo for the past 19 years. He will receive his award at the zoo’s 19th Annual Conservation Night, Thursday, October 13, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Zoo staff will celebrate their 20 years of field conservation efforts around the world with a special focus on Mongolia, its longest-standing conservation project. Dr. Amgaa has significantly advanced wildlife research and program management, as well as
the long-term success of the Ikh Nart Nature Reserve (Ikh Nart), in central Mongolia. His dedication to the reserve and the zoo’s conservation mission is evident through his time spent implementing programs with targeted education outreach and creating and fostering productive relationships with universities throughout the country. Dr. Amgaa has worked with the zoo since its early days of outreach efforts in Mongolia. As a researcher studying argali sheep, a globally threatened species found in Mongolia, Dr. Amgaa helped Denver Zoo collar the first-ever argali sheep with ra-
Parks & Wildlife to lead public meeting on coyotes Due to a recent feedback about coyote and human interaction in the south metro area, Colorado Parks & Wildlife will lead a public meeting, hosted by South Suburban Parks and Recreation, about coexisting with coyotes, including an overview and discussion of the steps that have been taken by CPW. Justin Olson, district wildlife manager with CPW will give a presentation on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 6-8 p.m. at Goodson Recreation Center. The free event is open to the public and no reservations are needed. Here are a few guidelines from Colorado Parks & Wildlife on being “coyote-wise”:
Your home & coyotes
• Never feed coyotes • Remove attractants from your yard, including pet food, water sources, bird feeders and fallen fruit. • Store trash in a container with a locking lid or put trash out on the morning of pick-up. • Deter coyotes with a six-foot privacy fence. • Never approach wildlife. If a
coyote approaches, yell, throw rocks or sticks at it, spray with a hose, or bang pots and pans.
If a coyote approaches you:
• Do not run or turn your back. • Be as big and loud as possible. • Wave your arms and throw objects. • Face the coyote and back away slowly. • If attacked, fight back.
Protect your pets:
• Keep pets on a short (six-foot) leash. • Use extra caution dusk through dawn. • Avoid known or potential den sites and thick vegetation. • Do not allow dogs to play or interact with coyote. • Pick up small pets if confronted by a coyote. • Always supervise your pet when outside, especially at dawn or dusk. • Never leave cats or dogs outside after dark. • Don’t leave pet food outside. •If you must leave your pet outside, secure it in a fully enclosed kennel.
dio telemetry in 2000. Since then, he has continued to help employ GPS, satellite and radio telemetry techniques to gather data from more than 200 argali and 50 Siberian ibex sheep. Dr. Amgaa has also helped advise 10 Mongolian undergraduate and 7 master’s students. Those students now work all over Mongolia in academia, government at federal and local levels, and in non-government organizations. In 2010, the United Nations named Ikh Nart a model protected area. Previously, it was relatively unknown and considered to be a “paper park,” as it functionally existed on paper only. Now, with
Dr. Amgaa’s help, Ikh Nart is a prime example of a successful and collaborative protected area with a high standard for scientific research and positive local engagement. Amgaa shares research data collected at Ikh Nart with the local Mongolian government, highlighting critical wildlife habitat. As a result, local people and governments in Mongolia, agreed to expand the park’s boundary. Furthermore, Dr. Amgaa and his team established the Ikh Nart Nature Reserve Administration Building in October 2013 and together with his team, created a new Ikh Nart Nature Reserve Management Plan.
Since 1997, the zoo has presented its annual Conservation Award to someone who has made a significant contribution to wildlife conservation for at least 10 years, but remains largely unrecognized for their work. The event is an opportunity to recognize the individuals — the unsung heroes of wildlife conservation—who have made an impact toward conservation that year. The honoree is presented with the Conservation Award and a gift of $5,000 for the conservation project of his/her choice. Previous Conservation Award recipients include biologists, policy experts and wildlife advocates.
5th annual “Spooky Streets” at The Streets at SouthGlenn set for Oct. 21
The Streets at SouthGlenn will host its annual “Spooky Streets” on Friday, Oct. 21 from 4:30-7:30 p.m. The free event, which takes place in and around Commons Park, features the “Pumpkin Parade” decorating and carving contest, special family entertainment, candy and other family-friendly surprises and activities. “Fall has become a special time of year at The Streets at SouthGlenn with the beautiful fall color in the park,“ said Keri Navarette, senior asset manager for Alberta Development Partners. “Spooky Streets brings local families together to celebrate the changing of the seasons.” The evening will consist of a series of “Spooky” events, entertainment and decor:
Pumpkin Parade
Community members may enter their pumpkin creation into this free contest for a chance to win Streets at South-
Young event-goers may take part in the fun by getting their face painted, having a caricature drawn, requesting a favorite animal as a special balloon creation or taking a selfie at themed stations with their friends or family.
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Glenn gift cards. Complete contest rules and forms available at shopsouthglenn.com/events. All pumpkins will be on display at Spooky Streets on Oct. 21.
Entertainment
DJ Rockstar Aaron, a magician, characters and professional dancers will provide lively activities throughout the evening. Facepainters, balloon artists, caricatures, selfie stations
Professional dancers will unexpectedly break out in a unique interpretation of Michael Jackson’s Thriller. Peformances will take place at 5:45 and 7 p.m. in Commons Park.
Special Halloween Treats
Spooky bats and ghosts holding a special candy treat will be available to the first 3,600 children at the event. Treats are while supplies last. Admission to Spooky Streets is free, for more information call 303-771-4004, email at margaret@stephens-studio.net or visit The Streets at SouthGlenn website at shop-southglenn.com.
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A glimpse into the future of STEM
It was look into the complimentary influence of engineering and computer science on Oct. 14 when the University of Denver hosted a ribbon cutting for the opening of the Daniel Ritchie School of Engineering and Computer Science. Former DU Chancellor Robert Coomb, Ph.D., current Chancellor. Rebecca Chopp and Chancellor Emeritus Dan Ritchie.
DU Chancellor Emeritus Dan Ritchie provides a brief account of his tenure of advanced research studies.
Chemistry’s Gareth Eaton Ph.D. listens to Dr. Kevin Shelbourne’s presentation in the 3-D biometric and X-ray lab.
The opening of the Daniel Ritchie School of Engineering and Computer Science Photos by Stefan Krusze.
Dr. Howard Feng Ph.D. makes adjustments to Zeno, a facial recognition robot in the lab in the newly opened Daniel Ritchie Engineering and Computer Science School.
The grand atrium of the Daniel Felix Ritchie School of Engineering and Computer Science
Nao 5.0 displays advanced robotic technology and dances.
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Century Communities wins 16 industry awards Local homebuilder earns most awarded homes, highest total nominations among homebuilders at MAME awards Century Communities won seven Gold Awards and nine Silver Awards at the Home Builders Association of Metro Denver’s 2016 Marketing and Merchandising Excellence (MAME) Awards, earning the most awarded homes in Denver. The Denver-based homebuilder received the top recognition, the MAME Gold Awards, for its work in the following categories: design series of the year; attached and detached homes of the year; best architectural design of an attached model home; and best interior merchandising of an attached model home, of a detached model home 2,001 – 2,600 square feet, and of a detached model home over 3,601 square feet. The MAME Awards acknowledge the top achievers in the new home industry, presented to the companies that set the standard of excellence in Denver’s homebuilding industry. As the most decorated homebuilder for the 2016 award nominations, Century Communities received a total of 16 nominations in 11 different categories. Century Communities received Silver Awards for the following categories: detached home of the year; best interior merchandising of an attached home, and of detached model home under 2,000 square feet, 2,001 – 2,600 square feet, 3,200-3,600 square feet, and over 3,601 square feet; and best architectural design of
an attached model home, and of a detached model home under 2,600 square feet and of a detached model home over 3,601 square feet. “We are thrilled to be recognized across so many categories by this respected industry organization,” said Liesel Cooper, executive vice president at Century Communities. “With our roots here in Colorado, it is a privilege to continue to grow our presence and contribute to the expanding market in Denver and beyond.” Century Communities’ Marvella community in Centennial received the top recognition as the best design series of the year, awarded for its overall excellence in all aspects of homebuilding including architecture, interior design, landscape, presentation, marketing program and sales success. One of the residences within the homebuilder’s Marvella community was also named as the best detached home of the year and was named the winner for best interior merchandising of a detached model home over 3,601 square feet. The homebuilder’s Caley Ponds community in Greenwood Village was named the highest-ranked attached home of the year, recognized as the best for overall product and interior design within this category. Century Communities’ Caley Ponds model home also won the awards for best architectural design of an attached home and best interior merchandising of an attached home. Century Communities’ final community to receive a Gold Award is Salisbury Heights in Parker, which was named as the best interior merchandising of a detached model home 2,001 – 2,600 square feet.
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Oct. 7-30, Fall Festival and Boo at the Zoo events from pirates and fairies to trick or treating. Fall Festival: Traveling exhibit, Washed Ashore: Art to Save the Sea. At “Mermaid Lagoon” (the underwater sea lion viewing area.) Meet-and-greet with mermaids, take photos and have your face painted. Mermaids will flap their tails eery Fri. Sat., and Sun. from 1-4 p.m. Pirates will be sporting their patches and swords at “Pirate Cove” (Conch Pavilion) every Fri., Sat. and Sun. from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. “Fairy Garden” (Woodland Gardens). Fairies wil flutter in the gardens Fri. Sat. and Sun from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
MOA Indoor Gallery Show
Oct. 15-Dec. 17, MOA Indoor Gallery, 1000 Englewood Parkway, 2nd Floor, presents the works of 21 Colorado-based artists. Visit MOAonline.org.
Arapahoe Philharmonic Presents “Play-In”
Oct. 23, 6:30 p.m., Chaparral High School, 15655 Brookstone Dr., Parker. For high school orchestra and band students in Arapahoe and Douglas counties, as well as avocational adult musicians in the community to play side-by-side with Arapahoe Philharmonic musicians. Beethoven’s 5th Symphony and Sibelius’s Finlandia in a 30-min. performance. No tickets required. Oct. 25, Business After Hours, 5-7 p.m. Bellco Credit Union, 3610 A-River Point Parkway
Irish Night at the Soiled Dove
Oct. 28, Nallen’s Irish Pub, Irish Network Colorado, The Celtic Connection, will celebrate (Celtic New Year.) With Tommy Fleming, “Voice of Ireland”and his band. Doors open at 7 p.m., show at 8 p.m. Reservations, 303-777-0502 or email celticevents@rmi.net
Arapahoe Philharmonic Great Masters
Nov. 4, 7:30 p.m., South Suburban Christian Church; Nov. 5, 7:30 p.m., Aspen Academy. Johannes Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Joseph Haydn, Op. 56a. Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 9 in C Major
Nashville Songwriters Show and Dinner Concert
Dec. 3, 5:30 p.m., Noonan’s Event Center, Golf Club at Heather Ridge, 13521 E. Iliff Ave., Aurora. Benefit for TAPS, the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors. Tickets: 303-696-0450 or lcottrell@taps.org.
CHAMBER
Taste of Greenwood Village
Oct. 20 at Denver Marriott Tech Center, 4900 S. Syracuse St., Denver. Doors open at 4:30 for VIPs until 6 p.m., Doors open for general admission from 7-8 p.m. VIP tickets: $79, general admission, $49. Discount tickets through the Chamber. Must be 21 years of age to attend. Call Michelle, 303290-9922.
South Metro Denver Chamber Happy Hour
Oct. 25, 4-6 p.m. Lucy at Comedy Works South, 5345 S. Landmark Pl., Greenwood Village. RSVP: BestChamber.com
Great Englewood Chamber Service Club Luncheon
Oct. 27, 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m., Englewood Meridian, 3455 S. Corona St. 303-789-0098.
CHARITY
Caring for Kids 20th Anniversary Awards Gala
Oct. 20, 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. Rocky Mountain Youth Clinics will honor its founder Dr. Larry Wolk and other community leaders at the Mile High Station (2027 W. Lower Colfax Ave., Denver). For more information and to RSVP, contact Virginia Ortiz at vortiz@rmyclinics. org.
Wellshire Presbyterian Church Events
Oct. 23, Pumpkin Patch & Corn Maze, Rock Creek Farm, 2005 S. 112th St., Broomfield. Meet at the corn maze at noon to pick pumpkins. No admission fee. For young adults only. Also hay rides. Nov. 1, Theology on Tap at the Viewhouse, 2015 Market St., Denver. Real conversations led by Kira Anderson, Assoc. Pastor of Christian Foundation.
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Opportunity Coalition
Oct. 20, Stuart Sanderson, President of the Colorado Mining Assoc. 5-7 p.m., at Innovation Pavilion, 9200 E. Mineral Ave., Centennial. Cost $20. RSVP at opportunitycoalition.com
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Through-Oct. 30 with various times at Chatfield Farms. Get lost in the eight-acre Corn Maze from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. 8500 W. Deer Creek Canyon Road, Littleton. Info: 720-865-4346.
Public Reception for finalists for SCFD Exec. Director Position
Nov. 16, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Scientific & Cultural Facilities District invites the public to visit with finalists at the Children’s Museum of Denver at Marco Campus, 2121 Children’s Museum Dr., Denver. Reception following.
FUNDRAISER
For Douglas County Sheriff’s Detective Dan Brite
Oct. 23, 1-4 p.m., comment lunch & concert at Cherokee Ranch & Castle Foundation. Three-course country-themed lunch, silent auction, tour of the castle, live music by contemporary Christian bands. Call 303-688-5555 for reservations.
LifeSpark Cancer Resources Luncheon
Oct. 28, noon-1:30 p.m., Wellshire Event Center. Speakers include George Karl, former Nuggets coach & two-time cancer survivor: “Winning the mental game of cancer.” LifeSpark Cancer Resources is a nonprofit organization that provides free reiki & healing touch to adults with cancer. Register at LifeSparkNow. org.
Pumpkin Patch Fundraiser
Through - Oct. 31, A vast assortment of wonderful pumpkins at the annual fundraiser of the Pumpkin Patch! Proceeds help more than 60 boys in your local Greenwood Village Boy Scout Troop 457 and Navajo Nation pumpkin farmers. Greenwood Community Church, 5600 E. Belleview Ave., weekdays 3:30 p.m. to dusk and weekends 8:30 a.m. to dusk.
Bessie’s Hope Bowl-A-Rama
Nov. 5, Check-in and pizza 12:30-1:30; Bowling, 1:30-3:30. Awards following. Reserve your lanes at your choice of Littleton Lanes, Monaco Lanes, Westminster Brunswick Zone. Raise $40 minimum to participate. Youth under 12, raise $30 minimum. Lane reservations by Oct. 20; bowler registrations by Oct. 28. Info@bessieshope.org.
Junior League Holiday Mart
Nov. 11-13, Gates Field House on the Univ. of Denver campus. Select merchants with high quality merchandise and a unique and exclusive shopping experience. VIP Private Shopping Event, Nov. 11, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. Tickets $40, includes parking. Coffee, tea, assorted baked goods and fruit will be served. Tickets must be punched in advance for the VIP shopping event.
HALLOWEEN
Spooky Halloween Circus
Oct. 21, 6:30 p.m., spooky and fun circus acts performed by the Salida Circus. Interactive illusions, comedy acrobatics, juggling jesters, magic and more. Free popcorn, lemonade and hot apple cider. Info: 303-795-3961. Bemis Public Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton.
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Spooky Streets at The Streets at Southglenn Oct. 21, 4:30-7:30 p.m., first annual pumpkin parade around Commons Park. Pumpkin Parade, decorating & carving contest, family entertainment, candy and other activities.
Curious Corvids Fly in for Fall Oct. 22, 1-3 p.m., Audubon Society of Greater Denver. Info. and stories about these unique birds. Registration required with space limited to 40 people under “Family Programs” at denveraudubon.org or call 303-973-9530.
Tagawa Gardens Pumpkin Festival Oct. 22 and 23, 29 and 30, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., pony rides, the bat cave, walk on water bubbles etc. Free events like HawkQuest, kids grape stomping, live bats, live insects & more. 7711 S. Parker Rd., Centennial. Look for free coupon tickets in The Villager.
Colorado’s Haunted History Oct. 24, 2-3 p.m., Bemis Public Library, 6014 S. Datura St., Littleton. Author Ann Westerberg will take you on a trip through the most infamous haunted places of our state. She will also talk about her family’s encounter with ghosts in Manitou Springs. Westerberg is the author of Colorado Ghost Tours: Haunted History & Encounters with the Afterlife. Info: 303-795-3961.
Boo at the Zoo Oct. 22, 23 and 28-30. 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. 20 trick-ortreat stations, creepy crawly animal demonstrations and family-friendly entertainment under the canopy. Event included in price of zoo admission.
Boo After Dark at the Zoo Oct. 28 and 29, 6:30-9 p.m. Trick-or-treat stations and entertainment. Event included in price of zoo admission.
Glow at the Gardens Oct. 20, 26, 27, 6-9:30 p.m. at Denver Botanic Gardens, York St. Hundreds of carved, glowing pumpkins and luminary-lined pathways light up the night. Live music, costume contests, crafts, magic tricks and more. Food and beverages available for purchase. Tickets: 720-865-3501. Days off the Dead, Oct. 10Nov. 6. The Gardens’observance of Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead.) Tickets: 720-865-3501.
Haunted Denver Oct. 24, History Colorado Center, 1200 Broadway, 11 a.m.-noon. Join Denver historian and “reluctant ghost hunter” Keven Harris for an exploration of spooky stories of Denver and nearby cities. RSVP: 303866-2394 and mention Active Minds.
HEALTH
Pharmacy’s Health & Wellness Fair
Oct. 22, 12-4 p.m. Pharmacy Integrative Pharmacy is located at 5910 S. University Blvd., No. E2 in Greenwood Village. Free health screenings, including body fat, bone density, cholesterol and skin health, as well as complimentary 10-min. chair massage. First-come, first-served basis. Free samples of supplements and savings on $50 & $100 purchases.
Medicare Monday Workshop
Oct 31, 9:30-11:30 a.m., RiverPointe Senior Community of Littleton. Medicare Updates and changes for 2017. Sponsored by Colorado Gerontological Society. Free and open to the public. Reservations: 303-797-0600.
HOLIDAY EVENTS
Winter Gift Market Sneak Peek
Nov. 10, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Denver Botanic Gardens. $8 members, $10 nonmembers. Shop early for the best selection of items from the vendors as you enjoy free hot cocoa. Members save 10 percent on all purchases.
Winter Gift Market at Denver Botanic Gardens
Nov. 11, 9 a.m.-7 p.m. and Nov. 12, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Free admission. Handcrafted holiday items, bath and body products, pottery, jewelry, etc. Members save 10 percent on all purchases.
Blossoms of Light at York Street Gardens
Nov. 25-Jan. 1. Blossoms of Light at York St. presents a tunnel of color-changing lights, the grand illuminated O’Fallon Perennial Walk, changing color orbs and an extended pathway that illuminates the gardens. Also, interactive dynamic lighting display in the UMB Amphitheater. Ticketed event.
Trail of Lights at Chatfield Farms Gardens
Nov. 25-Jan. 1, 2017. Colorful lights displays with a cozy country aesthetic. The 1880s Hildebrand Ranch homestead is decorated with a vintage Colorado Christmas theme. Barn and antique tractors also illuminated. A warming hut and fire pit, along with free hayrides (Fri. and Sat.). Ticketed event.
Governor’s Residence Holiday Tours
Dec. 8-11 and Dec. 15-18, 10 a.m - 2 p.m. 2016 “View From the Library” collectible ornament, the Governor’s Mansion Millennium Tree, planted to celebrate the turn of the Century, was a seedling from a 65 ft. Blue Spruce that was later cut and transported to Washington, D.C. to be lit on the West Lawn of the Capitol. This ornament will be available for purchase along with the eight complete ornament collection.
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Current Republican candidates James Woodley – running for state Senate District 28, Heidi Ganahl – running for CU regent-at-large, Casper Stockham - running for U.S. House District 1, and Kathleen Conti - running for Arapahoe County commissioner District 1.
Debra Benge and her daughter Candice Benge Goldstein, who ran for Colorado House District 3 in the last election, and new daughter Lee, the youngest Republican at the meeting.
Cynthia Coffman shares how AG office relates to Colorado residents BY SCOTTIE TAYLOR IVERSON
Attorney General Cynthia Coffman is the chief legal officer and head of the Colorado Department of Law, the largest law firm in the state. At a recent meeting of Cherry Creek Republican Women, Coffman focused on surprising statistics of human trafficking as well as homeland and cyber security. In addition, she emphasized the importance of a Republican president to put in place conservative justices. How does the office of the AG relate to the residents of Colorado? To answer this question, Coffman established the Office of Commu-
nity Engagement. Public safety includes priorities in schools, human trafficking (with most victims from the United States followed by Mexico), domestic violence and abuse, along with substance abuse. Cybercrime has Coffman’s attention, and as she travels Colorado she is trying to pair resources. Of note is a National Cyber Security System in Colorado Springs with collaboration of the Air Colorado’s 38th Attorney General Cynthia Coffman and Force Academy Trump Campaign representative Rachel Blaha Keane Suzanne Buemi, who represented the Colorado National and University of and Trump supporter Lisa Fertman. Guard Family Program. Colorado at Colorado Springs that is adapting a degree program. to benefit the Colorado National the Guard throughout our state. jewelry, with a portion of sales goCCRW’s October community- Guard Foundation for its purchase Heidi Lasher also had a display of ing to the Colorado National Guard service project was collecting funds of holiday dinners for members of her “Red, White and Bling” patriotic Foundation.
Fine Arts Foundation takes a ‘Peek Behind the Curtain’
The Denver Center for the Performing Arts is one of 22 organizations to receive a grant from the Fine Arts Foundation. Members and guests, who attended the annual membership luncheon at Ri-
alto Café appropriately ventured close by for a backstage tour of the Denver Performing Arts Complex. The mission of the Fine Arts Foundation is to enrich life in Colorado by supporting the arts.
For more about the Debutante Ball, other events, and ways to be involved in the nonprofit and grant information: thefineartsfoundation. org.
Executive Committee Advisor Lynn Wong and Paula Laws with Website and Social Media Chair VP Membership Jane Wiltshire. Michelle Carter.
New FAF President Janet Granger with Immediate Past President Caroline Simpson.
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LEFT: Susan’s daughter Hannah Cranberg, who accepted the award on her mom’s behalf, with Project Aspire Founder-President Marney Andes.
FAR LEFT: Brenda and Chris Djorup enjoy the inviting seating in Madden Museum of Art. LEFT: Linda Louise Fankboner with Lisa Woods, the former Project Aspire board member who announced table winners and gave the appeal.
Scholarship winners Carolina Levy, Nikki Kumor, Stevie Griglak and Heather McPherson.
Photo by Stevie Crecelius
BELOW: Amanda Kendrick, assistant to Susan Morrice, Norma Mozée, who give the keynote address, and Susan’s friend in the energy business, Vanessa Cameron.
“Aspire to Inspire” Scholarship Dinner Co-chair Georgia Phillips and Chair Victoria Gartelos with their lucky bamboo thank-you gifts.
Four recognized at ‘Aspire to Inspire’ scholarship dinner 2016 theme is ‘The Power of Entrepreneurial Spirit’
If you want something done, give a project to a busy person. That’s why one-woman dynamo and multi-talented Victoria Gartelos and co-chair Georgia Phillips were at the helm of Project Aspire’s annual scholarship dinner. Greenwood Village played a prominent role. Honoree Susan Morrice is a Greenwood Village resident and Mayor Ron Rakowsky added to the festivities by supplying a proclamation. The evening fundraiser was held in the impressive Greenwood Village venue Palazzo Verdi, and a VIP reception in the adjoining Madden Museum of Art. Dinner, catered by Epicurean, was a work of art itself. Many commented that it was the best menu ever for a fundraiser. Diverse community support included Mrs. Colorado America Erica Shields and scholarship winner Heather McPher-
son’s Professor Ramakrishna Thurimella, Ph.D. When multiple award-winning honoree Susan Morrice responded to an emergency call to her Belize Natural Energy company, which discovered oil in Belize, Norma Mozée, her friend and entrepreneur, stepped up to deliver her own success story on the power of entrepreneurial spirit. Mozée is principal and founder of Afinidad Americas, an international business strategy and advisory consultancy focused on energy-services companies expanding into the Americas, namely Mexico and other Latin American countries. Susan’s spirit abounded with daughter Hannah, a forensic-science student, accepting the award and songstress daughter Clare, supplying her recent CD as table-drawing favors. The four scholarship recipients have outstanding credentials and aspirations. Nikki Kumor is in her fourth and final year at the University of Colorado School of Dental Medicine. Prior to attending dental school, she received her bachelor’s degree in physiology from CU Boulder. She
aspires to be an orthodontist and is currently applying for residency. Stevie Griglak is a second-year Psy.D. student in clinical psychology at the University of Denver. Her interest in working with children and adolescents began when she worked at Boston Children’s Hospital. She currently provides mental health services to children and families at Oakland Elementary School, Kaiser Permanente and DU’s training clinic. Upon receiving her degree, she hopes to work with high-risk teens and juvenile offenders. Carolina Levy is an MBA student at the University of Denver Daniels Collage of Business. From Venezuela, she moved to Colorado seven years ago to study and received two bachelor’s degrees from CU Boulder, one in psychology and one in advertising. With an entrepreneurial spirit – she has already won international awards for her work in advertising. Her goal is to own and manage her own business. She currently is working on the possibility of opening a preschool that exposes children to a
Marney Andes with committee members Laura Sporer and Emma Salditt.
second language to make America’s education even stronger. McPherson is a 2014 graduate of Stephen F. Austin State University, where she received a B.A. in political science. She is currently a graduate student working toward an M.S. in cybersecurity at the University of Denver. After earning her degree from DU’s Ritchie School of Engineering and Computer Science, she plans to pursue a career as a security
engineer. She aspires to make meaningful contributions to the growing field of cybersecurity. Founded by Marney Andes, Project Aspire is celebrating its 10-year anniversary. Its mission is to provide financial, educational, mentoring and coaching resources to support women to become leaders in their fields of interest and contributors in the community. For further information: myprojectaspire.org.
Greenwood Villagers Jan Hammond and Jane Netzorg stand with “Lincoln” in the Madden Museum of Art.
2015 Project Aspire Honoree Jamie Angelich with Jack and Adrienne Ruston Fitzgibbons. Photos by Scottie Taylor Iverson
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Windemere Park construction to rehabilitate prairie, install playground
LWCF grants for Colorado Cherry Hills Village will receive $130,000 to construct a new section of the High Line Canal Trail with a Land and Water Conservation Fund grant from the National Park Service. Other grants include El Paso County to construct sections of the Ute Pass Regional Trail with $150,000; and the town of Bennett will receive $128,000 to construct a one-mile section of the Bennett Open Space Trail.
Utilizing the natural landscape of the high prairie, the Cherry Creek Vista Park and Recreation District plans to complete construction for its Windemere Park before the snow falls in 2016. Windemere Park is bordered by Centennial, Greenwood Village and unincorporated Arapahoe County. A 2015 planning grant and 2016 standard construction project grant, funded by Arapahoe County Open Space, made this park possible. The park includes a new experiential natural playground, shade elements and rest areas, walking
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trails, a demonstration native prairie garden, and natural waterways. The design of the park focuses on re-naturalizing open land over the next decade with views to the east and connection to trails from adjacent Peakview Park and Cherry Creek State Park’s trail system. Community input and donated partner work, including assistance from the Savory Institute, Plains Conservation Center, Root Partnership, R&R Engineers, Recreation Plus, JBK Landscape Inc., Denver Water and others helped to create a park with these unique educational elements and holistic preservation management approach. In mid-September, a group of park stakeholders, including volunteer master gardeners from the Arapahoe County CSU Extension office, surveyed the area to look for noxious and native plants and ani-
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o 16 VISTA RD - $2,375,000 UNDER CONTRACT. o 3701 S. COLORADO BLVD - $1,000,000 SOLD. o 36 CHERRY HILLS FARM DRIVE - $2,750,000 SOLD. o CHERRY HILLS FARM WEST. $2,175,000 SOLD. o 27 MARTIN LANE - $1,695,000. SOLD. o 4850 S. GAYLORD - $2,050,000 LIST AND SOLD. o 17 HUNTWICK LANE EXECUTIVE RANCH - SOLD - $1,700,000. o 85 GLENMOOR - $2,400,000 - SOLD. o CHERRY HILLS PARK LAND $1,750,000. SOLD. o BUELL MANSION - Architectural Digest perfection. $1,850,000 SOLD. o CHARLOU IN CHERRY HILLS - $1,195,000 SOLD.
GREENWOOD VILLAGE & SUBURBS
o 5425 S. OLIVE IN GREENWOOD HILLS - Custom contemporary 2 story with walk out basement, 2 main floor master suites. Unique top quality construction throughout and an in home office suite with a private entrance. - $3,000,000. o 7180 E. BERRY ST. - LIST AND SOLD - $2,895,000. o THE PRESERVE - $1,735,000 SOLD. o THE PRESERVE - - $1,520,000 SOLD. o ONE CHERRY LANE - $1,705,000. SOLD. o INVERNESS GOLF COURSE - $1,190,000 SOLD. o THE POINTE, CHERRY CREEK VISTA - $750,000. SOLD. o HILLS AT CHERRY CREEK Opportunity at $579,900 SOLD. o THE PRESERVE - $1,650,000. SOLD. o GREENWOOD HILLS - $1,500,000 SOLD. o THE HILLS AT CHERRY CREEK - $680,000 LIST AND SOLD.
CASTLE PINES & DOUGLAS COUNTY
o CASTLE PINES NORTH - Phenomenal, dramatic ranch walks out on the golf course. Includes golf course membership - $1,395,000. o KEENE RANCH - CASTLE ROCK - $915,000 SOLD. o HIGH PRAIRIE FARM - $974,900 SOLD.
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o 409 S. DOWNING ST. - $625,000 SOLD. o 418 DETROIT - $1,800,000 SOLD. o POLO CLUB NORTH - $900,000. SOLD. o WASHINGTON PARK - $1,150,000, SOLD.
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mals to help plan for maintenance and management strategies that benefit both the native ecosystem and all park users. Please help the district with its ongoing count of animals and plants by emailing us what you’ve spotted on your walks. Help everyone enjoy this new park by honoring county leash laws and avoiding any motorized vehicle trespassing on the land to protect this fragile system and move the system back to native. Cherry Creek Vista Park and Recreation compiled results from
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Sal Vargas, a custom jeweler in Greenwood Village is closing his doors after 45+ years. When Sal was 17, he began his journey in the jewelry trade. A year later, he moved to Los Angeles where he worked for different jewelers, constantly perfecting his craft. He learned the art of setting diamonds and gems, as well as how to make gold castings. As word got around of his natural ability and excellent craftsmanship, Sal decided to open his own jewelry store, which he did in 1971. His business thrived in L.A. for the next 18 years. In 1989, Sal moved to Colorado where he worked for Foster and Son Fine Jewelry, and Walters and Hogsett Jewelers, even-
tually opening his own store in Cherry Creek North. For the last five years his business has continued to flourish in The Orchards shopping center in Greenwood Village. His passion is shared by his 10-year manager/CAD designer, Angela Kwak and together they combine traditional craftsmanship with advanced precision technology to create unique, one-of-a-kind jewelry pieces of the highest quality. Sal would like to extend his sincere gratitude to his loyal customers for their support over the years. He feels truly blessed. Please stop in and see Sal one last time before he heads in to his retirement years. 5956 S. Holly Street, Greenwood Village, open Tuesday through Saturday, 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Application period opens for Judicial Nominating Commission Applications are now being accepted for upcoming vacancies on 10 Judicial District Nominating Commissions throughout Colorado and the Supreme Court Nominating Commission. As of Dec. 31, there will be 14 vacancies as detailed below. Judicial nominating commissioners are volunteers and serve six-year terms, interviewing applicants for judicial vacancies and nominating candidates to the governor. The Supreme Court Nominating Commission, which nominates candidates for the Colorado Supreme Court and Colorado Court of Appeals, will have one vacancy. Applicants must be an attorney and reside in the Seventh Congressional District. The 18th Judicial District (Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert and Lincoln counties) will have three
vacancies, one for an attorney and two for non-attorneys. One appointee must reside in Elbert County and one in Lincoln County. Of the three appointees, no more than two may be registered as Republican and no more than two may be registered as Democrat. More information on nominating commissions may be found on the Judicial Branch Web site at www.courts.state. co.us/Courts/Supreme_Court/ Nominating.cfm. Applications will be accepted through Nov. 7, 2016. Applications may be made only online at the State of Colorado Boards and Commissions Application page at tfaforms.com/290254. Applicants should include a current resume or biography where indicated on the application.
a community survey to aid in Windemere Park’s redesign in May, to honor Arapahoe County Open Space and other partners, as the district and its constituents celebrate the park opening: a natural pocket of beauty in the southeast suburbs. To learn more about the Arapahoe County Open Space grant program, please visit the County Website: co.arapahoecounty.civicplus. com. To learn more about the Cherry Creek Vista Park and Recreation District, please visit the district’s website at ccvprd.org or contact.
Englewood issues openburning ban The Englewood fire marshal’s office declared an immediate ban this week on all open fires and burning within the city, which has determined that conditions in Englewood present an extreme danger for the possibility of accidental fires. The ban will remain in effect until further notice and applies to all outdoor fires, including: • Campfires • Outdoor clay fireplaces • Fire pits • Warming fires • Fires in outdoor woodburning stoves • Burning of trash, debris or prescribed burns The ban does not apply to: • Fire contained within liquid-fueled or gas stoves, fireplaces and wood-burning stoves within a building. • Small charcoal or gas grill barbecues that do not produce open flames when used, such as those used for cooking or warming food. • Permitted public fireworks displays with adequate firefighting personnel and equipment assigned to be on the scene. • Civic, social or religious organizations that obtain a special permit from the Englewood fire marshal and comply with the requirements of the Englewood Municipal Code. Upon conviction for violating the ban, fines can be up to $1,000. Residents should also be aware that it is illegal to possess, store, sell, use, or shoot fireworks in the city of Englewood without a permit. For additional information, call 303-762-2475.
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At the Cherry Creek School District, the future isn’t a faroff, distant concept
HARRY C. BULL, JR. Our commitment to excellence is tied directly to our students – their learning, their skills and their prospects long after they walk across the stage and receive their high school diplomas. That means we’re focused on the world that will await them when they leave district, whether it’s our pre-school and elementary school students or our high school seniors. The future figures into our everyday decisions in the present. We want to ensure that our graduates leave the Cherry Creek School District with valuable and practical skills; we want to be certain that the learning that takes place in every one of our classrooms will translate into a direct benefit for every one of our students. Those priorities helped drive Cherry Creek 2021, the initiative initiated in 2015 to update graduation requirements for the class of 2021 and beyond. The process went deeper than graduation requirements as required by the state – we wanted to finalize a plan that would implement all the proper training, programming and other opportunities to ensure that all of our graduates will be college and careerready. In community meetings and public forums, we reached out to community members from across our 108 square miles – parents, grandparents, teachers, government officials and administrators. We also reached out to leaders from the local business community, and their feedback has been invaluable. I’d like to share some of their insights about a rapidly changing world, one where revolutions in technology, information sharing and business culture have redefined the traditional notion of marketable skills. Indeed, we’re asking our students to learn and prepare differently than their parents. Our task as a district is to prepare our children for their future, not for what was my future. Our task is to prepare our kids for the world of Google, not IBM. And that world relies on what were once considered “soft skills,” talents like problem-solving, creativity, innovation and the ability to work on a team. These are the abilities that are prized at a company like Arrow Electronics, the Fortune 500 company based in Centennial. “Innovation needs to be taught just as specifically as Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) skills,” notes Joe Verrengia, global director of corporate responsibility at Arrow. “Now, the information is ubiquitous; any kid can find out about Ohm’s Law
on their phone. It’s what you can do with that information that’s important. We have to focus on teaching people what to do with information, on using their imaginations and innovating.” He talks about the need for stressing those lessons in our schools, pointing specifically to events like the Cardboard Challenge, an annual Cherry Creek School District and Cherry Creek Schools Foundation event cosponsored by Arrow that sees students from across grade levels competing to create projects made entirely of cardboard and other recycled materials. Verrengia points to a specific project created by a Cherry Creek School District elementary school student a couple of years ago, a working violin made entirely out of cardboard. “I can’t imagine what that student will be able to do in the future,” he notes. “I want her at Arrow.” The stress on creativity, innovation and teamwork isn’t limited to Arrow, or even the electronics industry. Lisa Jenson, Campus Connections Director for the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, works to connect applicants with a wide range of jobs at the Aurora-based campus. Whether it’s HVAC specialists or pharmacy technicians, Jenson helps qualified, local applicants find careers at the University of Colorado Hospital, Children’s Hospital Colorado, the University of Colorado Anschutz Med Campus and University Physicians Inc. In this wide-ranging work, Jenson has seen a similar value in skills that were once overlooked. As the medical industry undergoes seismic shifts with the advent of new technologies, being able to problem solve and innovate real-time solutions is a highly prized quality in any candidate. “I would say what I hear most often from the four employers on this campus is the value of customer service skills, of people who take initiative to solve problems and be proactive in figuring out how to make things better. That’s a really important skill,” she insists, adding that these talents don’t only apply to doctors and surgeons. “There are many, many vacancies in HVAC and those industries; also in our pharmacies, in the ophthalmic tech
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field. A new one on the horizon is ultrasound tech; I’m not even sure if there’s a distinct training program for that yet.” In a world where new and promising careers are inventing themselves every day, the value of innovation and creativity is paramount. It’s the reason that the Cherry Creek 2021 vision includes offering more opportunities for students to explore their interests and possible career paths as early as sixth grade. It’s the reason our vision for the future allows students to demonstrate competency in multiple ways, not just through standardized tests. It’s the reason we’ve taken a leadership role in working with CareerWise Colorado, a recently launched professional program that seeks to connect 20,000 students with professional internships and apprenticeships in the next few years. “We’re creating a framework for schools to focus on critical thinking and other 21st-century skills and the foundational competencies so that students are prepared for a youth apprenticeship,” notes Ryan Gensler, marketing manager for Intertech Plastics and director of external affairs for CareerWise Colorado. “The Cherry Creek School District has been fully on board … they’re allowing students to practice what they’re learning in the classroom. That will help internalize everything that they’re learning. It will give them a set of skills that students who are only taught in the classroom just will not get.” In other words, we’re connecting our students with the future – right now. It’s not the glitzy, faraway realm of a science-fiction movie, but rather the interconnected, rapidly changing world they face every day. Harry C. Bull, Jr., Ed.D., Superintendent, Cherry Creek School District
LPS Board president receives McGuffey Award Littleton Public Schools’ Board of Education President Jack Reutzel recently received a McGuffey Award from the Colorado Association of Schools Boards. The annual award celebrates school board leaders for their committed and passionate service to their district. Reutzel was nominated by fellow Board of Education member Carrie Warren-Gully. “Jack leads with hu-
LPS Board President Jack Reutzel receives the McGuffey Award. Photo courtesy of LPS
mor, head and heart, and his dedication to the development of new board members serves as a model for others,” she said. “Jack exemplifies the true meaning of leadership.” Reutzel was elected to the LPS Board in November 2013 and was elected president in 2015. As a longtime Littleton community member, Reutzel’s children are graduates of LPS schools.
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The new Volvo S90 is the star in a blue and gold setting. Photo by Bud Wells
Thor’s Hammer, bookends to a waterfall grille somewhat similar to that used on the 1972 Volvo P1800. The hood is long, the top is low and the rear deck is short, finished in mussel blue. Dressing up the interior are perforated leather seating and woodgrain trim on the dash and doors. Added pleasure from the Inscription trim level are the 13-speaker sound system of Bowers & Wilkins, navigation, digital instrument cluster and chilled glove box. The 2.0-liter, four-cylinder engine delivers adequate power to the 4,000-pound sedan with both instant boost and midrange thrust from the supercharger/turbocharger combination. The AWD will split power 50/50 front to rear as necessary in adverse conditions.
The smaller power plant and eightspeed automatic transmission lift the Volvo’s highway fuel-mileage estimate to 31 miles per gallon. My overall average was 27.9. The S90 rides on very-low-profile tires from Pirelli (255/35R20). A Pilot Assist semi-autonomous drive system aids the S90’s operator with adaptive cruise control and lane-keeping for maintaining proper road position in highway travel. The S90, with sticker price of $66,105, will compete with the Audi A6 and A7, the BMW 5 series and 6 series and MercedesBenz E Class. In addition to the all-wheeldrive T6, Volvo offers an S90 T5 with front-wheel drive. A T8 plugin hybrid is expected to be introduced in the near future.
Prepare vehicles for harsh weather As the seasons change, motorists must take steps to safeguard their vehicles, especially when the season changes from fall to winter. Each winter, many vehicles are subjected to sub-zero temperatures, snowfall and icy roads, and such conditions can take their toll on vehicles over time. Taking steps to prepare vehicles for winter weather is a vital step that can make cars and trucks safer for drivers and their passengers.
Battery
Old batteries should be replaced before winter begins. Without a strong, properly functioning battery, engines cannot turn over. Most batteries last between three and five years. However, extreme cold can compromise batteries, especially those that have been around awhile. Batteries are made up of acid and water, and cold temperatures can freeze the water, thereby affecting battery performance. According to AAA’s Automotive Research Center, at 32 F, the average battery loses 35 percent of its strength. Newer batteries can be protected by starting the vehicle each day to warm up and recharge the battery. Let the car run for at least 10 minutes if you cannot take an extended drive.
road salts. High-quality sealants can be used on bumpers, trim and rubber door seals as added protection. Speak with an automotive retailer or even the car dealership if you are unsure which products will make your car’s parts most durable for winter weather. Do not stop washing your car just because the weather is cold. Slushy, wet roads and snowmelting salts can speed up the formation of rust or other decay on the undercarriage of the vehicle. These materials will need to be periodically cleaned off. Flush the underside of the vehicle whenever possible, taking advantage of any dry, slightly warmer days.
Tire pressure
According to the automotive retailer Pep Boys, vehicle tires lose a pound of air pressure for every 10-degree drop in temperature. Many modern cars will alert to changes in air pressure, and drivers should be diligent in maintaining the proper tire pres-
sure. Fuel economy as well as handling ability can decline when tires are not inflated properly. Tires can be refilled at many gas stations for little cost.
Wipers
Visibility is key in hazardous weather conditions, and keeping the windshield clean is a priority. This means ensuring there is enough windshield wiper fluid in the car and that it is a product that will not freeze. Wiper blades can freeze and crack in the winter. Older blades may be more susceptible to damage. It’s a worthy investment to replace existing wiper blades at the start of each winter. When vehicles are parked, pull the wipers off of the windshield to safeguard them from sticking and cracking. Cold weather requires drivers to amp up their vehicle maintenance routines. Consult with a mechanic or automotive retailer for more ideas and products that can help your vehicles operate safely and efficiently this winter.
Exterior maintenance
Keeping a car waxed and sealed can help maintain a durable exterior finish. This includes not only the paint, but the rubber and vinyl parts of the car’s exterior. Winter is a good time to switch to a heavy-duty synthetic wax that can shield against water and
Replace existing wiper blades at the beginning of each winter so driver visibility is not compromised.
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OPINION
I don’t get that channel PERSPECTIVA
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BY BECKY OSTERWALD Remember the old days when a person had to get up to change the television channel? Not to mention the fact that you only had five or six to choose from. Or how about when the rabbit ears had to be adjusted just to receive the signal? When television stations started showing up on UHF channels sometimes it took a fine-tuner to have them come in. Then along came cable and satellite with the hundreds of channels (that can only be watched one at a time). You still had to pay extra for the premium channels. But in the early days of cable, if everything worked just right, you might be able to see a fuzzy picture or listen to an HBO movie.
All this, of course, has a point— in those fuzzy or even contemptible “channels” that get broadcast every day. Those confounding “channels” of politics, entertainment, sports, attitudes, behavior etc. One day in the newsroom, our very own photojournalist extraordinaire, Stefan Krusze, was talking about a program he watched on some station like 26.3 or some such. It sounded interesting, but living in the mountains, I don’t get fraction channels, so I said, “I don’t get that channel.” All of a sudden, Peter Jones, our news editor, turned to me and said “You need to use that.” Then it just became a matter of how to use it. The good news is—it doesn’t matter because it’s one of those phrases that fits no matter what— good, bad or indifferent—it fits. Call it one of life’s lessons. There are times that no matter how hard you try to fine-tune the channel, it just won’t come in. So this is my new recurring perspectiva obscura—I don’t get that channel. For example, I like ‘60s and folk music (yes, Bob Dylan deserved the Nobel Prize for literature). Rap music: as hard as I try, I just
don’t get that channel. Basketball and golf—don’t care to get that channel. Control freaks, I don’t get that channel. Reality TV—isn’t. So, I don’t get that channel. I also don’t get the channels of hypocrites, Shakespeare and bad drivers. Game shows are boring—I don’t get that channel. Opera (including soaps), I don’t get that channel. Channels I do get include chocolate doughnuts, baseball and Judy Collins. Another channel I get is newspapers, which have always been around to monitor local, state and national government. Case in point: Watergate. Trying to understand a political candidate—I can’t, nor do I want to receive that channel. Earlier this month, The Villager celebrated National Newspaper Week, just as the Committee to Protect Journalists said a certain election outcome would be a threat to freedom of the press. I don’t get that channel—and wouldn’t walk cross the room to tune it in.
GUEST OPINION
Orchard Station Plan Is a test on democracy BY JERRY PRESLEY Councilmember respondes to Bob Sweeney’s Sept. 29 column. As your good friend Mort Marks would write, “Bob, Bob, Bob...” Recently you wrote an opinion supporting a change in the Greenwood Village Comprehensive Plan that would dramatically alter the city’s vision. The issue is about the type of development in the I-25 and Orchard Road area and you support the change in the vision and I oppose it. We disagree. The current vision is that this area should be an employment center, used primarily by commercial office, lodging and related business use. This area is the foundation of our tax base which allows the city to provide an outstanding level of service to the people who live and work here. The Comprehensive Plan is open and clear that it discourages apartment development in this area. The proposed change would be a 180 degree reversal. It is a seismic change. This vision would encourage and promote high density residential development and the conflict of these visions is the heart of a contentious and polarizing debate. On July 19, just a few months ago, you and I sat next to each other and listened to a packed house of residents express their strong opposition to the proposed change. In public testimony before the city’s Planning & Zoning Commission, citizen after citizen made passionate pleas to reject the proposed revision. A friend of mine described the audience as an angry crowd with pitchforks but that was a hyperbole. No one carried a pitchfork, but they certainly were angry.
After hearing the public testimony, P&Z voted 8-0 to recommend to the council that it reject the change to the vision and shortly thereafter the City Council voted 8-0 to put the issue on “indefinite hold”. It appeared that the city listened to its citizens and would continue to discourage high density apartments. Now, just a few months later, P&Z is reconsidering its position and it appears that the Commission is about to flip flop on its vote. It is considering the same plan as before with some inconsequential wordsmith edits that have nothing to do with the core issue. So for a second time, on Sept. 20, hundreds of citizens spent an additional number of countless hours writing another flood of letters and testifying again about their views. The fact is that the view of government by many people has morphed from trust to distrust and this bothers me more than the possibility of a bunch of apartments. Something bigger is at stake here. We need to restore trust in government. The Planning & Zoning Commission is now scheduled to take a second vote on the issue at its Oct. 18 meeting. The Commission can vote to 1) recommend approval of the plan, 2) recommend a second rejection of the
plan, or 3) table the plan and not make a recommendation. Regardless of the P&Z vote, the city is in a no-win situation. There will be hundreds of citizens who will be disappointed if P&Z votes to approve or reject the plan because there are many with strongly held views on both sides. Our house is divided. The City Council is divided. Bob, I am asking you, and I am asking the Planning & Zoning Commission, to join me in offering a better alternative. I want all of us to recommend that the city council refer this controversial issue to a vote of the people in a referendum scheduled for the May 2017 vote cycle. Let the people decide. Regardless of the outcome, this will restore faith in government and that is the bigger picture. Representative government is the best option in almost all cases because it is far more efficient. However, efficiency should not be the goal in this case. Re-establishing trust should be the goal. After the last vote is counted, no one can point a finger at government and legitimately cry foul. A vote of the people is less efficient but it supports the greater principle of democracy. Let the people vote. Jerry Presley is a former Greenwood Village City Councilmember.
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ARAPAHOE COUNTY COMMISSIONER (D-5) As we move closer to Nov. 8, Election Day 2016, I believe it is important to recognize all candidates running for the honor of representing us at all levels of government. Running for political office is a very difficult and expensive challenge. It requires many personal sacrifices, time away from family and friends, soliciting for campaign contributions, walking precincts and going to community meetings. On the positive side, campaigning is a great opportunity to better understand the issues affecting those individuals you want to represent. In talking to the average voter, you begin to understands their day-to-day struggles and how, once elected, you can help in making their lives
better by improving their access to services that your government entity can provide. As a candidate, your job is to articulate an understanding of the needs of those you represent that eventually earns the support of those constituents. I very much admire those who are willing to step up to the challenges of running for public office. Campaigning for office is a hard, physical and emotional task, but the real challenge comes when you are elected. As an elected official, your life is managed by a daily schedule that results in long hours of work, providing leadership in managing a large complicated organization—and dealing with many of the competing interests can at times be a demanding task. For those who choose to become a public servant and strive to achieve to make government work more compassionately and efficiently, I salute you. We all must show our respect to all our candidates and elected officials, no matter which political party they represent. They all stepped up to the challenges of public service and in many cases at a significant personal cost to represent all of us. They are the guardians of the democratic process.
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LEGALS Chapparal Metropolitan District and that such proposed budget will be considered for adoption at a public hearing during a regular meeting of the Board of Directors of the District to be held at the South Metro Fire Station No. 42, 7230 South Parker Road, Foxfield, Colorado at 3:00 p.m., on Tuesday, November 8, 2016. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that an amendment to the 2016 budget of the District, if necessary, may also be considered at a public hearing held during the abovereferenced regular meeting of the Board of Directors.
Your Right to Know! FORECLOSURES COMBINED NOTICE – PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0454-2016 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On July 29, 2016, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records. Original Grantor(s) KENNETH M. SALAS and SYLVIA SANDOVAL Original Beneficiary(ies) AMERICA’S WHOLESALE LENDER Current Holder of Evidence of Debt WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, AS TRUSTEE FOR STANWICH MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST A Date of Deed of Trust May 25, 2000 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust June 01, 2000 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B0065446 Original Principal Amount $95,750.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $95,894.49 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof. THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. THE EAST 75 FEET OF LOTS NUMBERED 23 AND 24, BLOCK 3, S.G. HAMLIN’S BROADWAY ADDITION, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 3201 S ACOMA STREET, ENGLEWOOD, CO 80110. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 11/16/2016, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. First Publication 9/22/2016 Last Publication 10/20/2016 Name of Publication The Villager IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 3838-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov DATE: 07/29/2016 Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Lynn M. Janeway #15592
Elizabeth S. Marcus #16092 Kelly Murdock #46915 David R. Doughty #40042 Alison L Berry #34531 Sheila J Finn #36637 Eve M. Grina #43658 Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592 Janeway Law Firm PC 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990 Attorney File # 16-012085 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. Published in The Villager First Publication: September 22, 2016 Last Publication: October 20, 2016 Legal # 0454-2016 ____________________________ COMBINED NOTICE PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0461-2016 To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust: On August 2, 2016, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records. Original Grantor(s) Phyll R Mosteller and Jeremy Mosteller Original Beneficiary(ies) Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., acting solely as nominee for Innovative Lending Solutions Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Matrix Financial Services Corporation Date of Deed of Trust July 09, 2009 County of Recording Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust July 24, 2009 Recording Information (Reception No. and/or Book/Page No.) B9080329 Original Principal Amount $209,104.00 Outstanding Principal Balance $205,274.98 Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4) (i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof. THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. PLEASE SEE ATTACHED LEGAL DESCRIPTION Also known by street and number as: 7198 E Euclid Dr, Centennial, CO 80111 THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust. THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 11/30/2016, at the East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. First Publication 10/6/2016 Last Publication 11/3/2016 Name of Publication The Villager IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED; IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 3838-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BUREAU (CFPB), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS. Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503
Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov DATE: 08/02/2016 Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado By: Cynthia D Mares, Public Trustee The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is: Lauren Tew #45041 Randall Chin #31149 Monica Kadrmas #34904 Weldon Phillips #31827 Barrett, Frappier & Weisserman, LLP 1199 Bannock Street, Denver, CO 80204 (303) 350-3711 Attorney File # 2245.100099.F01 The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose. 0461-2016 EXHIBIT A LOT 35, BLOCK 4, HERITAGE PLACE, FILING NO. 3, EXCEPT THAT PART DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE MOST NORTHERLY CORNER OF LOT 35, BLOCK 4, HERITAGE PLACE FILING NO. 3; THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY ALONG THE LINE BETWEEN LOTS 35 AND 36, A DISTANCE OF 170.52 FEET TO THE MOST EASTERLY CORNER OF LOT 35; THENCE ON A DEFLECTION ANGLE TO THE RIGHT OF 178 DEGREES 11 MINUTES 30 SECONDS A DISTANCE OF 126.76 FEET; THENCE ON A DEFLECTION ANGLE TO THE RIGHT OF 07 DEGREES 00.10 MINUTES A DISTANCE OF 44 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Published in The Villager First Publication: October 6, 2016 Last Publication: November 3, 2016 Legal # 0461-2016 ____________________________
DISTRICT COURT ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO 7325 S Potomac St. Centennial, CO 80112 Plaintiff: CHAMBERS RIDGE TOWNHOUSE ASSOCIATION (THE), a Colorado non-profit corporation, Defendants: PETER FRANK MERCALDI, JR.; THE BANK OF NEW YORK; LIBERTY ACQUISITIONS SERV, LLC; CHERRY CREEK DENTAL ASSOCIATES, P.C.; CYNTHIA D. MARES AS PUBLIC TRUSTEE FOR ARAPAHOE COUNTY; SUE SANDSTROM AS TREASURER FOR ARAPAHOE COUNTY; UNKNOWN TENANT(S) IN POSSESSION. Attorneys for Plaintiff: WINZENBURG, LEFF, PURVIS & PAYNE, LLP Stephane R. Dupont, #39425 Gina C. Botti #42005 Address: 8020 Shaffer Parkway, Suite 300 Littleton, CO 80127 Phone Number: (303) 863-1870 Case Number: 16CV031334 Div.: Ctrm.: SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT: PETER FRANK MERCALDI, JR. You are hereby summoned and required to appear and defend against the claims of the complaint filed with the court in this action, by filing with the clerk of this court an answer or other response. You are required to file your answer within 35 days after the service of this Summons upon you. Service of the summons shall be complete on the day of the last publication. A copy of the complaint may be obtained from the clerk of the court. If you fail to file your answer or other response to the complaint in writing within 35 days after the date of the last publication, judgment by default may be rendered against you by the court for the relief demanded in the complaint without further notice. This is an action for judicial foreclosure of an assessment lien in and to the real property situated in Arapahoe County, Colorado, more particularly described on Exhibit A, attached hereto and by this reference made a part hereof. Dated: September 13, 2016. WINZENBURG, LEFF, PURVIS & PAYNE, L.L.P.
By: /s/Stephane R. Dupont Stephane R. Dupont This Summons is issued pursuant to Rule 4(h), Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure Exhibit A Lot 198, Block 2, Chambers Ridge Subdivision Filing No. 1, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado. Also known as: 2020 S. Hannibal Way, #E, Aurora, CO 80013. Published in The Villager First Publication: September 22, 2016 Last Publication: October 20, 2016 Legal # 6905 ____________________________ DISTRICT COURT COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO 7325 South Potomac Street Centennial, Colorado 80112 (303) 649-6355 Telephone PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO In the Interest of: JAIDAN ROSARIO-CRUZ, DEVON ROSARIO-CRUZ, AND NATHAN ROSARIO-CRUZ Children, And Concerning: KARYN ALLACHER, DONNIE RIVERA-TORREZ, JAI YOUNG, AND CARLOS CRUZ Respondents. And Concerning: MARSHALL TODD, Special Respondent. Marilee McWilliams, Reg. #16564 Assistant County Attorney Attorney for Petitioner 14980 East Alameda Drive Aurora, CO 80012 (303) 636-1883 / Fax: (303) 6361889 Case No: 16JV733 Division: 14 NOTICE OF ADJUDICATORY HEARING AND DEFAULT JUDGMENT _______ PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that an Adjudicatory Hearing regarding DONNI RIVERA-TORREZ and JAI YOUNG is set for October 31, 2016 at 2:00 P.M. in Division 14 at the Arapahoe County District Court, 7305 South Potomac Street, Centennial, Colorado 80112. You have the right to be represented by an attorney during these proceedings; if you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed to represent you. In the event you fail to appear for said hearing at the date and time indicated, the Petitioner, the People of the State of Colorado, will request that the Court enter a default judgment against you and adjudicate the child dependent and neglected in accordance with the Colorado Children’s Code. Date: October 13, 2014 Marilee McWilliams, Reg. #16564 Assistant County Attorney 14980 E. Alameda Dr. Aurora, CO 80012 (303) 636-1883 (P) (303) 636-1889 (F) Published in The Villager Published: October 20, 2016 Legal # 6967 ____________________________
NOTICE CITY OF CENTENNIAL NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Monday, October 17, 2016 the Centennial City Council passed on first reading: ORDINANCE NO. 2016-O-20 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CENTENNIAL, COLORADO REZONING CERTAIN PROPERTIES LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF EAST ARAPAHOE ROAD AND SOUTH QUEBEC STREET AND AT THE NORTHEAST AND NORTHWEST CORNERS OF EAST ARAPAHOE ROAD AND SOUTH POTOMAC STREET FROM GENERAL COMMERCIAL (CG) TO ACTIVITY CENTER (AC) UNDER THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE, AND AMENDING THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP The full text of the ordinance is available for public inspection in the office of the City Clerk. The ordinance may be obtained by contacting the City Clerk, 303-754-3324.
The full text of the ordinance is also available on the City’s web site, www.centennialcolorado.com. By: Barbara Setterlind, CMC City Clerk Published in The Villager Published: October 20, 2016 Legal # 6968 ____________________________ NOTICE CITY OF CENTENNIAL NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Monday, October 17, 2016 the Centennial City Council passed on first reading: ORDINANCE NO. 2016 O-11 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CENTENNIAL, COLORADO AMENDING CHAPTER 12 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE (LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE) RELATED TO THE CENTRAL ARAPAHOE ROAD CORRIDOR The full text of the ordinance is available for public inspection in the office of the City Clerk. The ordinance may be obtained by contacting the City Clerk, 303-754-3324. The full text of the ordinance is also available on the City’s web site, www.centennialcolorado.com. By: Barbara Setterlind, CMC City Clerk Published in The Villager Published: October 20, 2016 Legal # 6969 ____________________________
CITY OF GREENWOOD VILLAGE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given of a public hearing to be held by the Greenwood Village City Council on Monday, November 7, 2016, at 7:00 p.m. at City Hall, 6060 South Quebec Street, Greenwood Village, Colorado, to consider an ordinance which would rezone the Artzer Subdivision, including 5800, 5802, 5804, and 5806 E. Dayton Court from the R-1.0 district to the R-0.5 PUD district. The intent of the rezoning is to establish development standards that are more appropriate and consistent with the existing lot sizes and that will maintain the single-family residential character of the subdivision. Please contact Ben Thurston, Senior Planner, at 303-486-5788, with any questions concerning the proposed rezoning. BY ORDER OF THE GREENWOOD VILLAGE CITY COUNCIL SUSAN M. ORTIZ, MMC CITY CLERK Published in The Villager Published: October 20, 2016 Legal # 6974 ____________________________ CITY OF GREENWOOD VILLAGE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Copies of the proposed 2017 budget and, if necessary, the proposed amendment of the 2016 budget are on file in the office of the District located at Community Resource Services of Colorado, LLC, 7995 East Prentice Avenue, Suite 103E, Greenwood Village, Colorado and are available for public inspection. Any interested elector of the District may file or register any objections to the proposed 2017 budget and the proposed amendment of the 2016 budget at any time prior to the final adoption of said budget and proposed budget amendment by the governing body of the District. Dated: October 10, 2016 BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: CHAPPARAL METROPOLITAN DISTRICT /s/ COMMUNITY RESOURCE SERVICES OF COLORADO, LLC, District Manager Published in The Villager Published: October 20, 2016 Legal # 6953 ____________________________ INVITATION TO BID GREENWOOD METRO DISTRICT Greenwood Village, Colorado Sealed bids will be received from bidders for the MEDIAN LANDSCAPE REMEDIATION PROJECT at the offices of the Engineer, Merrick & Company, 5970 Greenwood Plaza Blvd., Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111. Project includes, but is not limited to the following: This Project is in the area generally west of I-25 to Quebec and between Belleview (Berry) and Arapahoe Road, Greenwood Village, CO and includes: Median Remediation on Quebec Street; Greenwood Plaza Boulevard; Fiddler’s Green Circle, Peakview Avenue, Yosemite, and Greenwood Plaza Boulevard, north of Orchard Road. Work is defined as inclusive of all attendant materials, supplies, labor, and equipment. Sealed Bids must be completed and submitted to the District’s Engineer at the above address by 10:00 a.m., local time, on Tuesday, November 22, 2016. Potential bidders are advised that demonstrated past performance on work similar in type to that defined in the bid documents, bid responsiveness, and financial capability to perform will be among the factors in bidder qualifications and the award of the contract. Payment and performance bonds, each in the full amount of the contract price, will be required upon the award of any bid. Retainages will be held, as required by Colorado law. Plans, specifications and contract documents will be available at the office of Merrick & Company, 5970 Greenwood Plaza Blvd, Greenwood Village, CO 80111, by 9:00 a.m., Friday, October 14, 2016. A nonrefundable charge of $100.00 will be required for each set of bidding documents. They will also be available for review at Merrick & Company’s office.
Notice is hereby given of a public hearing to be held by the Greenwood Village City Council on Monday, November 7, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. at City Hall, 6060 South Quebec Street, Greenwood Village, Colorado, to consider a Planned Unit Development for the Artzer Subdivision, 5800 – 5806 E. Dayton Court. The proposed PUD would establish development standards consistent with the R-0.5 PUD district with the intent to maintain the existing single-family residential character of the subdivision. Please contact Ben Thurston, Senior Planner, at 303-486-5788, with any questions concerning the proposal.
The District reserves the right to reject any bidder as not qualified, reject any and all bids, waive irregularity in the bidding, negotiate regarding or accept responsive and responsible bids, as the best interests of the District may be served, said determination to be made in the sole discretion of the District. Bidders shall have no right to hear or review competing bids or the documentation or analysis thereof.
BY ORDER OF THE GREENWOOD VILLAGE CITY COUNCIL
For further information, please contact Barney Fix at Merrick & Company at 303-751-0741.
SUSAN M. ORTIZ, MMC CITY CLERK Published in The Villager Published: October 20, 2016 Legal # 6975 ____________________________
SPECIAL DISTRICTS NOTICE AS TO PROPOSED BUDGET AND NOTICE CONCERNING BUDGET AMENDMENT CHAPPARAL METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a proposed budget for the ensuing year of 2017 has been submitted to the Board of Directors of the
No partial bids, or bids which are received after the date and time mentioned, will be considered. Any bids received after the scheduled closing time will be returned to the bidder unopened.
Published in The Villager First Publication: October 20, 2016 Last Publication: November 3, 2016 Legal # 6954 ____________________________ NOTICE OF BUDGET HEARING CHERRY CREEK VILLAGE WATER DISTRICT ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to § 29-1-106, C.R.S., as amended, that a proposed Budget has been submitted to the Board of Directors of the Cherry Creek Village Water District, Arapahoe County, Colorado, for calendar year 2017. A copy of said proposed Budget is on file in the District office
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LEGALS — Continued from page 28 — located at Community Resources Services, 7995 East Prentice Avenue, Suite 103E, Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111, where the same is available for inspection by the public Monday through Friday during normal business hours (i.e., 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.). NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that the Board of Directors of the Cherry Creek Village Water District will consider the adoption of the proposed 2017 Budget at a public hearing to be conducted at a regular meeting of the District’s Board of Directors to be held at the District office located at Community Resources Services, 7995 East Prentice Avenue, Suite 103E, Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111 on Tuesday, November 8, 2016 at 8:45 a.m. Any interested elector of the Cherry Creek Village Water District may inspect the proposed Budget for 2017 and file or register any objections thereto at any time prior to the final adoption of the Budget. Dated this 11th day of October, 2016. CHERRY CREEK VILLAGE WATER DISTRICT By: /s/ Philip E. Viseur Secretary Published in The Villager Published: October 20, 2016 Legal # 6955 ____________________________ NOTICE OF VACANCY ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE MARVELLA METROPOLITAN DISTRICT TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, and particularly to the electors of the Marvella Metropolitan District of the City of Centennial, Arapahoe County, Colorado. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Section 32-1-808, C.R.S., that two vacancies currently exist on the board of directors of the Marvella Metropolitan District (“District”). Any qualified, eligible elector of the District interested in filling such vacancy and serving on the board of directors should file a Letter of Interest with the board of directors of the District by October 30, 2016, at the District’s General Counsel’s office. Forms of Letters of Interest are available and can be obtained from the Marvella Metropolitan District, c/o Elisabeth Cortese at McGeady Becher P.C., 450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400, Denver, Colorado 80203, (303) 592 4380. MARVELLA DISTRICT
METROPOLITAN
By: /s/ ELISABETH A. CORTESE Attorney for the District Published in The Villager Published: October 20, 2016 Legal # 6956 ____________________________ NOTICE OF 2017 BUDGET HEARING COUNTRY HOMES METROPOLITAN DISTRICT, PARCELS A AND B ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to §29-1-106, C.R.S., as amended, that a proposed Budget has been submitted to the Board of Directors of the Country Homes Metropolitan District, Parcels A and B, Arapahoe County, Colorado, for calendar year 2017. A copy of said proposed Budget is on file in the office of Collins Cockrel & Cole, PC, located at 390 Union Boulevard, Suite 400, Denver, Colorado 80228, telephone number (303) 986-1551, where the same is available for inspection by the public Monday through Friday during normal business hours, (i.e. 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.). NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN, that the Board of Directors of the Country Homes Metropolitan District, Parcels A and B, will consider the adoption of the proposed 2017 Budget at a public hearing to be conducted at a special meeting of the District’s Board of Directors to be held at 25 Sunset Drive, Cherry Hills Village, Colorado 80113, on Tuesday, November 14, 2016, at 5:30 p.m. Any interested elector of the Country Homes Metropolitan District may inspect the proposed 2017 Budget and file or register any objections or comments thereto at any time prior to the final adoption of the budgets. Dated this 12th day of October, 2016. COUNTRY HOMES METROPOLITAN DISTRICT By: /s/ Charles H. Kurtz President Published in The Villager Published: October 20, 2016 Legal # 6957 ____________________________ NOTICE AS TO PROPOSED 2017 BUDGET AND HEARING GREENWOOD ATHLETIC CLUB METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a proposed budget has been submitted to the GREENWOOD ATHLETIC CLUB METROPOLITAN DISTRICT for the ensuing year of 2017. A copy of such proposed
budget has been filed in the office of Greenwood Athletic and Tennis Club, 5801 South Quebec Street, Greenwood Village, Colorado, where same is open for public inspection. Such proposed budget will be considered at a hearing at the regular meeting of the Greenwood Athletic Club Metropolitan District to be held at 9:00 A.M. on Thursday, October 27, 2016. The meeting will be held at Greenwood Athletic and Tennis Club, 5801 South Quebec Street, Greenwood Village, Colorado. Any interested elector within the Greenwood Athletic Club Metropolitan District may inspect the proposed budget and file or register any objections at any time prior to the final adoption of the 2017 budget. BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: GREENWOOD ATHLETIC CLUB METROPOLITAN DISTRICT By: /s/ ICENOGLE SEAVER POGUE A Professional Corporation Published in The Villager Published: October 20, 2016 Legal # 6966 ____________________________ Public Notice NOTICE AS TO AMENDED 2016 AND PROPOSED 2017 BUDGETS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the amended 2016 and 2017 proposed budgets have been submitted to the Boards of Directors of Centennial 360 Metropolitan District for their consideration. A copy of such proposed budgets have been filed in the offices of the District Manager, Pinnacle Consulting Group, Inc., 1627 E 18th Street, Loveland, CO 80538, where the same is open for public inspection. Such amended and proposed budgets will be considered at a special meeting of the Boards of Directors to be held at Resolute Investments, 7374 S. Alton Way, Ste. 203, Centennial, Colorado 80112 on Tuesday, October 25, 2016 at 11:00 A.M. Any interested elector of Centennial 360 Metropolitan District may inspect the amended and proposed budgets at the office of Pinnacle Consulting Group, Inc., 1627 E 18th Street, Loveland, CO 80538 and file or register any objections at any time prior to the final adoption of the budgets. BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: CENTENNIAL 360 METROPOLITAN DISTRICTS By: /s/ Rachel Provolt, Administrator Published in The Villager Published: October 20, 2016 Legal # 6971 ____________________________ NOTICE AS TO PROPOSED BUDGET AND NOTICE CONCERNING BUDGET AMENDMENT MANSFIELD HEIGHTS WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a proposed budget for the ensuing year of 2017 has been submitted to the Board of Directors of the Mansfield Heights Water and Sanitation District and that such proposed budget will be considered for adoption at a public hearing during a special meeting of the Board of Directors of the District to be held at Community Resource Services of Colorado, LLC, 7995 East Prentice Avenue, Suite 103E, Greenwood Village, Colorado at 4:00 p.m., on Thursday, October 27, 2016. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that an amendment to the 2016 budget of the District, if necessary, may also be considered at a public hearing held during the abovereferenced special meeting of the Board of Directors. Copies of the proposed 2017 budget and, if necessary, the proposed amendment of the 2016 budget are on file in the office of the District located at Community Resource Services of Colorado, LLC, 7995 East Prentice Avenue, Suite 103E, Greenwood Village, Colorado and are available for public inspection. Any interested elector of the District may file or register any objections to the proposed 2017 budget and the proposed amendment of the 2016 budget at any time prior to the final adoption of said budget and proposed budget amendment by the governing body of the District. Dated: October 17, 2016 BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: MANSFIELD HEIGHTS WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT /s/ COMMUNITY RESOURCE SERVICES OF COLORADO, LLC, District Manager Published in The Villager Published: October 20, 2016 Legal # 6976 ____________________________
NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of James R. Ellison a/k/a James Roy Ellison, James Ellison, and Jim Ellison, Deceased Case Number 2016 PR 30908 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are re-
quired to present them to the Personal Representative or to District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado or on or before February 13, 2017 or the claims may be forever barred. Tammy Summers Personal Representative 2024 W. Harvard Avenue Englewood, CO 80110 Published in The Villager First Publication: October 6, 2016 Last Publication: October 20, 2016 Legal # 6929 ____________________________ NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Douglas Charles Harpel Deceased Case Number 2016PR30338 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to District Court of Arapahoe County, on or before February 20, 2017, or the claims may be forever barred. Sean Harpel, c/o Douglas D. Koktavy, P.C. 10200 E. Girard Ave., Suite B-120 Denver, CO 80231 Published in The Villager First Publication: October 13, 2016 Last Publication: October 27, 2016 Legal # 6950 ____________________________ NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Patricia Hauss, Deceased, Case Number 2016PR30968 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to District Court of Arapahoe County, Colorado on or before February 23, 2017, or the claims may be forever barred. Audrey Maria Cole Personal Representative c/o Stewart B. Grant, Attorney at Law, LLC 12265 W. Bayaud Avenue, Suite 210 Lakewood, CO 80228 Published in The Villager First Publication: October 20, 2016 Last Publication: November 3, 2016 Legal # 6951 ____________________________ NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of EILEENE L. McDANAL, a/k/a EILEENE McDANAL, a/k/a E. L. McDANAL, Deceased Case Number 16 PR 30907 All persons having claims against the above-named estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to District Court of Arapahoe, County, Colorado on or before February 21, 2017, or the claims may be forever barred. Shelley S. McDanal P.O. Box 2041 Idaho Springs, CO 80452 Published in The Villager First Publication: October 20, 2016 Last Publication: November 3, 2016 Legal # 6965 ____________________________
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY Proposed Flood Hazard Determinations for Arapahoe County, Colorado and Incorporated Areas The Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has issued a Preliminary Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM), and where applicable, Flood Insurance Study (FIS) report, reflecting proposed flood hazard determinations within Arapahoe County, Colorado and Incorporated Areas. These flood hazard determinations may include the addition or modification of Base Flood Elevations, base flood depths, Special Flood Hazard Area boundaries or zone designations, or the regulatory floodway. Technical information or comments are solicited on the proposed flood hazard determinations shown on the preliminary FIRM and/or FIS report for Arapahoe County, Colorado and Incorporated Area. These flood hazard determinations are the basis for the floodplain management measures that your community is required to either adopt or show evidence of being already in effect in order to qualify or remain qualified for participation in the National Flood Insurance Program. However, before these determinations are effective for floodplain management purposes, you will be provided an opportunity to appeal the proposed information. For information on the statutory 90-day period provided for appeals, as well as a complete listing of the communities affected and the locations where copies of the FIRM are available for review, please visit FEMA’s website at www. fema.gov/plan/prevent/fhm/bfe, or call the FEMA Map Information eXchange (FMIX) toll free at 1-877FEMA MAP (1-877-336-2627). Published in The Villager First Publication: October 13, 2016 Last Publication: October 20, 2016 Legal # 6946 ____________________________ ARAPAHOE COUNTY NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING 2017 PROPOSED BUDGET ARAPAHOE COUNTY GOVERNMENT A proposed budget for Arapahoe County has been submitted to the Board of County Commissioners of Arapahoe County for the ensuing fiscal year of 2017. A copy of such
proposed budget has been filed in the Arapahoe County Finance Department, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, CO, and is open for public inspection between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday (except holidays) and is available via the County’s website at www.arapahoegov.com under the Finance Department.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the final proposed 2017 Budget is scheduled for adoption and appropriation at a regular meeting of the Board of County Commissioners of Arapahoe County scheduled for Tuesday, December 13, 2016 at 9:30 a.m., or as soon thereafter as the calendar of the Board of County Commissioners permits.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that on Tuesday, October 25, 2016 at 9:30 a.m., or as soon thereafter as the calendar of the Board of County Commissioners permits, in the East Hearing Room of the County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, CO, the Board of County Commissioners will hold a public hearing at which all interested persons and citizens will be given an opportunity to be heard concerning the proposed 2017 Arapahoe County Budget.
Any interested elector within the Arapahoe County Recreation District may inspect the proposed 2017 Arapahoe County Recreation District Budget and may file or register any protests or objection thereto at any time prior to final adoption of the 2017 Budget for the Arapahoe County Recreation District.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the final proposed 2017 Budget is scheduled for adoption and appropriation at a regular meeting of the Board of County Commissioners of Arapahoe County scheduled for Tuesday, December 13, 2016 at 9:30 a.m., or as soon thereafter as the calendar of the Board of County Commissioners permits. Any interested elector within Arapahoe County may inspect the proposed 2017 Arapahoe County Budget and may file or register any protests or objection thereto at any time prior to final adoption of the 2017 Budget for Arapahoe County Government. Matt Crane, Clerk to the Board by Joleen Sanchez, Deputy Clerk Published in The Villager Published: October 20, 2016 Legal # 6958 ____________________________ ARAPAHOE COUNTY NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING 2017 PROPOSED BUDGET ARAPAHOE LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY A proposed budget for the Arapahoe Law Enforcement Authority has been submitted to the Board of County Commissioners of Arapahoe County for the ensuing fiscal year of 2017. A copy of such proposed budget has been filed in the Arapahoe County Finance Department, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, CO, and is open for public inspection between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday (except holidays) and is available via the County’s website at www. arapahoegov.com under the Finance Department. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that on Tuesday, October 25, 2016 at 9:30 a.m., or as soon thereafter as the calendar of the Board of County Commissioners permits, in the East Hearing Room of the County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, CO, the Board of County Commissioners will hold a public hearing at which all interested persons and citizens will be given an opportunity to be heard concerning the proposed 2017 Arapahoe Law Enforcement Authority Budget. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the final proposed 2017 Budget is scheduled for adoption and appropriation at a regular meeting of the Board of County Commissioners of Arapahoe County scheduled for Tuesday, December 13, 2016 at 9:30 a.m., or as soon thereafter as the calendar of the Board of County Commissioners permits. Any interested elector within the Arapahoe Law Enforcement Authority may inspect the proposed 2017 Arapahoe Law Enforcement Authority Budget and may file or register any protests or objection thereto at any time prior to final adoption of the 2017 Budget for the Arapahoe Law Enforcement Authority. Matt Crane, Clerk to the Board by Joleen Sanchez, Deputy Clerk Published in The Villager Published: October 20, 2016 Legal # 6959 ____________________________ ARAPAHOE COUNTY NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING 2017 PROPOSED BUDGET ARAPAHOE COUNTY RECREATION DISTRICT A proposed budget for the Arapahoe County Recreation District has been submitted to the Board of County Commissioners of Arapahoe County for the ensuing fiscal year of 2017. A copy of such proposed budget has been filed in the Arapahoe County Finance Department, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, CO, and is open for public inspection between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday (except holidays) and is available via the County’s website at www. arapahoegov.com under the Finance Department. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that on Tuesday, October 25, 2016 at 9:30 a.m., or as soon thereafter as the calendar of the Board of County Commissioners permits, in the East Hearing Room of the County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, CO, the Board of County Commissioners will hold a public hearing at which all interested persons and citizens will be given an opportunity to be heard concerning the proposed 2017 Arapahoe County Recreation District Budget.
Matt Crane, Clerk to the Board by Joleen Sanchez, Deputy Clerk Published in The Villager Published: October 20, 2016 Legal # 6960 ____________________________ ARAPAHOE COUNTY NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING 2017 PROPOSED BUDGET ARAPAHOE COUNTY WATER AND WASTEWATER PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT A proposed budget for the Arapahoe County Water and Wastewater Public Improvement District has been submitted to the Board of County Commissioners of Arapahoe County, as the ex officio Board of Directors of the Arapahoe County Water and Wastewater Public Improvement District, for the ensuing fiscal year of 2017. A copy of such proposed budget has been filed in the Arapahoe County Finance Department, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, CO, and is open for public inspection between 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday (except holidays) and is available via the County’s website at www.arapahoegov.com under the Finance Department. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that on Tuesday, October 25, 2016 at 9:30 a.m., or as soon thereafter as the calendar of the Board of County Commissioners permits, in the East Hearing Room of the County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, CO, the Board of County Commissioners will hold a public hearing at which all interested persons and citizens will be given an opportunity to be heard concerning the proposed 2017 budget for the Arapahoe County Water and Wastewater Public Improvement District. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the final proposed 2017 Budget is scheduled for adoption and appropriation at a regular meeting of the Board of County Commissioners of Arapahoe County, as the ex officio Board of Directors of the Arapahoe County Water and Wastewater Public Improvement District, scheduled for Tuesday, December 13, 2016 at 9:30 a.m., or as soon thereafter as the calendar of the Board of County Commissioners permits. Any interested elector within the Arapahoe County Water and Wastewater Public Improvement District may inspect the proposed 2017 Budget for the Arapahoe County Water and Wastewater Public Improvement District and may file or register any protests or objection thereto at any time prior to final adoption of the 2017 Budget for the Arapahoe County Water and Wastewater Public Improvement District. Matt Crane, Clerk to the Board by Joleen Sanchez, Deputy Clerk Published in The Villager Published: October 20, 2016 Legal # 6961 ____________________________
NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to Joseph McNulty, Francis Warren Moore, Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 7th day of November, 2013, A.D., the then County Treasurer of the County of Arapahoe, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to James P. Boyle, the following described real estate situate in the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado, to-wit: UNIT 1911R BLDG 19 AS PER CONDO DECLARATION RECORDED IN B3161 P727 VICTORIA CROSSING SUB 2ND FLG CONDOS PHASE I and said County Treasurer issued a Certificate of Purchase therefore to James P. Boyle; That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent general taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2012;
That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of Joseph McNulty for said year 2012; That said James P. Boyle, on the 25th day of August, 2016, the present holder of said Certificate, who has made request upon the Treasurer of said County for a deed to said real estate; That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said James P. Boyle, on or about the 16th day of February, 2017, A.D., unless the same has been redeemed. Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed. Witness my hand this 14th day of October, 2016, A.D. Sue Sandstrom Treasurer Arapahoe County Published in The Villager First Publication: October 20, 2016 Last Publication: November 3, 2016 Legal # 6972 ____________________________ NOTICE OF PURCHASE OF REAL ESTATE AT TAX LIEN SALE AND OF APPLICATION FOR ISSUANCE OF TREASURER’S DEED To Every Person in Actual Possession or Occupancy of the hereinafter Described Land, Lot or Premises, and to the Person in Whose Name the same was Taxed or Specially Assessed, and to all Persons having an Interest or Title of Record in or to the said Premises and To Whom It May Concern, and more especially to Stoneridge Park LLC, Mortgage Security Inc., Jodi Andrianakos, Ghassan L. Timani, Konstantine M. Michelis, JM Fay, Carolyn J. McCrary-Bowen, Maria Arellano, Charles Arellano You and each of you are hereby notified that on the 3rd day of November, 2011, A.D., the then County Treasurer of the County of Arapahoe, in the State of Colorado, sold at public tax lien sale to James Sullivan Harrell II Apolonia R. Harrell, the following described real estate situate in the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado, to-wit: LOT 36 EX THAT POR DESC AS BEG AT SW COR SD LOT TH N 199.01 FT TH E 150 FT TH S 100.98 FT TH SW 179.19 FT TO BEG & EX THAT POR DESC AS BEG 112 FT W OF NE COR SD LOT TH S 57.33 FT TH W 6 FT TH S 19 FT TH W 5 FT TH S 20.33 FT TH SE 18.23 FT TH SW 100 FT TH W 227.7 FT TH SW 141 FT TH W 64.61 FT TH N 83.17 FT TH W 4 FT TH N 25 FT TH E 4 FT TH N 19 FT TH W 4 FT TH N 25 FT TH E 3 FT TH N 46 FT TH E 521 FT TO BEG BLK 1 STONE RIDGE PARK SUB 1ST FLG and said County Treasurer issued a Certificate of Purchase therefore to James Sullivan Harrell II Apolonia R. Harrell; That said tax lien sale was made to satisfy the delinquent general taxes assessed against said real estate for the year 2010; That said real estate was taxed or specially assessed in the name(s) of Stoneridge Park LLC for said year 2010; That said James Sullivan Harrell II Apolonia R. Harrell, on the 5th day of July, 2016, the present holder of said Certificate, who has made request upon the Treasurer of said County for a deed to said real estate; That a Treasurer’s Deed will be issued for said real estate to the said James Sullivan Harrell II Apolonia R. Harrell, on or about the 16th day of February, 2017, A.D., unless the same has been redeemed. Said property may be redeemed from said sale at any time prior to the actual execution of said Treasurer’s Deed. Witness my hand this 14th day of October, 2016, A.D. Sue Sandstrom Treasurer Arapahoe County Published in The Villager First Publication: October 20, 2016 Last Publication: November 3, 2016 Legal # 6973
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