Commerce City Sentinel Express April 11, 2024

Mixed immigrant families plead for help

Latino health tour comes to Commerce City

BY JACKIE RAMIREZ SPECIAL TO COLORADO COMMUNITY MEDIA

On the heels of President Joe Biden’s prescription drug law, which aims to bring nancial relief to people on Medicaid and Medicare, U.S. Rep. Yadira Caraveo of the 8th Congressional District and Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health and Human Services, held a conversation at Kids First Health Care in Commerce City on Wednesday, April 3, about the a ordability of healthcare and prescription drugs.  e conversation comes after Biden reunited with his former Democratic primary rival, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, to push for a ordable prescription drugs such as inhalers on April 2.

In 2021, Colorado had 19,000 undocumented people who were married to U.S. citizens, most who have lived in the country for an average of 18 years, according to the bipartisan political organization, FWD.us’s analysis of American Community survey data.

ey also o ered suggestions as to what employers can do to support federal solutions to address challenges that undocumented people face in the workforce and emphasized the importance of keeping families together.

If those 19,000 Coloradans were to become citizens,$293 million would be added to the economy and an additional $88 million in taxes would be collected in Colorado, according to a FWD.us survey.

On March 27, the organizations American Families United and American Business Immigration Coalition Action visited Sen. Michael Bennet’s Denver o ce to discuss expanding work authorization for Colorado families.

Ed Markowitz, U.S. citizen and AFU board member shared his story of being married to his wife, Rocio, who is a dual citizen of Canada and Mexico, and the challenges they have faced in trying to reunite their family after they were separated due to immigration policies.

“After meeting, falling in love, and marrying, we faced an unknown and uncertain future dictated by the hurtful and ine ective immigration law,” Markowitz said to the participants

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“What drove me into politics was the kind of conversations that we have every day around prescription drugs and how di cult it is to get insurance to cover them,” Caraveo, who is a pediatrician, said to open the discussion. “(Also) how big of an impediment it is to take care of the health of children and adults in our community and how we need that experience to be transmitted to Congress so that we put the patient and the healthcare provider at the center of health care.”

Becerra is on a “Latino Health Tour” that promotes bringing health services and care to Latino communities who might otherwise be unable to gain access to such care. He highlighted the Affordable Care Act, which he said has helped more than 40 million Americans have their own health insurance coverage.

Commerce City, Brighton promote app for assault survivors

Judy, a volunteer with American Families United, speaks at a livestreamed discussion held on March 27, 2024, by AFU and American Business Coalition Action in front of U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet’s o ce in the Cesar E. Chávez Memorial Building in Denver. JACKIE RAMIREZ

New tool for sexual assault survivors

A new online tool meant to help sexual assault survivors get information about medical care and counseling and to help provide discrete information to police is being o ered in Brighton and Commerce City.

e app Seek en Speak is a free online tool developed by End Violence Against Women International.  e Brighton and Commerce City police departments share a Sexual Assault Task Force and victim services unit that takes a victim-centered, o ender-focused approach to investigating sexual assaults in both cities.

“Our hope with the implementation of this tool is that it will empower survivors with the information and re-

“By providing various options to reporting, survivors have broader access to justice and healing,” Brighton Police Chief Matt Domenico said. “Most sexual assault victims never report the crime to law enforcement, and those who do face signi cant barriers when engaging with the criminal justice system.”

sources they need in order to begin to move forward in a way they feel most comfortable with,” said Commerce City Police Chief Darrel Guadnola.

Seek en Speak is a free online tool developed by End Violence Against Women International. It is available at https://seekthenspeak.app/ on the internet.

It provides sexual assault survivors and those supporting them with a way to privately gather information and explore options for medical care, supportive services, and reporting to law enforcement.

It also gives survivors a detailed, selfguided interview that can be completed at their own pace, including much detail as they are comfortable giving.

If a survivor begins reporting, the tool can create a PDF document that can be saved, and emailed to law enforcement, printed or provided to employers or a sexual assault advocacy center to submit to police on their behalf.

A link to the online tool is available on the Brighton and Commerce City websites.

Wednesday, April 17, 5—8pm

Saturday, April 20, 9am—12pm

Accessible via the 60th Avenue bus stops at Dahlia Street & at Glencoe Street Light meals will be served. Child care and Spanish and ASL interpreters will be available.

Webinar (link to join is available attheproject website)

Thursday, April 18, 5:30pm—6:30pm

HEALTH TOUR

When it comes to Commerce City, Caraveo referred to the In ation Reduction Act of 2022 that provides nancial relief to those with Medicare through the expansion of bene ts, decreased drug costs and overall strengthening the program. One of the key bene ts is that those on Medicare should not pay more than $35 for a month’s supply of covered insulin products.

“It’s a relief that people are going to be able to a ord what is a life-saving medication, especially in a very heavily Latino district like the 8th District, which is why it’s necessary and part of the Latino Tour,” Caraveo said. “We

have a high rate of diabetes and so for them to know there’s going to be a cap to insulin, it’s a medication that hasn’t changed in about 100 years, but the price sure has changed to the point where it’s una ordable for people.

“To make sure that people have access to this medication means that somebody doesn’t have to choose between eating or paying rent and a ording medication that they have to take continuously in order for it to make a di erence in a chronic illness that can lead to a lot of other complications.”

Becerra and Caraveo both hope to see an increase in accessibility to healthcare within the Latino community with the new a ordability of healthcare and prescription drugs, but also for potential doctors who look like the communities that they serve,

Caraveo said.

“We need people who understand us culturally and linguistically,” Caraveo said. She also noted the lack of trust toward health care programs among the Latino community by sharing her experiences as a healthcare provider.

“Luckily we were in a private o ce, and so we were able to assuage a lot of those fears, but in particular, anything that is like a community health clinic, sometimes people are worried because of the fears that are stoked around immigration,” she said. “It’s incredibly important to talk to people about what the di erence is, what the history of the public charge is, how the administration and health care providers are making sure that they get health care and that it’s accessible to them no matter what their status is.”

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Becerra emphasized that trust is a key element to a program’s success.

“For us, the important thing is to reach out to communities and to families, to people they trust,” Becerra added. “Whether it’s a congresswoman that they’ve gotten to know or their doctor, we want them to know that the people that they trust are saying, ‘Go to that healthcare clinic, you’ll get the care that you need.’ You can trust and that’s what we want (Latinos) to use, the people that families trust, to be the access point for that care.”

In the push for a ordable health care to all, especially kids, Becerra said he takes an approach inspired by his mother.

“She would always say, ‘Es mejor prevenir que remediar’ (It’s always better to prevent than to relieve),” Becerra said.

Here’s How I See the NAR Settlement Affecting Buyers, Sellers and Their Agents

Two weeks ago I focused on how the media has covered the settlement between the National Association of Realtors (NAR) and sellers regarding the payment of buyer agent commissions. At the end of that article I directed readers to my blog to read my further thoughts about how the settlement would affect buyers, sellers and their agents.

Since not all readers visited that website (or it might have crashed), I’ll share those insights in this week’s column.

Estate Commission (CREC) will tweak the Exclusive Right to Sell (listing) contract to remove the offer of co-op compensation from Sec. 7.1.1. Instead of entering, for example, 5% to 6% as the commission, the contract will likely show 2.5% to 3% as the commission.

Note: This column was published last Thursday in the Denver Post but not in the weekly newspapers.

I’m convinced that sellers will still want to offer some amount of compensation to buyers’ agents as an incentive to show their homes. Because co-op commissions will no longer be published in the MLS, listing agents will come up with off-MLS ways of providing that information. Failing that, they should expect buyers’ agents to call them before an offer is submitted to find out what compensation, if any, can be inserted in the purchase contract.

Buyers’ agents who didn’t get their buyer to agree to pay them a commission can be expected to call listing agents about compensation before they even show the listing. If more than one agent asks the listing agent that question and then fails to set a showing, the listing agent might get his seller to offer a coop commission.

Note: Although co-op compensation will not appear on the MLS, listing agents (like Golden Real Estate’s) who create a website for each listing can mention co-op compensation there, and ads (like the one below) can include that information too, drawing buyers to show your listing over other listings.

Here are some practical changes that can be expected. First, the Colorado Real

If the seller agrees to the idea of incentivizing buyers’ agents, it could be expressed in a newly created section of the listing agreement or under Additional Provisions like this: “If a buyer’s agent requests compensation, Broker is authorized to offer x% commission to be paid by Seller at closing.”

Beware, however: Not offering the exact same commission to every inquiring agent could constitute a Fair Housing violation. It would be better to publish that amount, such as on a listing flyer and/or listing website.

I have always advocated for buyers to have professional representation, so I welcome the settlement’s requirement to have a signed buyer agency agreement before showing listings This can be a 1day or 1-week agreement, to allow the buyer time to decide if he/she wants a formal exclusive relationship with that agent. However, buyers will likely be reluctant to sign anything just to see a home, so they will likely call listing agents instead.

When a listing agent shows his or her own listing, the buyer isn’t required to sign anything, although the listing agent is required to present the buyer with a “Brokerage Disclosure to Buyer” that he/ she represents the seller and that the buyer is a “customer.” (Buyer can decline to sign that disclosure.)

Are listing agents prepared for that onslaught? Listing agents who are used to putting a listing in the MLS and wait-

it’s huge! The location is terrific, near the mountains, and close to Westwoods golf course. Find

ing for other agents to sell it won’t like buyers asking for showings — especially once they aren’t able to get sellers to sign a 5% to 6% listing agreement.

The rules will disproportionately hurt buyers who can barely afford a downpayment, unless lenders allow a buyer commission to be included in the loan amount, and those buyers won’t be able to come up with thousands in cash to pay their agents. Those buyers will surely go to listing agents directly.

Meanwhile, listing agents are used to their paycheck doubling when they don’t have to share their 5 to 6 percent commission with a buyer’s agent. That’s going to go away unless listing agents convince their sellers to put a provision in their contract that if no commission is owed to a buyer’s agent, then the listing commission is increased by x%.

The CREC’s Exclusive Right to Buy contract has long had a section which says the buyer’s broker will request payment from the seller but, failing that, buyer agrees to pay a stated fee for representation. Here’s how those sections of the buyer agency contract read:

Buyers can be expected to resist almost any percentage, since they have never paid a commission in the past. Because of this, more buyers can be expected to call listing agents to see homes instead of hiring a buyer’s agent, although I’ll continue to advocate for buyers to hire an agent to represent them.

Justifying the listing commission will be an easier sell, but only if the listing agent offers the kind of value we do at Golden Real Estate. It will be a harder sell for listing agents who provide minimal value to their sellers.

Here’s a partial list of the value Golden Real Estate agents provide to our sellers:

 A free staging consultation

 Free use of our box truck, free moving boxes, and free packing materials, including bubble wrap

 Magazine quality still photos, HD narrated video tour, and aerial photos and video

 Custom websites for each listing and custom URLs (e.g., yourhome.com)

These will become the default sections in the buyer agency contract. Agents working with a buyer will seek to insert 2.5% to 3% in their buyer agency agreement in case a seller doesn’t agree to that much (or any) compensation for the buyer’s agent. Percentages like that will be a hard sell, because the buyer would be on the hook for the difference between what the seller pays (if anything) and what’s in their buyer agency agreement.

 Advertising your home next to this real estate column in the Denver Post and 23 weekly newspapers

 Discount on the listing commission when we don’t have to pay a buyer’s agent and/or when we earn a commission selling you a replacement home.

The NAR settlement still allows the MLS to include an offer of monetary concessions for buyers, such as paying for buyers’ closing costs, or paying for an interest rate buydown on buyer’s loan.

at the live-streamed discussion outside of the Cesar E. Chávez Memorial Building where Bennet’s o ce is located. Markowitz, who is the stepfather of Rocio’s two sons, Ben and Armando, explained that he petitioned for his wife to become a U.S. citizen but was deemed “inadmissible due to unlawful presence and fraction” permanently due to having entrances without inspection into the country.

is is known as an immigration bar, a policy created as part of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996. Immigration bars refer to penalties due to violating immigration law. Similar to Rocio’s case, immigration bars can lead to being denied re-

entry to the United States and ineligible to receive a visa.

Instead of acting as an extra layer of precaution to entering the United States illegally, the number of undocumented immigrants remaining permanently in the U.S. has grown substantially since 1996. Even if undocumented immigrants were to apply for a waiver there is currently a backlog of more than 138,000 applications with a wait time of almost 3.5 years.

“We lived under the same shadow, all too familiar to 1.1 million other American families living in a mixed immigration status with no avenue to cure the block,” Markowitz said. “American families are broken, terri ed, discarded only for a bad ineffective law.”

Judy, who did not want to give her last name to protect someone in her life, is a teacher who has worked with the immigrant community

for 37 years. She has witnessed the separation of families of mixed status and of her own family. Judy attended the rally to support the organizations and to ask Bennet and his sta to urge President Joe Biden to give parole and work permits to undocumented spouses of American citizens.

“ is is the tip of a huge iceberg. A long time ago we realized that there aren’t just one or three U.S. citizens that have spouses that are immigrants, but there’s a million and many of the spouses have inadmissibility bars that prevent them for a lifetime to seek legal status and that can be changed by executive order by President Biden,” she said.

A day before the discussion, Bennet, along with other members of the Senate, wrote a letter asking President Biden to take “all available actions to streamline pathways to lawful status for undocumented

immigrants, providing certainty to the American businesses, communities, and families who rely on them.”

e letter laid out several recommendations on what Biden could do to help protect families of mixed status, such as permitting spouses of Americans to work while their green card cases are pending, streamlining the process to change to a “nonimmigrant” status, and modernizing cancellation of removal rules so family caregivers can stay together.

“I have to Facetime my mom. I don’t get to just go around the corner and have her over for dinner on a Sunday,” said Armando, who is the stepson of Markowitz. “Out of nowhere my family just disappeared. Right now there are thousands of American citizens missing a part of their love, and a hole has been forced in their families and communities. It doesn’t have to be this way.”

Family navigator elevates resilience

Cultivando associate director seeks healing opportunities for the community

BY ROSSANA LONGO BETTER ROSSANA@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Rocío Franco is associate director of Cultivando, an organization deeply rooted in the vibrant Latino community of Adams County. Cultivando is not just an organization; they’re a movement believing in the power of collective action. We dive into their mission and the exciting initiatives they’re driving to promote community engagement.

Rocío Franco comes from Delicias, Chihuahua, Mexico, but her journey brought her to the United States during her teenage years. As the eldest daughter in her family, she quickly became a pro at navigating systems to ensure her family had access to better opportunities. After some time working with Mapleton Public Schools and managing her family’s business, Franco found her calling with Cultivando in 2017.

Recently, Franco graduated from Metropolitan State University with a degree in Clinical Social Work. She resides in Commerce City with her husband and daughters, where they prioritize health, self-care and nurturing a deep connection with nature.

is interview has been edited for length and clarity.

Colorado Community Media: Rocio, how did you get into Cultivando? What motivated you to become one of those Promotoras de Salud program teachers?

Rocio Franco:  I’ve been with Cultivando for the last six years. I worked for a school district in my previous experience. I was working with parents and connecting them with a lot of resources.

I came across this opportunity not knowing exactly what the Promotora model was until I started learning a little bit more (about) what Promotora meant. I realized that I’ve been a Promotora for my whole life, doing a lot of things not only for myself but for my family, sticking up for injustices or creating changes that bene t my family through the work that I have done in Cultivando. It has been an amazing journey. It’s working with our community, providing culturally relevant training, promoting equity and inclusion, and identifying those community problems that need to be addressed and they need to be changed.

CCM: e Promotoras program that has been o ering all sorts of training has a unique model. Please explain the mission behind it.

Franco: e Promotora model is to support community members to strengthen their leadership and community communication skills, recognizing the impact of emotional health in our lives and understanding the ways that a ect our families and communities.

When we think about our self-care and paying attention to our emotional wellness, that takes us the

If you ask them to participate in any of that, in leadership or engagement in the community, that’s overextending their time. How are you precisely addressing this issue that prevents us from participating in the communities that we care about?

Franco: We address these topics through the promoter at training, but then also we have monthly virtual and in-person meetings. We call them Salud Emotional or Emotional Health classes, where we invite leaders and community experts who can talk about the importance of emotional well-being and improving our quality of life.

longer route. We want community leaders to be here not only for today but for tomorrow. We want them to be here for a very long time addressing injustices that are creating these changes in communities.

For us, the self-care component and the healing opportunities are vital to do the work that we do in the community.

CCM: Healing opportunities. You are addressing an issue that is real in our communities, especially for Latina, Latinx and Latino men also that have two or three jobs, and they are overextended.

Rocio Franco, second from right, poses with other members of Cultivando Leadership & Promotoras de Salud at the conclusion of an event. From left to right: Guadalupe Villalobos, María Zubiate, Reyna Soria, Olga Gonzalez, Franco and Denise Romero.

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RESILIENCE

ey can understand a little bit more about self-knowledge, emotional control, reduced stress and anxiety opportunities for creativity. And with that, we complement everything that we do. We open that opportunity for community leaders to access information, resources or opportunities for training as well.

at’s another way that we openly talk to community members and then also, defragment the stigma that was sometimes we have around emotional health.

CCM: e training that you have been giving to the community are preparing you for a big day, Earth Day. We have been receiving information and iers about the big event at the University of Denver on April 22.

Share with us the details.

Franco: April 22, Earth Day is a big day for us. We will have a conference that will basically bring all the information that we have compiled under the AIRE project, the work that we did to do independent monitoring around the community.

We got to nd out a lot of things. A lot of heavy metals and toxicity was happening in the environment, and we are breathing that air. With this nal phase (we learn) not only how

the …pollution had a ected our health, but also the emotional and mental components (of that harm).

During that day, we’re going to be sharing those details and that data, and we hope for people to join us.

CCM: Where can people go to be part of this movement to get activated in leadership with your guidance?

Franco: We post a lot of our events and activities that we’re doing through Facebook, and you can go directly to our website, Cultivando.org. You can nd information and details about the events that will be happening soon. We encourage you to follow us and sign up for future events.

Improve Air Quality For Your Family and Community With A Mostly Free Electric Mower

By Regional Air Quality Council

The Regional Air Quality Council (RAQC) is the Front Range’s lead air quality planning agency. We create plans for the state to improve air quality and meet goals set by the U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The RAQC also runs programs that work to reduce air pollution and improve public health in the greater Denver metro.

Sometimes, when an industrial facility faces fines, we receive those monies to put back into the community. As a result, this summer is your chance to upgrade your gas-powered lawn mower to a clean, quiet, electric option — and help improve the health of your family and community.

Gas-powered mowers have an oversized negative impact on our air quality. They contribute especially to the formation of ground-level ozone, which you cannot see or smell, but is bad for you to breathe. In fact, operating a gas-powered mower for just an hour contributes the equivalent air pollution of driving a car from Denver to Utah. When you use a gas mower, you also breathe in high levels of harmful air pollutants that are released right next to you. But you can improve the air quality in your backyard this year, almost for free.

Utilizing industrial fines, the RAQC is hosting events for residents of targeted communities to trade in old gas-powered equipment for a new electric mower. By also using a new Colorado state discount, you can receive an electric mower that

retails for over $400 mostly free –you will only need to pay the tax. This is usually less than $40 for a $400 mower.

There will be multiple models of electric mowers available at these events available for just the tax. If you prefer to purchase a higher end model mower, you just pay the difference after the discounts provided.

This program is open to residents of the following zip codes: 80022, 80024, 80221, 80640, 80229, 80260, 80216, 80205, 80211, 80207, 80238, 80239, 80249.

Greater Park Hill News readers: check out the zip codes above because if you’re reading this paper, you likely qualify!

You don’t need to sign up in advance. Simply show up at one of the events we’re hosting with locally owned Ace Hardware stores with your old gas mower, with the ability to bring home a mower. Electric models are about the same size and weight as your old gas equipment. While you must live in one of the zip codes listed, you do not need to live in the specific community of the event. Please bring an ID, utility bill, or other proof of your residency in one of the specified zip codes.

Please also note you do need to bring a gas-powered mower for us to recycle to participate. All events are 9am – 1pm, while supplies last!

•April 13, 2024: Commerce City

Ace Hardware, 6900 Eudora Dr, Commerce City, CO 80022

•April 20, 2024: Mile High Ace Hardware & Garden, 2700 W 104th Ave, Federal Heights, CO 80234

•April 27, 2024 – Chambers Place Ace Hardware, 4830 Chambers Road Denver CO 80239

•May 4, 2024 – IF NEEDED: Location TBD near Globeville or Sunnyside neighborhoods in Denver*

*Please visit mowdownpollution. org for updates on times and locations. This program utilizes one-time funding, and this offer is only available as funding permit. If funds are exhausted in the first

in half! Plus, electric mowers are much quieter, require less maintenance, and you will no longer have to buy or handle gas. Upgrading your personal lawn mower from gas to electric can make a really big difference for air quality in your community, as well as for the health of you and your family.

Please visit mowdownpollution.org and select “residential program” or email mowdownpollution@raqc. org for more information.

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gas-powered mowers and cars, can help cut the ozone causing pollution on the Front Range

Rocio Franco, associate director of CultivandROSSANA LONGO BETTER

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that there has been filed with the Board of Directors of the Sand Creek Metropolitan District, in the City and County of Denver and Adams County, State of Colorado, a petition praying for the exclusion of certain lands from such District.

1. The name and address of the petitioner and a legal description of the property mentioned in such petition are as follows: Petitioner: Housing Authority of the City of Aurora, Colorado Address: 2280 South Xanadu Way, Aurora, CO 80014 Legal Description: A portion of Lot 4, Block 1, Gateway Park IV East Subdivision Filing No. 9, recorded December 9, 2005 at Reception No. 20051209001353390, County of Adams, State of Colorado; Consisting of approximately 2.6871 acres. A full legal description can be provided upon request.

2. The prayer of the petition is that the above property be excluded from the Sand Creek Metropolitan District.

3. The area sought to be excluded from the District is located entirely within Adams County, and does not include property within any other county or within any other incorporated city, town, or city and county, and the District currently encompasses property in Adams County, and therefore no notice of the proposed exclusion under Section 32-1-207(2), C.R.S., as amended, is required.

Accordingly, notice is hereby given to all interested persons to appear at the public hearing of the Board of Directors of the District at 8:30 a.m. or soon thereafter, on April 29, 2024 via Microsoft Teams

Videoconference Meeting ID: 218 576 826 462; Passcode: nQi9kA, and show cause in writing, if any they have, why such petition should not be granted. The failure of any person in the existing District to file a written objection shall be taken as an assent on his part to the exclusion of the area described in this notice. SAND

Connector Roads #1 – Roadways

Sealed Bids will be received by Windler Public Improvement Authority, hereinafter referred to as OWNER, at the office of the Authority Engineer, Merrick & Company, 5970 Greenwood Plaza Boulevard, Greenwood Village, CO 80111, until 11:00 AM local time on May 10, 2024 for:

Connector Roads #1 – Roadways

This Contract provides for the construction of the following: Approximately 2.5 miles of roadway improvements as well as “Phase 2” of utility improvements, which include about 1.5 miles of waterline; about 2 miles of sanitary sewer; and about 3 miles of storm sewer. The project location is south of E. 56th Avenue and north of E. 52nd Avenue between E-470 and Harvest Road. Bidders may bid on Part A (grading), Part B (utilities), and/or Part C (roadway).

Copies of the Bidding Documents may be requested from the Windler Public Improvement Authority, at the email of the Authority Engineer, barney.fix@ merrick.com, beginning April 11, 2024. NO PAYMENT REQUIRED.

Bidders must be licensed Contractors in the State of Colorado.

Bids will be received providing unit price for items; however, the price given will be on a maximum not-to-exceed amount, as described in the Bidding Documents.

The Work is expected to be commenced within thirty (30) days after the Date of Contract.

Bid Security in the amount of five percent (5%) of the total Bid Price must accompany each Bid in the form specified in the Instructions to Bidders.

The Successful Bidder will be required to furnish a Performance Bond, Labor and Material Payment Bond guaranteeing faithful performance and warranty bond for two-years after Substantial Completion, and the payment of all bills and obligations arising from the performance of the Contract.

The OWNER reserves the right to award the contract by sections, to reject any or all Bids, and to waive any informalities

and irregularities therein.

For further information, please contact Barney Fix at Merrick & Company at 303-751-0741.

Legal Notice No. CCX1319

First Publication: April 11, 2024

Last Publication: April 25, 2024 Publisher: Commerce City Sentinel Express Non-Consecutive Publications Public

Security in the amount of five percent (5%) of the total Bid Price must accompany each Bid in the form specified in the Instructions to Bidders. The Successful Bidder will be required to furnish a Performance Bond, Labor and Material Payment Bond guaranteeing faithful performance and warranty bond for two-years after Substantial Completion, and the payment of all bills and obligations arising from the performance of the Contract.

OWNER reserves the right to award the contract by sections, to reject any or all Bids, and to waive any informalities and irregularities therein.