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Rep. Sullivan’s insight on tragedy, local newspapers makes a case for backing

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o one in Colorado has made a better case for how critical newspapers are than state Rep. Tom Sullivan did at the state Capitol last week.If you don’t know Tom, you know his story. The entire world knows the story of the 2012 Aurora theater shooting.

Tom is among those who know what the rest of us pray we never have to. Tom knows what it’s like to have family or friends killed in a mass shooting.

His son, Alex, was among those gunned down by James Holmes during the now infamous summer-night screening of a Batman movie.

I’ve been a journalist for a long time. Trust me when I tell you how important yet dangerous it is in my profession to become immersed in what we write about. Like my peers, the scars from stories run deep no matter how hard you work to wall off being saturated with the worst things that happen in the world.

DAVE PERRY Editor

But among the traffic carnage, ghastly suicides, tortured children and millions of words and pictures of assorted anguish, Tom’s tragedy wounded me like no other.

A few hours after the massacre, as police, parents and friends floundered outside of an Aurora school for information about the wounded and the dead, Tom appeared.

It was morbid, controlled chaos in front of Gateway High School, yet Tom’s raw terror and determination stood out immediately.

He was frantically waving a photo of his son Alex, begging if someone knew him or where he was.

Denver Post photographer RJ Sangosti was able to capture images of Tom and then his family as the terror and reality spun out of control, searing me, and many others, for life.

Alex was celebrating his 27th birthday at the Batman premier. My own daughter was just old enough to begin heading to movies with pals, just like Alex had.

You didn’t have to be a parent to ache for Tom, but for those of us with kids like Alex, it was leveling.

I can’t even begin to count the volumes of stories, editorials, columns and photos I and other Sentinel staffers have logged from that day on.

Tom, like so many people in the Aurora region, can.

Last week, Tom, now a state lawmaker, sat on a House committee hearing testimony on House Bill 1121, which seeks to allow select businesses to get tax credits for buying ads in some newspapers and other media sites. The bill is meant as a remedy for the bleak reality of our industry in Colorado, drained of ad dollars by new types of media and slammed to the mat by the pandemic.

Tom talked emotionally about how often and in how many ways he told national TV and media outlets about the loss of Alex, about the subsequent trial, about preventing other mass shootings.

Rep. Tom Sullivan addresses the media during a 2019 signing ceremony in the governor’s office.

“And through all of that, the people that have really understood and really get what happened that day — and how the people in my community were really impacted — has been The Aurora Sentinel,” Sullivan said. Report For America Journalist Steven Waldman captured the moment for Twitter below. “And that’s because they’re right down the street. They drive by that theater every day. They live with the people who are surviving that day. And if they weren’t around, people wouldn’t understand what we go through each and every day.”

Tom’s words immediately summoned that horrific morning at Gateway High School.

I cannot fathom his pain. I cannot fathom his strength.

My own daughter is about to turn Alex’s age in a few days, and even after almost 10 years, I falter recalling that morning.

What local newspapers do that no one else can is not just relay a story, but we’re able to convey the story, by telling it from within, long after the TV cameras leave town.

Just recently, Denver Post reporters updated the fallout from a horrific tale they uncovered of child abuse a mother inflicted on her daughter, killing her with a sick spectacle of faked illnesses and treatments. Without doubt, other children will be saved by the critical and diligent work of the Post reporters.

Right now, Colorado Community Media reporters, who write for the Douglas County News Press and other regional papers, are doggedly reporting about a cavalcade of chaos at Douglas County Public Schools, where critical school board decisions, alleged malfeasance and lawsuits look to affect tens

of thousands of students and families, possibly inflicting irreparable damage to the district.

The Colorado Sun, a digital news source, has also resolutely reported on the plight of children mishandled by state agencies created to protect them and a bevy of quagmires that otherwise would never have been exposed.

Local newspapers like these, across Colorado, are the omnibus public watchdogs and defenders of the downtrodden that no one else can be or wants to be.

But we’re also who tells you how sweet victory was for a basketball team of hardworking and talented girls at Grandview High School, who brought home a state trophy this weekend. We’re here to explain why your schools will or won’t demand masks in a pandemic. We’re here to tell you what your police are doing about car theft and shootings.

Local newspapers are the only way to discover the news that affects you the most, every day, and be confident the stories are accurate and fair, clearly separated from the wealth of opinion and insight material we offer as well.

“So it is imperative that our local journalists and our local publications have the ability to continue to tell the stories of the people in their communities who are impacted by the day-to-day things that happen,” Tom said.

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The need for state Election Security Act is urgent

The irony is cruel for voters, in Colorado and across the nation, that leaders of a movement falsely claiming widespread election fraud are the very perpetrators of such treachery that a proposed state law would help guard against.

Without hesitation, state legislators should send Senate Bill 153 to the governor for signing to ensure voters across the state are protected from the kind of malfeasance and apparent criminal tampering uncovered in the Grand Junction area last year.

The need for this measure ran downstream from former president Donald Trump, who worked feverishly after the 2020 election to undermine it by perpetuating unfounded and spurious allegations of widespread voter fraud.

Perpetuating “The Big Lie” culminated in the Jan. 6 Capitol riots and failed insurrection. But even now, Trump and his misguided or malevolent allies seek to undermine voter access and true election integrity by continuing false and completely unproven allegations — and from attacking elections from within.

It’s astonishing that Colorado must now seek legislation to protect voters and election integrity from “insider threats” like those created by Mesa County Clerk and Recorder Tina Peters.

Peters is the now infamous election-fraud collaborator of Trump and his conspiracy theory magnate and MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell.

Peters was indicted by a Colorado grand jury earlier this month for her role in allowing unauthorized election outsiders access to sensitive voting machines in May 2021. Accused of disabling security systems to allow the theft of photos of passwords and information, pictures of the voting machine components and security data from the Mesa County voting machines appeared on pro-Trump conspiracy theory websites and social media.

The FBI is also investigating Peters’ role in the voting machine scandal.

The damage Peters and her allies inside and outside of Colorado have done to Mesa County’s election integrity has now become widespread. These conspiracy theory cranks and felons have raised the specter of other local election officials being able to undermine what is often lauded as the most secure, voter-friendly and dependable election system in the nation.

County clerks and election officials from across the state, and from both parties, have lauded the need for the Colorado Election Security Act and the direct way it works to protect voters from people like Peters and her allies.

“It’s important to harden our election security posture against insider threats who seek to break the law and undermine public confidence in our elections,” Pueblo County Clerk Gilbert “Bo” Ortiz said in a statement.

The measure makes it a felony to tamper with voting equipment or release any voting system information to unauthorized people, and especially to publish it.

Rather than essentially leave video surveillance of election equipment and storage rooms arbitrary, the bill mandates such areas be accessible only by keycard and be monitored by security video systems at all times. Elected clerks would not have key card access to such equipment storage facilities and would have to be accompanied by an authorized election employee to be in such areas.

The measure would also standardize election worker and official training to ensure they are able to protect themselves, as well as election materials and equipment, from nefarious people trying to gain confidence, access or exert dubious influence on elections.

Sadly, election workers, and residents, could be likely prey for a current Colorado group trying to undermine voter security and confidence by acting as vigilantes.

A collection of civil and voting rights groups across the state launched a lawsuit last week against the so-called U.S. Election Integrity Plan for stalking and harassing voters in what the group claims is “door-to-door voter intimidation,” according to a story by Associated Press reporter Nicholas Riccardi. Leaders of the conspiracy theory based group have connections to Lindell and other Colorado county officials also accused of election security irregularities.

Lawyers for the plaintiffs, which include the NAACP, the League of Women Voters and Mi Familia Vota, say that members of the group target areas with large numbers of minorities and confront registered voters at their homes. Participants in the group sometimes openly carry firearms and some sort of “badges,” according to the lawsuit, giving the appearance that the “agent” confronting a voter is some kind of government official.

The group clearly acts to intimidate voters, effectively suppressing the vote in areas the group chooses to target.

While voter canvassing is common, for legitimate purposes, such as campaigning, groups like USEINP twist the process to work against free and fair elections.

While Senate Bill 153 would help keep groups like USEINP from working to undermine elections through election officials, it should also address this very real threat against the voting public. Sponsors of the bill should examine ways that would preserve the act of legitimate canvassing for voters but protect them from malevolent groups like USEINP.

Transformative housing right now

We love Colorado, and we love that we’re able to call Colorado home.

We’re not alone – between 2010 and 2020 our population swelled by more than 750,000 new residents. Make no mistake: Population growth is often a boon to the economy; but Colorado’s popularity can be a double-edged sword when it outstrips the policy response of our state and local governments.

Colorado’s housing crisis existed long before the pandemic hit, but the past two years have exacerbated many of those pain points. During that 10-year period of explosive population growth, the number of new homes built across the state decreased by a staggering 40%. Such low supply and high demand means skyrocketing prices for homeowners and renters, leaving far too many Coloradans without a safe, affordable place to call home.

The time for transformative solutions is now, and we’re excited about the possibilities presented by historic federal pandemic relief funds.

There is no single solution to the housing crisis. The long list of complex issues includes a dire lack of workforce housing in popular resort towns, soaring rents in urban centers, and masses of people with no home at all. Clearly, in this legislative session we must be nimble, and we must be willing to consider creative solutions to address this crisis.

Over the past seven months in our roles as members of the Affordable Housing Transformational Task Force, we developed recommendations on how best to invest $400 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) pandemic relief funds to address the root causes of our affordable housing crisis. This historic investment comes on the heels of last year’s $150 million to fund affordable housing development efforts and provide eviction and rental assistance.

Some of the groups in particular who deserve our help: small businesses, tourism industries, and employees who want to live where they work. So we plan to empower nonprofit organizations and local governments that already have the tools and expertise to leverage funding and develop affordable housing solutions that meet the needs of their communities.

One priority is to increase grant funding that incentivizes fairer zoning laws and the development of supportive, rental, and for-sale housing. Communities must be in a position to preserve their current af-

fordable housing units while creating new opportunities for future development that includes thousands of new, high-quality affordable homes.

Second, we must improve support systems for middle income families whose modest resources squeeze them between unaffordable housing costs and ineligibility for assistance.

The potential for our recommendations’ success lies in their flexibility and adaptability. And perhaps no option is as flexible or as adaptable as modular housing. For communities whose distance from industrial centers might stymie access to housing materials or labor, modular housing is a win-win. These units can often be built at half the cost and in a quarter of the time it would take for traditional housing construction. Further, they offer innovative possibilities for sustainable, green, and energy-efficient construction.

By making major investments in the modular housing industry, we can rapidly scale up construction of new available homes while continuing to spark Colorado’s economy.

As we continue to recover from the pandemic, many low-income families find themselves in dangerously unstable housing conditions and on the verge of losing their housing entirely. Tragically, in Denver alone, the number of people experiencing homelessness for the first time has nearly doubled from 2020 to 2021. That is unacceptable.

To reduce homelessness, we’ll build on our recent efforts and continue to provide rental assistance, preserve existing affordable housing options, and work to stabilize Colorado’s volatile housing market.

The funding that we propose here, while historic, is just the beginning of our work. With continued input from experts across the state and with goodfaith bipartisan efforts, we’re poised to pursue solutions to the housing challenges that have plagued our state for too long.

Colorado is a great place to live, and we want to keep it that way. As our state continues to grow and change, we must make sure no one is left behind. It’s on us to make sure that everyone who wants to call Colorado home, has a home.

STATE SENATORS GONZALES, ZENZINGER, BRIDGES

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Regional health agencies preparing for swell in fentanyl overdoses

The news that three women and two men were found dead in a Commerce City apartment in late February due to apparently ingesting fentanyl-laced cocaine was sobering to many, so law enforcement and health agencies are encouraging people to be more aware and prepared.

Among the dead were the parents of a four-month-old baby who was found alive at the scene, along with another

amine,” the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a report. “Illicitly manufactured fentanyl, which is illegal, non-pharmaceutical fentanyl, is likely contributing to deaths involving these other substances.”

In 2016, the CDC reported that synthetic opioids, primarily illegally manufactured fentanyl, were involved in 23.7% of deaths involving prescription opioids, 37.4% involving heroin, and 40.3% involving cocaine in 2016.

‘No drug is safe’

BY CARINA JULIG Staff Writer

woman who survived.

It’s the kind of tragedy that Tri-County Health Department’s harm reduction and HIV prevention program is trying to fight, as Colorado continues to grapple with an increasingly deadly drug supply.

“No drug is safe right now,” 17th Judicial District Attorney Brian Mason said in February while discussing the case.

America’s long addiction crisis is showing no signs of stopping, and according to data from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, drug deaths have increased during the pandemic. In 2020 1,477 people died of a drug overdose statewide, including 143 in Adams County and 147 in Arapahoe County — almost a 50% increase from 2019.

The types of substances are changing, however. What was a crisis initially fueled by prescription pills and heroin has ballooned into encompassing meth and fentanyl, a super-powerful synthetic opioid that can be deadly in even minute quantities. In 2020, the last year for which complete data is available, more than a third of all overdose deaths in Colorado involved fentanyl.

Experts say what makes fentanyl so dangerous is that much of the time drug users don’t even know they’re taking it. As in the case of the Commerce City family, people take other drugs that dealers have laced with fentanyl to increase the potency — which also increases the risk of death.

“Fentanyl and fentanyl analogs are being mixed into counterfeit opioid pills, heroin, cocaine, and methamphet-

“It’s here in Colorado. It’s getting mixed in with drugs that it never has been mixed in with and because of its potency it really can take somebody by surprise,” said Dr. Lauren Mitchell, nurse manager of the Tri-County’s harm reduction and HIV prevention program.

“Everyone should just assume, whatever drug they’re taking, if it’s a street drug, it probably has been tainted with fentanyl,” she said. “So people need to be aware of that and act accordingly.”

In response to the crisis, the city of Denver last month launched a program allowing all residents to order Narcan, the drug that reverses opioid overdoses, and fentanyl testing strips to be shipped to them for free.

The program is unique to Denver, but the push to increase access to naloxone (the generic name for Narcan) isn’t.

“Our goal for this year is to try to normalize carrying naloxone,” Mitchell said.

Tri-County’s harm reduction program is responsible for fighting the spread of infectious diseases and preventing opioid overdoses. It provides testing for sexually transmitted diseases (STIs), distributes naloxone and runs a syringe exchange and disposal program.

The syringe exchange program helps insure that people who are injection drug users are using clean needles, which reduces their risk of infection and helps keep used needles off the street. Program staff spends a lot of time doing street outreach to drug users, many of whom are homeless, in encampments and on Colfax, Mitchell said. It also has a physical location on Lima Street in Aurora, where it shares space with nonprofit It Takes A Village.

During warm months, staff say they help as many as 30

people per week.

Along with exchanging needles, they also distribute naloxone to people and help connect them to drug treatment services if that’s something they are ready to consider.

“It’s about us trying to meet folks where they are,” Mitchell said.

The program also provides training about how to use naloxone to any community group or business that requests it, and has a stockpile of naloxone it distributes on request.

“Anybody who wants naloxone, we want them to have it,” Mitchell said.

Over the past year it provided a number of trainings at local motels, which have seen an increase in guests overdosing. After training motel staff members how to administer naloxone, Mitchell said that there have been four opioid overdose reversals that she knows of.

The demand for services appears to be increasing. The program distributed more naloxone in 2021 — 560 kits — than in any other year, she said. Staff say they’ve already distributed 77 kits this year.

In partnership with the City of Aurora the program also opened up a syringe disposal kiosk in front of the MLK Library along the Colfax corridor. The kiosk is a secure place where people can deposit syringes, which are then disposed of by a medical waste company.

In April, the program will launch two new initiatives. It will start using a mobile RV that will go into hard-to-reach communities to provide HIV tests, Hepatitis C tests, STI testing and syringe access services. And it will be opening a second brick-and-mortar location for syringe access services in Commerce City.

As Adams and Arapahoe counties prepare to stand up their own health departments next year, the future of the program remains uncertain. All of its services are fully funded by outside grants, Mitchell said, and she hopes that both counties will recognize the value of the work they do and want them to continue.

“We just want to provide the best services for our people and our communities,” she said.

Tri-County’s syringe access services can be reached at 303-363-3077, and on Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays from 1pm to 4pm at 1475 Lima Street, Aurora, 80010.

For a list of pharmacies where naloxone can be purchased over the counter, go to stoptheclockcolorado.org/map. — Photojournalist Philip Poston contributed to this story

Dr. Michelle Wilson puts together a bag of supplies for someone that came in to get clean syringes and other items, March 11, 2022, at the Tri-County Health Department’s syringe access services building.

Photo by PHILIP

POSTON/ Sentinel Colorado

CITY HALL

Amended camping ban tentatively passes

City Council members voted for a second time on Monday to create a specific ban on unauthorized camping in Aurora, including new language providing for temporary storage of homeless campers’ belongings.

The group cleaved to the same 6-5 split they voted along Feb. 28, with unaffiliated Councilmember Angela Lawson expressing opposition next to self-proclaimed Democratic progressives Alison Coombs, Juan Marcano, Ruben Medina and Crystal Murillo. Republican Mayor Mike Coffman, who reintroduced the ban six months after it was shelved by a past divided council, again broke the tie in favor.

For the past few years, partisan politics has often overshadowed the polarized city council on controversial issues and during elections.

Murillo earned the support of Coffman, Republican Curtis Gardner and Lawson to amend the camping ban ordinance so City Manager Jim Twombly would be directed to create a policy for storing campers’ personal property left over when camps are swept.

“We are taking away everything that people have in this world with this ordinance,” Murillo said. “How dare we not even provide an opportunity to store that safely for people. … This is everything that people own.”

Gardner said he was sympathetic with homeless people having their property seized by the state.

“I don’t like the idea of someone facing their camp being abated and the government taking their property and destroying it,” he said. “It’s just like when somebody goes to jail. We don’t take their property and destroy it.”

The amendment, which passed 6-4, would be triggered once campers are given at least 72 hours to clear out of a campsite, after which the camp could be cleared and anyone refusing to relocate to city-sanctioned shelter space could be arrested or fined up to $2,650, according to the rest of the language of the ban.

Coffman offered his own amendment to the ban he sponsored, which would have prevented homeless people from being adjudicated on violating the ban, in effect prohibiting them from incarceration and court fines. The amendment, which failed, would have instead directed police to ticket camping scofflaws with trespassing, which would create a criminal charge.

Coffman has consistently said the ban does not “criminalize” homelessness, as opponents have charged, even though the ban specifically outlines incarceration and court fines for violators.

Opponents of Murillo’s amendment questioned why it wasn’t more detailed and what might happen if items such as clothing or sleeping bags were stored by the city.

“Bed bugs come in with those items. Lice have come in with those items,” Councilmember Danielle Jurinsky said. “I think that city staff are already very committed to preserving personal documents, identification and medication. … I understand this is vague, but they are already storing those items.”

Jurinsky was told by city staffers that items which are obviously valuable, such as IDs, are not thrown away currently when camps are cleared, and that developing a policy could take around five or six weeks. Providing storage would likely cost the city an undetermined amount of money and would require space beyond the limited storage at the Aurora Day Resource Center.

Another opponent, Dustin Zvonek, said he would not support Murillo’s amendment as such because of its lack of specificity but might support it as a companion resolution. Murillo declined to bring the change forward as a resolution.

“This felt like the most appropriate way to move forward, to give our subject matter experts the ability to craft what that looks like,” Murillo said of the broad language of the amendment. She also said that she considered adding language about handling of hazardous materials to the amendment, but wanted to leave the crafting of specifics to staff.

The scope of the changes accomplished by Murillo’s amendment to the ban means the council will have to vote on the ordinance one more time on March 28 before it’s finalized.

For this reason, Jurinsky accused Murillo of using “delay tactics” to stall the ban two weeks — Murillo pointed out that the failed amendment proposed by the mayor would also have postponed the implementation of the ban, which will be 30 days after the final vote.

— MAX LEVY, Staff Writer

Shorter public comment expected to pass

A majority of Aurora City Council members voted on Monday to cut the first open public comment peri-

od during meetings down to an hour while eliminating the second period.

The open public comment periods at the start and end of meetings were previously not limited in length, which has occasionally allowed residents to testify for hours at a time on topics not on the agenda, such as the death of Elijah McClain at the hands of Aurora police and paramedics.

With the current three-minute cap on individual comments, the opportunity to talk about items not on the agenda would be limited to as few as 20 people per meeting. Councilors could still extend comment periods by a majority vote. The changes wouldn’t limit how long members

of the public can speak to individual agenda items.

Councilmember Dustin Zvonek sponsored the rules change and said it would demonstrate respect for staffers and other presenters who have shown up to speak on specific agenda items.

“Whenever you go over an hour, it’s not because there’s a bunch of citizens that just show up. It’s organized, outside groups that are trying to get people here to push an agenda,” Zvonek said. “When we get into those situations, it is grossly disrespectful to the people’s work.”

The council voted 6-5 to approve the change, with Mayor Mike Coffman breaking the tie in favor and council members Alison Coombs, An-

gela Lawson, Juan Marcano, Ruben Medina and Crystal Murillo opposed.

While the change was not cleared to move out of study session the week before, being rejected on a 6-4 split, the endorsement of councilmember Curtis Gardner guaranteed its success on Monday.

“I think it shows staff and the public that we take the business in front of us seriously,” he said of limiting open public comment.

Gardner tried unsuccessfully to amend the resolution to limit the first comment period to 30 minutes rather than an hour.

Opponents said the change was “disincentivizing” members of the public from speaking to the council at public meetings, and Coombs chal-

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lenged Zvonek’s statements about groups sharing concerns.

“It’s not only outside groups that can organize testimony,” Coombs said. “I think that we need to respect when our constituents decide to organize themselves on issues about which they’re passionate, and sometimes that’s in order to get those items on the agenda.”

“When you look up what are the responsibilities of a public servant, one of the things that I really adhere to is the promotion of dialogue, consultation and engagement with the public,” Lawson said, explaining her opposition to the change.

“I appreciate city staff staying, and I understand that you have families and things like that, but sometimes … that’s just the nature of the job.”

— MAX LEVY, Staff Writer

Aurora lawmakers oppose diaper tax exclusion

A majority of City Council members opposed a proposal last week to exempt diapers from Aurora’s 3.75% city sales tax.

The idea brought forward by Councilmember Curtis Gardner would cost the city an estimated  $575,000 in lost tax revenue while lending a hand to families struggling to pay expenses associated with child care.

According to the National Diaper Bank Network, an infant may use up to a dozen diapers per day, costing families as much as $80 per child, per month. The group says around a third of all U.S. families struggle with diaper need.

Opponents criticized Gardner’s proposal broadly, with some saying they would support a tax cut with a larger scope and others insisting the tax cut was too small to be noticed by residents.

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bution program in 2021.

She also said she thought the exemption would be a “slippery slope” for families wanting to see sales tax lifted on other child care products.

“I think there’s a lot of ways to do it through nonprofits and helping individuals with the cost of it rather than just a tax exemption for everyone out there,” she said.

“I frankly don’t find the argument that it’s not enough of a tax cut to be a reason to vote against a tax cut,” Gardner replied.

Councilmember Juan Marcano said Gardner’s proposal was “moving in the right direction” of the city helping people who are struggling to provide basic necessities.

“I’d rather see us raise wages so that people can actually afford the necessities of life,” he said. “But, that being said, I don’t think there’s the will on council to do that kind of stuff right now, so with this specific measure, I’m in support of it.”

Because Gardner’s proposal was opposed by a majority of council members, it was not scheduled to move out of study session.

— MAX LEVY, Staff Writer

13th Avenue construction planned

Residents are invited to a City of Aurora open house April 16 to review proposed changes to 13th Avenue between Yosemite Street and Chambers Road.

The improvements could include a new, multi-use path; changes in parking; and improved lighting. Community members can show up to review the draft plan and give feedback between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. at Aurora West College Preparatory Academy, located at 10100 E. 13th Ave.

It's important to seek legal advice if your baby was harmed by these products, and you may be entitled to compensation.

“When we cut taxes, which I would be completely for, it’s either got to be broad-based, or if it’s targeted, there’s got to be some secondary economic benefit to it for all taxpayers,” Councilmember Dustin Zvonek said. “Otherwise, what we’re doing is good politics but not good policy.”

Zvonek was joined by Mayor Mike Coffman and councilmembers Francoise Bergan, Danielle Jurinsky, Angela Lawson and Steve Sundberg in opposing the sales tax cut.

Gardner said he believed the exemption was worthwhile even if it didn’t address everywhere taxes could be cut.

“We’ve heard stories of children who have shown up at school with plastic bags taped to them,” he said. “To me, it’s a tax, taxation is theft, and at the end of the day, I think we should look for all opportunities to cut taxes.”

He put the proposal in the context of a sales tax exemption for menstrual products that the council passed unanimously in 2021 as well as a pending Colorado General Assembly bill that would eliminate the state sales tax on those products and diapers.

Bergan said she thought the sales tax on diapers was “nominal,” and pointed out that the state legislature voted to fund a diaper distri-

Comments will help the city finalize its recommendations for improvements along the corridor, for which funding still needs to be secured. The current suggestions are based on community input gathered over the past year, according to a press release.

The release describes the significance of the corridor within Aurora as connecting “residents, students and businesses to their neighborhood, city and region and to places like schools, parks, a light rail station, trails, job centers, stores and restaurants.”

More information about the project is available at EngageAurora. org/13th. The draft concept will also be available on the website starting April 18. Residents who need language interpretation at the open house should make a request to language@auroragov.org by April 2.

Members of the public with other questions can contact Tom Worker-Braddock at 303-739-7340 or tworker@auroragov.org.

— MAX LEVY, Staff Writer

EDUCATION APS discontinuing

masks on buses

Once students return from spring break Monday Aurora Public Schools will not require them

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Wolves need really big rings

LAUREN BETTS REFUSED TO LOSE AND NINE-LOSS GRANDVIEW SHOWED IT WAS DEFINITIVELY COLORADO’S BEST TEAM IN WINNING 5A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP

On a presumably dreary January day in Minnesota, the Grandview girls basketball team’s record dropped to 5-9 after a nationally-televised defeat.

At that point, the Wolves had as many losses as the program had in the previous three seasons combined and a challenging stretch ahead when it returned to Colorado.

BY COURTNEY OAKES Sports Editor

Yet what could still happn on March 12 is the one thing coach Josh Ulitzky drilled into his team the entire season, even as losses mounted against some of the toughest teams in the country.

that tough schedule out of state and he told us ‘all that matters is March 12,’” she added. “The day came, we won and I couldn’t be more thankful that he put us in that situation.”

Ulitzky guided Grandview to state championships in 2017 and 2018, so he knew everything it takes to make a title run.

A double-digit home loss to Mullen, which went on to win the 4A state championship, in the first game after winter break Jan. 5 put the Wolves at 1-7. Not exactly where a team that came into the season as one of the two state championship favorites expects to be.

Ring season: Grandview’s Lauren Betts (51), Sienna Betts (5) and Marya Hudgins hold up the Class 5A state championship trophy in front of the Wolves’ crowd after a 52-40 win over Valor Christian on March 12 at Denver Coliseum.

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That targeted day finally arrived and when it ended, Grandview played its best basketball of the year with a thorough 52-40 win over top-seeded Valor Christian at Denver Coliseum. to bring home the coveted Class 5A state championship.

“I give a lot of credit to Coach Josh,” senior star Lauren Betts said in the aftermath of the celebration as the Wolves won the program’s first state championship since 2018 and its third all-time.

“We were super mad at him that he us in

Having Betts — a 6-foot-7 star who is the consensus No. 1-ranked recruit in the country in the Class of 2022, a Stanford University signee, McDonald’s All-American and two-time Gatorade Colorado Player of the Year — and another Division I player in senior Marya Hudgins provided a fantastic foundation, but Ulitzky needed to challenge a variety of players to elevate their games.

So he put together a gauntlet of a schedule that kept his team from playing a single game in Colorado in the three weeks before winter break, sending them to the She Got Game Classic in Dallas and then the Nike Tournament of Champions in Phoenix.

Minus Betts — who was recovering from a minor injury — Grandview lost by 44 points to Duncanville, Texas, and finished 0-3 in Texas, then won once in four games in Phoenix.

“We had some bumps out of a state and it was rough a little bit, but I kept coming back to them about if they get where we want to be on March 12, is it worth it?,” Ulitzky said. “They make fun of me for it, but I feel like they heard the message. They knew.”

Senior Amaya Charles, Betts’ freshman sister, Sienna, junior Isa Dillehay and sophomore Gabriella Cunningham — all key components to the state championship victory — all grew into their roles while facing some high-level competition.

It started to come together a few days after the loss to Mullen, when Grandview beat Valor Christian — the defending state champions — 59-52 at home in a game in which they had a double-digit lead in the second half.

The Wolves won three more Centennial League games to move to 5-7 ahead of two more out-of-state games at an invitational tournament put together by ESPN that pitted them against DeSoto (Texas) and host Hopkins (Minnesota).

Two more losses put them at 4-9 at the midway point of the season — and in a comically low position in the Colorado High School Activities Association’s RPI standings due to their low winning percentage — but they were ready to take off.

Grandview never lost again.

The streak began with a rousing comeback win over Regis Jesuit Jan. 28 in a game in which the Wolves rallied from a double-digit deficit for a 59-57 win against the rival Aurora team that ended their championship hopes in last season’s semifinals.

Grandview turned around and beat the same Mullen team it lost to the first time by 33 points and rolled through the end of the regular season with its toughest challenges coming in two matchups against an Arapahoe team that made it to the Final Four.

The Wolves played their parts to perfection in the postseason and were largely unchallenged in five victories, in which their average margin of victory was 30.2 points.

Still, Grandview knew that the championship game would be a battle, especially as Valor Christian had a McDonald’s All-American and Division I-caliber force of its own in Raegan Beers plus some key holdovers from the Eagles’ championship win a year ago.

The biggest thing the Wolves had going for them was the mentality of Betts, who was on the Grandview team that lost in the state championship game as a freshman and along with Hudgins was part of the group in 2020 that earned its way into the state championship game, only to have the chance wiped away by the explosion of the coronavirus pandemic.

“I texted my parents this morning and said ‘I refuse to lose,’” Betts said. “I don’t care what happens, I have to keep my focus. My teammates can’t see me slacking, so I have to keep the mentality that we were going to win this and we did.”

Ulitzky had seen that before from Grandview’s other highest-profile player — Michaela Onyenwere — who also had to wait until her senior season to earn a state championship when she helped lift the Wolves to the 2017 title.

“Credit to Lauren, when we got to the playoffs, she really had the mentality of ‘I’m not going let this opportunity go, I’m going to capitalize on it,’” Ulitzky said. “Honestly, there were a lot of similarities to Michaela. Just sheer ‘I’m not going to lose and we’re going to find a way.’ That’s what I saw from her the last couple of weeks.”

Betts did her part in the championship game by virtually neutralizing Beers (though she scored one point fewer),

while serving as a significant deterent in the paint.

The rest of the Wolves were just as integral in the victory in a game in which they got up by as many as 21 points.

Hudgins, who won a state championship in Georgia before she moved to Colorado prior to her sophomore season, finished with a game-high 17 points, while Sienna Betts added nine points and eight rebounds.

The steady Charles added eight points and directed the offense, while Dillehay and Cunningham each provided defensive and hustle plays that didn’t show up in the box score.

“Ever since we started playing, coach told us it is all for March 12,” Charles said. “No matter how much we lost or how we improved, it was all for this day. It’s exciting to see that it all paid off.”

Hudgins — who said after Grandview’s Great 8 win over Cherry Creek that she was going to soak in the entirety of her final week in high school basketball — especially reveled in the victory.

“So much work went into this,” said Hudgins, a Santa Clara signee who averaged a team-high 19 points per game in the postseason.

“It took so many hours outside of our own practices,” she added. “We have put so much time and effort into our chemistry and how we play on the court. I really think it shows.”

Added the diminutive Dillehay — one of the “gamechangers” that Ulitzky could count on off the bench — was glad to see the journey come to an end in the way they wanted.

“All of our traveling, our practices, our meetings; we all had this one focus and we were able to do it tonight,” Dillehay said.

With the game decided, Betts got to share a special moment on the bench with her

sister Sienna, who was a huge contributor to the title run, as they embraced with tears in their eyes as they completed the only varsity season they got to play together — with a title.

“This is something we talked about in middle school,” Lauren Betts said. “If anyone took a picture of that, it’s going to be framed 100 percent. It was a ‘we did it’ kind of thing. Obviously we wanted to keep our mentality that the game wasn’t over, but when those seconds went down and I was hugging my sister, it was like ‘I can’t believe this is happening, this is insane.”

Top: Senior Lauren Betts, right, embraces sister, Sienna, after the Grandview girls basketball team’s win in the Class 5A state championship game March 12 at Denver Coliseum. Left: Grandview players landed in a pile in celebration of the championship game victory over Valor Christian. Above: Grandview’s Isa Dillehay (22) grabs a rebound in front of Valor Christian star Ragean Beers. (Photos by Courtney Oakes/Sentinel Colorado)

A-Town All-Stars: The A-Town All-Star Boys and Girls Games are set to be contested on March 21 at Overland High School. The boys game is scheduled to include Rangeview senior KK Stroter (No. 20 above) and Aurora Central junior Cai’Reis Curby (11), while the girls game has rosters including both Aurora Central freshman Jazlynn O’Roy (12) and Overland sophomore Destiny Moore (24) as well as Rangeview senior Ny’Era West, right.

(Photos by Courtney Oakes/Sentinel Colorado)

For rosters, bios and more, visit www.AtownAllStars.com

Annual A-Town AllStar Games set for March 21 at Overland

The annual A-Town All-Star Games, which have been presented by Sentinel Colorado since 2016, return as a March 21 doubleheader at Overland High School.

The Sentinel is pleased to again have girls and boys games that feature the top talent from Aurora’s 11 largest schools — Aurora Central, Cherokee Trail, Eaglecrest, Gateway, Grandview, Hinkley, Overland, Rangeview, Regis Jesuit, Smoky Hill and Vista PEAK —as selected by the Sentinel in conjuction with balloting of city coaches. At least one representative from each program was selected.

The A-Town All-Star Games have rotated between venues in Aurora Public Schools and Cherry Creek Schools since the inception of the boys game in 2016 and after they were played at Gateway in 2021, when they returned following a year absence due to the coronavirus pandemic. They now move to Overland, with the girls game scheduled to begin at 5 p.m., followed by the boys at 6:30 p.m.

Attendance was limited last season, but this year is open to the public. It will also be streamed for free on the Overland Athletics page on YouTube.com.

Full rosters for Team East and Team West in both games can be found on page 13. Players selected but unable to play due to injury or prior commitment are Grandview’s Marya Hudgins and Regis Jesuit’s Madden McHugh in the girls game and Hinkley’s Dayvon Vaughns in the boys game.

For full bios on each of the A-Town All-Star Game selections, visit www.AtownAllStars.com. Coaches for both games were still being finalized at press time.

Past A-Town All-Star Games have included a number of accomplished alumni such as Regis Jesuit grad Fran Belibi, who won last season’s NCAA national title with Stanford, UCLA star Michaela Onyenwere of Grandview, Colbey Ross of Eaglecrest (who went on to star at Pepperdine), NCAA Division II All-American Jaizec Lottie of Cherokee Trail and more. This year, Stanford-bound Lauren Betts, Gatorade’s Colorado Player of the Year for girls, is among the participants.

— Sports Editor Courtney Oakes

2022 A-Town All-Star Basketball Games

• WHEN: Monday, March 21 — Doors open, 4 p.m., 5 p.m. (girls game) & 6:30 p.m. (boys game)

• WHERE: Overland High School 12400 E. Jewell Ave., Aurora CO 80012

• TICKETS: $5 per person, available at door

• MORE INFO: Player profiles and more game information at www. AtownAllStars.com

•SOCIAL MEDIA: Follow @aurorasports on Twitter and Sentinel Prep Sports on Instagram

PHOTO GALLERIES: Visit courtneyoakes.smugmug.com for images from both games

A-TOWN ALL-STARS: BOYS TEAM EAST

No. 1— Rickey Mitchell, 6-foot-3, G, jr., Smoky Hill

No. 4 — Hanif Muhammad, 5-foot-10, G, soph., Rangeview

No. 7 — Jaelan Johnson, 5-foot-7, G, sr., Aurora Central

No. 10 — Alante Monroe-Elazier, 6-foot-3, G, soph., Vista PEAK

No. 10 — Jayden Washington, 6-foot-6, F, sr., Eaglecrest

No. 11 — Cai’Reis Curby, 6-foot, G, jr., Aurora Central

No. 12 — Simon Kibbee, 6-foot-8, C, jr., Grandview

No. 12 — Elijah Thomas, 6-foot, G, sr., Rangeview

No. 20 — KK Stroter, 6-foot-4, F, sr., Rangeview

No. 22 — Marzouq Abdur-Razaaq, 6-7, F, jr., Overland

Coach: Marcus Shelton, Aurora Central

A-TOWN ALL-STARS: BOYS TEAM WEST

No. 0 — Victor Harp, 6-foot-5, F, sr., Overland

No. 2 — TaRea Fulcher, 5-foot-10, G, jr., Regis Jesuit

No. 2 — Xander Smith, 6-foot, G, sr., Hinkley

No. 3 — Brayden Maldonado, 6-foot, G, sr., Smoky Hill

No. 4 — A’jhzan Williams, 5-foot-10, G, sr., Vista PEAK

No. 10 — Oriel Bailey, 6-foot-4. F, soph., Gateway

No. 22 — Connor Yslas, 6-foot-6, C, sr., Cherokee Trail

No. 23 — Mostapha Elmoutaouakkil, 6-foot-5, G, sr., Eaglecrest

No. 24 — Anthony Harris Jr., 6-foot-6, F, sr., Smoky Hill

No. 24 — Kyle Sandler, 6-6, F, sr., Regis Jesuit

Coach: Keenon Clement, Vista PEAK

A-TOWN ALL-STARS: GIRLS TEAM EAST

No. 1— Amaya Charles, 5-foot-6, G, sr., Grandview

No. 1 — Genesis Sweetwine, 5-foot-3, G, sr., Rangeview

No. 3 — Jameri Hartsfield, 5-foot-3, G, sr., Gateway

No. 5 — Sienna Betts, 6-foot-3, F, fr., Grandview

No. 10 — Damara Allen, 5-foot-9, G, soph., Cherokee Trail

No. 13 — Hana Belibi, 6-foot, F, soph., Regis Jesuit

No. 22 — Jasmine McNeal, 6-foot, C, sr., Smoky Hill

No. 23 — Ny’Era West, 5-foot-7, G, sr., Rangeview

No. 24 — Destiny Moore, 5-foot-10, F, soph., Overland

No. 51 — Lauren Betts, 6-foot-7, C, sr., Grandview

Coach: Josh Ulitzky, Grandview

A-TOWN ALL-STARS: GIRLS TEAM WEST

No. 3 — Breanna Jefferson, 5-foot-6, G, sr., Vista PEAK

No. 5 — Sierra Culbreath, 5-foot-7, G, sr., Cherokee Trail

No. 5 — Laci Roffle, 5--foot-11, F, jr., Eaglecrest

No. 5 — Coryn Watts, 5-foot-9, G, soph., Regis Jesuit

No. 12 — Zane Bullock, 5-foot-6, G, sr., Rangeview

No. 12 — Jazlynn O’Roy, 5-foot-11. F, fr.., Aurora Central

No. 14 — Nia McKenzie, 6-foot, G/F, jr., Eaglecrest

No. 22 — Mikenzie Jones, 6-foot-2, F, sr., Vista PEAK

No. 24 — Jolene Ramiro, 5-foot-7, G, jr., Eaglecrest

No. 25 — Leilah Swanson, 5-foot-10, G/F, jr., Hinkley

Coach: TBD

A-Town All-Stars: The A-Town All-Star boys basketball game on March 21 at Overland High School is scheduled to feature Smoky Hill senior dunker extraordinaire Anthony Harris Jr. (24, above) along with Eaglecrest’s Mostapha Elmoutaouakkil (23, left), while the girls games includes Eaglecrest junior Nia McKenzie (above center) and Hinkley junior Leilah Swanson (25, above right). (Photos by Courtney Oakes/Sentinel Colorado) For rosters, bios and more, visit www.AtownAllStars.com

Preps

WEEK PAST

The week past in Aurora prep sports

MONDAY, MARCH 14: In a battle of boys lacrosse teams with spots in the Class 5A rankings, Grandview fell at Kent Denver 14-13 in a see-saw contest that saw multiple late lead changes. Joe Alie’s fourth goal of the game gave the Wolves a 12-11 lead in the final minute of the third quarter, but the Sun Devils outscored them 3-1 in the final period to win the game. John Alie had three goals and three assists, Liam Szarka had two goals and two assists and Luke Parish made 11 saves for Grandview ...The Regis Jesuit boys lacrosse team opened its season in California with an 8-2 win over La Jolla. ...Tyler Wilcox threw a complete game, two-hitter with 10 strikeouts as the Cherokee Trail baseball team opened its season with an 11-1 road win at Greeley West. ...Brody Severin struck out nine hitters and allowed just two runs the Vista PEAK baseball team’s 14-2 win over Skyview in a game in which he also had two hits, two RBI and scored three times. Connor Angelini, Brian Herrera, Trey Gray, Nolan Harper, Andres May and Yany Morales all had two hits. ...One inning cost the Eaglecrest baseball team a 7-5 defeat at Pueblo West, as the Raptors had a three-run lead disappear in a seven-run sixth inning for its opponents. Jackson Bryant doubled, homered and drove in two runs.

SATURDAY, MARCH 12: The Centennial League opened the track season at Stutler Bowl and the Grandview boys and Cherokee Trail girls came away with team victories. The defending 5A state champion Wolves’ boys racked up nine event victories, including two apiece individually from sprinter Evan Johnson, hurdler Malique Singleton and jumper Mateo Munoz

Third-place Cherokee Trail also had three event wins. In the girls competition, the Cougars won six events, including two (100 meter hurdles, triple jump) by Kaeli Powe), while third-place Eaglecrest also had a trio of winners in sprinters Jaylynn Wilson and Haley Esser and thrower Blythe Cayko in the shot put. ...

Daniella Iaquinta and Taylor McGarrahan scored goals and Tatiana Villasenor stopped seven of the eight shots in the goal as the Cherokee Trail girls soccer team topped Highlands Ranch 2-1. ...Favour Akpokiere scored both goals for the Eaglecrest girls soccer team in a 2-0 blanking of Prairie View. ...The Eaglecrest boys volleyball team won its own tournament with wins over Thornton (27-26, 25-22), Peak to Peak (25-16, 25-16) and the Poudre School District (25-22, 23-25, 15-4). Alfred Maiava averaged 22 assists per match, while Ikechukwu Onwuegbu had a team-high 16 kills between the matches. ...The Regis Jesuit girls tennis team racked up

143 points to finish fourth among 16 scoring teams at the Western Slope Invitational. ...FRIDAY, MARCH 11: In the first varsity matches for the Overland and Vista PEAK boys volleyball teams, the Trailblazers came away with a 25-12, 25-13, 2523 road victory over the Bison. Garret Foster led Overland with seven kills and Dodge McCabe added three, while Matthew Valdez coutnered with five and Reese Kloberdanz four. ...The Grandview boys volleyball team posted its second win in as many nights with a 25-22, 25-16, 25-15 defeat of Rock Canyon.

...The Rangeview boys lacrosse team opened the season with a 16-3 road win over Prairie View.

THURSDAY, MARCH 10: The Regis Jesuit boys swim team opened its season with a 185-129 home dual meet win that was filled with 5A state-qualifying performances. Gio Aguirre won two events, while Hawkins Wendt, Ronan Krauss, Luke Dinges and diver Dylan Mullen also won individually for the Raiders, who claimed the 200y medley and 200y freestyle relays. ...Jake Baker won the 200y and 500y freestyles and Daniel Yi took the 100y freestyle for the Smoky Hill boys swim team which dropped a Centennial League dual to Cherry Creek 189.5-119.5.

Ayden Shaw racked up nine kills and Alfred Maiava had 28 assists as the Eaglecrest boys volleyball team downed Regis Jesuit 25-17, 25-20, 25-15 to open the season.

WEEK AHEAD

TOP LEFT: Eaglecrest senior Ikechukwu Onwuegbu (24) attacks the net as Regis Jesuit’s Dirk Morley (7) challenges during the opening set of a season-opening boys volleyball match between the Raptors and Raiders on March 10 at Eaglecrest High School. Eaglecrest won in three sets. BOTTOM

LEFT: Overland’s Garret Foster (2) celebrates a big point late in the Trailblazers’ three-set boys volleyball win at Vista PEAK March 11 in the first varsity match for both programs. BELOW: Grandview’s Liam Szarka (12) works through contact from a Kent Denver during the fourth quarter of the Wolves’ 14-13 boys lacrosse road loss at Kent Denver March 14.

The week ahead in Aurora

prep sports

THURSDAY, MARCH 17: The Aurora Central girls soccer team takes its home pitch at 4 p.m. for a contest against Falcon. ...The Vista PEAK baseball team is schedule for a 3 p.m. first pitch against Fruita Monument at Canyon View Park in Grand Junction. ...The Smoky Hill baseball team is in Farmington, New Mexico, and squares off with Aztec at 2 p.m. ...The Grandview baseball team goes on the road for a 4 p.m. contest at Chatfield. ...A 6 p.m. contest at Denver South is scheduled for the Cherokee Trail girls soccer team ...The Cherokee Trail boys volleyball team welcomes Rock Canyon in at 6:30 p.m. ...FRIDAY, MARCH 18: The two-day Dick Rush Coaches Invitational boys swim meet begins at Veterans’ Memorial Aquatic Center, site of the Class 5A state championship meet at the end of the season. Diving is set to begin at 4 p.m. ... The Vista PEAK baseball team continues a long road trip with a 4 p.m. contest at Palisade, while Overland is also on the Western Slope and plays at 4 p.m. at Grand Junction Central. ...... The Grandview track team heads to Long Beach, California, to compete in The California Relays at Long Beach Wilson High School. ...The Overland girls soccer team travels to Thornton with kickoff scheduled for 4:30 p.m. ...SATURDAY, MARCH 19: The

Rangeview Raider Invitational track meet is set for 9 a.m. at Aurora Public Schools Stadium with the host Raiders welcoming in a group that includes Aurora Central, Cherokee Trail, Eaglecrest and Vista PEAK. ...The Rangeview boys lacrosse team has a 3 p.m. home contest against Denver North. ...The Cherokee Trail baseball team has a noon first pitch at Fort Collins. ...The Smoky Hill girls soccer team plays host to Monarch at noon. ...MONDAY, MARCH 21: The A-Town All-Star girls and boys basketball games are scheduled to be played at Overland, with the girls up at 5 p.m. and the boys at 6:30 p.m. ...A boys volleyball matchup between firstyear programs is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. at Gateway when Vista PEAK visits. ...The Smoky Hill girls tennis team welcomes George Washington at 3:30 p.m. for a non-league match.

...The Cherokee Trail girls lacrosse team visits Northfield with a opening face-off scheduled for 5:30 p.m.

...The Overland boys volleyball team heads to ThunderRidge for a 6 p.m. match. ...TUESDAY, MARCH 22: Eaglecrest and Cherokee Trail get together at 11 a.m. for a contest at Coors Field. Later in the day, the diamonds will be active with 4 p.m. contests at Cherry Creek (for visiting Regis Jesuit), Overland (vs. Vista PEAK) and Rangeview (vs. Aurora Central).

...Lou Kellogg Stadium is the site of a non-league girls soccer contest between Aurora programs as Regis Jesuit plays host to Cherokee Trail

at 4:30 p.m. ...The Regis Jesuit boys lacrosse team opens its home schedule with a 7:30 p.m. contest against Legend. ...The Gateway girls soccer and girls tennis teams both visit Aurora Central at the same time with kickoff and first serves scheduled for 4 p.m. ...The Gateway boys volleyball team is home for an early 4 p.m. contest against Fossil Ridge, while 6:30 p.m. first serves are set for Overland (vs. Grandview) and Valor Christian (vs. Eaglecrest). ...The Regis Jesuit girls tennis team has a home Continental League dual match at 3:30 p.m. against Chaparral. ...The Rangeview girls lacrosse team visits Legacy Stadium for a 6 p.m. contest against Rangeview, which will be followed at 8 p.m. by the Grandview boys lacrosse team against Rock Canyon. ...Overland and Hinkley square off in girls soccer at 6 p.m. at APS Stadium. ...

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23: The Aurora Central baseball team is home to Arrupe Jesuit, which visits for a 4 p.m. contest. ..First serve for Gateway’s boys volleyball home match against Denver Waldorf is scheduled for 4:30 p.m., while Vista PEAK is at KIPP Denver Collegiate at 5:30 p.m. and Regis Jesuit visits Douglas County at 6 p.m. ...A trio of 4 p.m. girls tennis matches are scheduled in Aurora with Grandview home to Legend, Overland home to Gateway and Smoky Hill home to Thomas Jefferson. ...The Smoky Hill boys lacrosse team as a 5:15 p.m. home contest against Thomas Jefferson.

PHOTOS BY COURTNEY OAKES/ SENTINEL COLORADO

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THINK BIG

For years, Aurora Mental Health Center officials have struggled with ever-increasing need in the community and a lack of space, money and location. With state reforms and local politics in flux, the time to build is now.

Story By Max Levy • Sta Writer

For years, Aurora Mental Health Center has been fighting a battle of supply and demand. While services offered through the center’s detox facility on Potomac Street for people battling drug and alcohol addiction are in demand, CEO Kelly Phillips-Henry said the center has struggled to find space for needed growth.

The need for substance abuse treatment services has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic in particular, with the CEO referring to a “national crisis of substance use and abuse.”

In October, the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration reported that the pandemic was driving rates of drug and alcohol use across the country. The administration referenced a survey given in late 2020 which indicated that an estimated 25.9 million Americans who drank alcohol in the past year and 10.9 million people who had taken other drugs during that time were using those substances more than they did before the pandemic.

Around 5% of all adults were said to have seriously considered suicide in the same timeframe, and 0.5% attempted suicide. Adults with mental illnesses and kids ages 12 to 17 who had a past-year major depressive episode were more likely than others to report that the pandemic negatively affected their mental health “quite a bit or a lot.”

But Phillips-Henry said the demand for services has not guaranteed them space for another detox facility. On the contrary, she said zoning challenges and opposition from neighbors have regularly blocked them from finding other sites.

“Those became huge obstacles,” she said. “Lo and behold, we weren’t able to secure a second location.”

Then, a few years ago, the center got word that Jefferson Hills, another mental health care provider and the owner of the Potomac property as of 2020, was looking to sell. Given the difficulties of locking down more space for their detox program, Phillips-Henry said Aurora Mental Health Center jumped at the chance to buy the land.

In July 2020, they finalized a deal with Jefferson Hills to purchase the 7.3-acre property for $7.3 million.

“We believe they could have gotten significantly more for that piece of land given its location and its size,” chief strategy and operations officer Kathie Snell said. “We felt really fortunate that they were willing to work with us and make it available for the community.”

The deal also laid the groundwork for what is being planned as the AuMHC Acute Care Center, which Phillips-Henry said is being designed along the lines of national “best practices” such as locating acute care and crisis stabilization services together along with providers of housing and physical health care.

The Acute Care Center at 1290 Potomac St. would bring AuMHC’s walk-in crisis services, crisis stabilization unit, Connect to Care same-day services (currently at 791 Chambers Road) and detox program together under one roof on a campus that would also include housing and a health care building.

And supporters say the location itself is well-suited for a facility like the Acute Care Center. As a state-licensed community mental health center, AuMHC’s mission specifically includes serving low-income clients and the uninsured.

Besides being situated near the central intersection of Mississippi Avenue and I-225, the Potomac property is in the 80012 ZIP Code, bordering ZIP Codes 80010 and 80011, all of which are poorer than the city and state as a whole, according to U.S.

Census Bureau data. Marketing Director Lori MacKenzie noted that the center uses poverty rates as a proxy to gauge Medicaid eligibility among the general population.

Another specific group served by the center is the homeless, who Phillips-Henry said are “high utilizers of our crisis services.” AuMHC estimates that 45% of homeless individuals have a mental illness and at least 60% have a substance use disorder. Snell also estimated that, for two-thirds of all homeless people, mental illness preceded their loss of housing.

One of the buildings included in the ultimate vision for the campus would be an affordable housing development, and the CEO said Aurora Housing Authority has been tentatively select-

cal Campus, roughly 5 miles to the That also means police and paramedics what services are best for the individuals receive emergency mental health services under one roof would lift from the shoulders of first responders. also up the street from the Medical Snell said the vast majority of doors of AuMHC’s detox facility sponders.

ed as a partner following a request-for-proposal process.

“By having housing and addressing some of the social determinants of health, we believe we’re going to be able to have an impact there,” she said.

Aurora ZIP Codes 80010 through 80014 are also the zones that the center’s clients most commonly call home, MacKenzie said.

Right now, detox and crisis care services are spread out between Potomac and the AuMHC location on the Anschutz Medi-

“We get very, very few people said. But Phillips-Henry said the center ple in crisis. It would also be open that members of the public could process of connecting with an outpatient AuMHC’s goal is to be able to connect less of where they visit.

“Our philosophy is there’s no

the north.

paramedics are forced to decide individuals they’re transporting to care. Consolidating AuMHC’s lift the burden of that decision responders. The Potomac property is Medical Center of Aurora. people who pass through the are brought there by first rewho self-refer to our detox,” she center wouldn’t just care for peoopen beyond traditional hours so could walk in and at least begin the outpatient therapist. She said connect people with care regardwrong door.”

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The need is now. The plan is for 2023.

As of now, the project’s sponsors say they want to see ground broken on the Acute Care Center this fall and doors open by fall 2023.

Perhaps the biggest thing standing between them and the realization of their vision for the campus is money. On March15, the center reported a funding gulf of $18.8 million, including what it would take to recoup the cost of the property.

That’s not including the affordable housing or the separate health clinic that could also be built on the campus, though Phillips-Henry said the AuMHC building wouldn’t necessarily be contingent on those moving forward.

The auxiliary buildings could cost around $20-25 million and $13-15 million respectively, while the AuMHC center would cost $31.8 million in total, also including the cost of the property.

Arapahoe County has allocated $5 million of its American Rescue Plan Act funds for the project. Snell said they hope to hear back from Adams County on AuMHC’s request for $3.1 million in federal pandemic dollars “in a matter of weeks.”

The center has also reportedly received $1 million as a community program allocation through the office of Rep. Jason Crow as well as an additional $587,000 from Signal, an organization designated by the state to manage and monitor substance abuse treatment services for the uninsured.

Snell said the center is also looking into its eligibility for more ARPA funding controlled by the state and has expressed its interest to the governor’s office.

“We may have to hit pause on our own process until we learn what additional dollars we may be able to secure from the state,” Phillips-Henry said. “We really want to be able to see us keep the movement going.”

The funding will go toward replacing the circa-1980s building at 1290 Potomac St., which Phillips-Henry called “tired,” and set-

ting up the interior of the new building.

Snell said AuMHC could squeeze out some savings if they’re able to find a temporary home for their detox program while the construction is underway, which would allow them to scrape the old building all at once. The center plans to keep its detox open during the work.

Much of the benefit of the new center will come from the gathering of services together under a single roof. For that reason, while the center has previously reported difficulties finding licensed clinicians and other workers to staff their facilities, Snell said the establishment of the acute care center wouldn’t exacerbate the problem necessarily by requiring them to ramp up staffing.

“We’re not starting from scratch. We have the staff,” Snell said. The capacity of the detox program will increase however, from 30 beds to around 45 beds. Snell said they’ve been operating around 20 beds during the pandemic due to related restrictions. The size of their crisis stabilization unit is capped at 16 beds. Other programs don’t necessarily have limits on their capacity. Snell also said there is still open space in the proposed building whose use will be decided on through a community meeting process, but she said it could include residential treatment for adult substance abuse or bed-based stabilization services for youth.

“We have an immediate crisis. By burying our head in the sand and saying we’re going to build this campus years in the future, it’s just not soon enough,” Councilman Curtis Gardner said.

CENTER: Artist’s concept of the future Aurora Mental Health Center campus. Graphic supplied

She said the center is still lobbying the state to relax requirements for certification and licensing of staff, noting that the certification process for addiction counselors is particularly long.

A brochure for the Acute Care Center says AuMHC hopes to serve 10,000 people through the facility in its first year of operation. •

Questions about bidding and competition

In January, Aurora City Council voted to contribute another $7 million in ARPA funds to the construction of the new AuMHC Acute Care Center on Potomac, carving the money out of a pool of $10 million that had been proposed to be made available on a competitive basis for infrastructure projects related to mental illness and substance abuse treatment.

The decision was controversial — five of the City Council’s 11 members voted against the allocation, questioning why AuMHC wasn’t required to go through a bidding process before

being handed the money.

“To me, it was irresponsible to not follow that process,” councilmember Curtis Gardner said, adding that he was supportive of the project itself but not the way it was ultimately funded by the city.

“We have an immediate crisis. By burying our head in the sand and saying we’re going to build this campus years in the future, it’s just not soon enough,” he said.

Gardner has brought multiple proposals to the council for funding mental health care in the community, including establishing a “mental health board” appointed by the council that would have been tasked with spending $10 million of the city’s ARPA allocation.

Council members originally indicated that the city would commit between $8 million and $10 million to the Acute Care Campus. While Phillips-Henry acknowledged that the difference in the final funding amount meant a greater gap in getting the center built, she said AuMHC is grateful for the city’s contribution.

The council’s decision left $3 million in competitive funding up for grabs. On March 14, Mile High Behavioral Healthcare CEO Bob Dorshimer said his organization would be seeking $2 million of that to build what he called a “family preservation center” on Montview Boulevard which would combine services through the Colfax Community Network with adolescent behavioral health care.

“We think it’s a grand vision that Aurora Mental Health has,” Dorshimer said. “We celebrate them. And we hope to get the same treatment from the city, obviously, so we can

also do something important with those ARPA dollars.”

The project is also taking shape at the same time as a new state agency designed to oversee behavioral health care in Colorado, which would impact the uninsured and other vulnerable populations in particular.

When asked about the rise in telehealth services and the ongoing need for brick-and-mortar facilities such as the Acute Care Campus, Snell said the center plans to move forward with a “hybrid” model of care and that around half of all AuMHC staff are working in-person.

“What we’ve come to understand … is that we have a number of clients who are very happy with telehealth services, and it’s their preference, and we have a group of clients who really want services face to face,” she said.

The center’s crisis services will continue to be handled in person, though, with Snell mentioning that “when someone is in crisis, it can really be a life or death situation.”

Phillips-Henry said the combination of services at the center is unique in the state and that their staff, who speak more than 40 languages, are well-equipped to serve a diverse group of clients in central Aurora.

“There’s no other campus to my knowledge that’s doing this yet in Colorado. We would be the first, and I think it’s happening in the right community.”

The Magazine

Right: Blanket flowers, a hardy perennial favorite in dry climates, bursting with color and foliage.

Middle: Hardy homunculus, aka day lilies are nearly a care-free and rich addition to any garden.

Below: So-called ice plants thrive in hot, sunny places and provide a wealth of color and cover.

BY KARA MASON, Staff Writer

Keeping up a lush lawn in Aurora is no easy feat.

The city of sprawling neighborhoods gets a little less than 15 inches of rainfall a year, and the most common grass that blankets front, back and side yards from Southshore to Morris Heights — Kentucky bluegrass — needs nearly two-to-three-times that amount of precipitation to thrive, which is why the City of Aurora spends the spring tempting residents to make the switch to “water-wise” landscaping.

GARDEN

“It doesn’t have to be sparse,” said Timothy York, a water conservation supervisor with the City of Aurora.

In fact, there are hundreds of plants, including 42 different varieties of grass, that can be worked into what many would describe as a xeriscape lawn, which uses little to no extra irrigation.

lawmakers say it’s also an important conservation measure, especially for the metroplex.

“For too long the Western Slope and the Eastern Plains have borne the brunt of water conservation,” The Denver Post reported state Rep. Dylan Roberts, D-Steamboat Springs, saying during a February committee meeting. He’s sponsoring the bill along with Rep. Marc Catlin and Sens. Jeff Bridges and Cleave Simpson.

Roberts said the measure would allow metro municipalities to “play their fair part.”

In Aurora, making the switch is relatively easy. Even planning a water-wise yard comes at a low cost. The Water Conservation team with Aurora Water offers free consultations to its customers and each year the department awards the “DreamScape Giveaway” to a customer with the most convincing video of why their yard deserves a total make-over. Last year’s winners had their yard stripped of the Kentrucky bluegrass and workers installed a drip watering system for the new plants.

A greener green

It’s not just gravel and yucca, York said, describing the city’s list of permissible plants. The city has drifted away from using the term “xeriscape” because of that generalization.

Instead, water-wise landscaping has become a smart and creative way to save water and money in a semi-arid and increasingly drier region. York, who has long been a registered landscape architect across the southwest, said per square foot of yard, a residence could save about half of what’s spent on watering a standard turf lawn. Plus, there’s the rebate from the city.

Removing at least 500 square feet of bluegrass in a front or side yard can earn a resident up to $3,000. Each year the city adds 25 to 30 water-wise lawns, but York expects that to accelerate as keeping a large turf yard becomes increasingly impractical. Applications for the rebate are due by Aug. 1.

Aurora is one of more than a dozen Colorado municipalities that offer turf replacement, and now the state might increase those numbers. State lawmakers are currently considering House Bill 151, which would allocate nearly $4 million to encourage more cities to start similar programs. The

Despite water-wise landscaping having a reputation of being barren, they are anything but. City rules dictate that such a lawn actually comprise 50% plant cover. That can include trees — like spruces, some maples, pines and junipers — vines and perennials.

“The options are really endless,” York said. “There are so many colors and textures.”

For normally tough-to-please HOAs, water-wise landscaping is still an option, though it may require working within some more specific rules, such as mulch color or which plants are permissible. York said a little education can go a long way with HOA boards, but because local and state law don’t allow HOAs to ban turfless lawns, it’s entirely possible to accomplish.

Beyond the obvious water savings, York said people who make the switch end up saving time and money on other supplies, like fertilizer, which also has the potential to cause problems down the road when it leaches into storm water. The native plants common in water-wise design also help local wildlife, like birds, bees and rabbits.

“Grass is not native here, it’s a non-native species, so it doesn’t offer much of a benefit to the environment,” York said.

FILE PHOTOS BY Philip B. Poston/ Sentinel Colorado

Parents’ afternoons and nights out at Bounce

Clyfford Still, Art and the Young Mind

scene & herd

Skyward: Breakthrough in Flight at Wings Over the Rockies

3900 Elati Street, Denver Opens

March 15, tickets ranging from $30-$90 on sale now at https:// lighthouseimmersive.com/immersive-shevchenko

The same company that brought immersive art exhibits about Frida Kahlo and Van Gogh to the Denver metro area is now displaying a show about Ukrainian artist Taras Shevchenko, with proceeds being donated to relief efforts in the besieged country. Shevchenko was born in 1814 and was an influential Ukranian writer, artist and political activist, and was considered by many to be the father of modern Ukranian literature. The exhibit will project dozens of his paintings in a larger-than-life format on a 15-minute loop, set to music. “Shevchenko’s art was pivotal in establishing and celebrating a Ukrainian national identity,” according to the event producers. “His work illustrates and encapsulates the soul of Ukraine.” Tickets cost between $30-$90 and include admission to the Immersive Frida Kahlo exhibit. All proceeds will be donated to the International Red Cross’ Ukraine fund and the National Bank of Ukraine fund.

Selfie@Stanley

Bounce Gymnastics at Stanley Marketplace, 2501 Dallas St. 5:308:30 p.m. March 19, 3:15-6:15 p.m. March 20 $45 per child, call 720460-0267

You love your kids, sure…but sometimes it’s nice to have a little break from them. Stanley Marketplace has you covered. This coming Saturday and Sunday, Bounce gymnastics will let you drop off your kids so they can jump, run and tumble for the afternoon or evening while you grab a drink or enjoy a nice meal sans-youngsters at one of the hanger’s many establishments. Kids in kindergarten through 8th grade are welcome for several hours of gymnastics, obstacle courses, open gym and games — perfect for burning off energy after being stuck indoors in the cold. (And remember to stretch first if your kids try to teach you any of the moves they learned after, or else you might spend the rest of the evening on the couch with an ice pack.)

“Hurricane Diane” by Madeleine George

March 11 — Aug. 7 Clyfford Still Museum 1250 Bannock St., Denver Wednesday-Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. tickets $10 adults and free for children 17 and under, purchase online at clyffordstillmuseum.org

Have you ever wondered what an art exhibit designed by young children would look like? Through August, the Clyfford Still museum is bringing this unique idea to life in an exhibit that was “co-created” with children across the Front Range.

Clyfford Still was a leading figure in the abstract expressionist movement, and the Denver museum that houses a large collection of his work is carrying on his iconoclastic legacy with this exhibition, which is part of an initiative to welcome children into the museum. The first four galleries will feature Still’s work, with paintings hung at a low eye-level specifically for young viewers. The rest will display artwork that children from six months to eight years old from Fort Collins, Denver, Lafayette and Boulder helped curate. According to the museum website, these local children “selected and arranged their favorite artworks; shared their perspectives for the gallery and audio content; and helped design interactive activities.” Really puts a new spin on the jab that modern art is so abstract that “a child could do it.”

Open through June 19, exhibit included in the price of admission. 7711 E. Academy Blvd. Denver, CO 80230. Monday-Saturday: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Sunday: 12 p.m. - 5 p.m. Visit www.wingsmuseum.org for more information.

In the span of one lifetime, mankind went from having no instances of significant flight to landing on the moon. It’s the kind of innovation that makes anything feel possible, and it’s all on display at Wings Over the Rockies through June 19. “Skyward: Breakthrough in Flight” examines all of the major milestones that have gotten us to where we are today: simultaneously curious about commercial flights to the final frontier and also wondering how Frontier could possibly give us less leg room. From the very beginning through today and what’s next for flight, you won’t want to miss the stories and artifacts collected by curators at Wings. The exhibit is on through the beginning of the summer.

Now through April 17. Tickets $20 for individuals, $18 a piece for groups of 12 people and more. Book tickets now at selfieatstanley.com. Must show proof of COVID-19 vaccination. 2501 North Dallas St., Aurora, CO 80010.

Few online tasks get the serotonin flowing like switching out your profile picture. Racking up the likes and the comments elicits true heart-eyes emoji feels. Thanks to a new installation at Stanley Marketplace in north Aurora, you could have a new headshot to post every week for the next six months! The Selfie@Stanley art pop-up features more than 25 “unique and unexpected” backdrops. From a doughnut wall to backdrops from well-known places, you’re sure to find something that fits your Insta aesthetic. The only real rules here are to bring a fully-charged phone and vaccination proof. The rest is up to you, you influencer. Tickets for groups of 12 or more people are $18 a piece and individual tickets are $20 for an hour of shooting in the pop-up. For a full-fledged selfie party, you can even rent the venue. More information at www.selfieatstanley.com.

“Hurricane Diane” at the Aurora Fox Arts Center 9900 E. Colfax Ave. Showtimes March 18-April 10 Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m.. Tickets start at $28 for adults and can be purchased at aurorafoxartscenter. org.

The Aurora Fox Arts Center is back with its fourth show of the season. Diane is “a permaculture gardener dripping with butch charm” who’s hiding a tiny secret: she’s actually Dionysus, the Greek god of wine, fertility, festivity and theatre.

On a mission to return earth to its natural state, she sets up shop in suburban New Jersey and draws the curiosity of the local housewives. With a description like that, who could resist? The play debuted in 2017 and has been performed in New Jersey, New York and San Diego before making landfall in Aurora. With a run time of just 90 minutes, this “comedy with a twist” will have you holding onto your seat from start to finish. The Fox is partnering with Denver Urban Gardens on this performance; enter the promo cord DUG20 at checkout for discounted tickets.

nounced deceased on the scene.”

Police also “located” somewhere at the hotel two women suffering gunshot wounds. One of woman is 19, the other 20.

“Both females were transported to a local hospital in serious condition,” Saucedo said. “The suspects left the scene prior to officers’ arrival.”

Soon after police were told about the hotel shooting, dispatchers received a call about another person having been shot near Chambers Road and East Smith Road.

“Officers from the Aurora Police Gang Intervention Unit contacted three juvenile males and one 18-yearold male,” Saucedo said. “They discovered that the adult male was suffering from a gunshot wound. He was transported to a local hospital for treatment.”

Police later identified the man as Rafael Bergeron Martinez, 18, of Westminster.

“Officers were quickly able to determine that all the subjects had been involved in the shooting and took them into custody,” police said.

The three boys and Martinez have all been arrested in connection with the shooting and murder at the hotel, police said.

The boys’ identities were not released because of their ages.

“Last night, our community was, once again, shaken by the news of gun violence involving young people,” said Brian Mason, 17th Judicial District Attorney.  “This is yet another horrific case of a teen losing their life because too many young people have easy and unsupervised access to firearms.”

“Please secure your guns properly so you can ensure that there is one less gun out on the street,” Mason said.

The Adams County coroner office will release the name of the slain boy at a future date, police said, which is standard police protocol.

This is Aurora’s seventh homicide of 2022.

“I want to highlight the exceptional teamwork that these arrests represent,” Aurora Police Chief Venessa Wilson said in a statement. “Our officers and detectives from patrol, the Gang Unit and the Major Crimes Homicide Unit worked quickly to apprehend these violent criminals.”

Anyone with information is asked to contact Metro Denver Crime Stoppers at 720-913-7867. Tipsters can remain anonymous and still be eligible for a reward of up to $2,000, police said.

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DA clears officer of wrongdoing

An Aurora SWAT team officer who fired into a north Aurora apartment building during a standoff thinking a police-deployed flash-bang device was a shooter is not guilty of any wrongdoing, 17th Judicial District Attorney Brian Mason ruled in a decision letter released Tuesday.

During the afternoon of Sunday, Sept. 26, Aurora Police Department officers were called to a report of a shooting, but the suspect had fled the home and no arrest was made, ac-

cording to the letter. Later that day, the mother of the suspect called the police to report that it was her adult son who had fired shots at a neighbor’s house.

The woman asked APD to remove her son from her home, an apartment in the 2200 block of Billings Street. According to the letter, she warned the police that he was armed and threatening to kill members of the household and was “scared, schizophrenic” and on drugs.

Police responded to the residence, where two members of the household remained barricaded in the basement after the others had fled.

“The mother reported that her son refused to come out of the house and if police responded he would engage in a ‘blaze of glory,’” the letter said. Officers were unable to make contact with the man and summoned the APD SWAT team, which was also unable to make contact.

The members of the household inside told police they thought the man was trying to force his way into the basement, the letter said, at which point the SWAT team decided to enter the house. As police entered the house they detonated a flashbang device intended to distract the suspect.

“As the SWAT officers entered the home, two of them saw what they perceived as muzzle flashes,” the letter said. “Apparently one of the officers, believing the flash to be someone shooting from the inside, fired his weapon toward the direction of the flash.”

The gunshots caused property damage but did not strike anybody, the letter said. Officers later said they thought the flashes were the suspect firing at them, which investigators could not find any evidence for.

“Aside from the deployment of flash-bang devices, no conclusions could be reached as to what the two SWAT officers perceived as muzzle flashes,” the letter said.

The officers were not named by the district attorney’s office.

As is standard any time weapons are fired, the 17th Judicial District Critical Incident Response Team investigated the incident and presented the findings to the DA’s office. Mason ruled that the officer was not guilty of any criminal conduct in firing his weapon.

APD previously had an agreement with the Denver Police Department to investigate each other’s use of force incidents but joined the 17th and 18th Judicial District Critical Incident Response Teams last April. The switch was part of an ongoing effort from Chief Vanessa Wilson to increase transparency in the department.

Criminal charges against the man, who was not named in the letter, are pending in Adams County District Court.

According to previous reporting from TheSentinel,the suspect was a 21-year-old man who was taken into custody after the SWAT team entered the home. He was admitted to a local hospital for treatment because he was determined to be experiencing a mental health crisis, and was charged after being released.

Because the people must know

COMBINED NOTICE -

PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103

FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0005-2022

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described

Deed of Trust:

On January 7, 2022, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s)

SHIRLEY S. RELIFORD, RAVEN RELIFORD Original Beneficiary(ies)

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR FIDELITY MORTGAGE OF NY A DIVISION OF DELTA FUNDING CORPORATION

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY IN ITS CAPACITY AS INDENTURE TRUSTEE OF CIM TRUST 2021-

NR1 Date of Deed of Trust

February 24, 2006

County of Recording

Arapahoe

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

March 20, 2006

Recording Information (Reception No. and/ or Book/Page No.)

B6042963

Original Principal Amount

$205,000.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$172,706.33

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 2, BLOCK 2, SETTLERS VILLAGE, SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 3, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 15184 EAST WALSH DRIVE, AURORA, CO 80012.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 05/11/2022, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication 3/17/2022

Last Publication 4/14/2022

Name of Publication Sentinel

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;

DATE: 01/07/2022

Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado

By: /s/ Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Anna Johnston #51978

Ryan Bourgeois #51088

Joseph D. DeGiorgio #45557

Randall Chin #31149

Barrett, Frappier & Weisserman, LLP 1391

Speer Boulevard, Suite 700, Denver, CO 80204 (303) 350-3711

Attorney File # 00000009321571

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado

Revised 1/2015

COMBINED NOTICEPUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103

FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0100-2021

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described

Deed of Trust:

On December 17, 2021, the undersigned

Public Trustee caused the Notice of Elec-

tion and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s)

JERRY GOMEZ

Original Beneficiary(ies)

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR NEW AMERICAN FUNDING, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt BANKUNITED N.A.

Date of Deed of Trust

December 05, 2009

County of Recording Arapahoe

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

December 15, 2009

Recording Information (Reception No. and/ or Book/Page No.)

B9134926

Original Principal Amount

$159,890.00

Outstanding Principal Balance $121,091.46

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 33, BLOCK 30, MEADOWOOD FILING NO. 3, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO

Also known by street and number as: 3352 SOUTH OURAY WAY, AURORA, CO 80013. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 04/20/2022, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication 2/24/2022

Last Publication 3/24/2022

Name of Publication Sentinel 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;

DATE: 12/17/2021

Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado

By: /s/ Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Alison L Berry #34531

Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592

David R. Doughty #40042

Lynn M. Janeway #15592 Janeway Law Firm, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990

Attorney File # 16-012730

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado

Revised 1/2015

COMBINED NOTICEPUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0211-2020

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

On December 15, 2020, the undersigned

Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s) BEZH SERVICES LLC

Original Beneficiary(ies)

or

No.)

D9088209

Original Principal Amount $115,200.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$115,200.00

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

CONDOMINIUM UNIT NO. 264, CLUB VALENCIA CONDOMINIUMS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DECLARATION RECORDED DECEMBER 21, 1979 IN BOOK 3135, PAGE 443, AND CONDOMINIUM MAP RECORDED ON DECEMBER 12, 1979 IN BOOK 42, PAGE 74, OF THE ARAPAHOE COUNTY RECORDS, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 1306 S PARKER RD, #264, DENVER, CO 80231. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 04/14/2021, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication 2/18/2021

Last Publication 3/18/2021

Name of Publication Sentinel

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;

DATE: 12/15/2020

Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado

By: /s/ Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Robert T. Cosgrove #12217 Burns, Wall and Mueller, P.C. 303 East 17th Avenue, Suite 800, Denver, CO 80203-1299 (303) 830-7000

Attorney File # 1306 S PARKER 264

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado

Revised 1/2015

COMBINED NOTICEPUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103

FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0002-2022

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

On January 4, 2022, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s)

Karen L Hillion

Original Beneficiary(ies)

TCF National Bank, a national banking association

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

U.S. Bank Trust National Association, as Trustee of CVF III Mortgage Loan Trust II

Date of Deed of Trust

April 18, 2003

County of Recording

Arapahoe

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

April 23, 2003

Recording Information (Reception No. and/ or Book/Page No.)

B3086238

Original Principal Amount

$34,440.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$32,918.44

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations

thereof. THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. LOT 29, BLOCK 4, AURORA HIGHLANDS SUBDIVISION FIRST FILING, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 1144 S TRUCKEE WAY, AURORA, CO 80017. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 05/04/2022, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication 3/10/2022

Last Publication 4/7/2022

Name of Publication Sentinel

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;

DATE: 01/04/2022

Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado

By: /s/ Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Erin Croke #46557

Steven Bellanti #48306

Holly Shilliday #24423

Ilene Dell’Acqua #31755

McCarthy & Holthus LLP 7700 E Arapahoe Road, Suite 230, Centennial, CO 80112 (877) 369-6122

Attorney File # CO-21-894772-LL

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado

Revised 1/2015

COMBINED NOTICE -

PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103

FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0008-2022

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust:

On January 11, 2022, the undersigned Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s)

Antolin Ballesteros

Original Beneficiary(ies)

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR COUNTRYWIDE BANK, FSB, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

MIDFIRST BANK

Date of Deed of Trust

June 16, 2008

County of Recording

Arapahoe

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

June 18, 2008

Recording Information (Reception No. and/ or Book/Page No.)

B8070183

Original Principal Amount

$64,488.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$40,797.46

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof. THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN. SEE ATTACHED LEGAL DESCRIPTION EXHIBIT A CONDOMINIUM UNIT 189, BUILDING 32, DISCOVERY AT SMOKY HILL CONDOMINIUMS PHASE VII, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SUBJECT TO THE DECLARATION OF COVENANTS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS OF DISCOVERY AT SMOKY HILL CONDOMINIUMS, RECORDED AT THE CLERK AND RECORDER OFFICE, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, AND MAP RECORDED ON AUGUST 31, 1982, IN BOOK 58, AT PAGE 14, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, COLORADO RECORDS.

SAID CONDOMINIUM UNIT IS FURTHER DESCRIBED AND DEPICTED ON THE MAP FOR DISCOVERY AT SMOKY HILL CONDOMINIUM, PHASE VII, AND RECORDED MAY 9, 1983 IN BOOK 64 AT PAGES 1-8, AND DECLARATION OF COVENANTS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS RECORDED NOVEMBER 24, 1982 IN BOOK 3741 AT PAGE 471, AND ANY AND ALL AMENDMENTS THERETO, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as: 16996 E Piedmont Dr Unit C, Aurora, CO 80015-5513. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST. NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 05/11/2022, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication 3/17/2022

Last Publication 4/14/2022

Name of Publication Sentinel

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; DATE: 01/11/2022

Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado

By: /s/ Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Alison L Berry #34531

Nicholas H. Santarelli #46592

David R. Doughty #40042

Lynn M. Janeway #15592

Janeway Law Firm, P.C. 9800 S. Meridian Blvd., Suite 400, Englewood, CO 80112 (303) 706-9990

Attorney File # 21-026181

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado

Revised 1/2015

COMBINED NOTICE -

PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103

FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0009-2022

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described

Deed of Trust:

On January 11, 2022, the undersigned

Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s) RANDALL W JUSTICE

Original Beneficiary(ies)

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR CMG MORTGAGE, INC DBA CMG

FINANCIAL

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

CMG MORTGAGE, INC

Date of Deed of Trust

July 08, 2019

County of Recording

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

July 15, 2019

Recording Information (Reception No. and/ or Book/Page No.)

D9069348

Original Principal Amount

$190,272.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$186,089.04

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows:

Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof.

THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE

A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 46, BLOCK 1, THE TIMBERS, FILING NO 2, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO

Also known by street and number as: 3745

S GRANBY WAY, AURORA, CO 80014.

THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY

ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 05/11/2022, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication 3/17/2022

Last Publication 4/14/2022

Name of Publication Sentinel 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;

DATE: 01/11/2022

Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado

By: /s/ Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Anna Johnston #51978

Ryan Bourgeois #51088

Joseph D. DeGiorgio #45557

Randall Chin #31149

Barrett, Frappier & Weisserman, LLP 1391

Speer Boulevard, Suite 700, Denver, CO 80204 (303) 350-3711

Attorney File # 00000009369182

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado

Revised 1/2015

COMBINED NOTICEPUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103 FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0103-2021

To Whom It May Concern: This Notice is given with regard to the following described

Deed of Trust:

On December 21, 2021, the undersigned

Public Trustee caused the Notice of Election and Demand relating to the Deed of Trust described below to be recorded in the County of Arapahoe records.

Original Grantor(s)

BRIAN E. CHRISTOPHERSON

Original Beneficiary(ies)

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS BENEFICIARY, AS NOMINEE FOR CHERRY CREEK MORTGAGE CO., INC., ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt LOANCARE, LLC

Date of Deed of Trust

November 13, 2008

County of Recording

Arapahoe

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

November 14, 2008

Recording Information (Reception No. and/ or Book/Page No.)

B8126850

Original Principal Amount

$259,920.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$208,982.86

Pursuant to CRS §38-38-101(4)(i), you are hereby notified that the covenants of the deed of trust have been violated as follows: Failure to pay principal and interest when due together with all other payments provided for in the evidence of debt secured by the deed of trust and other violations thereof. THE LIEN FORECLOSED MAY NOT BE A FIRST LIEN.

LOT 3, BLOCK 3, EAST ILIFF MEADOWS SUBDIVISION, FILING NO. 3, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO

Also known by street and number as:

12196 E. LASALLE PLACE, AURORA, CO 80014. THE PROPERTY DESCRIBED HEREIN IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY ENCUMBERED BY THE LIEN OF THE DEED OF TRUST.

NOTICE OF SALE

The current holder of the Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, described herein, has filed Notice of Election and Demand for sale as provided by law and in said Deed of Trust.

THEREFORE, Notice Is Hereby Given that I will at public auction, at 10:00 A.M. on Wednesday, 04/20/2022, at The East Hearing Room, County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, sell to the highest and best bidder for cash, the said real property and all interest of the said Grantor(s), Grantor(s)’ heirs and assigns therein, for the purpose of paying the indebtedness provided in said Evidence of Debt secured by the Deed of Trust, plus attorneys’ fees, the expenses of sale and other items allowed by law, and will issue to the purchaser a Certificate of Purchase, all as provided by law.

First Publication 2/24/2022

Last Publication 3/24/2022

Name of Publication Sentinel

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;

DATE: 12/21/2021

Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado

By: /s/ Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee

The name, address, business telephone number and bar registration number of the attorney(s) representing the legal holder of the indebtedness is:

Amanda Ferguson #44893

Heather Deere #28597

Toni M. Owan #30580

Halliday, Watkins & Mann, PC 355 Union Blvd., Ste. 250, Lakewood, CO 80228 (303) 274-0155

Attorney File # CO11214

The Attorney above is acting as a debt collector and is attempting to collect a debt. Any information provided may be used for that purpose.

©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado

Revised 1/2015

NOTICE OF UNCLAIMED OVERBID FUNDS CRS 38-38-111(2.5b)(3a,b,d)(5)

PUBLIC TRUSTEE SALE NO. 0032-2021

To: Record Owner of the property as of the recording of the Notice of Election and Demand or other person entitled. You are advised that there are overbid funds due you. This Notice is given with regard to the following described Deed of Trust and Notice of Election and Demand:

Name of Record Owner as evidenced on the Notice of Election and Demand or other person entitled

RACHEL M. SULLIVAN

Address of Record Owner as evidenced on the recorded instrument evidencing the owner’s interest 14896 EAST 2ND AVENUE #105, AURORA, CO 80011

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

June 29, 2006

Recording Information B6095550

Recording Date of Notice of Election and Demand

June 15, 2021

Recording Information of Notice of Election and Demand

E1095297

Legal Description of Property

PLEASE SEE ATTACHED LEGAL DESCRIPTION LEGAL DESCRIPTION CONDOMINIUM UNIT NO. 105H, BUILDING H, RED SKY CONDOMINIUMS, ACCORDING TO THE CONDOMINIUM MAP FILED OF RECORD ON JANUARY 11, 1979 IN PLAT BOOK 36 AT PAGE 86, AND SUPPLEMENTS THERETO AND AS DEFINED IN THE DECLARATION OF CONDOMINIUM OF RED SKY RECORDED

JANUARY 11, 1979, IN BOOK 2918 AT PAGE 601, RECORDS OF ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO TOGETHER WITH THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO USE PARKING SPACE(S) AND OR CARPORT NO(S). 105H, AND TOGETHER WITH THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT TO USE STORAGE SPACE 105S IN BUILDING H, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO Street Address of Property 14896 EAST 2ND AVENUE #105, AURORA, CO 80011 NOTICE OF UNCLAIMED OVERBID FUNDS

County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado, 80120, to the highest and best bidder for cash, the real property described above. An overbid was realized from the sale and the funds must be claimed by the owner or other persons entitled thereto within six months from the date of sale. THE STATE OF COLORADO REQUIRES US TO NOTIFY YOU THAT YOUR PROPERTY MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO THE CUSTODY OF THE STATE TREASURER IF YOU DO NOT CONTACT US BEFORE 1/31/2022 as part of the “Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act”, pursuant to Colorado law.

First Publication 3/10/22

Last Publication 4/7/22

Name of Publication Sentinel Date: 2/4/22

Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee in and for the County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado

By: /s/ Susan Sandstrom, Public Trustee ©Public Trustees’ Association of Colorado Revised 9/2012

CITY OF AURORA, COLORADO Ordinance 2022-11

FOR AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AURORA, COLORADO, REZONING 10.532 ACRES OF LAND, MORE OR LESS, GENERALLY LOCATED NORTH OF JEWELL AVENUE AND EAST OF THE PLAINS CONSERVATION CENTER, WITHIN THE CITY OF AURORA, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO, FROM PARKS ANDOPEN SPACE DISTRICT TO ACCIDENT POTENTIAL ZONE DISTRICT, CLEAR ZONE SUBAREA, AND AMENDING THE ZONING MAP ACCORDINGLY (BUCKLEY SPACE FORCE PARCEL REZONE)

Ordinance 2022-11 was finally passed at the March 14, 2022, regular meeting of the City Council and will take effect on April 16, 2022. The full text of the ordinance is available for public inspection and acquisition in the City Clerk’s Office, 15151 E. Alameda Parkway, Suite 1400, Aurora, Colorado, and on the city’s website at: https://www. auroragov.org/city_hall/public_records/legal_notices/ordinance_notices/.

/s/ Kadee Rodriguez City Clerk

Publication: March 17, 2022

Sentinel CITY OF AURORA, COLORADO Ordinance 2022-12

FOR AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AURORA, COLORADO, ADDING A NEW SECTION TO BE NUMBERED 94-122 TO THE CITY CODE PERTAINING TO PROHIBITING UNAUTHORIZED CAMPING ON PUBLIC OR PRIVATE PROPERTY AND ADDING ARTICLE IV, SECTIONS 114-106 THROUGH 114-112 TO CHAPTER 114 PERTAINING TO ABATING UNAUTHORIZED CAMPS ON PUBLIC PROPERTY Ordinance 2022-12 was finally passed at the March 14, 2022, regular meeting of the City Council and will take effect on April 16, 2022. The full text of the ordinance is available for public inspection and acquisition in the City Clerk’s Office, 15151 E. Alameda Parkway, Suite 1400, Aurora, Colorado, and on the city’s website at: https://www. auroragov.org/city_hall/public_records/legal_notices/ordinance_notices/.

/s/ Kadee Rodriguez City Clerk

Publication: March 17, 2022

Sentinel CITY OF AURORA, COLORADO Ordinance 2022-13

A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF FOR AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AURORA, COLORADO, REZONING A PARCEL OF LAND MEASURING 4.5 ACRES MORE OR LESS AT 1671 N ALTURA BLVD FROM MEDIUM-DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT (R-2) TO HIGHDENSITY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT (R4) AND AMENDING THE ZONING MAP ACCORDINGLY (1671 ALTURA BOULEVARD ZONING MAP AMENDMENT)

Ordinance 2022-13, which was introduced on March 14, 2022, will be presented for final passage at the March 28, 2022, regular meeting of the City Council. The full text of the ordinance is available for public inspection and acquisition in the City Clerk’s Office, 15151 E. Alameda Parkway, Suite 1400, Aurora, Colorado, and on the city’s website at: https://www.auroragov.org/city_hall/public_records/legal_notices/ordinance_notices/.

/s/ Kadee Rodriguez City Clerk

Publication: March 17, 2022

Sentinel

CITY OF AURORA, COLORADO Ordinance 2022-15

FOR AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AURORA, COLORADO, REPEALING OBSOLETE LICENSE PROVISIONS IN CHAPTER 86

Ordinance 2022-15, which was introduced on March 14, 2022, will be presented for final passage at the March 28, 2022, regular meeting of the City Council. The full text of the ordinance is available for public inspection and acquisition in the City Clerk’s Office, 15151 E. Alameda Parkway, Suite 1400, Aurora, Colorado, and on the city’s website at: https://www.auroragov.org/city_hall/public_records/legal_notices/ordinance_notices/.

/s/ Kadee Rodriguez City Clerk

Publication: March 17, 2022 Sentinel

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Case Number(s): 2018-1006-08

Applicant: City of Aurora - Planning & Development Services

Application Name: Unified Development Ordinance - UDO Amendment

You are hereby notified that a public hearing will be held on March 28, 2022, starting at 6:30 p.m. at the regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Aurora, Colorado. THIS MEETING WILL BE A VIRTUAL MEETING, PLEASE GO TO THE CITY OF AURORA WEBSITE (AURORAGOV. ORG) FOR INSTRUCTIONS ON PARTICIPATION. PUBLIC HEARING AND INTRODUCTION OF AN ORDINANCE FOR PHASE II CORRECTIONS, CLARIFICATIONS AND AMENDMENTS TO THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE.

A DRAFT ORDINANCE IS AVAILABLE

UPON REQUEST FROM THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AT 303-739-7251.

Site Location: Within the boundaries of the City

At said meeting any person in interest may appear and be heard on the requested approval.

/s/ Kadee Rodriguez City Clerk

Publication: March 17, 2022

Sentinel

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD ON APRIL 11, 2022, STARTING AT 6:30 P.M. AT THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AURORA, COLORADO TO FIND AND DETERMINE WHETHER A CERTAIN PARCEL OF LAND LOCATED IN THE WEST HALF OF SECTION 30, TOWNSHIP 3 SOUTH, RANGE 65 WEST, AND THE EAST HALF OF SECTION 25, TOWNSHIP 3 SOUTH, RANGE 66 WEST OF THE SIXTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO, MEETS THE APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS OF COLORADO CONSTITUTION ARTICLE 2, SECTION 30 AND C.R.S. §§ 31-12-104 AND 31-12-105, AND IS CONSIDERED ELIGIBLE FOR ANNEXATION. THE HEARING WILL BE HELD UPON THE ATTACHED RESOLUTION IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS IN THE AURORA MUNICIPAL CENTER LOCATED AT 15151 E. ALAMEDA PARKWAY, AURORA, COLORADO 80012 OR VIRTUALLY (PLEASE GO TO THE CITY OF AURORA WEBSITE AT AURORAGOV.ORG FOR INSTRUCTIONS ON PARTICIPATION).

AT SAID MEETING ANY PERSON IN INTEREST MAY APPEAR AND BE HEARD ON THE REQUESTED APPROVAL. RESOLUTION NO. R2022

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AURORA, COLORADO, FINDING A PETITION FOR ANNEXATION OF A CERTAIN PARCEL OF LAND LOCATED IN THE WEST HALF OF SECTION 30, TOWNSHIP 3 SOUTH, RANGE 65 WEST, AND THE EAST HALF OF SECTION 25, TOWNSHIP 3 SOUTH, RANGE 66 WEST OF THE SIXTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO, TO BE IN SUBSTANTIAL COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 3112-107(1), C.R.S., AND GIVING NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION (Aurora Highlands Hospital Annexation) 6.097 ACRES.

WHEREAS, a petition for annexation of a certain parcels of land, described herein in Exhibit A attached hereto, has been filed with the City Clerk of the City of Aurora, Colorado (the “City”); and

WHEREAS, the petition has been referred to the City Council of the City for a determination of substantial compliance with requirements of Section 31-12-107(1), C.R.S.; and

WHEREAS, the City Council has been advised by staff, and has taken official notice of all maps, records, and other information and materials on file with the City regarding said petition.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED

BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AURORA, COLORADO THAT:

Section 1. The petition for annexation of certain land more particularly described in Exhibit A, attached hereto and incorporated herein, is hereby determined to be in substantial compliance with Section 31-12107(1), C.R.S.

Section 2. The City Council shall hold a public hearing on the proposed annexation on April 11, 2022, at 6:30 p.m., in the City Council Chambers, Aurora Municipal Center, 15151 East Alameda Parkway, Aurora, Colorado, or, if the hearing is not held in person, then by such telephonic or electronic means accessed as described on the City’s website Auroragov.org, to determine if the proposed annexation complies with Sections 31-12-104 and 31-12-105, C.R.S., or such parts thereof as may be required to establish eligibility for annexation.

Section 3. The City Clerk is hereby directed to publish this Resolution and a Notice of Public Hearing once each week for four consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the area proposed to be annexed.

RESOLVED AND PASSED this day of . 2022.

MIKE COFFMAN, Mayor

ATTEST:

KADEE RODRIGUEZ, City Clerk

APPROVED AS TO FORM:

BRIAN J. RULLA, Assistant City Attorney Exhibit A

(Legal description of property to be annexed)

A PARCEL OF LAND BEING A PORTION OF RESOLUTION ACCEPTING WARRANTY DEED RECORDED OCTOBER 27, 1983 IN BOOK 2804, AT PAGE 814, A PORTION OF RESOLUTION ACCEPTING WARRANTY DEED RECORDED OCTOBER 27, 1983 IN BOOK 2804, AT PAGE 817, A PORTION OF RESOLUTION ACCEPTING WARRANTY DEED RECORDED OCTOBER 27, 1983 IN BOOK 2804, AT PAGE 820, ALL THOSE CERTAIN PORTIONS OF SPECIAL WARRANTY DEED RECORDED DECEMBER 29, 2021 AT RECEPTION NO. 2021000150892, ALL IN THE OFFICIAL RECORDS OF THE CLERK AND RECORDER, COUNTY OF ADAMS, STATE OF COLORADO, LYING WITHIN THE WEST HALF OF SECTION 30, TOWNSHIP 3 SOUTH, RANGE 65 WEST, AND THE EAST HALF OF SECTION 25, TOWNSHIP 3 SOUTH, RANGE 66 WEST OF THE SIXTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, SAID COUNTY AND STATE, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:

BEGINNING AT THE NORTH SIXTEENTH CORNER OF SAID SECTIONS 25 AND 30, WHENCE THE WEST LINE OF THE SOUTH HALF OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 30 BEARS SOUTH 00°13’45” EAST, A DISTANCE OF 1,324.09 FEET;

THENCE ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID NORTH HALF OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 30, AND ALONG THE SOUTHERLY BOUNDARY OF ORDINANCE NO. 85-188 RECORDED IN BOOK 3132, AT PAGE 642, IN SAID OFFICIAL RECORDS, NORTH 89°23’15” EAST, A DISTANCE OF 72.24 FEET TO THE WESTERLY BOUNDARY OF ORDINANCE NO. 18-028 RECORDED AT RECEPTION NO. 2018000080162, AND THE BEGINNING OF A NON-TANGENT CURVE CONCAVE EASTERLY HAVING A RADIUS OF 2,221.84 FEET, THE RADIUS POINT OF SAID CURVE BEARS SOUTH 86°38’41” EAST;

THENCE ALONG THE BOUNDARIES OF SAID ORDINANCE NO. 18-028 THE FOLLOWING FIVE (5) COURSES:

SOUTHERLY ALONG SAID CURVE THROUGH A CENTRAL ANGLE OF 03°20’36”, AN ARC LENGTH OF 129.65 FEET;

NON-TANGENT TO SAID CURVE, SOUTH 00°00’02” EAST, A DISTANCE OF 194.12 FEET;

NORTH 89°59’58” WEST, A DISTANCE OF 97.14 FEET;

SOUTH 00°13’45” EAST, A DISTANCE OF 2,804.05 FEET;

NORTH 89°46’06” EAST, A DISTANCE OF 60.00 FEET TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF E-470 PARCEL NO. TK-104 AS DESCRIBED IN SPECIAL WARRANTY DEED RECORDED AUGUST 1, 1996, IN BOOK 4807, PAGE 545;

THENCE ALONG THE WESTERLY BOUNDARY OF SAID LAST DESCRIBED PARCEL NO. TK-104, SOUTH 00°13’45” EAST, A DISTANCE OF 175.57 FEET TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SAID PARCEL NO. TK-104;

THENCE SOUTH 89°31’40” WEST, A DISTANCE OF 30.00 FEET TO THE WEST LINE OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 30;

24/7 in case of emergencies; (3) maintain fountains, fire pit, banners on street lights; street lights and signs, monuments and site amenities; (4) supervision of independent contractors; and (5) general record keeping; maintenance of District’s files; assistance in preparation of annual budgets and provision of periodic reports. A copy of the full Scope of Services to be performed may be obtained from Ann Finn at afinn@ sdmsi.com.

Sealed bids will be received by the District via Zoom:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8151958 4009?pwd=dTFzSjZ4bHd5TnVKb01yL3p

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until 9:00 a.m. on Friday, April 1, 2022. Any bids received after this time will not be accepted and will be returned unopened. At said place and time, and promptly thereafter, all bids that have been duly received will be opened.

The work to be performed shall be pursuant to an Independent Contractor’s Agreement for General Maintenance Services (“Agreement”) which term shall begin on April 15, 2022 and expire on December 31, 2024, subject to annual appropriation.

Said Agreement generally describes the District/Manager relationship and specific services to be provided to the District. Copies of the Agreement in draft form will be available from SDMS upon request.

All bids shall be submitted in the form of a written qualification statement which shall include a written demonstration of the bidder’s ability to provide the services listed in the Scope of Services attached as Exhibit A to the form Independent Contractor’s Agreement for General Maintenance Services and the cost of providing such services on an annual basis to be billed in twelve (12) monthly installments.

Basis of award will be the lowest responsive and responsible bid as determined by the District. All bidders must be familiar with Title 32 Metropolitan Districts and their governing statutes.

No bids may be withdrawn within a period of thirty (30) days after the date bids are opened. The District reserves the right to reject any and all bids or to accept that bid or combination of bids, if any, which in the sole and absolute judgment of the District will, under all circumstances, best serve the District’s interest.

/s/ Board of Directors

Southlands Metropolitan District No. 1

Publication: March 17, 2022

Sentinel

NOTICE AS TO AMENDMENT OF 2022 BUDGET THE AURORA HIGHLANDS COMMUNITY AUTHORITY BOARD ADAMS COUNTY, COLORADO

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Sections 29-1-108 and 109, C.R.S., that a proposed amendment to the 2022 budget has been submitted to the Board of Directors of The Aurora Highlands Community Authority Board (the “CAB”). A copy of the proposed 2022 amended budget is on file in the office of the CAB’s Accountant, CliftonLarsonAllen LLP, 8390 E. Crescent Pkwy., Suite 300, Greenwood Village, CO 80111, where same is available for public inspection. Any interested elector within the CAB may, at any time prior to the final adoption of the 2022 amended budget, inspect the 2022 amended budget and file or register any objections thereto. The address of the office of the CAB where the names and addresses of the CAB Members and its officers and the address, telephone number, fax number and email address of the CAB may be obtained is: c/o CliftonLarsonAllen LLP, 8390 E. Crescent Pkwy., Suite 300, Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111.

The proposed 2022 amended budget will be considered at a regular meeting of the CAB to be held on a First Reading at 1:00 p.m. on March 17, 2022 at the Construction Trailer, 3900 E. 470 Beltway, Aurora, Colorado 80019, and for a Second and Final Reading at the next regular meeting of the CAB at 1:00 p.m. on April 21, 2022 at the Construction Trailer, 3900 E. 470 Beltway, Aurora, Colorado 80019.

Although at least one individual will be physically present at the meeting location, the meeting will also be held via video/telephonic means. Those wishing to join the meeting via video-enabled web conference should contact Kathy Suazo at 1-303-7795710 to obtain the link, or may access the link directly using the information below:

Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/96576976056?pwd=NjF iQ25pVnAzSE80WFpGWnJMaTNqUT09

Meeting ID: 965 7697 6056

Passcode: 800276 One tap mobile 1-253-215-8782,*800276#

THE AURORA HIGHLANDS COMMUNITY AUTHORITY BOARD /s/ Denise

Denslow CAB Manager

Publication: March 17, 2022

Sentinel

NOTICE AS TO AMENDMENTS OF 2022 BUDGETS SKY DANCE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS. 1 AND 2 (FORMERLY KNOWN AS BOWIP METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS. 1 AND 2) ADAMS COUNTY, COLORADO

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the necessity has arisen to amend the 2022 budgets of Sky Dance Metropolitan District Nos. 1 and 2 (the “Districts”). Copies of the proposed 2022 amended budgets are on file in the office of the Districts’ Accountant, Simmons & Wheeler, P.C., 304 Inverness Way South, Suite 490, Englewood, Colorado, where same are available for public inspection. Such proposed 2022 amended budgets will be considered at a special meeting to be held on March 23, 2022 at 9:00 a.m. at the offices of McGeady Becher P.C., 450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400, Denver, Colorado and via Zoom. Any interested elector within the Districts may, at any time prior to the final adoption of the 2022 amended budgets, inspect the 2022 amended budgets and file or register any objections thereto.

You can attend the meeting in any of the following ways:

1. To attend via Zoom, e-mail abryant@ specialdistrictlaw.com to obtain a link to the videoconference.

2. To attend via telephone, dial 1-346-2487799 and enter the following additional information:

a. Meeting ID: 961 8248 9025

b. Passcode: 545170

SKY DANCE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS. 1 AND 2 /s/Megan Becher McGEADY BECHER P.C. Attorneys for the Districts

Publication: March 17, 2022

Sentinel

NOTICE AS TO PROPOSED BUDGET

SLC METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 4

ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Sections 29-1-106 and 108, C.R.S., that a proposed budget has been submitted to the Board of Directors of the SLC Metropolitan District No. 4 (the “District”) for fiscal year 2022. A copy of such proposed budget has been filed in the office of the accountant for the District, CliftonLarsonAllen LLP, 8390 East Crescent Pkwy., Suite 300, Greenwood Village, Colorado, where same is open for public inspection. Such proposed budget will be considered at a special meeting to be held at 9:00 a.m., on

March 28, 2022, via Zoom. Any interested elector within the District may, at any time prior to the final adoption of the budget, inspect the budget and file or register his or her objections thereto.

You can attend the meeting in any of the following ways:

1. To attend via Zoom, e-mail ljacoby@ specialdistrictlaw.com to obtain a link to the videoconference.

2. To attend via telephone, dial 1-346-2487799 and enter the following additional information:

(a) Meeting ID: 950 4691 3698

(b) Passcode: 360945

SLC METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 4

By: /s/ MaryAnn M. McGeady Attorney for the District

Publication: March 17, 2022

Sentinel

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION AND CERTIFIED STATEMENT OF RESULTS

§1-13.5-513(6), 32-1-104, 1-11-103(3) C.R.S.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Arapahoe Park and Recreation District, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2022 is hereby canceled pursuant to section 1-13.5513(6) C.R.S.

The following candidates are hereby declared elected:

Mark Brinton 3 year term until May, 2025 Kellie Nichols 3 year term until May, 2025 Peter Waggoner 3 year term until May, 2025

/s/ Delos Searle

Designated Election Official

Contact Person for the District: Delos

Searle

Telephone Number of the District: 303269-8400

Address of the District:16799 E. Lake Ave., Centennial, CO 80016 District Facsimile Number: 303-627-8592 District Email: delossea@aprd.org

Publication: March 17, 2022

Sentinel NOTICE OF CANCELLATION AND CERTIFIED STATEMENT OF RESULTS

§1-13.5-513(6), 32-1-104, 1-11-103(3) C.R.S.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Serenity Ridge Metropolitan District No. 1, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2022 is hereby canceled pursuant to section 1-13.5513(6) C.R.S.

The following candidates are declared elected for the following terms of office:

Marc Cooper Second Regular Election, May 2025

Daniel Frank Second Regular Election, May 2025 Richard A. Frank Second Regular Election, May 2025 Vacant Next Regular Election, May 2023 Vacant Next Regular Election, May 2023

/s/ David Solin

May 2025 Daniel Frank Second Regular Election, May 2025 Richard A. Frank Second Regular Election, May 2025 Fernando Dias Next Regular Election, May 2023 Vacant Next Regular Election, May 2023

/s/ David Solin

(Designated Election Official)

Contact Person for the District: David Solin

Telephone Number of the District: 303-987-0835

Address of the District: 141 Union Boulevard, Suite 150, Lakewood, CO 80228

District Facsimile Number: 303-987-2032

District Email: dsolin@sdmsi.com

Publication: March 17, 2022 Sentinel

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION AND CERTIFIED STATEMENT OF RESULTS

§1-13.5-513(6), 32-1-104, 1-11-103(3) C.R.S.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Columbia Metropolitan District, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2022 is hereby canceled pursuant to section 1-13.5-513(6) C.R.S.

The following candidates are declared elected for the following terms of office:

Rod Johnson Second Regular Election, May 2025 Scott Jones Second Regular Election, May 2025 Philip Yates Second Regular Election, May 2025 Sheryl Overton Next Regular Election, May 2023

/s/ David Solin

(Designated Election Official)

Contact Person for the District: David Solin

Telephone Number of the District: 303-987-0835

Address of the District: 141 Union Boulevard, Suite 150, Lakewood, CO 80228

District Facsimile Number: 303-987-2032

District Email: dsolin@sdmsi.com

Publication: March 17, 2022

Sentinel

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION AND CERTIFIED STATEMENT OF RESULTS

§1-13.5-513(6), 32-1-104, 1-11-103(3)

C.R.S.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Harvest Crossing Metropolitan District No. 3, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2022 is hereby canceled pursuant to section 1-13.5-513(6) C.R.S.

The following candidates are declared elected for the following terms of office:

Daniel Frank Second Regular Election, May 2025

Richard A. Frank Second Regular Election, May 2025

The following candidates are declared elected for the following terms of office:

Daniel Frank Second Regular Election, May 2025

Richard A. Frank Second Regular Election, May 2025 Marc Cooper Second Regular Election, May 2025

Vacant Next Regular Election, May 2023

Vacant Next Regular Election, May 2023

/s/ David Solin

(Designated Election Official)

Contact Person for the District: David Solin

Telephone Number of the District: 303-987-0835

Address of the District: 141 Union Boulevard, Suite 150, Lakewood, CO 80228 District Facsimile Number: 303-987-2032 District Email: dsolin@sdmsi.com

Publication: March 17, 2022 Sentinel

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF ELECTION AND CERTIFIED STATEMENT OF RESULTS CORNERSTAR METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to § 1-13.5-513(6), C.R.S., that, at the close of business on February 28, 2022, there were not more candidates than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates, for Cornerstar Metropolitan District (the “District”). Therefore, the election for the District to be held on May 3, 2022 is hereby cancelled.

The following candidates are declared elected by acclamation:

Paul Sheppard Until May 2023

Cheryl A. Berg Until May 2025

Sarah Elizabeth Dugger Until May 2025

The following offices remain vacant:

VACANT Until May 2023

VACANT Until May 2025

/s/ Ashley B. Frisbie

Designated Election Official

Contact Person for the District: Heather L. Hartung, Esq.

White Bear Ankele Tanaka & Waldron

Attorneys at Law

2154 E. Commons Avenue, Suite 2000 Centennial, Colorado 80122

Phone: 303-858-1800

Publication: March 17, 2022

Sentinel

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF ELECTION

AND CERTIFIED STATEMENT OF RESULTS

EAGLE BEND METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to § 1-13.5-513(6), C.R.S., that, at the close of business on February 28, 2022, there were not more candidates than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates, for Eagle Bend Metropolitan District (the “District”). Therefore, the election for the District to be held on May 3, 2022 is hereby canceled.

The following candidates for the District are declared elected by acclamation:

Abraham Willis Schippers Until May 2025

Debra S. Mascis Until May 2025

Ed Malone Until May 2025

/s/ Ashley B. Frisbie Designated Election Official

(Designated Election Official)

Contact Person for the District: David Solin

Telephone Number of the District: 303-987-0835

Address of the District: 141 Union Boulevard, Suite 150, Lakewood, CO 80228

District Facsimile Number: 303-987-2032

District Email: dsolin@sdmsi.com

Publication: March 17, 2022

Sentinel NOTICE OF CANCELLATION AND CERTIFIED STATEMENT OF RESULTS

§1-13.5-513(6), 32-1-104, 1-11-103(3) C.R.S.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVENby the Serenity Ridge Metropolitan District No. 2, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2022 is hereby canceled pursuant to section 1-13.5513(6) C.R.S.

The following candidates are declared elected for the following terms of office: Marc Cooper Second Regular Election,

Marc Cooper Second Regular Election, May 2025

Vacant Next Regular Election, May 2023

Vacant Next Regular Election, May 2023

/s/ David Solin

(Designated Election Official)

Contact Person for the District: David Solin

Telephone Number of the District: 303-987-0835

Address of the District: 141 Union Boulevard, Suite 150, Lakewood, CO 80228

District Facsimile Number: 303-987-2032

District Email: dsolin@sdmsi.com

Publication: March 17, 2022

Sentinel NOTICE OF CANCELLATION AND CERTIFIED STATEMENT OF RESULTS

§1-13.5-513(6), 32-1-104, 1-11-103(3) C.R.S.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Harvest Crossing Metropolitan District No. 4, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2022 is hereby canceled pursuant to section 1-13.5-513(6) C.R.S.

Contact Person for the District:

Heather L. Hartung, Esq.

White Bear Ankele Tanaka & Waldron Attorneys at Law

2154 E. Commons Avenue, Suite 2000 Centennial, Colorado 80122 303- 858-1800

Publication: March 17, 2022

Sentinel

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF ELECTION

AND CERTIFIED STATEMENT OF RESULTS

SADDLE ROCK METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to § 1-13.5-513(6), C.R.S., that, at the close of business on February 28, 2022, there were not more candidates than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates, for Saddle Rock Metropolitan District (the “District”). Therefore, the election for the District to be held on May 3, 2022 is hereby cancelled.

The following candidates for the District are declared elected by acclamation:

Richard W. King Until May 2025

Robert Lee Miller Until May 2025

Jonathan Rosman Until May 2025

/s/

Ashley B. Frisbie

Designated Election Official

Contact Person for the District:

Heather L. Hartung, Esq.

White Bear Ankele Tanaka & Waldron Attorneys at Law

2154 E. Commons Avenue, Suite 2000 Centennial, Colorado 80122 303- 858-1800

Publication: March 17, 2022

Sentinel

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF ELECTION AND CERTIFIED STATEMENT OF RESULTS

ROCKINGHORSE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 1

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN pursuant to § 1-13.5-513(6), C.R.S., that, at the close of business on February 28, 2022, there were not more candidates than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates, for Rockinghorse Metropolitan District No. 1 (the “District”). Therefore, the election for the District to be held on May 3, 2022 is hereby canceled.

The following candidates are declared elected by acclamation:

Sandra C. Thomas Until May 2025

Lindsey Linkow Until May 2025

The following offices remain vacant:

VACANT Until May 2025

VACANT Until May 2023

VACANT Until May 2023

/s/ Ashley B. Frisbie

Designated Election Official

Contact Person for Districts: Heather L. Hartung, Esq. White Bear Ankele Tanaka & Waldron Attorneys at Law

2154 E. Commons Avenue, Suite 2000 Centennial, Colorado 80122 (303) 858-1800

Publication: March 17, 2022

Sentinel

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL

EASTERN HILLS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS. 9-11

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Eastern Hills Metropolitan District Nos. 9-11 of Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the regular election to be held on May 3, 2022, is hereby canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513(6), C.R.S. The following candidates are hereby declared elected:

Thomas Clark to a 3-year term until May

2025 Bryan Horan to a 3-year term until May

2025

Josh Brgoch to a 3-year term until May

2025 Vacancy (2022-2023) Vacancy (2022-2023)

intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the regular election to be held on May 3, 2022, is hereby canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513(6), C.R.S. The following candidates are hereby declared elected:

Darren Hinton to a 3-year term until May

2025

Chase LaFrano to a 3-year term until May

2025

PARKSIDE AT CITY CENTRE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

By: /s/ Becky Johnson Designated Election Official

Publication: March 17, 2022

Sentinel

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL

PARKSIDE AT CITY CENTRE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Parkside at City Centre Business Improvement District of Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the regular election to be held on May 3, 2022, is hereby canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513(6), C.R.S.

The following candidates are hereby declared elected:

Darren Hinton to a 3-year term until May 2025

Chase LaFrano to a 3-year term until May 2025

PARKSIDE AT CITY CENTRE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT

By: /s/ Becky Johnson Designated Election Official

Publication: March 17, 2022

Sentinel

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION

OFFICIAL

VALLEY CLUB POINTE METROPOLTIAN DISTRICT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Valley Club Pointe Metropolitan District of Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the regular election to be held on May 3, 2022, is hereby canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513(6), C.R.S.

The following candidates are hereby declared elected:

Karla M. Collier to a 3-year term until May 2025 Vacancy (2022-2023) Vacancy (2022-2025)

VALLEY CLUB POINTE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

By: /s/ Becky Johnson Designated Election Official

Publication: March 17, 2022

Sentinel

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Gardens at East Iliff Metropolitan District, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2022, is hereby canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513, C.R.S.

The following candidates are declared elected:

Cynthia Myers until the next regular election (May 2, 2023)

VACANT until the second regular election (May 6, 2025)

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Kings Point Metropolitan District No. 1, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2022, is hereby canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513, C.R.S.

The following candidates are declared elected:

David Carro until the next regular election (May 2, 2023)

P. Joseph Knopinski until the next regular election (May 2, 2023)

Brett Price until the next regular election (May 2, 2023)

Brandon Wyszynski until the second regular election (May 6, 2025)

Randy Bauer until the second regular election (May 6, 2025)

DATED: March 7, 2022

/s/ Catherine V.Will Designated Election Official for the Kings Point Metropolitan District No. 1 c/o McGeady Becher P.C. 450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400 Denver, Colorado 80203-1254 Phone: 303-592-4380

Publication: March 17, 2022

Sentinel

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Kings Point Metropolitan District No. 2, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2022, is hereby canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513, C.R.S.

The following candidates are declared elected:

David Carro until the next regular election (May 2, 2023)

P. Joseph Knopinski until the next regular election (May 2, 2023)

Randy Bauer until the next regular election (May 2, 2023)

Brandon Wyszynski until the second regular election (May 6, 2025)

Brett Price until the second regular election (May 6, 2025)

DATED: March 7, 2022

/s/ Catherine V.Will Designated Election Official for the Kings Point Metropolitan District No. 2 c/o McGeady Becher P.C. 450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400 Denver, Colorado 80203-1254 Phone: 303-592-4380

Publication: March 17, 2022 Sentinel

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Kings Point Metropolitan District No. 3, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2022, is hereby canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513, C.R.S.

The following candidates are declared elected:

Randy Bauer until the next regular election (May 2, 2023)

P. Joseph Knopinski until the next regular election (May 2, 2023)

Brandon Wyszynski until the second regular election (May 6, 2025)

David Carro until the second regular election (May 6, 2025)

Brett Price until the second regular election (May 6, 2025)

DATED: March 7, 2022

/s/ Catherine V.Will

Designated Election Official for the Kings Point Metropolitan District No. 3 c/o McGeady Becher P.C.

450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400 Denver, Colorado 80203-1254

Phone: 303-592-4380

Publication: March 17, 2022 Sentinel

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Cherry Hills City Metropolitan District, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2022, is hereby canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513, C.R.S.

The following candidates are declared elected:

Jeremy Bayens until the next regular election (May 2, 2023)

Cynthia Myers until the second regular election (May 6, 2025)

Eric Dome until the second regular election (May 6, 2025)

Taylor Lilly until the second regular election (May 6, 2025)

DATED: March 4, 2022

/s/ Lisa A. Jacoby

Designated Election Official for the Cherry Hills City Metropolitan District c/o McGeady Becher P.C. 450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400 Denver, Colorado 80203-1254 Phone: 303-592-4380

Publication: March 17, 2022 Sentinel

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the MJC Metropolitan District, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2022, is hereby canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513, C.R.S.

The following candidates are declared elected:

Vacant until the next regular election (May 2, 2023)

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the HM Metropolitan District No. 1, Adams County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2022, is hereby canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513, C.R.S.

The following candidates are declared elected:

Mark Throckmorton until the second regular election (May 6, 2025)

James Blake Fulenwider until the second regular election (May 6, 2025)

Marcia Lujan until the second regular election (May 6, 2025)

DATED: March 1, 2022

/s/ Jessie Stamper Designated Election Official for HM Metropolitan District No. 1 c/o McGeady Becher P.C. 450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400 Denver, Colorado 80203-1254

Telephone No: (303) 592-4380

Publication: March 17, 2022 Sentinel

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the HM Metropolitan District No. 2, Adams County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2022, is hereby canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513, C.R.S.

The following candidates are declared elected:

Mark Throckmorton until the second regular election (May 6, 2025)

James Blake Fulenwider until the second regular election (May 6, 2025)

Marcia Lujan until the second regular election (May 6, 2025)

DATED: March 1, 2022

/s/ Jessie Stamper Designated Election Official for HM Metropolitan District No. 2 c/o McGeady Becher P.C. 450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400 Denver, Colorado 80203-1254

Telephone No: (303) 592-4380

Publication: March 17, 2022 Sentinel

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the HM Metropolitan District No. 3, Adams County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2022, is hereby canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513, C.R.S.

The following candidates are declared elected:

Mark Throckmorton until the second regular election (May 6, 2025)

James Blake Fulenwideruntil the second regular election (May 6, 2025)

Marcia Lujan until the second regular election (May 6, 2025)

EASTERN HILLS

METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NOS. 9-11

By: /s/ Becky Johnson Designated Election Official

Publication: March 17, 2022

Sentinel

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL

PARKSIDE AT CITY CENTRE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Parkside at City Centre Metropolitan District of Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election, there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled including candidates filing affidavits of

VACANT until the second regular election (May 6, 2025)

DATED: March 4, 2022

/s/ Lisa Jacoby Designated Election Official for the Gardens at East Iliff Metropolitan District c/o McGeady Becher P.C. 450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400 Denver, Colorado 80203-1254 Phone: 303-592-4380

Publication: March 17, 2022

Sentinel

#NoPayWallHere

Vacant until the next regular election (May 2, 2023)

Vacant until the second regular election (May 6, 2025)

Vacant until the second regular election (May 6, 2025)

DATED: March 9, 2022

/s/ Jennifer S. Henry Designated Election Official for the MJC Metropolitan District c/o McGeady Becher P.C. 450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400 Denver, Colorado 80203-1254

Phone: 303-592-4380

Publication: March 17, 2022 Sentinel

DATED: March 1, 2022

/s/ Jessie Stamper

Designated Election Official for HM Metropolitan District No. 3 c/o McGeady Becher P.C. 450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400 Denver, Colorado 80203-1254

Telephone No: (303) 592-4380

Publication: March 17, 2022 Sentinel

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the HM Metropolitan District No. 4, Adams County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2022, is hereby canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513, C.R.S.

The following candidates are declared elected:

Mark Throckmorton until the second regular election (May 6, 2025)

James Blake Fulenwider until the second regular election (May 6, 2025)

Marcia Lujan until the second regular election (May 6, 2025)

DATED: March 1, 2022

/s/ Jessie Stamper

Designated Election Official for

HM Metropolitan District No. 4 c/o McGeady Becher P.C.

450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400 Denver, Colorado 80203-1254

Telephone No: (303) 592-4380

Publication: March 17, 2022

Sentinel

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the HM Metropolitan District No. 5, Adams County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2022, is hereby canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513, C.R.S.

The following candidates are declared elected:

Mark Throckmorton until the second regular election (May 6, 2025)

James Blake Fulenwider until the second regular election (May 6, 2025)

Marcia Lujan until the second regular election (May 6, 2025)

DATED: March 1, 2022

/s/ Jessie Stamper

Designated Election Official for

HM Metropolitan District No. 5 c/o McGeady Becher P.C.

450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400 Denver, Colorado 80203-1254

Telephone No: (303) 592-4380

Publication: March 17, 2022

Sentinel

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the HM Metropolitan District No. 6, Adams County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2022, is hereby canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513, C.R.S.

The following candidates are declared elected:

Mark Throckmorton until the second regular election (May 6, 2025)

James Blake Fulenwider until the second regular election (May 6, 2025)

Marcia Lujan until the second regular election (May 6, 2025)

DATED: March 1, 2022

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVENby the HM Metropolitan District No. 7, Adams County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2022, is hereby canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513, C.R.S.

The following candidates are declared elected:

Mark Throckmorton until the second regular election (May 6, 2025)

James Blake Fulenwider until the second regular election (May 6, 2025)

Marcia Lujan until the second regular election (May 6, 2025)

DATED: March 1, 2022

/s/ Jessie Stamper Designated Election Official for HM Metropolitan District No. 7 c/o McGeady Becher P.C.

450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400

Denver, Colorado 80203-1254

Telephone No: (303) 592-4380

Publication: March 17, 2022

Sentinel

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the HM Metropolitan District No. 8, Adams County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2022, is hereby canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513, C.R.S.

The following candidates are declared elected:

Mark Throckmorton until the second regular election (May 6, 2025)

James Blake Fulenwider until the second regular election (May 6, 2025)

Marcia Lujan until the second regular election

(May 6, 2025)

DATED: March 1, 2022

/s/ Jessie Stamper Designated Election Official for

HM Metropolitan District No. 8 c/o McGeady Becher P.C.

450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400

Denver, Colorado 80203-1254

Telephone No: (303) 592-4380

Publication: March 17, 2022

Sentinel

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the HM Metropolitan District No. 9, Adams County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2022, is hereby canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513, C.R.S.

The following candidates are declared elected:

Mark Throckmorton until the second regular election (May 6, 2025)

James Blake Fulenwider until the second regular election (May 6, 2025)

Marcia Lujan until the second regular election (May 6, 2025)

DATED: March 1, 2022

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the East Bend Metropolitan District, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 2, 2022, is hereby canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513, C.R.S.

The following candidates are declared elected:

Jeffrey Kutzer until the second regular election (May 6, 2025)

Eric Kubly until the second regular election (May 6, 2025)

DATED: March 1, 2022

/s/ Jessie Stamper Designated Election Official for East Bend Metropolitan District c/o McGeady Becher P.C. 450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400 Denver, Colorado 80203-1254 Telephone No: (303) 592-4380

Publication: March 17, 2022

Sentinel

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Sky Ranch Metropolitan District No. 1, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2022, is hereby canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513, C.R.S.

The following candidates are declared elected:

Paul Joseph Knopinski until the second regular election (May 6, 2025)

Dirk Lashnits until the second regular election (May 6, 2025)

Kevin McNeill until the next regular election (May 2, 2023)

DATED: March 1, 2022

/s/ Lisa Jacoby

Designated Election Official for the Sky Ranch Metropolitan District No. 1 c/o McGeady Becher P.C. 450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400 Denver, Colorado 80203-1254 Phone: 303-592-4380

Publication: March 17, 2022

Sentinel

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Sky Ranch Metropolitan District No. 3, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2022, is hereby canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513, C.R.S.

The following candidates are declared elected:

Paul Joseph Knopinski until the second regular election (May 6, 2025)

Dirk Lashnits until the second regular election (May 6, 2025)

Kevin McNeill until the next regular election (May 2, 2023)

DATED: March 1, 2022

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Sky Ranch Metropolitan District No. 4, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2022, is hereby canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513, C.R.S.

The following candidates are declared elected:

Paul Joseph Knopinski until the second regular election (May 6, 2025)

Dirk Lashnits until the second regular election (May 6, 2025)

Vacant until the next regular election (May 2, 2023)

DATED: March 1, 2022

/s/ Jessie Stamper Designated Election Official for the Sky Ranch Metropolitan District No. 4 c/o McGeady Becher P.C. 450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400 Denver, Colorado 80203-1254

Phone: 303-592-4380

Publication: March 17, 2022 Sentinel

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Sky Ranch Metropolitan District No. 5, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the election there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2022, is hereby canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513, C.R.S.

The following candidates are declared elected:

Paul Joseph Knopinski until the second regular election (May 6, 2025)

Dirk Lashnits until the second regular election (May 6, 2025)

Kevin McNeill until the next regular election (May 2, 2023)

DATED: March 1, 2022

/s/ Jessie Stamper Designated Election Official for the Sky Ranch Metropolitan District No. 5 c/o McGeady Becher P.C. 450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400 Denver, Colorado 80203-1254

Phone: 303-592-4380

Publication: March 17, 2022

Sentinel

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL FOR THE AURORA HIGHLANDS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 1

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by The Aurora Highlands Metropolitan District No. 1, Adams County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third (63rd) day before the election or thereafter there were not more candidates for Director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2022, is hereby cancelled.

The following candidates are declared elected:

Dr. William Carter Westmoreland, DM

Three-Year Term to 2025

Nicholas English Three-Year Term to 2025

Carla Ferreira One-Year Term to 2023

THE AURORA HIGHLANDS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 1

Peter Foust Three-Year Term to 2025

Dana Graham Three-Year Term to 2025

B. Heath Shelburn Three-Year Term to 2025

LIVERPOOL METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

By: /s/ Sarah H. Luetjen Designated Election Official

Publication: March 17, 2022

Sentinel

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL FOR THE EAST ARAPAHOE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the East Arapahoe Metropolitan District, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third (63rd) day before the election or thereafter there were not more candidates for Director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2022, is hereby canceled.

The following candidates are declared elected:

William H. Bentley Three- Year Term to 2025

Deanne W. Bihler Three- Year Term to 2025

D. Wayne King Three- Year Term to 2025 EAST ARAPAHOE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

/s/ Micki L. Mills

Designated Election Official

Publication: March 17, 2022 Sentinel

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTIONS BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the BOWIP Metropolitan District Nos. 1 and 2 (now known as Sky Dance Metropolitan District Nos. 1 and 2), Adams County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixtythird day before the elections there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled for each District, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the elections to be held on May 3, 2022, are hereby canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513, C.R.S.

The following candidates are declared elected for each District:

Andrew Klein until the second regular election (May 6, 2025)

Otis C. Moore, III until the second regular election (May 6, 2025)

DATED: March 9, 2022

/s/ Jennifer S. Henry Designated Election Official for the BOWIP Metropolitan District Nos. 1 and 2 (n/k/a Sky Dance Metropolitan District Nos. 1 and 2) c/o McGeady Becher P.C. 450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400 Denver, Colorado 80203-1254 Phone: 303-592-4380

Publication: March 17, 2022 Sentinel

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTIONS BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the SLC Metropolitan District Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third day before the elections there were not more candidates for director than offices to be filled for each District, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the elections to be held on May 3, 2022, are hereby canceled pursuant to Section 1-13.5-513, C.R.S.

The following candidates are declared elected for each District:

Vacant until the next regular election (May 2, 2023)

/s/ Jessie Stamper

Designated Election Official for HM Metropolitan District No. 6 c/o McGeady Becher P.C.

450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400 Denver, Colorado 80203-1254

Telephone No: (303) 592-4380

Publication: March 17, 2022

Sentinel

/s/ Jessie Stamper

Designated Election Official for HM Metropolitan District No. 9 c/o McGeady Becher P.C.

450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400

Denver, Colorado 80203-1254

Telephone No: (303) 592-4380

Publication: March 17, 2022

Sentinel

/s/ Jessie Stamper

Designated Election Official for the Sky Ranch Metropolitan District No. 3 c/o McGeady Becher P.C. 450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400 Denver, Colorado 80203-1254 Phone: 303-592-4380

Publication: March 17, 2022

Sentinel

By: /s/ Sarah H. Luetjen Designated Election Official

Publication: March 17, 2022

Sentinel

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL FOR THE LIVERPOOL METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Liverpool Metropolitan District, Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixty-third (63rd) day before the election or thereafter there were not more candidates for Director than offices to be filled, including candidates filing affidavits of intent to be write-in candidates; therefore, the election to be held on May 3, 2022, is hereby canceled.

The following candidates are declared elected:

Patrick Rowe until the second regular election (May 6, 2025)

George Turtle until the second regular election (May 6, 2025) Heidi Hansen until the second regular election (May 6, 2025)

DATED: March 9, 2022

/s/ Jennifer S. Henry Designated Election Official for the SLC Metropolitan District Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4 c/o McGeady Becher P.C. 450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400 Denver, Colorado 80203-1254 Phone: 303-592-4380

Publication: March 17, 2022 Sentinel

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