Sentinel Colorado 4.28.2022

BANNED, ON THE RUN

As Aurora’s new ban on homeless camping gears up, staunch opposition from local experts continues and details are scant

For teens, nothing serves up an addiction like flavored tobacco.

Tobacco companies sell kid-friendly flavors, from Cherry Dynamite to Donut to Menthol. Over 2 million kids use e-cigarettes, and 85% use flavors. More than 1 in 4 Colorado high school students are hooked. We’re asking legislators to end the sale of flavored tobacco that the industry has used to addict our kids. Let’s put our kids’ health over Big Tobacco’s profits.

PROTECT OUR KIDS. END THE SALE OF ALL FLAVORED TOBACCO PRODUCTS.

Polis and Colorado Dems eat seething GOP lunch of frosted TABOR flakes

Whooda thunk giving away hundreds of dollars in free money to just about everyone in the state would make almost every elected official look pitiful?

Welcome to Colorful Colorado, 2022 Edition.

Gov. Jared Polis and the usual Democratic Party suspects trotted out their big news yesterday that they have felt the pain we’re all feeling at the pump these days. They’ve heard how it eats away at our paychecks — and their poll ratings in an election year.

So with Polis in front of the parade, Dems announced that mostly everybody who lives here and files taxes will soon be getting a check for $400 to help ease the pain inflicted by rising costs of food, gas, rent and Netflix.

The checks aren’t in the mail yet, but they will be just as this year’s election nears, Republican opponents point out, a lot.

What’s the harm in that, you ask? Just ask Colorado Republicans.

“Election Year Jared claiming credit for ‘giving’ money back that would have been rebates under TABOR,” GOP gubernatorial candidate Heidi Ganahl said among one of hundreds of tweets and emails from a swelling army of angry — angry I tell you — Republican partiers, trolls and Trumpers. It’s “The same TABOR he tried to get rid of a couple years ago!”

Republicans are mad as hell because they got out GOP’d by their top Colorado GOP nemesis, Polis.

The GOP mission was excoriation of Polis and Democrats for pulling an election-year prank using that most sacred cash cow of Colorado Republicans: The Taxpayer Bill of Rights.

“Pretty funny that Governor Polis made (Democrat) legislators that hate TABOR show up and applaud TABOR refunds yesterday,” GOP operative Michael Fields said in the day’s most polite tweet.

For those of you who just moved here or just never really cared, Colorado is a freaky farrago of lawmaking. Back in the day when Colorado Republicans began looking more like they do now and far less than when they were moderates like Gov. John Love and state legislators like Tony Grampsas, Al Meiklejohn, Dottie Wham and Claire Traylor, along came Douglas Bruce from California.

Bruce brought that anti-government SoCal crankiness with him, and it caught on. He’s the kind of person who forgets that government is us, not them, and gets convicted for tax evasion, which he did.

Before then, however, he hoodwinked voters into passing the very misnomered Taxpayer Bill of Rights, which has wronged Colorado since 1992.

Essentially, it ended the ability of government to raise taxes without voter approval, and it caps year-over-year spending.

What on the surface might sound like a good idea has been a catastrophe, prompting endless counter “De-Brucing” measures that have made state and local governments sometimes unworkable.

The worst part is, as GOP Sen. Meiklejohn frequently said, community debt is either on the books or in the streets.

You don’t have to drive very far on Colorado’s crappy roads to see how well TABOR has

worked out there.

The situation for Colorado schools is even worse, where the Centennial State has for generations been on the bottom of the list of per-pupil spending.

What you get in exchange for hamstringing representative government in Colorado is an occasional check for $20 or so, depending on how good or bad the economy is.

Like so many things that are bizarre in Colorado, the economy has been red hot despite years of pandemic and all that came with it.

So the state budget “surplus” has grown to a whopping $2 billion, meaning that every taxpayer can expect a few hundred in refunded taxes paid.

The TABOR law and the problems it causes are so complex that describing briefly how you get money back is like summarizing the Theory of Relativity in a fortune cookie.

The TABOR idea is so fabulously bad that in decades, not a single other state has bothered to adopt it. Not even Florida, Colorado’s crazy cousin.

Democrats, including Polis, have argued for years what a bad idea TABOR is and worked to find ways to undo it or at least neutralize it.

They’ve repeatedly failed.

So this beast of burden is causing the state to refund a few hundred dollars to taxpayers, and there ain’t nothin’ anybody can do about it.

Sort of.

What Polis and Democrats did is speed up the check-cutting process, sending back cash sooner rather than later next year, which is standard procedure.

Polis’ mantra is that Colorado shouldn’t hang onto “your” money when the financial times call for everyone to get some needed cash right now.

Republicans are not just crying foul, but they’re wailing, screeching and foaming at the mouth about it.

“How desperate are (Polis and Colorado Democrats) to bury their failed record of making Colorado less affordable?” Aurora Councilmember and former state GOP operative Dustin Zvonek said in a tweet soon after the announcement.

The gnarly gnashing of conservative tusks echoed across the Twitterverse Monday as one

Republican after another expressed their shock and dismay about how diabolical (read: clever and effective) the Polis ploy was and how they didn’t think of it first.

Republicans weren’t the only ones questioning the details and the motivations here.

Reporters across the state weren’t letting Polis sidestep the fact that this was not some benevolent invention by Democrats but a modification of an existing TABOR refund process Polis and most Dems have fought against for years.

Buried in the main controversy, created by Democrats essentially beating Republicans at their own electioneering game, was who gets how much back and why.

The TABOR quagmire essentially states that the more you pay in taxes, the more you get back in the so-called refund game.

Democrats have long insisted that poorer people, harder hit by everything, especially these days, should get more money back, even and especially at the expense of the wealthy.

I agree. If anyone needs a hand right now, it’s people trying to get by on $15 an hour in a city that takes at least twice that just to make frayed ends meet.

Polis reportedly balked at cutting out wealthier Coloradans from the Colorado Cashback scheme, and a compromise was reached. Poor people will get more than they would have. Rich people would get less than they would have. Everybody gets the same. When reporters pressed for why, they didn’t find out.

“Asked twice why the plan does not give the most money to those with the lowest incomes, as Democratic lawmakers have wanted to do, Polis dodged the question and instead spoke generally about how TABOR refunds work,” political reporter Alex Burness wrote in the Denver Post.

That scuttled a new fist-shaking point for Republicans, who stand behind the pay-more, getmore formula.

At the end of the day, Polis and Democrats were peddling $400 checks and a lot of disingenuity. Republicans were trying to gain public sympathy by beating up on Democrats for wanting to hand out $400 checks.

They got nowhere.

For months, Republicans have tried to hold Colorado Democrats responsible for global supply chain issues, global petroleum crises, global inflation, global pandemic disruptions, Colorado’s growing appeal to businesses and residents and the state’s solid and powerful economy.

Yeah. It’s all pretty dumb.

Whine all you want, Polis makes a damn solid argument that Colorado should hand back money they intend to next year, now instead. It would be just as solid if Republicans had thought of it.

Even though Polis and others have fought hard to end TABOR and the normally paltry refunds, it’s not their fault they’re worth something for once and headed to Colorado taxpayers, whether liberals like it or not.

I would much rather see this money fix roads, provide affordable health care or better education for people who really need it, but I don’t have a choice, either.

So I’ll take that check, thank you very much, and maybe spend some on a nice Colorado whiskey, sit back and watch Democrats and Republicans duke it out over who’s the worst at exploitation politics.

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Aurora’s looming homeless camping ban is built to fail and persecute indigents

The best scenario Aurora faces as its new-and-improved homeless camping ban rolls out is that not too many people will be maimed or killed.

Aurora residents with homes must hope that as the nascent Aurora camping ban gains momentum, if it ever does, that displaced campers don’t find new places to live covertly in nearby alleys, bike paths and parking lots.

That’s absolutely what’s going to happen.

Decade after decade, in city after city, the proof is undeniable that “banning” homeless campers has not, does not and will not move compelling numbers of drug addicts into treatment or homeless people into places of their own.

There is no credible proof otherwise. None.

Despite this consistent advice from experts in this city, in this region and from across the nation, a razor-thin majority of city council members insist on moving ahead with a ban that at best will do nothing and most likely will result in people being injured and killed.

The reason so many homeless people camp together and in prominent places is so they do not die.

The reason why it’s so prominent is because there is a crisis of so many homeless people forced to live in tents, or die from exposure.

Homeless people are frequently victims of robbery, muggings, assaults, rape and murder. They frequently suffer from myriad physical and mental maladies. Many of them are drug and alcohol addicts.

As humans have known for eons, however, there is safety in numbers.

“The reason why people want to be in public sleeping together is it’s safe,” Tony Robinson, a researcher and associate professor of political science at CU Denver told The Sentinel in a story this week by reporter Max Levy. “If you allow people to be harassed and raped and murdered in the shadows, you can pretend you don’t have a problem. That’s what it sounds like Aurora is planning to do.”

It’s happened in Denver and across the country, and it will happen here.

Despite that, Aurora is preparing to push ahead with its ill-advised ban, but it’s certainly not prepared.

For weeks, The Sentinel has pressed city officials on details about how the ban will be implemented only to find out it appears nobody knows, or they don’t want to say.

While the ban makes clear that someone, most likely police, will hand out notices to homeless campers to vacate within 72 hours, the most important details are still a mystery.

Critical details are missing, such as:

• Who decides which, among dozens of large and even more small encampments, gets the boot first and in what order? Using what criteria?

• Who among the reluctant police rank and file is burdened with notifying people who have nothing that they have to move on or face arrest, jail and fines? Special units among the already short-staffed police? Shift district cops? Many of these encampments are vacant during daylight as residents work, forage for food or drugs or just look for respite from their perilous, bleak lives? Do police just tape eviction notices to tents? Coolers? Roll up at 2 a.m. with large squads?

• Who decides what the “official” shelter space count is, which is what permits police to roust homeless campers. There must be shelter space available to invoke eviction, according to the new law. It’s unclear what even constitutes shelter space, whether it’s a designated place to pitch a tent, a chalk outline in a parking lot for sleeping bag or a tiny home miles from where campers are when they’re evicted. Will those evicted have reservations? How long do they have to show up, and will others be turned away while a space is held?

• If there are only 3 shelter spaces officially available, can the police evict a camp with 7 residents, or can 4 stay? Who gets the boot and who decides?

• What will the city and police do if they evict a handful of campers from a city parking lot on one side of Colfax and they walk across the street and set up camp on the other side of Colfax? Does the process start all over? How far do campers have to move to “comply” with the eviction law? To the other side of a park? A few hundred feet down a bike trail? A mile? If someone is ousted from an I-225 underpass and someone new moves in that same day, where will the new residents be on the list of encampments scheduled for “sweeping.”

• How will the city track what happens to homeless people they chase off, including how many take advantage of shelter space, and how many don’t?

TheSentinelisn’t the only one anxious for answers. Rest assured there are hundreds of homeless campers in the city eager to find out how to live with and get around Aurora’s ban to nowhere.

The city absolutely cannot condone people to camp along highways and in public parks — for everyone’s safety.

Instead, Aurora must recognize this as the humanitarian crisis it is. We have an obligation as a society to offer people at the very least a safe, protected, hygenic place to live and help to find permanent homes, health and employment.

Aurora’s so-called camping ban is the antithesis of a wise, logical and compassionate solution to a growing national crisis.

Because endless experts have made that perfectly clear, it makes the persistence of those who back this ill-conceived scourge as vulgar and cruel as the ban itself.

“I understand why people would want a camping ban. I like my city, and I want it to look pretty. But this is a human rights issue,” Scott Harpin, associate professor of nursing at Anschutz who has worked with homeless populations for about 25 years, told reporter Max Levy of The Sentinel. “It just moves people around. It doesn’t help solve the issue in any way.”

It’s not too late to suspend this ill-conceived measure and work to get it right for everyone in the community, including those who live here without a home.

YOUR LETTERS

Aurora’s new sheriff a victim of the city’s Old West cronyism

EDITOR: We hired a new sheriff two years ago to clean up the town police, but when she steps on the toes of its favorite sons, we take her out!

Sound familiar?

The Aurora Police Department is under sanctions from the State Attorney General due to the racist, abusive and couched “patterns and practices” of a minority of police officers, who believe the rules and professional conduct don’t apply to them.

Chief Vanessa Wilson, almost alone in the police department, tried to fire the worst offenders, but the police unions protested and propped up a council member to defame Wilson.

Did Mayor Mike Coffman or City Manager Jim Twombly come to her defense? Did one of the 700 police officers? I don’t think so.

TheSentinelsuggested Coffman resign, and TheDenverPostdemanded Twombly’s firing, as they both misstated the facts against Wilson.

I agree. How can the citizens of Aurora look the other way while our leadership has no integrity and is willing to send the chief away without due process and return Aurora to the way of the Old West police corruption?

— Dr. Jack McInroy, Aurora, via letters@SentinelColorado.com

End polarized dramas

EDITOR: The recent polarization of the Aurora City Council has led to unethical behavior of the newly elected members and the firing of the Chief of Police for purely political reasons. It pains me, as a lifelong resident of Aurora, born at Fitzsimmons, 1976 graduate of Gateway HS to see what is happening.

Chief Wilson was fired without cause because she instituted reform into a department that the State Attorney General mandated be reformed. As she said in her statement, it was not because they filed a report late, or made clerical errors. Rather, she said… “I’m talking about abusing individuals. I’m talking about lying in police reports. I’m talking about criminal behavior,” Wilson said. “It cannot and will not be in that building … What I did is not popular, I understand that. Leadership is not a popularity contest.”

Chief Wilson exposed Officers who were dangerous, racist and needed to be removed for their actions. And the union did not like that.

The culture Chief Wilson was attempting to reform is clearly exemplified by Office Doug Wilkinson, President of the Aurora Police Association. Officer Wilkinson sent an email to the de-

partment after he was found to be in violation of the City’s Anti-harassment Policy and the directive on discrimination and harassment. Officer Wilkinson said…“I suppose that the city could do political polling to make sure that the average politics of the department reflects the political ‘diversity’ of ‘the community.’ Or, to match the ‘diversity’ of ‘the community’, we could make sure to hire 10% illegal aliens, 50% weed smokers, 10% Crackheads, and a few child molesters and murderers to round it out. You know, so we can make the department to look like the ‘community’,” he wrote.“…So, yes, the State’s plan, fully embraced by the city, is literally systematically sexist and racist,” he went on to add.

It seems that they want the Police to go back to the good old boy network and brutality that has cost the city millions in settlements without accountability.

On a radio show in January, Councilmember Danielle Jurinsky spoke publicly about Chief Wilson saying… “We remove the chief immediately, and with her takes out the trash of the deputy chief of police, Darin Parker.” She followed that up by saying, “Chief Vanessa Wilson is trash.” Jurinsky seems to want to model Marjory Taylor Green and Lauren Boebert by making inflammatory statements, then hiding behind a veil of “First Amendment right to say what I want. Perhaps by an ordinary citizen, however she is held to a different standard by the City Charter when discussing City personnel issues. Her comments possibly violated the City Charter, and a Censure motion was voted down in a closeddoor session. This is another possible violation of the City Charter and public Sunshine laws, but backed by the Mayor and City Manager Jim Twombly, both of whom are behind this partisan hack of Chief Wilson. Jurinsky also stormed out of a Council Meeting after not getting her way like a petulant adolescent after being admonished for her behavior by Mayor Coffman.

This pattern of behavior is encouraged by GOP actions at the County, State and National levels. The DCSD Board is an example, and the list goes up the ladder to the State GOP now endorsing election deniers and the most extreme ones at that, including indicted Tina Peters who could have again violated state law by accepting funding by Mike Lindell. Ultimately by the Congressional GOP leadership, turning their blind eye to January 6 and the alleged illegal actions of the POTUS and his supporters to overturn the election. Aurora deserves better behavior that what is being displayed by the new council members and its leadership.

— James McKeeman, via letters@sentinelcolorado.com

TOP COP RETURNS

DAN OATES CHOSEN TO LEAD AURORA POLICE DEPARTMENT DURING NATIONWIDE SEARCH

Former Police Chief

Dan Oates has been tapped to lead the Aurora Police Department again on an interim basis as the city continues its search for a permanent replacement for Vanessa Wilson, who was fired April 6.

BY MAX LEVY, Staff Writer

Oates led the department from 2005 to 2014, a time period that included the Aurora theater shooting, which killed 12 people and injured dozens more.

His tenure also included controversies such as the 2013 revelation that evidence in 48 sexual assault cases had been destroyed. The gaffe impacted prosecutions and which Oates called a “grievous mistake.” Even after his departure, he remained embroiled in litigation with a police officer who said he was demoted for contradicting Oates in court.

Oates went on to lead the Miami Beach Police Department and later served as a consultant for the Baltimore Police Department and the St. Louis City and County police departments on crime reduction strategies and organizational reform efforts.

“I’m honored and flattered to be coming back to help out Aurora in this challenging time,” the new interim chief said during a press conference Wednesday. “Aurora has a very special place in my life and the life of my family. We raised our two children during those formative nine years, from when they were in middle school through high school.”

He said building trust with the community was a top priority and also that he “loved the cops in the Aurora PD,” saying “there’s a lot of talent and dedication in that organization.”

“Dan brings focus to crime reduction, community engagement and internal leadership that will serve our com-

munity well during this transition. He will also provide critical guidance as we begin to seek community input in selecting a permanent chief,” City Manager Jim Twombly said in a news release.

Oates and Twombly also stressed the city’s ongoing commitment to the police and fire reforms outlined in the consent decree negotiated between the city and the state attorney general’s office.

“This is the roadmap to improving the image of the department, which, you know, cops may or may not acknowledge it, (but it) is terribly, terribly important to them. They want to feel good about the agency they work with,” Oates said.

During the press conference, Twombly described the new interim chief’s decades of policing experience as one of the reasons why he was chosen, along with Oates’ leadership in the aftermath of the 2012 theater shooting.

The city manager said his priorities for Oates’ tenure as chief would include implementing the consent decree, tackling an increase in certain crimes and “stabilizing” the police department in the wake of Wilson’s termination.

Twombly and Oates took questions from reporters during the conference. In response to the question of what he planned to do about rising crime, Oates said he had “ideas but no plans” and wanted to do more research before committing to a strategy. He did say that he valued data collection to determine where and when crimes are occurring.

Some of the questions concerned the disciplining of officers — one of the areas where the previous chief clashed with police union leaders who described her firing of certain officers for cause as unfair.

Oates said that he was “not coming in with an agenda to change the discipline process.” He said he believed there have been “nuanced changes” to how discipline is meted

out in the department. However, he said he was confident in his ability to manage and discipline officers.

“The way I think an ideal police department should operate is that the chief decides what’s appropriate discipline in a transparent way, for the cops and for the community, and if the community and the elected officials are unhappy with those decisions, then you get rid of the chief,” he said.

He said he would respect and support accountability mechanisms put in place by voters and elected leaders.

Though in 2013 he expressed skepticism toward an independent monitorship proposed by then-Mayor Steve Hogan, Oates said he thought the system of an independent monitor overseeing the city’s implementation of its consent decree was “the national best practice and exactly the right decision that Aurora should have made.” The firm currently serving as the city’s consent decree monitor is IntegrAssure.

When asked how he would recruit officers to help the department achieve its goal of representing the community, he said he wanted to make sure qualified candidates progressed through the hiring process as quickly as possible. He said candidates who are told to wait for too long find jobs elsewhere.

“In this hiring climate, if you tell a candidate that, that candidate is going to get hired by another police department,” he said. “The entire time I was in Aurora, we struggled around minority recruitment and hitting our diversity marks. We had some success but a lot of frustration and a lot of failure.”

He said improving the department’s hiring process would be a “very high priority.”

Oates is scheduled to arrive in Aurora by May 23, once he recovers from a medical procedure. He will be paid $18,250 per month during his stint as interim chief. A new chief is expected to be chosen by the end of the year.

DanOates will be serving as Interim Chief for the Aurora Police Department while the city searches for a full-time chief. Sentinel Colorado File Photo

Council approves budget supplemental

Aurora’s City Council approved roughly $62.45 million in net supplemental appropriations for the 2022 budget on Monday as well 9.5 new full-time positions.

City staffers broke down some of the largest items included in the package for the council, which voted unanimously to pass it on first reading.

Topping the list of appropriations are approximately:

$25 million in Better Utilizing Infrastructure to Leverage Development grant funds through the U.S. Department of Transportation and $5 million in FASTER grant funds through the state to help build a new interchange at Interstate 70 and Picadilly Road.

$13.1 million from the city’s general fund to pay off the Stephen D. Hogan Parkway debt, which city staff say will free up $2.4 million annually for transportation maintenance.

$4.7 million from the city’s general fund for the entirety of IntegrAssure’s contract with the City of Aurora to monitor public safety reforms described in the consent decree between the city and the Colorado Attorney General’s Office.

$4 million from the general fund in excess of 2021 projections transferred from that fund into the capital projects fund for road maintenance.

Also included are supplemental appropriations for employees:

$243,103 for two human resources employees to meet the base-level demands of the city.

$137,677 for a manager of the city-owned street light program.

$131,527 for two civilian technicians at the Aurora Police Department’s impound unit, as city staff note the department is having a hard time maintaining its staff of sworn officers.

$84,770 for a position that would support the city’s use of the Accela workflow management software system.

$33,547 for a licensing officer to address the workload related to legalized marijuana delivery.

$23,657 to restore a part-time community program specialist position and relabel it as an animal services assistant, as the city’s animal shelter returns to normal operations.

Using existing grant funds to add one homelessness compliance position to help administer and monitor homelessness projects funded with marijuana sales tax dollars.

Upgrading two part-time library assistant positions to full-time library clerk positions, the cost of which will be offset by other budget adjustments.

— MAX LEVY, Staff Writer

PERA sues over dismantling TCHD

The organization that manages retirement benefits for public sector employees in Colorado has filed a lawsuit against the Tri-Coun-

ty Health Department and its three affiliated counties alleging that the entities are on the hook for $50 million in retirement benefits.

The lawsuit asks that Tri-County be ordered to pay the $50 million, and if it is unable to, Arapahoe, Adams and Douglas counties be forced to cover the shortfall.

Once the largest health department in the state, it became the center of a political storm during the pandemic over mask mandates, leading to a push last year to abandon it.

A Tri-County spokesperson said the department is unable to comment on pending litigation. The individual counties maintain, however, that the fee is not their responsibility.

“Arapahoe County and the other two counties’ position is that TCHD is a separate, independent legal entity under Colorado law, which is solely responsible for its own liabilities and financial obligations including any obligations owing to PERA,” Arapahoe County spokesperson Luc Hatlestad said in an email.

If the department is allowed to break up without paying its share, the lawsuit says, public sector employees all across the state will suffer financially.

The Colorado Public Employees Retirement Association, PERA,  provides retirement benefits and other benefits to employees in over 500 government agencies in Colorado, including school districts, universities and state and local governments. Benefits are pre-funded and

serve as a substitute for Social Security for most of those employees.

On Feb. 1, PERA filed a lawsuit against Tri-County and Adams, Arapahoe and Douglas counties in an Adams County District Court claiming that the department is violating the procedures required by state law to exit a partnership with the retirement association.

Those requirements primarily include a $50 million payment to PERA’s Local Government Division trust fund, the lawsuit said.

Tri-County has 400 active and 350 inactive PERA members and 180 PERA retirees, the lawsuit said. At the end of this year the department will cease to exist and therefore terminate its affiliation with PERA — and benefit payments.

By law, there are certain procedures that public entities in the local government division of PERA must follow in order to terminate their affiliation with the entity. As part of the process, PERA actuaries determine the amount of reserves necessary to maintain current benefits for members.

If there is a surplus, PERA is required to pay the disaffiliating employer, but if there is a shortfall, the employer is required to pay the difference of the employer’s share to PERA, known as a withdrawal liability.

This payment ensures the financial integrity of the PERA system, the lawsuit said.

According to the lawsuit, in January 2021 Tri-County reached out to PERA regarding the effects of

Douglas County leaving the department (which it first announced its intention to do in July 2020) and Tri-County potentially dissolving entirely. It reached out again in June 2021 to ask if it would incur a substantial penalty if it left PERA.

In September of 2021 Tri-County said that it needed an evaluation of the reserves requirement “ASAP” because it would be a factor in the county commissioners of the individual counties deciding whether to form their own health departments, the lawsuit said.

On Sept. 24, PERA calculated the withdrawal liability as slightly more than $50 million. That number showed up in an independent report conducted by the Otowi Group and presented to the Adams and Arapahoe county commissioners, which projected that $50 million of an estimated $61 million it would cost to separate Tri-County would go to a one-time payment to PERA.

Tri-County’s entire adopted budget for 2021 was slightly over $55 million, according to online documents.

Days later on Sept. 28, Tri-County and the Douglas County board of commissioners entered into an intergovernmental agreement in which Douglas County promised to pay for the costs associated with its withdrawal including “the payment of any debt or penalties imposed by Colorado PERA,” according to the lawsuit.

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“In the situation you reference, CCSD has followed both Title IX and CCSD Board policies,” the statement said. “CCSD also works collaboratively with law enforcement, and within the parameters set in federal regulations to ensure a safe learning environment for all students. CCSD is restricted by law, including FERPA, from sharing student information or commenting on specific student matters and Title IX investigations.”

On Wednesday, the district sent out a letter to all high school families addressing the walkout. The letter said that the district respected students’ ability to peacefully gather and supervised the activity to ensure student safety.

“At CCSD, we stand in solidarity with survivors of sexual assault, abuse, and harassment,” the letter said.

Students who are being harassed should reach out to their school administrator or the district equity compliance officer, the letter said. It also listed several local organizations that provides services for assault victims, including Blue Bench and the Colorado Coalition Against Sexual Assault.

On Thursday, Superintendent Chris Smith sent another letter to the entire district.

“First and foremost, I want to say that I stand in solidarity with victims of sexual assault and harassment,” Smith said. “I also applaud the courage and commitment of our young people who gathered peacefully yesterday and used their voices to call attention to critical issues.”

Smith reiterated that the district cannot comment on specific Title IX cases and that it takes all allegations seriously.

Not all of the district’s students feel the same, however.

Inzana said the walkout was organized after the KDVR article about the case came out last week, but it was about “the bigger picture” of how the district handles sexual assault allegations.

During the walkou,t many stu-

dents spoke about their own experiences with assault and voiced disappointment with Cherry Creek’s response, he said.

“A lot of people are angry and distraught about the mishandling of so many sexual assault cases in this district,” he said. “This hit close to home for a lot of people in our school because a lot of people have been sexually assaulted and it hasn’t been addressed in the way they would want it to be.”

— CARINA JULIG, Staff Writer

Free preschool becomes law

Starting next year, every Colorado 4-year-old will have a chance to attend preschool at no cost to their parents, under legislation signed Monday by Gov. Jared Polis.

“With this bill, families in Colorado with 4-year-olds will have access to free preschool in the fall of 2023, saving them money and preparing kids for success,” said Polis, noting the benefits his own children experienced from preschool.

The program promises 4-yearolds 10 hours a week of tuition-free preschool in public school classrooms or private settings, such as child care centers, churches, or homes licensed to provide preschool. Funding will come from the state’s existing preschool program, which serves children with certain risk factors, and from proceeds of a nicotine tax Colorado voters approved in 2020.

The goal is for parents to be able to access the program through a single application that also determines whether they are eligible for other early childhood services. Polis said this aspect isn’t just about convenience.

“We all get to go through the same front door,” he said. “I think that makes a powerful statement about equity.”

The bill represents a major expansion of early childhood education in a state that four years ago didn’t provide free full-day kindergarten, issues that Polis pledged to address as a candidate in 2018. Up

for re-election this year, the governor has now delivered on both full-day kindergarten and universal preschool, but many details remain to be worked out with the preschool plan.

Polis arrived at the bill signing accompanied by Denver’s South High Ravens drumline and a pintsize parade of students from Clayton Early Learning Center. The children and their teachers waved tiny Colorado flags while dozens of state officials and early childhood advocates held signs that read, “Free Universal Preschool, Saving Families Money,” with Polis’ name on the bottom.

“Today’s signing is historic, but we’ll truly get to see the incredible impact of this policy for many years to come, even generations to come,” said Senate President Stephen Fenberg, who co-sponsored the bill. Read more of this story at www.sentinelcolorado.com

fax Avenue near Moline Street, police said.

Police said a man was apparently trying to cross Colfax near Moline at about 10 p.m. and was struck by an eastbound Toyota FJ Cruiser just west of Moline.

The driver of the Toyota cooperated with police.

“The pedestrian was transported to the hospital with serious injuries which sadly, they did not survive,” Goodrich said in a statement.

Police said that at this stage of the investigation, it’s unknown whether speed or alcohol was a factor in either crash,

The dead man’s identity will be released at a later date by coroner officials.

Police are asking anyone who saw either crash or who has dashcam video to contact Aurora police.

Monday’s pedestrian crash was the 16th traffic-related fatality this year in Aurora.

deputy city attorney and head of the office’s criminal justice division.

“We have reviewed all of the cases that we identified any officer that we received (Brady letter) orders on had been involved in,” Heckman said Monday during a hearing update. “So the letters have been given to the defendant or defense attorney in each case.”

Last month, Presiding Judge Shawn Day ordered the city attorney’s office — which is required by law to supply that information to the defendant and his or her lawyers — to review every case since the beginning of 2020 that involves an officer with a so-called “Brady letter” and notify the defendant and their counsel the information wasn’t properly supplied.

—

ERICA MELTZER, Chalkbeat Colorado

POLICE 2 pedestrians killed

Two pedestrians have been killed in three days as they crossed major roads in Aurora and were struck dead in traffic.

An unidentified woman was struck by a car at about 9 p.m. Monday while attempting to cross South Havana Street near East Virginia Avenue. police said

“The preliminary investigation revealed a Jeep Cherokee was traveling north on Havana Street when (it) struck the pedestrian that was crossing the roadway just south of Virginia Avenue,” Acting Lt. Faith Goodrich said in a statement. “The driver of the Jeep remained on scene and was cooperative with the officers.”

The female pedestrian died at the scene. Her identification will be released at a later date by coroner officials.

Saturday night, an unidentified man was struck and killed by a car while attempting to cross East Col-

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Defendents notified of missing Brady letters

City of Aurora prosecutors say they have reviewed more than 900 cases that involved a discredited cop the office failed to notify defense counsel about over the last two years.

Fewer than 200 of those defendants will receive letters informing them of the lapse in constitutionally-mandated documentation.

Of the 917 cases reviewed, the city attorney’s office claims 685 cases entered a plea, conviction or default judgment before the date the city attorney’s office received a notification from the police department about the officer, typically referred to as a “Brady letter.”

In the remaining 232 cases reviewed, 164 defendants failed to appear for a court date, which the city attorney’s office argued would not require providing the information for lack of a discovery order. Twelve cases are currently set for a court date, according to Julie Heckman, a

Chief Public Defender Doug Wilson said his office had not received a Brady letter since at least the beginning of 2020. On Monday, he confirmed city attorneys have now supplied the public defender’s office with 54 letters involving 14 Aurora Police Department officers who have a Brady letter.

His office has eight relevant cases set for trial that have been impacted by the letter omission.

Impacted defendants can file a motion to have their case reopened, though it’s so far unclear how many new trials would be a result of that course of action. University of Denver Law Professor Ian Farrell previously told The Sentinel it’s really the only remedy in this kind of situation.

“(The Brady process) is commonly criticized by academics and the defense bar because there are no sanctions against the individuals for Brady violations,” Farrell said. “If you’re a DA who regularly violates Brady, the conviction (may) get overturned, but it’s not like you get disbarred or an ethical sanction. You face no consequences at all. If you’re willing to simply re-try the case all the time, you can just do that. Especially if there is a likelihood that you will not be fined. You can see how the incentive rolls out.”

— KARA MASON, Managing Editor

The Magazine

Good citizens of tomorrow

REFUGEE WOMEN AT THE VILLAGE INSTITUTE IN AURORA ADVANCE THEIR CAREERS IN A PRESCHOOL CLASSROOM

BY AMANDA HORVATH AND ALEXIS KIKOEN, Rocky Mountain PBS

Aclassroom full of toys, puzzles, costumes, books, flags from around the world and energized children is a place Clementine Gasimba gravitates toward.

“I enjoy being with children, and it’s my passion to be with children,” said Gasimba with a big smile on her face.

What makes this particular preschool classroom unique is the children — among them, they speak up to 10 different languages. Knowing half a dozen languages herself, Gasimba can speak and relate to many of the children, but still has a few she teaches who she doesn’t share a common language with.

Gasimba is one of several teachers at The Little Village, an early childhood center part of an organization called The Village Institute. The Village Institute aims to serve refugee families from a holistic approach, providing housing, language resources, childcare, job readiness and mental health services, all under one roof. That includes a pipeline where refugee women, including Gasimba and Harriet Kwitegetse, can go through education and certification courses to help advance their careers. In this case, the training put Gasimba and Kwitegetse directly back into serving other refugee families by leading a preschool class.

“Clementine and Harriet are two teachers here in our preschool classroom and both are just amazing individuals. They’ve done so much to support not only their own families but others in the community,” said Rebecca Gartner, the director of child and youth programs and founder of The Little Village.

Gartner explained that both Gasimba and Kwitegetse have completed their early childhood education classes and earned

their child development associate credential. They are also continuing their higher education by taking more early childhood education classes. This is all done through the Pamoja Village program, which partners with Empowering Communities Globally and Lutheran Family Services Rocky Mountains to provide these classes in six different languages to “reduce that language barrier... so that people can continue their education in their first language,” said Gartner. This is an importance that is not lost on Gasimba and Kwitegetse. Both women are originally from Democratic Republic of Congo. They both left the country in seek of a safer life, which eventually led them to the United States. Kwitegetse fled Democratic Republic of Congo as a child and traveled to Uganda, where she lived for several years before coming to Colorado in 2017. That is when she began building a life here.

“We refugees — who’ve come from other countries — we have barriers here in [the] U.S. because when we reach here and we have children, there’s no way we can work,” said Kwitegetse, speaking from her own experience and others she knows. And that’s why working at this early childhood center is of such importance to her, knowing this center provides free childcare which can give other refugee mothers the chance to have children and find a job.

Gasimba said she ran away from Congo a long time ago and lived in a refugee camp in Rwanda for 18 years until she had the chance to the come to the United States. Although she has lived in the U.S. for several years, Gasimba recently found The Village Institute as a way to help live out her passion.

“[The Little Village] is so important. It [gave] me a job; I bring my children here and they’re learning,” said Gasimba about her two children, a seven-year-old daughter

and nearly one-year-old son.

On a typical day, you could find Gasimba and Kwitegetse putting a puzzle together, helping to build a big block house or any number of activities in a room full of mostly-donated toys. With more than a dozen three-to-five-year-old children who speak a wide variety of languages, from an outside perspective it could appear to be quite the challenging job. But both Gasimba and Kwitegetse do it with smiles on their faces.

“It’s very important to me because it’s making me gain some more experiences, because in this center we have children that come from different countries, so I do study from them,” said Kwitegetse.

Both teachers also emphasized that they are not the only ones doing the teaching; often, the kids teach them valuable lessons.

“Children taught me to enjoy myself. Like, not to be depressed, not to be, like, overthinking,” said Gasimba. “When you are with children you lose yourself, you feel happy, you feel like them because children are angels.”

Gasimba and Kwitegetse work hard every day to help give children the resources they need to thrive in a new country, especially given how many different languages the students speak. Part of the work to reach that goal, Gasimba said, is to become a team with the parents of the child. They foster a line of communication with the parents to understand what needs their child has for the day and then act in the best way they can.

Gartner pointed out a specific time Gasimba comforted a new student who was really missing their mom one day. Gartner said when she checked in on the class, she saw the child was looking content and calm as he was in a wrap tied around Gasimba.

“[He] just needed that extra support ... like, that long hug almost. And that was re-

ally nice because that’s something I would have never thought of to support that child and their first couple of days in school here,” said Gartner.

Learning from everyone involved in The Village Institute is something that has been a core value since the organization opened in April 2020. The early learning center opened a year after that. The organization is located in the heart of Aurora near Colfax Avenue and Elmira Street, near several other refugee agencies including Project Worthmore, Denver Refugee and Immigrant Vitalization and Empowerment (DRIVE), and the Asian Pacific Development Center.

The location makes connecting with the refugee families The Village Institute hopes to help much easier, often by getting referrals through word of mouth and through partnerships with resettlement agencies. However, The Little Village is available to anyone. Gasimba, Kwitegetse and Gartner all say if people are curious, they should come check it out.

“You look around, and you see mothers supporting other mothers. And I learn something new every day from the way that these teachers provide care,” said Gartner. “We just have this kind of wealth of knowledge from around the world, which has been really inspiring and just like a great reminder for me to keep learning and to keep [those] cross-cultural connections with others.”

Gasimba and Kwitegetse provide those critical needs for the community with their work everyday, yet are very humble about their work and give a lot of credit to The Little Village and the intention behind the organization.

“I enjoy it. I love everything we’re doing here. I love it,” said Gasimba. “It’s making our community raise good citizens of tomorrow.”

Clementine Gasimba and Harriet Kwitegetse work at The Village Institute in Aurora teaching preschool students. the two refugee women earn education certificates for their work.

Photo courtesy of RMPBS

Animal Farm presented by Arvada Center Theatre Company

Aurora’s 131st Birthday Party

Clyfford Still, Art and the Young Mind

Skyward: Breakthrough in Flight at Wings Over the Rockies

March 11 — Aug. 7 Clyfford Still Museum 1250 Bannock St., Denver

Disney’s Freaky Friday the Musical

Playing through May 21 at The Arvada Center’s Black Box Theater, 6901 Wadsworth Blvd. Arvada, CO 80003. Tickets starting at $50. More information at www.arvadacenter. org

April 29 - May 22 at Aurora Fox Arts Center, Thursdays-Saturdays

7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets at $15. www.aurorafoxartscenter.org

Anybody with a perfectly imperfect family can surely relate to the hilarity that ensues when a highstrung mother switches bodies with her teenage daughter and needs to figure out how to switch back before her wedding. The early-00s Disney fans among us probably could recite almost every line of the movie that taught us Jamie Lee Curtis makes a kickass teenager and Lindsey Lohan also does music, and we don’t hate it. That energy, adapted from its first version of the 1972 book, is back — with choreography and a score by the Pulitzer Prize-winning composers of Next to Normal and If / Then — until May 22 at the Aurora Fox Arts Center. The beloved version of Freaky Friday takes the stage thanks to directorial team Kenny Moten and Trent Hines. Tickets on sale now, with shows every Thursday-Sunday until May 22.

The term “Orwellian” gets thrown around politics a lot these days, but we’re betting those who use it could use a refresher on what the British author wrote about outside of “1984.” In “Down and Out in Paris and London” the writer reflects on a life among the cities’ poorest residents and in “Animal Farm” Orwell writes of how power corrupts the desire to be equal. Luckily, that refresher comes a bit easier than a high school sophomore reading list. You can catch a 1 hour 20 minute rendition of “Animal Farm” in Arvada through May 21. OnStage Colorado called the play “wonderfully impactful and surprising, despite the well-known source material.” All patrons must show proof of COVID-19 vaccination or provide proof of a negative test to view the dark literary satire. Tickets on sale now.

Water Circus: Gold

April 30, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. 15151 E Alameda Pkwy, Aurora, CO 80012. No tickets necessary. The year was 1901 and it was official. Aurora was born. Kinda. The new suburb outside of Denver went by “Fletcher,” named for its founder, and it was only four square miles of prairie, stretching from Yosemite Street east to Peoria Street and 6th Avenue north to 26th Avenue. More than a century later, little baby Fletcher has grown into Colorado’s third largest city with approximately 370,000 residents, a fifth of them foregin born, making Aurora a Mecca for food and culture enthusiasts.

The city has seen its fair share of trials and tribulations, but on April 30 it’s time to celebrate everything that Aurora has been for 131 years: home to military installations, booming growth, a place people from around the world found a new beginning. Those things have been true for decades and have raised this patch of prairie into something fine. The Aurora History Museum is paying tribute with a scavenger hunt, cake, face painting and balloons. A proper celebration for a proper city. Those who built it would be proud.

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.

April 28 through May 8 at Town Center of Aurora mall, times and prices vary. Starting at $10. Find tickets at www.gold.cirqueitalia.com.

The acrobats are back in Aurora. Find Cirque Italia under water under the big blue tent at Aurora Town Center mall from April 28 through May 8. If trapeze artists or jugglers stress you out, you’re bound to love that the troop is now adding slippery surfaces to the mix. It is 2022 afterall and the stakes are the highest they’ve ever been. After twoplus years of living under the siege of COVID-19, watching an insurrection happen live on TV, and awaiting the murder hornet invasion, it takes a lot to spike one’s adrenaline these days, but Cirque Italia could not be deterred. So if things haven’t gotten weird enough for you yet, grab your tickets, your popcorn and prepare to be amazed. And maybe a little damp.

MOVING DAY NEARS

city prepares for a new homeless camping

and just how ready

BY MAX LEVY AND, CARINA JULIG Staff Writers

Between the golf club at Heather Ridge and Interstate 225, Erin Kay and Mikhail Smith pause to introduce themselves to the residents of a small tent encampment nestled against the chain link fence bordering the highway.

They’re there that morning to warn the inhabitants that the encampment has been flagged for abatement in the near future, and to ask if the people living there need anything from a pair of warm socks to information about how to enter a drug treatment program.

The duo work as street outreach workers for Mile High Behavioral Healthcare, and from Tuesday through Saturday each week drive around Aurora talking with the city’s homeless residents. On a slow day, they might speak to just two or three people, or as many as 25 when it gets busy.

Just about every day they’re out, their big, white van gets flagged down by someone asking for help, either for themselves or for a loved one who has become homeless.

“It’s a lot of sad stories,” Smith said. But it’s also a way to help people who need it the most. Along with giving out food, water, drug testing kits and other small items, the street outreach team also works to connect people to treatment programs, shel-

ter and work opportunities — whatever they need to get out of homelessness for good.

“I love this job because it’s hopeful,” Kay said. She knows what the people they interact with are going through because she lived it herself — Kay struggled with an addiction and was homeless for 10 years before going to college to get a degree in social work. The work the duo does can be slow going, but it’s also rewarding in the way that few other things can be.

That morning, they end up giving one of the people living in the encampment a ride to the Aurora Day Resource Center so that he can take a shower and get something to eat. He needs to get a new ID, and along the way they make plans to pick him up again later to help him get his documentation in order.

A lot of what Kay and Mikhail do on a regular basis is visit encampments that have been flagged for upcoming abatement so that people have a heads up and can hopefully get their possessions in order and clear out on their own.

Where those people go after abatement has long been a source of concern and contention among Aurora lawmakers.

Starting April 30, Aurora’s homeless population will officially be prohibited from camping without permission on public prop-

erty, signaling a more aggressive enforcement posture from the city, according to elected leaders.

City officials said details on when and how the new law will be implemented are forthcoming.

While the city clears unauthorized camps now — close to 80 in 2021, according to Lana Dalton, who recently left her position as Aurora’s homelessness programs manager — elected leaders say the ban would lay the groundwork for the city to be more consistent about forcing campers to move elsewhere.

The ban’s supporters are hopeful that “elsewhere” will be city-sanctioned shelter space — the language of the ban requires the city to have enough shelter space available to accommodate everyone in a camp before that camp can be swept.

That requirement is also a feature of the city’s existing abatement policy. The camping ban in large part codifies the city’s current policy on sweeping encampments.

But while officials have said the city exercised discretion during the COVID-19 pandemic, targeting camps that posed an immediate health or safety risk but leaving others intact, City Council members say the new camping ban is meant to apply uniformly to all homeless campers.

Bob Dorshimer, front, Erin Kay, middle, and Mikhail Smith, check on a homeless person at a large camp in Aurora, April 21. Kay and Smith are on the Street Outreach Team for Mile High Behavioral Health and Dorshimer is the CEO of MHBHC.

Photo by PHILIP B. POSTON/ Sentinel Colorado

“It has had no effect whatsoeverimprovingthe livesofhomelesspeople, movingthemintoshelter, connectingthemwith resourcesorreducingthe factthatpeoplearesleeping outside”

Tony Robinson, an associate professor of political science at CU Denver

The

ban, but opposition continues

Aurora is remains unclear

72 hours to vacate

Campers would be given at least 72 hours’ notice before being forced to leave, which is also consistent with the city’s existing policy. If they refuse to abandon their campsite after the notice period has expired, they may be arrested or fined up to $2,650.

Opponents have pointed out that, based on estimates of the city’s homeless population and shelter space, there may be hundreds more homeless people than there are beds. At least in theory, if there aren’t enough beds to hold everyone in a camp, the ban would be unenforceable.

Days away from implementing the new ban, city officials declined to answer any questions about how the ban would be carried out. City spokesman Ryan Luby wrote in an April 21 email that “staff are still working on the implementation process and are still actively preparing an update for Council on May 2.”

“They will not have anything to provide before then,” he wrote.

In February, as legislation was being created, city officials said then they did not have details about the ban. Among the unanswered questions was how additional shelter would be created to accomplish the goals of a companion resolution directing the city manager to “look for, create and maintain sufficient shelter options to provide a safe space for individuals and families in an unauthorized camp that desire to use a shelter option.”

Since then, city staffers have presented some information to city lawmakers about the ban and about the shelter question specifically. The council in March indicated its support for turning the Aurora Day Resource Center into a year-round shelter, which city staffers said would cost $750,000 up front and $1.35 million on an ongoing annual basis.

They have yet to formally sign off on the expenditure, however, and Mile High Behavioral Healthcare CEO Bob Dorshimer said the city is currently reviewing a “punch-list” of items

needed before the year-round shelter would be operational.

The mezzanine level of the ARDC would be turned into space for bunk beds for women displaced from encampments, and part of the ground floor will be used for beds for men, Dorshimer said. They would also make upgrades such as replacing the dog runs that used to exist outside for the homeless who bring their pets with them. Mile High also has plans to rehire a nurse position that is currently vacant.

Staff would be on hand to help connect people who stay overnight due to abatement to Mile High’s other programs, such as job training and substance abuse treatment, Dorshimer said. It’s unclear how many will choose to take part.

The facility can currently accommodate about 75 people during a weather emergency. A 2021 survey of the city’s homeless residents undertaken on behalf of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development indicated at least 594 people were homeless in the city. Depending on weather conditions, the city may have fewer than half as many shelter beds available compared to the number of homeless people known to city officials.

City Council members voted 6-5 March 28 to implement the ban, which Mayor Mike Coffman reintroduced earlier this year after it was shelved by a split council in August. The final version of the ban included amendments proposed by Councilmember Crystal Murillo, creating an annual reporting requirement and directing the city manager to come up with a policy for temporarily storing the belongings of displaced campers.

Coffman broke the tie in favor of the ban, which also earned the support of conservative council members Francoise Bergan, Curtis Gardner, Danielle Jurinsky, Steve Sundberg and Dustin Zvonek. Angela Lawson and progressives Alison Coombs, Juan Marcano, Ruben Medina and Murillo voted in opposition.

Dispute over what’s good for the city, homeless people

While opponents generally said the ban would criminalize homelessness and do little to get people into housing, supporters said it would push the homeless to engage with service providers and address public health problems associated with camps.

“The top priority of any local government should be public safety,” Zvonek said shortly before the council’s first vote to introduce the ban at the end of February. “This proposal is the one step that we can take as a local government to start to push some of those people who are in encampments, who’ve disassociated from society and from support, into a shelter situation.”

“I want people to access services and not to be out there isolated,” Coffman told The Sentinel in March. “I think it’s important they come to a shelter option.”

Organizations that help the homeless in Aurora told the Sentinel that they are not taking formal positions on the ban, though representatives expressed uncertainty about how it would impact demand for services and their clients.

“Right now, we’re kind of guessing what will happen,” said Kristen Baluyot, the Salvation Army’s social services director for the Denver metropolitan area.

The Salvation Army manages at least 60 Pallet shelters — small, prefabricated housing units — between locations next to its warehouse on Peoria Street and alongside Restoration Christian Fellowship on East Sixth Avenue. The organization also provides food boxes for community members and offers housing assistance through its Housing Now program.

Baluyot said the Pallet shelters are currently at capacity, and she anticipates demand for that shelter space will only increase. As of April 26, the organization reported 86 people on its waitlist.

“Our primary goal with those safe outdoor spaces is for them

to be there for as short a time as possible and then get them into permanent, stable housing,” she said. “In Aurora, there’s really only a few sheltering options. … If you’re looking at the numbers in the context of this camping ban, there’s not sufficient shelter space for all of the people who are camping to move into shelter.”

She said service providers have also considered the possibility that the enactment of the ban in Aurora will push more people toward Denver. Derek Woodbury, communications director for Denver’s Department of Housing Stability, said in an email that his city would “continue to coordinate with the City of Aurora on our regional approaches to make homelessness rare, brief and one-time.”

“We continue to monitor (the) presence of large encampments across the city and can assess for any increase in locations near the Aurora border,” he wrote.

Denver and nearby jurisdictions such as Parker and Centennial also have camping bans on the books.

Andy Anderson of the Town of Parker said when asked if his city had analyzed the possible impacts of the Aurora ban that Parker is taking part in a Douglas County initiative to gather data on homelessness and that it would continue to cooperate with neighboring jurisdictions to address rising homelessness regardless of the ban’s consequences.

Allison Wittern of Centennial said her city had not undertaken any analysis of the Aurora ban, though a March 28 news article in the Centennial Citizen cautioned that the ban could displace people into that city. In Greenwood Village, spokeswoman Melissa Gallegos said the city wasn’t anticipating any impacts, since it is relatively small and has limited services.

Cathy Alderman of the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless said she thought the ban was likely to push Aurora’s homeless residents across jurisdictional boundaries and that she did not know what new services were being created if demand was to

increase.

“As Aurora becomes less welcoming and less helpful to its residents experiencing homelessness, they’re probably going to go to other cities and counties to get resources,” she said. She has spoken out against the ban.

While the Salvation Army does not have a local street outreach team, Baluyot said sweeps have the potential to sever ties between service organizations and their homeless clients.

“It can set street outreach teams back significantly from their outcomes or even from getting people to engage in shelter,” she said.

She also warned that unpaid fines can create an obstacle between the homeless and housing, calling fines that stem from unauthorized camping “prohibitive and punitive.”

Baluyot said a person who worked at the Aurora Salvation Army locations reported seeing more people interested in shelter and services in the run-up to the ban, and Dorshimer said his organization is also planning for an increased demand for services.

Dorshimer and his organization did not take an official position on the ban. The CEO stressed the need for congregate and non-congregate forms of shelter to be available to effectively accommodate people affected by a ban.

“You need to implement a variety of services in order to make the plan successful,” he said. A subsequent phase of the expansion of sheltering at the ADRC could see Pallet shelters set up for families.

Erin Ralston — clinical director for access, homeless, and residential services for Aurora Mental Health Center — said her agency did not anticipate its services or processes would change because of the ban. She also acknowledged the deficit of shelter space in the area.

AuMHC has teams that do outreach and help the recently housed transition out of homelessness. They also offer drop-in services, therapy and case management for homeless clients as well as rehousing services.

The agency’s new Acute Care

“Iunderstandwhypeoplewouldwanta campingban.Ilikemycity,andIwantitto lookpretty.Butthisisahumanrightsissue,”

“Itjustmovespeoplearound.Itdoesn’t helpsolvetheissueinanyway.”

— Scott Harpin, CU Anschutz Nursing Professor and Researcher

Center, which spokeswoman Lori MacKenzie said is now slated to break ground in March 2023 and be built out in September 2024, will serve the homeless as well as the general public with its crisis stabilization and detox units.

Ralston and Baluyot both said their agencies are prepared to do whatever they can to continue offering services regardless of the legislative landscape.

“We’ll be out there rain or shine,” Ralston said. “We are hopeful that there will be referrals and people will continue to get connected.”

“Our goal is to end homelessness one person at a time,” said Baluyot. “We will continue to do everything we can to support those experiencing homelessness.”

Experts say bans sound good but end badly

Researchers referred by the University of Colorado’s Denver Campus and the Anschutz Medical Campus were openly skeptical of the ban, saying camping bans have not been proven to improve the lives of the homeless and often accomplish the opposite.

“It has had no effect whatsoever improving the lives of homeless people, moving them into shelter, connecting them with resources or reducing the fact that people are sleeping outside,” said Tony Robinson, an associate professor of political science at CU Denver whose research includes the topics of affordable housing, poverty and homelessness.

He said camping bans force many homeless people to choose between relocating to more secluded areas, where they may be at a higher risk of being assaulted or harassed, or sleep-

ing in congregate shelters, which don’t typically accept pets and may not be suitable for those with severe mental health problems.

Scott Harpin — an associate professor of nursing at Anschutz who has worked with homeless populations for around 25 years, including doing medical outreach work in Aurora — said there is limited research on the effectiveness of camping bans but that he has seen Denver’s ban work positively to connect people with resources in only a “small proportion” of cases.

“I understand why people would want a camping ban. I like my city, and I want it to look pretty. But this is a human rights issue,” Harpin said. “It just moves people around. It doesn’t help solve the issue in any way.”

The researchers said Aurora is part of a nationwide pattern of cities enacting camping bans to address homelessness. They were also critical of Denver’s ban, though Harpin also said that Denver was one of the first major cities in the country to partner with churches to create government-sanctioned camping sites.

Regarding public health hazards such as human waste, Harpin suggested cities set up portable restrooms and similar facilities rather than break up those campsites using a ban.

But he and Robinson also said that cities should work toward more affordable and accessible housing as a way of permanently reducing the homeless population. Robinson also said cities should be looking into setting up more designated camping sites and “tiny home” communities.

“The reason why people want to be in public sleeping together is it’s safe,” Robinson said. “And if you let people live in public communities, it builds the political pressure to solve this prob-

lem more permanently. … If you allow people to be harassed, and raped, and murdered in the shadows, you can pretend you don’t have a problem. That’s what it sounds like Aurora is planning to do.”

Harpin said bans also tend to waste the time of police. Former Police Chief Vanessa Wilson said she was uncomfortable dedicating police resources to enforcing a camping ban.

“As the chief of police, I have been very clear that I do not want to be a part of enforcing this ban,” Wilson said during a hearing about the original, failed bill in August. “ … Right now we’re doing this because we don’t have any other options, but I think as a city we can do better.”

Following Wilson’s firing earlier this month, previous APD chief Dan Oates is slated to take the reins as interim chief in May.

Dorshimer said that Oates “will enforce the law” but spoke highly of his support for the homeless, saying that he was involved in the formation of Aurora’s cold weather outreach team.

“This all started because of Dan,” Dorshimer said.

Oates declined to speak with The Sentinel about the camping ban. Details of how police will handle their role in enforcement was not released.

“The police at Civic Center Park are some of the most caring folks,” Harpin said in the context of Denver’s ban. “I think it also puts them in a tough spot.”

Last week, Coffman said on social media that he spoke to Gov. Jared Polis about speeding up the abatement process on Colorado Department of Transportation property in Aurora as well as state owned property along Cherry Creek State Park.

“The current process is way too slow, and the abatements are so infrequent, that it encourag-

es those staying in the encampments along I-225 to return knowing that they can stay there for weeks before another abatement occurs,” Coffman said in a post.

Jason Clay, a spokesman for Colorado Parks & Wildlife, said the park conducts regular patrols within its boundaries and contacts those camping without permission to offer information about resources and advise them to leave. Eventually, a camp may be swept by staff and, if necessary, a biohazard team.

While he said there “may be increases” in unauthorized camping because of the ban, he added that the park “has seen these in the past based on a variety of circumstances.”

“We have managed to be adaptive to many issues facing the park and will continue to collaborate with a variety of partners, resources, and constituents to employ best practices in attempts to serve the mission of CPW and provide the best services to the public,” Clay wrote in an email.

Coffman said Polis seemed willing to shorten the abatement notice window from seven days to 72 hours, and that he would consider not requiring permission from CDOT before Aurora does an abatement on its prop-

erty as well as lifting the reimbursement cap of $75,000 a year for abatements.

Polis spokesperson Conor Cahill confirmed Coffman’s description of the call and said that the governor wants to reduce red tape to allow the city to implement its plans.

“Local governments and municipalities need to meet this moment, and the state wants to help them do it,” Cahill said in an email.

Opposite Page: Erin Kay, crouching, and Mikhail Smith are on the Street Outreach Team for Mile High Behavioral Health, which provides services to the homeless community in the metro region. The two were checking on a homeless camp off of Iliff Avenue and I-225.

Top: Bob Dorshimer, left, and Erin Kay, center, speak with Rashad, who was living at a homeless camp east of I-225 and north of Iliff Avenue, April 21. Rashad decided to accept a ride to the Aurora Day Resource Center so he could take a shower, get a meal and wash some clothes.

Bottom Right: A gaggle of grocery carts filled with possessions sit on a concrete pad at the entrance of a large homeless camp, April 21, in Aurora.

Photos by PHILIP B. POSTON/ Sentinel Colorado

“Thisproposalistheonestepthatwe cantakeasalocalgovernmenttostart topushsomeofthosepeoplewhoare inencampments,who’vedisassociated fromsocietyandfromsupport,intoa

shelter

situation.”

Aurora Councilmember Dustin Zvonek

Preps

The old adage ‘if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,’ certainly applies to the top of the batting order for the Regis Jesuit baseball team this season.

Nothing is broken in terms of offense for coach Matt Darr’s sweet-swinging Raiders, who have averaged more than nine runs per game during a 14-2 start that has not come against much weak competition.

Darr has been able to write the top six names in his order in ink and just knows they will rake, a luxury not afforded to many Colorado coaches.

Carolina, where they won two of three games against some of the nation’s elite teams.

Senior second baseman Finn O’Connor and shortstop Dallas Macias set the table for the Regis Jesuit lineup and created a feast against Eaglecrest, as both homered, went 3-for-3 and combined for five RBIs.

“When the top couple of guys get hits, everybody else just follows,” said O’Connor, who is hitting .375 and ranks second in home runs with four, has already scored 25 runs and has even driven in 13 runs as a leadoff hitter.

Slugging Raiders BASEBALL

“Our 1-6 has pretty much been maintained the whole time because they’ve been hitting so well, there’s no need to change,” Darr said after his team pounded out 16 hits in a 15-1 win over Eaglecrest April 21.

“There’s a feeling of comfort of knowing when you show up to the yard you are hitting in a certain spot,” he added.

BY COURTNEY OAKES Sports Editor

“In some ways, it’s a pick-your-poison type of thing (for other teams).”

That offense has helped elevate the Raiders to the No. 3 spot in the latest CHSAANow.com’s Class 5A coaches poll, but they are likely to move up at least one more spot in the next one after they slugged their way to a 16-10 road win over No. 2 Mountain Vista April 25.

The top-ranked team is Legacy, which is undefeated and dealt Regis Jesuit its only loss in Colorado play when it triumphed 7-6 April 2. The Raiders’ other defeat came at the USA Baseball National Invitational tournament at in Cary, North

“Hitting is contagious like that,” he added. “It’s just a ton of fun when everybody is on.”

Macias has pretty much always been on this season no matter what.

After signing with Oregon State — currently the No. 2-ranked team in the country — Macias is in the midst of a season in which he has a .589 average that ranks him No. 6 in 5A, while he has scored the most runs (31), sits in a tie for most doubles in the classification with 11 and his six home runs time him for second as well.

He attributes at least some of his success to the consistency of the lineup.

“I appreciate Coach Darr trusting the 1-6 spots and keeping that lineup the same; that trust is definitely reciprocated,” he said. “None of us are playing with too much pressure and we’re just having fun.”

Macias knows that when he reaches base, senior Isaac Wachsmann — a Xavier signee who is hitting .418 with three homers and a team-high 25 RBI — likely will send him home. After that, senior infielder Nate McHugh boasts a .490 average with three homers and 20 RBI, while soph-

omore outfielder Andrew Bell is hitting at a .457 clip and senior infielder Charlie Rogan is at .294.

After that, the bottom of the order has been slightly in flux, but when it comes through, it makes the Raiders nearly unstoppable.

“Our hitting depth is good from 1-9 and even guys that don’t get a lot of time can swing it,” Darr said. “It’s like those real good teams I’ve had in the past and that bodes real well for the playoffs when you can hit 1-9. We’re going to be a hard team to slow down.”

The best thing about a good offense is the pressure it takes off the pitching staff.

Regis Jesuit has gotten an ace performance from senior Brian Fischer, who is 5-0 with a 2.62 ERA, while senior Brooks Gerig is 4-1 and junior Hayden Moore owns a 3-0 mark. Freshman Christian Lopez has three saves with a 0.00 ERA as part of a deep group of arms out of the

The outstanding start has prompted the Raiders to think about what could happen at the end.

“We have a good shot at state and I think our team chemistry is what can take us there,” O’Connor said.

bullpen.

ABOVE: Regis Jesuit senior Finn O’Connor (18) is greeted by teammate Jack Martin (7) and others after slugging a three-run home run in the Raiders’ 15-1 non-league baseball win over Eaglecrest on April 21. BELOW: Senior Dallas Macias rounds third base after hitting a home run as part of a 3-for-3 day against Eaglecrest. The signee with Division I powerhouse Oregon State is in the top six in Class 5A in batting average and either first or second in runs scored, doubles and home runs as he has helped key one of the state’s most explosive offenses. Photos by Courtney Oakes/Sentinel Colorado

Preps

BOYS VOLLEYBALL

Postseason ahead for three volleyball teams

The second sanctioned regular season for boys volleyball came to an end April 26 with final matches ahead of the start of what should be an interesting postseason.

Seeding for regional playoff tournaments came out April 27 with the 16 qualifiers coming directly off the Colorado High School Activities Association’s RPI Index formula.

Eaglecrest (18-4) finished No. 1 in the RPI index and ended up with the No. 3 seed with a home match against the 14th-seeded Poudre School District at 6:30 p.m. April 29, while Cherokee Trail (17-5) was No. 7 in RPI, but received the No. 5 seed. The Cougars will play host to No. 12 Cheyenne Mountain at 6 p.m. April 29. The final local qualifier is Regis Jesuit (14-8), which was No. 11 in RPI, but with the No. 10 seed travels to face No. 7 Thornton.

Winners of each regional match advance to the state tournament May 5-7 at Overland.

WEEK PAST

The week past in Aurora prep sports

TUESDAY, APRIL 26: The Regis Jesuit boys lacrosse team got up big and then held off a Mountain Vista rally in a 13-12 road win. ... Joe McDermott allowed two hits and an unearned run and Noah Carrillo drove in four runs as the Smoky Hill baseball team won 5-1 at Cherry Creek. ...The Cherokee Trail boys lacrosse team rallied from a big early deficit to top Denver East 13-11. ...Shylin Collins and Isabela Melendez scored five goals apiece as the Rangeview girls lacrosse team edged Overland 10-9. ...MONDAY, APRIL 27: Kayleigh Babineaux, Bead Boonta and Haylee Clark all finished in the top eight individually to lead the Cherokee Trail girls golf team to the championship of the Bruin Invitational at CommonGround G.C. Babineaux shot plus-6 77, Boonta finished at 80 (same as Eaglecrest’s Savanna Becker) and Clark at 86 as the Cougars won by eight strokes. ...The Regis Jesuit baseball team won a 16-10 slugfest on the road at Mountain Vista in a Continental League showdown. Na-

te Lewis homered and drove in five runs, Nate McHugh had three hits and Charlie Rogan plated three runs, while Brooks Gerig earned the win with four relatively tidy innings. ...SATURDAY, APRIL 23: The Grandview boys track team dominated its way to the championship of the Dakota Ridge Invitational at Jeffco Stadium, as the Wolves won seven events, two for Mateo Munoz plus singles for David Maldonado (100 meters) and Malique Singleton (110 meter hurdles) and three relays. Grandview and Regis Jesuit finished second and third in the girls team standings of the same meet with the only two wins between them coming from the Raiders’ Fabiola Belibi, who took the 100 meter hurdles and long jump. ...The Cherokee Trail boys track team earned a significant victory in the Huskie Invitational with victories by the 4x100 and 4x200 meter relays among the highlights. Jordan Mayfield grabbed the 200 meter dash for eighth-place Vista PEAK. Five event victories helped the Cherokee Trail girls team to third place with individual victories from Symone Adams (100 meters), Ka’Moyyah Allen (400 meters) and Natalie Rue (long jump) added to two relay crowns, while Kendall McCoy’s 100 meter hurdles title paced Vista PEAK to fifth. ...The Rangeview boys track team finished second at the Denver East Invitational with wins

coming from Leland Smith in the high jump as well as Micah Dobson in the triple jump. Rangeview also led Aurora teams in the girls competition with three wins — by Avani Houston (400 meters), Zane Bullock (long jump) and Elisha Davis (triple jump) — while fifth-place Eaglecrest got a shot put title from Blythe Cayko and Katelynn Klatt took the high jump for eighthplace Smoky Hill. ...The Regis Jesuit boys swim team finished second behind host Cherry Creek at the John Strain Invitational, which also saw Grandview (fifth), Cherokee Trail (seventh) and Aurora Public Schools (ninth) perform well. The Raiders group of Gio Aguirre, Truman Inglis, Mack Dugan and Hawkins Wendt set meet and pool records with a state-leading time of 1 minute, 24.85 seconds, in the 200 yard freestyle relay, while Aguirre, Wendt, Dugan and Ronan Krauss did the same in the 400 freestyle relay with their 3:08.34. Aguirre won the 100 freestyle and Krauss took the 500 freestyle in pool record fashion. Oliver Schimberg won the 100 backstroke and set the pool record to lead the way for Grandview, while Tucker Meeks paced Cherokee Trail with a runner-up finish in the 200 freestyle and Gavin Harding grabbed third in the 100 butterfly to lead the APS co-op Penguins. ...Torie Turner scored a goal in each half to push the Cherokee Trail girls soccer

team past Prairie View 2-1. ...Aubrey Benton tallied four goals and Kyla Bieker had three with an assist for the Cherokee Trail girls lacrosse team in a 11-8 win over Heritage. ...The Eaglecrest girls lacrosse team scored 18 goals for the third time on the season in an 18-6 victory against Overland. ...Tristan Christofferson racked up 13 kills and Logan Henry added 10, while Ben Jeffords had 12 digs and 18 assists for the Regis Jesuit boys volleyball team, which swept past Valor Christian 26-24, 25-11, 25-20.

FRIDAY, APRIL 22: The Regis Jesuit girls lacrosse team saw a twogoal lead in the second half disappear and watched visiting Cherry Creek surge into the lead and keep possession for the final eight minutes to beat the Raiders 12-9. London Bachelet and Maddy Jokerst scored two goals apiece and five other had goals for Regis Jesuit ... Logan White tallied four goals and had three assists as the Regis Jesuit boys lacrosse team eased past Rock Canyon 14-6. ...Edith Cardoza and Karen Peprah had goals — both assisted by Ixel Soto Gonzalez — as the Hinkley girls soccer team edged Vista Ridge 2-1. ...THURSDAY, APRIL 21: The Grandview girls soccer team clinched the Centennial League championship with a 2-0 victory over Arapahoe. Isa Dillehay had the game-winner, while Naomi Clark also scored and Jordan Nytes made five saves. ...In a rare noon matinee, the Regis Jesuit baseball team pounded out 16 hits in a 15-1 win over visiting Eaglecrest Finn O’Connor and Dallas Macias each homered and went 3-for-3 and O’Connor had 4 RBI to back Hayden Moore, who struck out seven over four innings. Jackson Bryant drove in Logan Glueckert with the lone run for the Raptors. ...The Grandview baseball team finished a Centennial League sweep of Cherry Creek with a 9-1 home victory as Hayden Boushele picked up the win with four strong innings. Kenny VanWormer doubled and homered, drove in two runs and scored three times for the Wolves ...Trey Gray drove in four

runs and Brian Herrera plated three as the Vista PEAK baseball team topped Denver East to a 14-3. Brody Severin struck out nine in five innings. Luis Gardea scattered seven hits and allowed two unearned runs for the Aurora Central baseball team in an 11-2 win over Skyview. ...Hazel Bonansinger came through with a second-half goal that stood up to give the Rangeview girls soccer team a 1-0 EMAC win over Prairie View.

Adeleine Walick assisted on goals by Anna Lantz and Alexis Meyer in the second half as the Regis Jesuit girls soccer team topped Highlands Ranch 2-0. ...Ashlynn Stewart scored twice and had an assist to pace the Vista PEAK girls soccer team to a 4-0 wind-swept EMAC win over visiting Hinkley. ...The Eaglecrest boys volleyball team earned a season split with Cherokee Trail with a spirited 2520, 25-15, 26-28, 25-15 home victory.

Erosh Rai was credited with 27 kills to help the Gateway boys volleyball team to a 25-10, 25-20, 25-19 win over KIPP Denver Collegiate. ...The Vista PEAK girls tennis team honored its seniors and then earned a 6-1 EMAC win over Northglenn. ...The Eaglecrest girls soccer team trailed by a goal late, but fell 4-1 to visiting Mullen.

WEEK AHEAD

The week ahead in Aurora

prep sports

FRIDAY, APRIL 29: The boys volleyball postseason begins with regionals for three city teams. ...An outstanding boys lacrosse matchup comes at 6 p.m. at Lou Kellogg Stadium, when Regis Jesuit — which will celebrate its seniors — plays host to Valor Christian. ... SATURDAY, APRIL 30: The Cherokee Trail, Eaglecrest, Grandview and Smoky Hill track teams take part in the Stutler Twilight meet at Cherry Creek High School beginning at 3 p.m. that could see some impressive performances. ...MONDAY, MAY 2: The Rangeview girls soccer team plays host to rival Vista PEAK at 6:30 p.m.

Left: Eaglecrest goalie Hannah Flores (00) get big air to tip a high shot in the Raptors’ loss to Mullen April 21. Above: Grandview’s Mateo Munoz clears the high jump bar in one of his two wins at the Dakota Ridge Invitational track & field meet April 23 at Jeffco Stadium. (Photos by Courtney Oakes/Sentinel Colorado)

Rising above: Ikechukwu Onwuegbu (24) and the Eaglecrest boys volleyball team is seeded No. 3 among 16 teams in the regional postseason. (Courtney Oakes/Sentinel Colorado)

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COMBINED NOTICEPUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103

FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0014-2022

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

On January 21, 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)

LOUIS T SCOTT

Original Beneficiary(ies)

Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Gateway Mortgage Group, LLC, Its Successors and Assigns

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt Gateway Mortgage, a division of Gateway

First Bank

Date of Deed of Trust

January 19, 2018

County of Recording

Arapahoe

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

January 22, 2018

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

D8007085

Original Principal Amount

$240,562.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$233,994.50

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 Exhibit A EXHIBIT A

CONDOMINIUM UNIT 103, IN BUILDING 9, LOUISIANA PURCHASE II CONDOMINIUMS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND SUBJECT TO THE DECLARATION OF COVENANTS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS FOR LOUISIANA PURCHASE II CONDOMINIUMS RECORDED

SEPTEMBER 30, 1998 UNDER RECEPTION NO. A8155656, AND ANNEXATION RECORDED APRIL 14, 1999 UNDER RECEPTION NO. A9060970 AND AS FURTHER DEFINED AND DESCRIBED ON THE CONDOMINIUM MAP OF THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE II CONDOMINIUM, PHASE VII, RECORDED APRIL 14, 1999 IN PLAT BOOK 160 AT PAGE 71,72,73, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as: 1326 S DANUBE WAY UNIT 103, 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, 05/25/2022, 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.

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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

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FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0016-2022

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

Deed of Trust:

On January 21, 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)

Emmett Ladd II and Miesha Ladd

Original Beneficiary(ies)

Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Citywide Home Loans, a Utah Corporation

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

PennyMac Loan Services, LLC

Date of Deed of Trust

April 25, 2016

County of Recording

Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust

April 26, 2016

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

D6042515 Book: n/a Page:

Original Principal Amount

$427,069.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$395,171.07

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 22, BLOCK 2, TOLLGATE CROSSING SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 10, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as: 4738

S Biloxi Way, Aurora, CO 80016. 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, 05/25/2022, 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.

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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:

David W Drake #43315

Scott D. Toebben #19011

Randall S. Miller & Associates PC 216 16th Street, Suite 1210, Denver, CO 80202 (720) 259-6710

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FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0017-2022

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On January 25, 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)

BRETT BROCKETT

Original Beneficiary(ies)

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR NBANK, N.A.

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt COMMUNITY LOAN SERVICING, LLC A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY

Date of Deed of Trust

November 16, 2005

County of Recording

Arapahoe

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B5177764

Original Principal Amount

$180,800.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$159,632.72

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 6, BLOCK 2, MEADOWOOD, SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 7, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE STATE OF COLORADO

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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, 05/25/2022, 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.

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FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0021-2022

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On February 1, 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)

JANET LYNN SIEDELMANN

Original Beneficiary(ies)

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR STEARNS LENDING, LLC, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.

Date of Deed of Trust

December 12, 2016

County of Recording

Arapahoe

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

December 19, 2016

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

D6146418

Original Principal Amount

$138,000.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$129,845.23

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.

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LOT 8, BLOCK 3, PHEASANT RUN FILING NO. 3, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as: 4625 S. KALISPELL WAY, AURORA, CO 80015.

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

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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, 06/01/2022, 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.

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Last Publication 5/5/2022

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: 02/01/2022

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 # 22-026282

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.

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Revised 1/2015

COMBINED NOTICE -

PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103

FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0024-2022

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

Deed of Trust:

On February 1, 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)

RATION, ITS SUCCESSORS AND AS-

SIGNS

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

COLORADO HOUSING AND FINANCE AUTHORITY

Date of Deed of Trust

March 22, 2019

County of Recording

Arapahoe Recording Date of Deed of Trust

March 26, 2019

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

D9025545

Original Principal Amount $270,019.00

Outstanding Principal Balance $268,742.80

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 PURSUANT TO AFFIDAVIT OF SCRIVENER’S ERROR RECORDED ON 02/04/2020 AT RECEPTION NO. E0015093 TO CORRECT LEGAL DESCRIPTION. EXHIBIT A LOT 108, BLOCK 1, THE TIMBERS FILING NO. ONE, TOGETHER WITH RIGHTS AND EASEMENTS APPURTENANT TO SUBJECT PROPERTY AS CREATED IN THOSE INSTRUMENTS RECORDED NOVEMBER 30, 1972 IN BOOK 2080 AT PAGE 276, DECEMBER 10, 1974 IN BOOK 2296 AT PAGE 169, APRIL 21, 1975 IN BOOK 2327 AT PAGE 174, AUGUST 19, 1975 IN BOOK 2364 AT PAGE 579 AND APRIL 27, 1977 IN BOOK 2579 AT PAGE 230, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as: 15195 EAST JEFFERSON PLACE, AURORA, CO 80014.

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

If applicable, a description of any changes to the deed of trust described in the notice of election and demand pursuant to affidavit as allowed by statutes: C.R.S.§ 38-35-109(5) LEGAL DESCRIPTION HAS BEEN CORRECTED BY SCRIVENER’S AFFIDAVIT RECORDED 02/04/2020 AT RECEPTION NO. E0015093 IN THE RECORDS OF ARAPAHOE COUNTY.

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, 06/01/2022, 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 4/7/2022

Last Publication 5/5/2022

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: 02/01/2022

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 # 20-023933

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.

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Revised 1/2015

COMBINED NOTICE -

PUBLICATION CRS §38-38-103

FORECLOSURE SALE NO. 0032-2022

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

Deed of Trust:

On February 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)

CATHERINE D MBOZI MBULIIRO

Original Beneficiary(ies)

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR AME FINANCIAL CORPORATION

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC

Date of Deed of Trust

September 24, 2009

County of Recording

Arapahoe

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

October 13, 2009

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

B9112206

Original Principal Amount

$183,400.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$127,442.03

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 7, BLOCK 14, WILLOW PARK SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 1, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as: 1525 SOUTH EAGLE STREET, 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, 06/15/2022, 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 4/21/2022

Last Publication 5/19/2022

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: 02/11/2022

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 # 00000009399080

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. 0049-2022

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

Deed of Trust:

On February 18, 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)

TERRY MINAS

Original Beneficiary(ies)

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATIONS SYSTEMS, INC. ACTING SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR QUICKEN LOANS INC.

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

ROCKET MORTGAGE, LLC F/K/A QUICKEN LOANS, LLC F/K/A QUICKEN LOANS INC.

Date of Deed of Trust

February 13, 2020

County of Recording

Arapahoe

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

February 19, 2020

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

E0020685

Original Principal Amount $261,611.00

Outstanding Principal Balance $261,611.00

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. LOTS 30,31 AND 32, BLOCK 5, HOWE’S

FIRST ADDITION TO THE TOWN OF BYERS, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO.

Also known by street and number as: 166 N MCDONNELL ST, BYERS, CO 801038319.

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, 06/22/2022, 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 4/28/2022

Last Publication 5/26/2022

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: 02/18/2022

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 # 00000009417064

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. 0027-2022

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

On February 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)

Robert L. Adkins

Original Beneficiary(ies)

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR AMERICAN FINANCING CORPORATION, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.

Date of Deed of Trust

June 25, 2020

County of Recording

Arapahoe

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

July 01, 2020

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

E0080228

Original Principal Amount $232,600.00

Outstanding Principal Balance $229,378.72

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 28, BLOCK 4, SUMMER BREEZE SUBDIVISION FILING NO. 1, EXCEPT THAT PORTION DEEDED TO THE SUMMER BREEZE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., IN DEED RECORDED AUGUST 3, 1979 IN BOOK 3047 AT PAGE 62, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 17695 East Ithaca Place, Aurora, CO 80013.

PROPERTY

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, 06/08/2022, 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 4/14/2022

Last Publication 5/12/2022

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: 02/04/2022

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:

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 # 22-026262

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. 0028-2022

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

On February 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)

CHRISTINA L. CORDOVA

Original Beneficiary(ies)

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR URBAN FINANCIAL OF AMERICA, LLC, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt FINANCE OF AMERICA REVERSE LLC

Date of Deed of Trust

April 22, 2015

County of Recording Arapahoe

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

May 12, 2005

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

D5047821

Original Principal Amount

$285,000.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$149,185.35

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 13, BLOCK 24, APACHE MESASECOND FILING, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO

Also known by street and number as: 1133 NUCLA STREET, AURORA, CO 80011.

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, 06/08/2022, 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.

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 # 22-026228

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. 0031-2022

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

On February 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)

TIMOTHY C FORD

Original Beneficiary(ies)

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

Date of Deed of Trust

September 26, 2016

County of Recording

Arapahoe

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

October 05, 2016

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

D6113454

Original Principal Amount

$339,000.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$305,101.60

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, MOUNTAINVIEW ESTATES, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO. Also known by street and number as: 8493 E HAWAII LN, DENVER, CO 80231-2731.

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, 06/15/2022, 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 4/21/2022

Last Publication 5/19/2022

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: 02/11/2022

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 # 22-026298

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. 0034-2022

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

Deed of Trust:

On February 15, 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)

WILLIAM B DAHMS

Original Beneficiary(ies)

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.

Current Holder of Evidence of Debt

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.

Date of Deed of Trust

September 16, 2016

County of Recording

Arapahoe

Recording Date of Deed of Trust

September 21, 2016

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

D6106389

Original Principal Amount

$193,350.00

Outstanding Principal Balance

$177,791.24

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 15, BLOCK 48, HOFFMAN TOWN SIXTH FILING, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO

Also known by street and number as: 740 SALEM ST., AURORA, CO 80011.

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, 06/15/2022, 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 4/21/2022

Last Publication 5/19/2022

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: 02/15/2022

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-22-898983-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

If genetic tests are not obtained prior to a legal establishment of paternity and submitted into evidence prior to the entry of the Final Decree of Dissolution or Legal Separation, the genetic tests may not be allowed into evidence at a later date.

Automatic Temporary Injunction – By Order of Colorado Law, both parties are:

1. Enjoined from molesting or disturbing the peace of the other party;

2. Restrained from removing the minor child of the parties, if any, from the State without the consent of the other party or an Order of the Court; and

3. Restrained without at least 14 days advance notification and the written consent of the other party or an Order of the Court, from canceling, modifying, terminating, or allowing to lapse for nonpayment of premiums, any policy of health insurance, or any policy of life insurance that names either of the parties or the minor children as a beneficiary.

If you fail to file a Response in this case, any or all of the matters above, or any related matters which come before this Court, may be decided without further notice to you.

Dated this 27th day of January, 2022.

COLORADO LEGAL GROUP

/s/ Kelsey Jo Berkley (No. 51555) 1777 South Harrison Street, Suite 1050

Denver, Colorado 80210

Tel. No.: (720) 594-7360

Fax No.: (720) 594-7357

E-mail: kelsey@coloradolegalgroup.com

Attorney for Petitioners

First Publication: April 7, 2022

Final Publication: May 5, 2022

Sentinel

AVISO DE CANCELACIÓN DE LA ELECCIÓN REGULAR POR PARTE DEL FUNCIONARIO ELECTORAL DESIGNADO

POR MEDIO DEL PRESENTE DOCU-

MENTO el HM Distrito Metropolitano Numero 3 del Condado de Adams, Colorado, notifica que al cierre del horario del sexagésimo tercer día antes de la elección no había más candidatos para director que los puestos a ser ocupados, lo cual incluye a los candidatos que están presentando declaraciones juradas de intención para ser candidatos de denominación directa; por consiguiente, la elección a celebrarse el 3 de mayo de 2022, queda por medio del presente cancelada, de conformidad con la Sección 1-13.5-513, C.R.S.

Los siguientes candidatos son declarados electos:

Vacante hasta la segunda elección regular (Mayo 6, 2022)

Vacante hasta la segunda elección regular (Mayo 6, 2025)

Vacante hasta la segunda elección regular (Mayo 6, 2025)

FECHADO EL: Abril 19, 2022

/s/ Jessie Stamper Funcionario electoral designado para el HM Distrito Metropolitano No. 3 c/o McGeady Becher P.C. 450 E. 17th Avenue, Suite 400 Denver, Colorado 80203-1254 Teléfono:303-592-4380

Publication: April 28, 2022

Sentinel

BEFORE THE COLORADO GROUND WATER COMMISSION DETERMINATIONS OF WATER RIGHT KIOWA-BIJOU DESIGNATED GROUNDWATER BASIN AND NORTH KIOWA BIJOU GROUND WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT - ARAPAHOE COUNTY

TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to section 37-90-107(7), C.R.S., and the Designated Basin Rules, 2 CCR 410-1, Samu Holdings, LLC has applied for determinations of rights to allocations of designated groundwater from the Laramie-Fox Hills, Arapahoe and Denver aquifers underlying 312.422 acres generally described as a portion of the N1/2 of Section 2, Township 5 South, Range 63 West, 6th P.M. (Overlying Land). The applicant claims ownership of this land and control of the groundwater in these aquifers underlying this property.

The groundwater from these allocations is proposed to be used on the described property for the following beneficial uses: domestic, commercial, industrial, irrigation, livestock watering, fire protection, recreation and replacement, either directly or after storage.

In accordance with section 37-90-107(7), the Colorado Ground Water Commission shall allocate groundwater from the above aquifers based on ownership of the overlying land. A preliminary evaluation of the application finds the volume of water available for allocation from the aquifers underlying the above-described property to be 5,860 acre-feet for the Laramie-Fox Hills aquifer; 9,560 acre-feet for the Arapahoe aquifer; 4,260 acre-feet for the notnontributary (4% replacement) portion of the Denver aquifer and 5,530 acre-feet for the not-nontributary (actual impact replacement) portion of the Denver aquifer. These amounts are subject to final evaluation, and subsequent to issuance of the determinations, adjustment to conform to the actual local aquifer characteristics.

In accordance with section 37-90-107(7) (a), well permits issued pursuant to subsection 107(7) shall allow withdrawals on the basis of an aquifer life of one hundred years.

In accordance with Rule 5.3.6 of the Designated Basin Rules preliminary evaluation of the application finds the replacement water requirement status for the aquifers underlying the above-described property to be nontributary for the Laramie-Fox Hills aquifer and nontributary for the Arapahoe aquifer. For the Denver aquifer the replacement water requirement for a 132 acre portion of the Overlying Land is notnontributary (4% replacement) and the replacement water requirement for the remaining 180.422 acre portion of the Overlying Land is not-nontributary (actual impact replacement).

Upon Commission approval of determinations of rights to the allocations, well permits for wells to withdraw the allocations shall be available upon application, subject to the conditions of each determination, the Designated Basin Rules, and approval by the Commission. Such wells must be completed in the aquifer for which the right was allocated and must be located on the 312.422 acres of above described property. Well permits for wells to withdraw groundwater from the not-nontributary (actual impact replacement) portion of the Denver aquifer would also be subject to the conditions of a replacement plan to be approved by the Commission.

Any person wishing to object to the approval of these determinations of rights to allocations must do so in writing, briefly stating the nature of the objection, the name of the applicant, a general description of the property, and the specific aquifers that are the subject of the objection. The objection, including a required $10 fee per application being objected to, must be received by the Colorado Ground Water Commission by June 4, 2022. Objections should be sent via email to DWRpermitsonline@ state.co.us, upon which the objector will be emailed an invoice for paying the fee online. If the objector is unable to provide the objection via email please contact 303866-3581.

First Publication: April 28, 2022

Final Publication: May 5, 2022

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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

Proposed Flood Hazard Determinations for the City of Aurora, Arapahoe County, Colorado, Case No. 21-08-1079P. The Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) solicits technical information or comments on proposed flood hazard determinations for the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM), and where applicable, the Flood Insurance Study (FIS) report for your community. These flood hazard determinations may include the addition or modification of Base Flood Elevations, base flood depths, Special Flood Hazard Area boundaries or zone designations, or the regulatory floodway. The FIRM and, if applicable, the FIS report have been revised to reflect these flood hazard determinations through issuance of a Letter of Map Revision (LOMR), in accordance with Title 44, Part 65 of the Code of Federal Regulations. These determinations are the basis for the floodplain management measures that your community is required to adopt or show evidence of having in effect to qualify or remain qualified for participation in the National Flood Insurance Program. For more information on the proposed flood hazard determinations and information on the statutory 90-day period provided for appeals, please visit FEMA’s website at https://www.floodmaps. fema.gov/fhm/BFE_Status/bfe_main.asp , or call the FEMA Mapping and Insurance eXchange (FMIX) toll free at 1-877-FEMA MAP (1-877-336-2627).

First Publication: April 28, 2022

Final Publication: May 5, 2022

Sentinel DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

Proposed Flood Hazard Determinations for the City of Aurora, Arapahoe County, Colorado, Case No. 21-08-1133P. The Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) solicits technical information or comments on proposed flood hazard determinations for the Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM), and where applicable, the Flood Insurance Study (FIS) report for your community. These flood hazard determinations may include the addition or modification of Base Flood Elevations, base flood depths, Special Flood Hazard Area boundaries or zone designations, or the regulatory floodway. The FIRM and, if applicable, the FIS report have been revised to reflect these flood hazard determinations through issuance of a Letter of Map Revision (LOMR), in accordance with Title 44, Part 65 of the Code of Federal Regulations. These determinations are the basis for the floodplain management measures that your community is required to adopt or show evidence of having in effect to qualify or remain qualified

for participation in the National Flood Insurance Program. For more information on the proposed flood hazard determinations and information on the statutory 90-day period provided for appeals, please visit FEMA’s website at https://www.floodmaps. fema.gov/fhm/BFE_Status/bfe_main.asp , or call the FEMA Mapping and Insurance eXchange (FMIX) toll free at 1-877-FEMA MAP (1-877-336-2627).

First Publication: May 5, 2022

Final Publication: May 12, 2022 Sentinel

DISTRICT COURT ADAMS COUNTY, COLORADO NOTICE OF HEARING BY PUBLICATION

PURSUANT TO §15-10-401, C.R.S. Case No. 2022PR30291 In the Interest of: Mariela Elizabeth Velis, Minor

To: Roberto Castilo Zermeno

Last Known Address, if any: Unknown

A hearing on a Petition for Appointment of Guardian for the Minor Mariela Elizabeth Velis will be held at the following time and location or at a later date which the hearing may be continued:

Date: To be Determined

Time: To be Determined

Courtroom or Division: T1

Address: 1100 Judicial Center Dr., Brighton, CO 80601

The hearing will take approximately 1 hour.

Attorney for Minor: Marlise Armstrong, Esq., Atty Reg. # 50531 P.O. Box 6004 Boulder, CO 80306 (720)-634-6644 mar@aspireimmigration.org

First Publication: April 21, 2022

Final Publication: May 5, 2022

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE EIGHTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN AND FOR BRADFORD COUNTY, FLORIDA

FAMILY DIVISION

NOTICE OF ACTION

CASE NO.: 04-2019-DR-0472

IN RE: The Marriage of HALEY MCDONALD nka, HALEY DALLAS

Former Wife, vs. STEPHEN MCDONALD Former Husband.

YOU ARE NOTIFIED a Formal Motion for Order to Show Cause and the Order Granting Motion for Order to Show Cause has been filed in this Court. A Hearing on the Motion for Order to Show Cause will be heard on June 21, 2022 at 9:00 am at the Bradford County Courthouse located at 945 N Temple Avenue, Starke, FL 32091. You are required to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, on petitioner’s attorney, whose name and address is Charles Daniel Sikes, P.A., 817 MacMahon Street, Starke, FL 32091 on or before June 21, 2022 and to file written defenses with the clerk of this court either before service or immediately thereafter. Failure to serve and file written defenses as required may result in or judgment or order for the relief demanded, without further notice.

Signed on April 14, 2022

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD

OF

DIRECTORS: HORIZON METROPOLITAN

DISTRICT NO. 2

By: CliftonLarsonAllen LLP

Managing Agent for Horizon Metropolitan District No. 2

Publication: April 28, 2022 Sentinel NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL

3RD AND HAVANA METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the 3rd and Havana 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: Michael Kleinman to a 3-year term until May 2025 Rudy Byler to a 3-year term until May 2025 Vacancy (2022-2023) Vacancy (2022-2023) Vacancy (2022-2025)

3RD AND HAVANA METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

By: /s/ Stephanie Net Designated Election Official

Publication: April 28, 2022

Sentinel

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL

FITZSIMONS VILLAGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 1

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Fitzsimons Village Metropolitan District No. 1 of the City of Aurora, Arapahoe County, State of 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:

Brittanny Havard to a 1-year term until May 2023

Robert Dapper to a 1-year term until May 2023

Jamie Curcio to a 3-year term until May 2025

Karen McShea to a 3-year term until May 2025 Vacancy (2022-2025)

FITZSIMONS VILLAGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 1

By: /s/ Brenden Desmond

Designated Election Official

Publication: April 28, 2022

Sentinel

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:

Robert Ferenczi to a 3-year term until May 2025

Vacancy (2022-2025)

Vacancy (2022-2023)

Vacancy (2022-2023)

EAST QUINCY HIGHLANDS METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

By: /s/ Brenden Desmond

Designated Election Official

Publication: April 28, 2022

Sentinel

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL

EASTERN ADAMS COUNTY METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Eastern Adams County Metropolitan District of Adams and Arapahoe County, Colorado, that at the close of business on the sixtythird 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:

Paul Powers to a 3-year term until May 2025

Wayne Ross to a 3-year term until May 2025

EASTERN ADAMS COUNTY METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

By: /s/ Courtney Linney, Designated Election Official

Publication: April 28, 2022

Sentinel

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL FITZSIMONS VILLAGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 2

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Fitzsimons Village Metropolitan District No. 2 of the City of Aurora, Arapahoe County, State of 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:

Brittanny Havard to a 1-year term until May 2023

Robert Dapper to a 1-year term until May 2023

Jamie Curcio to a 3-year term until May 2025

Lisa Brannon, As Deputy Clerk

First Publication: April 21, 2022

Final Publication: May 12, 2022 Sentinel

NOTICE AS TO PROPOSED SECOND AMENDED 2021 BUDGET AND HEARING HORIZON METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 2

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a proposed Second Amendment to the 2021 Budget has been submitted to the HORIZON METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 2.

A copy of such proposed Second Amended Budget has been posted at 8390 E. Crescent Parkway, Suite 300, Greenwood Village, CO 80111 where the same is open for public inspection. Such proposed Second Amended Budget will be considered at a hearing at the special board meeting of the HORIZON MATROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 2 to be held at 11:30 A.M. on Thursday, May 5, 2022. The meeting will be held through Microsoft Teams at the following link: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/ meetup-join/19%3ameeting_YTQ1MGVkMTUtZjBhZS00ZDc3LWI2ODQtYTdiYThi Nzg2Yjk0%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b% 22Tid%22%3a%224aaa468e-93ba-4ee3ab9f-6a247aa3ade0%22%2c%22Oid% 22%3a%227e93cd08-3bae-48d3-b32ed8f57cd88c24%22%7d

and via telephone dial-in at 1-720-5475281, Conference ID: 725 438 568#. Any interested elector within the HORIZON METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 2 may inspect the proposed Second Amended Budget and file or register any objections at any time prior to the final adoption of the Second Amended 2021 Budget.

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

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the TBC Metropolitan District, Adams County, Colorado, the 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:

Krystal Arceneaux Three-Year Term to 2025

Jennifer Peters Three-Year Term to 2025

Vacancy Three-Year Term to 2025

Philip J. Larger One-Year Term to 2023

Larry Lance One-Year Term to 2023

TBC METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

/s/ Sarah H. Luetjen

Designated Election Official

Publication: April 28, 2022

Sentinel

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL

EAST QUINCY

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the East Quincy Highlands Metropolitan District, City of Aurora, County of Arapahoe, State of Colorado, that at the close of business

Karen McShea to a 3-year term until May 2025 Vacancy (2022-2025)

FITZSIMONS VILLAGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 2

By: /s/ Brenden Desmond Designated Election Official

Publication: April 28, 2022

Sentinel

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF REGULAR ELECTION BY THE DESIGNATED ELECTION OFFICIAL

FITZSIMONS VILLAGE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 3

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Fitzsimons Village Metropolitan District No. 3 of the City of Aurora, Arapahoe County, State of 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:

Brittanny Havard to a 1-year term until May 2023

Brian Ratner to a 1-year term until May 2023

Jamie Curcio to a 3-year term until May 2025

Karen McShea to a 3-year term until May 2025

Vacancy (2022-2025)

FITZSIMONS VILLAGE METROPOLITAN

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