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BY MONTE WHALEY MWHALEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Fulltime college students interested in becoming police o cers can get on-the-ground experience in law enforcement through a new program with the Regional Transportation District.
RTD is launching a new Transit Police – or RTD-PD – cadet program for full-time college students in the Denver metro area pursuing a criminal justice or related degree.
Police cadets will gain insights into the day-to-day work of an o cer in a transit police environment while potentially earning a three-hour credit for most college programs, according to an RTD news release.
Johan Sherpa, a senior at Metro State University studying criminal justice, started as RTD-PD’s rst police candidate on July 22 and is expected to be with the agency for six months or more to complete the program, RTD said in a written statement.
An Emergency Management police cadet role is also available, and the agency is reviewing applications to ll that position.
come into the role with an open mind.
“I’m looking forward to learning as much as I can and I’m glad to be here,” said Sherpa in the news release.
RTD’s cadet program provides specialized training for skills essential to pursuing a career in public safety including video investigations, integrated security, cyber security and police dispatch communications. Police cadets can get a “head start” for an ofcer role, states the news release.
“If a cadet wants to join our department, they already have the condence to come in and understanding of the work to quickly complete eld training,” said Martingano in the news release.
Martingano is aware of the impact of a police cadet program. Without his year-and-a-half experience as a New York Police Department police cadet, “I might never have applied to be an o cer.” Martingano originally intended to pursue a degree in accounting. “It’s a job that I’m passionate about,” he added about his work as an o cer and deputy chief.
BY BELEN WARD
RTD Deputy Chief Steven Martingano created the program for students to learn about the agency and explore the public safety eld.
“ e program dedicates time and resources to make sure someone knows what they’re coming into when considering being an o cer,” Martingano said in the news release. “Police work
is more of a calling and a passion.”
Sherpa learned about the RTD police cadet program through his uncle, who is a part of the Golden Police Department. Sherpa said he is looking forward to potentially shadowing or riding along with RTD-PD o cers on patrol and recommended anyone interested in being a police cadet to
RTD is hiring two detective positions in addition to the emergency management police cadet role, according to the news release. e agency continues to add sta to reach a minimum of 96 o cers on the force by yearend. Martingano noted that a college degree is not a requirement for joining the RTD-PD police. Visit the Transit Police Careers page to apply for open roles.
Westminster rst responders, police, re, EMS, and 911 services are now the sixth Front Range Communications Consortium (FRCC) member, according to a news release from August 23. “ is expands the reach of the FRCC and can lead to better communication, which allows for greater situational awareness of many di erent scenarios, like severe weather, active threats or even day-to-day duties like prisoner
transports across counties,” said Cordero Bustos, Wireless Systems Manager for the Weld County Department of Public Safety Communications.
“While communication was possible with Westminster operating on its own network, it required training and technological patchwork, something eliminated by Westminster joining the FRCC.”
e Consortium is a multi-county public trunked radio system located in Adams, Broom eld, Boulder, Weld counties. It includes rst
responders from Federal Heights, ornton, Broom eld, the University of Northern Colorado, Weld County and Adams County.
Weld County helped develop the FRCC public safety communication radio system between agencies in 2014, according to o cials.
e Front Range Communications Consortium authorizes Westminster rst responders to communicate with Weld, Adams County, and other emergency responders within its network to collaborate across the coun-
ties to improve emergency response. “ is IGA further solidi es how effective the FRCC has been since it debuted in 2014,” said Tina Powell, director of the Weld County Department of Public Safety Communications. “Our goal when it was created was to give Weld County, Adams County, and member agencies more control over emergency communication, which positively impacts our ability to respond during emergencies. We’re excited to have Westminster on board.”
Last week, I wrote about what skills and knowledge you should expect your real estate agent to possess. This week, with the shift from a seller’s market to a buyer’s market, I want to write about the importance of selecting the right listing agent.
You’ll probably want to know their level of experience, competence and success in selling homes similar to your own, hopefully within your city or neighborhood.
agents to list their homes? Many, I suspect are friends and family every agent’s biggest “competitor.”
Like you, I monitor the real estate activity where I live. The best way to do that is to ask an MLS member like my broker associates or me to set up a “neighborhood alert,” whereby you receive an automated email from the MLS whenever a home in your area is either coming soon, newly active, price reduced, newly under contract, newly sold, or even newly withdrawn or expired without selling. Send an email to info@GoldenRealEstate.com and I’ll make sure the most appropriate broker associate (or me) responds to set up an alert like that for you.
In my own neighborhood, I’m always astonished how many homes are listed by agents I’ve never heard of. As I write, there are 36 active or coming soon listings within 2 miles of my home, represented by 33 different agents from 27 different brokerages! No agent has more than two listings. And despite practicing real estate here for 22 years, I only recognize the names of 10 of them. This is typical of every city. Where did the sellers find all those different
In some cases, the seller had already gone under contract for their replacement home elsewhere and was convinced by the listing agent of that home to list their current home. If that agent is on the other side of the metro area, that is not the best decision, because that agent will be unfamiliar with your neighborhood, lives far away, and is unable to show the home on short notice, answer questions from buyers, or keep your brochure box well stocked.
Every homeowner, it seems, gets letters or finds a note taped to their door from a broker claiming to have a buyer for their home. That tactic may earn him or her an interview in your home, but I’d bet dollars to donuts that the broker then says, “That buyer found another home, but I’m sure I can find you another buyer if you list with me. Sign here.”
Let’s say, however, that you want to interview listing agents and make a rational hiring decision. Good idea! Let me suggest some questions you might want to ask, some of which might not be obvious or that you know you could ask.
First, however, you need to choose the agents to interview. I suggest basing your search on their location and experience in your neighborhood or city. Second, study their active/sold listings to see (1) their geographic distribution and (2) how well their listings are presented on the MLS.
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weekly newspapers around the metro area, my broker associates and I may not be the best choice based on that first question, but, with my access to the MLS, I can identify the best candidates to interview. Full disclosure: that costs you nothing, but I will get a referral fee if you choose an agent I recommend.
You can also do this on your own by visiting www.Nestfully.com, the consumer-facing website of Denver’s MLS, where you can search for active listings in your area. Click on one or more of them to see how well the listing agent described the home on the MLS. Did they list all the rooms, not just bedrooms and bathrooms, and did they provide dimensions and descriptions of each, or just enter the mandatory fields?
Always keep in mind that the best indicator of how a listing agent will serve you is how they have served previous sellers.
Looking at those listings will answer the most important questions which you’d ask in person, but you won’t have to take their word the truth is there in front of you. You’ll learn, for example, whether they did point-and-shoot pictures or had a professional photographer shoot magazine quality photographs, and whether they created a narrated video tour or just a slide show with music.
Having chosen who to interview that way, ask these questions of those you invite into your home for an interview:
What commission percentage do you charge? Keep in mind, there is no standard commission. It’s totally negotiable, and the industry average is in the mid -5’s, not 6%. It used to be that that commission included the co-op commission paid to a buyer’s broker. As I explained in a previous column (which you can read at JimSmithColumns.com), that has been reworked so that the seller offers whatever buyer agent compensation he or she wants, and that amount, if paid, is deducted from the listing com-
mission same net effect, just reworked to comply with the NAR Settlement prohibiting shared listing commissions.
See whether the agent volunteers that they reduce their commission when the seller doesn’t have to pay the offered compensation to a buyer’s agent. That’s standard with my broker associates and me. If you have to ask for that provision, consider it a red flag. They hoped you wouldn’t ask.
Ask the agent whether he or she will discount their commission if you hire them to represent you in the purchase of your replacement home. That, too, is standard with my broker associates and me.
Hopefully the brokers you interview will have researched the market and will make a well-supported recommendation of listing price. Beware of agents who inflate their suggested listing price so you will list with them.
When setting the appointment, ask the agent to bring a spreadsheet of their sold listings with dates, days on market, listing price and sold price. They can produce that spreadsheet quickly on the MLS. (If they don’t know how, that’s a big red flag!) Here’s an example (mine):
That’s to show you what it looks like. If you want to read it, it is bigger at http://RealEstateToday.substack.com.
BY JASON BLEVINS THE COLORADO SUN
Colorado is the birthplace of shortterm rentals. And the state is groundzero for local regulation of the booming industry.
After several years of reactive, defensive responses to increased regulation and taxation legislation, the state’s short-term rental owners and managers are organizing with an educational campaign and lawmaker lobbying plans. Colorado House Speaker Rep. Julie McCluskie, a Democrat from Dillon, earlier this month warned that short-term rental legislation “is highly likely” in either the special session or next year’s session.
“We know that short-term rentals have become a signi cant part of the guest experience,” she said at a rally of short-term rental owners, managers and representatives from Vrbo in Silverthorne last week. “In order for our tourism economies to thrive, we need short-term rentals in places where the world wants to be.”
With no short-term rental legislation during the special session where lawmakers hammered out a plan for property tax relief, “it does feel like we dodged a bullet,” said Julie Koster, the executive director of the Colorado Lodging and Resort Alliance and the Summit Alliance of Vacation Rental Managers.
Property owners and short-term rental advocates are planning to lobby and court policymakers heading into next year’s legislative session, hoping to sti e increased limitations on vacation rentals. Earlier this year, as the legislature debated Senate Bill 33 — legislation that would have quadrupled property taxes on vacation rental homes — McCluskie elded more than 2,000 emails from constituents in one week. e third-term representative said she has never received so many emails.
She urged the short-term rental advocates gathered inside the Silverthorne Pavilion earlier this month to reach out now to lawmakers and share data — not just anecdotes — about
vacation homes that rent to visitors.
“Short-term rentals are the new frontier for how we experience life. People are letting go of buying things and they are embracing ‘What happened to me yesterday,’” she said. “How do we ensure that there are short-term rentals available? How do we nd balance?”
Balance is the top talking point for owners and managers who rely on vacationers renting private homes. e owners on Tuesday discussed the need for all owners to pay lodging taxes and comply with local regulations as they lobby local and state lawmakers to steer clear of what they call “heavy-handed regulation.”
Senate Bill 33, which was voted down in by the Senate Finance Committee, posed “an existential crisis” for the short-term rental industry in Colorado, said Tim Rosolio, who heads up vacation rental partnerships for Vrbo parent the Expedia Group.
“In Colorado, we kind of got to the brink there,” he said.
e crackdown on short-term rentals in cities like New York, Chicago and San Francisco is spilling into resort markets and it’s important that owners and managers organize to help build rules that protect the industry while alleviating concerns from neighbors and contributing revenue to housing challenges.
“ e answer is not ‘no regulation,’ Rosolio said. “It’s important for us to land on something that is balanced … while making sure that we understand what a big economic driver short-term rentals and tourism are for the community.”
Colorado overnight visitors spent $6.3 billion on lodging in 2023, generating $1.8 billion in local and state tax revenue and supporting 9,450 jobs. Visitors spent $28.2 billion in total in 2023 and vacationers who rented privately owned homes spent $4.1 billion.
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In nine Western Slope mountain counties anchored by ski areas, visitors in short-term rental homes and condos — not hotels and motels — spent $1.2 billion in 2023, up from $1.1 billion in 2022 and 2021. at compares to $2.3 billion spent on traditional hotels and motels in 2023 and 2022.
Since 2019, the number of vacationers renting private homes has increased by 27%.
e taxes generated by tourism in Colorado equate to about $308 per resident. But in places like Summit County, the $96.3 million in state and local taxes paid by tourists in 2023 equals more than $3,150 per resident.
e Colorado Tourism O ce col-
lects annual spending gures and shares that data far and wide. at is part of the o ce’s mission to empower local communities so they can share their own plans for balancing the quality of life for local residents with tourist-based economies.
“What is the value of tourism? Where are you on the tourism cycle in your communities” said Colorado Tourism O ce boss Tim Wolfe, who says the revival of international tourism is a key component for sustainable visitation in high-pro le destinations like metro Denver and Summit County. He’s seeing more communities backing away from intense regulation of short-term rental properties as visitation and lodging tax collections ebb in the rst half of 2024.
Proposition 123, passed by voters in 2022, last year directed $80 million toward a ordable housing across the state. at river of revenue is owing
again this year as more housing plans unfold, Wolfe said.
“Are we giving this a chance to take root or are we going to pass three more things before this actually has a chance to take root and start generating housing,” Wolfe told the vacation rental advocates, urging a wariness of statewide regulation that could slow the ow of tourists into Colorado. “We have to be careful. If we make dramatic changes this (slowdown in visitation) could continue to accelerate.”
Hundreds of property owners and managers have united as part of the Colorado Lodging Resort Alliance, which rallied dozens of advocates to urge opposition to Senate Bill 33 earlier this year.
e group is again rallying its troops to thwart legislation that could impact vacation rentals. e Colorado Association of Ski Towns advocating for legislation that would enable local
communities to ask voters to approve a tax on vacant homes that could include properties that are rented to vacationers. Another proposal by Colorado Counties Inc. would raise the cap on lodging taxes levied by counties to 6% from 2%, just like Colorado municipalities.
“ is could give counties the opportunity to increase revenue for advertising and marketing local tourism, housing, childcare services, and facilitating and enhancing visitor experiences bene ting their county residents,” reads a legislative position statement from Colorado Counties Inc.
“ ere are some scary things out there looming around on the horizon,” Koster said.
is story was printed through a news sharing agreement with e Colorado Sun, a journalist-owned nonpro t based in Denver that covers the state.
State is experiencing one of its worst grasshopper infestations in recent history
BY JENNIFER BROWN THE COLORADO SUN
It was as if Doug Bay’s wish had come true, the day the doves landed. Bay, who grows alfalfa and a bit of corn and sorghum in Otero County, had been eyeing the 3 acres of fresh green shoots for days, worrying they were about to be destroyed by the swarms of crop-munching grasshoppers that were bouncing all over his farm.
He was holding out hope that he wouldn’t have to spray pesticide to save his alfalfa crop from the destructive insects, which are vexing farmers and gardeners from Denver to the plains this summer. Bay almost called the local crop duster, but he put it o . en came the doves. About 200 of the tan birds swooped down from the sky and feasted on the grasshoppers, demolishing pretty much the whole lot.
“It was kinda neat,” recalled Bay, whose family has been farming in Cheraw since 1950. “A couple hundred of them, eating those grasshoppers. ey must have told their friends this was a good place to eat.”
For farmers, the best way to deal with grasshoppers is to let birds handle it. But this year, when the grasshopper infestation is one of the worst in recent history, farmers can’t rely on just the birds.
e bounty of grasshoppers is on par with last summer’s Mormon cricket invasion on the Western Slope. Bay said he had to hire the crop duster to spray his other, larger eld of alfalfa, costing him about $15 for each of the 120 acres. He’s also got 15 chickens that spend their days pecking his yard and keeping the grasshoppers at a more manageable level, at least near his house.
Scientists say the grasshoppers are having a banner year in Colorado because the conditions for hatching eggs and growing big insects were ideal. Grasshoppers lay their eggs in dirt, and the pods or “egg beds” remain underground through the winter. e eggs hatch in the spring, and the tiny “nymphs” crawl out of the ground in search of food, according to Colorado State University’s extension services. If weather conditions are good, and there is plenty to eat, grasshoppers grow for several weeks until they reach adult size — and this summer they are quite large. e insects likely hatched earlier this year because of a mild, warmer spring, and then did not face the kind of cold, wet weather that can kill o newly hatched grasshoppers.
In Denver, gardeners are reporting extra-large grasshoppers and in extra large numbers, popping around yards and chewing holes in the leaves of their lettuce and tomato plants. On the Eastern Plains, their destruction has been spotty — some farms are having to spray pesticides or losing yields to the bugs, while others have had few issues.
For gardeners, experts suggest adding some plants that repel grasshoppers — garlic or chives — or using gar-
lic to make a natural spray. Another idea is to cover the garden with netting to keep the insects from jumping into it. Get some chickens. Or put up a bird feeder.
While grasshopper eggs are more likely to survive the winter in dry soil, undisturbed by tillage or irrigation, the insects often live longer and grow bigger in irrigated land where there is plenty of foliage.
Farmers, including Bay in Otero County, are on their third out of four cuts of alfalfa for the season, and still keeping an eye on the grasshoppers.
Alfalfa is most vulnerable to grasshoppers when it’s just beginning to grow and “they can mow it right down,” Bay said. When the plants are taller, grasshoppers can’t destroy it but can
decrease its yield, he said.
At Bay’s son-in-law’s ranch, in the southeastern corner of the state, the grasshoppers hatched early and died o when they were small because there wasn’t enough moisture for them to survive. But Bay has had to deal with two grasshopper hatches, and the second one produced especially big grasshoppers.
He and others were forced to spray, he said, and Bay hired a pilot because the alfalfa was too thick to drive a sprayer through it. “Once you spray them, it pretty well kills them,” he said.
“You have to watch it real close — you can spray one batch and another batch could hatch.”
Adams 14 asking voters to support $124 million for operations, teacher pay, building renovations
Commerce City voters will be asked to support a $114 million bond to pay for rising day-to-day costs, building upgrades and a mill levy override for teacher pay at the polls this November.
e Adams 14 School District board agreed at their Aug. 29 meeting to put two questions on the November ballot.
e rst would be a $113.9 million bond issue. at money would be earmarked for two areas, upgrading the school’s facilities and providing day-to-day operational funding.
e second would add a $10 million mill levy override geared toward sta salaries.
“We believe that this proposal is essential to the continued success of our students and sta ,” Superintendent Dr. Karla Loría said in a written statement. “As we outlined in our ve-year strategic plan, we are committed to ensuring our schools have the resources they need to provide a quality teaching and learning environment. is Bond and Mill Levy will help us achieve that goal.”
Part of the bond would be used to
make signi cant improvements to meet modern educational standards, according to a district press release. e bond funding would be used to renovate outdated buildings and ensure a safe, conducive learning environment for all students, according to the release.
It would also provide additional money to maintain and enhance the quality of education provided to students.
e board is proposing a 10-mill property tax override to boost teacher and classi ed support sta salaries. In its written statement, district ocials said the override is necessary to attract and retain high-quality educa-
tors and support sta in the district. e school district currently collects 27 mills in property taxes from Commerce City residents who generally live south of 96th Avenue. According to the district’s budget, it collected $34.3 million in property taxes in the 2023-24 scal year. is measure would allow it to continue collecting property taxes at the same rate. Adjusted for in ation, the district’s budget for the 2024-25 scal year calls for $35.9 million in property tax collections.
District Accountability and community member Brandi Valdez said, “Investing in our schools is investing in our student’s learning environments. Investing in educational quality is investing in our community.”
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Brighton opens Eye for Art at City Hall
e City of Brighton Eye for Art program’s three-month show runs until Oct. 15 at Brighton City Hall, located at 500 S. 4th Avenue.
e Summer Showcase is an opentheme show and artwork may include oil, acrylic, watercolors, graphite drawings, photography, fused glass, pottery, computer painting, mixed media, jewelry, glass and sculptures.
For more information, please visit the Eye for Art web page, or contact David Gallegos, Arts and Culture Coordinator, at dgallegos@brightonco.gov, or 303-6552176.
Trash Bash disposal program set for Sept. 20-21
e City of Brighton’s popular Trash Bash for Brighton residents is set to return Sept. 20 and 21.
e drop-o trash disposal program for large items will take place both days from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Brighton Wastewater Treatment Facility located at 325 North Kuner Road (Brighton Street entrance).
In addition, the city will provide pickup service for those with special needs on Tuesday, Sept. 17 and Wednesday, Sept. 18. To request a pick-up, please call 303655-2087.
Acceptable items include furniture,
EPA Adds Long Term Protectiveness Measure to Sand Creek Industrial EPA adds land use restrictions to areas with contaminated soil.
EPA is modifying the existing remedy for Operable Units 1 and 5 (OUs 1 & 5) of the Sand Creek Industrial Superfund Site (Site). This update is called an Explanation of Significant Difference (ESD). The ESD will add measures to ensure long-term protection.
The Records of Decision (RODs) documenting EPA’s selected remedy decisions are explained in the September 1989 ROD (for OU1) and the September 1990 ROD (for OU5). This ESD adds institutional controls (legal, physical, or informational tools) to minimize the disturbance of contaminated soils in OUs 1 & 5.
Typically, EPA includes institutional controls in the remedy to ensure the cleanup remains protective into the future. The sixth Five-Year Review Report for the Site (September 2020) found the remedy to be short-term protective but lacking institutional controls that could ensure longterm protectiveness. This ESD proposes restrictive notices, a form of institutional control, that will introduce additional requirements if property owners conduct work where contaminated soil will be disturbed. EPA and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment will work together, with property owners, to implement these restrictive notices.
For more information on the Site, or to read the ESD, please visit the Sand Creek Industrial Superfund website; https://www.epa.gov/superfund/sand-creek-industrial
cabinets, appliances other than refrigerators or freezers, bicycles, cut-up pieces of carpet, doors, lawn and yard equipment, mattresses/box springs and branches that have cut to less than ve feet in length and bundled securely. Nail-free sheeted material, wood, or lumber that is less than ve feet in length will be accepted as well.
Benedict Park renovations ongoing through June
Renovations at Benedict Park at 1855 Southern St. are underway, resulting in limited public access to sections of the park through June 2025.
e Benedict Park construction project will add a variety of amenities and upgrades, including two new playgrounds, a new irrigation system, a skate park expansion, new shelters, new lighting, supplemental landscaping, and a walking trail on the east end of the park.
Parking lot along Southern Street will be closed but access for driving through will be permitted. Portions of the parking lot adjacent to the splash pad at the northwest corner of the park will be closed. School access will be allowed.
e walking path along the east side of the park will be closed in sections and the skate park, Disc golf course, playground and all shelters will be closed. Sports programming will be relocated to other parks during the work.
Image Summit Youth Leadership Conference registration open
Brighton Youth Services will host the Image Summit Youth Leadership Conference on Nov. 5 & 6 at Riverdale Regional Park, 755 Henderson Road. e Summit is open to Colorado youth in grades 5 - 12. is two-day summit will feature keynote speakers, engaging workshops ranging from art to diversity, an opportunity to interact with elected o cials from across the state, an American Ninja Warrior obstacle course, a food truck alley (all food included with registration fee), networking and more.
e goal of the youth conference is to empower youth, build con dence, teach leadership, and inspire young leaders to use their voices to positively impact their communities.
e cost to attend is $25. Registration is now available at brightonimagesummit. org and early registration is recommended.
Museum volunteers
e Brighton City Museum needs volunteers to help with visitors, research, and collection project-based duties. Call Bill Armstrong, museum specialist, at 303-655-2288.
BY TATIANA FLOWERS
THE COLORADO SUN
When customers use their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program bene ts to buy food at any of Eden Valley Farm’s farmers market booths, market manager Isaac Livingood makes sure to let them know they’re eligible for a new bene t under the decadesold subsidized food program.
e SNAP Produce Bonus Program — which launched Aug. 1 in Colorado with help from a $7.9 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture — reimburses SNAP participants for up to $60 worth of healthy foods such as fresh fruits and vegetables and dried beans per month, on top of their normal food assistance.
Although the bene t is new, as many as 15 customers per day are already using the program to buy healthier foods at Eden Valley Farm’s locations, meaning business has increased by about 10% for the organization since the initiative launched, Livingood said.
“ e way I think this is helping them most is that if someone was going to use their SNAP bene ts for a small purchase because they thought their SNAP balance was low, I tell them they have this extra $60 per month to use, and then they make a larger purchase because now they don’t feel as limited by how much they can a ord to spend,” Livingood said.
e produce program makes it cheaper and more motivating for SNAP participants to buy foods that improve their health and nutrition. It will also allow them to spend more of their SNAP money on other items, at a time when food insecurity is on the rise in Colorado and in ation is making it harder for people with lower incomes to buy organic fruits and vegetables, several people interviewed for this story said. Colorado is one of three states, including Louisiana and Washington, chosen to pilot the healthy incentive project.
When participants buy eligible food items, they are issued a credit equal to what they spent on their SNAP bene ts card.
SNAP participants do not need to sign up to participate. ey are credited up to $20 per transaction at participating locations, which will grow in number during the coming months,
said Abby McClelland, food and energy assistance division director at the Colorado Department of Human Services.
“ is is the rst technological advance in administering rebates that we’ve seen and we’re really excited about it,” she said.
Low incomes and lack of access to nutritious food are among the key barriers preventing people from eating healthy diets, according to the USDA. is pilot program is happening while the people who administer and utilize SNAP are concerned about overall access to fresh fruits and vegetables. SNAP recipients, who struggle to a ord food and don’t have access to grocery stores nearby or transportation to get there, may still struggle to receive fresh produce, even under this new incentive program.
To help, the produce program allows participants to use the bene t at farmers markets and farm stands, which are more prevalent in rural areas where it can be hard to access fresh food, McClelland said.
For example, there is only one retailer participating in the pilot program in some parts of Colorado that would likely see high demand for the incentive program.
Carniceria La Sabrocita in Fort Morgan is the only participating retailer on the Eastern Plains, Valley Roots Food Hub in Mosca is the organization participating in the San Luis Valley and Ela Family Farms’ stand at South Pearl Street Farmers Market is the only Denver participant.
“We are actively working to add new locations,” John Rosa, a spokesperson for the Human Services department, wrote in an email.
Green Junction Farmstead is the only farmers market participating in the pilot program in Mesa County, where there are 20,732 people using SNAP.
e state human services department sent more than 68,500 postcards this month to SNAP recipients in areas where retailers are participating.
Nicky Martens, who lives in Fort Collins, said she appreciates that the program helps communities by allowing people to eat quality local produce that in turn supports the people growing it at small businesses.
“It’s a fantastic program and I hope it stays,” she said.
It’s unclear how long the pilot pro-
gram will last.
Rosa at the Human Services department said the program will likely run through the end of September 2027 but grant funding could
possibly dry up sooner.
is story was printed through a news sharing agreement with e Colorado Sun, a journalist-owned nonpro t based in Denver that covers the state.
Ah, the start of another Fantasy Football season is upon us, and there’s a buzz in the air! It’s that magical time when we, the managers of our own imaginary franchises, gather to draft the ultimate all-star teams. We pore over stats, analyze player projections, and argue the merits of sleeper picks. It’s all part of the thrill of building our dream lineup, lled with the most pro cient players at each position. And with a little bit of luck and a favorable draft order, we might even snag some of our favorite players from our favorite teams. e joy of Fantasy Football lies in the game’s simplicity and connection to the action on the eld. Players earn points in so many ways: rushing and receiving yardage, touchdowns, eld goals, extra points, interceptions and more. We tally up our points each week and compare them against other teams in our league. It’s pure, exhilarating math: e team with the most points wins. But what if we could take that same excitement and apply it to something beyond football? What if we created a di erent kind of “Fantasy” league?
Imagine a league where we each choose 12 people, not based on athletic prowess, but on how they contribute to making the world better. ese all-stars earn points not for touchdowns or rushing yards but for acts of kindness, compassion, bravery, and positivity. Points are awarded whenever they lift someone up, provide a helping hand, or spread joy. Simple acts, like giving hope to someone feeling lost, o ering a listening ear to a friend, or showing unconditional
love and forgiveness, would score big in this league.
Like in Fantasy Football, we would track these points throughout the season. We could celebrate those who drop o food for a needy family, pick up litter from the sidewalk without hesitation, or smile at a stranger. ese are the game-changers of life, the people who make our communities better and our world brighter. e beauty of this “Better than Good Life Fantasy League” is that it would remind us of the real champions among us, the everyday heroes who often go unnoticed but whose actions make a profound impact. Picture the
draft: Who would be your rst-round pick? Would it be the neighbor who always volunteers at the local food bank or the friend who never fails to o er a shoulder to cry on? And here’s a humbling thought: Would someone else draft you into their top 12?
In the end, like in Fantasy Football, it’s all about building the best team. But in this league, the stakes are much higher, and the rewards far greater. It’s about celebrating the best in all of us and striving to improve daily. Yes, there is much to do in this world, and sometimes, it can feel overwhelming. is could leave us questioning what impact our small gestures and
actions can actually have on this world. As Jana Stan eld sings in her song “All the Good,” “I cannot do all the good that the world needs, but the world needs all the good I can do,” we need all the good that we all can do. I would love to hear what that means to you at gotonorton@gmail.com. When we can all do just a little bit more, it really will be a better-than-good life.
Michael Norton is an author, a personal and professional coach, consultant, trainer, encourager and motivator of individuals and businesses, working with organizations and associations across multiple industries.
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Colorado is boosting its popular cash-for-clunkers EV buying support by nearly 60% with a $9 million fund for 2024-25, after retiring more old, dirtier cars than expected o the road during the rst year.
e state exhausted $5.7 million for the rst year of the fund, which helps income-quali ed buyers with an extra $6,000 rebate at the cash register if they turn in an older car when buying a new EV. Turning in an old car and buying a used EV can bring an exchange rebate of up to $4,000.
Stacked with other federal, state
and utility EV rebates, the extra state boost can cut the cost of some EVs by far more than half.
Formally dubbed Vehicle Exchange Colorado, or VXC, the program pulled 879 old or emissions-failing vehicles from highways in the year beginning Aug. 31, 2023, state o cials said in a release.
“Expanding the use of electric vehicles is an important part of our work to improve air quality and achieve our
climate goals, and we look forward to seeing this funding support more Coloradans,” Gov. Jared Polis said in the release.
“ e way Coloradans have embraced this program shows the momentum the EV market is having in Colorado, and we’re extremely excited to continue building on its success with additional funding,” said Colorado Energy O ce Executive Director Will Toor.
Carl Van Hove
November 8, 1939 - March 15, 2024
Carl Van Hove, born Nov. 8, 1939 in Mohall ND, passed away Mar. 15 2024 at his Fort Lupton home.
A casual memorial will be held outside at 16403 county road 6 at 10:30 am September 2, 2024. All are welcome to come and share their memories of Carl and an informal meal afterwards.
Carl worked on the family farm and then for Johnny Forness before enlisting in the Marines at 17. After serving in the Marines he came back to Mohall and met Gail Arneson, marrying on October 31, 1961.
Shortly after getting married they moved south of Rhame, ND to work for Donald Lowe as a ranch and farm hand. eir children Naomi, Teresa, and Ed were born
on the ranch and blessed with ranch life in their early years. Carl enjoyed ranch work. He and Gail roped as a team for several years at a roping series held at the Stearns Ranch. In 1977 the family moved to Scranton ND and Carl started trucking. He worked for multiple trucking companies, moving to Fort Lupton CO in the mid 80s and retiring from Navajo at age 69.
Carl enjoyed hunting elk and deer in Colorado, riding to the hunting spots and packing out deer and elk for anyone. He rode the Mah Dah Hey trail in ND twice with Naomi and Teresa. He loved to go to cowboy style and sporting clay shooting events at his gun club.
Colorado Community Media’s newsroom has already used the results of the Voter Voices surveys we have received so far.
In recent months, we asked readers to take surveys asking what they think candidates for political o ces should focus on as they compete for their votes. e top answer from Colorado Community Media readers across the metro area sounded like something from a civics class: “democracy and good government.”
Our readers said they want the candidates to focus on solutions, even if it means compromises.
As Lisa Anne Bresko, a self-described moderate and business owner from Evergreen, told us, democracy and good government are foundational if our leaders are going to solve the many pressing problems facing our communities.
“I feel there’s very little respect and no more compromise,” Bresko said. “It’s ‘My way or no way’ on a lot of topics. at’s not the way to run a country or get anything done. I feel all of the name calling, the pointing of ngers, the disin-
formation about the people you’re supposed to be working with toward common goals is hurting the ability to get things done.”
More than 400 (and counting) Colorado Community Media readers have lled out our Voter Voices surveys using links in our newsletters and stories or QR codes from newspapers and yers. Our reporters and editors have been using the results to help form the questions we ask politicians in the two dozen Denver-area cities, towns and suburbs we cover. We are partnering with 60 newsrooms across the state in this endeavor. Overall, there are some 6,000 responses.
In the surveys, voters are asked to rank their top three issues among 13 categories, revealing their importance. e surveys also allow voters to elaborate in their own words on what they think candidates should focus on.
Additionally, our Colorado Community Media reporters reached out di-
rectly to many survey respondents of all political persuasions to speak to them about their surveys and more. We also went into the community to connect with younger voters, an underrepresented category in the data.
More than 37% of our readers who took the survey cited democracy and good government as their top issue. More moderates and liberals cited it as a top issue than conservatives, but the surveys revealed that it is an important issue regardless of political inclination. Readers’ other top issue was the economy and cost of living, which was cited more by conservatives as their No. 1 issue, yet readers across the political spectrum said it was a top issue.
Phillip McCart, a liberal from Littleton, told us that candidates should focus on ways to help people who are struggling. One way candidates can do that, McCart said, is to work to reduce housing costs by creating more housing density.
During the primaries, we incorporated readers’ concerns about democracy and good government and the economy into questions we asked Republican and Democratic candidates for Congress in our primary forums for Colorado’s 4th District. e forums were co-sponsored with the League of Women Voters Colorado and KUNC public radio.
We plan to do the same for more forums we’re co-sponsoring this fall.
And, our Question and Answer surveys of candidates, which are widely read in print and online ahead of the November elections, will include Voter Voices-inspired questions and themes.
We also got to speak directly to voters and our reporters were met with appreciation in their e orts. is is just the start. We intend to keep the conversations with you going and we’re looking for ways to localize our connections with survey respondents. Watch for that.
Readers also told us they appreciated the opportunity to elaborate on their views and see our journalists as advocates for getting their voices into the process, given our unique access to leaders and candidates.
We have more work to do in terms of outreach, especially when it comes to younger voters and another category underrepresented in our results – people of color. Watch this space for future stories about them as we consider Voter Voices a starting point.
A big next step for us will be to work with groups of survey respondents to create a Voter Voices Citizens Agenda for our newsroom that helps guide our every interaction with public o cials and candidates for political o ce.
“Housing costs are destroying the hopes and dreams of everyone,” McCart said. at view was echoed many times in the surveys we gathered. For instance, one moderate Je erson County voter – who wished to remain anonymous – wrote in her survey, “We have a severe lack of a ordable and workforce housing in the metro area, and it is not improving.”
Evergreen resident Norm Sherbert, a conservative on scal issues and moderate on others, told us that everyone, regardless of income, should be concerned that many people across the metro area are struggling.
“I think it a ects us all,” he said. “I see it in my utility bills, the price of gas, grocery bills — and it just keeps climbing.”
Sherbert worries that the Social Security system might not be intact for future generations and believes strong, bipartisan leadership is needed to tackle such problems. He is not impressed
by President Biden or the Democratic and Republican nominees for president, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump.
“I’m not a Trump fan, and I’m surely not a Biden or Harris fan,” Sherbert said. “It’s a shame we do not have the candidates out there that can really make something happen in the country. I hope we come back to the center and realize it’s not the candidates that are going to drive this country, it’s the issues and how they’re solved.”
Similar views were espoused around our coverage area, which spans from Fort Lupton, Brighton and Commerce City in the north to Je erson County in the west, Idaho Springs in the mountains, Arapahoe and Douglas counties in the south, and Parker and Elbert County in the east.
About half of the readers who responded to our survey consider themselves moderate. About a quarter identify as conservative and another quarter as liberal. About 60% of respondents are women and 40% are men.
Many readers told us that
partisanship has become a never-ending soap opera – with sides squaring o against each other leaving compromises, and the potential solutions to longstanding problems, in the dust. Many shared a feeling that the country has an urgent, almost desperate need for candidates who will talk about issues, especially divisive ones, calmly instead of attacking and dismissing each other.
e stakes, readers say, are just too high given a long list of concerns, from crime to climate change to in ation to immigration to national security. One of the most eye-opening insights from readers is their disdain for grandstanding by candidates, bitter attacks and empty promises.
Michael Wilson, a 65-yearold conservative in Je erson County, said he would like political candidates to talk about what they will do if they are elected.
“I don’t need to hear them try to run down their opponent,” Wilson said.
omas Gibbons, a moderate who lives in the High-
lands Ranch area, said property taxes, local crime and reducing gun violence are important to him, but the problems associated with them can’t be solved if elected leaders are not focused on good governance.
“Elected o cials must nd a way to work together in bipartisan cooperation,” said Gibbons.
Littleton resident Porter Lansing, who identi es as liberal, said he would like to see candidates address the wealth gap between the metro area’s richest and poorest residents, citing concerns about unemployment and in ation. Lansing, who is 70 and disabled, said he lives mainly on his Social Security income.
“Everything’s so expensive, and everything’s going up,” he said. “I don’t want politicians to forget people way down here just because we don’t have money to contribute to their campaigns.”
It’s not just Coloradans who feel the government must improve.
Across the country, positive views of political and governmental institutions are at historic lows, according to the nonpartisan Pew Research Center. Many Americans say they are underwhelmed by candidates and 28% of Americans express unfavorable views of both the Democratic and Republican parties, the highest share in three decades of polling, with a comparable share adding that neither party represents their interests well.
In Voter Voices surveys, newsrooms across Colorado received strikingly similar ndings to ours, with good government and the economy coming out as top issues, closely mirroring the results of our readers. Other important issues cited by survey respondents included the environment, climate and natural resources, immigration and abortion. e vast majority of respondents identi ed as older than 45. at prompted Colorado Community Media to reach out to younger people directly. A reporter and our summer reporting intern used social media to promote the Voter Voices survey on Instagram, tweeting on X and even texting friends and colleagues for help reaching more voters in their 20s and 30s online and in person.
Many of the younger voters shared the same concerns as older voters, particularly regarding good government and the economy.
Ben Warzel, 25, of Littleton, was at
a Denver restaurant as he expressed frustration over how candidates attack each other.
“(Candidates) can have their little pageantry, but we know that they’re not really doing anything,” Warzel said. “It’s just becoming dangerous, the people that we’re having to choose between.”
Some young people spoke about the intersection that the high costs of college and wages play out in their lives.
“I would like to see candidates talk about pay wages, especially with degrees and the cost of college,” a 24-year-old Voter Voices respondent from Arapahoe County who wished to remain anonymous wrote. “I think the cost of college is becoming una ordable even for people who are more well o .”
“Cost of living has not gone down at all over the years,” a 24-year-old respondent to our survey wrote.
Joshua Glenn, 28, of Aurora, said he hopes candidates will focus on a raft of issues – from the economy to the safety of all Americans.
“I would like candidates to focus on climate issues, economic future, abuse of power and the environment,” Glenn said. “Social justice is very important to me as well. As an African-American, and a contributing member of society, I want to feel safe in all parts of the country.”
Kamara Maxie, 24 of Denver, said the cost of living and abortion are the most important issues she wants candidates to address this election. Maxie also said gun safety is an issue that candidates should address.
“I believe having legal guns is important for protection reasons, however, I don’t think we should have weapons of war,” Maxie said. ere were also familiar divisions among conservatives and liberals. For instance, many conservative readers, like Eric Tyrell, who lives in Douglas County, cited immigration and tax policy as important issues. He would like to see candidates close the southern border and cut government spending.
“Government is too big and is still getting bigger every year,” he said. Meanwhile, many liberals, like Kathy Mendt in Adams County, said abortion policy is important.
“Politicians need to keep their laws
o women’s bodies,” Mendt said. She also wants to see candidates who care about the environment.
“How willing are they to address climate change?” Mendt said.
Mary Wylie, an Arvada voter who identi es as a liberal, said climate change is a pressing problem.
“I think climate change is essentially the ballot, depending on who ends up winning the presidency and has control of the government,” Wylie said.
Many survey respondents have similar litmus tests for candidates. For instance, they want to know: Does a candidate support the overturning of Roe v. Wade? Does a candidate support U.S. funding for Israel? Does a candidate believe that Donald Trump won the 2020 election?
Our readers also listed a hodgepodge of local issues. ey included inadequate roads and cell phone “dead zones” in Je erson County, a desire to see more conversation around local control issues, the e ects crime has on businesses and how safe people feel in certain parts of the metro area, among other issues.
And, some said perceptions of communities as conservative or liberal doesn’t provide an accurate reection of reality.
“Douglas County is a red county, but it’s growing a little more blue, especially where I live in northern Highlands Ranch,” Alex Miller, a 60-year-old Highlands Ranch man who identi es as a liberal, told us.
“Based on the yard signs in the last election, my neighborhood had as many Biden signs as Trump signs. I think it’s a mistake to write o the county as lost to Republicans.”
Candidates can improve by focusing on the issues instead of attacking each other, many survey respondents said.
“ e negativity and the bashing, I think, is just very divisive and drives us further apart,” Wylie said.
Jane Dvorak, a moderate from Jefferson County who listed democracy and good government as top concerns, said, “ e lack of respect for di ering opinions/ideas is scary.”
“It’s time to take a hard look at how we talk to each other, make decisions and what is best for the whole, not
one person/group,” Dvorak wrote.
To voters like C. Michael Litzau, a 65-year-old moderate Adams County voter, the integrity and ethics of political candidates matters as much as their stance on issues.
“What has their experience been like working with groups during dicult circumstances, and how do they resolve con icts?” Litzau said. “A priority for my evaluation of candidates for elected o ce is their ability to act civilly, even in a time of disagreement.”
Until then, tell us what we’re missing by adding your voice to our Voter Voices survey. Here’s the link: https://tinyurl.com/mv6jxw7w or scan our QR code below with your phone.
Our door is always open. Michael de Yoanna, editor-in-chief
Farmers also can scatter an insecticide called EcoBran, which grasshoppers will eat and die. en other grasshoppers, which are cannibals, will eat the dead grasshoppers and die, too. But this is “hit or miss,” Bay said, because if the grasshoppers have other things to eat — say, alfalfa or lettuce — they likely won’t eat the wheat bran laced with the chemical carbaryl, which is toxic to insects.
Ranchers have little recourse, since their grazing land is so vast. eir cattle just get less to eat when grasshoppers are rampant.
It’s just all part of the season for farmers and ranchers, Bay said. “I gamble every day,” he said. “You gamble with the weather. You gamble with
the bugs. So I don’t much like to go to Cripple Creek.”
On the bright side for hunters: e doves are thick this year thanks to grasshopper abundance, and dove hunting season starts this month.
Bay is optimistic lately, as he nishes the latest cut of alfalfa and moves on to cutting the sorghum, that the grasshoppers will run out of things to eat and fade out. e Arkansas River, which supplies his irrigation water, is getting low now at the end of summer. And it hasn’t rained much lately on the plains.
Bay will also keep hoping for black birds or more doves, the “most awesome” natural control for insects.
“But you can’t order a ock of birds to come in,” he said. “It’s a luck thing.” is story was printed through a news sharing agreement with e Colorado Sun, a journalist-owned nonpro t based in Denver that covers the state.
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The community-led project works to fill gaps in the city’s evolving cycling infrastructure
BY MERYL PHAIR SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA
Washington Park’s East Florida Avenue is marked by “sharrows,” white bikes accompanied by two arrow lines painted on the pavement along routes shared by motorists and cyclists. While these routes might be a breeze for an experienced two-wheel commuter, for someone new to biking, using the mode of transportation to meet a friend or a kid biking to nearby Merrill Middle School, navigating cars on shared bike routes can be a stressful and unsafe experience. “ ere are studies that have been done where getting passed by a car raises your blood pressure,” said Avi Stopper as he crossed the street on his bike. As if on cue, a Rivian whizzed by. Continuing down the
a million times since 2018. Relying on a network of 45 “neighborhood captains” these cycling enthusiasts use local knowledge of neighborhoods to build out a network of quiet streets. is June, a Bike Streets app was launched where users can plug destinations into a map that yields “low-stress” routes around the city.
street, Stopper said there is a signi cant population of people in the Denver area who would utilize cycling as a mode of transportation if they weren’t deterred by speeding cars and buses.
To reach those folks, the founder of Bike Streets has led the charge on establishing a 500-mile Low-Stress Denver Bike Map that has been used
Rather than taking Stopper down East Florida Avenue, the Bike Streets app directs him down Josephine and then Iowa. Blue lines on the app indicate quieter streets, broken up occasionally by red lines for major intersections where users may want to hop o their bikes and walk. “ e idea behind Bike Streets is that we can as a community become organized to ride the same streets and make it possible for even more people to ride bikes wherever they want to,” Stopper said. “Nothing is worse than sitting in tra c and nothing is better than being active, outside and seeing di erent neighborhoods.”
e Bike Streets app o ers special features like weekly challenges and surprise adventure, a wheel of fortune randomizer that selects a unique bikeable activity. Open to all ages and abilities, Bike Streets also hosts monthly group bike rides and runs the Bike Streets Club o ering ra es, workshops and merch. eir goal is to get thousands of people to ride to destinations all over Denver until the city constructs more protected bike lanes. Currently on the app about 4,800 miles have been logged by users this summer, a growing number users can see in the top left corner.
“ e city to their credit has built a lot of biking infrastructure but often it doesn’t work for the average cycler,” Stopper said. “ ere’s not enough, and they’re working on it, but it’s a 10, 20-year project to make a complete network. What we’re doing is trying to ll in the gaps based on the world as it exists today.” Denver has built 137 miles of new bike infrastructure in the last ve years and has announced plans to install 230 new miles of bikeways, many on busy arterial roads, as part of their 20-year vision for developing a network of accessible bikeways. A recently published map shows the type and location of bike lanes the city hopes to roll out over the next
two decades, providing an opportunity for the public to make comments and suggestions.
Proposed changes include installing protected bike lanes on Speer Boulevard, Leetsdale Drive, Park Avenue, West Evans Avenue, South Monaco Street Parkway, Quebec Street, 17th and 18th Avenues, 13th and 14th Avenues and Colorado Boulevard. By placing permanent structures like concrete blocks on these protected lanes, the routes would help accommodate more cyclists on the road and enable bikers to travel longer distances.
“ is core network of high volume streets should be wide enough for people to pass, should be direct and generally speaking, protected and separated,” said June Churchill, the 2024 Bike Mayor of the Denver Bicycle Lobby, an advocacy group working to make Denver a more bikable city. While the map focuses on major throughways, Churchill said it’s comprehensive throughout the city. “ e intention is to make it possible for anyone in Denver to get where they need to go,” she said.
e working plan also builds o existing infrastructure, with plans to extend bikeways in some areas such as lengthening the protected bike lane on Broadway, one of the city’s welltraveled routes; changing some bikeways such as converting the painted bike lane on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard into a protected bike lane; and installing safety measures like bike signals and crossing lights.
is would help current connectivity issues as many neighborhood bikeways end without safe or easy ways to cross high-tra c roads. In addition to improving safety for bikers, the city is also tackling improving safety for drivers, particularly on arterial roadways and intersections where accidents are more highly concentrated.
“We think a lot about who we are designing these routes for,” said Churchill. “It’s the parents with kids, the risk-averse and the cautiously optimistic about biking in the city. Safety along with time are the key factors in making decisions around transportation.”
Changes to major roadways could mean fewer parking spaces for cars or slower travel time, to which Churchill notes slower cars are safer cars. Balancing parking for residents and businesses has been a signi cant challenge in bikeway infrastructure such as a plan in 2020 to install a protected bike lane on Washington and Clarkson streets which was quickly shot down by residents due to the loss of parking spaces.
Despite challenges, the bene ts of increasing biking infrastructure in cities extend beyond a safer transportation environment. Protected bike lanes and neighborhood bikeways can create more green infrastructure throughout the city by reclaiming roadway space. Replac-
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Something Inspirational in NW Denver with Bike Streets and the Library Sept. 14, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Woodbury Branch Library Free Rockies Game and Slow Roll Sept. 17, 5:45 to 10 p.m. Cheesman Park Pavilion
North Denver Community Ride with The Field Academy and Bike Streets Sept. 21, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Prodigy Co eehouse, Globeville Visit bikestreets.com for a full schedule of events.
ing car trips with biking helps ght climate change by reducing a major source of carbon pollution, another way Bike Streets is seeking to create change from within communities.
“We have been taught to think that bike commuting is biking to work and we have missed the opportunity on all of these other trips,” Stopper said.
Denver’s Map of Safe & Slow Streets with Bikeways is currently open to community feedback. Visit denvergov.com or contact the program at denvermovesbikes@gmail.com or 720-865-9378.
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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FOR ADAMS COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO
RESOLUTION APPROVING THE REFERRAL OF A BALLOT ISSUE FOR THE NOVEMBER 5, 2024, GENERAL ELECTION AUTHORIZING THE IMPOSITION OF A TEMPORARY .15% COUNTYWIDE SALES TAX FOR THE PURPOSE OF INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE UNINCORPORATED AND INCORPORATED AREAS OF ADAMS COUNTY Resolution 2024 - 447
WHEREAS, the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting economic conditions have caused dramatic unanticipated increases in the cost of housing in Adams County (“County”) and the lack of affordable housing in the County for low and moderate income households has caused economic distress to Adams County individuals, families and businesses; and,
WHEREAS, the County has an estimated housing unit deficit of approximately 10,000 homes that is expected to increase to approximately 30,000 by 2050 if not addressed; and,
WHEREAS, a dedicated revenue stream to support the availability of affordable homes is critical to meeting the housing development goals set forth in Colorado State law; and,
WHEREAS, the County is legally authorized to impose a sales tax on the sale of tangible personal property at retail and the furnishing of services, subject to the approval of the registered electors of the County; and,
WHEREAS, the Board has determined that it is in the interest of the residents of Adams County to impose a temporary Countywide sales tax at the rate of .15% for the period beginning January 1, 2025, through December 31, 2044, the receipts from which shall be restricted in application to the expansion of affordable housing in the incorporated and unincorporated areas of Adams County; and, WHEREAS, the Board has determined that a question regarding the imposition of a temporary sales tax for the purposes enunciated herein should be submitted by the Board to the eligible electors of the County; and,
WHEREAS, the Board has determined to set the ballot title and ballot question for the issue to be submitted at the election called by this Resolution.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of County Commissioners, County of Adams, State of Colorado: 1.Pursuant to §§ 1-1-111, 1-5-203(3), and 30-11-103.5, C.R.S., the Board hereby authorizes and directs that the following ballot issue be certified herewith to the Adams County Clerk and Recorder (“Clerk and Recorder”) for submission to the registered electors in Adams County to be included on the ballot for the November 5, 2024, General Election:
BALLOT ISSUE
SHALL ADAMS COUNTY TAXES BE INCREASED BY TWENTY- TWO MILLION, TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($22,200,000) (FIRST FULL YEAR DOLLAR AMOUNT, FOR COLLECTION IN CALENDAR YEAR 2025) ANNUALLY, AND BY WHATEVER AMOUNT IS RAISED THEREAFTER, BY THE IMPOSITION OF A TEMPORARY COUNTYWIDE SALES TAX AT THE RATE OF .15% ($0.15 CENTS ON A $100 PURCHASE) EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2025, AND EXPIRING DECEMBER 31,2044, WITH THE PROCEEDS TO BE USED SOLELY FOR THE PURPOSE OF EXPANDING THE AVAILABILITY OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN ADAMS COUNTY, BY: DISTRIBUTING GRANTS TO MULTIJURISDICTIONAL AND COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITIES ESTABLISHED IN ADAMS COUNTY FOR THE PURPOSES OF:
FINANCING, PLANNING, ENTITLING, DEVELOPING, OPERATING, ACQUIRING, PRESERVING, RENOVATING, ADMINISTERING, MAINTAINING AND CONSTRUCTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR SALE OR RENT IN THE UNINCORPORATED AND INCORPORATED AREAS OF ADAMS COUNTY; AND SHALL ADAMS COUNTY BE ALLOWED TO COLLECT, RETAIN AND SPEND THE REVENUES FROM SUCH TAX AND THE INTEREST EARNINGS THEREON AS A VOTER-APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION AND ABOVE ANNUAL LIMITS WHICH MIGHT OTHERWISE APPLY OR BE PROPOSED, INCLUDING AS AN APPROVED EXCEPTION TO THE LIMITATIONS SET FORTH IN SECTION 29-1-301 OF THE COLORADO REVISED STATUTES; ALL IN ACCORDANCE WITH BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS’ RESOLUTION NO. 2024 – 447. YES/FOR NO/AGAINST
2.This Resolution shall serve to set the ballot title and text of the ballot issue.
3.The election shall be conducted by the Clerk and Recorder in accordance with the Uniform Election Code, C.R.S §1-1-101, et. seq., and other laws and regulations of the State of Colorado, including without limitation, the requirements of Article X, Section 20 of the Colorado Constitution (hereinafter “TABOR”).
4.The Clerk and Recorder shall cause all acts required or permitted by the Uniform Election Code and the Rules relevant to be performed by the Clerk and Recorder or its designees.
5.The Clerk and Recorder shall cause a notice of election to be published in accordance with the laws of the State of Colorado, including but not limited to, the Uniform Election Code and TABOR.
6.The Clerk and Recorder shall mail a TABOR notice package to all active registered voter households in Adams County, pursuant to Colo. Const., Art. X, §20, which shall include the ballot issue adopted herein.
7.Pursuant to C.R.S. § 29-2-104(5), the Clerk and Recorder shall publish the text of this Resolution four separate times, a week apart, in the official newspaper of the County and each city and incorporated town within the County.
8.If a majority of the votes cast are in favor of the ballot issue of implementing the temporary sales described herein, (“the Affordable Housing Sales Tax”) then such tax shall be imposed and shall apply to all taxable transactions, unless exempt, occurring on or after January 1, 2025, and through December 31, 2044, and shall be collected, administered and enforced in accordance with this Resolution and the schedules set forth in the rules and regulations promulgated by the Colorado Department of Revenue.
9.Imposition of Tax. There is hereby imposed on all sales of tangible personal property at retail or the furnishing of services in the County as provided in Section 29-2-105, et. seq., Colorado Revised Statutes, as amended, a tax equal to .15% of the gross receipts, the “Affordable Housing Sales Tax”.
10.All retail sales are sourced as specified in Section 39-26-104(3). For purposes of this sales tax, all retail sales are consummated at the retailer’s place of business unless the tangible personal property sold is delivered by the retailer or his agent outside the County limits. The gross receipts from such sales shall include delivery charges when such charges are subject to state sales tax imposed by article 26, title 39, C.R.S., regardless of the place to which delivery is made. If a retailer has no permanent place of business in the County, the place at which the retail sales are consummated for the purpose of this sales tax shall be determined by the provisions of Article 26, Title 39, C.R.S., and by the rules and regulations promulgated by the Colorado Department of Revenue. Without limiting the broad application of this sales tax and recognizing that mobile telecommunications services are subject to particular legal requirements, this sales tax shall apply to mobile telecommunications services to the greatest extent permitted under Section 29-2-105(1.5), C.R.S.
11.Transactions Subject to the Sales Tax. The transactions subject to the Affordable Housing Sales Tax shall be as set forth below and as
required by Colorado state law. The amount subject to the tax shall not include the amount of any sales or use tax imposed by Article 26 of Title 29, C.R.S. The sale of tangible personal property and services taxable hereunder shall be the same as the tangible personal property and services taxable pursuant to C.R.S. §39-26-104, except as provided herein, and shall be subject to the same exemptions as those specified in 7 of Article 26 of Title 39, expressly including the following exemptions:
(A)The exemption for sales of machinery or machine tools specified in section 39-26-709 (1), C.R.S., other than machinery or machine tools used in the processing of recovered materials by a business listed in the inventory prepared by the department of public health and environment pursuant to section 30-20-122 (1)(a)(V), C.R.S.;
(B)The exemption for sales of machinery or machine tools specified in section 39-26-709 (1), C.R.S., used in the processing of recovered materials by a business listed in the inventory prepared by the department of public health and environment pursuant to section 30-20-122 (1)(a)(V), C.R.S.;
(C)The exemption for sales of electricity, coal, wood, gas, fuel oil, or coke specified in section 39-26-715 (1)(a)(II), C.R.S.;
(D)The exemption for sales of food specified in section 39-26-707 (1)(e), C.R.S.; for the purposes of this exemption, “food” shall be defined as in 39-26-102(4.5);
(E)The exemption for vending machine sales of food specified in section 39-26-714 (2), C.R.S.;
(F)The exemption for sales by a charitable organization specified in section 39-26-718 (1)(b), C.R.S.;
(G)The exemption for sales of farm equipment and farm equipment under lease or contract specified in section 39-26-716 (4)(e) and (4)(f);
(H)The exemption for sales of motor vehicles, power sources, or parts used for converting such power sources as specified in section 3926-719 (1);
(I)The exemption for sales of wood from salvaged trees killed or infested in Colorado by mountain pine beetles or spruce beetles as specified in section 39-26-723, C.R.S.;
(J)The exemption for sales of components used in the production of energy, including but not limited to alternating current electricity, from a renewable energy source specified in section 39-26-724, C.R.S.;
(K)The exemption for sales that benefit a Colorado school specified in section 39-26-725, C.R.S.;
(L)The exemption for sales by an association or organization of parents and teachers of public school students that is a charitable organization as specified in section 39-26-718 (1)(c), C.R.S.;
(M)The exemption for sales of property for use in space flight specified in section 39-26-728, C.R.S.;
(N)The exemption for manufactured homes and tiny homes set forth in section 39-26-721 (3);
(O)The exemption for sales of period products as specified in section 39-26-717 (2)(m);
(P)The exemption for sales of incontinence products and diapers as specified in section 39-26-717 (2)(n);
(Q)The exemption for sales of eligible decarbonizing building materials set forth in section 39-26-731;
(R)The exemption for sales of heat pump systems and heat pump water heaters set forth in section 39-26-732;
(S)The exemption for sales of energy storage systems set forth in section 39-26-733.
12.The Affordable Housing Sales Tax shall not be imposed on the following:
(A)The sale of construction and building materials, as the term is used in section 29-2-109, C.R.S. if the purchaser of such materials presents to the retailer a building permit or other documentation acceptable to the County evidencing that a local use tax has been paid or is required to be paid.
(B)The sale of tangible personal property at retail or the furnishing of services if the transaction was previously subjected to a sales or use tax lawfully imposed on the purchaser or user by another statutory or home rule county equal to or in excess of that sought to be imposed by Adams County. A credit shall be granted against the sales tax imposed by Adams County with respect to such transaction equal in amount to the lawfully imposed local sales or use tax previously paid by the purchaser or user to the previous statutory or home rule county. The amount of the credit shall not exceed the sales tax imposed by the subsequent statutory or home rule county.
(C)The sale of tangible personal property at retail or the furnishing of services if the transaction was previously subjected to a sales or use tax lawfully imposed on the purchaser or user by another statutory or home rule city and county, city, or town equal to or in excess of that sought to be imposed by Adams County. A credit shall be granted against the sales tax imposed by Adams County with respect to such transaction equal in amount to the lawfully imposed local sales or use tax previously paid by the purchaser or user to the previous statutory or home rule city and county, city, or town. The amount of the credit shall not exceed the sales tax imposed by the subsequent statutory or home rule city and county, city, or town.
(D)The sale of food purchased with food stamps. For the purposes of this subsection (D), “food” shall have the same meaning as provided in 7 U.S.C. sec. 2012 (g), as such section exists on October 1, 1987, or is thereafter amended.
(E)The sale of food purchased with funds provided by the special supplemental food program for women, infants, and children, 42 U.S.C. sec. 1786. For the purposes of this section (E), “food” shall have the same meaning as provided in 42 U.S.C. sec. 1786, as such section exists on October 1, 1987, or is thereafter amended.
(F)Notwithstanding any provision of this section to the contrary, sales of cigarettes shall be exempt from the Affordable Housing Sales Tax pursuant to 29-2-105(9), C.R.S.
13.Transactions subject to Specific Ownership Tax. All sales of personal property on which a specific ownership tax has been paid or is payable shall be exempt from said county, town, or city sales tax when such sales meet both of the following conditions:
(A)The purchaser is a nonresident of or has his principal place of business outside of the local taxing entity; and
(B)Such personal property is registered or required to be registered outside the limits of the local taxing entity under the laws of this state.
14.Collection, Administration and Enforcement. The collection, administration and enforcement of the Affordable Housing Sales Tax shall be performed by the Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Revenue (the “Executive Director”) in the same manner as the collection, administration, and enforcement of the Colorado state sales tax. The provisions of article 26 of title 39, C.R.S. and all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the Executive Director shall govern the collection, administration, and enforcement of the Affordable Housing Sales Tax.
15.Vendor Fee. No vendor fee shall be permitted or withheld with respect to the collection and remittance of the Affordable Housing Sales Tax.
16.Distribution of Sales Tax Revenue. The Board of County Commissioners shall be responsible for and shall establish policies and procedures concerning the oversight and distribution of proceeds from the collection of the Affordable Housing Sales Tax, and shall define the term “Affordable Housing” for the purpose of the distribution of the Affordable Housing Sales Tax.
17. Deposit and Expenditure of Revenue.
(A)The County shall establish an Affordable Housing Fund within which all revenues and expenditures from the Affordable Housing Sales Tax shall be deposited and accounted for.
(B)Up to three percent (3%) of the Affordable Housing Sales Tax collected may be used for administrative purposes associated with administrating the Affordable Housing Fund.
(C)After payment of the administrative expenses described in Section 17(B) above, moneys remaining in the Affordable Housing Fund shall be used for the purpose of distributing grants to multijurisdictional and county housing
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accordance with the policies and procedures adopted by the Board of County Commissioners or its designee(s).
18.The Clerk and Recorder shall provide the Colorado Department of Revenue with written notice of this Resolution submitting the question to the registered electors no later than ten days after the adoption of this Resolution.
19.If a majority of the votes cast on the issue of the imposition of the Affordable Housing Sales Tax are in favor of such ballot issue, in accordance with §29-2-106, C.R.S. the Clerk and Recorder shall provide the Colorado Department of Revenue with a written notice of the adoption of the Affordable Housing Sales Tax, along with a copy of this Resolution, no later than forty-five days before January 1, 2025.
20.The officers and employees of the County are hereby authorized and directed to take all action necessary or appropriate to effectuate the provisions of this Resolution.
21.The rate of the Affordable Housing Sales Tax and the deposit of revenues collected as set forth in this Resolution shall not be amended, altered, or otherwise changed unless first submitted to a vote of the registered electors of the County for their approval or rejection. Other provisions of this Resolution may be amended as necessary to effectuate the purposes of this Resolution by resolution adopted by the Board of County Commissioners in accordance with Colorado law.
22.All actions consistent with the provisions of this Resolution heretofore taken by the members of the Board of County Commissioners and the officers and employees of the County and directed toward holding the election for the purposes states herein are hereby ratified, approved and confirmed.
23.All prior acts, orders or resolutions, or parts thereof, by the County inconsistent or in conflict with this Resolution are hereby repealed to the extent only of such inconsistency or conflict.
24.If any section, paragraph, clause or provision of this Resolution shall be adjudged invalid or unenforceable, the invalidity or unenforceability of such section, paragraph, clause or provision shall not affect any of the remaining sections, paragraphs, clauses or provisions of this Resolution, it being the intention that the various parts hereof are severable.
25.The cost of the election shall be paid from the County’s general fund.
26.This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its passage.
Public Notice
NOTICE OF VESTED PROPERTY RIGHT CITY OF BRIGHTON
SORRENTO SUBDIVISION AMENDMENT NO.5 ADMINISTRATIVE PLAT
Notice is hereby given that the City of Brighton has approved the Administrative Plat known as Sorrento Subdivision Amendment No.5 generally located to the east of South 8th Avenue, and south of East Bromley Lane. The approval is for an approximately 3.235 acre property to create a single lot for the intended use of commercial development. The property is located in the northeast quarter of Section 18, Township 1 South, Range 66 West, of the Sixth Principal Meridian, City of Brighton, County of Adams, State of Colorado.
The approval of this application on August 30, 2024, creates a vested property right.
Further information may be obtained from the City of Brighton Planning Division by calling (303) 655-2072. Legal Notice No. BSB3319
First Publication: September 12, 2024
Last Publication: September 12, 2024 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade
Number: PLN2024-00005 Planning Commission Hearing Date: September 26, 2024 6:00 pm Board of County Commissioners Hearing Date: October 22, 2024 9:30 am
Case Manager: Ella Gleason, Senior Long Range Planner EGleason@adcogov. org, 720.523.6923
Request: Comprehensive Plan Amendment to change the future land use designation from Mixed Use to Industrial Medium.
Parcel Number (s): 0172116000029, 0172116000038, 0172116000039
Legal Description: SECT,TWN,RNG:16-2-67
DESC: BEG AT A PT 709/5 FT E AND 933 FT S OF NW COR SW4 SEC 16 TH E ON A LN
1059/5 FT E AND 1033 FT S OF NW COR SW4
SEC 16 TH E 352 FT TO INTERSEC OF WLY LN OF HIWAY 85 TH SWLY 126/5 FT ALG WLY
LN SD HIWAY TH W 274/5 FT TH N 100 FT TO POB 0/72A
SECT,TWN,RNG:16-2-67 DESC: BEG AT A PT 1059/5 FT E AND 933 FT S OF NW COR SW4
SEC 16 TH E 428/9 FT TO INTERSEC OF WLY
LN OF HIWAY 85 TH SW 126/5 FT ALG WLY LN OF SD HIWAY TH W 352 FT TH N 100 FT TO POB 0/91A
Public Hearings Location: 4430 S. Adams County Pkwy., Brighton, CO 80601 Please visit http://www.adcogov.org/bocc for up to date information. The full text of the proposed request and additional colored maps can be obtained by accessing the Adams County Community and Economic Development Department website at www.adcogov.org/planning/currentcases.
Legal Notice No. BSB 3109
First Publication: September 12, 2024
Last Publication: September 12, 2024
Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade
Public Notice
NOTICE OF VESTED PROPERTY RIGHT CITY OF BRIGHTON DHI TELLURIDE SITE PLAN
Notice is hereby given that the City of Brighton has approved the Site Plan known as DHI Telluride, generally located to the west of Telluride Street, east of the Brighton Lateral Ditch, south of the Telluride Business Park, and north of Eagle Ridge Academy. The approval is for an approximately 11.18 acres of property to create a residential development. The property is located in the northwest quarter of Section 9, Township 1 South, Range 66 West, of the Sixth Principal Meridian, City of Brighton, County of Adams, State of Colorado.
The approval of this application on August 19, 2024, creates a vested property right.
Further information may be obtained from the City of Brighton Planning Division by calling (303) 655-2072.
Legal Notice No. BSB 3108
First Publication: September 12, 2024
Last Publication: September 12, 2024
Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade
Public Notice
NOTICE OF VESTED PROPERTY RIGHT
CITY OF BRIGHTON
SORRENTO SUBDIVISION AMENDMENT
NO.5 LOT 1, BLOCK 1 (GOODWILL) SITE PLAN
Notice is hereby given that the City of Brighton has approved the Site Plan known as Goodwill
Upon motion duly made and seconded the foregoing resolution was adopted by the following vote:
Henry Aye
Tedesco Excused
Pinter Aye
O’Dorisio Aye
Baca Excused Commissioners
STATE OF COLORADO ) County of Adams )
I, Josh Zygielbaum , County Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners in and for the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that the annexed and foregoing Order is truly copied from the Records of the Proceedings of the Board of County Commissioners for said Adams County, now in my office.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County, at Brighton, Colorado this 27th day of August A.D. 2024.
County Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners Josh Zygielbaum: By: Deputy
Legal Notice No. BSB3317
First Publication: September 12, 2024
Last Publication: October 3, 2024
Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade
generally located to the east of South 8th Avenue, and south of East Bromley Lane. The approval is for a 22,800 square foot building on an approximately 3.235 acre property to operate under a retail commercial use. The property is located in the northeast quarter of Section 18, Township 1 South, Range 66 West, of the Sixth Principal Meridian, City of Brighton, County of Adams, State of Colorado.
The approval of this application on August 30, 2024, creates a vested property right.
Further information may be obtained from the City of Brighton Planning Division by calling (303) 655-2072.
Legal Notice No. BSB3320
First Publication: September 12, 2024
Last Publication: September 12, 2024
Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade
Public Notice
NOTICE OF VACANCIES FOR SILVER PEAKS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 6
Pursuant to Section 32-1-808(2)(a)(I), C.R.S., notice is hereby given that two (2) vacancies exist on the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Silver Peaks Metropolitan District No. 6. A director may be appointed to each of the vacant positions on the Board to serve until the next regular election, which shall be held on May 6, 2025. Any interested elector may file a letter of interest in such position by mail to: Matt Ruhland, Esq., Cockrel Ela Glesne Greher & Ruhland, P.C., 44 Cook Street, Suite 620, Denver, Colorado 80206.
SILVER PEAKS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 6
By:/s/ Matthew P. Ruhland
Attorney for Silver Peaks Metropolitan District No. 6
Legal Notice No. BSB3330
First Publication: September 12, 2024
Last Publication: September 12, 2024
Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade
Public Notice
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON EXCLUSION OF PROPERTY
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to all interested persons that a Petition for Exclusion of Property (the “Petition”) has been or is expected to be filed with the Board of Directors of Brighton Crossing Metropolitan District No. 8, City of Brighton, Adams County, Colorado (the “District”). The Petition requests that the property described below be
excluded from the District. The Petition shall be heard at a public meeting on Friday, September 13, 2024 at 1:00 p.m., via teleconference, at the following link:
Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89888784603?pwd= 8FNhbfLt7PIjNFrih4NFbMXEbIMCZp.1 Meeting ID: 898 8878 4603; Passcode: 569332; Call-In: 1-669-444-9171
The name and address of the Petitioner and a description of the property to be excluded are as follows:
Name of Petitioner: Brookfield Residential (Colorado) LLC
Address of Petitioner:
6465 S. Greenwood Plaza Boulevard, Suite 700 Centennial, Colorado 80111
General Description of Property: LOT 1 IN BLOCK 32 AND LOT 1 IN BLOCK 33, BRIGHTON CROSSING FILING NO. 7, CITY OF BRIGHTON, ADAMS COUNTY, COLORADO
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN to all interested persons that they shall appear at the public meeting and show cause in writing why such Petition should not be granted.
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF BRIGHTON CROSSING METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 8
By: WHITE BEAR ANKELE TANAKA & WALDRON
Attorneys at Law
General Counsel to the District
Legal Notice No. BSB3329
First Publication: September 12, 2024
Last Publication: September 12, 2024
Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade
Public Notice
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON INCLUSION (Multi-Family Parcels)
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to all interested persons that a Petition for Inclusion of Property (the “Petition”) has been or is expected to be filed with the Board of Directors of Brighton Crossing Metropolitan District No.6, City of Brighton, Adams County, Colorado (the “District”). The Petition requests that the property described below be included into the District. The Petition shall be heard at a public meeting on Friday, September 13, 2024 at 1:00 p.m., via teleconference, at the following link:
Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89888784603?pwd= 8FNhbfLt7PIjNFrih4NFbMXEbIMCZp.1 Meeting ID: 898 8878 4603; Passcode: 569332; Call-In: 1-669-444-9171
The name and address of the Petitioner and a description of the property to be included are as follows:
Name of Petitioner: Brookfield Residential (Colorado) LLC
Address of Petitioner: 6465 S. Greenwood Plaza Boulevard, Suite 700 Centennial, Colorado 80111
General Description of Property: LOT 1 IN BLOCK 32 AND LOT 1 IN BLOCK 33, BRIGHTON CROSSING FILING NO. 7, CITY OF BRIGHTON, ADAMS COUNTY, COLORADO
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN to all interested persons that they shall appear at the public meeting and show cause in writing why such Petition should not be granted.
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF BRIGHTON CROSSING METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 6
By: WHITE BEAR ANKELE TANAKA & WALDRON
Attorneys at Law General Counsel to the District
Legal Notice No.
consider the adoption of the proposed amended budgets of the Districts at a Special Meeting of the Brighton Crossing Metropolitan Districts Nos. 5-8 to be held via Zoom on Friday, September 13, 2024, at 1:00 p.m. Any interested elector of the Brighton Crossing Metropolitan District No.
5, Brighton Crossing Metropolitan District No.
6, Brighton Crossing Metropolitan District No.
7, Brighton Crossing Metropolitan District No. 8 may inspect the proposed amended budgets at the offices of Pinnacle Consulting Group, Inc., 550 West Eisenhower Blvd., Loveland, CO 80537, and file or register any objections at any time prior to the final adoption of the budgets.
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
BRIGHTON CROSSING METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 5
BRIGHTON CROSSING METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 6
BRIGHTON CROSSING METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 7
BRIGHTON CROSSING METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 8
By: /s/ Andrew Kunkel, District Administrator
Legal Notice No. BSB3322
First Publication: September 12, 2024
Last Publication: September 12, 2024 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade
NOTICE AS TO PROPOSED AMENDED 2024 BUDGETS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that amended 2024 budgets have been submitted to Brighton Crossing Metropolitan District No. 4. A copy of such proposed amended budgets has been filed at the offices of Pinnacle Consulting Group, Inc., 550 West Eisenhower Blvd., Loveland, Colorado 80537, where the same is open for public inspection. The Board of Directors will consider the adoption of the proposed amended budgets of the Districts at a Special Meeting of the Brighton Crossing Metropolitan District No. 4 to be held via Zoom on Monday, September 23, 2024, at 5:00 p.m. Any interested elector of the Brighton Crossing Metropolitan District No. 4 may inspect the proposed amended budgets at the offices of Pinnacle Consulting Group, Inc., 550 West Eisenhower Blvd., Loveland, CO 80537, and file or register any objections at any time prior to the final adoption of the budgets.
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: BRIGHTON CROSSING METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 4
By: /s/ Andrew Kunkel, District Administrator
Legal Notice No. BSB3324
First Publication: September 12, 2024
Last Publication: September 12, 2024
Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade
Notice BEFORE THE ENERGY AND CARBON MANAGEMENT COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO
IN THE MATTER OF THE PROMULGATION AND ESTABLISHMENT OF FIELD RULES TO GOVERN OPERATIONS FOR THE NIOBRARA, FORT HAYS, CODELL, AND CARLILE, FORMATIONS, WATTENBERG FIELD, ADAMS COUNTY, COLORADO
CAUSE NO. 407
DOCKET NO. 240600159
TYPE: POOLING
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO
TO THE following interested parties: the Estate of Leslie Orr McWilliam, deceased
You are hereby summoned and may appear and respond to the Application filed with the Commission in this docket. Pursuant to C.R.S. §§ 34-60-101 – 130, Extraction Oil & Gas, Inc. (Operator No.10459) (“Applicant”), filed an Application for an order to pool all oil and gas interests on below-described lands (“Application Lands”): Township 1 South, Range 66 West, 6th P.M.
The Commission scheduled this matter for hearing on:
Date: October 9, 2024
Time: 9:00 a.m.
Place: Colorado Energy and Carbon Management Commission
The Chancery Building 1120 Lincoln Street, Suite 801 Denver, Colorado 80203
To oppose the Application, you must file a written petition with the Commission pursuant to Commission Rule 507. You must file your protest on or before September 9, 2024. Please see Commission Rule 507 at https://ecmc.state.co.us/#/ home, under “Regulation,” then select “Rules.” Please note that, under Commission Rule 510.l, the deadline for petitions may only be continued for good cause, even if the hearing is continued beyond the date that is stated above. Pursuant to Commission Rule 507, if you do not file a proper petition,the Hearing Officer will notknow thatyou wish to formally participate in this matter and the date and time of the hearing may change without additional notice to you. Parties wishing to file a petition must register online at https://oitco.hylandcloud.com/DNRCOGExternalAccess/Account/Login.aspx and select “Request Access to Site.” Please refer to our “eFiling Users Guidebook” at https://ecmc.state.co.us/ documents/reg/Hearings/External_Efiling_System_Handbook_December_2021_Final.pdf for more information. Under Commission Rule 508, if no petition is filed, the Application may be approved administratively without a formal hearing.
If you file a petition, you must be able to participate in a prehearing conference during the week of September 9, 2024, if a prehearing conference is requested by the Applicant or by any person who has filed a petition.
If you fail to file a timely petition, the Commission may enter an order affecting your interests in the Application Lands without further notice. This matter may be continued to a future Commission hearing date, but that does not change your petition deadline. Acopy of the Application may be obtained from the Commission’s eFiling system or Applicant’s attorney.
ENERGY AND CARBON MANAGEMENT COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO
By Elias Thomas, Commission Secretary
Dated: August 12, 2024
Energy & Carbon Management Commission 1120 Lincoln Street, Suite 801 Denver, Colorado 80203
Website: https://ecmc.state.co.us/#/home
Phone: (303) 894-2100 Fax: (303) 894-2109
Attorney for Applicant: Jillian Fulcher Ryan McKee
Beatty & Wozniak, P.C. 1675 Broadway, Suite 600 Denver, CO 80202
303-407-4499 jflulcher@bwenergylaw.com rmckee@bwenergylaw.com
Legal Notice No. BSB3293
First Publication: August 22, 2024
Last Publication: September 19, 2024
Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade
Public Notice
T&R AUTO REPAIR 710 N.7TH AVE UNIT #5 BRIGHTON , CO 80601 303-659-6747 IS SELLING
1)2013 NISSAN ROGUE VIN ENDING IN 646102
Legal Notice No. BSB3316
First Publication: September 12, 2024
Last Publication: September 12, 2024
Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade
Public Notice
Notice is hereby given that the personal property described below will be sold to the highest bidder on September 27, 2024 at or after 10:00AM, at Southwest Mobile Storage, 9595 Brighton Rd. Henderson, CO 80640 Phone: 866.503.0668
Property of: c/o JACKSON, DAN
Last known address: 12432 W 65TH AVE ARVADA, CO 80004
Property in Unit: 20-359268-4
Misc. Computer Tower; Children’s Toys; Several Plastic Bins and Closed Garbage Bags
Legal Notice No. BSB3318
First Publication: September 12, 2024
Last Publication: September 19, 2024
Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade
PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of MARILYN ANN HAFFNER, a/k/a MARILYN A. HAFFNER, a/k/a MARILYN HAFFNER, Deceased Case Number: 2024 PR 30467
All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before December 29,2024,or the claims may be forever barred.
Ellen Toomey-Hale
Attorney for Bryan Haffner, Personal Representative PO Box 1008 Platteville, CO 80651
Legal Notice No. BSB3304
First Publication: August 29, 2024
Last Publication: September 12, 2024
Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade
PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of ALFONSO PEREZ MEDINA, Deceased Case Number: 2024 PR 129
All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before January 12, 2024, or the claims may be forever barred.
Hipolito Perez Vera
Personal Representative
79 1/2 N 9th Avenue
Brighton, CO 80601
Legal Notice No. BSB3297
First Publication: September 12, 2024
Last Publication: September 26, 2024
Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade
PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of HELEN LOUISE LeBARRON a/k/a HELEN L. LeBARRON a/k/a HELEN LeBARRON, Deceased Case Number: 2024 PR 30620
All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before December 29,2024,or the claims may be forever barred.
Patrick MacDonald
c/o M. Carl Glatstein, Esq. Glatstein & O’Brien, LLP 2696 S. Colorado Blvd., Ste 350 Denver, Colorado 80222
Legal Notice No. BSB3308
First Publication: August 29, 2024
Last Publication: September 12, 2024
Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade
Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of MARYLIN SHEAHAN MILLER, aka MARYLIN S. MILLER, Deceased Case Number: 24PR030618
All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the rnstrict Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before December 30, 2024, or the claims may be forever barred.
Neal K Dunning Brown Dunning Walker Fein Drusch
Attorneys for Personal Representative
7995 E Prentice Ave Ste 101 E Greenwood Village, CO 80111
Legal Notice No. BSB3103
First Publication: August 29, 2024
Last Publication: September 12, 2024
Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade
Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of DONALD PETER DI ANNIE, a/k/a DONALD P. DI ANNIE, a/k/a DON P. DI ANNIE, a/k/a DONALD DI ANNIE, a/k/a DON DI ANNIE Case Number: 2024PR30615
All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to presentthem to the co-personal representatives or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before December 29, 2024, or the claims may be forever barred,
Donna Marrone and/or Steven Di Annie
Co-Personal Representatives 2874 West 111 Way Westminster, CO 80234
Legal Notice No. BSB3102
First Publication: August 29, 2024
Last Publication: September 12, 2024
Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade
PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of PAULA. VIGIL, Deceased Case Number: 2024 PR 307
All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before December 29,2024,or the claims may be forever barred.
PAUL A. VIGIL
Personal Representative 2492 GRANBY WAY AURORA CO 80011
Legal Notice No. BSB3312
First Publication: August 29, 2024
Last Publication: September 12, 2024
Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade
PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of MARY JOAN LORSHBOUGH, Deceased Case Number: 2024 PR 30501
All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before January 12, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Danette Pyles
Co-Personal Representative 13415 Gaylord Street Thornton, CO 80241
Legal Notice No. BSB3321
First Publication: September 12, 2024
Last Publication: September 26, 2024
Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade
PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Anita Borrego, Deceased Case Number: 2024 PR 30652
All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Adams County, Colorado on or before January 13, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Paul R. Danborn
Attorney for Personal Representative Andres Martinez
FRIE ARNDT DANBORN & THIESSEN, P.C. 7400 Wadsworth Blvd., Suite 201 Arvada, Colorado 80003
Legal Notice No. BSB3323
First Publication: September 12, 2024
Last Publication: September 26, 2024
Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade
Public notice is given on August 13, 2024, that a Petition for a Change of Name of an adult has been filed with the Adams County Court.
The petition requests that the name of Davon Orlando Burnley be changed to Davon Orlando Robles Case No.: 24 C 1422
Martin J. Flaum II By: Aaams County Court Judge
Legal Notice No. BSB 3105
First Publication: September 5, 2024
Last Publication: September 19, 2024 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade
Public Notice of Petition for Change of Name
Public notice is given on
Dade Garner, Jordan Garner, Rylee Warren Children, and Concerning Christine Jo Elder, Matthew William Garner, John Doe Respondents: Jacqueline Flowers Special Respondent
You are hereby notified that a verified petition has been filed in the above named Court in which it is represented to the Court that said child are alleged to be dependent and neglected; for the reasons set forth more fully in said petition, a copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference for greater certainty.
You are further notified that the parent-child legal relationship may be terminated by this action, if prayed for in the petition.
You are further notified that the Court has set said petition for hearing on the 29th day of September, 2024 at the hour of 10:30 a.m. You are hereby notified to be and appear, at said time, before this Court located at the Adams County Justice Center,1100 Judicial Center Drive, Brighton, CO 80601.
Witness my hand and seal of said Court this 4th day of September, 2024.
Alana Percy
Clerk of the District Court
Legal Notice No. BSB3327
First Publication: September 12, 2024
Last Publication: September 12, 2024
Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade ###
ORDINANCE NO.
INTRODUCED BY: Padilla
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BRIGHTON, COLORADO, AMENDING ARTICLES 3, 13, AND 14 OF THE BRIGHTON MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO IMPACT FEES AND UTILITY RATES
WHEREAS, definitions for fees, curb stop, single family dwelling, and others require updating for consistency and to reflect current practice; and
WHEREAS, rates, fees, and charges can be found in the annual Fee Resolution approved by City Council and some are also in the municipal code, and moving all rates, fees, and charges into the resolution creates efficiencies and assures these are considered and reviewed annually; and
WHEREAS, the City Council requires that development pay for itself and impact fees are a primary method of assuring that services in the community are adequately funded as the City grows; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds it is in the best interest of the City to have the municipal code reflect actual practice, to use updated current definitions, and to move rates and fees into the annual Fee Resolution like other administrative actions.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF BRIGHTON, COLORADO, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 3-5-10(d) is hereby amended to read as follows:
(d) Development impact fees or impact fees means moneys paid to the City by owners, subdividers and/or developers of land within the City, as part of the City’s land use development application review and approval process, and in connection with the construction of new developments, and in consideration of new residential, commercial, industrial or other development requiring the subdivision of land or the construction of infrastructure or other improvements within the City, including but not limited to fees, charges, or fee-in-lieu payments for acquisition of park land and trails, park and trails improvements or park and trails development; open space acquisition and preservation; traffic infrastructure, transit infrastructure, signalization and other traffic-related improvements; bridges and crossings; water and wastewater infrastructure, treatment facilities and other related improvements; water acquisition and storage facilities; drainage infrastructure and other related improvements; and such other and similar fees and charges adopted by the City Council from time to time by annual fee resolution, or otherwise, provided that such fees and charges are reasonably related to the impacts resulting from new developments or subdivisions of land within the City and the construction of infrastructure or other improvements related thereto.
Section 2. Section 3-5-30 shall be repealed and deleted in its entirety and the section reserved for future use.
Section 3. Section 3-5-40 shall be repealed and replaced with the following:
Sec. 3-5-40. Fees to be paid for new development.
(a)When a person or entity makes an application for a permit to develop property located within the City limits, development impact fees shall be charged prior to permit issuance. All such fees shall be charged at the rate in effect at the time of permit issuance. Water dedication is required for all development, redevelopment, and expansion projects per Section 13-4-10.
The following impact fees shall be charged:
1)Water impact fees: a fee charged on a per-connection basis which is utilized by the City for its costs in providing water and water system expansion and improvements, as further defined in Section 13-4-05.
2)Wastewater impact fees: a fee charged on a perconnection basis which is charged by the City on behalf of Metro Water Recovery or the Town of Lochbuie for their costs in providing wastewater, also known as sanitary sewer, processing and system expansion and improvements, as further defined in Section 13-12-10.
3) Storm drainage impact fees: a fee charged by the City for its costs related to capital improvement or expansion of storm drainage facilities, as further defined in Section 14-9-30.
4) Transportation impact fees: a fee charged on new development which is utilized by the City for its costs in expanding road, bridge, traffic, and multimodal infrastructure and improvements.
5) Park development impact fees: a fee charged on new development which is utilized by the City for its costs in expanding publicly available park, recreation, and open space facilities.
6) General services impact fees: a fee charged on new development which is utilized by the City for its costs to expand service levels as the City grows, including in the areas of public safety and other general services provided by the City.
(b) Funds for capital improvements. All fees collected pursuant to this Section shall be deposited into the corresponding funds of the City set forth above and shall be used for growth related capital improvements. No impact fees shall be used for the periodic or routine maintenance of infrastructure or for other ongoing operational expenses.
(c) Review of fees.
City Council shall review impact fees established from time to time as it deems necessary and may modify the amount thereof in accordance with a schedule of fees, rates and charges as adopted by resolution.
Section 4. Section 3-5-45 shall be repealed and deleted in its entirety and the section reserved for future use.
Section 5. Section 13-4-05, Definitions, shall be amended to read as follows:
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning of the terms used in this Article shall be as follows:
Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU) shall be as contemplated and described in Section 4.03.B of the Brighton Land Use and Development Code.
Base rate category means the beginning rate established for a nonresidential customer based upon their previous winter water usage.
Budget billing means spreading the average water billing for a homeowner over a twelve-month period - from March through February - in twelve (12) equal payments. An application is required.
Commercial means any structure used for business purposes.
Contractor means a person that undertakes to construct, alter, move, demolish, repair, replace, excavate or add to any public improvements or common facilities covered by the City of Brighton standards and specifications.
Curb stop means a valve located on the water service line typically at the property line.
Director means the Director of Utilities or the Director’s designee, as the context shall require, and any references in this Chapter 13, Water and Sewer, including rules, regulations, standards or specifications related thereto; to “City Manager,” “Director of Finance,” “Director of Public Works,” “Director,” “Public Works” or “Public Works Department” which relate to the City’s water, sanitary sewer, drainage, storm water systems and related improvements of whatever kind or nature shall be deemed to reference the Department of Utilities, the Director thereof, or the Director’s designee as the context shall require.
Door-hanger means written notification by the City posted on the front door of a residence or business within the City.
Fee-in-Lieu of Water Dedication means a monetary payment in lieu of water dedication, which is allowed in those certain instances as set forth in Section 13-4-10.
Fees means the fees and charges assessed in this Chapter 13, Water and Wastewater, and shall be applicable to water and wastewater utility services from the City unless otherwise subsequently amended or changed in the City Council’s annual fee resolution or ordinance.
Industrial means any structure used for manufacturing purposes.
Mains means the main pipes and connections forming a part of the City waterworks.
Monthly fixed charge means a flat monthly fee charged on the water bill to cover a portion of the fixed overhead costs of operating and maintaining City waterworks. A portion of the fee may also be used to pay for debt retirement.
Mixed-use means any structure which includes a combination of two (2) or more uses, such as residential, commercial or industrial.
Multi-family shall be referred to hereafter as “Multi-unit” and means structures with one (1) meter serving more than two (2) dwelling units, such as an apartment complex.
Service line means a line that runs from the City’s water main to a penetration of a wall, floor or valve on a residence or business.
Single-family shall hereafter be referred to as “Residential Housing,” and means a residential building or any structure built for occupancy by one primary dwelling unit or more than one dwelling unit, used solely for residential purposes, where the units may be detached, attached side by side and shar-
ing a common wall or in some other configuration, and each residential unit must have its own meter.
Water dedication means the conveyance of water rights to the City as set forth in Section 13-410 and required for the impact of development or redevelopment on water usage to assure sufficient water resources to provide water service.
Water meter pit means a plastic, fiberglass or other structure planted in the ground to surround and protect a water meter.
Water meter vault means a concrete structure installed in the ground to surround and protect a water meter one and one-half (1½) inches or larger in size.
Water impact fee means a fee which is utilized to reimburse the City for its costs in providing water and water system expansion and improvements, which improvements include, but are not limited to, well-field development, raw water transmission lines, water treatment, water storage, water pressure and/or treated water transmission lines.
Water tap means the point of connection of a service line to the City’s potable water distribution system.
Water user means any person receiving water from the City’s waterworks system.
Water works system means any structure or apparatus for the purpose of conveying water.
Section 6. Section 13-4-50 shall be amended to read as follows:
Sec. 13-4-50. Service discontinuance; notice required.
(a)Temporary discontinuance.
(1) Any property owner desiring to temporarily discontinue City water service must give personal written notice to the Director at least two (2) business days prior to the date the discontinuance shall commence. Said notice shall state the name of the owner, the address of the property, the date temporary discontinuance shall commence and end, and a telephone contact number. Temporary discontinuance of water service at any location within the City shall not exceed six (6) months.
(2) Discontinuance of such water service at any location within the City water operation shall be done pursuant to authority of the Director. No water service shall be discontinued unless the property is not occupied and all outstanding water and wastewater fees have been paid. During the period of temporary discontinued service, there shall be no water flow to the property for any purpose, nor shall there be any discharge to the sanitary sewer. Notwithstanding the temporary discontinuance, the owner shall be responsible for paying the applicable monthly fixed charges that will accrue.
(b) Permanent discontinuance.
(1)Any property owner desiring to permanently discontinue City water service must give personal written notice to the Director at least two (2) business days prior to the date the discontinuance shall commence. The notice shall state the name of the owner, the address of the property, the date permanent discontinuance shall commence, the reason permanent discontinuance is requested and a telephone contact number.
(2) The City may terminate water and/or wastewater service and permanently disconnect the water and wastewater service tap connection to any structure where the owner evidences in writing an intent to abandon the service connection. Selling the property to another is not sufficient evidence of intent to abandon. The owner shall be responsible for payment of all cost associated with the abandonment.
(3) The City may terminate water and/or wastewater service and permanently disconnect the water and wastewater service tap connection to any structure where water and/or wastewater service has not been used for a period of five (5) consecutive years, which nonuse shall be evidence of an intent to abandon.
(4) Prior to a final determination by the City that a water and/or wastewater service connection is abandoned by the owner, the owner shall be provided a hearing before the Director, at the owner’s request. The Director may determine, based upon the evidence presented at such hearing, whether a water and/or wastewater service connection should be terminated. The determination of the Director shall be final. All fees and applicable monthly fixed charges shall continue to accrue unless and until a final determination of abandonment is made.
(c)Unless there is a separate written agreement to the contrary, any application for an enlargement in service, change in use classification or reactivation of discontinued service shall constitute a new connection, and all applicable water rights dedication and associated fees, water and wastewater impact fees and any other applicable fees and charges shall be assessed.
Section 7. Section 13-4-60 shall be amended to read as follows:
Sec. 13-4-60. Curb stop required. The developer, homebuilder, owner, or lessee of any service line connected with the City waterworks system shall hereafter keep or cause to be kept a curb stop lo-
cated at the property line to enable water service shut off.
Section 8. Section 13-4-90 shall be amended to read as follows:
Sec. 13-4-90. Water impact fees and connection charges.
(a) Whenever a person, firm, corporation, or entity makes application for a permit to use City water for property located within the City limits, water resources must be dedicated in accordance with Section 13-4-10 and a water impact fee shall be charged to the applicant in accordance with a schedule of fees to be set by resolution, duly adopted by the City Council after review of such fee schedule as the City Council from time to time deems necessary. All such fees shall be charged at the rate in effect at the time of permit issuance.
(b) Water tap on previously accepted mains. All taps onto an existing water main will be made by the contractor under City supervision. The contractor will supply all materials needed and complete all construction for the tap connection in strict compliance with applicable City standards and specifications. The contractor will install the meter pit or vault according to City specifications.
(c) Water meter pits or vaults and lids are to be provided and installed by the contractor per City standards and specifications.
(d) Water meters are required on all water taps and must be purchased at time of building permit. The water meter charges shall be in an amount equal to the City’s cost for the purchase of the water meter.
(e) A dedication of water rights is required for all development and redevelopment projects, except in limited circumstances as set forth in Section 13-4-10. Where such exceptions allow a payment of fee-in-lieu of water rights dedication, the City fee resolution shall set forth the water impact fee for fee-in-lieu of water rights for residential housing, mobile home parks, mixed use, commercial, industrial, and all other uses not specifically delineated shall be assessed based on tap size.
(f) The water impact fee for those dedicating water rights to the City and those paying fee-in-lieu of water rights dedication in those limited circumstances set forth in Section 13-4-10 for multi-unit dwellings, including apartment buildings, shall be based on number of units as set forth in the Fee Resolution.
g) [Reserved.]
h) [Reserved.]
i) [Reserved.]
j) No connection to the City waterworks system shall be made unless all charges and assessments therefor are paid in full in advance of the connection.
Section 9. Sections 13-4-95 is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 13-4-95. Dual system fees. Non-potable water systems which have been approved by the City for the provision of non-potable water for irrigation within the corporate limits of the City shall be eligible for a reduction in the water impact fees. The amount of said reduction shall be determined according to an analysis conducted by the Utilities Department which takes into consideration the land use for which the non-potable system will be implemented, the area to be irrigated by the non-potable system, the source of water for the nonpotable system, the capacity and capability of the nonpotable system, the extent to which the non-potable system is independently and privately owned and operated, the operational and maintenance requirements for the non-potable system and such other factors and considerations as the Utilities Department deems appropriate and necessary for its analysis.
Section 10. Section 13-4-100 is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 13-4-100. Disconnection and reconnection fees. There shall be assessed a fee for the City disconnecting water service and reconnecting water service if such action becomes necessary as a result of nonpayment of the utilities bill or the owner requests repair or maintenance of the service line from the stop box on private property. The fee shall be increased if such action is taken by the City outside of normal business hours. The disconnection and reconnection fees and any increase thereof shall be in accordance with a schedule of fees, rates and charges as adopted by the Annual Fee Resolution.
Section 11. Section 13-4-110(a) and (b) is hereby amended to read as follows:
Sec. 13-4-110. Payment of charges; lien.
(a) The owner of property served with City water shall be responsible for all water fees and charges, including impact fees, water resource fees, usage fees and charges, rates and other fees imposed by the terms and provisions of this Article and/or the Annual Fee Resolution.
(b)All impact fees, water resource fees, usage fees and charges, rates and other duly imposed fees due as a result of the terms and provisions of this Article and/or the Annual Fee Resolution, interest and penalties as may be agreed upon or otherwise imposed, and costs of collection and attorneys’ fees incurred in relation thereto (hereinafter “all amounts due as a result of application of the terms and provisions of this Article”)
shall, from the date of mailing of notice as provided in Subsection (c) hereof, constitute a perpetual lien on the property to which the same apply. The lien for all amounts due as a result of application of the terms and provisions of this Article shall have priority over all other liens except general taxes, special assessments, encumbrances, rights and interests filed of record in the office of the appropriate clerk and recorder prior to the date of the mailing of the notice of lien.
Section 12. Section 13-4-130 shall be amended to read as follows:
Sec. 13-4-130 Charges; monthly water service; schedule. All water rate charges for use of water in the City shall be assessed pursuant to a schedule of fees to be set by resolution duly adopted by the City Council after review of such fee schedule as the City Council from time to time deems necessary. The following shall be the schedule of monthly water service rates for the use of water in the City on a metered rate basis.
(a) Residential properties shall pay a monthly fixed charge for water service as published in the annual fee resolution. Effective for all bills dated after January 1, 2025, a monthly fixed charge shall be billed to all water accounts whether there is water usage or not. This charge shall be published in the annual fee resolution.
(b) Residential and residential irrigation service shall pay a monthly volume-based water rate as published in the annual fee resolution. The monthly volume-based charge will be added to the monthly fixed charge. Residential and residential irrigation volume-based water rates monthly charge will be added to the monthly fixed charge. (c) Budget billing. Any homeowner in the City may be eligible for budget billing, as defined herein. Homeowners may apply for budget billing based upon previous annual average consumption at that address. If the homeowner has less than twelve (12) months history at that address, the previous occupant’s usage may be used to calculate the annual average. Each year, in March, the next year’s budget billing amount shall be computed. Any underpayment shall be billed to the homeowner. Any over-payment shall be credited to the homeowner. (d) Multi-unit housing properties shall pay volume-based water rates as stated in the annual fee resolution. The monthly volume-based charge will be added to the monthly fixed charge. (e) Commercial, irrigation, municipal potable, non-potable irrigation, industrial, mixed use, bulk, and schools shall pay monthly fixed charges published in the annual fee resolution. The monthly fixed charge shall be billed to all water accounts whether or not there is water usage. These fees shall be applied based on tap size.
(f)Commercial, industrial, mixed use, municipal potable, schools, bulk (hydrant meter use), and non-potable irrigation shall be assessed volume-based water rates in the annual fee resolution. The volume-based charge will be added to the monthly fixed charges. (g) Contract water surcharge. All taps shall be assessed a monthly flat fee based on tap size, with or without water usage.
(h) All water accounts shall have a water treatment plant fee assessed per month based on average usage in each customer category effective January 1, 2023, as set forth in the annual fee resolution.
Section 13. Section 13-4-220 shall be amended to read as follows:
Sec. 13-4-220. Service line ownership, repair, and replacement; costs.
(a) If the water meter is located outside the structure, the property owner is responsible for ownership, repair, and replacement of the service line from the structure to the water meter.
(b) If the water meter is in the dwelling, then the property owner is responsible for ownership, repair, and replacement of the service line from the meter to the curb stop. In the absence of a curb stop or if the curb stop cannot be located, private ownership, repair and replacement cost of the service line shall end at the property line.
(c) The property owner is responsible for ownership, repair and replacement of any lines and plumbing fixtures inside the building.
(d) Whenever a break or leak occurs in a water service line, the owner or other person in charge of the property receiving water service where the break or leak occurs shall have the same repaired or replaced immediately. All costs for the repair or replacement shall be borne by the property owner.
(e) After notice by the City, if the water service line is repaired within two (2) weeks, the water charge for that month will be prorated based upon the historical usage for that property. If the line is not repaired within two (2) weeks, the owner will be assessed the full charge for the water used.
(f)The fees provided for in this Section, until paid, shall constitute a lien against the property as are general property taxes. Furthermore, any failure to pay said fees shall constitute a basis for discontinuance of water service until payment in full is received by the City.
Industrial means any structure used for manufacturing purposes.
Section 14. Section 13-4-230 shall be repealed and deleted in its entirety and this Section reserved for future use.
Section 15. Article 13-12 shall henceforth be titled “Wastewater System Use Regulations” and Section 13-12-10 shall be amended to read as follows:
Section 13-12-10 Definitions.
Unless the context specifically indicates otherwise, the meaning of terms used in this Article shall be as follows:
Best Management Practices (or BMPs) means the customary and accepted practices and activities designed to prevent or reduce pollutants in wastewater and minimize the impacts at the Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTW) through the use prevention activities, maintenance practices and educational programs implemented before, during and/or after pollution-producing activities, that are intended to reduce or eliminate the introduction of pollutants into receiving wastewaters.
Biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) means the quantity of oxygen utilized in the biochemical oxidation of organic matter under standard laboratory procedure in five (5) days at twenty (20) degrees Centigrade, expressed in milligrams per liter.
Building drain means that part of the lowest horizontal piping of a sanitary drainage system which receives the discharge from soil, waste, and other sanitary drainage pipes inside the walls of the building and conveys it to the building sanitary sewer service line, beginning five (5) feet (one and one-half [1.5] meters) outside the inner face of the building wall.
Building sewer or Building wastewater means the extension from the building sanitary or wastewater drain to the public sanitary wastewater or other place of disposal, which conveys wastewater from the premises of a user. Building sewer is also called house wastewater connection or sanitary service line.
Categorical standards means the National Categorical Pretreatment Standards or Pretreatment Standards.
Colorado Discharge Permit System Permit or CDPS Permit, means a permit issued pursuant to the Colorado Water Quality Control Act (Section 25-8-191, et seq., C.R.S.).
Combined sewer means a sewer intended to receive both wastewater and storm or surface water.
Commercial means any structure used for business purposes or which has three (3) or more dwelling units and is served by only one (1) water meter.
Cooling water means water discharged from any use such as air conditioning, cooling or refrigeration or to which the only pollutant added is heat.
Department means the Utilities Department unless otherwise specified.
Director means the Director of the Utilities Department, unless otherwise specified.
Easement means an acquired legal right for specific use of land owned by others.
Fixture as used in this Article means a receptor or device that requires both a water- supply connection and a discharge to the sanitary drainage system, including but not limited to a dishwasher, food-waste grinder, clothes washer, water heater, sinks, water closets and lavatories, as more specifically defined in the plumbing code adopted by the City.
Floatable oil means cooking oil, fat or grease, petroleum oil or synthetic oil in a physical state such that it will separate by gravity from wastewater by treatment in an approved pretreatment facility. Wastewater shall be considered free of floatable oil if it is properly pretreated and the wastewater does not interfere with the collection system.
Food garbage means the animal and vegetable waste resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking and serving of foods.
Grease interceptor means a pretreatment facility or tank remotely located that serves one (1) or more commercial kitchen fixtures specifically designed and manufactured to separate and retain fat, oil, grease and solids from water. A grease interceptor is typically an outside, underground, multi-compartment tank required for commercial food service, manufacturing or processing establishments.
Grease trap means an indoor plumbing device which complies with the provisions and specifications of the plumbing code adopted by the City. This trap is designed to intercept fat, oil, grease, and solids before entering the wastewater system, shall not be connected to more than four (4) fixtures and cannot be connected to food grinders or dishwashers.
contracting with the City for treatment of sewage service, such as, but not limited to, Metro Wastewater Reclamation District WWTP and Town of Lochbuie WWTP.
dustrial wastes and dispose of the effluent.
Section 20. Section 13-16-70 shall be amended to read as follows:
Industrial user means any nondomestic source discharging pollutants into a POTW, regulated under Section 307(b), (c) or (d) of the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C §1251, et seq.
Industrial waste means the wastewater from industrial processes, trade or business as distinguished from domestic or sanitary wastes.
Interference means a discharge which, alone or in conjunction with a discharge or discharges from other sources, both:
a) Inhibits or disrupts the wastewater treatment works, its treatment processes or operations or its sludge processes, use or disposal; and b) Therefore is a cause of a violation of the publicly owned treatment works (POTW) permit (including an increase in the magnitude or duration of a violation) or of the prevention of sewage sludge use or disposal in compliance with applicable federal laws and regulations, or more stringent state or local laws or regulations: Section 405 of the Clean Water Act, (33 U.S.C. 1345), the Solid Waste Disposal Act (SWDA) (including Title II, more commonly referred to as the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), and including state regulations contained in any state sludge management plan prepared pursuant to Subtitle D of the SWDA), the Clean Air Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act and the Marine Protection, Research and Sanctuaries Act.
May is permissive (see shall).
Mixed use means any structure which includes a combination of two (2) or more uses, such as residential, commercial or industrial.
Multi-family shall be referred to hereafter as “Multi-unit” and means structures with one (1) meter serving more than two (2) dwelling units, such as an apartment complex.
National Categorical Pretreatment Standard means a pollutant discharge limit or other requirement promulgated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) in accordance with Sections 307(b) and (c) of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. § 1317) and set forth and defined in 40 C.F.R. 403.6 and 40 C.F.R., Chapter I, Subchapter N, which applies to a specific category of industrial users.
Natural outlet means any outlet, including storm outfalls, into a watercourse, pond, ditch, lake or other body of surface or ground water.
Pass-through means a discharge which exits the facilities of any publicly owned treatment works (POTW) into waters of the United States in quantities or concentrations which, alone or in conjunction with the discharge or discharges from other sources, is a cause of a violation of any requirement of the POTW’s permit (including an increase in the magnitude or duration of a violation).
Person means any individual, partnership, firm, company, association, society, corporation, group or any other legal entity or their legal representatives, agents, or assigns.
pH means the logarithm of the reciprocal of the hydrogen ion concentration. The concentration is the weight of hydrogen ions, in grams, per liter of solution. Neutral water, for example, has a pH value of seven (7) and a hydrogen ion concentration of 10-7.
Pollutant means dredged spoils, solid waste, incinerator residue, filter backwash, sewage, food garbage, floatable oil, sewage sludge, munitions, medical wastes, chemical wastes, biological materials, radioactive materials, heat, wrecked or discarded equipment, rock, sand, cellar dirt, municipal, agricultural and industrial wastes and certain characteristics of wastewater (e.g., pH, temperature, Total Suspended Solids (TSS), turbidity, color, Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD), Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD), toxicity or odor).
Properly shredded food garbage means the wastes from the preparation, cooking and dispensing of food that have been shredded to such a degree that all particles will be carried freely under the flow conditions normally prevailing in public sanitary wastewaters, with no particle greater than onehalf (½) inch (1.27 centimeters) in any dimension.
Public sanitary sewer means a common sanitary sewer controlled by a governmental agency or public utility; also known as a public wastewater system.
Publicly owned treatment works (or POTW) means a treatment works as defined by Section 212 of the Clean Water Act, which is owned by a State or municipality (as defined by Section 502(4) of the Act). This definition includes any devices and systems used in the storage, treatment, recycling and reclamation of municipal sewage or industrial wastes of a liquid nature. It also includes sanitary sewer pipes and other conveyances only if they convey wastewater to a POTW treatment plant. The POTW’s treatment plant refers not only to City-owned WWTP, but also to any person or entity
Publicly owned treatment works (POTW) permit means any NPDES or CDPS permit issued pursuant to Section 402 of the Act (33 U.S.C. § 1342) by federal, state or any other legal authority to any POTW owned and/or contracted by the City to service City residents, including connections by users located outside the City limits.
Sand/oil separator means a pretreatment facility or tank remotely located and specifically designed and manufactured to separate petroleum oil, sand or grit from water. A sand/oil separator is typically an outside, underground, multi-compartment tank required for all petroleum, oil, sand or grit generating establishments.
Sanitary sewer means a sewer that carries liquid and water-carried wastes from residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants and institutions, together with minor quantities of ground, storm and surface waters that are not admitted intentionally.
Sewage is the spent water of a community. The preferred term is wastewater.
Sewer means a pipe or conduit that carries wastewater or stormwater.
Shall is mandatory (see may).
Significant industrial user means:
a) A discharger subject to the National Categorical Pretreatment Standards; or b) A discharger that:
1. Discharges an average of twenty-five thousand (25,000) gallons per day or more of process wastewater to the wastewater treatment works (excluding sanitary, noncontact cooling and boiler blowdown wastewater).
2. Contributes a process waste stream which makes up five percent (5%) or more of the average dry weather hydraulic or organic capacity of the POTW treatment plant.
3. Is designated as such by the Director on the basis that it has a reasonable potential for adversely affecting the treatment plant’s POTW operations or for violating any pretreatment standards or requirement.
c) Upon a finding that a discharger meeting the criteria in Subparagraph b.2. above has no reasonable potential for adversely affecting the wastewater treatment plant’s operation or for violation any pretreatment standard or requirement, the Director may, at any time, on the Director’s own initiative or in response to a petition received from a discharger, and in accordance with procedures in 40 C.F.R. 403.8(f)(6), determine that such discharger should not be considered a significant industrial user.
Single-family shall hereafter be referred to as “Residential Housing,” and means a residential building or any structure built for occupancy by one primary dwelling unit or more than one dwelling unit, used solely for residential purposes, where the units may be detached, attached side by side and sharing a common wall or in some other configuration, and each residential unit must have its own meter.
Slug shall mean any discharge of a nonroutine, episodic nature, including but not limited to an accidental spill or a noncustomary batch discharge which, in concentration of any given constituent or in quantity of flow, exceeds for any period of duration longer than fifteen (15) minutes more than five (5) times the average twentyfour-hour concentration or flows during normal operation and shall adversely affect the collection system and/or performance of the wastewater treatment works.
Storm drain, sometimes termed storm sewer, means a drain or sewer for conveying water, groundwater, subsurface water or unpolluted water from any source.
Surcharge means any charge added above and beyond the fines already levied by the City.
Total Suspended Solids (TSS) means total suspended matter that either floats on the surface of, or is in suspension in, water, wastewater or other liquids, and that is removable by laboratory filtering as prescribed in Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater and referred to as nonfilterable residue.
Unpolluted water means water of quality equal to or better than the effluent criteria in effect or water that would not cause violation of receiving water quality standards and would not be benefited by discharge to the sanitary sewers and wastewater treatment facilities provided.
User means any person who contributes, causes, or permits the contribution of wastewater into the POTW.
Wastewater means the spent water of a community. From the standpoint of source, it may be a combination of the liquid and water-carried wastes from residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants, and institutions, together with any groundwater, surface water and stormwater that may be present.
Wastewater facilities means the structures, equipment and processes required to collect, carry away and treat domestic and in-
Wastewater impact report means a report which details the impact a new development will have on the City’s wastewater treatment plant - both quantity of discharge and composition of discharge.
Wastewater tap means the point of connection of a service line to the City’s wastewater collection system.
Wastewater connection fee means the fee charged for the right to physically connect to a wastewater collection line.
Wastewater treatment works means an arrangement of devices and structures for treating wastewater, industrial wastes and sludge. Sometimes used as synonymous with waste treatment plant, wastewater treatment plant or water pollution control plant.
Watercourse means a natural or artificial channel for the passage of water, either continuously or intermittently.
Section 16. Section 13-12-55 shall be added to read as follows:
Sec. 13-12-55. Service outside the City. Any existing wastewater service outside the municipal boundaries shall pay double the rate for service within the City. No new service outside the City limits will be provided.
Section 17. Sections 13-12-60 shall be amended to read as follows:
Sec. 13-12-60. Building wastewater permit required. No unauthorized person shall uncover, make any connection with or opening into, use, alter, or disturb any public sanitary sewer or public wastewater system or appurtenance thereof without first obtaining a written permit from the City.
Section 18. Section 13-12-70 shall be amended to read as follows:
Sec. 13-12-70. Building sewer permit types; application; fee. The owner or his or her agent shall make application on a form furnished by the City. The permit application shall be supplemented by any plans, specifications or other information considered pertinent in the judgment of the Director. Permit and inspection fees for a residential, commercial, and industrial building sewer permit shall be assessed in accordance with the schedule of fees, rates and charges as adopted by the annual fee resolution, and shall be paid to the City at the time the building wastewater permit therefor is issued.
Section 19. Article 13-16 shall hereafter be named “Wastewater Rates,” and Section 1316-25 shall be amended to read as follows:
Sec. 13-16-25. Wastewater connection charges and related fees.
(a)Whenever a person or entity makes application for a permit to use City wastewater for property located within the City limits, a wastewater system connection fee shall be paid for each separate tap to any sanitary wastewater line within the City. Fees shall be charged to the applicant in accordance with a schedule of fees to be set by resolution duly adopted by the City Council after review of such fee schedule as the City Council from time to time deems necessary. The amount of the fee shall be based on the size of the water service line.
(1) Residential housing, mixed use, commercial, industrial, and other uses not specifically delineated herein shall be assessed a wastewater connection fee based on the associated water tap size.
(2)Wastewater connection fees for multi-unit dwellings, including apartment buildings, serviced by common tap shall be assessed based on number of units.
(3) Mobile home parks shall be charged on a per user unit basis.
(4) For any connection greater than two (2) inches, the owner shall provide the City with an acceptable wastewater impact report authorized by a registered professional engineer experienced in wastewater services in addition to payment of the wastewater connection fee.
(5) The developer will make all taps in new developments. An inspection fee as set forth in the annual fee resolution will be charged for each tap to an existing line.
(6) No new service lines will be provided outside the corporate limits of the City.
(b) An additional wastewater/sewer connection charge shall be paid for the treatment component associated with any sanitary sewer line within the Metro Water Recovery service area of the City in accordance with Metro Water Recovery fees. The amount of the fee shall be based on the size of the water tap and shall be equal to the impact fees assessed by Metro Water Recovery at the time of the permit issuance.
(c) An additional wastewater plant investment fee shall be paid for the treatment component associated with any sanitary sewer/wastewater line within the Lochbuie Municipal Sewer Board service area of the City in accordance with Lochbuie Municipal Sewer Board fees. The amount of the fee shall be based on the size of the water tap and shall be equal to the fees assessed by the Lochbuie Municipal Sewer Board at the time of the permit issuance.
(a) Wastewater service charge. All wastewater service charges for processing of wastewater in the City shall be assessed pursuant to a schedule of fees to be set by resolution duly adopted by City Council after review of such fee schedule as the City Council from time to time deems necessary. Any rate increases authorized or required by Lochbuie Sewer Board or Metro Water Recovery shall increase the City’s rates accordingly for each of their respective customers in the same proportion or percentage.
(b) (1) The schedule of monthly rates for wastewater service for Metro Water Recovery customers shall be published in the annual fee resolution. a. Residential monthly fixed fee. The monthly fixed charge shall be billed to all residential wastewater accounts whether there is usage or not. b. Commercial, industrial, municipal, mixed use, schools, and multi-unit monthly fixed fee. The monthly fixed rate shall be billed to all wastewater accounts whether there is water usage or not. These fees shall be applied based on tap size.
(2) Volume based wastewater rate—Residential metered water usage. All users of the wastewater system who are metered for water usage will be billed a volume-based wastewater rate each month, based on the average water usage as reflected in the prior December, January, and February water bills. Such rate will be published in the annual fee resolution. (3) Fixed wastewater rate—Non-metered water usage. Those users of the wastewater system who are not metered for water usage will be billed a fixed wastewater rate each month to be published in the annual fee resolution.
(4) Commercial and municipal property—Rated based on actual water usage. Any owner of a commercial property in the City which receives City wastewater service will be billed a wastewater rate based on actual water usage each month published in the annual fee resolution.
(5) All Metro Water Recovery wastewater users shall be assessed a monthly fee of three dollars ($3.00) for residential properties and six dollars ($6.00) for multi-family residential property. All other users shall be assessed a monthly fee based on tap size.
(c) (1) The schedule of monthly rates for wastewater service for Lochbuie customers shall be published in the annual fee resolution. a. Residential monthly fixed fee. The monthly fixed charge shall be billed to all residential wastewater accounts whether there is usage or not. b. Commercial, industrial, municipal, mixed use, schools, and multi-unit monthly fixed fee. The monthly fixed rate shall be billed to all wastewater accounts whether there is water usage or not. These fees shall be applied based on tap size.
(2) Volume-based wastewater rate—Residential metered water usage. All users of the wastewater system who are metered for water usage will be billed a volume-based wastewater rate each month, based on the average water usage as reflected in the prior December, January, and February water bills.
(3) Fixed wastewater rate—Non-metered water usage. Those users of the wastewater system who are not metered for water usage will be billed a fixed wastewater rate each month.
(4) Commercial and municipal property—Rated based on actual water usage. Any owner of a commercial property in the City which receives City wastewater service will be billed a wastewater rate based on actual water usage each month.
Section 21. Section 13-16-90(a) and (b) shall be amended to read as follows:
Sec. 13-16-90. Payment of charges; lien.
(a) The owner of property served with City sanitary sewer and/or stormwater services as provided in this Article shall be responsible for all sanitary sewer/ wastewater and stormwater fees and charges, including impact fees, usage fees and charges, rates and other fees imposed by the terms and provisions of this Article and/or the City annual fee resolution.
(b) All impact fees, usage fees and charges, rates and charges due as a result of application of the terms and provisions of this Article and/or the City’s annual fee resolution, interest and penalties as may be agreed upon or otherwise imposed and costs of collection and attorneys’ fees incurred in relation thereto (hereinafter “all amounts due as a result of application of the terms and provisions of this Article”) shall, from the date of mailing of notice as provided in Subsection (c) hereof, constitute a perpetual lien on the property to which the same apply. The lien for all amounts due as a result of application of the terms and provisions of this Article shall have priority over all other liens except general taxes, special assessments, encumbrances, rights and interests filed of record in the office of the appropriate clerk and recorder prior to the date of the mailing of the notice of lien.
Section 22. Section 14-9-30 shall be amended as follows:
The following words used in this
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Article have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
Code means the Brighton Municipal Code.
Drainage basins means an area tributary to a major drainageway.
EQR means equivalent residential unit. One EQR equals three thousand one hundred sixtyfour (3,164) square feet of impervious area.
Facilities means all structures, equipment and appurtenances, and all uses of land that are made in conjunction with or that are related or incidental to the construction, installation or use of the structures and equipment necessary to contain and control storm drainage, including but not limited to curbs and gutters, cross pans, pipes, collection, drainage or disposal lines, pump inlets, conduits, channels, bridges, detention/retention ponds, and all extensions, improvements, remodeling, additions and alterations thereof.
Impervious areas are those areas with impervious surfaces which prevent or impede the infiltration of storm drainage into the soil as it entered in natural conditions prior to development. Common impervious surfaces include, but are not limited to, roof tops, sidewalks, walkways, patio areas, driveways, parking lots, storage areas, compacted gravel and soil surfaces, awnings and other fabric or plastic coverings and other surfaces that prevent or impede the natural infiltration of the storm drainage runoff which existed prior to development.
Major drainage ways means a drainage flow path that conveys runoff.
Multi-family shall be referred to hereafter as “Multi-unit” and means structures with one (1) meter serving more than two (2) dwelling units, such as an apartment complex.
Nonresidential property means any other real property in the City that is used for other than residential uses, including but not limited to commercial, industrial, public, church, and school uses.
OSP means outfall system plan.
Public park land means an area permanently dedicated for recreation, aesthetic, educational or cultural use and generally characterized by units with natural and landscape features.
Residential property means any real property that is used for residential purposes, and accessory uses that are customary to residential uses.
Single-family shall hereafter be referred to as “Residential Housing,” and means a residential building or any structure built for occupancy by one primary dwelling unit or more than one dwelling unit, used solely for residential purposes, where the units may be detached, attached side by side and sharing a common wall or in some other configuration, and each residential unit must have its own meter.
Storm drainage means runoff caused or created by a storm event.
Storm drainage impact fee means the fee created in this Article for the funding of the Utility.
UDFCD means the Urban Drainage and Flood Control District.
Section 23. Section 14-9-40 shall be amended to read as follows:
Sec. 14-9-40. Storm Drainage Management.
(a) Storm Drainage shall be managed within the Department of Utilities under the control of the Director, who is authorized to implement the provisions of this Article.
(b) The owner of each parcel of real property in the City shall pay the storm drainage impact fee and all other rates, fees, and charges adopted
in the annual fee resolution for the coordination, management, design, construction, operation, maintenance and replacement of the Storm Drainage Management Utility and its facilities.
Section 24. Section 14-9-60 shall be amended to read as follows:
Sec. 14-9-60. Storm drainage impact fee schedule. The storm drainage impact fee shall be paid prior to building permit issuance and shall be in accordance with a schedule of fees, rates, and charges as adopted by the annual fee resolution in effect at the time of permit issuance. The storm drainage impact fee (“fee”) shall be payable for all properties located in the City.
Section 25. Section 14-9-70 shall be amended to read as follows:
Sec. 14-9-70. Certain properties exempt from fee. The following land uses are exempt from payment of the storm drainage impact fee: (1) Public park land and open space; (2) Public or private ponds, lakes, reservoirs, rivers, creeks, natural water courses or irrigation ditch/canal rights-of way; (3) Public streets, highways, rights-of-way and alleys; (4) Public Cemeteries; and (5) Public Golf courses.
Section 26. Section 14-9-80 shall be amended to read as follows:
Sec. 14-9-80. Review of storm drainage impact fee. The City Council shall review the amount of the stormwater impact fee provided for in this Article from time to time as it deems necessary and may modify the amount thereof in accordance with a schedule of fees, rates and charges as adopted by the annual fee resolution.
Section 27. Section 14-9-81 shall be amended to read as follows:
Sec. 14-9-81. Storm drainage maintenance fee; rates.
(a)The storm drainage maintenance fees shall be used solely for administration, engineering, professional services, design, installation, repair, maintenance, operation, management, and improvement of the storm drainage facilities in the City necessary for the Utility to reasonably manage storm drainage in the City.
(1)All storm drainage maintenance fee charges shall be assessed pursuant to a schedule of fees to be set by the Annual Fee Resolution duly adopted by the City Council after review of such fee schedule as the City Council from time to time may deem necessary. The following monthly storm drainage maintenance fees shall be assessed on all properties within the City limits, except public streets, highways, rights of way, and alleys, independent of water and wastewater usage.
(2) Those properties without water or wastewater services, will be billed annually for cumulative monthly charges. Water and wastewater billing procedures, as specified under Chapter 13 will also apply to all billings for storm drainage maintenance fees.
Section 28. Section 14-9-82 shall be amended to read as follows:
Sec. 14-9-82. Credit eligibility.
(a)Multi-family residential, non-residential, commercial, mixed use, and schools may be eligible for up to a sixty-five percent (65%) credit against their monthly charges. The credit is based on private drainage infrastructure improvements that provide a regional benefit.
(b) The Utilities Director is responsible for creating rules and procedures to administer the credit program.
(c) The amount of the credit shall be determined by the Utilities Director and may include but is not limited to a review of the property owner’s documentation substantiating the storm improvements, an engineer’s report, or a physical inspection by Utilities staff.
(d) Ongoing credit will only be available to properties that maintain their structural controls in a fully functional condition in accordance with City of Brighton standards.
(e) Credit may be granted for a maximum of three
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(3) years from the date of approval. After expiration, property owners may be required to submit a renewal credit application, or the credit may be administratively continued at the sole discretion of the Director. Renewed credits are contingent on the proper function of the drainage structure.
Section 29. All sections, subsections, and definitions not expressly amended or modified herein remain in full force and effect.
Section 30. As provided in City Charter Section 5.9(A), this Ordinance, either as presented or as amended, shall be published in full as it was adopted prior to taking final action. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect five days after its final publication, as provided in City Charter Section 5.8.
Section 31. Any and all changes to fees made in 2024 shall remain in effect and any other fee changes shall not be in effect until January 1, 2025, after being adopted in the annual fee resolution.
INTRODUCED, PASSED ON FIRST READING AND ORDERED PUBLISHED THIS 3rd DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2024.
CITY OF BRIGHTON, COLORADO /S/ GREGORY MILLS, Mayor
ATTEST:
/S/ NATALIE HOEL, City Clerk
Published in the Brighton Standard Blade First Publication: September 12, 2024
APPROVED AS TO FORM: /S/ ALICIA CALDERÓN, City Attorney
Legal Notice No. BSB3326
First Publication: September 12, 2024 Last Publication: September 12, 2024 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade
O’REILLY
ORDINANCE NO. 2024-1180
INTRODUCED BY: BRUCE FITZGERALD
THENCE SOUTH 0°45’15” EAST A DISTANCE OF 896.01 FEET;
THENCENORTH 89°34’00” EAST A DISTANCE OF 556.85 FEET;
THENCENORTH 0°23’05” WEST A DISTANCE OF 601.00 FEET;
THENCENORTH 20°42’49” WEST, A DISTANCE OF 314.50 FEET TOTHE POINT OF BEGINNING.
CONTAINING 11.144 ACRES.
ADOPT ORDINANCE 2024-1180 INITIALLY ZONING LAND KNOWN AS THE SILVER LINING INITIAL ZONING, LEGALLY DESCRIBED
IN EXHIBIT A, TO THE ‘A’ AGRICULTURAL ZONE DISTRICT AND ‘R-1’ SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONE DISTRICT.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT LUPTON, COLORADO:
WHEREAS, under the procedures detailed in Section 16-2.03 of the Fort Lupton Municipal Code, the Applicant, Silver Lining Investment Group, LP, submitted a request to initially zone 49.098± acres of land more particularly described in Exhibit A.
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission held a public hearing on the zone request on August 22, 2024, and recommended approval to City Council of the initial zoning of land described in Exhibit A to the ‘A’ Agricultural Zone District and R-1 Single Family Residential Zone District, with all the uses-by-right allowed in said district.
WHEREAS, the City Council, after public notice and hearing, and consideration of the Planning Commission recommendation, declares that the official zoning map be amended to reflect the initial zone on the property described in Exhibit A of this Ordinance to the ‘A’ Agricultural Zone District and R-1 Single Family Residential Zone District, and that the Ordinance is hereby approved.
INTRODUCED, READ, AND PASSED ON FIRST READING, AND ORDERED PUBLISHED this 3rd day of September 2024.
PUBLISHED in the Fort Lupton Press the 12th day of September 2024.
AGRICULTURAL ZONE DISTRICT
FINALLY READ BY TITLE ONLY, PASSED AND ORDERED PUBLISHED BY TITLE ONLY this 1st day of October 2024.
PARCEL E DESCRIPTION:
PUBLISHED BY TITLE ONLY the 10th day of October 2024.
EFFECTIVE (after publication) the 9th day of November 2024.
CITY OF FORT LUPTON, COLORADO
A PARCEL OF LAND, SITUATED IN THE WEST 1/2 OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 2, TOWNSHIP 2 NORTH, RANGE 67 WESTOF THE 6TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, COUNTY OF WELD, STATE OF COLORADO, BEING A PART OF LOT B, RECORDED EXEMPTION NO. 1311-2-4-RE2788, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
Zo Hubbard, Mayor
ATTEST:
BASIS OF BEARINGS: CONSIDERING THE NORTH LINE OF THE WEST 1/2 OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 2, TOWNSHIP 2 NORTH, RANGE 67 WEST OF THE 6TH P.M., MONUMENTED WITH A NO. 5 REBAR AND 2” ALUMINUM CAP MARKED LS 25937 - 1995 AT
Maricela Peña, City Clerk
ENDS OF THE LINE, AS BEARING NORTH 89°34’00” EAST,
Approved as to form:
Andy Ausmus, City Attorney
BEGINNING AT CENTER-EAST 1/16 CORNER OF SAID SECTION 2, BEING A FOUND NO. 5 REBAR AND 2” ALUMINUM CAP MARKED LS 25937 – 1995;
EXHIBIT A ‘A’ AGRICULTURAL ZONE DISTRICT
PARCEL E DESCRIPTION:
THENCE SOUTH 80°15’07” WEST, A DISTANCE OF 185.35 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING OF THE PARCEL; THENCE SOUTH 89°34’00” WEST A DISTANCE OF 453.37 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 0°45’15” EAST A DISTANCE OF 896.01 FEET; THENCE NORTH 89°34’00” EAST A DISTANCE OF 556.85 FEET; THENCE NORTH 0°23’05” WEST A DISTANCE OF 601.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH 20°42’49” WEST, A DISTANCE OF 314.50 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. CONTAINING 11.144 ACRES.
PREPARED BY: RAMIZBISIC, PLS 36563 ON BEHALFOF: COLORADO LAND SURVEYING 5343 W. 116TH CIR, WESTMINSTER, CO 80020
303-882-1429
BASIS OF BEARINGS
PARCEL F PART OF LOT B 11.144 AC
A PARCEL OF LAND, SITUATED IN THE WEST 1/2 OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 2, TOWNSHIP 2 NORTH, RANGE 67 WEST OF THE 6TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, COUNTY OF WELD, STATE OF COLORADO, BEING A PART OF LOT B, RECORDED EXEMPTION NO.
THENCESOUTH 0°23’05” EAST, ALONG THE EAST LINEOF THE WEST 1/2 OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 2, A DISTANCE OF 30.00 FEET TOTHE POINTOF BEGINNING; THENCE CONTINUINGALONG SAID EAST LINE SOUTH 0°23’05” EAST A DISTANCE OF 2010.53 FEET; THENCE DEPARTING THE EAST LINEOF THE WEST 1/2 OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SAID SECTION 2, SOUTH 89°48’15” WEST A DISTANCE OF 610.00 FEET; THENCESOUTH 0°23’05” EAST A DISTANCE OF 578.00 FEET TO A POINTON THE NORTH RIGHT-OF-WAY LINEOFWELD COUNTY ROAD 24;
1311-2-4-RE2788, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BASIS OF BEARINGS: CONSIDERING THE NORTH LINE OF THE WEST 1/2 OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 2, TOWNSHIP 2 NORTH, RANGE 67 WEST OF THE 6TH P.M., MONUMENTED WITH A NO. 5 REBAR AND 2” ALUMINUM CAP MARKED LS 25937 - 1995 AT BOTH ENDS OF THE LINE, AS BEARING NORTH 89°34’00” EAST, WITH ALL BEARINGS SHOWN HEREON RELATIVE THERETO. BEGINNING AT CENTER-EAST 1/16 CORNER OF SAID SECTION 2, BEING A FOUND NO. 5 REBAR AND 2” ALUMINUM CAP MARKED LS 25937 – 1995;
THENCE ALONG SAID NORTH LINE, SOUTH 89°48’15” WEST A DISTANCE OF 685.97 FEET TO THE POINTON THE WESTERLY LINE OF THE WEST 1/2 OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SAID SECTION 2;
THENCE ALONG SAID WEST LINEOF THESOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 2, NORTH 0°45’15” WEST A DISTANCE OF 1277.40 FEET; THENCE DEPARTING SAID WEST LINE, NORTH 89°34’00” EAST, A DISTANCE OF 675.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH 0°45’15” WEST A DISTANCE OF 409.79 FEET; THENCE NORTH 89°34’00” EAST A DISTANCE OF 556.85 FEET; THENCE NORTH 0°23’05” WEST A DISTANCE OF 601.00 FEET; THENCENORTH 20°42’49” WEST, A DISTANCE OF 314.50 FEET; THENCENORTH 89°34’00” EAST A DISTANCE OF 184.26 FEET TOTHE POINT OF BEGINNING.
CONTAINING 37.955 ACRES.
THENCE SOUTH 0°23’05” EAST, ALONG THE EAST LINE OF THE WEST 1/2 OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 2, A DISTANCE OF 30.00 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE CONTINUING ALONG SAID EAST LINE SOUTH 0°23’05” EAST A DISTANCE OF 2010.53 FEET; THENCE DEPARTING THE EAST LINE OF THE WEST 1/2 OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SAID SECTION 2, SOUTH 89°48’15” WEST A DISTANCE OF 610.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 0°23’05” EAST A DISTANCE OF 578.00 FEET TO A POINT ON THE NORTH RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF WELD COUNTY ROAD 24; THENCE ALONG SAID NORTH LINE, SOUTH 89°48’15” WEST A DISTANCE OF 685.97 FEET TO THE POINT ON THE WESTERLY LINE OF THE WEST 1/2 OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SAID SECTION 2; THENCE ALONG SAID WEST LINE OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 2, NORTH 0°45’15” WEST A DISTANCE OF 1277.40 FEET; THENCE DEPARTING SAID WEST LINE, NORTH 89°34’00” EAST, A DISTANCE OF 675.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH 0°45’15” WEST A DISTANCE OF 409.79 FEET; THENCE NORTH 89°34’00” EAST A DISTANCE OF 556.85 FEET; THENCE NORTH 0°23’05” WEST A DISTANCE OF 601.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH 20°42’49” WEST, A DISTANCE OF 314.50 FEET; THENCE NORTH 89°34’00” EAST A DISTANCE OF 184.26 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. CONTAINING 37.955 ACRES.
PARCEL E PART OF LOT B 37.955 AC
PREPARED BY: RAMIZBISIC, PLS 36563 ON BEHALFOF: COLORADO LAND SURVEYING 5343 W. 116TH CIR, WESTMINSTER, CO 80020
303-882-1429
EXHIBIT A
‘R-1’ SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONE DISTRICT PARCEL F DESCRIPTION:
A PARCEL OF LAND, SITUATED IN THE WEST 1/2 OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 2, TOWNSHIP 2 NORTH, RANGE 67 WEST OF THE 6TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, COUNTY OF WELD, STATE OF COLORADO, BEING A PART OF LOT B, RECORDED EXEMPTION NO. 1311-2-4-RE2788, AND MORE PARTICULARLLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BASIS OF BEARINGS: CONSIDERING THE NORH LINE OF THE WEST 1/2 OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 2, TOWNSHIP 2 NORTH, RANGE 67 WEST OF THE 6TH P.M., MONUMENTED WITH A NO. 5 REBAR AND 2” ALUMINUM
CAP MARKED LS 25937 - 1995 AT BOTH ENDS OF THE LINE, AS BEARING NORTH 89°34’00” EAST, WITH ALL BEARINGS SHOWN HEREON RELATIVE THERETO.
COMMENCING AT CENTER-EAST 1/16 CORNER OF SAID SECTION 2, BEING A FOUND NO. 5 REBAR AND 2” ALUMINUM CAP MARKED LS 25937 – 1995;
Legal Notice No. FLP1107
First Publication: September 12, 2024 Last Publication: September 12, 2024
Public Notice
ORDINANCE 2024-1173
INTRODUCED BY: CHRIS CERETTO
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF FORT LUPTONAPPROVING THE SUBMISSION OF A BALLOT ISSUE TO THE REGISTERED VOTERS VOTING IN THE COORDINATED
ELECTION TO BE HELD NOVEMBER 5, 2024, A BALLOT ISSUE TO INCREASE SALES AND USE TAX BY ONE HALF OF ONE PERCENT (.5%) FOR THE PURPOSES OF FUNDING THE CITY OF FORT LUPTON LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES; SETTING THE TITLE AND CONTENT OF THE BALLOT FOR THE ELECTION; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT LUPTON, COLORADO, AS FOLLOWS:
INTRODUCED, READ AND PASSED ON FIRST READING, AND ORDERED PUBLISHED this 6th day of August, 2024.
PUBLISHED this 15th day of August, 2024.
FINALLY READ BY TITLE ONLY, PASSED AND ORDERED PUBLISHED by title only this 3rd day of September 2024.
EFFECTIVE (on second reading) the 3rd day of September 2024.
City of Fort Lupton, Colorado Zo Hubbard, Mayor
Attest:
Maricela Peña, City Clerk
Approved to Form: Andy Ausmus, City Attorney
EXHIBIT ‘A’
SALES AND USE TAX FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT
SHALL THE CITY OF FORT LUPTON TAXES BE INCREASED BY $2,867,386 ANNUALLY BEGINNING JULY 1, 2025, BY WHATEVER AMOUNT IS GENERATED THEREAFTER BY A PUBLIC SAFETY SALESAND USE TAX IMPOSED ATTHE RATE OFONE HALFOF ONE PERCENT (0.5%), FOR THE EXCLUSIVE SUPPORT OF FORT LUPTON LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES (POLICE SERVICES), INCLUDING AMONG OTHER THINGS:
• ADDING PERSONNEL AND EQUIPMENT TO ENSURE THE OPTIMAL NUMBER OF POLICE OFFICERSARE ON DUTYATALL TIMES AND TOSUPPORTUP-TO-DATE POLICING NEEDS,
•IMPROVING RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF POLICE OFFICERS,
• MAINTAINING AND UPGRADING TECHNOLOGY TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES, AND
• STRENGTHENING PROACTIVE POLICING EFFORTS TO ENHANCE PUBLIC SAFETY;
SHALL APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF THE CITY CODE BE AMENDED BY ORDINANCE OF THE CITYCOUNCILCONSISTENT WITH THIS BALLOT ISSUE AND SHALL SUCH TAX REVENUES AND ANYINTEREST THEREON BE COLLECTED AND SPENT AS AVOTER APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE AND NOTWITHSTANDING ANY REVENUE EXPENDITURE LIMIT CONTAINED WITHIN ARTICLE X, SECTION 20 OF THE COLORADO CONSTITUTION OR ANY OTHER LAW?
YES__NO__
Legal Notice No. FLP1102
First Publication: September 12, 2024
Last Publication: September 12, 2024
Publisher: Fort Lupton Press
ORDINANCE NO. 2024-1178
INTRODUCED BY:
DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT A, TO THE ‘A’ AGRI-
CULTURAL ZONE DISTRICT.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT LUPTON, COLORADO:
WHEREAS, under the procedures detailed in Section 16-2.03 of the Fort Lupton Municipal Code, the Applicant, Thermo Farms General Partnership, LLC, submitted a request to initially zone 97.24± acres of land more particularly described in Exhibit A.
WHEREAS, the Planning Commission held a public hearing on the zone request on August 22, 2024, and recommended approval to City Council of the initial zoning of land described in Exhibit A to the ‘A’Agricultural Zone District, with all the uses-by-right allowed in said district.
WHEREAS, the City Council, after public notice and hearing, and consideration of the Planning Commission recommendation, declares that the official zoning map be amended to reflectthe initial zone on the property described in Exhibit A of this Ordinance to the ‘A’Agricultural Zone District, and that the Ordinance is hereby approved.
INTRODUCED, READ, AND PASSED ON FIRST READING, AND ORDERED PUBLISHED this 3rd day of September 2024.
PUBLISHED in the Fort Lupton Press the 12th day of September 2024.
FINALLY READ BY TITLE ONLY, PASSED AND ORDERED PUBLISHED BYTITLE ONLY this 1st day of October 2024.
PUBLISHED BY TITLE ONLY the 10th day of October 2024.
EFFECTIVE (after publication) the 9th day of November 2024.
CITY OF FORT LUPTON, COLORADO
Zo Hubbard, Mayor ATTEST:
Maricela Peña, City Clerk
Approved as to form: Andy Ausmus, City Attorney
EXHIBIT A LEGAL DESCRIPTION
A PLAT OF A PARCEL OF LAND BEING A PORTION OF THE NORTH HALF (N1/2) OF SECTION THIRTY-THREE (33), AND APORTION OF THE SOUTH HALF (S1/2) OF SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT(28), TOWNSHIP TWO NORTH (T.2N.), RANGE SIXTY-SIX WEST (R.66W.) OF THE SIXTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN (6TH P.M.), COUNTY OF WELD, STATE OF COLORADO BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING ATTHE NORTH QUARTER CORNER OF SAID SECTION THIRTY-THREE (33)AS MONUMENTED BY A #6 REBAR WITH AN ILLEGIBLE 3.25” ALUMINUM CAP AND ASSUMING THE NORTH LINE OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER (NE1/4) OF SAID SECTION 33 AS MONUMENTED ATTHE EAST END BYA #6 REBAR WITH A 2.5” ALUMINUM CAP LS 13482 AS BEARING NORTH 89°09’47” EAST BEING A GRID BEARING OF THE COLORADO STATE PLANE COORDINATE SYSTEM, NORTH ZONE, NORTH AMERICAN DATUM 1983, A DISTANCE OF 2640.93 FEET WITH ALL OTHER BEARINGS CONTAINED HEREIN RELATIVE THERETO; THE LINEAL DIMENSIONS AS CONTAINED HEREIN ARE BASED UPON THE U. S. SURVEY FOOT.
THENCE SOUTH 00°34’40” EAST ALONG THE WEST LINE OF THE NE1/4 OF SAID SECTION 33 A DISTANCE OF 30.00 FEETTO THE SOUTH RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF COUNTY ROAD 16 AND TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE SOUTH 89°43’30” WEST ALONG SAID SOUTH RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE ADISTANCE OF 2646.93 FEETTOTHE WESTLINE OFTHE NW1/4 OF SAID SECTION 33; THENCE NORTH 00°36’14” WEST ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID NW1/4 A DISTANCE OF 30.00 FEETTO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID SECTION 33;
THENCE NORTH 00°44’36” WEST ALONG THE WEST LINE OF THE SW1/4 OF SAID SECTION 28 A DISTANCE OF 30.00 FEETTO THE WESTERLYEXTENSION OF THE NORTH RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF COUNTY ROAD 16; THENCE EASTERLYALONG SAID WESTERLY EXTENSION AND ALONG THE NORTH RIGHTOF-WAY OF SAID COUNTY ROAD 16 THE FOLLOWINGTWO(2) COURSES AND DISTANCES:
THENCE NORTH 89°43’30” EASTA DISTANCE OF 2647.07 FEET; THENCE NORTH 89°09’47” EAST A DISTANCE OF 1707.45 FEETTO THE NORTHERLY EXTENSION OFTHE WESTRIGHT-OF-WAY
LINE OF COUNTY ROAD 31 AS DESCRIBED IN DEED RECORDED MAY 23, 1980 IN BOOK 904, REC. NO. 1825641; THENCE SOUTHERLYALONG SAID NORTHERLYEXTENSION AND ALONG THE WEST RIGHT-OF-WAYOFSAID COUNTYROAD 31 THE FOLLOWING SIX (6) COURSES AND DISTANCES
THENCE SOUTH 00°31’13” EAST A DISTANCE OF 30.00 FEET; THENCE CONTINUING SOUTH 00°31’13” EAST A DISTANCE OF 436.34 FEETTO A POINT OF CURVATURE (PC); THENCE ALONG THE ARC OF A CURVE CONCAVE TO THE EASTA DISTANCE OF 706.46 FEET, SAID CURVE HAS A RADIUS OF 2321.83 FEET, ADELTAANGLE OF 17°26’00”, AND IS SUBTENDED BYA CHORD BEARING SOUTH 09°14’13” EASTA DISTANCE OF 703.74 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 17°57’13” EASTA DISTANCE OF 327.18 FEETTO A PC; THENCE ALONG THE ARC OF A CURVE CONCAVE TO THE WESTA DISTANCE OF 633.33 FEET, SAID CURVE HAS A RADIUS OF 5699.58 FEET, ADELTAANGLE OF 06°22’00”, AND IS SUBTENDED BYA CHORD BEARING SOUTH 14°46’13” EASTA DISTANCE OF 633.01 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 11°35’13” EASTA DISTANCE OF 547.40 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 89°32’00” WEST ALONG A LINE FIFTY (50) FEET NORTH OF AND PARALLEL TO THE SOUTH LINE OF THE NE1/4 OF SAID SECTION 33 A DISTANCE OF 1452.11 FEET TO THE CENTERLINE OF THE FULTON DITCH; THENCE NORTHERLY ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF SAID FULTON DITCH THE FOLLOWING ELEVEN (11) COURSES AND DISTANCES:
THENCE NORTH 29°51’07” WEST A DISTANCE OF 84.85 FEET; THENCE NORTH 11°38’56” WEST A DISTANCE OF 382.04 FEET; THENCE NORTH 02°36’51” WEST A DISTANCE OF 360.14 FEET; THENCE NORTH 08°45’29” EAST A DISTANCE OF 208.08 FEET; THENCE NORTH 16°21’09” WEST A DISTANCE OF 92.77 FEET; THENCE NORTH 45°52’37” WEST A DISTANCE OF 173.40 FEET; THENCE NORTH 74°25’26” WEST A DISTANCE OF 122.24 FEET; THENCE NORTH 56°44’42” WEST A DISTANCE OF 109.68 FEET; THENCE NORTH 17°32’34” WEST A DISTANCE OF 155.42 FEET; THENCE NORTH 27°00’54” WEST A DISTANCE OF 237.74 FEET; THENCE NORTH 46°35’33” WEST A DISTANCE OF 161.51 FEETTO THE WEST LINE OF THE NE1/4 OF SAID SECTION 33; THENCE NORTH 00°34’40” WEST ALONG SAID WEST LINE A DISTANCE OF 760.58 FEETTO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; SAID PARCEL OF LAND CONTAINS 97.24 ACRES (±4,235,887 SQ.FT.), MORE OR LESS (+/-), AND IS SUBJECTTO ANYRIGHTS-OFWAY OR OTHER EASEMENTS OF RECORD AS NOW EXISTING ON SAID DESCRIBED PARCEL OF LAND.
Legal Notice No. FLP1104
First Publication: September 12, 2024 Last Publication: September 12, 2024 Publisher: Fort Lupton Press
Public Notice
ORDINANCE NO. 2024-1176 INTRODUCED BY: CHRIS CERETTO
A ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF FORT LUPTON ACCEPTING THE DEDICATION OF LOT 4 OF THE THOMAS MINOR AMENDMENT NO.1 SUBDIVISION A110-FOOT WIDE BY 1,326 FOOT LONG PARCELAS PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY CONTAINING 3.36 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, COUNTY OF WELD, STATE OF COLORADO OF THE THOMAS MINOR AMENDMENT NO.1 SUBDIVISION, PLAT THE NORTHWEST ¼ OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 20, TOWNSHIP 1 NORTH, RANGE 66W OF THE SIXTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, WELD COUNTY, COLORADO.
WHEREAS, City of Fort Lupton, Colorado (the “City”) and Brannan Sand and Gravel Co., LLC, have this day filed with the City of Fort Lupton, Colorado (the “City”),its dedication ofcertain real estate, which Dedication is hereinabove set forth; and
WHEREAS, the City finds that said Dedication is desirable and necessary;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that city council hereby accepts said Dedication, and orders that the Instrument of Dedication be recorded in the Recorder’s Office of the County of Weld, State of Colorado, and said described real estate is hereby declared open and dedicated
pursuant to C.R.S. § 24-68-101, et seq.
THIS RIGHT OF WAY IS CREATED AND GRANTED THIS 3rd DAY OF SEPTEMBER 2024.
INTRODUCED, READ, AND PASSED ON FIRST READING, AND ORDERED PUBLISHED this 3rd day of September 2024.
PUBLISHED in the Fort Lupton Press the 12th day of September 2024.
FINALLY READ BY TITLE ONLY, PASSED AND ORDERED PUBLISHED BY TITLE ONLY this xx day of xx 2024.
PUBLISHED BYTITLE ONLY the xx day of xx 2024.
EFFECTIVE (after publication) the xx day of xx 2024.
CITY OF FORT LUPTON, COLORADO
Zo Hubbard, Mayor
ATTEST:
Maricela Peña, City Clerk
Approved as to form: Andy Ausmus, City Attorney
Legal Notice No. FLP1106
First Publication: September 12, 2024
Last Publication: September 12, 2024
Publisher: Fort Lupton Press
Public Notice
ORDINANCE NO. 2024-1179
INTRODUCED BY: DAVID CRESPIN
ADOPT ORDINANCE 2024-1179 ANNEXING LAND LEGALLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT “A” KNOWN AS THE SILVER LINING ANNEXATION AND APPROVING THE ANNEXATION AGREEMENT.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT LUPTON, COLORADO:
WHEREAS, a petition for annexation of the subject property, legally described in Exhibit “A”, was filed with the City on July 14, 2024. The owners of 100% of the territory, with the exception of any road rights-of-ways, if applicable, is Silver Lining InvestmentGroup LP,and this territory is not solely a public street or rights-of-ways. The City Council accepted said petition and has found and determined that an election was not required for this annexation under state statute or municipal ordinance or code section and that no additional terms and conditions are to be imposed upon the annexation, other than those expressed in the annexation agreement. The Planning Commission of the City of Fort Lupton, after public hearing on August 22, 2024, has recommended approval of the annexation known as the Silver Lining Annexation. After a public hearing on July 16, 2024, Council found that the area to be annexed is eligible for annexation pursuantto Section 31-12-104 C.R.S. as to contiguity; and, the area is not affected by any of the limitations that would prevent annexation set forth in Section 31-12-105 C.R.S.
WHEREAS, the annexation agreement between the applicant and the City has been reviewed by City staff and by this Council and is approved and shall be signed by the Mayor.
WHEREAS, the City Council, after public notice and hearing, and consideration of the Planning Commission recommendation, declares that the subject property is hereby annexed conditional to the following:
I.Prior to recording the annexation map:
A.Any redline comments provided by City Staff shall be made to the annexation map.
B.Applicant shall provide proof that inclusion of the property into the Fort Lupton Fire Protection District has been initiated.
C.Applicant shall address United Power’s comments.
D.Applicant shall address Xcel Energy’s comments.
E. Applicant shall address Central Weld County Water District’s comments.
INTRODUCED, READ, AND PASSED ON FIRST READING, AND ORDERED PUBLISHED this 3rd day of September 2024.
PUBLISHED in the Fort Lupton Press the 12th day of September 2024.
FINALLY READ BY TITLE ONLY, PASSED AND ORDERED PUBLISHED BYTITLE ONLY this 1st day of October 2024.
PUBLISHED BY TITLE ONLY the 10th day of October 2024.
EFFECTIVE (after publication) the 9th day of November 2024.
CITY OF FORT LUPTON, COLORADO
Zo Hubbard, Mayor
ATTEST:
Maricela Peña, City Clerk
Approved as to form: Andy Ausmus, City Attorney
EXHIBIT A LEGAL DESCRIPTION
Annexation No. 1
A PARCEL OF LAND, SITUATED IN THE WEST 1/2 OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 2, TOWNSHIP 2 NORTH, RANGE 67 WEST OF THE 6TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, COUNTY OF WELD, STATE OF COLORADO, BEING A PARTOF LOT B, RECORDED EXEMPTION NO. 1311-2-4-RE2788, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BASISOFBEARINGS:CONSIDERING THE NORTH LINE OF THE WEST 1/2 OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 2, TOWNSHIP 2 NORTH, RANGE 67 WEST OF THE 6TH P.M., MONUMENTED WITH A NO. 5 REBAR AND 2” ALUMINUM CAP MARKED LS 25937 - 1995 AT BOTH ENDS OF THE LINE, AS BEARING NORTH 89°34’00” EAST, WITH ALL BEARINGS SHOWN HEREON RELATIVE THERETO. BEGINNING AT CENTER-EAST 1/16 CORNER OF SAID SECTION 2, BEING A FOUND NO. 5 REBAR AND 2” ALUMINUM CAP MARKED LS 25937 – 1995; THENCE SOUTH 0°23’05” EAST, ALONG THE EAST LINE OF THE WEST 1/2 OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 2, A DISTANCE OF 30.00 FEETTO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE CONTINUING ALONG SAID EAST LINE SOUTH 0°23’05” EASTA DISTANCE OF 2010.53 FEET; THENCE DEPARTING THE EAST LINE OF THE WEST 1/2 OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SAID SECTION 2, SOUTH 89°48’15” WESTA DISTANCE OF 610.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 0°23’05” EAST A DISTANCE OF 553.00 FEETTO A POINT ON THE NORTH RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF WELD COUNTY ROAD 24; THENCE ALONG SAID NORTH LINE, SOUTH 89°48’15” WESTADISTANCE OF 686.13 FEET TO A POINT ON THE WESTERLY LINE OFTHE WEST1/2 OF THE SOUTHEAST1/4 OF SAID SECTION 2; THENCE ALONG SAID WEST LINE OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 2, NORTH 0°45’15” WESTA DISTANCE OF 1252.40 FEET; THENCE DEPARTINGSAID WEST LINE, NORTH 89°34’00” EAST, A DISTANCE OF 675.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH 0°45’15” WEST A DISTANCE OF 409.79 FEET; THENCE NORTH 89°34’00” EASTA DISTANCE OF 556.85 FEET; THENCE NORTH 0°23’05” WESTADISTANCE OF 601.00 FEET;THENCE NORTH 20°42’49” WEST, A DISTANCE OF 314.50 FEET; THENCE NORTH 89°34’00” EAST A DISTANCE OF184.26 FEETTOTHEPOINTOF BEGINNING. CONTAINING 37.561 ACRES.
Annexation No. 2 A PARCEL OF LAND, SITUATED IN THE WEST 1/2 OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 2, TOWNSHIP 2 NORTH, RANGE 67 WEST OF THE 6TH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, COUNTY OF WELD, STATE OF COLORADO, BEING A PARTOF LOT B, RECORDED EXEMPTION NO. 1311-2-4-RE2788, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BASISOFBEARINGS:CONSIDERING THE NORTH LINE OF THE WEST 1/2 OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 2, TOWNSHIP 2 NORTH, RANGE 67 WEST OF THE 6TH P.M., MONUMENTED WITH A NO. 5 REBAR AND 2” ALUMINUM CAP MARKED LS 25937 - 1995 AT BOTH ENDS OF THE LINE, AS BEARING NORTH 89°34’00” EAST, WITH ALL BEARINGS SHOWN HEREON RELATIVE THERETO. COMMENCINGATCENTER-EAST1/16 CORNER OF SAID SECTION 2,BEING A FOUND NO. 5 REBAR AND 2” ALUMINUM CAP MARKED LS 25937 – 1995; THENCE SOUTH 80°15’07” WEST, A DISTANCE OF 185.35 FEETTO THE POINT OF BEGINNING OF THE PARCEL; THENCE SOUTH 89°34’00” WESTA DISTANCE OF 453.37 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 0°45’15” EASTA DISTANCE OF 896.01 FEET; THENCE NORTH 89°34’00” EASTA DISTANCE OF 556.85 FEET; THENCE NORTH 0°23’05” WESTADISTANCE OF 601.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH 20°42’49” WEST, A DISTANCE OF314.50 FEETTOTHEPOINTOF BEGINNING.
CONTAINING 11.144 ACRES.
Legal Notice No. FLP1105
First Publication: September 12, 2024
Last Publication: September 12, 2024
Publisher: Fort Lupton Press
Public Notice
ORDINANCE NO. 2024-1177
INTRODUCED BY:
BRUCE FITZGERALD
ADOPT ORDINANCE 2024-1177 ANNEXING LAND LEGALLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT “A” KNOWN AS THE LANCASTER CROSSING ANNEXATION AND APPROVING THE ANNEXATION AGREEMENT.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT LUPTON, COLORADO:
WHEREAS, a petition for annexation of the subject property, legally described in Exhibit “A”, was filed with the City on April 19, 2024. The owners of 100% of the territory, with the exception of any road rights-of-ways, if applicable, is Thermo Farms General Partnership, LLC, and this territory is not solely a public street or rights-of-ways. The City Council accepted said petition and has found and determined that an election was not required for this annexation under state statute or municipal ordinance or code section and that no additional terms and conditions are to be imposed upon the annexation, other than those expressed in the annexation agreement. The Planning Commission of the City of Fort Lupton, after public hearing on August 22, 2024, has recommended approval of the annexation known as the Lancaster Crossing Annexation. After a public hearing on July 16, 2024, Council found that the area to be annexed is eligible for annexation pursuant to Section 31-12-104 C.R.S. as to contiguity; and, the area is not affected by any of the limitations that would prevent annexation set forth in Section 31-12-105 C.R.S.
WHEREAS, the annexation agreement between the applicant and the City has been reviewed by City staff and by this Council and is approved and shall be signed by the Mayor.
WHEREAS, the City Council, after public notice and hearing, and consideration of the Planning Commission recommendation, declares that the subject property is hereby annexed conditional to the following:
I.Prior to recording the annexation map:
A.Any redline comments provided by City Staff shall be made to the annexation map.
B. Applicant shall address the City Engineer’s comments.
INTRODUCED, READ, AND PASSED ON FIRST READING, AND ORDERED PUBLISHED this 3rd day of September 2024.
PUBLISHED in the Fort Lupton Press the 12th day of September 2024.
FINALLY READ BY TITLE ONLY, PASSED AND ORDERED PUBLISHED BY TITLE ONLY this 1st day of October 2024.
PUBLISHED BY TITLE ONLY the 10th day of October 2024.
EFFECTIVE (after publication) the 9th day of November 2024.
CITY OF FORT LUPTON, COLORADO Zo Hubbard, Mayor
ATTEST:
Maricela Peña, City Clerk
Approved as to form:
Andy Ausmus, City Attorney
EXHIBIT A LEGAL DESCRIPTION
A PLAT OF A PARCEL OF LAND BEING A PORTION OF THE NORTH HALF (N1/2) OF SECTION THIRTY-THREE (33), AND A PORTION OF THE SOUTH HALF (S1/2) OF SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT (28), TOWNSHIP TWO NORTH (T.2N.), RANGE SIXTY-SIX WEST (R.66W.) OF THE SIXTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN (6TH P.M.), COUNTY OF WELD, STATE OF COLORADO BEING MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE NORTH QUARTER CORNER OF SAID SECTION THIRTY-THREE (33) AS MONUMENTED BY A #6 REBAR WITH AN ILLEGIBLE 3.25” ALUMINUM CAP AND ASSUMING THE NORTH LINE OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER (NE1/4) OF SAID SECTION 33 AS MONUMENTED AT THE EAST
END BY A #6 REBAR WITH A 2.5” ALUMINUM CAP LS 13482 AS BEARING NORTH 89°09’47”
EAST BEING A GRID BEARING OF THE COLORADO STATE PLANE COORDINATE SYSTEM, NORTH ZONE, NORTH AMERICAN DATUM 1983, A DISTANCE OF 2640.93 FEET WITH ALL OTHER BEARINGS CONTAINED HEREIN RELATIVE THERETO; THE LINEAL DIMENSIONS AS CONTAINED HEREIN ARE BASED UPON THE U. S. SURVEY FOOT.
THENCE SOUTH 00°34’40” EAST ALONG THE WEST LINE OF THE NE1/4 OF SAID SECTION 33 A DISTANCE OF 30.00 FEET TO THE SOUTH RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF COUNTY ROAD 16 AND TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE SOUTH 89°43’30” WEST ALONG SAID SOUTH RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE A DISTANCE OF 2646.93 FEET TO THE WEST LINE OF THE NW1/4 OF SAID SECTION 33; THENCE NORTH 00°36’14” WEST ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID NW1/4 A DISTANCE OF 30.00 FEET TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID SECTION 33; THENCE NORTH 00°44’36” WEST ALONG THE WEST LINE OF THE SW1/4 OF SAID SECTION 28 A DISTANCE OF 30.00 FEET TO THE WESTERLY EXTENSION OF THE NORTH RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF COUNTY ROAD 16; THENCE EASTERLY ALONG SAID WESTERLY EXTENSION AND ALONG THE NORTH RIGHTOF-WAY OF SAID COUNTY ROAD 16 THE FOLLOWING TWO (2) COURSES AND DISTANCES: THENCE NORTH 89°43’30” EAST A DISTANCE OF 2647.07 FEET; THENCE NORTH 89°09’47” EAST A DISTANCE OF 1707.45 FEET TO THE NORTHERLY EXTENSION OF THE WEST RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF COUNTY ROAD 31 AS DESCRIBED IN DEED RECORDED MAY 23, 1980 IN BOOK 904, REC. NO. 1825641; THENCE SOUTHERLY ALONG SAID NORTHERLY EXTENSION AND ALONG THE WEST RIGHT-OF-WAY OF SAID COUNTY ROAD 31 THE FOLLOWING SIX (6) COURSES AND DISTANCES
THENCE SOUTH 00°31’13” EAST A DISTANCE OF 30.00 FEET; THENCE CONTINUING SOUTH 00°31’13” EAST A DISTANCE OF 436.34 FEET TO A POINT OF CURVATURE (PC); THENCE ALONG THE ARC OF A CURVE CONCAVE TO THE EAST A DISTANCE OF 706.46 FEET, SAID CURVE HAS A RADIUS OF 2321.83 FEET, A DELTA ANGLE OF 17°26’00”, AND IS SUBTENDED BY A CHORD BEARING SOUTH 09°14’13” EAST A DISTANCE OF 703.74 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 17°57’13” EAST A DISTANCE OF 327.18 FEET TO A PC; THENCE ALONG THE ARC OF A CURVE CONCAVE TO THE WEST A DISTANCE OF 633.33 FEET, SAID CURVE HAS A RADIUS OF 5699.58 FEET, A DELTA ANGLE OF 06°22’00”, AND IS SUBTENDED BY A CHORD BEARING SOUTH 14°46’13” EAST A DISTANCE OF 633.01 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 11°35’13” EAST A DISTANCE OF 547.40 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 89°32’00” WEST ALONG A LINE FIFTY (50) FEET NORTH OF AND PARALLEL TO THE SOUTH LINE OF THE NE1/4 OF SAID SECTION 33 A DISTANCE OF 1452.11 FEET TO THE CENTERLINE OF THE FULTON DITCH; THENCE NORTHERLY ALONG THE CENTERLINE OF SAID FULTON DITCH THE FOLLOWING ELEVEN (11) COURSES AND DISTANCES:
THENCE NORTH 29°51’07” WEST A DISTANCE OF 84.85 FEET; THENCE NORTH 11°38’56” WEST A DISTANCE OF 382.04 FEET;
THENCE NORTH 02°36’51” WEST A DISTANCE OF 360.14 FEET;
THENCE NORTH 08°45’29” EAST A DISTANCE OF 208.08 FEET; THENCE NORTH 16°21’09” WEST A DISTANCE OF 92.77 FEET;
THENCE NORTH 45°52’37” WEST A DISTANCE OF 173.40 FEET;
THENCE NORTH 74°25’26” WEST A DISTANCE OF 122.24 FEET;
THENCE NORTH 56°44’42” WEST A DISTANCE OF 109.68 FEET;
THENCE NORTH 17°32’34” WEST A DISTANCE OF 155.42 FEET;
THENCE NORTH 27°00’54” WEST A DISTANCE OF 237.74 FEET;
THENCE NORTH 46°35’33” WEST A DISTANCE OF 161.51 FEET TO THE WEST LINE OF THE NE1/4 OF SAID SECTION 33;
THENCE NORTH 00°34’40” WEST ALONG SAID WEST LINE A DISTANCE OF 760.58 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; SAID PARCEL OF LAND CONTAINS 97.24
ACRES (±4,235,887 SQ.FT.), MORE OR LESS (+/-), AND IS SUBJECT TO ANY RIGHTS-OFWAY OR OTHER EASEMENTS OF RECORD AS NOW EXISTING ON SAID DESCRIBED PARCEL OF LAND.
Legal Notice No. FLP1103
First Publication: September 12, 2024
Last Publication: September 12, 2024
VISTA MEADOWS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING AND NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS RE: PROPOSED 2025 BUDGET AND PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO 2024 BUDGET
September 13, 2024
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Vista Meadows Metropolitan District (the “District”), County of Weld, State of Colorado, will hold a special meeting at 10:00 AM on September 13, 2024 (the “Board Meeting”) for the purpose of conducting such business as may come before the Board. Pursuant to § 32-1-903 CRS, as amended, this meeting will be conducted electronically, telephonically or by other virtual means.
FURTHER, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a proposed budget has been submitted to the District for the fiscal year of 2025. A copy of the proposed budget has been filed with Marchetti & Weaver, LLC, 245 Century Circle, Suite 103, Louisville, CO 80027, where the same is open for public inspection. During the Board Meeting, the Board will conduct a public hearing to consider objections of the District’s electors prior to considering the adoption of such proposed budget. Any interested elector within the District may inspect the proposed budget and file or register any objections at any time prior to the final adoption of the 2025 budget.
FURTHER, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a proposed amended budget has been submitted to the District for the fiscal year of 2024. A copy of the proposed amended budget has been filed in the office of Marchetti & Weaver, LLP, where the same is open for public inspection. During the Board Meeting, the Board will conduct a public hearing to consider objections of the District’s electors prior to considering the adoption of such proposed amended budget. Any interested elector within the District may inspect the proposed budget amendment and file or register any objections at any time prior to the final adoption of the 2024 budget amendment.
Directors and members of the public that wish to participate in the meeting may do so via teleconference by dialing (720) 707-2699 and entering Conference ID: 810 7136 6284 or videoconference on https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81071366284.
This meeting is open to the public.
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS VISTA MEADOWS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT
By: /s/ LAW OFFICE OF MICHAEL E. DAVIS, LLC
Legal Notice No. FLP1101
First Publication: September 12, 2024
Last Publication: September 12, 2024
Publisher: Fort Lupton Press
Public Notice
Notice of Final Settlement Payment
Fire Station No. 5 Construction Project
In accordance with Section 38-26-107 of the Colorado Revised Statutes, public notice is hereby given that Final Settlement Payment will be made in connection with the following construction project:
Project: Frederick-Firestone Fire Protection
District – Station No. 5
3725 Glacier Way Frederick, CO 80504
Owner: Frederick-Firestone Fire Protection
District 8426 Kosmerl Place Frederick, Colorado 80504
Contractor: Golden Triangle Construction, INC.
8008 Raspberry Way Frederick, Colorado 80504
The Final Settlement Payment on this construction project is scheduled for October 1, 2024, at 3:00 p.m. (MST) at the Fire District’s Administrative Offices, located at 8426 Kosmerl Place, Frederick, Colorado 80504.
Any individual, corporation, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, limited liability company, partnership, association, or other legal entity that has furnished labor, materials, sustenance, or other supplies used or consumed by the abovereferenced contractor or its subcontractors in or about the performance of the work contracted to be done or that supplies laborers, rental machinery, tools, or equipment to the extent used in the prosecution of the work, whose claim therefor has not been paid by the above-referenced contractor or its subcontractors may, at any time up to and including the date and time of Final Settlement Payment, file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of the claim with Fire Chief Jeremy A. Young. The verified statement may be either mailed or hand-delivered to:
Jeremy A. Young, Fire Chief
Frederick-Firestone Fire Protection District 8426 Kosmerl Place Frederick, Colorado 80504
The Fire District must receive the verified statement at or before the date and time of the Final Settlement Payment. Failure to file a verified statement on time shall relieve the Fire District and its directors, officers, employees, volunteers, and representatives from liability for making a final settlement payment to the above-referenced contractor. Questions should be directed to Fire Chief Jeremy A. Young at (720) 484-3362.
Jeremy A. Young, Fire Chief
Legal Notice No. FLP1099
First Publication: September 12, 2024
Last Pulication: September 12, 2024
Publisher: Fort Lupton Press
Coors Energy Company (PO Box 4030, Golden, CO 80402) has applied to the Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety (DRMS) for a permit revision to amend the approved post-mining land use for the Keenesburg Mine (DRMS Permit C-1981-028, approved November 3, 1981). This permit revision would allow renewable energy development as an approved industrial/commercial post-mining land use on this site along with the currently approved rangeland and other designated industrial/commercial post-mining land uses.
The Keenesburg Mine is located 7 miles north of Keenesburg, CO and is accessed by Weld County Road 59. The permitted area is portions of Sections 25 and 36, Township 3 North, Range 64 West of the 6th Principal Meridian, Weld County, CO on the Klug Ranch and Tampa USGS 7.5-minute quad maps. Copies of the application may be viewed at the Weld County Clerk and Recorder’s Office (1402 N 17th Ave, Greeley, CO 80631), the Keenesburg Town Hall (140 S. Main, Keenesburg, CO), and at the DRMS (1313 Sherman St, Room 215, Denver, CO 80203). All comments, objections, and requests must be submitted in writing to the DRMS at 1001 E 62nd Ave, Room 215, Denver, CO 80216. The public comment period extends for 30 days following the last date of publication of this notice.
Legal Notice No. FLP1097
First Publication: September 5, 2024
Last Publication: September 26, 2024
Publisher: Fort Lupton Press
PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Joanne P. Windschell, a/k/a Joanne Pauline Windschell and Joanne Windschell, Deceased Case Number: 2024 PR 30446
All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Weld County, Colorado on or before December 30, 2024, or the claims may be forever barred.
Jeri Hellwig Personal Representative 1420 Burgundy Court Monument, CO 80132
Legal Notice No. FLP1088
First Publication: August 29, 2024
Last Publication: September 12, 2024
Publisher: Fort Lupton Press
PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of John Edward Owen a/k/a John E. Owen a/k/a John Owen, Deceased Case Number: 2024 PR 30432
All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Weld County, Colorado on or before January 5, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Jamie Lynn Owen
Personal Representative c/o Kimberly A. Barr, Attorney for Personal Representative
Lyons Gaddis, P.C. P.O. Box 978
Longmont, Colorado 80502
Legal Notice No. FLP1098
First Publication: September 5, 2024
Last Publication: September 19, 2024 Publisher: Fort Lupton Press
Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Florencia Rodriguez De Valdez, Deceased Case Number: 2024PR30448
All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Weld County, Colorado on or before January 3, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Dated: August 27, 2024
CURTIS LAW FIRM, LLC /s/ Cory M. Curtis
Cory M. Curtis, #40549
10333 E Dry Creek Rd, Suite 210 Englewood, CO 80112
Legal Notice No. FLP5100
First Publication: August 29, 2024
Last Publication: September 12, 2024 Publisher: Fort Lupton Press
PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of BETTY
BERKELEY a/k/a MARGARET ELIZABETH WOODWARD, Deceased Case Number: 2024 PR 30413
All persons having claims against the abovenamed estate are required to present them to the Personal Representative or to the District Court of Weld County, Colorado on or before December 29, 2024, or the claims may be forever barred.
ROBERTA L. MORRILL
Personal Representative 424 La Verne Street Redlands, CA 92373
Legal Notice No. FLP1087
First Publication: August 29, 2024
Last Publication: September 12, 2024 Publisher: Fort Lupton Press
Public Notice
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of SHARON ANN ARNUSCH, a/k/a SHARON A. ARNUSCH, Deceased Case Number: 24PR30450
All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to the District Court of Weld County, Colorado on or before Monday, January 6, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
FRANZ P. ARNUSCH,
Personal Representative
Patrick A. Schilken, P.C.
7936 E. Arapahoe Court #2800 Centennial, CO 80112
Legal Notice No. FLP5101
First Publication: September 5, 2024
Last Publication: September 19, 2024 Publisher: Fort Lupton Press
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BY TAMARA CHUANG
THE COLORADO SUN
By opening a regional o ce in Denver 10 years ago, the U.S. Patent and Trademark O ce is ful lling a mission to better reach inventors where they live. e Rocky Mountain Regional O ce in Denver, the second of ve to open outside of the Washington, D.C.-area headquarters, has seen a steady growth of patents from residents within its nine-state jurisdiction. Colorado, the most populated of the nine, holds the most patents in the regional group, as well as the most by women inventors.
“ ere’s a hotbed here around Denver,” said Kathi Vidal, director of the whole patent o ce who was in town for the 10-year anniversary. “ e data
shows that once you have women patentees, you tend to have more women patentees. But it’s also spreading out into other areas.”
In Colorado, 23% of 53,000 patent holders in the past 10 years were women, compared with 13% nationwide. Other states in the district may be smaller but also have higher rates, like North Dakota, which had 300 patents in the past decade and a 19% women’s participation rate.
ere’s still room for growth. And Molly Kocialski, director of the regional o ce for eight of the 10 years, said it’s more about showing up in communities not used to having a federal o cial visit — and listening.
Vidal, a long-time intellectual patent attorney in Silicon Valley with a degree
in electrical engineering, said that the agency had looked into the low rate of patents among women inventors. ey found that women were opting out of the process, be it from discouragement, the expense or other reasons.
One x? Welcome letters. In the past, she said, “ ey’d get a ling receipt and the next thing they get is a rejection. And you can imagine, if that’s your welcome to the system, it’s not going to seem like something that’s warm and friendly and make you want to continue on.”
e welcome letter provides an introduction to the inventor ecosystem, resources and patent tracking. All lers get the welcome letter, not just women inventors.
“It congratulates her because she
can use ‘patent pending’ already,” Vidal added. “And with the next communication, that’s often a rejection. But we put it into context that this is really an opportunity for us to engage and make sure we issue her a strong patent. We want to make sure we craft the patent and the claims in a way that she gets a strong right that she can use to attract funding, to build a business and defend her business.”
ey also started monthly “WE” seminars featuring women entrepreneurs who share their startup stories. e sessions are virtual but sometimes guests show up in person.
is story was printed through a news sharing agreement with e Colorado Sun, a journalist-owned nonpro t based in Denver that covers the state.