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Local car registration fees possible
Colorado bill could let local governments collect fees for bike lanes, crosswalks
BY SARA WILSON COLORADO NEWSLINE
e Colorado Legislature could consider a bill next year that would enable local governments to impose additional vehicle registration fees to pay for infrastructure proven to make streets safer for non-drivers.
at bill advanced through the Transportation Legislation Review Committee on a 12-5 vote as one of its interim bills to be introduced during the regular session. It would let cities and counties charge registration fees on light trucks and passenger vehicles beginning in 2026 to fund so-called “vulnerable road user protection strategies,” which are road features
Homecoming parade shines bright in Brighton
BY BELEN WARD BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
When Brighton High School students celebrated homecoming with a parade and dance on Sept. 27 and 28, little did they know that they were part of a tradition going back decades.
Melvin Bacon, a former history teacher at Brighton High School since 1977, also taught science and English. He researched Brighton High School’s long history starting in 1894, highlighted the 1932 and 1934 state championship football teams, and described the 1948 homecoming dance, which two 1905 Brighton graduates attended.
“Brighton School dates back to 1894, when children attended rural schools. e rst ve graduates were in 1905. e school had many dropouts; it’s why only ve students graduated. e rst high school was constructed on Fourth Avenue in 1913, “ Bacon said.
Bacon noted that Brighton High School ran the Brightonian school newspaper in 1913, and he read through all the newspapers about the school’s history.
“I never did nd out precisely when they did the rst homecoming parade, although I know they started playing football in the 1920s.”
Bacon said that as the population grew, they built a larger Brighton High School in 1926, where the Brighton Heritage Academy stood until 1955 on East Bridge Street. en, in 1955, the school moved to the main part of the building, at 270 S. 8th Street, where it stands today; the interior has changed over the years.
“We have a really long history here at Brighton High School and a state championship football team, in 1932 and 1934. e 1934 trophy sits in the building lobby,” Bacon said.
After World War II, Bacon said there was an extensive article in the Brighton Blade newspaper where they talked about the homecoming dance held in the gym at the Heritage Academy building.
homecoming dance in the gym. e gym at Heritage is pretty much the same; it been well preserved. It’s tiny compare to today’s standards,” he said.
Bacon said that one of the rst graduates of 1905 attended that dance in 1948; her name was Alice Lovelace. e other rst graduate of 1905 was Genevieve Gerard, who died in 1918 from the u pandemic.
Bacon said homecoming started with a nationwide trend because football caught on in the 1920s.
“When you go back and listen to music in the 1920s, a lot of the songs were a football theme usually at the college level, and comical songs … were common in the 1920s. ( e trend) caught on at the college level, and it moved down to high schools,” he said.
When he started teaching at Brighton High in 1977, Bacon said, homecoming was a week long. Each class had a secret location where they built their oats, which were very elaborate. ey also donated to decorate a window at a local merchant somewhere and decorated the school hallways. is trend lasted well until the early 1980s.
“ e 1948 article talked about the
“ en a class went berserk and it got out of hand. Each class had to track down where the other oats were. I can’t remember; it was a ght against one of the seniors or juniors, and one of the oats got torched. ey continued the retaliation, torching one of the decorated hallways’ crepe paper,” Bacon said.
“ e principal at the time, whose name was Don Bentien, was irritated and canceled homecoming. He wanted to cancel the football game, but the Colorado High School Activities Association wouldn’t allow it,” Bacon said.
Since that happened, Bacon said they would have events throughout the week with no more decorating of windows and hallways.
“ e students could come on ursday night after school and then Friday morning to build oats. It’s what the kids do right now to build their oats. It goes back to the ’70s and ’80s from the time they started that process,” Bacon said.
Brighton High School students with the Unified program. It is a special olympics program to improve the health and well-being of students with intellectual disabilities. PHOTOS BY BELEN WARD
The Folklorico dancers with the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)
2024 Saw the Enactment of Numerous New Housing & HOA Laws
The Colorado General Assembly passed and Gov. Polis signed many new laws regarding housing and how HOAs can operate. Here are some new laws that caught my attention:
HB24-1152: Concerning Increasing the Number of Accessory Dwelling Units — This law prohibits jurisdictions or HOAs in a metropolitan area from unreasonably restricting the construction of ADUs in single-family neighborhoods. It also prohibits the requirement that an owner occupy the ADU or the primary residence, and it prohibits requiring additional off-street parking if there is sufficient existing parking, including on-street parking. (Those are two current requirements of many jurisdictions’ ADU ordinances.)
of fire-hardened building materials used for fencing within the community.
copy a designated contact on the notice.
HB24-1007: Concerning Residential Occupancy Limits —The act prohibits counties and municipalities from limiting the number of people who may live together in a single dwelling based on familial relationship, while allowing local governments to implement residential occupancy limits based only on demonstrated health and safety standards, fire code regulations, etc.; or on local, state, federal, or political subdivision affordable housing program guidelines.
HB24-1173: Concerning Streamlining the Process for Permitting Electric Motor Vehicle Charging Systems
HB24-1337: Real Property Owner Unit Association Collections — This law limits the reimbursement amount which an HOA can charge for attorney fees to $5,000 or 50% of the original money owed when its takes collection action against a unit owner. For failure to obey the bylaws or rules of the association, the reimbursement for attorney fees is limited to $5,000 or 50% of the actual costs. The law also limits the ability of the HOA to foreclose on the unit, and provides for redemption by the unit owner and others, including the tenant, within 180 days after a foreclosure sale.
SB24-005: Prohibit Landscaping Practices for Water Conservation —
scribed size, location and wording of the sign is included in the bill.
Affected jurisdictions are given until June 30, 2025, to submit a report to the state’s Department of Local Affairs demonstrating that they have complied with the law and that they have implemented one or more strategies to encourage and facilitate the construction or conversion of ADUs.
HB24-1091: Concerning Prohibiting Restrictions on the Use of FireHardened Building Materials — This law generally prohibits covenants and other restrictions that disallow the installation, use, or maintenance of firehardened building materials in homes, including in HOAs. However, the law allows an HOA to develop reasonable standards regarding the design, dimensions, placement, or external appearance
This law requires the Colorado Energy Office to publish by March 31, 2025, a model code for the installation of EV charging systems in counties over 20,000 population or municipalities over 10,000 population. The office must also provide technical assistance to counties or municipalities for the implementation of an expedited permitting process
HB24-1233: Homeowners' Association Delinquency Payments Enforcement Procedures — This law amends HB22-1137, which said that notices of delinquency must be posted on the unit’s door. Under this law, the HOA must send a certified letter to the unit owner and employ two other methods (phone call/voicemail, text message, or email) and must communicate in the preferred language of the unit owner and
Megan’s Market Snapshot: Sept. 25-Oct. 1
By Megan Aller First American Title
Here are some key takeaways from the market activity during the 7-day period from Sept. 25th to Oct. 1st: Denver metro area inventory appears to be stabilizing, with steady buyer activity, signaling a sense of balance in the market as we move from September into October.
Buyers who have been waiting for better market conditions are now finding more options available. Sellers are increasingly open to negotiating, making repairs, offering concessions, and accepting contingent offers to get deals done. This creates an excellent opportunity for buyers to take advantage of the increased negotiating power they currently hold, which may shift if rates drop and competition intensifies.
The number of active listings remained consistent compared to the prior 7-day period, though inventory is much higher than this time last year.
New listings increased both week over week and compared to the same period last year, while “coming soon” listings have dipped slightly. Pending transactions stayed fairly flat, and the market’s supply of inventory has held steady.
The odds of selling rose but remain below the historical average from prior years, reflecting ongoing market dynamics.
Showings decreased slightly from the previous 7-day period but are up compared to last year. Homes are spending more time on the market, allowing buyers more time to make informed decisions.
There was an increase in price reductions, with a larger percentage of homes lowering their prices before going under contract. The size of these price reductions has also increased.
REcolorado, the MLS serving Denver and beyond, is the data source for this article.
To conserve water used for irrigation, this law, effective Jan. 1, 2026, prohibits local governments from allowing the installation, planting, or placement of nonfunctional turf, artificial turf, or invasive plant species on commercial, institutional, or industrial property, association property, or a street right-ofway, parking lot, median, or transportation corridor. Artificial turf for athletic fields is not banned, however.
SB24-058: Landowner Liability Recreational Use Warning Signs —
This law allows the owner of land with recreational access to protect himself or herself from liability for off-trail injury or death by posting a sign at the common entrance to the property. The pre-
SB24-134: Operation of a HomeBased Businesses — This law allows a unit owner (or tenant, with the unit owner's permission) to operate a home-based business in a unit owner’s unit. An HOA may no longer seek to enforce any covenant or restriction that would prohibit a unit owner from operating a home-based business. The operation of a home-based business must still comply with any applicable and reasonable unit owners' association rules or regulations related to architectural control, parking, landscaping, noise, nuisance, and other matters that may impact fellow HOA members. The operation of a home-based business must also comply with municipal and county noise and nuisance ordinances or resolutions.
SB24-145: Uniform Unlawful Restrictions in Land Records — Older CC&Rs (covenants) included unlawful restrictions on membership based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, familial status, disability, or other personal characteristics. These are no longer enforceable, but they remain in those documents. This law creates the ability of any association to submit an amendment to the county clerk and recorder removing those provisions without a vote of the membership. The posting of this article online at http://RealEstateToday.substack.com includes links for each of these laws.
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Currently a greenhouse operation, these parcels at 52nd Ave. & Indiana St. have two addresses. The smaller parcel is 14780 W. 52nd Ave., and the larger one is 5150 Indiana St. Together they total over 12½ acres. The land is zoned agricultural, with a single family home, several outbuildings and a commercial well. They are in unincorporated Jefferson County. Current zoning allows for several uses, or the purchaser may choose to rezone to highest and best use. Downtown Golden, Jefferson County Government, and the Colorado School of Mines are just over five miles away. Learn more at www.GRElistings.com
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Fort Lupton moves to end public notice
City ballot question seeks to end legal ads
BY BELEN WARD BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
In a bid to reduce costs — but possibly at the cost of government transparency — the city of Fort Lupton is asking the community to move public notices to its website instead of paying to print them in local newspapers.
Question 2C was added to the Nov. 5 ballot by the Fort Lupton city council in July, by a unanimous decision. e public notices, which include notices to creditors, name changes or metro district announcements, will be published on the City’s website if the community votes yes.
Here is the text of Ballot Question 2C:
To save publication costs to the City, shall the City of Fort Lupton, Colorado, provide all required information on its
website regarding proceedings relating to payment of bills and statements concerning all contracts awarded and rebates allowed, rather than publishing the information in the newspaper?”
State law requires the city to publish its publications in a newspaper regarding bill payments and a statement concerning all contracts awarded and rebates. However, Fort Lupton, as a statutory city, can put a question on the ballot that would exempt it from this law
Tim Regan-Porter, CEO of the Colorado Press Association, said the city is welcome to publish as much information as it likes on its website, but refusing to publish this information in the newspaper harms the community and is a violation of the spirit, if not the letter, of public notice laws in Colorado and every other state.”
Lawmakers and open government advocates have long required that key public information be published in newspapers, their websites and an ag-
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gregated statewide website to support transparency, accessibility, third-party oversight and achievability. ese notices help citizens, courts, private businesses and many others nd out about elections, budgets, foreclosures and other crucial pieces of information,” he said.
“Putting this information on hundreds of unreliable city, county and other government websites e ectively hides it. Placing these notices in newspapers as trusted, third-party sources costs the city a tiny fraction of its budget. Cost is an excuse to avoid transparency.
Fort Lupton will ask voters to approve doing away with legal advertising on November’s ballot. FILE PHOTO
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to make streets safer for pedestrians and bicyclists. at includes bike lanes, street medians, crosswalk visibility enhancements, rumble strips and tra c circles designed to manage speed, which are all features that the Federal Highway Administration recommends.
“We want to convince folks to hop on the bus, get on their bike or to walk to the market. But we recognize that our members need to feel safe doing so,” said Anita Seitz, the advocacy director for Colorado Communities for Climate Action. “In 2023, Colorado saw cyclist deaths increase and pedestrian deaths reach an all-time high. Bike and pedestrian friendly infrastructure investments help to protect our residents and save lives, but there’s simply limited dollars dedicated to this purpose.” e fees could be higher on heavier and less fuel e cient vehicles. According to draft bill text, a car between 3,500 and 4,499 pounds could have a maximum fee of $3.60. at is about the weight of a Subaru Outback. e highest fee would be $52 for a truck over 9,500 pounds.
A similar bill came before the Legislature this year to create an enterprise fund for these projects, but it died in committee. is version gives the fee collection power to local governments instead.
Ridgway Mayor John Clark told the committee that while mass public transit is not totally feasible in his rural community, pedestrian and bike
transportation is an opportunity to meet climate goals and reduce car use.
“We can’t expect our residents to get out of their cars until biking and walking becomes reliably safe,” he said.
e bill will be sponsored by Rep. Andrew Boesenecker, a Fort Collins Democrat, Rep. Stephanie Vigil, a Colorado Springs Democrat, Sen. Faith Winter, a Westminster Democrat, and Sen. Lisa Cutter, a Littleton Democrat.
Republicans on the committee said they were concerned that a local government would be able to charge a new fee without voter approval.
“I can’t be supportive of the bill today, but the concept of trying to get the consent of the voters would certainly move me to be supportive, and we can work on that if the bill moves forward,” said Sen. Cleave Simpson, an Alamosa Republican.
Republican Rep. Matt Soper of Delta said the bill seemed to be in contrast to the Colorado tradition of taking similar scal matters to a vote.
e committee advanced a handful of other bills for the full Legislature to consider when it reconvenes in January. at includes a bill to bolster public transit options for people with disabilities, a bill criminalizing vehicular document piracy and a bill to repeal the con dentiality requirement for railroad investigative reports.
is story is from Colorado Newsline. Used by permission. For more, and to support the news organization, visit coloradonewsline.com.
Caraveo and Evans spar in virtual forum
The race is targeted by national groups as being key to controlling Congress
BY MONTE WHALEY MWHALEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
e two candidates ghting for Colorado’s coveted 8th Congressional District seat jabbed at each other at a Monday night forum over illegal immigration, the high cost of living in the district and gun control.
Congresswoman Yadira Caraveo, who is seeking her second term in Congress, said Republicans like to “spread lies and are saying I’m not interested in securing our southern borders.” Caraveo said the nation’s immigration policies need to be applied fairly and to make sure people seeking asylum are coming to the United States for a legitimate reason. Caraveo said President Joe Biden should have used his executive pow-
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ers sooner to cut o the ow of asylum seekers. She also said as a freshman in Congress she has sponsored legislation to reduce the cost of renting and introduced tax credits for affordable housing.
Republican opponent state Rep. Gabe Evans – a former Arvada police o cer – said the country’s wideopen borders are letting in gang leaders along with deadly Fentanyl. Colorado is also the third most dangerous state in the nation and is saddled with one of the country’s highest costs of living.
Evans, an Army combat veteran, said the immigration system allows those who are trying to get into the country legally are stalled for years because of “bureaucratic jail.” Asylum seekers should be allowed to stay in Mexico inde nitely until they are allowed into the United States. Caraveo and Evans both said they would not support a national abortion ban, with Evans saying it’s up to the states to decide abortion policy.
Introducing Farmlore, a new community taking root in the heart of Brighton.
Farmlore’s warm, rural character will blend beautiful new homes with the area’s rich agricultural roots creating a friendly, small-town vibe all its own.
A selection of mailers sent out to Congressional District 8 voters in the run-up to November’s election.
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Caraveo, a pediatrician, said abortion decisions are a private medical matter.
“I think women and their doctors should be making decisions about abortion, end of story,” Caraveo said.
Caraveo said she supported capping insulin prices at $35 a month and that patients and doctors should be in the middle of decisions about insurance. Evans said red tape have driven insurance companies out of Colorado.
“Because of that red tape … millions of dollars have been siphoned away from Medicaid,” he said.
e race between Caraveo and Evans is considered key in deciding who
will control Congress in 2025, and pundits say the contest will attract as much as $13 million in contributions before votes are cast Nov. 5, according to the trade publication Colorado Politics in a Sept. 11 story. It has also been marked by attack ads, with Caraveo being portrayed as being too lenient on border policies. An ad targeting Caraveo links the Democrat’s 2023 vote against HR 2 to strained hospitals, overwhelmed law enforcement, crowded schools and the fentanyl crisis, Colorado Politics states.
e legislation passed narrowly along party lines in the House, with two Republicans joining every Democrat in opposition, and zzled in the Senate, according to Colorado Politics.
e publication said Caraveo’s cam-
paign pointed to a bipartisan package of immigration bills the Democrat sponsored and co-sponsored this spring.
A Democratic group has introduced an ad blasting Evans for supporting an abortion ban, featuring a local OBGYN who called the Republican “too extreme for Colorado,” Colorado Politics states.
e virtual forum was sponsored by Colorado Community Media, the Leagues of Women Voters of Colorado, Adams, Larimer and GreeleyWeld Counties, El Semanario, and KUNC.
e candidates were allowed twominute opening statements followed by questions developed by League members and Colorado Community Media. Caraveo and Evans were given one minute each to respond. ey
were also given a two-minute closing statement.
KUNC legislative reporter Lucas Brady Woods acted as moderator. e candidates also disagreed on gun laws, with Caraveo saying she co-sponsored an assault weapons ban. “ ere is no reason to have a gun made for warfare in the hands of Coloradans,” Caraveo said.
Evans said adding more gun laws have not made anyone safer. “Gun violence has more than doubled,” Evans said, who supports tougher penalties for people who commit gun crimes.
Both said they support Israel, but Caraveo pointed out that a sta er that worked for Evans made antisemitic remarks. Evans said that sta member was red within 24 hours of making the remarks.
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Time to name the snowplows
Elementary school students are once again invited to participate in Brighton’s Name that Snowplow contest. Elementary school students who reside in Brighton are invited to submit their best and most creative name ideas for the City’s eight snowplows for the 2024-2025 snow season.
Students grades K-5 can submit their best names at www.brightonco.gov/ snowplowcontest by Nov. 10. Winners will have an opportunity to take a photo with the snowplow they named and be recognized at a Brighton City Council meeting. Winners will be noti ed by Nov. 20. To read the contest rules and submit a name, please visit www.brightonco.gov/ snowplowcontest.
Growing Grads launch happening Oct. 16
e City of Brighton’s Growing Grads College and Career Readiness Launch returns from 6-8 p.m., Oct. 16 at e Armory Performing Arts Center, 300 Strong St.
High school juniors and seniors, parents and anyone else interested in exploring higher education options are encouraged to attend.
Colleges, universities, trade schools, apprenticeships and more will be in attendance. Presentations on how to pay for college, including the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), and the Colorado Application for State Financial Aid (CASFA), the state nancial aid application for undocumented, Colorado ASSET students, will be available in English and Spanish. Resources will also be
made available to help immigrants learn ways to pay for college. In addition, participants can learn about local scholarship opportunities.
e kicko is free to attend. Dinner will be provided by the What Would Cheezus Do Food Truck, free of charge.
If you have questions, contact Tawnya Russell, Manager of Youth Services, at trussell@brightonco.gov or 303-6552123.
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.
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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 ex-
pansion, 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.
Eye for Art program announces artist call for 2024 Fall/Winter Showcase
e City of Brighton Eye for Art program seeks artists to place pieces in the 2024 Fall/Winter Showcase. e show will take place at City Hall, 500 S. 4th Avenue. e deadline to submit artwork for consideration is Nov. 4.
e Eye 4 Art show is a three-month showcase from Nov. 18 through Feb. 21, 2025. Artwork may include, but is not limited to oil, acrylic, watercolors, graphite drawings, photography, fused glass, pottery, computer painting, mixed media, jewelry, glass, and sculptures.
Submissions must be entered by the Nov. 4 deadline. Artists who have shown their pieces during the summer should collect them by Nov. 1. Pieces selected for the fall should also be delivered by that date.
e art is scheduled to be hung by Nov. 16 and the city hosts a reception for artists on Nov. 22.
For more information, please visit the Eye for Art web page, or contact David Gallegos, Arts and Culture Coordinator, at dgallegos@brightonco.gov, or 303-655-2176.
Internships available with Adams County
Are you interested in learning more about working for local government? Adams County currently has paid internships available.
Opportunities include a cook ($16.48/ hour) and classroom aide ($15.62/hour) for Head Start, an IT intern ($17/hour) for the Sheri ’s O ce, and a Healthy Farmers Market intern ($17/hour).
ese opportunities are available through the Workforce & Business Center. ose interested should work with their Business Center case manager or call 720.523.6898 to get established with a case manager.
Fort Lupton celebrates Rec Center expansion
BY BELEN WARD BWARD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
“We didn’t know how much Fort Lupton would grow, both in population and as a community,” said Fort Lupton Mayor Zo Hubbard, as she celebrated the grand re-opening of the Fort Lupton Recreation Center
on Sept. 28.
As residents took in a free lunch, tness classes and access to the new swimming pool and basketball and volleyball courts, o cials celebrated the state-of-the-art amenities. e new addition cost $12 million and increases the space to just over 60,000 square feet.
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Councilmen Claud Hanes, Carlos Barron with son, Mayor Zo Hubbard and councilman Chris Ceretto cutting the ribbon at the new renovated Fort Lupton Recreation Center. PHOTOS BY BELEN WARD
Annmarie Tucker in the weight training room lifting 20 pounds with lunges.
The Fort Lupton community trying out the new swimming pool.
Not quite as easy as it seems
To the untrained eye, many tasks that require years of practice and dedication can appear deceptively simple. Take golf, for instance. How many amateur golfers, or even non-golfers, have spent hours watching reels and videos, only to watch professionals on television and think to themselves, “What’s so hard about hitting a little white ball that’s standing perfectly still with a metal club, especially when there’s no noise to distract you?” From this perspective, it seems like anyone should be able to step up, swing the club, and easily make perfect contact. But as any seasoned golfer will tell you, the sport is far more complex than it appears. e same misconception applies to many other professions. Consider the world of culinary arts, where top chefs from around the globe compete on cooking or baking shows for prestigious titles. To the casual viewer, following a recipe might seem straightforward: measuring ingredients, mixing them together, and cooking at the right temperature. What could be so tricky? Yet, these chefs are judged on nuances that the average person might not even notice: the balance of avors, the sauce’s texture, and the dish’s presentation. e nesse required to excel at this level involves years of honing skills, experimenting with techniques, and understanding the subtleties of ingredients. is phenomenon isn’t unique to golf or cooking; it can be applied to virtually any occupation. From the outside looking in, many jobs may seem simple or at least not very difcult. However, every profession has its own set of challenges, nuances and
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skills, both hard and soft, that must be mastered through dedication and experience. Perfecting one’s craft requires countless hours of practice, trial and error, and a relentless pursuit of improvement.
Sales, for example, is a profession that often gets a bad rap. Many people look at sales and think it’s an easy job: you talk to people all day, take them out to lunch, maybe play a round of golf, and somehow, deals get closed, and commissions roll in. Salespeople are often judged for having what appears to be a very exible schedule, making better-than-average income, and not working that hard for their money. e perception is that they have too much fun, have too much free time, and make too much money for what they do.
Sales is not just about making a pitch and closing deals. To be successful,
salespeople must master a wide array of competencies. ey need to be able to generate new opportunities, understand client needs, develop and nurture relationships, deliver compelling value propositions, overcome objections, teach and advise their clients, navigate complex deals, manage procurement processes, negotiate effectively to close deals, and ultimately grow the customer relationship over time.
ese 10 competencies require the right combination of behavior, attitude and technique. And these skills are not developed overnight. ey require signi cant practice. Salespeople must be disciplined in their approach, constantly re ning their techniques, learning from each interaction, and striving to improve. e ability to make sales seem easy comes only after years of hard work, commitment, and
practice.
It’s easy to look at a professional and think that what they do isn’t hard. But the reality is that what seems easy is often the result of years of dedication, practice and a relentless pursuit of excellence. Only after the hard work, commitment, and discipline does it come to life, and only then does it appear e ortless.
Are you consistently trying to hone your craft? I would love to hear your story at gotonorton@gmail.com, and when we add the extra e ort as we strive for continuous improvement, 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.
Boogie on the bus or rave on the rails, RTD’s trip tool helps concertgoers plan
Regional Transportation District users can now plan their trip to work or a concert with the district’s Next Ride Trip Planning Tool.
e new services were introduced last week to make planning travel via RTD bus or trains “more convenient and accessible,” according to an RTD news release.
Customers can visit www.rtd-denver.com, enter an origin and destination in the “Plan a Trip” tool, and
click to view trip itineraries on the Next Ride application, according to the news release. RTD says customers can plan routes based on their desired departure time, whether it be immediate or later, based on when customers want to arrive at their destination.
“RTD made the updates for more user-friendly travel planning, especially for customers who may be unfamiliar with planning trips via RTD
services,” the release states. Planning travel by concert name is another new feature that customers can use to plan trips, according to RTD.
Customers can simply input the artist’s name as the destination point for concerts being held at Ball Arena, Bluebird eater, Boulder eater, Coors Field, Denver Botanic Gardens, Empower Field at Mile High, Fiddlers Green, Fillmore Au-
ditorium, Folsom Field, Fox eatre, Mission Ballroom, Ogden eatre and Paramount eatre. e Trip Planner will share itineraries to the venue from the customer’s starting point, the news release states. e concert and event planning feature is already live on RTD’s website. RTD is encouraging customers to sign up for Service Alerts to stay up to date on RTD services for smoother trip planning.
BY NINA JOSS
Going through the home to declutter every few months can feel good.
Sometimes, the act of decluttering is spurred on by a large life change, like a move. Other times, it’s just nice to get a fresh start.
Deciding what to keep and what to let go can certainly be challenging, but sometimes the hardest part comes once the piles have been made. What should you do with the stroller your kids have grown out of, or the pantsuit you no longer need since you switched jobs?
Luckily, several organizations in Colorado exist to ensure your loved items will nd a second life. From mat-
tresses to cribs, your items can be recycled or reused — and can help change people’s lives in the process.
Cribs and car seats for young families
In Aurora, an organization called WeeCycle connects families raising infants and toddlers with essential baby gear and supplies.
“We do this by collecting new and gently used items from other community members that are done with their items, but they still have a lot of usable life left in them,” said Executive Director Morgan Seibel. “All of our programming works through that lens of sustainability.”
WeeCycle accepts items including cribs, car seats, strollers, diapers and “pack ‘n plays,” which are portable play
and sleeping area units. e group also accepts baby gates, baby monitors, humidi ers, bassinets and more.
e organization hosts collection events multiple times a week at its warehouse in Aurora and has other partner locations throughout the metro area that accept new diapers, wipes and formula. Pickup services are also available in some cases.
After receiving, cleaning and organizing donations, the team works with about 60 partner organizations to connect usable items to families that need them.
“We try to have a very wide range of di erent organizations … with the common thread that they are supporting families with infants and toddlers, and those families are struggling to provide
all the items that they need,” Seibel said. ese organizations help immigrant and refugee families, families experiencing homelessness, foster families, families in the court system and more.
Seibel said WeeCycle tries to partner with organizations that provide additional wraparound support services for families, such as housing support, job training, English language classes and more.
“We understand that giving a family a stroller doesn’t solve all the other challenges that they’re facing,” she said.
In the rst two half of this year, WeeCycle distributed over 367,000 items to families in need, totaling an estimated value of over $1.6 million.
Employees at Spring Back Colorado smile in the organization’s mattress recycling warehouse. COURTESY OF SPRING BACK COLORADO
on their professional journeys.
Dress for Success Denver aims to empower women and all who genderidentify as women to achieve economic independence by providing professional attire, career development tools and a network of support, said Executive Director Amara Martin.
e local branch of the international nonpro t accepts women’s business casual to business professional clothing, shoes, jewelry and accessories, Martin said. e organization asks that all clothing donated be clean, in season and current.
“ ose clothes are going to immediately go into my clothing boutique, where women are coming down during the week when they have a job interview, as well as when they are starting work,” she said.
When a woman comes into the boutique, she gets to work with a volunteer personal stylist who helps the client identify which out ts will work best for her needs.
look, the more con dent you feel,” she said. “ is is an excellent way to kind of spread that con dence and to help a woman on her journey toward selfde ned success.”
Martin said the organization is often in need of plus-sized clothing, which it receives less often in donations. People who want to help ll this need can donate funds to support Dress for Success Denver in purchasing clothing that matches the sizing needs of their clients.
Mattresses for a better life
One of the most notoriously challenging items to get rid of is a mattress. ey can be hard to sell. Many donation centers don’t take them and they rarely t in a dumpster. Plus, simply throwing away such a large and important item can feel like a waste.
and compress them into bales, which they then send to recycling partners. Steel makes its way to mills where it is recycled into new steel products. Foam goes to a plant where it’s made into carpet padding, automobile insulation and more. Wood is turned into landscaping mulch or biofuel.
“Historically, we have been able to recycle anywhere from 85% to about 92% of a mattress,” Conway said. e team recycles about 6,000 to 7,000 mattresses each month, Conway said. at means they diverted about 3.4 million mattresses from land lls in 2023.
“ e worst thing for a land ll is a mattress,” he said. “If you have a nite amount of space in the in the ground, the last thing you want going in there is big, bulky items that don’t break down, that are really hard on equipment and machinery.”
“ ey, together, shop to nd the best items that are going to t the best, that are going to look the best, that are going to help her feel as con dent as possible in her job search,” Martin said.
DONATIONS
WeeCycle recycles car seats that cannot be reused. ey also try to be creative with other items that cannot be given to families, which has led to donating recalled pillows to animal shelters and donating crib pieces to the local children’s museum maker lab.
Seibel said donating items to WeeCycle can be a great way for families to help others with items that they have grown out of, or perhaps items that they never even used.
“It allows them to really support other members of their community that aren’t able to access the items that they had when raising their children,” she said.
Clothing and confidence for professionals
If you have professional clothing that you no longer need, it can be used to help support women as they embark
In 2023, over 1,300 women used the boutique space, Martin said. Some people are referred by partner organizations, and others refer themselves.
In addition to getting free professional clothing, women who use Dress for Success Denver’s services can receive career coaching, take job readiness classes, participate in a job retention program and more.
Martin said if a person is unsure whether their clothes are in season or in style, they should bring it to donate anyway. Anything that doesn’t meet Dress for Success Denver’s requirements will be donated to other organizations that serve women in the community, she said.
e organization accept donations from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the second Saturday of every month at 2594 S. Colorado Blvd. in Denver. ey ask that all donations are delivered on hangers, not in garbage bags or boxes.
e organization also accepts donations of unopened, mini-size toiletries such as shampoo, conditioner, deodorant and hand sanitizer.
Martin said donating clothes to Dress for Success Denver can give the clothes that helped a person in their career the chance to help someone else.
“We all know that the better you
Spring Back Colorado gives people an alternative for mattress recycling, while also providing employment opportunities for people who have had challenges entering the workforce due to criminal history, addiction or other challenges.
President Peter Conway said his father started Spring Back Colorado after spending years volunteering at Denver Rescue Mission, a homeless shelter. While working there, he met a lot of people who struggled to nd and keep jobs.
“ e company was created as a way to help those folks get stable employment, get back on their feet, become tax-paying members of the community, and also to help reduce recidivism,” Conway said. “We use mattress recycling as a vehicle to do all of that.”
e company partners with drug and alcohol recovery centers to o er job opportunities to individuals in the programs. One of their main partners is the Stout Street Foundation, a recovery program based in Commerce City, where Spring Back Colorado is also located.
“As their members are going through their treatment program, they basically introduce them into di erent workforces throughout the community,” Conway said. “Once they graduate from that program, they’re able to come on in a more full-time capacity with us.”
At the mattress recycling warehouse, employees break down mattresses that have been picked up or dropped o . Mattresses are usually largely made of foam, wood and steel, Conway said. e workers separate the materials
Spring Back Colorado has partnerships with land lls to bring mattresses to the recycling plant. In many cases, recycling a mattress with Spring Back Colorado — which costs a $40 recycling fee if you drop it o at the warehouse — costs less than throwing it away at a land ll, Conway said. Spring Back Colorado also o ers mattress pickup, which costs an additional $60 to $90 transportation fee, depending on distance.
Conway said recycling mattresses is the environmentally responsible thing to do.
“Bringing them to us, you are helping create that land ll waste diversion,” he said. “Shifting the awareness and the consumer to do the right thing, I think is only going to continue to become more and more impactful on an environmental level.”
But perhaps even more importantly, Conway said, bringing mattresses to Spring Back Colorado helps make a di erence in people’s lives.
Bobby Dainko, who works as the community development director at Spring Back Colorado, is a graduate of Stout Street Foundation. When he started working at the mattress recycling facility, he was experiencing homelessness and had 11 warrants. Five years later, he is a homeowner, is employed and says he loves his life. He credits Spring Back Colorado for the transformation.
“If it wasn’t for them, I don’t know where I’d be,” he said. “I might even be dead. It allowed me to get my life back … You can’t put a price on what I’ve gotten back.”
A woman smiles in her new professional outfit from the Dress for Success Denver boutique. COURTESY OF DRESS FOR SUCCESS DENVER
ADAMS COUNTY 2024 ELECTION GUIDE
CANDIDATES, IN THEIR OWN WORDS
We asked the candidates for their views on local issues and they answered. We plan to run the profiles the candidates wrote for the State House and State Senate in print this week and the responses from Congressional candidates in districts 7 and 8 and the responses from the Adams County Commissioners in print next week.
Scott Bright
Residence: Platteville
Profession: Early Childhood Education
About me: I am a lifelong resident of Northern Colorado and Senate District 13. Married with 2 adult children. Business owner with 250 employees. Chair of the Early Childhood Education Association of Colorado. Chair of the Rules Advisory Council for the Department of Early Childhood.
For more information: https://www.facebook.com/ScottBrightforSenate
What makes you the best candidate for the job?
With a lengthy record of business suc-
The profiles have been edited to fit the print page, but the full profiles are online.
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cess, of contributing to our community, and of promoting early childhood education, I am uniquely quali ed to help our state and community build a brighter future. Far-left legislators currently have an iron grip on our legislature. I’ll bring balance. I currently serve on the boards of or in leadership positions for the Early Childhood Education Association of Colorado, the Weld Trust, the Greeley Downtown Rotary, and Colorado Trails Preservation Alliance. In those roles, I have put partisanship aside to work across the aisle and move our community forward.
If elected, what must you accomplish in order for you to consider your term a success?
1. Lower the cost of living and improve Colorado’s business climate by reining in punitive regulations, particularly on our farmers, energy and transportation workers, and manufacturers.
2. Reduce crime and end the ood of poisonous fentanyl in our communities by increasing penalties on criminals and drug dealers and re-felonizing fentanyl.
3. Improve education standards, transparency, and choice and opportunity for parents and kids.
What will you do to alleviate the high costs of living?
I’ll work to cut spending and regulations and focus on reducing insurance rates. Runaway health, property, and auto insurance rates are crushing
Matt Johnston
Residence: Brighton Profession: High School Football Coach, Brighton City Council About me:
I’m Matt Johnston, a proud public servant, family man, and community leader. I was raised in a working-class family -- my father was a re ghter, and my mother a hairstylist -- so I learned early the values of hard work and service. After earning a football scholarship to Western Colorado University, I worked as a coal miner and welder. Now, I serve on the Brighton City Council and coach high school football, always ghting for working
and middle-class families, a ordable housing, and high-quality jobs. I live in Brighton with my wife Patricia, a nurse, and our two daughters, Olivia and Maya.
For more information: www.facebook.com/JohnstonforColorado
What makes you the best candidate for the job?
I’m running because our community deserves a leader who can unite, not divide. As a council member in Brighton, I’ve already delivered real results -- ghting for lower water rates, improving infrastructure, and supporting local agriculture. I’ve spent my career working alongside middle-class families, from the coal mines to city hall, and I understand the challenges we face. I’ll continue to ght for a ordable housing, high-quality jobs, and strong agricultural growth by focusing on what matters most -- our people, not partisan political games.
If elected, what must you accomplish in order for you to consider your term a success?
To consider my term a success, I must deliver tangible results that improve the lives of working and middle-class families. at means passing legislation to create more good-paying jobs, particularly through vocational training and apprenticeships, and making housing more a ordable for families across the district. I want to ensure
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State Senate District 23
Joseph Bobko
Residence: Frederick
Profession: Retired Executive Manager of Automotive Repair Facilities
About me: I am a concerned citizen who wants to be able to draft legislation to protect our children in schools from another Columbine tragedy
For more information: https://www.elect-joseph-bobko-for-colorado-state-senate-23.net/
What makes you the best candidate for the job?
Because I actually care about creating real change
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that our agricultural community is supported with policies that promote growth and sustainability. Success also means breaking the gridlock of partisan politics -- if I can bring people together to pass common-sense solutions, then I’ll know I’ve done my job.
What will you do to alleviate the high costs of living?
I’m committed to tackling the high cost of living with real, impactful action. When Brighton’s politicians gouged $70 million from taxpayers by raising water rates, I stepped up, held them accountable, and led the charge to lower rates and recall the mayor. As your State Senator, I’ll bring that same ght to critical issues like a ordable housing,
If elected, what must you accomplish in order for you to consider your term a success?
Introduce and ght to get my legislation passed to create the Colorado School Protection Force
What will you do to alleviate the high costs of living?
Submit legislation to institute price controls on food prices and eliminate price gouging, lower property taxes and stop the taxation on Social Security bene ts
Will you work on solutions with members of opposing parties and how?
Yes of course I will attempt to work with bipartisanship
recriminalizing (refelonizing) fentanyl.
If elected, what must you accomplish in order for you to consider your term a success?
1.Reduce the cost of living, particularly housing and insurance costs that are crushing Colorado families.
2.Enhance public safety by continuing my e orts to refelonize fentanyl and toughen sentences on career criminals.
Colorado families. Biden-omics caused record in ation nationally through runaway and spending and regulation, and Colorado Democrats have doubled down on those policies. As a result, Colorado’s in ation rate is among the highest in the nation. Cutting the cost of government spending and regulation will unleash prosperity, lower prices, and restore Colorado’s competitive edge. We need to make Colorado a great state to start and operate a business.
better-paying jobs, and lower utility costs. I’ll advocate for policies that help working families, including increasing access to a ordable housing, expanding vocational training, and creating jobs in industries like construction, energy, and agriculture.
Will you work on solutions with members of opposing parties and how?
Yes, I’m committed to working with Democrats, Republicans, and Independents to deliver real solutions. I’ve always been able to challenge the establishment and get things done, like when I fought to lower water rates and held local leaders accountable on the Brighton City Council. My approach is to build relationships and work with anyone who wants to make meaningful progress. In a political environment where it’s easy to get stuck in gridlock, I’m best suited to take on the system and bring real results back to our district.
Will you work on solutions with members of opposing parties and how?
As a member of the minority party, this is a must. As a conservative, I want to help bring political balance to the State Senate to rein in the far-left Legislature. I currently serve on the boards of or in leadership positions for the Early Childhood Education Association of Colorado, the Weld Trust, the Greeley Downtown Rotary, and Colorado Trails Preservation Alliance. In those roles, I have put partisanship aside to work across the aisle and move our community forward. I will work to do the same in the Senate.
Barb Kirkmeyer
Residence: Brighton
Profession: State Senator
About me: State Senator, 2021-present; Weld County Commissioner, 2009-2020 and 1993-2000; Acting Director, Colorado Department of Local A airs; small businesswoman; dairy farmer For more information: www.KirkmeyerforColorado.com Kirkmeyerforcolorado@gmail.com https://www.facebook.com/ KirkmeyerforColorado23/ https://x.com/SenKirkmeyer
What makes you the best candidate for the job?
I have a record of success and am ready and able to deliver continuing results for the families of my district. In 2024 alone, I negotiated two property tax cuts – in the face of a largely Democratic Legislature skeptical of tax relief. Largest tax cut on Colorado’s history. ere is still more to do. For instance, while I have helped raise the consciousness of the deadly fentanyl epidemic (fentanyl overdose deaths are up 800% since fentanyl was legalized in 2019), I am still working to build a bipartisan consensus around
3.Promote education reforms that increase choice and opportunity, enhance transparency, and get education dollars to follow the student.
What will you do to alleviate the high costs of living?
Colorado’s in ation rate has been among the highest in the nation in recent years, largely because far-left Colorado lawmakers have doubled-down on Bidenomics -- punitive regulations on our manufacturers and energy workers that drive up transportation, energy, food, and insurance costs. We need to rein in these punitive regulations. We must also make housing more a ordable by increasing supply and reducing expensive regulations that can increase the cost of building a new house by $100,000.
Will you work on solutions with members of opposing parties and how?
My record tells the story. I aim to make a di erence, not just to make a point. In the past 2 years alone, I have gotten more measures passed than any other Republican legislator. In 2024 alone, in the face of Democrat dominance of the Legislature, I passed 80 bills on a bipartisan basis to promote economic and personal freedom and improve Coloradans’ safety. In 2021, I was acknowledged by Colorado Politics as a notable legislator who “debated like a statehouse veteran, not a rst-year back bencher.”
State Senate District 21
Profession: Chemical Engineer, Data Scientist
About me:
I’m Frederick Alfred Jr., a chemical engineer and data scientist, with deep experience in energy, particularly in uranium re ning. I’m a proud father, committed to improving education, empowering parental rights, and securing a prosperous future for Colorado’s energy sector. I’m running as a Republican for Colorado State Senate District 21 to ensure that our community’s voice is heard and that our values are represented in the State Senate.
For more information: www.fredforcolorado.com, facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ pro le.php?id=61555746073088
What makes you the best candidate for the job?
I am the best candidate for Colorado State Senate District 21 because of my extensive experience in both energy and data science, elds crucial to our state’s future. As a chemical engineer with a background in nuclear energy, I understand the importance of maintaining a diverse energy portfolio to keep Colorado competitive. As a parent, I’m deeply invested in strengthening education and empowering parental rights. I’m committed to
practical, results-driven policies that bene t our community and ensure economic growth, safety, and opportunity for all Coloradans.
If elected, what must you accomplish in order for you to consider your term a success?
I would consider my term a success if I could e ectively expand Colorado’s energy independence through a balanced approach to traditional and innovative energy sources, improve academic standards while empowering parental rights in education, and ensure that Colorado remains a strong environment for business growth. Additionally, addressing infrastructure challenges, particularly in rural areas, and reducing the burden of taxes and regulations on everyday Coloradans would be key goals.
What will you do to alleviate the high costs of living?
I will work to reduce unnecessary regulations and fees that drive up housing and energy costs. I will support tax reforms that bene t hardworking families and small businesses, ensuring they keep more of their earnings. By promoting responsible development and streamlining processes, we can increase housing availability, reducing costs. Additionally, I will support energy policies that expand our energy portfolio, keeping utility costs a ordable for Coloradans. Focusing on these areas will help make Colorado more a ordable for all residents while fostering a stronger economy.
Will you work on solutions with members of opposing parties and how?
Yes, I believe that collaboration across party lines is essential to creating e ective, long-lasting solutions for Colorado. I will focus on common ground issues, such as improving education, ensuring access to a ordable housing, and promoting energy independence. By listening to the concerns of all stakeholders and maintaining open lines of communication, I will work with members of opposing parties to nd pragmatic solutions that bene t all Coloradans. My goal is to prioritize the needs of our communities above partisan interests and deliver results that re ect our shared values.
Dafna Michaelson Jenet
Residence: Commerce City Profession: Senator About me:
Senator Dafna Michaelson Jenet served in the Colorado House for 7 years before joining the Senate. Her work focuses on youth, mental health, and healthcare, inspired by her son’s suicide attempt at age 9. She created the iMatter program, providing free therapy to over 11,000 Colorado youth. Before her legislative career, she visited all 50 states, documenting community leaders in her book *It Takes a Little Crazy to Make a Di erence*, which won a 2015 International Book Award and earned her a spot on the “25 Women Changing the World” list.
For more information: Facebook: Senator Michaelson Jenet, Instagram: Dafnam, X/Twitter:dafnam
What makes you the best candidate for the job?
I served seven years in the House of Representatives and am running to continue my work on mental healthcare. When my son attempted suicide at 9, I had all the resources available but still struggled to get him the help he needed. I don’t want other families to face the same challenge. I created the iMatter program, which I’m proud to have made permanent this year. Every
child should have access to free therapy. I will continue to advocate for youth mental health, healthcare access, and educational opportunities in the legislature to ensure that every child gets the support they deserve.
If elected, what must you accomplish in order for you to consider your term a success?
For me to consider my term a success, I must make a meaningful impact on the people of Colorado, particularly in expanding youth mental health care access and advancing education access. I will work to ensure every child has access to mental health resources like the **IMatter** program and push for stronger, equitable education systems that set up all students for success. Beyond that, I’ll focus on helping as many Coloradans as possible by addressing economic opportunities, a ordable healthcare, and community safety. My goal is to leave Colorado stronger and more united than when I began.
What will you do to alleviate the high costs of living?
To alleviate the high costs of living, I will advocate for policies that address housing a ordability, support local businesses, and promote sustainable job growth. I’ll work to increase the availability of a ordable housing through zoning reforms and incentives for developers. Additionally, I’ll push for investments in workforce development to create better-paying jobs and support programs that help reduce the cost of essential services. By tackling these key areas, I aim to make living more a ordable and improve the quality of life for all Coloradans.
Will you work on solutions with members of opposing parties and how?
Yes, I’m committed to working with members of opposing parties. While we may not always agree, I believe we can nd common ground on key issues like education, job creation, and healthcare. I will approach these discussions with an open mind, seeking compromise and solutions that bene t everyone. Building relationships based on respect and collaboration is essential to overcoming partisan divides and achieving real progress for our communities.
State Representatives
About me:
I am originally from Nevada and moved to Colorado to attend the University of Colorado where I earned an undergraduate degree in Economics, an M.B.A. and M.S. in Finance. I continued my education at the University of Denver where I earned my law degree. I practiced corporate and public nance law with the rms Kutak Rock LLP and Home Roberts & Owen LLP. My husband and I have lived in Westminster since 2007 and have two children, one in college and the other in high school. I am the incumbent State Representative and have served in this role since 2019. For more information: Facebook: https://www.facebook. com/ShannonBird4CO; X (formerly Twitter) @ShannonBird4CO; Campaign Website: https://shannonbird. com
What makes you the best candidate for the job?
I have a proven track record of successfully working with all people, regardless of party a liation, and passing complex legislation that solves real problems in our state. is bi-partisan work includes fully funding our state’s public schools, balancing our state’s budget, reigning in abusive practices of health insurers and increasing supports for crime victims. I make every e ort to be accessible to my constituents and transparent in my work. In
fact, since I was rst elected in 2019, I have accepted every constituent request for meetings and hosted over 90 town halls and community co ees.
If elected, what must you accomplish in order for you to consider your term a success?
Representatives advocate for their own pieces of legislation as well as vote upon hundreds of other pieces of legislation each year. To make this term a success, as I have with my previous terms, I will prioritize the following. First, I will continue to ensure that each vote I cast on the legislation before me is an informed vote that is in the best long-term interests of the people of our state and re ects the preferences of the people in our city. Second, I will ensure that the legislation I carry is e ective in solving key challenges faced by Coloradans.
What will you do to alleviate the high costs of living?
One of the biggest challenges to affordability is high housing costs, impacting both renters and homeowners. A signi cant reason for soaring housing costs is that housing supply has not kept pace with population growth. I plan to continue my work to pass laws that encourage increased housing construction. Additionally, we must continue to incentive local governments to create more uniform building and design requirements and decrease local development fees, all of which will substantially decrease building costs that are often passed on to the consumer.
Will you work on solutions with members of opposing parties and how?
We are living in increasingly polarized times. For this reason, we must elect leaders who can work with people who don’t think alike, who can nd common ground to solve real problems and move our state forward. Bi-partisanship has been a priority for me because I have a responsibility to represent people in all parties and those who are in no political party. I have a proven track record of bi-partisan leadership and fully intend to continue working with my Democrat and Republican colleagues alike to serve the best interests of the people of our state.
Jacqueline “Jacque” Phillips
Residence: ornton Profession: Attorney About me:
I’m Jacque Phillips, a proud attorney and advocate for our community. I’ve faced challenges as a high school dropout and teenage mother, but through hard work, I earned my doctorate and law degree. My passion is ghting for the rights of everyday people. My campaign is focused on a ordable housing, healthcare access, and creating economic opportunities for everyone. I have deep roots in ornton, and I understand the needs of our community. I’m running to bring bold leadership to the Colorado State House and to build a future where everyone’s voice is heard. For more information: www.facebook.com/jacquephillipsforstaterep
What makes you the best candidate for the job?
I bring a unique combination of lived experience, professional expertise, and a deep commitment to our community. I’ve personally faced the challenges many of our residents are experiencing -- a ordable housing, access to healthcare, and economic hardship. My background as a successful attorney equips me with the skills to navigate complex issues, and my journey from a high school dropout to a community leader gives me the determination and perspective to represent all voices. I’m not
just running for o ce—I’m running to deliver real, meaningful change for the people of our district.
If elected, what must you accomplish in order for you to consider your term a success? I would consider my term a success if we can make tangible progress on the issues that matter most to our community. First, I want to ensure that we pass legislation that expands a ordable housing options and improves access to quality healthcare for everyone, especially underserved populations. Second, I aim to strengthen our local economy by supporting small businesses, increasing workforce development, and creating more good-paying jobs. Lastly, I would measure success by fostering greater equity and inclusivity, ensuring that every voice in our district is heard and represented in the policies we create.
What will you do to alleviate the high costs of living?
To alleviate the high cost of living, I will focus on boosting the local economy and supporting working families. I’ll work to create more good-paying jobs by investing in workforce development and small businesses. By advocating for tax relief for working families and expanding affordable childcare, we can ease nancial pressures. I’ll also support policies that increase a ordable housing options and reduce healthcare costs, helping people keep more of their hard-earned money. Strengthening economic opportunities and ensuring fair wages are key to making life more a ordable for everyone in our community.
Will you work on solutions with members of opposing parties and how?
Yes, I believe that real progress comes from collaboration, and I’m committed to working with members of opposing parties to nd solutions that bene t all Coloradans. I’ll focus on commonground issues like creating jobs, expanding access to healthcare, and improving infrastructure—areas where we can unite for the good of our communities. I’ll actively listen to diverse perspectives, engage in open dialogue, and seek compromise when necessary to move meaningful legislation forward. By keeping the focus on shared goals and the needs of the people, we can build bipartisan support for e ective solutions.
State Representatives
Manny Rutinel
Residence: Commerce City
Profession: Attorney
About me:
Manny Rutinel is a Representative for the Colorado State House, representing the great people of Adams County. Manny received his J.D. from Yale Law School. After law school, Manny was an Attorney for Earthjustice. Before law school, Manny was an economist for the US Army Corps of Engineers, where he also served as a First Responder in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria. Manny holds a Master’s in Economics from Johns Hopkins University and a Bachelor’s in Microbiology from the University of Florida.
For more information: @MannyRutinel on twitter, Instagram, reads, and Linkedin; @mannyforcolorado on facebook
What makes you the best candidate for the job?
As a state representative, I have a proven track record of championing policies that bene t working families, protect our environment, and defend civil rights. With my background as an environmental attorney, I’ve held polluters accountable through both litigation and legislation. I’ve also sponsored critical legislation on Arti cial Intelligence regulation and housing a ordability and discrimination to protect the pocketbooks and civil rights of Coloradans across the state. I’m committed to continue ghting for a ordable housing, environmental justice, and economic equity for all Coloradans.
If elected, what must you accomplish in order for you to consider your term a success?
A successful term would mean achieving signi cant progress on environmental justice—holding corporate polluters accountable and protecting vulnerable communities like Commerce City from harmful emissions. I also aim to expand a ordable housing options by pushing for more housing development. Lastly, defending and expanding civil rights, including reproductive rights, voting access, and healthcare, would be key accomplishments. ese goals re ect my commitment to ensuring that every Coloradan has the opportunity to live in a healthy, safe, and equitable community.
What will you do to alleviate the high costs of living?
Rising costs are pushing Colorado’s working families to the brink, making it harder to a ord housing, healthcare, and basic needs. To tackle this, I will focus on expanding a ordable housing development by increasing funding for new projects that provide stable, a ordable homes. Additionally, I will work to lower healthcare costs by pushing for price transparency and expanding a ordable care options. Finally, expanding tax credits like the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) will o er direct relief to low- and middleincome families. It’s time to put Coloradans rst and ease their nancial strain.
Will you work on solutions with members of opposing parties and how?
Yes, I am committed to working with members of both parties to nd common ground and develop solutions that bene t all Coloradans. Key issues like a ordable housing, healthcare access, and public safety a ect everyone, regardless of political a liation. By focusing on shared priorities, we can collaborate on practical solutions. I believe in listening to all perspectives, seeking bipartisan input, and crafting evidence-based policies that re ect the needs of our communities. Building relationships across the aisle is often essential for delivering the best results for all Coloradans.
given my family the American dream and is full of potential for everyone. I believe in less government interference in our daily lives. I want the people of this great nation to live their lives protected.
If elected, what must you accomplish in order for you to consider your term a success?
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I am Carlos Barron, Born in Salamanca, Guanajuato Mexico in 1985. I immigrated from Mexico with my parents when I was just over 1 year old. I then started to work full-time in my dad’s oil & gas services company and now I am the GM/partner for his company. I married my beautiful wife Carla Barron in July 2011 and have three children, Santiago, Lucia and Camila Barron. I was appointed to the City of Fort Lupton Planning Commission for 2 years. I then ran for city council in Fort Lupton and was elected to a 4 year term in 2021 which I am currently in my third year of my rst term.
For more information: https://x.com/carlosbarron85 https://www.facebook.com/prole.php?id=61553346811818 www.carlosforcolorado.com
What makes you the best candidate for the job?
I am ready to take my work ethic and conservative values to the Capitol to represent the people of State House District 48. I stand with energy independence with our oil & gas industry and agriculture community. I am pro 2nd Amendment and strive to protect our parental rights. I support our brave men and women of our armed forces and our police force protecting us here at home. I love this country that has
My House District feeds the world and powers the world, so advocating energy independence and standing up for our energy workers and farmers and ranchers is job one. parental rights in education and supporting our small businesses and rst responders. Finally, accomplishing to lower the high energy, groceries, cost of living and property tax costs. If I accomplish these issues successfully when its time to leave my legislative seat, I will consider my tenure a success.
What will you do to alleviate the high costs of living?
(1) Punitive regulations drive up costs and kill jobs. Regulations now increase the cost of building or rebuilding a home by an average of $80,000. Reining in regulatory costs, therefore, is job one. (2) Reduce taxes. (3) Rising insurance costs are crushing Colorado families. We need to attract more insurers to the state and reduce costs by minimizing expensive mandates on insurance policies and through common-sense criminal justice. One of the reasons auto insurance policies have skyrocketed? Car theft. We need to crack down on car thieves and put them behind bars.
Will you work on solutions with members of opposing parties and how?
We must come together, respectfully, and agree on the problems facing our state – understand what people are going through. Seeing the su ering from high costs and over-regulation is where we can come together and legislate for a better future for the citizens. Only then will we come to agreement about the adverse impacts of previous legislation. I also believe there are many Democrats who agree with me (a Republican) on the importance of promoting charter schools, education excellence, and choice and opportunity.
DISTRICT 32
DISTRICT 48
State Representatives
Residence: Northglenn
Profession: Small Business Owner and Current State Representative for HD 34
About me:
Growing up, my mom was a librarian and my dad, a Navy veteran, worked his way through school as a night janitor at my elementary school. I saw how much my parents sacri ced for a better life for my brother and me. After graduating college, I never forgot my roots. I went to work defending our environment, health care choices for pregnant Coloradans, and working families. My husband, Matt and I have been married for 11 years and have two kids. Our family spends as much time as we can outside - gardening, camping, shing and exploring our beautiful state.
For more information: Instagram: @jennyforcolorado reads: @jennyforcolorado Tiktok: @jennyforcolorado Facebook: @jennyforcolorado
What makes you the best candidate for the job?
As your state representative, I’ve been proud to put my experience as a former union member, Mayor Pro Tem of Northglenn and environmental advocate to work for you. I’ve built strong relationships within our community, with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle and stakeholders that enabled me to deliver results - passing 29 bills - all signed by the governor in my rst term. I deeply care about
Northglenn and ornton and am committed to making sure that you always have a voice at the Capitol and a seat at the table.
If elected, what must you accomplish in order for you to consider your term a success?
For this term to be a success, I will continue delivering meaningful results including: expanding a ordable housing, supporting the needs of older adults, continuing to advance clean energy initiatives that protect our environment and create good paying, family sustaining jobs. Additionally, success means strengthening our public schools and ensuring opportunities for working families to thrive. It is passing legislation that addresses the rising cost of living while fostering bipartisan cooperation. I will consider this term successful if I have made a tangible impact on the lives of our residents, ensuring they have a stronger, more sustainable future.
What will you do to alleviate the high costs of living?
Between housing, childcare, utility bills and more - our cost of living weighs heavily on the majority of families in Adams County. Most recently, I joined with my colleagues from both sides of the aisle to avoid steep property tax hikes while supporting a multi-year e ort to deliver meaningful relief and protecting critical funding for schools and local services. In the future, I will continue to advocate for expanding a ordable housing, exploring rent stabilization e orts, and increasing access to quality child care and healthcare.
Will you work on solutions with members of opposing parties and how?
Absolutely. I’ve worked hard to develop relationships and build trust with my colleagues across the aisle. In fact, there are many people I genuinely consider to be friends whom I regularly learn from. Together we have been able to nd common ground that has resulted in meaningful bipartisan legislation. Looking towards the next session, I remain committed to collaboration, stake holding ideas and prioritizing open communication.
Craig Sullivan
Residence
Profession: Retired air tra c controller
About me
I’ve been married since 1992, we have one married adult son. We’ve lived in the same ornton location since 1996. My family moved to the area in 1972, so I’m a longtime resident of the area, and graduated from ornton HS in 1980. I’m a retired air tra c controller, started in 1987 in Cheyenne, WY, and moved back in 1996 to work in the control tower at Denver International Airport in 1996. Mandatory retirement age for controllers is 56, so I retired the day before my 56th birthday in 2018.
For more information:
X: @SullyForHD34, Craig Sullivan (Sully) For CO HD34 Facebook: Craig Sullivan For CO House District 34
What makes you the best candidate for the job?
Our incumbent has spent the last two years siding with the Denver/Boulder legislators who have forced their bad policies on Northglenn and ornton. Right now, with holding 71% of the state house seats, the Democrats don’t have to have any conversations they don’t want to. I want to bring balance to the state legislature, ensuring that critical issues such
as crime, cost of living, property taxes and the state’s responses to homeless and immigration issues work for Northglenn and ornton. As things stand, the lack of legislative balance, plus catering to narrow special interests, is making Colorado unlivable.
If elected, what must you accomplish in order for you to consider your term a success?
Ensuring that the property tax situation is properly addressed, seeing an improvement in Colorado’s in ation and crime rates which rank among the worst in the country, ensuring the survival of Colorado’s Taxpayer Bill Of Rights which is under constant assault by the Democrats, and ensuring that we no longer violate Colorado’s constitution by going over budget again (which happened in 2024 to the tune of $164 million).
What will you do to alleviate the high costs of living?
Colorado regulatory policy is making food and fuel production more expensive; we must work to see those shackles removed. High crime is a signi cant part of what is making insurance rates skyrocket; we must work to punish criminals by strengthening law enforcement and increasing sentencing minimums for violent crime. Home builders have no incentive to building more a ordable housing, so we must create policies to see that they do.
Will you work on solutions with members of opposing parties and how?
ere may be no compromise with some fellow legislators, but I believe that there will be a signicant number of Democrats who will have conversations in good faith, and I look forward to those conversations! I am committed to being a very approachable person as I am in my personal life. I don’t hold grudges. Even if we disagree on one issue, I will never let that prevent me from approaching common ground in a positive way.
Jenny Wilford
DISTRICT 34
DISTRICT 34
Fri 10/11
Crafty Corner Charm Bracelets (10/11)
@ 10am
Eagle Pointe Recreation Center, 6060 E. Parkway Dr., Commerce City. 303-2893760
Kidz Only- Candy Corn & Coloring @ 6pm
Bison Ridge Recreation Center, 13905 E. 112th Avenue, Commerce City. 303-2893760
Sat 10/12
Film at The Cube: ORIGIN @ 6:30pm Commerce City
CW & Twenty Hands High
@ 8:30pm
The Stillery, 10633 Westminster Blvd #900, Westminster
Teague Starbuck @ 7pm
Arc of Adams County All-Abil‐ity Halloween 5K Run/Walk @ 9am / Free-$25 9755 Henderson Rd, Brighton
Family Botanical Garden @ 10am
Eagle Pointe Recreation Center, 6060 E. Parkway Dr., Commerce City. 303-2893760
BARKtober Fest @ 12pm / Free 439 S Upham St, 439 South Upham Street, Lakewood. info@belmarcol orado.com
The Glenn Bar & Grill, 11140 Irma Dr, Northglenn Webster's Wheel @ 7pm
Silver Vines Winery, 7509 Grandview Ave, Arvada
Kormak @ 8pm
Fillmore Auditorium, 1510 Clarkson St, Denver
Sun 10/13
Wed 10/16
Acreage by Stem Cider (10/16) @ 11:30am
Eagle Pointe Recreation Center, 6060 E. Parkway Dr., Commerce City. 303-2893760
Art Garage Pop Ups @ 12pm
Bison Ridge Recreation Center, 13905 E. 112th Avenue, Commerce City. 303-2893760
Brett Hendrix: The StilleryWestminster @ 6pm
The Stillery, 10633 Westminster Blvd #900, Westminster
Denver Broncos vs. Los Angeles Chargers @ 2:05pm / $102-$998
Empower Field At Mile High, Den‐ver
Fresh Cuts: New World Films: To Kill a Tiger @ 6:30pm Commerce City
Public Opinion @ 7pm
The Oriental Theater, 4335 W 44th Ave, Denver
Thu 10/17
October Birthday Celebration EP (10/17) @ 1pm
Eagle Pointe Recreation Center, 6060 E. Parkway Dr., Commerce City. 303-2893760
Restorative Yoga October 17 @ 7pm
Oct 17th - Nov 14th
Bison Ridge Recreation Center, 13905 E. 112th Avenue, Commerce City. 303-2893760
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Public Notices
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City and County
Public Notice
TOWN OF LOCHBUIE
COUNTY OF ADAMS AND WELD, STATE OF COLORADO
Public Notice
Notice of Budget
October 15, 2024
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a proposed budget has been submitted to the Town of Lochbuie Board of Trustees for the ensuing year of 2025. A copy of the proposed budget has been filed in the office of the Town Clerk where it is open for public inspection Monday through Thursday between the hours of 7:00 AM and 6:00 PM. The proposed budget will be considered for adoption following a public hearing at a regular board meeting of the Board of Trustees to be held at the Lochbuie Town Hall, 703 Weld County Road 37, Lochbuie, CO, 80603, on November 19, 2024, beginning at 6:30 PM. The proposed budget will be considered for adoption at the following regular board meeting held on December 3, 2024 beginning at 6:30 PM.
Any interested elector to the Town of Lochbuie may inspect the proposed budget and file or register any objections thereto at any time prior to the final adoption of the budget.
Town of Lochbuie, Colorado Heather Bowen Town Clerk
Legal Notice No. BSB3377
First Publication: October 10, 2024
Last Publication: October 10, 2024
Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade
Public Notice
BRIGHTON HOUSING AUTHORITY
2025 ANNUAL, 5 YEAR PLAN, and MOVING TO WORK SUPPLEMENT NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS
November 5, 2024, at 1:00 P.M
A public hearing is scheduled for the review of the Brighton Housing Authority’s 2025 Annual Plan and for the 5 Year Plan. Public input is encouraged and welcomed. All plans will be available for public inspection during regular office hours, Monday-Friday, in the Brighton Housing Authority office prior to the Public Hearing.
Hearing Location: Brighton Housing Authority 22 South 4th Avenue, Suite 202 Brighton, Colorado 80601 303.655.2160
Immediately following this public hearing The Brighton Housing Authority will hold the Public Hearing for the 2025 Moving to Work supplement to the Annual Plan.
Legal Notice No. BSB3342
First Publication: September 19, 2024
Last Publication: October 31, 2024
Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade
City of Brighton Public Notice
ORDINANCE NO. 2455
INTRODUCED BY: Padilla
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BRIGHTON, COLORADO, APPROVING THE SALE AND CONVEYANCE OF CERTAIN CITY-OWNED REAL PROPERTY AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE AND DELIVER THE DEED AND ANY DOCUMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SALE
INTRODUCED, PASSED ON FINAL READING AND ORDERED PUBLISHED BY TITLE ONLY
THIS 1st DAY OF October 2024. CITY OF BRIGHTON, COLORADO
/s/ GREGORY MILLS, Mayor
ATTEST:
/s/ NATALIE HOEL, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
/s/ ALICIA CALDERÓN, City Attorney
A COMPLETE COPY OF THE ORDINANCE IS AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK DURING NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS AND ON THE CITY OF BRIGHTON WEBSITE.
Legal Notice No. BSB3382
First Publication: October 10, 2024
Last Publication: October 10, 2024
Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade
Metro Districts
Budget Hearings
Public Notice
NOTICE AS TO PROPOSED 2024 AND 2025 BUDGETS
FRUITION LOCHBUIE
METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS. 1-4 WELD COUNTY, COLORADO
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Sections 29-1-108 and 109, C.R.S., that proposed budgets have been submitted to the Boards of Directors of the Fruition Lochbuie Metropolitan District Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4 (the “Districts”) for fiscal years 2024 and 2025. Copies of the proposed 2024 and 2025 budgets are on file at the office of McGeady Becher Cortese Williams P.C., 450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400, Denver, Colorado 80203, where same are available for public inspection. Such proposed 2024 and 2025 budgets will be considered at organizational meetings to be held via Conference Call on October 18, 2024 at 10:30 a.m. Any interested elector within the Districts may, at any time prior to the final adoption of the 2024 budgets, inspect the 2024 budgets and file or register any objections thereto.
You can attend the meeting via conference call by dialing: 1-720-931-2464; Code: 2464#.
FRUITION LOCHBUIE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS. 1-4
/s/ Paula Williams Attorney for Districts
Legal Notice No. BSB3378
First Publication: October 10, 2024
Last Publication: October 10, 2024 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade
Public Notice
VILLAGE AT SOUTGATE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOTICE CONCERNING 2024 BUDGET AMENDMENT AND PROPOSED 2025 BUDGET
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to all interested parties that the necessity has arisen to amend the Village at SouthGate Metropolitan District (“the District”) 2024 Budget and that a proposed 2025 Budget has been submitted to the Board of Directors of the District; and that copies of the proposed Amended 2024 Budget and proposed 2025 Budget have been filed at the District’s offices, 141 Union Boulevard, Suite 150, Lakewood, Colorado, where the same are open for public inspection; and that adoption of Resolutions Amending the 2024 Budget and Adopting the 2025 Budget will be considered at a public meeting of the Board of Directors of the District to be held Wednesday, October 23, 2024, at 10:00 AM. This District Board meeting will be held via Zoom without any individuals (neither Board Representatives nor the general public) attending in person.
Zoom Information: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86267550643?pw d=V3RnRGRtWkRyUlZZc1VMWTJFZjFHdz09 Meeting ID: 862 6755 0643
Passcode: 987572
Dial In: 1-719-359-4580
Any elector within the District may, at any time prior to the final adoption of the Resolutions to Amend the 2024 Budget and adopt the 2025 Budget, inspect and file or register any objections thereto.
VILLAGE AT SOUTHGATE
By /s/Peggy Ripko, District Manager
Legal Notice No. BSB 3121
First Publication: October 10, 2024
Last Publication: October 10, 2024
Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade Public Notice
LOCHBUIE STATION RESIDENTIAL METROPOLITAN DISTRICT
NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING AND NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS RE: PROPOSED 2025 BUDGET AND PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO 2024 BUDGET
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Lochbuie Station Residential Metropolitan District (the “District”), County of Adams, State of Colorado, will hold a special meeting at 10:00 am on October 10, 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 Community Resource Services of Colorado, 7995 E. Prentice Ave., Suite 103E, Greenwood Village, CO 80111, 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 Community Resource Services of Colorado, 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 without visiting a physical location may do so via teleconference by dialing (720) 707 2699 and entering Conference ID: 846 7862 1279 Password: 433684 or videoconference on https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84678621279?pwd =FuHUBidneDBBBPe04zdPmwKXNbGWtE.1
This meeting is open to the public.
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
LOCHBUIE STATION RESIDENTIAL
METROPOLITAN DISTRICT
By: /s/ LAW OFFICE OF MICHAEL E. DAVIS, LLC
Legal Notice No. BSB3373
First Publication: October 10, 2024
Last Publication: October 10, 2024
Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade
Bids and Settlements
Public Notice
Request For Proposals (RFP) For Professional Design and Construction Administration Services
The Adams County Communications Center Authority, a political subdivision of the State of Colorado (“ADCOM”), is extending the submission deadline for proposals from qualified architectural firms to perform professional design and construction administration services in connection with the renovation of ADCOM’s operations facility located at 7321 Birch Street, Commerce City, CO 80022. Additional information is posted in the RFP document and can be obtained by visiting our website at www.adcom911.org or contacting Joel Estes, Executive Director at jestes@adcom911.org. The deadline for questions is Friday, October 18, 2024, at 5 p.m. MST, and the deadline for proposals is Friday,
November 1, 2024, at 5 p.m. MST.
Legal Notice No. BSB3376
First Publication: October 10, 2024
Last Publication: October 10, 2024
Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade
Public Notice
NOTICE OF FINAL PAYMENT
NOTICE is hereby given that The Lakes Metropolitan District No. 4 Metropolitan District of the City of Brighton, Adams County, Colorado (the “District”), will make final payment at a meeting held on October 22, 2024, at the hour of 8:30 a.m. to Three Sons Construction, 14 Inverness Dr E Ste B212, Englewood, CO 80112, for all work done by said Contractor in construction or work on the Farmlore North - Filing 1, 144 Ave & Offsite Chambers Trail, performed within the District, Adams County, Colorado.
Any person, copartnership, association of persons, company or corporation that has furnished labor, materials, team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender, or other supplies used or consumed by such contractors or their subcontractors, in or about the performance of the work contracted to be done or that supplies rental machinery, tools, or equipment to the extent used in the prosecution of the work, and whose claim therefor has not been paid by the contractors or their subcontractors, at any time up to and including the time of final settlement for the work contracted to be done, is required to file a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid, and an account of such claim, to the District on or before the date and time hereinabove shown for final payment. Failure on the part of any claimant to file such verified statement of claim prior to such final settlement will release the District, its directors, officers, agents, and employees, of and from any and all liability for such claim.
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS THE LAKES METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 4
By: /s/ Erika Volling
Secretary
Legal Notice No. BSB3372
First Publication: October 3, 2024
Last Publication: October 10, 2024
Published In: Brighton Standard Blade
Summons and Sheriff Sale
Public Notice
DISTRICT COURT, Adams COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO
CIVIL ACTION NO. 2023CV030966
DIVISION NO. W
INITIAL COMBINED NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY AND RIGHT TO CURE AND REDEEM
Plaintiff, Melody Homes At River Run Master Association, Inc.
v.
Defendants, NICHOLAS COUNTY; JENNIFER NOLTE et al
Regarding: LOT 5, BLOCK 15, RIVER RUN SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 3, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO.
Also known as: 11850 E 117th Ave, Henderson, CO 86040
TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS, Please take notice:
You and each of you are hereby notified that a Sheriff’s Sale of the referenced property is to be conducted by the Civil Division of the Sheriff’s Office of Adams County, Colorado at 9:00 A.M., on the 21st day of November 2024, at 1100 Judicial Center Drive, Brighton, CO 80601: phone number 303-655-3272. At which sale, the above-described real property and improvements thereon will be sold to the highest bidder. Plaintiff makes no warranty relating to title, possession, or quiet enjoyment in and to said real property in connection with this sale.
**BIDDERS ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CASH OR CERTIFIED FUNDS SUFFICIENT TO COVER THEIR HIGHEST BID AT TIME OF SALE. **
Further, for the purpose of paying off, curing default or redemption, as provided by statute, intent must be directed to or conducted at the above address of the Civil Division of the Sheriff’s Department of Adams County, Colorado.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
First Publication: September 26, 2024
Last Publication: October 24, 2024
Published In: Brighton Standard Blade NOTICE OF RIGHT TO CURE AND RIGHT TO REDEEM
RE: Sheriff’s Sale of Real Property pursuant to Order and Decree of Foreclosure and C.R.S. 38-38-101 et seq.
This is to advise you that a Sheriff sale proceeding has been commenced through the office of the undersigned Sheriff pursuant to a Court Order and Decree dated June 27, 2024, and C.R.S. 38-38-101 et seq., by Melody Homes At River Run Master Association, Inc., the current holder of a lien recorded on April 26, 2022 at Rec. No. 2022000037406, in the records of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Adams, State of Colorado. The judicial foreclosure is based on a default under the Master Declaration of Covenants, Conditions, and Restriction of River Run, recorded on December 3, 1998, at Reception No. C0475076 in the records of the Clerk and Recorder of the County of Adams, State of Colorado. The Declaration and notices, as recorded, establish a lien for the benefit of Melody Homes At River Run Master Association, Inc., WHICH LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND IMPROVEMENTS.
You may have an interest in the real property being affected or have certain rights or suffer certain liabilities or loss of your interest in the subject property as a result of said foreclosure. You may have the right to redeem the real property, or you may have the right to cure a default under the instrument being foreclosed. Any Notice of Intent to Cure must be filed no later than fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the date of the foreclosure sale. A notice of intent to cure filed pursuant to section 38-38-104 shall be filed with the officer at least fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the first scheduled sale date or any date to which the sale is continued.
If the sale date is continued to a later date, the deadline to file a notice of intent to cure by those parties entitled to cure may also be extended.
A notice of intent to redeem filed pursuant to section 38-38-302 shall be filed with the officer no later than eight (8) business days after the sale.
In this regard, you may desire and are advised to consult with your own private attorney.
IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BURAU (CFBP), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSUE PROCESS.
Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444
www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov
Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov
Further, you are advised that the parties liable thereon, the owner of the property described above, or those with an interest in the subject property, may take appropriate and timely action under Colorado statutes, certain sections of which are attached hereto.
In order to be entitled to take advantage of any rights provided for under Colorado law, you must strictly comply and adhere to the provisions of the law. Further, you are advised that the attached Colorado statutes merely set forth the applicable
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portions of Colorado statutory law relating to curative and redemption rights; therefore, you should read and review all the applicable statutes and laws in order to determine the requisite procedures and provisions which control your rights in the subject property.
DATED in Colorado this 23rd day of August 2024.
Sheriff of Adams County, Colorado
By: Kathy Grosshans Deputy Sheriff
ATTORNEY FOR THE PLAINTIFF: ORTEN CAVANAGH HOLMES & HUNT, LLC
1445 Market Street, Suite 350 Denver, CO 80202
Statutes attached: §§38-37-108, 38-38-103, 3838-104, 38-38-301, 38-38-304, 38-38-305, and 38-38-306, C.R.S., as amended.
Legal Notice No. BSB3338
First Publication: September 26, 2024
Last Publication: October 24, 2024
Published In: Brighton Standard Blade
Public Notice
DISTRICT COURT, ADAMS COUNTY, COLORADO
Court Address:
1100 Judicial Center Dr., Brighton, CO 80601
Plaintiff: QUEBEC RUN HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, a Colorado non-profit corporation
Defendants: MICHELLE K. JONES; PENNYMAC LOAN SERVICES, LLC; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; PROFESSIONAL FINANCE COMPANY, INC.; ALEX VILLAGRAN, AS PUBLIC TRUSTEE AND TREASURER FOR ADAMS COUNTY; UNKNOWN TENANT(S) IN POSSESSION
Attorneys for Plaintiff: WINZENBURG, LEFF, PURVIS & PAYNE, LLP
Wendy E. Weigler #28419
Address: 8020 Shaffer Parkway, Suite 300, Littleton, CO 80127
Phone Number: (303) 863-1870 wweigler@wlpplaw.com
Case Number: 2024CV030392
SHERIFF’S COMBINED NOTICE OF SALE AND RIGHT TO CURE AND REDEEM
Under a Judgment and Decree of Foreclosure entered on June 19, 2024, in the above- captioned action, I am ordered to sell certain real property as follows:
Original Lienee Michelle K. Jones Original Lienor Quebec Run Homeowners Association, Inc.
Current Holder of the evidence of debt Quebec Run Homeowners Association, Inc. Date of Lien being foreclosed July 9, 2020
Date of Recording of Lien being foreclosed July 9, 2020 County of Recording Adams Recording Information
2020000063957
Original Principal Balance of the secured indebtedness
$1,149.24
Outstanding Principal Balance of the secured indebtedness as of the date hereof
$19,639.86
Amount of Judgment entered June 19, 2024
$18,195.68
Description of property to be foreclosed:
Lot 6A, Block 8, Quebec Riverdale Subdivision Amendment No. 1, County of Adams, State of Colorado.
Also known as: 6760 E. 129th Avenue, Thornton, CO 80602.
THE PROPERTY TO BE FORECLOSED AND DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPER-
TY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN.
THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.
The covenants of Plaintiff have been violated as follows: failure to make payments on said in-
debtedness when the same were due and owing. NOTICE OF SALE
THEREFORE, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that I will, at 9:00 o’clock A.M., on November 21, 2024, at the Adams County Sheriff’s Office, located at 1100 Judicial Center Drive, Brighton, CO 80601 sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property described above, and all interest of said Grantor and the heirs and assigns of said Grantor, for the purpose of paying the judgment amount entered herein, and will deliver to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law. Bidders are required to have cash or certified funds to cover the highest bid by noon on the day of the sale. Certified funds are payable to the Adams County Sheriff’s Office.
First Publication: September 26, 2024
Last Publication: October 24, 2024
Name of Publication: Brighton Standard-Blade
NOTICE OF RIGHTS
YOU MAY HAVE AN INTEREST IN THE REAL PROPERTY BEING FORECLOSED, OR HAVE CERTAIN RIGHTS OR SUFFER CERTAIN LIABILITIES PURSUANT TO COLORADO LAW AS A RESULT OF SAID FORECLOSURE. YOU MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO REDEEM SAID REAL PROPERTY OR YOU MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO CURE A DEFAULT UNDER THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED. A COPY OF THE STATUTES WHICH MAY AFFECT YOUR RIGHTS ARE ATTACHED HERETO.
A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE PURSUANT TO §38-38-104, C.R.S., SHALL BE FILED WITH THE OFFICER AT LEAST FIFTEEN (15) CALENDAR DAYS PRIOR TO THE FIRST SCHEDULED SALE DATE OR ANY DATE TO WHICH THE SALE IS CONTINUED.
IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED.
A NOTICE OF INTENT TO REDEEM FILED PURSUANT TO §38-38-302, C.R.S., SHALL BE FILED WITH THE OFFICER NO LATER THAN EIGHT (8) BUSINESS DAYS AFTER THE SALE.
IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN C.R.S. 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN C.R.S. 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL AT THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF LAW, RALPH L. CARR JUDICIAL BUILDING, 1300 BROADWAY, 10TH FLOOR, DENVER, CO 80203, 720-508-6000; THE CFPB, HTTP://WWW.CONSUMERFINANCE.GOV/ COMPLAINT/; CFPB, PO BOX 2900, CLINTON IA 52733-2900 (855) 411-2372 OR BOTH, BUT THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS.
The name, address and telephone number of each of the attorneys representing the holder of the evidence of the debt is as follows:
Wendy E. Weigler #28419 Winzenburg, Leff, Purvis & Payne, LLP 8020 Shaffer Parkway, Suite 300 Littleton, CO 80127 303-863-1870
THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED MAY BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.
Date: August 26, 2024.
By: Gene R. Claps Adams County Sheriff Adams County, Colorado
Statutes attached: §§38-37-108, 38-38-103, 3838-104, 38-38-301, 38-38-304, 38-38-305, and 38-38-306, C.R.S., as amended.
Legal Notice No. BSB3340
First Publication: September 26, 2024
Last Publication: October 24, 2024
Name of Publication: Brighton Standard-Blade
Public Notice
DISTRICT COURT, COUNTY OF ADAMS, COLORADO
Court Address: 1100 Judicial Center Dr.
Brighton, CO 80601
Plaintiff: THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CERTIFICATE HOL DERS OF THE CWHEQ INC., HO ME EQUITY LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-S2
v.
Defendant(s):
TRACY B SUGAR, both individually and as successor-in-interest to MARK L SUGAR, deceased; and ALEX VILLAGRAN, or his successor, solely in his capacity as the Treasurer and Public Trustee of Adams County
Attorneys for Plaintiff: Holly Shilliday Attorney Reg No. 24423 Ilene Dell’Acqua Attorney Reg No. 31755 McCarthy & Holthus, LLP 7700 E. Arapahoe Road, Suite 230 Centennial, CO 80112
Telephone: 303-952-6905
Facsimile: 866-894-7369
Email: hshilliday@mccarthyholthus.com
Case Number: 2023CV031739
SHERIFF’S COMBINED NOTICE OF SALE, RIGHT TO CURE AND RIGHT TO REDEEM
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
This is to advise you the above-captioned action is pending. An Order Regarding Motion for Default Judgment and entry of Decree of Foreclosure was entered in this action on July 2, 2024 (the “Decree”), concerning a judgment in favor of Plaintiff THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CERTIFICATE HOLDERS OF THE CWHEQ INC., HOME EQUITY LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-S2.
The real property, which is the subject matter of this litigation, which is the property subject to the Decree, is situated in Adams County, Colorado, and is described as follows, to-wit:
LOTS 15, 16, 17 AND 18, BLOCK 8, TOWN OF WATKINS, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO
located in the County of Adams, State of Colorado, and also known as 1991 Gilmore Street, Watkins, CO 80137 (the “Property”).
The Plaintiff named above is the judgment creditor in this action. As of July 2, 2024, Plaintiff was owed the total amount of $61,732.00, plus attorneys’ fees and costs in the total amount of $3,467.98, plus additional accrued and unpaid interest from May 30, 2024, until the judgment has been paid in full or the foreclosure sale has been completed. Further, additional fees and costs (including legal fees) have also been incurred and are due and owing.
The amounts owed are in rem only and are secured by the Property.
This sale relates to that Certain Deed of Trust described below:
Original Grantor(s) (Borrower)
Mark L. Sugar and Tracy B. Sugar
Original BeneficiaryMortgage
Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., solely as nominee for Aegis Wholesale Corporation and its successors and assigns
Current Holder of the Evidence of Debt
The Bank Of New York Mellon fka The Bank Of New York, As Trustee For The Benefit Of The Certificate Holders Of The CWHEQ Inc., Home Equity Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-S2
Date of Deed of Trust
2/23/2006
Recording Date of Deed of Trust
3/7/2006
County of Recording
Adams
Reception No. of Deed of Trust
20060307000233610
Original Principal Amount
$57,750.00
I shall offer for public sale to the highest bidder, for cash, as public auction, all the right, title and interest of the Defendants in said property on November 21, 2024, at 9:00 AM at the Adams, County Sheriff’s Office, located at 1100 Judicial Center Drive, Brighton, Colorado.
NOTE: THE LIEN BEING FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.
YOU MAY HAVE AN INTEREST IN THE REAL PROPERTY BEING FORECLOSED OR HAVE CERTAIN RIGHTS OR SUFFER CERTAIN LIABILITIES PURSUANT TO COLORADO STATUTES AS A RESULT OF SAID FORECLOSURE. YOU MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO REDEEM SAID REAL PROPERTY OR YOU MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO CURE A DEFAULT UNDER THE DEED OF TRUST BEING FORECLOSED. A COPY OF SAID STATUTES, AS SUCH STATUTES ARE PRESENTLY CONSTITUTED, WHICH MAY AFFECT YOUR RIGHTS, IS ATTACHED HERETO, HOWEVER, YOUR RIGHTS MAY BE DETERMINED BY PREVIOUS STATUTES. A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE FILED PURSUANT TO SECTION 38-38-104 SHALL BE FILED WITH THE OFFICER AT LEAST FIFTEEN CALENDAR DAYS PRIOR TO THE FIRST SCHEDULED SALE DATE OR ANY DATE TO WHICH THE SALE IS CONTINUED. A NOTICE OF INTENT TO REDEEM FILED PURSUANT TO SECTION 38-38-302 SHALL BE FILED WITH THE OFFICER NO LATER THAN EIGHT BUSINESS DAYS AFTER THE SALE. YOU MAY WISH TO SEEK THE ADVICE OF YOUR OWN ATTORNEY CONCERNING YOUR RIGHTS IN RELATION TO THIS FORECLOSURE PROCEEDING.
IF THE SALE DATE IS CONTINUED TO A LATER DATE, THE DEADLINE TO FILE A NOTICE OF INTENT TO CURE BY THOSE PARTIES ENTITLED TO CURE MAY ALSO BE EXTENDED.
INTENT to cure and redeem, as provided by the aforementioned laws, must be directed to or conducted at the Office of the Sheriff of the County of Adams, Civil Division,
IF THE BORROWER BELIEVES THAT A LENDER OR SERVICER HAS VIOLATED THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT IN SECTION 38-38-103.1 OR THE PROHIBITION ON DUAL TRACKING IN SECTION 38-38-103.2, THE BORROWER MAY FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE COLORADO ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE FEDERAL CONSUMER FINANCIAL PROTECTION BURAU (CFBP), OR BOTH. THE FILING OF A COMPLAINT WILL NOT STOP THE FORECLOSUE PROCESS.
Colorado Attorney General 1300 Broadway, 10th Floor Denver, Colorado 80203 (800) 222-4444 www.coloradoattorneygeneral.gov
Federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau P.O. Box 4503 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 (855) 411-2372 www.consumerfinance.gov
DATED at Adams, County, Colorado this 27th day of August 2024
Gene R. Claps Sheriff
By:Kathy L. Grosshans Deputy
SALE DATE: November 21, 2024, at 9:00 AM.
Bidders are required to have cash or certified funds to cover their highest bid at the time of sale. Certified funds are payable to the registry of the Adams County District Court.
Published in: Brighton Standard Blade
First Publication: September 26, 2024
Last Publication: October 24, 2024
Colorado Statutes attached: Colorado Revised Statutes §§38-38-103, 38-37-108, 38-38-103.1, 38-38-103.2, 38-38-104, 38-38-301, 38-38-302, 38-38-304, 38-38-305 and 38-38-306
Legal Notice No. BSB3339
First Publication: September 26, 2024
Last Publication: October 24, 2024
Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade
We are community.
Storage Liens/Vehicle Titles
Vehicle Sale Tri-County Auto Recovery LLC 720 298 7466
1)87 Jeep Cherokee . 071548
2)98 Cadillac Eldorado . 600093
3)01 Mercedes E320. 045868
4)01 Hyundai Accent. 246530
5)08 Jeep Liberty . 273176
6)12 Volvo S60. 136883
7)12 Ford Mustang . 226497
8)13 Chevrolet Sonic. 574105
9)16 Buick Encore. 973529
10)20 Mercedes Conv. 973529
Legal Notice No. BSB3383
First Publication: October 10, 2024
Last
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 26, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Melissa Chavez
Personal Representative 11844 Oak Hill Drive, Unit A Henderson, CO 80640
Legal Notice No. BSB3357
First Publication: September 26, 2024
Last Publication: October 10, 2024 Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade
PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of JUDITH L. RUSSELL, aka JUDITH RUSSELL, Deceased Case Number: 2024 PR 030040
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 3, 2024, or the claims may be forever barred.
Michael P. Sasin
Kumpf Charsley & Hansen, LLC 9565 S. Kingston Court, Suite 100 Englewood, CO 80112
Main: 720-473-8000
Legal Notice No. BSB3375
First Publication: October 10, 2024
Last Publication: October 24, 2024
Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade
PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Clinton M. Griffin, aka Clinton Miles Griffin, aka Clinton Griffin, Deceased Case Number: 2024 PR 30677
Public Notices
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 February 3, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Shelly G. Whittington
Personal Representative 15951 Nashville St. Hudson, CO 80642
Legal Notice No. BSB3370
First Publication: October 3, 2024
Last Publication: October 17, 2024
Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade
NOTICE
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Raymond “Ray” Anthony Blanco, Deceased Case Number: 2024 PR 271
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 26, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Jennifer Lee Personal Representative 663 N 17th Ave Brighton, CO 80601
Legal Notice No. BSB3344
First Publication: September 26, 2024
Last Publication: October 10, 2024
Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade
TO CREDITORS
Estate of ELAINE WARNKE, Deceased Case Number: 2024 PR 379
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 February 10, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Dawn Ross
Personal Representative 1699 South Trenton Street, #150, Denver, CO 80231
Legal Notice No. BSB3374
First Publication: October 10, 2024
Last Publication: October 24, 2024
Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade
TO CREDITORS
Estate of Dirk Wynn Barr a/k/a Dirk Wynne Barr , Deceased Case Number: 2024 PR 361
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 31, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Jennifer E. Kelly
Personal Representative 7580 W. Osborn Rd. Empire, Ml 49630
Legal Notice No. BSB3356
First Publication: September 26, 2024
Last Publication: October 10, 2024
Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade
PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Marie Elizabeth Baker, also known as Marie E. Baker, Marie Baker, Marie Elizabeth Dunphy, Marie E. Dunphy, Marie Dunphy, Deceased Case Number: 2024 PR 30654
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 27, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Ashley A. Geary, Esq.,
Attorney for Personal Representative JORGENSEN, BROWNELL, AND PEPIN, P.C. 8001 Arista Place, Suite 415 Broomfield, Colorado 80021
Legal Notice No. BSB3359
First Publication: September 26, 2024
Last Publication: October 10, 2024
Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade
PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Diana Graham, Deceased Case Number: 2024PR319
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 28, 2024, or the claims may be forever barred.
Sarah Fee, Personal Representative 851 S Clarkson St Apt 3 Denver, CO, 80209
Legal Notice No. BSB 3118
First Publication: October 3, 2024
Last Publication: October 17, 2024, 2024
Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade
PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Shirley Ann Beyer, AKA Shirley A. Beyer, AKA Shirley Beyer, Deceased Case Number: 2024 PR 344
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 26, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Ann M Beyer
Personal Representative
220 Blue Bonnet Drive Brighton, CO 80601
Legal Notice No. BSB3345
First Publication: September 26, 2024
Last Publication: October 10, 2024
Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade
PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Aileen Midori Yamashita, aka Aileen M. Yamashita, aka Aileen Yamashita, Deceased Case Number: 2024 PR 30644
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 February 10, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Terri Iwahashi
Personal Representative
s/ Rebecca Wallace Beattie
6390 Gardenia Street, Suite 150 Arvada, CO 80004
303-384-0046
rebecca@wallacebeattie.com
Legal Notice No. BSB3379
First Publication: October 10, 2024
Last Publication: October 24, 2024
Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade
PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of Nadine M. Brigham, Deceased Case Number: 2024 PR 360
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 26, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Carrie Roecker
Personal Representative 13453 Elizabeth Way Thornton, CO 80241
Legal Notice No. BSB3358
First Publication: September 26, 2024
Last Publication: October 10, 2024
Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade
PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Estate of DENNIS DEWAYNE ROSS JR. a/k/a DENNIS ROSS JR, Deceased Case Number: 2024 PR 30597
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 26, 2025, or the claims may be forever barred.
Kristine Wade
Personal Representative c/o Larry M. Snyder, Esq.
650 South Cherry Street Suite 1000 Denver, CO 80246-1812
Legal Notice No. BSB3350
First Publication: September 26, 2024
Last Publication: October 10, 2024
Publisher: Brighton Standard Blade
Children Services
(Adoption/Guardian/Other)
STATE OF COLORADO IN THE DISTRICT COURT COUNTY OF ADAMS Division D1 No. 24JV30153
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO IN THE INTEREST OF:
Tatiana Argueta Guevara A Child, and Concerning
Consuelo Guevara-Serrano, Jaime Argueta Argueta Respondents: S U M M O N S
To the parents, guardian, or other respondents named above, GREETINGS: Jaime Argueta Argueta
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 23rd day of October, 2024 at the hour of 3:10 pm. 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 2nd day of October, 2024.
Alana Percy Clerk of the District Court
ORDINANCE NO. 2024-1180
INTRODUCED BY: BRUCE FITZGERALD
City of Fort Lupton
Public Notice
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:
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 ‘A’ AGRICULTURAL ZONE DISTRICT PARCEL E 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 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 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.
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;
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.
PREPARED BY: RAMIZBISIC, PLS 36563 ON BEHALFOF: COLORADO LAND SURVEYING 5343 W. 116TH CIR, WESTMINSTER, CO 80020
303-882-1429
BASIS OF BEARINGS
Legal Notice No. FLP1133
First Publication: October 10, 2024 Last Publication: October 10, 2024 Publisher: Fort Lupton Press
PARCEL F PART OF LOT B 11.144 AC
PARCEL E PART OF LOT B 37.955 AC
Public Notices
Legals
City and County
Public Notice
Notice of Proposed Decision
The Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety has issued a proposed decision to approve Bond Release Application No. 12 (SL-12) for the Keenesburg Strip Mine, Permit No. C-1981-028. This proposed decision is for a Phase II bond release of 9.68 acres for Area 30 and a Phase III bond release of 30.55 acres for Areas 23, 29, 30, and 31. The surface operation is operated by Coors Energy Company under the provisions of the Colorado Surface Coal Mining Reclamation Act of 1979. The bond release application was submitted by Coors Energy Company on May 14, 2024. This application requests Phase II release of Area 30 (9.68 acres) and Phase III bond release of Areas 23, 29, 30, and 31 (30.55 acres; all areas but Area 30 were previously approved for Phase II release). All four areas are in the southwest corner of the site. The affected area is located in Weld County, approximately 7 miles North of Keenesburg, Colorado.
Copies of the proposed decision are available for review at https://dnrweblink.state.co.us/drms/search. aspx by searching C1981028 in the “Permit No” field. A user guide is available to help first time users of the imaged document system and can be viewed at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1l8OUdf_Mpjo3kxIHkP5hMH-w7MeBtxX7/view..
Any person who has an interest which is or may be adversely affected may request an adjudicatory hearing regarding this proposed decision. Requests for a hearing must be made in writing within thirty (30) days of the date following initial publication of this notice, and shall state with reasonable specificity the reasons for the request and objections to the proposed decision.
Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety
1313 Sherman St, Rm 215 Denver CO 80203
303-866-3567
Legal Notice No. FLP1119
First Publication: October 3, 2024
Last Publication: October 10, 2024
Publisher: Fort Lupton Press
City of Ft. Lupton
Public Notice
Notice of Public Meeting for the City of Fort Lupton Fort Lupton, Colorado
Date:November 12, 2024
Time:6:00 p.m.
Location:Fort Lupton City Hall
Address:130 S McKinley Avenue Fort Lupton, Colorado 80621
Topic:City of Fort Lupton
Elevated Water Storage
A public meeting will be conducted to informing citizens and soliciting public input, written or oral, regarding the City of Fort Lupton Elevated Water Storage (EWS) Preliminary Design Report (PDR) and Environmental Assessment (EA). The PDR is a detailed engineering analysis to construct a water tower for the drinking water distribution system. The EA is a draft report identifying environmental issues with the proposed project. The reports are being submitted to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) to qualify the City for a State Revolving Fund Loan.
The City evaluated the cost of required upgrade improvements to the existing pump station. It has been determined that elevated water storage is in the City’s long term interest. It is estimated that the capital costs for construction of the EWS will require an investment of approximately $28 million. The City is currently evaluating impacts to water rates.
Copies of the Engineering Report and Envi-
ronmental Assessment are available for public review prior to the Public Meeting at each of the following locations:
City Hall, 130 S McKinley Avenue, Fort Lupton CO
The point of contact for the City of Fort Lupton is Roy Vestal, Public Works Director (303) 857-6694.
City of Fort Lupton Water System Roy Vestal Public Works Director
Legal Notice No. FLP1129
First Publication: October 10, 2024
Last Publication: October 10, 2024
Publisher: Fort Lupton Press Public Notice
ORDINANCE NO. 2024-1179
INTRODUCED BY: BRUCE FITZGERALD
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:
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
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 PART OF LOT B, RECORDED EXEMPTION NO. 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 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 553.00 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 686.13 FEET TO A 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 1252.40
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 37.561 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 PART OF LOT B, RECORDED EXEMPTION NO. 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. 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; 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.
Legal Notice No. FLP1132
First Publication: October 10, 2024
Last Publication: October 10, 2024
Publisher: Fort Lupton Press
Public Notice
NOTICE OF BUDGET
NOTICE is hereby given that a proposed budget has been submitted to the Fort Lupton City Council for the ensuing year of 2025, a copy of such proposed budget has been filed at the City of Fort Lupton City Hall, 130 S. McKinley Ave., where the same is open for public inspection; such proposed budget will be considered at a special meeting of the Fort Lupton City Council to be held at City Hall, 130 S. McKinley Ave., on October 19, 2024 at 9:00 a.m. Any interested elector of the City of Fort Lupton may inspect the proposed budget and file or register any objections thereto at any time prior to the final adoption of the budget.
Legal Notice No. FLP1128
First Publication: October 10, 2024
Last Publication: October 17, 2024
Publisher: Fort Lupton Press
Public Notice
NOTICE OF BUDGET
NOTICE is hereby given that a proposed budget has been submitted to the Fort Lupton Urban Renewal Authority for the ensuing year of 2025, a copy of such proposed budget has been filed at the City of Fort Lupton City Hall, 130 S. McKinley Ave., where the same is open for public inspection; such proposed budget will be considered at a regular meeting of the Fort Lupton Urban Renewal Authority to be held at City Hall, 130 S. McKinley Ave., on October 17, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. Any interested elector of the City of Fort Lupton may inspect the proposed budget and file or register any objections thereto at any time prior to the final adoption of the budget.
Legal Notice No. FLP1127
First Publication: October 10, 2024
Last Publication: October 10, 2024
Publisher: Fort Lupton Press
Public Notice
ORDINANCE NO.
INTRODUCED BY:
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:
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. FLP1130
First Publication: October 10, 2024 Last Publication: October 10, 2024 Publisher: Fort Lupton Press
Public Notice
ORDINANCE NO. 2024-1178 INTRODUCED BY: BRUCE FITZGERALD
ADOPT ORDINANCE 2024-1178 INITIALLY ZONING LAND KNOWN AS THE LANCASTER CROSSING INITIAL ZONING, LEGALLY DESCRIBED IN EXHIBIT A, TO THE ‘A’ AGRICULTURAL ZONE DISTRICT.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT LUPTON, COLORADO:
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
Catching up with Clark: Wyndham talks Olympics, Presidents Cup
BY ED KLAJMAN SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA
Last year, Wyndham Clark became a U.S. Open champion, won a prestigious PGA Tour event, quali ed for the elite 12-member United States Ryder Cup squad and ended the year among the world’s top 10 golfers. is season, his list of stunning career achievements got even longer.
In February, the Valor Christian High School alum shot a courserecord and career-low round of 60 at iconic Pebble Beach in winning another prominent tournament.
In July, he became an Olympian – one of just four Americans to represent the country in the men’s golf tournament in Paris.
And last week, to nish o the year,
he appeared in his rst Presidents Cup as a key member of a Team USA side that dominated the International team – another perk that comes with being ranked as high as number three in the world in 2024.
And yet, even with all that, right up there with all of those highlights – and maybe even exceeding them in some ways – is what happened in late August for the 30-year-old Highlands Ranch native.
For the rst time in his life, he was nally able to compete in a professional golf tournament held on Colorado soil, when the BMW Championship – an event for only the tour’s top 50 players – came to Castle Pines Golf Club.
Speaking at the Presidents Cup, as he re ected back on his season, the
Public Notices
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
former Valor Christian basketball star described how much the BMW Championship meant to him, considering how there used to be a regular PGA Tour stop at Castle Pines he attended regularly as a child. at was a huge inspiration for him pursuing a career in professional golf.
“It was awesome,” Clark said, noting how special it was to have so many family members and friends from home watch him compete, and to have local golf fans come out in large numbers to cheer on one of their own. “ e fans in Colorado really embraced me. It felt amazing,” he said, noting that the only disappointment was ending in a tie for 13th place.
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. FLP1131
First Publication: October 10, 2024
Last Publication: October 10, 2024
Publisher: Fort Lupton Press
Metro Districts
Budget Hearings
Public Notice
Notice of Budget Hearing for the Carbon Valley Parks and Recreation District
Frederick, Colorado - Notice is hereby given that pursuant to 29-1-106, C.R.S., a Budget has been submitted to the Board of Directors of the Carbon Valley Parks and Recreation District on 10/09/2024 for the ensuing year of 2025. A copy of said budget has been filed in the Carbon Valley Recreation Center, located at 701 5th Street, Frederick, Colorado, where said budget is open for public inspection between the hours of 5:30 AM and 9:00 PM, Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM, on Saturday, and Sunday 10:00 AM and 5:00 PM. A copy of said budget has been filed in the Carbon Valley Gymnastics Center, located at 6615 Frederick Way, Frederick, Colorado, where said budget is open for public inspection between the hours of 4:00 PM and 8:00 PM, Monday through Friday, and 9:00 AM through 1:00 PM on Saturday. A copy of said budget has been filed in the Carbon Valley Community Center, located at 151 Grant Ave, Firestone, Colorado, where said budget is
open for public inspection between the hours of 8:00 AM and 4:00 PM, Monday through Friday. The budget will also be available for inspection on the District website at https://www.cvprd.com/budget.
The Carbon Valley Parks and Recreation District’s Board of Directors will consider the adoption of the 2025 Budget during a Public Hearing at their Regular Board Meeting on Wednesday, November 20, 2024 at 6:30 PM, to be held at the Carbon Valley Community Center, located at 151 Grant Ave Firestone, Colorado. Any interested elector within the Carbon Valley Parks and Recreation District may appear before the Board of Directors, or file or register objections thereto at any time prior to the adoption of the 2025 Budget.
For more information or to view the draft Budget, please contact Bryan Hostetler at bhostetler@ cvprd.com
Legal Notice No. FLP1124
First Publication: October 10, 2024
Last Publication: October 10, 2024 Publisher: Fort Lupton Press
Misc. Private Legals
Public Notice
DISTRICT COURT, WELD COUNTY STATE OF COLORADO 901 9th Avenue Greeley, Colorado 80631
In the Interest of: Jorge Barreto Respondent
Case No.: 2024 PR 30493 Division: 1
NOTICE OF HEARING BY PUBLICATION PURSUANT TO §15-10-401, C.R.S.
To: Julio Ruiz Last Known Address: Unknown in Weld County
A hearing on the Petition for Approval of Settlement of Claims Pursuant to Rule 62 of the Colorado Rules of Probate Procedure for the above Respondent/Minor. The Petition filed requests
Court approval of the settlement and the net settlement funds will deposited in a restricted account.
A hearing will be held at the following time and location or at a later date to which the hearing may be continued:
Date: December 10, 2024
Time: 1:30 p.m. Division: 1 Webex: https://judicial.webex.com/meet/d19-grlydiv1
Meeting ID: 2590 748 1213# Phone: (720) 650-7664
Devin McIlvain, Attorney for Petitioner Victoria R. Olaguez 1660 South Albion Street, Suite 1100 Denver, Colorado 80222
Legal Notice No. FLP1123 First Publication: October 10, 2024 Last Publication: October 24, 2024 Publisher: Fort Lupton Press
Wyndham Clark kisses the trophy after his victory at the 2023 U.S. Open at The Los Angeles Country Club on Sunday, June 18, 2023.
PHOTO BY CHRIS KEANE/USGA
SEE CUP, P32
CUP
“I was really bummed how I nished,” said the former collegiate star at the University of Oregon. “I would’ve loved to have won, or at least had a chance, you know, just maybe had a little better last few holes. But when I look back at it, I felt like I made my city and state proud.”
He was also a little melancholy knowing that it was one-o , and there are no current plans to bring a regular tour event back to Colorado.
“You know, I’m bummed that it might not happen for another ve, ten years, who knows,” said Clark, who grew up playing at Cherry Hills Golf Club, a membership his father
Randall got at great nancial sacri ce for the family of ve so that Wyndham could pursue his gol ng dreams.
Clark admitted that it was a bit surprising – but extremely touching – for him to discover that there are countless people from his hometown and home state who have been following all his accomplishments quite closely.
“Any time you’re on these big stages like the Presidents Cup or a Ryder Cup or Olympics, you gain fans, you grow as maybe a hometown favorite in Colorado, or sometimes for your country,” said Clark, who credits his mother Lise – who passed away when he was in college after a battle with breast cancer – with instilling the drive and self-belief he needed to succeed. “You know, I noticed when I was there (Castle Pines) that
people were bringing up the Olympics, and bringing up Team USA stu , which was really neat. So yeah, I just feel like I’ve been very blessed in the things I’ve been able to do.”
With the o -season now upon him, he’ll head to his home in Scottsdale, where many PGA players reside. He’ll recharge his batteries and start working on his game in preparation to get even better in 2025.
He’s philosophical about the bar being so high after a phenomenal two years.
“It all depends on how I handle the expectations,” he said. “Everyone else puts a lot of expectations on players as you start having success. I put a lot on myself as well. But one thing I will say is playing and competing in majors and winning majors and tournaments and playing on these (Ryder Cup and Presi-
dents Cup) teams makes you want to do it more and more and be part of it all the time. It’s the best motivator for getting to the top. You know, the biggest thing is you want to stay up there and climb higher.”
He added that he’s “really looking forward to the challenge” of achieving that.
“I get a great o -season after this event where I get to work and go: ‘OK, how can I improve?’” Clark said. “I don’t really try to do results goals. I try to get better in certain areas of my game, like certain stats I want to get better at, certain things mentally I have to get better at. It’s really a fun part of the year when you forecast what you want the next year to be like, set all the goals, and then if you go and accomplish them, it’s kind of the most rewarding thing in what we do.”
