VOLUME 39 • NUMBER 47 • OCTOBER 14, 2021
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“What’s A positive aspect of GREENWOOD VILLAGE?”
GV council candidates focus on the positive BY FREDA MIKLIN GOVERNMENTAL REPORTER
Two hours and eighteen minutes into the September 27 Greenwood Village candidate forum sponsored by the South Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce, the League of Women Voters of Arapahoe and Douglas Counties (LWV), and The Villager Newspaper, there was a moment during which the smoothly-running evening threatened to go off the rails when some purported tweets were read aloud and candidates were directly challenged to respond to them. Calling on her long experience, LWV moderator Vicki Harimon asked for civility, then made a quick pivot and said, “I’m going to change the script.” She challenged all the participants to, “Tell me a positive aspect of Greenwood Village in one sentence.”
CANDIDATES SPEAK - PART 3 The candidates from district four spoke first. Tom Stahl said, “It is a very safe place to live. Jeff Reiman said, “It remains, at its core, the place that my wife and I with our kids moved to 27 years ago, offering the advantages of open space, proximity to Denver…” Jeff Leitner offered, “There is more cultural diversity in this city than we realize and we should celebrate it more than we already do.” Judith Hilton declared, “It’s a beautiful place to
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work, live and play, and the most beautiful are the people.” From Kendall Kappler in district 3, we heard, “Greenwood Village is a wonderful place to live, work and raise a family.” Donna Johnston said, “I think Greenwood Village is an extra special place and I’d like to keep it that way. We are doing a good job of keeping it safe.” Paul Baumann contributed, “I for one am fond of Greenwood Village because my kids and my family are happy
here.” Said Libby Barnacle, “It is safe. Our parks and trails are next to none and our schools are exceptional.” Dave Kerber from district two, replied, “Greenwood Village has parks with views that people pay money to come to Colorado to see.” From Anne Ingebretsen came, “The residents of Greenwood Village are passionate and engaged in their city.” The third and final candidate from district two, Bob Doyle, offered, “It’s a great community to live in.” Paul Wiesner was the first challenger from district one to respond. He said, “If there’s three feet of snow, I know I can get my kid to school.” Matthew Schulz answered, “It has the small town feel like I was raised in a small town in Minnesota.” From district one, Victoria Aguilar expressed, “The people that I’ve come to know here, particularly in my community, share many of the same values that I do.” fmiklin.villager@gmail.com
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GV housing is 46% multi-family, but how?
the past five years has been limited. For those who have lived in GV or driven through it regularly and are surprised at the 46% rate of multi-family units, we found another GV document from 2017 that provides some insight. That analysis broke down the amount of area occupied by property designated as single-family detached homes versus multi-family housing. According to that analysis, of the 4.42 square miles that contain all the residential housing in Greenwood Village, 91% contains single-family homes and 9% contains multi-family homes. fmiklin.villager@gmail.com
BY FREDA MIKLIN GOVERNMENTAL REPORTER
During the Greenwood Village city council forum on September 27, incumbent Anne Ingebretsen, who represents GV district two, said that 46% of all housing in GV is multifamily, adding, “That is more per capita multi-family housing in Greenwood Village than exists in Denver.” Dave Kerber, the other district two incumbent, said, “Glendale is the most dense multi-family (city in Colorado) and they have one single-family house. We’re (GV) next at 45% (multi-family).” The Villager asked the city what those percentages were currently, according to their records. They provided a spread sheet containing all 6,775 GV residential addresses, but declined to answer the question so we dug into available records
This GV property is counted as multi-family in the city’s calculations.
and found the official Greenwood Village Housing Data analysis prepared in 2016 that contains the 54% single-family and 46% multi-family calcu-
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lations that councilmembers often quote. According to that analysis, there were 6,964 total housing units in GV in 2016. According to the list that the city provided to us, there are a total of 6,600 housing units currently, or 364 fewer than in 2016, plus 175 rooms in two senior living facilities where residents pay monthly rents. Further research disclosed that in September 2015, the GV city council made the decision to put all GV housing units into only two categories, single-family detached and
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multi-family. The multi-family category is a conglomeration of both owned homes and rental apartments. It includes: 1) owned single-family attached homes; 2) owned townhomes; and 3) owned condominiums, in addition to rental apartments and rented rooms in senior living facilities. The breakdown of owned versus rental units within the multi-family home category on the 2016 Greenwood Village Housing Data analysis was 1,965 rental units and 1,234 owned multi-family units. New construction of residential housing in GV during
Help Arapahoe County put an end to domestic violence BY NANCY N. SHARPE ARAPAHOE COUNTY COMMISSIONER, DISTRICT 2
October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and it’s an important time to speak up about this devastating and, unfortunately, all too common issue. We in Arapahoe County want to raise awareness about the social and personal impact domestic violence has on victims and families. According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, nearly 20 people per minute are physically abused by an intimate partner in the U.S. Each year, this equates to more than 10 million women and men. In Colorado, nearly 37 percent of women and 31 percent of men experience such physical violence or other forms of domestic abuse. But even though domestic violence is often thought of only as physical abuse, domestic violence can take many other forms, including financial and emotional abuse. This aggression can happen to anyone, anywhere, and at any time, regardless of the victims’ age, gender, race, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, religion or nationality. While there are many do-
mestic violence survivors, the most egregious incidents and situations can take lives. Earlier this year, Arapahoe County Human Services lost a dear employee in a murder-suicide committed by her ex-husband. Her tragic passing left us wondering if we’d missed any signs that she was stuck in this predicament, and whether or how we could have done anything to prevent this awful tragedy. We’re committed to learning from this experience by honoring our late colleague, with a series of videos that we’ll release and share throughout October. Our “Now I Know” videos describe the often-subtle warning signs of domestic violence. We’ve also compiled resources and tips on our website to help victims and those close to them. We invite everyone to visit Arapahoegov.com/GetHelp to take a look at our videos and share what you see with your friends and neighbors, especially those who might be trapped in one of these situations. Domestic violence is preventable. Arapahoe County will continue to promote the building of safe and thriving communities, and we hope you’ll join our efforts.
LETTERS
Addressed to City of Littleton & The Villager. I am opposed to any sales tax increase, although I suspect that is the route you will choose. Two erroneous facts were mentioned in the three pieces of propaganda which I received from the City of Littleton. The fact that the city sales tax has not increased in fifty years, while accurate, should have no bearing here. The sales tax is more than adequate and is not meant to be adjusted at any time on your whim. Also, you stated other municipalities have higher sales taxes. While true, there are plenty that have less, Centennial for instance. You will penalize those who can least afford it, the poor and unemployed. My suggestion is that ALL city employees take a 5-15% pay decrease until the revenue corrects itself and that all raises should be suspended for three years. These employees should suffer just like the rest of us. In the 70s governments began arguing that their wages should be equal to the private sector. That was quickly carried out, and in fact most city wages now far exceed the private sector. So when that argument was no longer valid, you started comparing yourselves to other municipalities. The argument went by department, and stated that if so and so’s police department or fire department or city manager or city clerk’s pay was higher than Littleton’s, then you would have to match or exceed it. This circular argument has been going on for years and has elevated many salaries to ridiculous levels. How many city workers now make in excess of $100,000? Finally, in a petty move several years back, you reduced the vendor’s fee for those businesses that collect sales tax. You should restore that at this time to show good faith. As I stated earlier, I believe you will seek the sales tax increase. The only way I could support this is if it is temporary and you reduce it back to it’s present levels when the crisis passes. In addition, I think you should shutter the Littleton Museum and Library and the Town Hall Arts Center for three years. These are all money losing entities supported by the city and are the pet projects of only a few. Thank you for listening. Kurt Melstrom Pyramid Liquors, Littleton
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Fear or faith? “Fear or faith -- which will be our master?” Tom Hanks asked that question during his commencement speech at Yale University back in 2011, yet it is as timely as ever. Sharing a brief parable about three men who struggled with various fears and who sought out a wise master to help them conquer their fears, Hanks advised the soonto-be graduates to be wary of voices that push fear, anxiety, and negativity rather than hope, faith, and optimism. “Fear will get the worst of the best of us,” he told them, “And peddlers of influence count on that.” often consume our attention, edging out any positivity in news programming. The selling of fear and danger overshadows the ability of many people to appreciate the relative goodness of their daily lives. Discussions of society, culture, education and government are often overwhelmed by warnings about losing out and falling behind. From school board elections to city council campaigns to congressional races, the messaging is increasingly rooted in fear rather than faith. Our media-saturated, hyperconnected world is well constructed to foster fear even in seemingly safe, stable, and secure situations. In the field of education, for example, it’s not unusual to hear students speak of the future and their future not with excitement and aspiration but with unease and angst. Unfortunately, in contemporary American society, well-educated students who attend excellent schools and establish impressive credentials often live in fear and anxiety that they will not get into college. Or they will not get into a good college. Or it won’t be a good enough college. Or it’s not the right college. And, thus ironically, people who are actually well positioned to succeed end up consumed by fear of failure. That the fear has led to the cottage industry of private college counselors and tutoring centers who prey on the fears of middle and upper class families. They offer extra but often unnecessary help navigating the college admissions game, often at the cost of thousands of dollars. The Varsity Blues scandal of 2019 which ensnared many wealthy families in a scheme to gain admission to college “through the side door” was one of the more extreme examples of fear overshadowing faith. While that story was the most public of these scandals, irrational fears about college admission continue to percolate. Anxiety among successful students with bright futures is a sad commentary on how fear can overwhelm reason. A similar fear about losing out and falling behind has consumed national politics
for many years. Fareed Zakaria began his 2008 book The Post-American World by explaining “This is not a book about the decline of America, but rather about the rise of everyone else.” Yet Zakaria’s re-
search into “the rise of the rest” did nothing to ease concerns among many Americans that the country was falling behind and that the nation’s best days were behind us. A book intended to explain the benefit of an ever-expanding prosperity around
the world actually exacerbated the common fear in the United States that if someone gains, someone else has to lose. Living in fear is incredibly stressful, especially when the problems and obstacles are mostly imagined or greatly exaggerated. In the 1959 novel A Separate Peace, author John Knowles concluded the coming-of-age story with protagonist Gene’s realization that “all of them constructed at infinite cost to themselves these Maginot Lines against an enemy they thought they saw across the frontier, this enemy who had never attacked that way—if he ever attacked at all; if he was indeed the enemy.” Straw men and the bogeyman are easy products to sell to an unassuming customer in an increasingly anxious world. Falling prey to imagined
threats is perhaps what we should worry about the most. Every day is a new opportunity to decide how we want to view our lives, our communities, and our future. When we reflect on the state of our world, we should balance our reason and emotion. When we choose people to represent us, we must ask if we want leaders who campaign on fear, suspicion, and mistrust, or if we would be better served by those who seek to promote confidence, faith, and optimism. For, as we know but too often forget from the wisdom of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s 1933 Inaugural Address, “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” Fear or faith -- what’s it going to be? Michael P. Mazenko is a writer, educator, & school administrator in Greenwood Village. He blogs at A Teacher’s View and can be found on Twitter @mmazenko. You can email him at mmazenko @gmail.com
Every day is a new opportunity to decide how we want to view our lives, our communities, and our future. When we reflect on the state of our world, we should balance our reason and emotion. When we choose people to represent us, we must ask if we want leaders who campaign on fear, suspicion, and mistrust, or if we would be better served by those who seek to promote confidence, faith, and optimism.
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Statewide ballot issues face voters Voting ballots were mailed last week so you should be receiving a ballot if you are a registered voter. If you don’t get your ballot contact the County Clerk’s office at 303-7954511. Website: arapahoe votes.com Just in Arapahoe County, 1A continues to fund ¼ of 1 percent sales tax for parks and recreation. A good investment for our population growth and the demand for parks, trails, open space. Yes, on 1A. Amendment 78, Legislative Authority for Spending Money: A “yes” vote goes back to basic Constitutional principles, that the legislature is responsible
Friday evening family members met for dinner, and the younger ones selected the “Lazy Dog” restaurant in Southland Mall for the destination. I have a family of “dog lovers” and this restaurant allows dogs to dine with customers on the patio. Now, no dogs were present from my family members, but I heard from a grandson “Well I could have brought “Buddy.” Having never been to the Lazy Dog before a huge restaurant building and a spacious parking lot filled to capacity with vehicles at 7 p.m. Happy hour ends at 6 p.m. so we were catching some of the late Friday afternooners enjoying some attractive specials. Lazy Dog sells six-packs of their home brewed beer along with meals and they have a special promotion offering meal discounts if you buy their many brewed beers. I would guess that there were at least 300 diners in the massive main floor with our group seated on the dog friendly patio. Service was good and the food was excellent. This is a well-designed
for spending and allocating funds. Federal funds currently are used as a slush fund by the governor and attorney general for their selected project, with limited oversight and accountability. This is a transparency issue for taxpayers. Yes on 78. Proposition 119, Learning Enrichment and Academic Progress Programs: This is a 5% tax increase on the sale of retail marijuana. The funds would be used for financial aide for tutoring and other out-ofschool enrichment and instruction programs. While government is receiving huge amounts of Federal assistance it is hard to place
and managed restaurant operation with moderate prices. Governor candidate, founder of “Camp Bow Wow,” Heidi Ganahl would love this place.
a rather large tax increase on any industry including marijuana. But, the money is going to a good cause of youth education, so a yes vote is acceptable. Yes on 119. Proposition 120, Property Tax Assessment Rate Reduction: Impacts homeowners and would reduce residential property tax assessments from 7.15% to 6.5%. With the demise of the Gallagher Amendment, property taxes are in for a huge increase in the near future. This tax decrease will help offset some of the anticipated increases that will occur with the expected rise in property assessments. Home values and prices have increased dramatically.
received too many to publish.
*** This week’s Villager has the statewide Colorado Constitutional Amendments that will be on the ballot come November 2. These questions appear to have considerable support. Along with these state questions we have a county ballot issue 1A that is not a new tax increase, but continues the current ¼ of 1 percent sales tax for parks and recreation fairly distributed across the county. With burgeoning population growth, we need these trails and parks more than ever. (See editorial opinion on ballot issues.)
*** There is considerable interest in the Cherry Creek Schools district and Littleton school board elections. Now is the time to examine local school management and policies. We have enjoyed excellent schools in both districts for decades and it is a top priority to keep our schools in step with parents, teachers, and administrators working together. The growing concerns across the nation evokes major local interest about curriculum being taught in classrooms. Who decides what; parents, teachers, and/or administrators? Widening diversity also seems to be of major concern. It is not business as usual regarding our local schools.
*** On the local scenes we have spirited city council elections ongoing in most of the county cities. If you want to support a candidate, or candidates, we have advertising for sale. If you want to address certain issues just write a letter to the editor at no charge. In past years we’ve allowed candidate “shout outs” in letter form, but this year we
*** I hope that you are enjoying Mike Mazenko’s articles on education. He is a skillful writer and an excellent English teacher in the Cherry Creek school system. He wrote last week about the size of school districts; he would prefer smaller districts. I politely disagree and have felt for years that we have too many school districts across the state. Colo-
Yes on 120. There will be more to contemplate on the city council contests and school board selections closer to the election. Forums are being held and candidates making statements along with their advertisements. There is growing interest in all of these races and voters can decide whether changes are in order or not necessary. We welcome letters at no charge on the issues, but, candidate endorsement letters should be placed as advertising. Transparency is critical to good government and the role of newspapers is a powerful source of information since the Republic was founded, that is why we are often referred to as the 4th estate of government.
rado has 178 districts piled on top of each other with varying administrative staffs in each district. Here in Arapahoe County we have seven school districts that include Cherry Creek, Littleton, Sheridan, Englewood, Aurora, Byers, and Deer Trail. Parental control is very important but so are rising taxes largely going to fund school district costs. I would favor fewer school districts and administrators with more pay going to classroom teachers. Long past time to examine the state’s school districts and the associated costs of operating all of these districts. We could consolidate them into the new nine congressional districts or even the new legislative districts of common interest and racial diversity. Bottom line we need to get the best bang for the buck for taxpayers and students. Let’s pay teachers more and reduce the administrative overheads. *** With all of the Federal funding underway and projected, I see NO need for any local governing body to be raising sales taxes at this time.
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2021 Statewide Ballot Issues The Colorado Constitution (Article V, Section 1(7.3)) requires the Colorado Legislative Council to publish the ballot title and legal text of each statewide ballot measure.
(3)(d) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires, “custodial money” or “custodial funds” means money received by the state:
A “YES/FOR” vote on any ballot issue is a vote in favor of changing current law or existing circumstances, and a “NO/AGAINST” vote on any ballot issue is a vote against changing current law or existing circumstances.
(I) That originated from a source other than the state of Colorado;
Amendment 78 Legislative Authority for Spending State Money The ballot title below is a summary drafted by the professional staff of the offices of the secretary of state, the attorney general, and the legal staff for the general assembly for ballot purposes only. The ballot title will not appear in the Colorado Constitution or Colorado Revised Statutes. The text of the measure that will appear in the Colorado Constitution and Colorado Revised Statutes below was drafted by the proponents of the initiative. The initiated measure is included on the ballot as a proposed change to current law because the proponents gathered the required amount of petition signatures. Ballot Title: Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado Constitution and a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning money that the state receives, and, in connection therewith, requiring all money received by the state, including money provided to the state for a particular purpose, known as custodial money, to be subject to appropriation by the general assembly after a public hearing; repealing the authority to disburse money from the state treasury by any other means; requiring all custodial money to be deposited into the newly created custodial funds transparency fund and the earnings on those deposits to be transferred to the general fund; and allowing the state to retain and spend all custodial money and earnings and revenue on that custodial money as a voter-approved revenue change? Text of Measure: Be it enacted by the People of the State of Colorado: SECTION 1. In the constitution of the state of Colorado, section 33 of article V, amend section 33 as follows: No moneys in the state treasury, nor custodial moneys, shall be disbursed therefrom by the treasurer except upon appropriations made by law, or otherwise authorized by law, and any amount disbursed shall be substantiated by vouchers signed and approved in the manner prescribed by law. SECTION 2. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 24-31108, amend (5) as follows: (5) If all or a portion of any money received by the attorney general and paid to the department of the treasury pursuant to subsection (2) of this section is custodial money, the attorney general shall direct the state treasurer in writing to place such custodial money in a separate account. Any custodial money placed in a separate account pursuant to this subsection (5) is not subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly. A copy of the written direction to the state treasurer must be delivered to the joint budget committee. Such written direction must set forth the basis for the attorney general’s determination that the money is custodial money and must specify the manner in which the money will be expended. Such written direction must be given to the state treasurer within thirty days after the date the money is paid to the department of the treasury. Any custodial money placed in a separate account pursuant to this subsection (5) must be expended only for the purposes for which the money has been provided. The department shall provide with its annual budget request an accounting of how custodial money has been or will be expended. For informational purposes, the expenditure of such money may be indicated in the annual general appropriation act. SECTION 3. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 24-75201, add 3(d)(e)(f) and (g) as follows:
(II) That is awarded or otherwise provided to the state for a particular purpose; (III) For which the state is acting as a custodian or trustee to carry out the particular purpose for which the money has been provided. (e) Custodial fund transparency fund created. (I) There is hereby created in the department of treasury a custodial funds transparency fund. The custodial funds transparency fund shall receive all revenue collected by the state as custodial moneys. Earnings and Revenue from the custodial funds transparency fund shall revert to the general fund. All other money remaining in the custodial funds transparency fund at the end of the fiscal year shall remain in the fund and shall not revert to the general fund. (II) In state fiscal year 2022-2023, and each fiscal year thereafter, the general assembly shall annually appropriate the custodial funds transparency fund for such purposes as specified by law. (III) moneys from the custodial funds transparency fund shall be appropriated in a public hearing with opportunity for public comment. (f) Revenue collected as custodial funds, as authorized by the voters at the statewide election in the November 2021, together with earnings and revenue, shall be retained and spent by the state as a voter-approved revenue change and shall be exempt from all revenue, spending, and other limitations under section 20 of article X of the state constitution or any other law. SECTION 4. Effective Date. All provisions of all sections shall take effect on July 1, 2022. Proposition 119 Learning Enrichment and Academic Progress Program The ballot title below is a summary drafted by the professional staff of the offices of the secretary of state, the attorney general, and the legal staff for the general assembly for ballot purposes only. The ballot title will not appear in the Colorado Revised Statutes. The text of the measure that will appear in the Colorado Revised Statutes below was drafted by the proponents of the initiative. The initiated measure is included on the ballot as a proposed change to current law because the proponents gathered the required amount of petition signatures. Ballot Title: SHALL STATE TAXES BE INCREASED $137,600,000 ANNUALLY ON RETAIL MARIJUANA SALES BY A CHANGE TO THE COLORADO REVISED STATUTES CONCERNING THE CREATION OF A PROGRAM TO PROVIDE OUT-OF-SCHOOL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR COLORADO CHILDREN AGED 5 TO 17, AND, IN CONNECTION THEREWITH, CREATING AN INDEPENDENT STATE AGENCY TO ADMINISTER THE PROGRAM FOR OUT-OFSCHOOL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES CHOSEN BY PARENTS; FUNDING THE PROGRAM BY INCREASING THE RETAIL MARIJUANA SALES TAX BY 5% BY 2024 AND REALLOCATING A PORTION OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL LANDS INCOME; AUTHORIZING TRANSFERS AND REVENUE FOR PROGRAM FUNDING AS A VOTER-APPROVED REVENUE CHANGE; SPECIFYING THAT LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES INCLUDE TUTORING AND EXTRA INSTRUCTION IN SUBJECTS INCLUDING READING, MATH, SCIENCE, WRITING, MUSIC, AND
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ART, TARGETED SUPPORT FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AND LEARNING DISABILITIES, CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION TRAINING, AND OTHER ACADEMIC OR ENRICHMENT OPPORTUNITIES; AND PRIORITIZING PROGRAM FINANCIAL AID FOR LOW-INCOME STUDENTS? Text of Measure: Be it Enacted by the People of the State of Colorado: SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, add article 86.1 to title 22 as follows: ARTICLE 86.1 LEARNING ENRICHMENT AND ACADEMIC PROGRESS (LEAP) PROGRAM 22-86.1-101. Legislative declaration. The voters of the state of Colorado find and declare that: (1) Out-of-school learning opportunities are critical for all Colorado children and youth. These learning opportunities, during periods and timeframes outside of their regular school schedules, provide essential academic and life skills for children and youth to thrive in school and life. These learning opportunities are critical to maintaining and enhancing academic performance and mental, physical, and emotional health for all children. (2) The intent of the voters in enacting this article 86.1 is to create a statewide learning program that will provide consistent and reliable access to learning opportunities for all of Colorado’s children and youth outside of their regular school schedules. It is further intended that such program will allow for: tutoring and supplemental academic instruction in core subject areas, including reading, mathematics, science, and writing; targeted support for children and youth with special needs and learning disabilities; access to mental, physical, and emotional health counseling and services; English language and foreign language acquisition; access to additional learning supplies and materials, especially for rural students; and other programs that provide academic or enrichment opportunities no longer offered in many schools, including, but not limited to: music, dance, arts, and career and technical education training. (3) Creating the learning enrichment and academic progress program will ensure that these learning experiences are equally available to all Colorado children and youth and that families will have the authority and responsibility to choose programs, experiences, and activities that they believe to be the best fit for their child or youth. (4) All children have unique strengths, needs, and learning styles. Encouraging innovation in the creation and provision of new and expanded learning opportunities statewide will benefit Colorado’s children and youth and reinforce the learning that takes place in many school environments. (5) Implementation of the learning enrichment and academic progress program will provide benefits to Colorado communities by providing: supplemental support to students that will accrue to the benefit of students, their families, and their in-school educators; additional employment opportunities for individual educators and providers; and increased economic stability for students and families. (6) Providing additional money to the state public school fund ensures that the ongoing financial costs of the learning enrichment and academic progress program has minimal financial impact on the state general fund. (7) By applying a state sales tax to retail marijuana and transferring a portion of revenues earned on Colorado’s school trust lands to the state public school fund, the state
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2021 Statewide Ballot Issues will be able to fund the learning enrichment and academic progress program for Colorado children and youth. 22-86.1-102. Definitions. As used in this article 86.1, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) “Authority” means the Colorado learning authority created by section 22-86.1-103. (2) “Board” means the Colorado learning authority board of directors created by section 22-86.1-105. (3) “Eligible child or youth” means a child or youth who is five years of age or older in a qualifying year but who is under eighteen years of age and who resides in Colorado and is, or will be, eligible for admission to public school within the state. (4) “Learning enrichment and academic progress program” or “LEAP program” or “program” means the learning program created in this article 86.1. (5) “Learning opportunities fund” or “fund” means the learning enrichment and academic progress fund created by section 22-86.1-106. (6) “Local education provider” means a school district, a board of cooperative services, a district charter school, or an institute charter school. (7)(a) “Out-of-school learning opportunity” or “Learning opportunity” means a program, service, system, activity, materials, or other pursuit or purchase that provides supplemental educational or developmental support to eligible children or youth outside of normal school operations. (b) “Learning opportunity” includes, but is not limited to: tutoring and supplemental academic instruction in core subject areas, including reading, mathematics, science, and writing; targeted support for children and youth with special needs and learning disabilities; English language and foreign language acquisition; career and technical education training; other programs that provide academic or enrichment opportunities; and reasonable and necessary materials and supplies to complete or participate in a learning opportunity. (c) “Learning opportunity” also includes emotional and physical therapy, mental health services, social emotional learning, mentoring, and other services that support students in their pursuit of a holistic and meaningful education. (d) “Learning opportunity” does not include in-school instruction, services, materials, curricula, or programs provided as part of a normal course of study conducted in accordance with a student’s compulsory attendance requirements under section 22-33-104. “Learning opportunity” does not include credit recovery programs regardless of the time of day or day of the week they are offered. “Learning opportunity” does not include payment of school tuition. (8) “Parent” means a parent or legal guardian of an eligible child or youth or an individual who stands in loco parentis of an eligible child or youth. 22-86.1-103. The learning enrichment and academic progress program and authority establishment - purposes - powers. (1) There is hereby established an independent agency within the department of education, the Colorado learning authority. The authority shall exercise its powers and perform its duties and functions as if it were transferred to the department by a type 1 transfer under the provisions of the “Administrative Organization Act of 1968,” article 1 of title 24. In addition to any other statutory powers, duties, and functions of
the authority, the authority may perform all budgeting, purchasing, planning, and related management functions independently of the department, the state board of education, and the commissioner of education. (2) There is hereby created the learning enrichment and academic progress program for the distribution of financial aid on behalf of eligible children or youth in Colorado to be used for learning opportunities. (3) The authority shall: (a) Seek to increase access to learning opportunities for every eligible child or youth, ensure a broad diversity of learning opportunities and providers, and help parents choose resources for their child or youth. (b) Create and develop criteria for the provision and selection of learning opportunities for distribution of funds, consistent with and in furtherance of the goals and purposes stated in section 22-86.1-101, to be provided within the state of Colorado for eligible children or youth. An allowable use of financial aid includes reasonable expenses for transportation of an eligible child or youth to and from learning opportunities. It is the intent of the people that the financial aid distributed will be new dollars to spend on new services and must not supplant existing public or charitable funding for programs available to eligible children or youth. (c) Create and develop criteria for publication, solicitation, receipt, and evaluation of applications from potential providers of learning opportunities under the program. Such criteria must maximize the number and diversity of providers that parents and eligible children or youth can choose, must enable parents to evaluate the provider once services have been received, and must also ensure that small community-based providers are eligible and able to participate in the program. (d) Create and develop criteria to certify providers of learning opportunities under the program. In the interest of facilitating academic interventions for students who are behind their grade level, the authority shall pre-certify local school districts, boards of cooperative services, and other local education providers and create a process to ensure priority approval of educators as qualified providers. The authority is not eligible for certification as a provider. Minimum requirements to be an eligible provider must include being authorized to do business in Colorado and carrying sufficient liability insurance as determined by the authority. The authority may provide reasonable support to providers to ensure a broad representation of providers can meet the requirements of this subsection (3). Immediate family members are not eligible to be qualified providers in the provision of services to their child or youth. The authority shall determine under what circumstances a qualified provider loses their certification and may ban providers who have engaged in fraud or other specious financial activities, within the scope of this program, from providing services to eligible children or youth. (e) Create and develop criteria to establish procedures to ensure child or youth safety, including the provision of recent background checks provided through the Colorado bureau of investigation or similar federal agency for providers who come in contact with children or youth. (f) Create and develop criteria to establish and manage financial aid on behalf of parents and to compensate approved providers of learning opportunities for eligible uses specifically and independently chosen by parents and provided to an eligible child or youth. The financial aid funds must be provided and administered with
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the method of distribution to be determined by the authority and subject to the maximum financial aid amount per eligible child or youth as determined by the authority as follows: (I) In determining the method of distribution, the authority shall prioritize low-income families with children or youth who could not otherwise afford learning opportunities. Within the prioritized income category of children and youth, the authority may place an additional priority on those eligible children or youth who are not proficient at grade level in reading, math, or other core academic areas, or who have special educational, physical, or emotional needs or disabilities. (II) In calendar year 2022, the authority shall, to the maximum extent practicable, distribute financial aid for eligible children or youth. (III) In calendar year 2023, the authority shall ensure that the total annual financial aid distribution for each prioritized eligible child or youth participating in the program is at least one thousand five hundred dollars, and may provide financial aid awards to non-prioritized eligible children or youth in amounts less than one thousand five hundred dollars as determined by the authority. The authority may choose to have one application and financial aid disbursal period or more than one. For each disbursal period, the authority shall award financial aid as follows: (A) Financial aid must be distributed first to eligible children or youth who reside in households that are at or below one hundred percent of the federal poverty level. (B) After all eligible children or youth residing in households at or below one hundred percent of the federal poverty level who have chosen to participate in the program have received financial aid, the authority shall distribute financial aid to eligible children or youth who reside in households that are greater than one hundred and less than two hundred percent of the federal poverty level. (C) After all eligible children or youth residing in households that are greater than one hundred and less than two hundred percent of the federal poverty level who have chosen to participate in the program have received financial aid, the authority shall distribute financial aid to eligible children or youth who reside in households that are at or above two hundred percent of the federal poverty level. (IV) In calendar year 2024 and in subsequent calendar years, the authority shall determine the financial aid award amounts to be provided to eligible children or youth and the method and timing of distribution. (V) In determining the manner in which families qualify for the program, the authority should ensure simple and easily understandable application forms and processes. The authority has control over when and how financial aid is distributed to approved providers that the parents choose, subject to administrative rules adopted by the board. Such financial aid must further be provided and administered in a manner that does not discriminate against any eligible child or youth, eligible child or youth’s family, provider, or learning opportunity on the basis of race, ethnicity, color, native language, religious affiliation, national origin, gender, military status, sexual orientation, gender variance, marital status, or physical or mental disability. (g) Create multiple-year financial aid as practicable for low-income eligible children or youth residing in households that are less than two hundred percent of the federal poverty level to ensure those eligible children or youth have the assurance of funding for a minimum of a three-year period regardless of changes to the family’s income level and to provide stability
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2021 Statewide Ballot Issues for those children or youth. (h) Create and develop criteria and protocols for rollover of unused funds for each financial aid recipient, for use by the recipient in additional learning opportunities under the program. Any financial aid of a child or youth who no longer qualifies as an eligible child or youth must revert back to the learning enrichment and academic progress fund. Financial aid funds may accumulate for three years, but upon the start of the fourth year of funding, the entirety of the funds, excepting the newly awarded fourth-year funds, revert back to the learning enrichment and academic progress fund. At the time an eligible child or youth reaches the age of eighteen, any remaining financial aid for that child or youth must revert back to the learning enrichment and academic progress fund. (i) Cause to be conducted, and make publicly available, annual independent financial audits of the authority. Such audits must be conducted by certified public accountants and must be filed with the board no later than July 1 of each year for the previous calendar year. As a component of the audits, the auditor shall select a representative sample of providers and evaluate whether the funds were used for the purposes outlined in this section. Additionally, the authority may contract with a third-party evaluator to evaluate the efficacy of providers. The authority shall redact all names of taxpayers and social security numbers or tax identification numbers before publicly releasing any audit or other financial report. (j) To the maximum extent practicable, create and implement an evaluation system by January 1, 2024, to measure the impacts of learning opportunities provided to eligible students and to ensure that learning providers are rated by quantitative and qualitative results. This system must also incorporate parent and youth feedback and ratings and must be publicly and easily available for use by eligible children or youth and their families. At a minimum, these metrics and data must be collected, analyzed, and made publicly available annually. In designing the evaluation system, the authority shall prioritize: (I) The development of a range of impact metrics that may encompass qualitative, quantitative, short-term, and longitudinal data; (II) The integration of authority-developed data systems with data systems in school districts or other public entities to assess for short-term academic impact and long-term life outcomes; and (III) The protection of student and family personal identifying information. (4) In addition to the duties specified in subsection (3) of this section, the Colorado learning authority has the following duties, some or all of which may be delegated by contract: (a) Administer, in accordance with criteria established under subsection (3)(c) of this section, the publication, solicitation, receipt, evaluation, and selection of applications from potential providers of learning opportunities under the program to which parents may direct financial aid; (b) Enter into agreements and contracts as necessary with approved providers of learning opportunities under the program; (c) Develop, establish, and manage a system for receipt, processing, and evaluation of applications from eligible children or youth; (d) Assist eligible children or youth, parents, and their families in navigating and selecting among available learning opportunities; (e)
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capacity building expertise and funding to increase the number and quality of providers; (f) Establish, manage, and distribute financial aid for eligible children or youth funded by the learning opportunities fund to pay approved providers of approved learning opportunities; and (g) Provide technology services, subject to criteria established and determined by the authority, for purposes of monitoring and tracking the use of financial aid by eligible children or youth and approved provider performance and payments. (5) No more than ten percent of money from the learning enrichment and academic progress fund may be spent on administrative expenses in any fiscal year after the end of fiscal year 2025. The authority shall annually review the percentage of money from the learning enrichment and academic progress fund that can be spent on administrative expenses and reduce the percentage as possible. (6) The authority is subject to all the applicable requirements of the “Colorado Open Records Act”, part 2 of article 72 of title 24, C.R.S., and the “Colorado Open Meetings Law”, part 4 of article 6 of title 24, C.R.S. (7)(a) The authority shall ensure that the learning program is administered in a manner that: (I) Provides assistance to benefit eligible children or youth on behalf of parents who have specifically and independently chosen a learning opportunity, not any particular qualified provider; (II) Does not discriminate against any eligible child or youth, eligible child or youth’s family, or provider’s religious affiliation; (III) Ensures that the program does not require any courses in religion or theology; and (IV) Does not deny any eligible child or youth the program’s benefits based on the religious character of the provider. (b) Nothing in this subsection (7) gives any person a private cause of action. 22-86.1-104. Additional powers of the Colorado learning authority. (1) In addition to any other powers granted to the authority in this article 86.1, the authority has the following powers: (a) To adopt, have, and use a seal and to alter the same at its pleasure; (b) To enter into any contract or agreement not inconsistent with this article 86.1 or the laws of this state and to authorize the executive director to enter into contracts, execute all instruments, and do all things necessary or convenient in the exercise of the powers granted in this article 86.1; (c) To purchase, lease, trade, exchange, or otherwise acquire, maintain, hold, improve, mortgage, lease, sell, and dispose of personal property, whether tangible or intangible, or any interest therein; and to purchase, lease, trade, exchange, or otherwise acquire real property or any interest therein and to maintain, hold, improve, mortgage, lease, or otherwise transfer such real property, so long as such transactions do not interfere with the mission of the authority as specified in section 22-86.1103; (d) To acquire space, equipment, services, supplies, and insurance necessary to carry out the purposes of this article 86.1; (e) To contract for and to accept any gifts, grants, or loans of funds, property, or any other aid in any form from the federal government, the state, any state agency, or
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any other source, or any combination thereof, and to comply, subject to the provisions of this article 86.1, with the terms and conditions thereof; (f) To fix the time and place or places at which its regular and special meetings are to be held; (g) To adopt and from time to time amend or repeal bylaws and rules and regulations consistent with the provisions of this article 86.1; (h) To appoint a treasurer of the board and such other officers as the board of directors may determine and provide for their duties and terms of office; (i) To appoint an executive director and such agents, employees, and professionaland business advisers as may from time to time be necessary in its judgment to accomplish the purposes of this article 86.1, to fix the compensation of such executive director, employees, agents, and advisers, and to establish the powers and duties of all such agents, employees, and other persons contracting with the authority; (j) To make and execute agreements, contracts, or other instruments necessary or convenient to the exercise of the powers and functions of the authority under this article 86.1, including but not limited to, contracts with any person, firm, corporation, state agency, local government, or other entity; and (k) To have and exercise all rights and powers necessary or incidental to or implied from the specific powers granted in this article 86.1, which specific powers must not be considered as a limitation upon any power necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes and intent of this article 86.1. 22-86.1-105. Colorado learning authority - board of directors - powers and duties. (1) The authority consists of a board of directors, appointed pursuant to subsection (2) of this section, and any staff or contract employees hired by the authority as authorized by law. Any staff hired by the authority are employees subject to the state personnel system of this state as defined in section 13 of article XII of the state constitution and article 50 of title 24; except that, all positions classified by the authority as professional officers and professional staff of the authority are declared to be educational in nature and exempt from the state personnel system. (2) The board consists of nine members, no more than five of whom are members of the same political party. Members must be appointed by the governor, with the consent of the senate. (a) Members of the initial board must be appointed by January 15, 2022. In making the appointments, the governor shall seek board members who have significant experience in start-up enterprises and delivering educational services to low-income children, including, for example, expertise in: (I) E-commerce or payment systems; (II) Cybersecurity; (III) Organizational start-up and structure; (IV) Nonprofit experience with services for lowincome families and communities; (V) Experience in kindergarten through 12th grade education, including but not limited, to educators and administrators; (VI) Consumer technology providers with consumers;
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2021 Statewide Ballot Issues (b) At least one member of the initial board must be a parent of a child who would qualify as a prioritized eligible child or youth for the program. (c) Members of the initial board shall serve a single term of three years. (d) The term of any member appointed prior to January 1, 2025 expires on December 31, 2024. The governor shall make new appointments to the board for terms beginning on or after January 1, 2025 by selecting new board members from a list of recommended candidates generated by the initial board through a process open to applications from the public. The governor shall appoint all subsequent new board members from a list of recommended candidates generated by the then-existing board through a process open to applications from the public. Each list must provide a minimum of three recommended candidates for each position to be appointed, or such lesser number as there are applications. After January 1, 2025, the board shall consist of one resident of each congressional district of the state and one or two at-large members, depending on the number of congressional districts in the state at the time of appointment to ensure an odd number of board members. After January 1, 2025, members of the board shall be as follows: (I) At least four members who are a parent or legal guardian of a child who is five years of age or older but who is under seventeen years of age; (II) Two representatives of a nonprofit organization that has a focus on services for low-income families and communities; and (III) At least three members who have experience working with children who are five years of age or older but who are under eighteen years of age, including but not limited to, educators and administrators. (e) Members of the board appointed on or after January 1, 2025 serve for three-year terms; except that, members appointed from an oddnumbered congressional district serve an initial term of two years. After January 1, 2025, members of the board may serve up to three consecutive terms, and members are subject to removal as provided in article IV, section 6 of the Colorado Constitution. (3) As soon as reasonably practicable, the initial board of directors shall establish a learning opportunities parent advisory council and a learning opportunities provider advisory council to: (a) Provide input to the board concerning the program, eligibility of children and youth, criteria for qualifications of learning providers, financial aid distribution, and all other matters of implementing the learning program; and (b) Provide recommendations to the appointing authority for parent representation on the board. (4) Members of the ongoing board may not during their terms of service be employed by or contract with persons that provide or offer to provide learning opportunities under the program. (5) Members of the initial and ongoing boards may receive a per diem of up to two hundred dollars for attendance at regularly scheduled meetings of the board at the discretion of the chair based on financial hardship and are reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred while performing official duties, together with mileage at the rate at which members of the general assembly are reimbursed pursuant to section 2-2-317. A member of the board who is a state officer or employee shall not claim per diem compensation, but must be reimbursed
for actual and necessary expenses incurred while performing official duties, together with mileage at the rate at which members of the general assembly are reimbursed pursuant to section 2-2-317. (6)(a) The initial and ongoing boards must also consist of four nonvoting members, three of whom are appointed by the board chair and one by the executive director of the Colorado commission of Indian affairs. (b) The nonvoting members must: (I) Be fourteen years of age or older but under nineteen years of age; and (II) Be enrolled in and attending a tribal or Colorado junior high, middle, or high school, including an online or charter school or approved facility school as defined in section 22-2-402; be participating in a nonpublic, homebased educational program; be participating in a high school equivalency examination program; or have obtained a high school diploma through successful completion of a high school equivalency examination, as defined in section 22-33-102 (8.5). (c) The initial appointments for nonvoting members of the board of directors must be completed by June 1, 2022. Nonvoting members serve for two-year terms, except that, as determined by the board chair, two nonvoting members initially appointed to the board will serve for one year. Nonvoting members of the board may serve up to two consecutive terms. Nonvoting members of the board may receive a per diem of up to two hundred dollars for attendance at regularly scheduled meetings of the board at the discretion of the chair based on financial hardship and are reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred while performing official duties, together with mileage at the rate at which members of the general assembly are reimbursed pursuant to section 2-2-317. (7) The board has the following powers and duties: (a) To hire an executive director; (b) To establish and oversee the program created by this article 86.1, assuring that as much funding as practicable is dedicated to the provision of financial aid and assistance to eligible children or youth and their families in finding and selecting available learning opportunities; (c) To obtain the services of expert consultants as necessary and appropriate for the performance of its duties and responsibilities; (d) To elect one director as chair of the board and another director as chairman pro tem of the board; and (e) To perform all such actions as may be necessary and appropriate to carry out the duties and responsibilities specified in this article 86.1. 22-86.1-106. Learning enrichment and academic progress fund - creation - crediting of money to fund - use of fund. (1) The learning enrichment and academic progress fund is hereby created in the state treasury. The fund is administered by the authority and consists of all money transferred or credited to the fund pursuant to subsections (2), (3), and (4) of this section and section 39-28.8-203(1)(c). All interest and income earned on the deposit and investment of money in the fund must be credited to the fund and must not be transferred to the general fund or any other state fund at the end of any state fiscal year. (2) The authority may seek, accept, and expend any gifts, grants, donations, loans of funds, property, or any other revenue or aid in any
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form from the federal government, the state, any state agency, any other public source, any private source, or any combination thereof, and any such monetary receipts must be credited to the fund and any such in-kind receipts must be applied for the benefit of the fund. (3) At the end of the third and fourth quarters of state fiscal year 2021-22, the state treasurer shall transfer from the general fund to the learning enrichment and academic progress fund the same amount of money transferred to the state public school fund pursuant to section 36-1-116(1)(d). For that state fiscal year, an amount of state general fund revenue equal to the total amount of such transfers shall be exempt from all revenue, spending, and other limitations under section 20 of article X of the state constitution and any other law. (4) At the end of each state fiscal year, beginning with the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2022, the state treasurer shall transfer from the general fund to the learning enrichment and academic progress fund the same amount of money transferred to the state public school fund pursuant to section 36-1-116(1)(d). For each state fiscal year an amount of state general fund revenue equal to the amount of such transfer shall be exempt from all revenue, spending, and other limitations under section 20 of article X of the state constitution and any other law. (5) The money transferred or credited to the fund, including any income and interest derived from the deposit and investment of such money, is exempt from any restriction on spending, revenue, or appropriations, including the restrictions of section 20 of Article X of the state constitution or any other law. (6) The money in the fund is continuously appropriated to the authority for the direct and indirect costs of carrying out the provisions of this article 86.1. SECTION 2. In Colorado Revised Statutes, section 36-1-116, amend (1)(a)(II)(A) and (1)(b)(I); and add (1)(d) as follows: 36-1-116. Disposition of rentals, royalties, and timber sale proceeds. (1)(a)(II)(A) Except as provided in subsections (1)(a)(II)(B), and (1)(a)(II)(C), and (1)(d), for the 2010-11 state fiscal year and each state fiscal year thereafter, the proceeds received by the state for the sale of timber on public school lands, lease payments and rental payments for said lands, rental payments for the use and occupation of the surface of said lands, and rentals or lease payments for sand, gravel, clay, stone, coal, oil, gas, geothermal resources, gold, silver, or other minerals on said lands other than proceeds, rentals, and payments allocated to the state land board trust administration fund pursuant to section 36-1-145(3) or credited to the public school capital construction assistance fund created in section 22-43.7-104(1),C.R.S., pursuant to section 22-43.7-104(2)(b)(I), C.R.S., shall be credited to the permanent school fund and shall become part of the principal of the permanent school fund. (b)(I) Except for royalties and other payments allocated to the state land board trust administration fund pursuant to section 36-1-145(3) or credited to the public school capital construction assistance fund created in section 22-43.7-104(1), C.R.S., pursuant to section 22-43.7-104(2)(b)(I), C.R.S., except as provided in subparagraph (II) of this paragraph (b), and except as provided in paragraph paragraphs (c) and (d) of this subsection (1), royalties and other payments for the depletion or extraction of a natural resource on said lands shall be credited to the permanent school fund. (d) (I) for the third and fourth quarters of state fiscal year 2021-22, any amounts to be credited or transferred to the permanent school fund pursuant to subsections (1)(a)(II)(A) and (1)(b)(I) of this section shall instead be transferred to the state public school fund created in section 22-54-114.
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2021 Statewide Ballot Issues (II) Beginning with the state fiscal year commencing July 1, 2022, any amounts to be credited or transferred to the permanent school fund pursuant to subsections (1)(a)(II)(A) and (1)(b)(I) of this section in excess of twenty million dollars shall instead be transferred to the state public school fund created in section 22-54-114. SECTION 3. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 39-28.8202, amend (1)(a)(I) and (1)(b) as follows: 39-28.8-202. Retail marijuana sales tax. (1)(a)(I)(A) In addition to the tax imposed pursuant to part 1 of article 26 of this title 39 and the sales tax imposed by a local government pursuant to title 29, 30, 31, or 32, but except as otherwise set forth in subsections (1) (a)(II) and (1)(a)(III) of this section, there is imposed upon all sales of retail marijuana and retail marijuana products by a retailer a tax at rates specified in this subsection (1)(a)(I). (B) Beginning January 1, 2014, and through June 30, 2017, there is imposed upon all sales of retail marijuana and retail marijuana products by a retailer a tax at the rate of ten percent of the amount of the sale. (C) Beginning July 1, 2017, there is imposed upon all sales of retail marijuana and retail marijuana products by a retailer a tax at the rate of fifteen percent of the amount of the sale. (D) Beginning January 1, 2022, there is imposed upon all sales of retail marijuana and retail marijuana products by a retailer, in addition to the fifteen percent tax imposed by subsection (1)(a)(I)(C) of this section, a tax of three percent of the amount of the sale through December 31, 2022, a tax of four percent of the amount of the sale beginning January 1, 2023 and through December 31, 2023, and a tax of five percent of the amount of the sale beginning January 1, 2024. (E) The tax imposed by this section is computed in accordance with schedules or forms prescribed by the executive director of the department; except that a retail marijuana store is not allowed to retain any portion of the retail marijuana sales tax collected pursuant to this part 2 to cover the expenses of collecting and remitting the tax. The executive director may promulgate rules to implement this section. (b) The maximum tax rate that may be imposed pursuant to this section is fifteen percent plus the applicable tax rate specified in subsection (1)(a) (I)(D) of this section. At any time on or after January 1, 2014 January 1, 2022, the general assembly may, by a bill enacted by the general assembly and that becomes law: (I) Establish a tax rate to be imposed pursuant to this subsection (1) that is lower than fifteen percent of the sale of retail marijuana or retail marijuana products such maximum tax rate; or (II) After establishing a tax rate that is lower than fifteen percent pursuant to subparagraph (I) of this paragraph (b) lowering the tax rate pursuant to subsection (1)(b)(I) of this section, increase the tax rate to be imposed pursuant to this subsection (1); except that, in no event shall the general assembly increase the tax rate above fifteen percent of the sale of retail marijuana or retail marijuana products the maximum tax rate specified in this subsection (1)(b). Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an increase in the tax rate pursuant to this subparagraph (II) shall not require voter approval subsequent to the voter approval required pursuant to part 4 of this article. SECTION 4. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 39-28.8203, amend (1)(a)(I) and (1)(b)(I.5) introductory portion and add (1)(c) as follows:
39-28.8-203. Disposition of collections – definitions. (1) The proceeds of all money collected from the retail marijuana sales tax are initially credited to the old age pension fund created in section 1 of article XXIV of the state constitution in accordance with paragraphs (a) and (f) of section 2 of article XXIV of the state constitution and thereafter are transferred to the general fund in accordance with section 7 of article XXIV of the state constitution. For each fiscal year in which a tax is collected pursuant to this part 2, an amount shall be appropriated or distributed from the general fund as follows: (a)(I) Before July 1, 2017, an amount equal to fifteen percent of the gross retail marijuana sales tax revenue collected by the department is apportioned to local governments. On and after July 1, 2017, an amount equal to ten percent of the gross retail marijuana sales tax revenue collected by the department, excluding revenue attributable to the additional tax imposed by section 39-28.8-202(1)(a)(I)(D), is apportioned to local governments. The city or town share is apportioned according to the percentage that retail marijuana sales tax revenue collected by the department within the boundaries of the city or town bear to the total retail marijuana sales tax revenue collected by the department. The county share is apportioned according to the percentage that retail marijuana sales tax revenue collected by the department in the unincorporated area of the county bear to total retail marijuana sales tax revenue collected by the department. (b)(I.5) On and after July 1, 2018, of the ninety percent of the gross retail marijuana sales tax revenue in the general fund remaining after the allocation to local governments required by subsection (1)(a)(I) of this section is made, and excluding revenue attributable to the additional tax imposed by section 39-28.8-202(1)(a)(I)(D), the state treasurer shall retain fifteen and fifty-six one-hundredths percent in the general fund for use for any lawful purpose and shall transfer from the general fund: (c) On and after January 1, 2022, the state treasurer shall transfer monthly from the general fund to the learning enrichment and academic progress fund created by section 22-86.1-106 all revenue collected by the department attributable to the additional tax imposed by section 39-28.8-202(1)(a)(I)(D). SECTION 5. In Colorado Revised Statutes, amend 39-28.8-204 as follows: 39-28.8-204. Revenue and spending limitations. (1) Notwithstanding any limitations on revenue, spending, or appropriations contained in section 20 of article X of the state constitution or any other provision of law, any revenues generated by the retail marijuana sales tax imposed pursuant to this part 2 as approved by the voters at the statewide election in November 2013, may be collected and spent as voter-approved revenue changes and shall not require voter approval subsequent to the voter approval required pursuant to part 4 of this article. (2) Notwithstanding any limitations on revenue, spending, or appropriations contained in section 20 of article X of the state constitution or any other provision of law, any revenues generated by the additional retail marijuana sales tax imposed by section 39-28.8-202(1)(a)(I) (D), as approved by the voters at the statewide election in November 2021, may be collected and spent as a voter-approved revenue change. Proposition 120 Property Tax Assessment Rate Reduction The ballot title below is a summary drafted by the professional staff of the offices of the secretary of state, the attorney general, and the legal staff for the general assembly for ballot purposes only. The ballot
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title will not appear in the Colorado Revised Statutes. The text of the measure that will appear in the Colorado Revised Statutes below was drafted by the proponents of the initiative. The initiated measure is included on the ballot as a proposed change to current law because the proponents gathered the required amount of petition signatures. Ballot Title: Shall there be a change to the Colorado Revised Statutes concerning property tax reductions, and, in connection therewith, reducing property tax revenue by an estimated $1.03 billion in 2023 and by comparable amounts thereafter by reducing the residential property tax assessment rate from 7.15% to 6.5% and reducing the property tax assessment rate for all other property, excluding producing mines and lands or leaseholds producing oil or gas, from 29% to 26.4% and allowing the state to annually retain and spend up to $25 million of excess state revenue, if any, for state fiscal years 2022-23 through 2026-27 as a voter-approved revenue change to offset lost revenue resulting from the property tax rate reductions and to reimburse local governments for revenue lost due to the homestead exemptions for qualifying seniors and disabled veterans? Text of Measure: Be it Enacted by the People of the State of Colorado: SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 39-1-104 amend (1) as follows: (1) Through December 31, 2021 the valuation for assessment of all taxable property in the state shall be twenty-nine percent, and beginning on January 1, 2022 the valuation for assessment of all taxable property in the state shall be twenty-six and four-tenths percent of the actual value thereof as determined by the assessor and the administrator in the manner prescribed by law, and such percentage shall be uniformly applied, without exception, to the actual value, so determined, of the various classes and subclasses of real and personal property located within the territorial limits of the authority levying a property tax, and all property taxes shall be levied against the aggregate valuation for assessment resulting from the application of such percentage. This subsection (1) shall not apply to residential real property, producing mines, and lands or leaseholds producing oil or gas. SECTION 2. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 39-1104.2 amend (3)(q) as follows: 39-1-104.2. Adjustment of residential legislative declaration - definitions.
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(3) (q) The ratio of valuation for assessment for residential real property is 7.15 percent of actual value for property tax years commencing on or after January 1, 2019 and 6.5 percent of the actual value for property tax commencing January 1, 2022, until the next property tax year that the general assembly adjusts the ratio of valuation for assessment for residential real property. SECTION 3. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 39-3-207 add (6) as follows: 39-3-207. Reporting of exemptions— reimbursement to local governmental entities. (6) for the purpose of off-setting lost revenue resulting from a reduction in property tax and to fund state reimbursements to local government entities for the application of the homestead exemption, in fiscal year commencing on July 1, 2022 through fiscal year ending July 1, 2027, the state shall be authorized to retain and spend up to 25 million per year in revenue for warrants otherwise authorized under this section.
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Denver Lyric Opera Guild’s Arias and Jewels It was every bit a unique and festive evening when Denver Lyric Opera Guild (DLOG) hosted CABARET, celebrating the wonderfully talented competition winners at Riverwalk Clubhouse. The special segments of entertainment (arias) were complemented by shopping (for jewels – fine and fashion, as well as other accessories) to raise money for next year’s competition and scholarships. To hear these voices and meet the singers is an exceptional opportunity for DLOG members and guests. Heavy hors d’oeuvres, wine and beer was only topped by an amazing dessert bar with numerous choices from baklava to ginger peach hand pie. Membership
The performers: Pianist Dr. Jeremy Reger, Tenor Michael Hoffman, Anna Montgomery, Jennifer DeDominici, Claire McCahan Photos by Scottie Iverson
and further information: denverlyric operaguild.org. Baritone Schyler Vargas
ABOVE: Violinist Nadya Hill is married to Michael Hoffman RIGHT: President Tom Conroy and wife Mary Elizabeth
ABOVE: They made it happen - Lisa Curtis, Gayle Landis, Becky Gantner and Karen Bruggentheis
Dr. Richard Schulick shares cancer director overviews with Cor2Cor The stage was set for a message of hope concerning cancer when Ocean Prime’s largest banquet room was packed to hear Dr. Richard Schulick. “I believe in taking very good care of the patient and family during a very
difficult time for them,” he said. He explained reasons for cancer: genes we are born with, bad luck when cells divide and make mistakes and environmental (toxins that cause change).1.9 million will be diagnosed with cancer.
610,000 die each year. 17 million with history of cancer are still alive. “We have a long way to go, but have made remarkable progress,” Dr. Schulick shared. The vision is to prevent and conquer cancer – taking cutting edge research
FAR LEFT: Richard Schulick, MD MBA, FACS Professor, complex Surgery-Surgical Oncology, director of the University of Colorado Cancer Center LEFT: Office of Advancement, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Center Carrie Radant RIGHT: Sponsor – Regional VP Transamerica, Bill Tai FAR RIGHT: Dave Evans gave his testimonial LEFT: Ocean Prime’s DTC Sales and Event Manager Alex Knudsen and General Manager, John Witmer welcomed guests RIGHT: Cor2Cor Board member Marina Deganais and Co-Founders Nepeta Godec and Frances Williams
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to clinical trials safely. The goal at Anschutz Medical Center is world class care with the innovative therapies (right in our own backyard – Aurora, Colorado). Cancer League of Colorado, for instance, has given $500,000. Cancer is 1,000 different diseases. It’s complicated – not just one treatment. It’s not just one event. He has recruited top doctors from all over the world to have access to the
latest and greatest. CU is patient focused with Four Strategies: Prevent, Catch Early, Have the Best Therapies and a Center that knows what it is doing! CU is one of the NCI designated state- of- the- art centers. The surgical oncologist was born in Burma and his dad was a U.S. diplomat. His background is fascinating from Johns Hopkins on and he fell in love with Colorado. We are blessed!
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“The Chamber has always been about doing the work of supporting businesses and the local community; and it has also been the source of innumerable friendships. When I see someone from the ”old” days, it brings a flood of great memories.” - Brian Vogt
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HonorARY CHAIR
Friday September 24th, 2021 was an evening of special celebration for the South Metro Denver Chamber at Wings Over The Rockies. The 100 year gala provided a tribute to the tremendous individuals, business members and executives of past, present and future.
“In times like these, we learn to live again. In times like these, we learn to love again.” - Brian Vogt
Our vibrant and involved leaders gathered in their finest attire to reunite as a proud Chamber family. The stories and accomplishments intertwined with great respect for each other accompanied by laughter, handshakes, hugs and many pictures to save and relish this momentous occasion. We respectfully honored those no longer with us or were unable to attend for their contributions and friendship.
Dave DiFulvio
Bob Sweeney
The South Metro Denver Chamber is honored to have a strong and diverse cast of members, staff and leadership with our board of directors. The future of SMDC is bright as we welcome new members, ideas and synergy in the south metro community.
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Tiana Kennedy, Assistant Vice Chancellor CSU Pictured left to right: Chandra Sharma, Usha Sharma, Jeff Keener, Doug Tisdale, Renee Duncan
Pictured left to right: Susan Sweeney Lanam, Freda Miklin, Dr. Jerry Miklin, Gerri and Bob Sweeney
Kevin Pitts and Sonya Pitts
Pictured left to right: Johnathan Rideau, Stephanie Rideau, Jeff Keener, Janett Jimenez, Nick Jimenez
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John Brackney
Pictured left to right: Don Sheehan, Andrew Graham, Jeff Keener
Todd Saliman, President, University ofColorado
I would like to thank our current and past members for joining in the celebration. SMDC could not have held this memorable event without our generous sponsors including the University of Colorado, Arapahoe County Government and Colorado State University. All deserve a big thank you and appreciation for their continued support.
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David Carroll, Executive Director of the Englewood Chamber
Carrie Warren-Gulley, County Commissioner
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Through historic storytellers and speakers, it demonstrated the role the Chamber has played in so many lives, their businesses, and our community. The gala also reflected upon our legacy recognizing achievements since the first meeting that took place on June 10, 1921. The partnership between the Chamber and individuals with the ability to shape cities and interact with government attribute to the growth and success of the region. This model of alliance is embraced to shape the next 100 years.
Serving our communities since 1921 The catalyst for business growth and success in the South Metro Denver region. What does the Chamber provide to its members and community? Fosters a vibrant economic climate and culture focusing on business attraction, retention and expansion. Advocates for our members on local, state and national policy as a non-partisan, pro-commerce organization with a 100 year history. Informs and educates our members and community by bringing business leaders together, providing education and training, and collaborative events. Connects individuals and organizations to expand market visibility in the region and grow their business.
Pictured left to right: Debbie Brown, Anna Cutler, Jennifer Perry, Josh Perry
LEFT: Jeremy Reeves and Lindsay Reeves
ABOVE: Pictured left to right: Mary Kay McCarty, Jamie Noebel, Brian Vogt, Gerd Noebel, Carolyn Harrison, Meredith Brackney, John Brackney, Dana Henne LEFT: Pictured left to right: Jeff Keener, Brian Vogt, Bob Sweeney
“The South Metro Denver Chamber Board of Directors would like to extend our sincere appreciation to the sponsors, guests, community, Wings Over The Rockies, Footers Catering, Lightsail Video, and Frame de Art for your participation in our memorable 100 year gala and representation of the communities we serve. SMDC welcomes individuals and businesses to inquire about annual memberships and opportunities to engage in networking. For more information, inquire online at www.bestchamber.com or phone 303.795.0142.” - Rick Bruno, Chairman of the Board, South Metro Denver Chamber
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Landmark Towers residents petition GV for trash pickup BY FREDA MIKLIN GOVERNMENTAL REPORTER
On October 4, KieAnn Brownell, a member of the homeowner’s association of the Landmark Towers, located east of Quebec Street and south of Belleview Avenue, appeared at the Greenwood Village City Council’s regular meeting to present a petition signed by over 150 “Greenwood Village taxpayers and voters” who live in the Landmark Towers, requesting that GV “assume waste and recycling collection for residents of The Landmark on par with the like services offered to other taxpaying residential homeowners in Greenwood Village.” She said, “We’re asking you all tonight to right a wrong. Currently, the Landmark Towers are being unjustly denied the same trash and recycling benefits and privileges of other Greenwood Village taxpayers despite paying the same mill levy. We’ve been told that multifamily communities are excluded from trash and recycling pickup and services, but that’s not exactly true. For years, Greenwood Village has serviced Roundtree (Townhomes) and Hermitage (Condominiums) and all the while, wrongfully discriminated against Landmark Towers. More importantly, in the 2022 budget, which I believe is on the agenda for tonight, we’ve learned that beginning in 2022, Greenwood Village will also begin servicing the Georgetown Townhomes and Caley Ponds (Townhomes), multifamily communities. We ask you to stop the discriminatory practice and beginning in
2022, include The Landmark in your trash and recycling services.” Brownell continued, “Since the (2021) budget has a projected $6.7 million surplus and Waste Connections (GV’s new trash and recycling contractor beginning 1-1-22) has proposed servicing The Landmark for around $63,000 for next year, it’s absolutely not a money issue. Other than just purely discriminating against The Landmark taxpayers, there is no reasonable justification for excluding us. On behalf of the taxpaying voters of The Landmark, I’m asking that our councilmembers, Dave Kerber and Anne Ingebretsen, include a motion to amend the (2022) budget to include trash and recycling like services for The Landmark Towers.” Following Brownell, Landmark residents Mike and Miok Fowler explained that they feel very strongly about the importance of recycling. They have been taking their recycle items anywhere they would be accepted, including the Denver landfill, because there is nowhere in Arapahoe County that will accept them. The service was ended at Landmark a few years ago. Brownell told The Villager that recycling became cost-prohibitive for The Landmark when Waste Management began adding extra charges for items put into recycle bins that were not recyclable. She also shared that a staff member at GV had told her that GV residents make the same mistake often but the city does not get charged for it because of the size of its contract. Mr. Fowler closed his remarks with, “It seems so unfair that (our re-
The Landmark Towers were built in 2008.
cycled items) can’t be picked up along with the other recyclables in Greenwood Village. I urge you to have a motion to include this in the budget…” Mayor Lantz thanked the Landmark residents for coming in and bringing the petition, adding, “You should be aware that there was a policy that they (Councilmembers Kerber and Ingebretsen) probably shared with you that created the definition of multi-family residences as being of eight or more units, and they (multi-family residences) weren’t allowed to participate…We’ll ask staff to review (the policy)…and we’ll consider that.” Lantz continued, “A change of this definition could mean significantly more than what you’re talking about. If we change the definition there is at least the possibility that the total number of multifamily units would need to be included, too. There’s close to 3,000 multifamily units in the city of Greenwood Village; that would be a 75% increase in the number of particular residents that we would pick up. Just wanted to make sure you were aware of that.” In response, Gail O’Toole,
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also a Landmark resident came to the podium and said, “I’ve been the leader of the homework on this effort…We are not an apartment building. We are not a commercial-owned facility that is renting apartments. We are taxpaying homeowners who pay a mill levy…equivalent to an individual who lives across the street in a home. I think that is a real clarification that has maybe gotten confused.” Later, O’Toole explained to The Villager that she and others believe that the important distinction as to who should receive these services is not whether they own a single-family detached home or they own a single-family attached home, condominium, or townhome, all three of which are categorized as multi-family homes by the city. The distinction should be whether they pay the same 2.932 mill levy for property taxes to the City of Greenwood Village, which every homeowner does, regardless of whether their home is detached, attached, a condominium or a townhome. Apartment residents do not pay property taxes. The number Mayor Lantz cited included both homeowners and renters of
apartments in the city. GV has provided free trash and recycling services to single-family homes since 1996. They have also provided the same free service to homeowners in three specific developments currently categorized as multi-family for more than 15 years. Earlier this year, the city council decided it would extend its free trash and recycling service to homeowners at two more multi-family townhome developments beginning January 1, 2022. The five homeowner-owned multi-family developments currently or about to start receiving the free service each have from 25 to 142 individual homeowner units and include approximately 292 total units. The Landmark has 268 units. Based on our analysis of the remaining owned multi-family homes on the list we received from the city, there are approximately 337 units, in addition to The Landmark, that could qualify for trash and recycling services if GV changed its policy to providing the service to all homeowners. In an interview with The Villager, Gail O’Toole told us that she and her husband Jim have owned their unit in the Landmark since 2008 and often wondered why some condos received free trash and recycling service while theirs doesn’t. She explained that the decision was made by Landmark homeowners to petition the city to include them in this service after she sent three emails to Ingebretsen and one to Kerber in March and April about this issue and did not receive any response. fmiklin.villager@gmail.com
Parasites (Germs/Worms) – The Good, The Bad, The Ugly (Part 1 of 2) Parasites have important role on Earth and, therefore, it is our responsibility to learn how to co-exist, and at the same time, protect our bodies from the invasion and overgrowth of the “bad” and “ugly” Parasites. From the first article that I wrote in The Villager (3/25/21), I shared that each subsequent article would build on the knowledge presented in the previous article. So, an article about Parasites is essential knowledge to build on my last article, titled, “Probiotics Do Not Correct The Cause For Why You Take Them (Dysbiosis)! [The Villager, 9/30/21, P22]. Correcting Dysbiosis is one of the first steps to stopping the overgrowth of Parasites in the body and getting rid of them. WHAT ARE PARASITES? There are a variety of Parasites, such as fungi, protozoans (unicellular organisms, like the ameba), bacteria, viruses, insects, worms, etc. There are good Parasites, bad Parasites and the ugly (deadly) Parasites. For examples, we have Good Bacteria that helps break down fats and proteins in the diges-
tive system, like Lactobacillus; Bad Bacteria, like Salmonella; and the Ugly, COVID-19. PARASITES ARE PART OF NATURE’S DESIGN: There are Parasites with the role of being Nature’s Organic Trash Collectors and Recycling System. They consume decaying and dead matter, then break it down into a substance that can be used to nourish the soil of the Earth. You may have observed this activity when you see Parasites feeding on a dead animal on the roadside. So, Parasites being “Bad or Ugly” only refers to when they are inside the body, not outside it. Outside, they are healthy facilitators and transporters of decomposition; thus, ensuring a healthy Earth and enabling the healthy growth of the plants that are human and animal food sources.
SYMPTOMS CAUSED BY PARASITES: Inside, Parasites cause a variety and plethora of
symptoms and diseases depending upon where in the body their infestation exists. Symptoms, such as Fatigue; Food Allergies; GI Tract Disturbances; Hypothyroid and Hypoadrenal Dysfunction; Mental Dyslogia, Lack of Concentration or Recall; Musculoskeletal Stiffness and Pain; Sinusitis; Sleep Disturbances; Sugar Cravings; and Unhealthy Weight Loss, to name a very few. OUR GREATEST CHALLENGE is to avoid creating an internal environment that invites Parasites to take up residence within our body. After all, which came first - the Mosquito or the Swamp! As each cell becomes malnourished from ingesting or exposure to toxic substances AND does not receive sufficient nutrients, water and air, the cell starts to decay, thus losing its ability to produce sufficient energy for its healthy function, and then dies. Dis-
ease occurs within an organ when it has more decaying and dead cells and tissue than healthy ones. Think of Parasites as having radar – they are tuned into the frequency of low energy, decaying and dead cells and tissue, thus they are attracted to enter the human (or animal) body in search of the cells emitting this low frequency to facilitate its decomposition. I am sure you would agree with me and that is “I would rather they not try to decompose my body while I am still in it!” When the cells of the body stay sufficiently nourished, the cells will produce a high energy frequency that does not attract, but repels, Parasites. So even if you were to swallow a parasite, it would just pass through your body. Why? Because in a healthy body in optimal function, the parasite would be recognized as “foreign” matter, and thus the innate immune defense system would set about eliminating it through the kidneys, bowels, or other body openings. However, low energy immune cells are challenged to perform this function.
Think of a garden, the weak plants are infected with many germs, worms and insects, yet the healthier plants, growing right next to them, are Parasite free, and so it is, with all living things, including human beings. In my next article (Part 2), I will answer the following questions: How do I increase my cellular energy to stop attracting Parasites? How do I get rid of the Parasites and decaying, dead cells and tissue already in my body? And more! Email Villager@AdvancedClinicalNutrition.com for a FREE copy of this entire article. Subject Line: Parasites. Dr. Donna Smith holds a Ph.D. in Clinical Nutrition, is a Doctor of Naturopathy (N.D.), a Board-Certified Clinical Nutritionist (C.C.N.), a Certified Dietitian-Nutritionist (C.D.N.), a Canadian-Chartered Herbalist (C.H.) and owner of ADVANCED CLINICAL NUTRITION (Est. 1981) in Wichita Falls, Texas. Information for Nutritional and Bioenergetic Education only and not for the diagnosis or treatment of any medical condition or disease.
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Magnolia Lane awaits—a dream come true Matai Naqica will compete in Drive, Chip & Putt finals
In his dreams, Matai Naqica (pronounced nuh-GEE-thuh—with a hard “G”) is headed down Magnolia Lane, about to compete at fabled Augusta National Golf Club, home of The Masters. Magnolia Lane: the route traveled by the immortals—Jones, Hogan, Snead . . . Arnie, Nicklaus, Tiger—and every other champion and player in Masters history. What teenager who’s serious about golf doesn’t picture themselves there at some point? Next April 3, this young golfer’s dreams will become reality. That’s when Matai, who lives in the Cherry Creek School District but is a sophomore at Columbine High School, will participate in the 2022 Drive, Chip & Putt national finals to be held at Augusta National on the Sunday that begins Masters Week. “The feeling of going to Augusta is really extraordinary. I can’t wait to go there,” he said the day he qualified. It was his seventh and last chance, and his fifth time as a regional finalist as he moved through the age groups. Drive, Chip & Putt was established in 2013 as a free, nationwide junior golf development program by The Masters Tournament, the United States Golf Association and The PGA of America. It tests the driving, chipping and putting skills of boys and girls 7 to 15, using a point system based on driving distance and accuracy, chipping precision and putting ability. In regional qualifying, which brings together players from multiple states, everyone hits three of each: drives, chips and putts. The drives are down a “fairway” that’s 40 yards wide. Drives must finish within the fairway to score points, which are determined by laser-measured distance. Chips at the scoring hole are from 10-15 yards and are scored based on rings that denote proximity to the hole. Putts are from six, 15 and 30 feet, and are scored based on closeness to the hole. Holing a chip or a putt earns the highest possible score, 25 points. Competing in the 14-15 age group, Matai, 15, earned his trip to the home of Amen Corner by amassing 163 points, 12 more than the runner-up in the field of a dozen. That was despite hitting his first drive out of bounds. “I used my 2-iron just to find the fairway,” he said of his second and third tee shots, which measured 250 and 285 yards. Living up to the old golf adage “drive for show, putt for dough,” Matai made up for the errant drive with his short game, including sinking one of his three chips. “Chipping was probably
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what got me into Augusta,” he said. Matai, a tall but thin young man who, no doubt, will grow taller and add pounds, already has been playing golf for two-thirds of his life. “When I was three years old,” he recalls, “I was watching TV (cartoons) and my dad was switching the channel. He switched to the Golf Channel, and I just didn’t want to stop watching it.” (He said he screamed and fussed, as threeyear-olds do, when his dad switched back to cartoons.) Matai ‘s grandfather bought him his first golf club when he was three, and Matai played his first round when he was five. He broke 50 that time, from the junior tees on an executive course that has since closed. He began working with a swing coach at age seven and has continued to this day. He hopes to return to Augusta someday as a Masters participant. On his first trip to Augusta, Matai will be accompanied by his parents, Brian and Susan; the coach of his Columbine team, Cory Olsen, who has known Matai since birth and was the reason Matai open-enrolled out-of-district; his Columbine teammates; and his swing coach. In addition to the Drive, Chip & Putt event, he hopes to play Augusta’s Par Three course and, with his entourage, take in one of the pros’ practice rounds. Then the Columbine team will go to South Carolina for a week of Myrtle Beach golf. The finals will be shown on cable television coast to coast by Golf Channel. That’s a big deal
to Matai. “I get to be on national television,” he says. “I’ll try to bomb a drive 300 in front of the cameras.” Matai was born in the U.S.—on the Fourth of July, no less—but his family’s roots are in Fiji, home of PGA Tour star Vijay Singh, winner of 34 pro tournaments including three majors (two U.S. Opens and a Masters). Matai isn’t expecting to meet Singh next April, even though past Masters champions are included in the field. But he is hoping to meet his favorite pro. “I really want to meet Tony Finau,” he said, “because he’s my favorite golfer. He’s Polynesian (an American, but his family is from the Kingdom of Tonga, a chain of 169 islands in the South Pacific), and he hits the ball a long way, like me. I’ll probably ask him how to hit fairways, because I can’t do
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Forward momentum for Quincy Farm!
Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021, City Council convened with the intention to study the issues and options revolving the current state and future of Quincy Farm. This has been a heated topic of conversation in our community these past few months; with the fear of losing ownership of Quincy Farm it has revitalized interest from residents and prompted CHLP to propose partnership with City Council in an effort and desire to take steps forward to handle and manage that significant gift to the townspeople. The meeting started out with a concentrated study session where the manager and then Director of Public works Jay Goldie presented data, costs, and it’s suggestions on three scenarios for each of the major areas that require funding to orchestrate a successful campus for residents to enjoy. These capital costs are narrowed down to three categories: the buildings on site, the actual land/site, and maintenance of the entire property. Director of Public Works, Jay Goldie proposed three scenarios for each of these line items with a low, medium, and high budgets for tasks performed. It is a little more complicated than people may realize, but let’s start with this: There are nine structures on the farm of which two are required to remain standing indefinitely, (the west side of the Hopkins house, and the big barn on the east side). Seven structures are permitted to be torn down if desired, thus lessening the overhead demands of the property, however five of the nine properties contribute to retaining historical registration designation. Having historical designation could help acquire grants for restoration of the structures. Using historical designation monies, it was pointed out by a council member, could also take some control of the property from the owners eg, residents/ council. Scenarios on Buildings restoration or demolition: Low -$1,645,000 to remove all buildings except the operating pump house, the barn and the west Hopkins house to repair exterior work only (no historic designation). Medium -$ 2,878,000 building stabilization plan which included demolition of non-historical structures but retention of Hopkins House, Barn and exterior restoration of historic structures (retains historic designation) and High $5,151,000 involved exterior and interior restoration and retention of all nine structures (retain historic designation). With scenario High, it was suggested that the work done would create a situation that would make it safe to expose programming to the community. Scenarios on Site development or revitalizing: Low: Minimal improvements but restore land, irrigation and planting where buildings were removed at $316,000, Medium: Modest improvement by development/ conversion of a Nature Center in place of the garage combined with
everything from the member of CHLP spoke “Low” category at as well informing that $836,000 and High: CHLP has enough funds with multiple imto get started themselves provements to include and what they request of dredging the shallow the City Council is to 1.) pond (cannot be aerauthorize CHLP to work ated because it is too with CO open lands on shallow), creation of a interpreting and underboardwalk for nature standing the scope of viewing, interpretive With Allison Crouder the land easement, 2.) to signage, more gardens, delegate to CHLP the renumerous sitting areas, two shaded sponsibility of raising community outdoor classrooms for $1,248,000 awareness, 3.) to give the go ahead which includes everything envito open the farm like campus next sioned currently for the property. spring 2022, and 4.) to authorize them to hire a grant writer that Scenarios for Maintenance: will work for both CHLP and the The Low option being estimated City to help acquire more funding. at $49,000/year for basic service, They further proposed they are in mowing, weeds, and pond care by support of a caretaker on the propcity staff. Medium estimated at erty and would like to renovate $75,250/year for contracting out the East side farmhouse for that weed maintenance, increasing tree purpose. care, and increasing pond mainCity Council members made tenance care and High estimated a point of thanking the CHLP for at $87,125/year for significant their proposal. They all agree that increase in tree care, improvements it is time to get moving with this to the landscaping around the property and they are motivated property and contracting out weed to follow the wishes of the CHV maintenance. residents. Both parties spent some The Cherry Hills Land Preserve time talking about how collabothen presented to the City Council ration would work between them. how they envision their involveIt was noted by council member ment assisting the town given their Katy Brown that CHV residents status as a non-profit. Janney Car- consistently approve votes for penter, President of CHLP started funding Parks and Rec, and actualout by graciously thanking the ly earmarked taxes for open space council for taking so seriously the and public parks. She noted that needs to be proactive in stepping this experience has opened opforward to take action on this asset portunity to ask residents to what owned by, as noted a few times by degree they will tolerate funds to council members, the people of this cause and would be interestCHV. She acknowledged that it ed to see the involvement from has been put off for too long and citizens with time. It was further the desire of CHLP is to find the pointed out that despite currently path to have Kat Anderson’s vision running lean for this project, tax come to fruition; to do what is best monies have been approved by for the community and preserve voters so by 2042 CHV will have the 26% open space that is current- $16,000,000 in the Parks Fund ly not utilized by the community. which sends a message that QuinShe brought around her point cy Farm is a priority to the CHV that it is a little hard for people to citizens now. connect with the farm when it has It was suggested by Mayor been closed up for so long. They, Stewart that an MOU agreement as an organization are ready to put could be developed between them a plan in place, garner support and for a non-legally binding partnerenthusiasm from the residents, and ship. An MOU is a Memorandum grow slowly with the desires of the of Understanding which is an community at heart. agreement to agree and the conJanney reminded the council tracts between parties will come that the mission of CHLP is to inlater as needed and appropriate, spire conservation through educabut for now, it is a commitment to tion and preserve open space, but work together. Upon talking with I took notice that what they were Mayor Russell he was encouraged proposing was much more than by the council’s enthusiasm for the that. CHLP is suggesting a triage MOU, and was one of the many type of plan to help garner finanreasons he was originally moticial support from the community, vated to get involved as mayor. invest in the farm over time while Representative Katy Brown stated exposing the property to residents, that they always envisioned a hire a grant writer, do fund-raising, partner with programming and she and legally accept donations for feels CHLP is an obvious partner the good of Quincy Farm restowith this project. Mayor Russell rations in partnership with the City Steward stated that they all have of CHV. the desires to be good stewards of Since CHLP is not an owner, this land and see the benefits of but an impassioned nonprofit, they partnering with CHLP. Another are not currently in position to council member stated that they accept actual donations for a spehave details to work out but agree cific purpose on the farm without it is time to roll up sleeves and get a partnership relationship with the working. In various ways it was City of CHV. addressed that the city doesn’t curCHLP noted that there are rently have enough money allotted residents that have made condifor this and they have concerns tional pledges to CHLP for Quincy over where they will get the money Farms without knowing the overneeded presently to get the properall vision for it. Should Council ty up to speed. move forward with a partnership In addition to Council and between them, it was noted that the CHLP deliberations, there were farm may qualify for more options numerous residents that came to for grant money using their 501c3 voice their support and opinions status as well. Judith Judd, board revolving the proposal from CHVP
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and the previous proposal from Natalie Anderson. The past proposal from Natalie Anderson was not modified and resubmitted for the council to review it despite being open to reviewing any proposal put forth. Two residents voiced their presence that the future of Quincy Farm be put out for a vote to either partner between CHLP and CHV or Natalie Anderson who would privately fund the restoration but retain ownership, her bid being 7.5 million. They voiced interest in having council approach the family about resubmitting. Council members pointed out that they did not disregard the Anderson proposal and is not in a position to transfer a title to another person as was requested in that proposal, and it was noted by council that it was a gift to the city, which means it is a gift to the residents. Another resident, Laura Christman, pledged $100,000 over the next 2 years to help restore the east side to get the farm up and running if the city was to partner with CHLP. Earl Hoellen voiced his concerns about where the budget would come from for this project pointing out that any appointed funds passed previously would not actually be available to spend on Parks and Rec until 2042 and that none of the forecasts to pay off debts in our community involved Quincy Farm spending, thus private donations, grants, and creativity would need to be utilized. Generally speaking the residents who participated seemed to endorse land ownership by the City but seek progress, timelines, partnership and proactive communication so they know what is needed and what to expect. The council wrapped up their meeting discussing the legalities behind and MOU, which is a starting point or pathway to form a longer term relationship with CHLP should the relationship go positively. More would need to be done to draft an official legal relationship between CHLP and the City to work together for Quincy Farm,
followed by increased communication to residents, following suggestions of the CHLP by funding more modestly with current staff proposals, reintroducing the farm to residents, acquire/find funding which would lead to more ambitious goals, outline priorities, having the CHLP a part of those meetings to define priorities and then testing those priorities against the budget available. All the council members were in agreement that the relationship between CHLP and the City appeared to be worth grabbing hold of. City Manager Chris Cramer discussed city planning, prioritizing, insurance and the need for contracts between the organizations. Council members also stated that they want to not be held up by all-inclusive contracts, lengthy delays with legalities, and felt desires to have a detailed MOU and agreement for the next one to three years to get going should suffice for now. I would like to add as someone who has experienced being a long term member of this wonderful town, and who was present at Quincy Farm the moment Cat Anderson gifted her property to us, it is really wonderful to see the commitment and passion of the CHLP, and the dedication from this city council to find ways to achieve success on the desires of residents prior to 2042. It is refreshing to see them both taking expeditious and thoughtful steps toward forming a partnership for our open space. I would personally love to help pull those weeds, so I expect an invitation! For those wishing to stay current on happenings in the village, please go to https://www.cherry hillsvillage.com/501/City-Meeting-Videos to follow council meetings from the comfort of your home. Allison Crouder is our Community Contributor and a realtor with COMPASS, an avid horse lover and a busy mom of four. allison.crouder@compass.com www.Schossowgroup.com
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CHLP hosts 4th Trail Walk at Quincy Farm COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTER
The fourth annual food and music, you’d Cherry Hills Land move into the large Preserve Trail Walk green yard where at Quincy Farm, more vendors dissponsored by the played their materials CHLP appeared and shared their eduto be a hit with cational perspectives the community of on a variety of topics. Cherry Hills Village. Most people were Quincy Farm was fixated by Hawk With Allison Crouder a perfect venue and Quest, which hosted got me pretty jazzed as to the a demonstration involving future of the farm for this com- a Bald Eagle, hawks, and a munity. As the City of Cherry Great Horned owl. The Cherry Hills Village and Cherry Hills Hills Art Commission, Denver Land Preserve are working Audubon Society, Boy Scouts towards an operational MOU and the Highline Canal Con(memorandum of understandservancy were also present for ing) it was evident that opening the occasion. Aside from the this farm up to public use could bald eagle, the most impressive be an unquestionable asset to thing I saw was holding, readtownspeople. This year’s Trail ing and seeing the effort the Walk event was hosted at Quin- CHLP put into the Field Guide cy Farm on October 3, which for the kids. This complete utilized both east and west sides booklet contained everything of the farm. A windy nature I would be able to think up to trail was cut into a pasture spur young naturalists to go on the west side so attendees outside. The booklet contained could follow a path around the everything from a scavenger property. It was serene in the hunt off the highline, connect meadow, and although the mid- the dots to figure out the new dle of the day heat dissuaded six mile loop in CHV called many birds, thus disrupting my the NEW 6 mile Village Loop anticipated Snow White and the Trail, to a walking bird safari animals’ experience, there were checklist while exploring the still lovely sounds and smells of open park spaces. Oh wait! nature... and most importantly, There’s more…star gazing, peace and quiet away from all learning astrology, word search the hub-ub of life. for animals that pollinate, Several vendors participated all the way down to the last at this nostalgic social, remipage… Take the Kids in the niscent of the quieter days of Creek Pledge which stated, “As yesteryear. I nary saw a cell a Kids in the Creek Ambassaphone except for mine to catch dor, I promise to help protect a few photos. On the east side the open lands, nature and of the farm young residents wildlife in Cherry Hills Village, gathered around Petey the horse throughout Colorado, and beand got to meet the volunteers yond… I will help keep parks that run the long standing Platte beautiful by never leaving trash Valley Pony Club. Adults and behind, I will help keep wildlife kids showed interest in learnwild by not feeding animals, I ing about beekeeping, tasted will help protect plants by not honey, and learned the value picking them, and I will enbees bring to the environment. courage others to do the same.” Young kids were entertained by As a journalist and a realtor, decorating little pumpkins and it’s best to keep personal opinwooden farm houses. People ions close to the vest, to let othwere also pretty excited to gath- ers decide what they think, no er on the west side of Quincy bias, etc... However, I’m into Farm, listening to upbeat music it, and I hope there isn’t an age while enjoying Mountain Crust cut-off to be an ambassador. I Pizza, the environmentally think it is worth also noting that friendly, zero waste food truck. Quincy Farm does seem to be a If you got past the fun of the really nice community resource
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that is on track for opening up to the community. It was really nice to see so many come out to be a part becoming a naturalist, enjoy the farm and learn more about getting involved with CHLP. To become a volunteer, get event info +/or donate to CHLP, you can start by sub-
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Five candidates are vying for three seats on the Littleton school board BY FREDA MIKLIN GOVERNMENTAL REPORTER
Five candidates are running to fill three vacancies on the five-member Littleton Public Schools (LPS) board of education. Current board members Jack Reutzel and Kelly Perez are term-limited. Carrie Warren-Gully’s term is also ending, though she resigned from the board when she was elected Arapahoe County Commissioner last year. Robert Reichardt, board president, is in his second four-year term which will expire in 2023. Lindley McCrary is in her first four-
year term which will expire in 2023. All LPS board members serve at large. On October 6, LPS sponsored a two-hour candidate forum at its Education Services Center at 5776 S. Crocker Street in Littleton. Mary McGlone, president of the LPS foundation, moderated. The five candidates, who all participated in the forum, are Joan Anderssen, Angela Christensen, Dale Elliott, Andrew Graham and Jon Lisec. All five have children who are currently enrolled or graduated from LPS. In opening statements, Joan
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Anderssen said she is a 36-year Littleton resident who teaches finance and economics at Arapahoe Community College. Angela Christensen said she currently serves on the LPS board after being appointed to fill out the remainder of Carrie Warren-Gully’s term in February. Dale Elliott described himself as a small business owner who “opposes critical race theory (CRT) in schools; it is a cancer and a poison and I’ll do everything I can to eradicate it.” Andrew Graham told listeners he chaired the South Metro Denver Chamber of Commerce and served on the exploration committee for the LPS Career Exploration Center. Jon Lisec described how he first got involved by painting a world map on the playground of the Ralph Moody Elementary School. Asked to describe the district’s strengths and challenges, • Elliott described Littleton as a middle-class community where people “are pretty much all the same,” adding “we’re fortunate; some districts have too many poor people and languages” whereas “Littleton is really cohesive.” As to challenges, he talked about CRT, suggesting that people “go to the internet, make up your own mind, don’t take my word for it. It’s a mess.” • Graham named high quality teachers and principals, strong parent support, strong staff and innovative programs as LPS’ strengths. • Lisec named LPS’ highquality education and programs, including mental health and career exploration as its strengths. He identified teachers’ salaries as a challenge. • Anderssen said, “LPS shines” in regards to its teachers, staff and facilities, especially its coming Career Exploration Center. Challenges include declining enrollment, teacher pay, and underutilization of concurrent enrollment. • Christensen cited the small town feel and sense of community as being LPS strengths, both of which make LPS a destination dis-
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trict for families seeking a high-qualify education. Candidates were asked to weigh in on a prior board’s resolution that, “All means all.” • Lisec said it was about providing equal opportunity to all students. • Anderssen pointed to the goal of all LPS students graduating (the present rate is 92%). She also pointed to the importance of recognizing and supporting individual students’ passions, noting college is not for everyone. She summarized, “All means all means we help them all find their path to success.” • Christensen said she supported the resolution as ensuring that all students have a path to success. • Elliott said, “As an engineer, it’s not practical to have 100% success.” • Graham pointed to the importance of every student having at least one adult in the school system to whom that student could relate.” When candidates were asked to explain how LPS receives funding, • Anderssen was first to answer, explaining there are three sources: 1) Per pupil funding from the state, amounting to around $8,500; 2) property taxes; 3) local mill levies passed by voters to help with operational needs; 4) bond issue proceeds for capital projects. • Lisec endorsed Anderssen’s explanation. • Graham also agreed with Anderssen, adding that the state has consistently underfunded K-12 public schools while increasing Medicaid funding. • Elliott said it was one of the school board’s duties to find new funds. • Christensen said school districts receive their funding from the (state) general fund, the state education fund and miscellaneous funds plus local property taxes and specific ownership taxes on motor vehicles. On the question of the role of the school board in developing and revising curriculum, • Elliott said, “My objective is to keep CRT out of the curriculum,” noting “the voters will decide what kind of district we’re going to have.” • Christensen said that the board’s role is to develop policy surrounding curriculum and chart a course of action. • Anderssen shared that she represented Arapahoe Community College in developing the financial literacy
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curriculum for the state. She explained that experts in the field develop curriculum. The board is a policy-making body. • Lisec said that curriculum was set at the state level. • Graham said that the board of education does not set the standards, it’s done at the state level. He explained that a body called the 1338 Committee is a group of teachers who make sure that the other teachers are following the curriculum, adding, “When it comes to curriculum, it’s not just content, it’s, do the kids learn something? I would commend the move, especially in the middle schools, to this standards-based learning approach. I think it is much more relevant to the learning style of 10- to 13-year-old kids. The board’s role is to make sure we are creating the environment to learn. Asked to identify their priorities as school board members, • Graham said he wanted to focus on mental health resources and, with all the local aerospace companies in the area, “we should be inspiring our kids to go to outer space.” • Lisec said he wanted to focus on post-pandemic goals. • Anderssen said she wanted to increase LPS’ level of participation in concurrent enrollment since it is an opportunity to get college-level credit at zero cost to high school students. She also wants to use her experience as a college instructor in business, economics and finance to help the board and the district. • Christensen said her priority is to work with current and new board members to build a cohesive team to work together for the benefit of the students and the community. • Elliott said his priority is to keep CRT from being taught in elementary or secondary schools, he likes the mental health programs, and he wants to see more school resource officers in the schools. fmiklin.villager@gmail.com
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Trust after it is executed. Such writing may not What are addibe legally eftional benefits fective and may of using a Livinvalidate the ing Trust? entire document. In my last artiIt is always best cle, I covered the BY DONALD PETERSON to consult with general benefits an experienced of a Living Trust. estate plan attorney about There are many additionhow to change your Living al advantages to a Living Trust. Trust, provided it is properly What are the four key prepared and fully funded, medical/estate plan docuwhich means that all of the ments you need now? Settlor’s assets are placed in Many of my clients the Trust. A Settlor is some- have asked what are the one who creates a Trust, for critical documents needed, the benefit of themselves or particularly in view of the others, who are the BenefiCOVID-19 pandemic. Simciaries. Living Trusts may ply being married does not be revocable or irrevocable, give you the legal right to and may be funded or ungain access to your spouse’s funded. A funded Living medical records or make Trust is an alternative to a medical decisions on your Will and to avoid probate. spouse’s behalf, even in an For example, in a funded Living Trust, the Settlor may put property and money into the Trust during his or her lifetime for his or her own benefit and often, for the benefit of other family members. An unfunded Living Trust usually receives assets through a simple “PourOver Will” following the Settlor’s death. Most people who are able to manage their own financial affairs typically name themselves as the Trustee of their Living Trusts. Such Trusts are almost always revocable, meaning that the Settlor can revoke or amend the Trust as long as he or she is able. It is also possible to name alternate Trustees to assume Trustee responsibilities, such as providing for the financial needs of a disabled Settlor or Beneficiary. When the Settlor or Beneficiary dies, the Trust often terminates and the Successor Trustee distributes the Trust property to the Beneficiaries, under the specific terms of the Trust. This distribution can often occur without the need to open a probate estate through the Court. In many other situations, however, Living Trusts will continue for the benefit of the Settlor’s spouse and children, or others, and terminate at a later date. If you change your mind about a particular distribution of your property, or if circumstances force you to otherwise change your Living Trust, you can create a document amending the Trust. The Trust Amendment must be signed with the same formalities as your Living Trust. While a Trust Amendment provides you with a convenient method for making minor changes, significant modifications may require redrafting the original document. You should
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emergency. To avoid this problem and to help others care for you and to achieve your overall estate planning goals, the following documents create an effective medical/estate plan package: 1. Healthcare Power of Attorney; 2. General Financial Power of Attorney; 3. Advanced Directive for Medical/Surgical Treatment (“Living Will”); and 4. Will (or a Will with a Trust). Careful medical/estate planning should include preparation and signing of these documents, to accomplish your goals and protect you, both during your lifetime, and at the time of passing. The Power of Attorney documents allow you to designate those agents whom you authorize to help you on your behalf during your lifetime, and the Will/Trust doc-
uments allow you to nominate others to help with your estate after your passing, as well as to identify the beneficiaries and the distributions to them, to accomplish your estate planning goals. Selected information in this column has been taken with permission by Continu-
ing Legal Education in Colorado, Inc., from the Colorado Senior Law Handbook, (Chapter 15: Estate Planning, Clara Brown Shaffer, Esq.), which is a copyrighted publication and may be accessed and downloaded for free at: www.cobar.org/For-the-Public/Senior-Law-Handbook.
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ARAPAHOE COUNTY ARAPAHOE COUNTY INVITATION TO BID NO. ITB-21-44 17-MILE HOUSE UTILITY IMPROVEMENTS NOTICE TO BIDDERS PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that there is on file with the Arapahoe County Department of Public Works and Development, Transportation Division, the specifications for Arapahoe County BID NO. ITB-21-44, Arapahoe County Project, C21-21, 17-Mile House Utility Improvements. Sealed bids (electronic submissions only) will be received and accepted online via Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing Systems (RMEPS), www.bidnetdirect.com/colorado. until 2:00 P.M. (our clock) local time on the 10th day of November 2021, for furnishing all labor, tools, materials, and equipment required to construct said public improvement per the plans and specifications. All bids must clearly reference ITB21-44 on the electronic submittal. Such bids as are received will be publicly opened and read aloud via Microsoft Teams, at 2:15 P.M. local time on the above stated day. These Project plans and specifications are available to all interested Contractors through the Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System Website only located at http://www. govbids.com/scripts/CO1/public/ home1.asp. The Project Plans and Specifications will be available on October 14, 2021. Electronic versions of the Plans obtained by any other means than as described above may not be complete or accurate, and it is the Bidder’s responsibility to obtain a complete set of the Project Plans and Specifications. The Project Plans and Specifications will be available for public examination only at the Arapahoe County Department of Public Works – Transportation Division located at 6924 S. Lima St. Centennial CO, 80112. The Work generally consists of the installation of a three-quarter inch domestic water service to the historic house from an existing fire hydrant line located on the property, making final sanitary sewer connection from inside the basement of the house to the existing septic system (clean out installed approximately 3’ outside of foundation wall), and installing an irrigation system for additional irrigation to agricultural features (which will include installing a three-quarter inch backflow assembly). Additional work will be site restoration, as defined and directed by the County, and plumbing system testing. Contractors can bid on 1) the water service and sanitary sewer connection, 2) irrigation system, or 3) both. Each bid shall be made on the Form of Bid provided in the Contract Documents, and no Bidder may withdraw his/her bid for a period of sixty (60) days from the date set for opening of bids. Each Bid must be accompanied, in a sealed envelope separate from the one containing the Bid, by a bid bond on an approved form in the amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the Bid price, made payable to Arapahoe County, Colorado which shall be considered as liquidated damages and shall be forfeited to the County if said Bid is accepted and the Bidder fails to execute the Contract within 10 calendar days after the acceptance of the Contractor’s Bid by the County. Note that the Contractor shall submit one (1) complete bid package of the Form of Bid and any Addendum Acknowledgement Forms. The Work herein provided for shall be done under written Contract with the Contractor submitting the Bid, which is deemed to be in the best interest of the County. Upon review of Bid prices, the County may be required to add or delete portions of Work from this Project. The successful Bidder will be required to furnish, as part of the Contract Documents, an insurance certificate in the amount specified in the Standard Special Provisions, a Performance Bond and Labor and Materials Payment Bond, each in an amount equal to 100% of its Contract Amount, said bonds to be issued by a responsible corporate surety approved by the County and shall guarantee the faithful performance of the Contract and the terms and conditions therein
contained and shall guarantee the prompt payment of all materials and labor, and protect and save harmless the County from claims and damages of any kind caused by the operations of the Contractor. The County will hold a mandatory pre-bid conference for all interested parties at 10:30AM on the 26th day of October 2021. The pre-bid conference will be held virtually via Microsoft Teams, and then a site walk through will be held at the 17-Mile house Farm Park location at 2:00PM, at 8181 S Parker Rd, Centennial, CO 80016. Bid questions will be accepted until 28th day of October @ 2:00PM. After that date, the County will NOT answer questions or provide clarifications/interpretations of the Contract Documents. Attendance to the pre-bid conference by prospective Bidders is mandatory. The questions deadline will be the last time that questions related to the Project may be asked prior to Bid opening. The County will post copies of the Pre-bid Meeting Minutes as an Addendum on the Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing System Website and the County is not responsible for ensuring receipt of the Pre-bid meeting minutes from the website or providing information discussed or clarifications of discussion at the pre-bid conference to those who did not attend. Arapahoe County reserves the right to reject any and all or part of any and all Bids, to waive any informalities or irregularities therein, and to accept the Bid that is in the best interest of the County. ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO By: Joan Lopez Clerk to the Board Published in The Villager Published: October 14, 2021 Legal # 10415 ___________________________
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DISTRICT COURT COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO 7325 South Potomac Street Centennial, Colorado 80112 (303) 649-6355 Telephone PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO, Petitioner, IN THE INTEREST OF: DALYLAH SISNEROS and BABY PARIS AKA LYRA SISNEROS, Children, and concerning LISA PARIS and JOSE SISNEROS JR., Respondents. Jordan Lewis, Esq., Reg. #50198 Assistant County Attorney Attorney for Petitioner 14980 East Alameda Drive, Aurora, CO 80012 Tel: 303-636-1883 / Fax: 303-6361889 Case No: 20JV307 Division: 14 NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF LEGAL PARENTAL RIGHTS HEARING PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a Termination of Legal Parental Rights Hearing in this action regarding DALYLAH SISNEROS and BABY PARIS AKA LYRA SISNEROS has been set. The termination hearing is currently set for November 1, 2021 at 9:00 A.M. in Division 14. The hearing will take place in Division 14 of the Arapahoe County District Court, 7325 South Potomac Street, Centennial, Colorado 80112. You have the right to be represented by an attorney during these proceedings; if you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed to represent you. IN THE EVENT YOU FAIL TO APPEAR FOR THE HEARING ON NOVEMBER 1, 2021, THE PETITIONER WILL REQUEST THAT THE COURT ENTER A DEFAULT JUDGMENT AGAINST YOU AND TERMINATE YOUR PARENTAL RIGHTS OF THE ABOVE NAMED CHILDREN, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COLORADO CHILDREN’S CODE. Due to COVID 19, the Arapahoe County District Court is holding hearings via Cisco WebEx Meetings to allow for audiovisual and/or audio participation. Par-
ticipants may use any computer, tablet or smart phone equipped with a camera and microphone for audiovisual participation. Parties should use the following link: •https://judicial.webex.com/meet/ bonnie.mclean •Enter your name and email address (so we know who you are). You will then be in the virtual courtroom. •Select your audio setting. If the audio on your computer or tablet does not work, please use the alternate audio option of calling in to the number below. If you do not have a device that will support a video connection, you may still participate by audio only by calling 720-650-7664. When prompted enter code 925 850 797. If you elect to appear in person, you must be at the Courthouse a half hour before the hearing is scheduled to begin. Dated this 5th day of October 2021. Jordan Lewis, Reg. #50198 Assistant County Attorney Attorney for Petitioner 14980 E. Alameda Drive Aurora, CO 80012 303-636-1883 303-636-1889 FAX Published in The Villager Published: October 14, 2021 Legal # 10417 ___________________________
CHERRY HILLS VILLAGE City of Cherry Hills Village Public Notice of Contractor’s Final Settlement Pursuant to C.R.S. 38-26-107, notice is hereby given that on/or after the 22nd day of October 2021, final settlement with RME Ltd, LLC (dba: Elite Surface Infrastructure) will be made by the City of Cherry Hills Village, for the 2021 Street Improvement Asphalt Mill and Overlay Project, and that any person, co-partnership, association, company, or corporation who has an unpaid claim against any of the contractors for or on account of the furnishing of labor, materials team hire, sustenance, provisions, provender, or other supplies used or consumed by such contractors, or any of their subcontractors, in or about the performance of said work may file at any time up to and including said time of such final settlement on/or after, October 22nd, 2021, a verified statement of the amount due and unpaid on account of such claim with the City Council of the City of Cherry Hills Village, at the office of: City Manager City of Cherry Hills Village 2450 E. Quincy Avenue Cherry Hills Village, CO 80113 Failure on the part of a claimant to file such statements prior to such final settlement will relieve said City from all and any liability for such claimant’s claims. CITY OF CHERRY HILLS VILLAGE STATE OF COLORADO Published in The Villager First Publication: October 7, 2021 Last Publication: October 14, 2021 Legal # 10409 ___________________________ NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE CITY OF CHERRY HILLS VILLAGE ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2021, AT 6:30 P.M. FOR THE PURPOSE OF RECEIVING WRITTEN AND ORAL COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC CONCERNING A REZONING FROM R-2 TO R-3 AT 8 CHERRY HILLS DRIVE. THE APPLICATION IS AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW AT THE CHERRY HILLS VILLAGE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, 2450 E. QUINCY AVENUE, CHERRY HILLS VILLAGE, CO 80113 MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FROM 8:00 A.M. TO 4:30 P.M. OR YOU MAY CALL 303-783-2729 FOR MORE INFORMATION. PROTESTS OR COMMENTS MAY BE SUBMITTED IN WRITING TO THE CHERRY HILLS VILLAGE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, 2450 EAST QUINCY AVENUE, CHERRY HILLS VILLAGE, CO 80113 OR PWORKMAN@CHERRYHILLSVILLAGE. COM ON OR BEFORE THE DATE
OF THE PUBLIC HEARING, OR BY PERSONAL APPEARANCE AT THE PUBLIC HEARING. Published in The Villager Published: October 14, 2021 Legal # 10418 ___________________________ NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE CITY OF CHERRY HILLS VILLAGE ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2021, AT 6:30 P.M. FOR THE PURPOSE OF RECEIVING WRITTEN AND ORAL COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC CONCERNING A FLOODPLAIN VARIANCE FOR BANK AND CHANNEL MODIFICATIONS AS WELL AS BRIDGE REPLACEMENT AT 4125 S. UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD (CHERRY HILLS COUNTRY CLUB). THE APPLICATION IS AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW AT THE CHERRY HILLS VILLAGE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, 2450 E. QUINCY AVENUE, CHERRY HILLS VILLAGE, CO 80113 MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FROM 8:00 A.M. TO 4:30 P.M. OR YOU MAY CALL 303-783-2729 FOR MORE INFORMATION. PROTESTS OR COMMENTS MAY BE SUBMITTED IN WRITING TO THE CHERRY HILLS VILLAGE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, 2450 EAST QUINCY AVENUE, CHERRY HILLS VILLAGE, CO 80113 OR PWORKMAN@CHERRYHILLSVILLAGE. COM ON OR BEFORE THE DATE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING, OR BY PERSONAL APPEARANCE AT THE PUBLIC HEARING. Published in The Villager Published: October 14, 2021 Legal # 10419 ___________________________ CITY OF CHERRY HILLS VILLAGE ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE ORDINANCE 9, SERIES 2021 A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CHERRY HILLS VILLAGE, AMENDING CHAPTER 11, ARTICLE I CONCERNING STREETS AND SIDEWALKS AND CHAPTER 11, ARTICLE II CONCERNING PUBLIC RIGHTOF-WAY PERMITS Copies of the Ordinances are on file at the office of the City Clerk and may be inspected during regular business hours. Published in The Villager Published: October 14, 2021 Legal # 10420 ___________________________
NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Robert Charles Taylor , Deceased Case Number 21PR31020 All persons having claims against the above named estate are required to present them to the personal representative or to District Court of Arapahoe, County, Colorado on or before February 14, 2022, or the claims may be forever barred. A.L. Sid Overton, Attorney 6950 E. Belleview Ave. Suite 202 Greenwood Village CO 80111 Published in The Villager First Publication: October 14, 2021 Last Publication: October 28, 2021 Legal # 10414 ___________________________
SPECIAL DISTRICTS NOTICE OF BUDGET EAST VALLEY METROPOLITAN DISTRICT (Pursuant to 29-1-106, C.R.S.) NOTICE is hereby given that a proposed budget which may include a rate and fee increase has been submitted to the EAST VALLEY METROPOLITAN DISTRICT for the ensuing year of 2022; a copy of such proposed budget has been filed in the office of Darcy Beard, CPA, 20363 E Top T Ranch Pl, Parker, CO 80134, where the same is open for public inspection; such proposed budget will be considered at a special meeting of the EAST VALLEY METROPOLITAN DISTRICT scheduled for 6:00 p.m. on Monday, November 22, 2021, in the Conference Room at TACAir, located at 7425 S. Peoria Street, Englewood, CO 80112. Any interested elector of EAST VAL-
LEY METROPOLITAN DISTRICT may inspect the proposed budget and file or register any objections thereto at any time prior to the final adoption of the budget. Dated: October 4, 2021 EAST VALLEY METROPOLITAN DISTRICT By: /s/ Darcy Beard District Manager Published in The Villager Published: October 14, 2021 Legal # 10421 ___________________________ NOTICE OF BUDGET HI-LIN WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT (Pursuant to 29-1-106, C.R.S.) NOTICE is hereby given that a proposed budget which may include a rate and fee increase has been submitted to the HI-LIN WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT for the ensuing year of 2022; a copy of such proposed budget has been filed in the office of Darcy Beard, CPA, 20363 E Top T Ranch Pl, Parker, CO 80134, where the same is open for public inspection; such proposed budget will be considered at the regular meeting of the HI-LIN WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT scheduled for 5:30 p.m. on Monday, October 18, 2021 at the Skyline Fire House, located at 6000 E. Yale Avenue, Denver, CO 80222. Any interested elector of HI-LIN WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT may inspect the proposed budget and file or register any objections thereto at any time prior to the final adoption of the budget. Dated: October 4, 2021 HI-LIN WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT By: /s/ Darcy Beard Budget Officer Published in The Villager Published: October 14, 2021 Legal # 10422 ___________________________ NOTICE OF BUDGET SKYLINE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT (Pursuant to 29-1-106, C.R.S.) NOTICE is hereby given that a proposed budget has been submitted to the SKYLINE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT for the ensuing year of 2022; a copy of such proposed budget has been filed in the office of Darcy Beard, CPA, 20363 E Top T Ranch Pl, Parker, CO 80134, where the same is open for public inspection; such proposed budget will be considered at the regular meeting of the SKYLINE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT scheduled for 7:00 p.m. on Monday, October 18, 2021 at the Skyline Fire House, located at 6000 E. Yale Avenue, Denver, CO 80222. Any interested elector of SKYLINE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT may inspect the proposed budget and file or register any objections thereto at any time prior to the final adoption of the budget. Dated: October 4, 2021 SKYLINE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT By: /s/ Darcy Beard Budget Officer Published in The Villager Published: October 14, 2021 Legal # 10423 ___________________________ NOTICE AS TO PROPOSED 2022 BUDGETS AND AMENDMENT OF 2021 BUDGETS PROSPER COORDINATING METROPOLITAN DISTRICT PROSPER METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 1 PROSPER METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 2 PROSPER METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 3 PROSPER METROPOLITAN DISTRICT NO. 4 PROSPER WATER & SANITATION FINANCING METROPOLITAN DISTRICT PROSPER REGIONAL WATER & SANITATION SERVICE METROPOLITAN DISTRICT PROSPER PARK & RECREATION FINANCING METROPOLITAN DISTRICT ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO (COLLECTIVELY, THE “PROSPER DISTRICTS”) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Sections 29-1-108 and 109, C.R.S., that proposed budgets have been submitted to the Board of Directors of the Prosper Districts for the ensuing year of 2022. The necessity may also arise for the amendment of the 2021 budgets of the Prosper
Districts. Copies of the proposed 2022 budgets and 2021 amended budgets (if appropriate) are on file in the office of the Prosper Districts’ Accountant, CliftonLarsonAllen LLP, 8390 E. Crescent Pkwy., Ste. 300, Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111, where same are available for public inspection. Such proposed 2022 budgets and 2021 amended budgets will be considered at a special meeting to be held on Monday, October 25, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. via Teams video/ teleconference. Any interested elector within the Prosper Districts may, at any time prior to the final adoption of the 2022 budgets or the 2021 amended budgets, inspect the 2022 budgets and the 2021 amended budgets and file or register any objections thereto. DUE TO CONCERNS REGARDING THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) AND THE BENEFITS TO THE CONTROL OF THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS BY LIMITING IN-PERSON CONTACT, THIS MEETING WILL BE HELD BY VIDEO/TELEPHONIC MEANS WITHOUT ANY INDIVIDUALS (NEITHER DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVES NOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC) ATTENDING IN PERSON. You can attend the meetings in any of the following ways: 1. To attend via Teams Videoconference, e-mail sandy.brandenburger@claconnect.com to obtain a link to the videoconference. 2. To attend via telephone, dial 1-720-547-5281 and enter the following additional information: a. Phone Conference ID: 693 159 629# PROSPER DISTRICTS /s/Denise Denslow Prosper Districts Manager Published in The Villager Published: October 14, 2021 Legal # 10424 ___________________________ NOTICE OF BUDGET CHERRY HILLS NORTH METROPOLITAN DISTRICT (Pursuant to 29-1-106, C.R.S.) NOTICE is hereby given that a proposed budget has been submitted to the CHERRY HILLS NORTH METROPOLITAN DISTRICT for the ensuing year of 2022; a copy of such proposed budget has been filed in the office of Darcy Beard, CPA, 20363 E Top T Ranch Pl, Parker, CO 80134, where the same is open for public inspection; such proposed budget will be considered at the regular meeting of the CHERRY HILLS NORTH METROPOLITAN DISTRICT scheduled for 7:30 a.m. on Thursday, November 11, 2021 at Duffey’s Patio Cafe’, located at 4994 E. Hampden Avenue, Denver, CO 80222. Any interested elector of CHERRY HILLS NORTH METROPOLITAN DISTRICT may inspect the proposed budget and file or register any objections thereto at any time prior to the final adoption of the budget. Dated: October 4, 21 CHERRY HILLS NORTH METROPOLITAN DISTRICT By: /s/ Darcy Beard Budget Officer Published in The Villager Published: October 14, 2021 Legal # 10425 ___________________________ COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON FIRST AMENDMENT TO SERVICE PLAN IN RE HAVANA WATER AND SANITATION DISTRICT, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to Section 321-202(1)(a), C.R.S., there has been filed with the County of Arapahoe (“County”) a First Amendment to the Service Plan (the “First Amendment”) for the Havana Water and Sanitation District (the “District”). The First Amendment is available for public inspection at the offices of Icenogle Seaver Pogue P.C., 4725 S. Monaco Street, Suite 360, Denver, Colorado, 80237 or by email request to Meg Liesmaki at mliesmaki@isp-law.com. The District is generally located in the County between S. Havana Street and S. Peoria Street, bounded on the northeast and east by Cherry Creek State Park. The District is a water and sanitation district that may provide services
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Final CCSD candidate forum contrasts contenders “We do not need a white man sitting on our board,” said Bates BY FREDA MIKLIN GOVERNMENTAL REPORTER
On November 2, voters in the Cherry Creek School District will elect representatives for Director District D and Director District E. Candidates for Director District D are incumbent Kelly Bates and challengers Jen Gibbons and Schumé Navarro. There is no incumbent in Director District E because the current representative, board president Karen Fisher, is term-limited. Seeking to replace her are Kristin Allan, Bill Leach, and Jason Lester. The last of six Cherry Creek School District board candidate forums held on October 7 at Cherokee Trail High School saw many new questions being asked. Schumé Navarro participated live for the first time since September 14 after a dispute about wearing a mask was finally resolved. At the beginning of each forum, Jennifer Perry, Assistant Superintendent, read a series of statements with which candidates were asked to agree or disagree. The statements below are ones Perry read on October 7 which we have not previously reported and on which not all candidates agreed. 1. “I support the voter approved student-based health centers, mental health facility, and the building of the new elementary school.” All candidates except Navarro agreed. 2. “I have received support for my campaign directly or indirectly from previous board members and previous superintendents.” Only Bates and Allan agreed. 3. “I support periodically raising taxes to continue the long history of investing in safe, healthy and innovative school buildings.” All candidates except Navarro agreed. 4. “I believe that the teachers association and other employee groups play a critical role in the success of Cherry Creek School District.” All candidates except Navarro agreed. Candidates were then given the opportunity to explain or expand on their responses. • Navarro explained that she
disagreed with student-based health centers because she “did not feel that it’s the proper role of a school district to be facilitating health.” • Gibbons said all her campaign contributions came from family, friends and community members and that she “had no problem with the unions giving a verbal endorsement to candidates,” but she did not seek their endorsement because she believes “that where money is taken from a group with a vested interest in your future actions as a board member…that’s a conflict of interest.” • Bates emphasized that the school-based health facilities and mental health day facility will assist students who have limited access to those services and will also save CCSD money. • Allan pointed to her endorsements from four former CCSD superintendents and “other community leaders.” • Leach emphasized his support for Proposition 119 that would provide a $1,500 per student stipend for tutors outside of school for various subjects, including “ACT-prep,” paid for by imposing additional taxes on marijuana and governed by a nine-person board. • Lester said, if elected, he would hold extra meetings to get parent input and pointed to CCSD’s “world-class” special education program. Perry moved on to questions received from audience members that evening and in previous meetings, that had not been asked. She noted that some were directed to specific board members but that others would also be asked to answer them. • Allan was asked if receiving campaign contributions from CCEA (a teacher’s association) would cause her to let CCEA drive her agenda and decision-making. Allan responded, “No. It is the exact opposite. My guiding principle is, how do we serve every child every day?” Addressing Proposition 119, she asked, “Why are we looking to marijuana money to fund education?” She pointed out that Proposition 119 would allow the “unelected board of trustees to spend twice as
much on their own salaries and overhead as it takes to run the entire State of Colorado Board of Education,” noting that the appointed board of trustees could spend up to 10% of its budget on administrative costs,” and that its annual budget, $10.9 million, is “nearly twice the entire budget of the Colorado Department of Education, which was $5.79 million for the 2021-2022 school year.” • Bates was asked the same question about whether the union would impact her agenda and decision making because she received contributions from it. Bates pointed to the longtime collaboration between the teacher’s union and the district that has often included lengthy and challenging negotiations, clarifying, “I will not be run by a union. I accepted the funds because of the high stakes in this election.” • Gibbons was asked if, having started a charter school under a classic core-knowledge curriculum because “CCSD was not providing what you desired for your children,” she intended “to change the current educational plans and curriculum of Cherry Creek and move to core knowledge?” Gibbons responded that she founded a charter school, Heritage Heights Academy, “because of consistent overcrowding” in neighborhood schools on the east side, but confirmed, “I don’t think all schools need to go to core knowledge.” She used the rest of her time to defend an accusation she said had been made against her by current school board President Karen Fisher about her role in trying to remove a principal at Black Forest Hills Elementary. • Leach was asked to address a statement he’d made in a previous forum that, “The union is driving the agenda and decision-making of the board,” including providing “specific evidence and examples of how you know your statement is accurate.” Leach said, “Just because I question union tactics doesn’t mean I question the validity of the
NOTICE OF PROPOSED BUDGET and public improvements for the area as described in the Special District Act, Sections 32-1-101 et seq., C.R.S., subject to the limitations in the Service Plan for Organization of Havana Water and Sanitation District (the “Service Plan”). The Service Plan does not establish a maximum property tax mill levy that may be imposed by the District. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Board of County Commissioners (“County Commissioners”) for the County will hold a public hearing to consider the First Amendment on Tuesday, November 9, 2021, at 9:30 a.m. The public is invited to attend the public hearing held in the East Hearing Room at the Arapahoe County Administration Building, 5334 South Prince Street, Littleton, Colorado 80120. The hearing can be viewed online at arapahoe.legistar.com. Virtual public comment is allowed by calling 1-855-436-3656 and, when prompted to, by pressing *3 on the telephone keypad to be entered in the speaking queue. The purpose of the hearing is to consider the First Amendment and to form a basis for adopting a
resolution approving, disapproving, or conditionally approving the First Amendment. All protests and objections must be submitted in writing to the County Commissioners at or prior to the public hearing or any continuance or postponement thereof in order to be considered. All protests and objections to the First Amendment shall be deemed to be waived unless presented at the time and in the manner specified Section 32-1-203(3.5), C.R.S. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that pursuant to Section 32-1-203(3.5), C.R.S., any person owning property in the District may request that such property be excluded from the District by submitting such request to the County Commissioners no later than ten (10) days prior to the public hearing. BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, COUNTY OF ARAPAHOE, STATE OF COLORADO Published in The Villager Published: October 14, 2021 Legal # 10426 ___________________________
(Pursuant to 29-1-106, C.R.S.) NOTICE is hereby given that a proposed budget has been submitted to the Board of Directors of Southeast Metro Stormwater Authority (SEMSWA) for the ensuing year of 2022. A copy of such proposed budget has been filed in the office of SEMSWA at 7437 South Fairplay Street, Centennial, Colorado, 80112. Such proposed budget will be considered at a regular meeting of the Board of Directors of SEMSWA to be held at 7437 South Fairplay Street, Centennial, Colorado on October 20, 2021, at 1:30 p.m. Due to COVID 19, any interested property owner within SEMSWA’s boundaries may inspect the proposed budget by requesting a copy thereof by email at semswamain@semswa.org, by telephone at 303.858.8844, or by mail addressed to SEMSWA’s office address noted above and may file or register any objections thereto at any time prior to the final adoption of the budget by email at semswamain@semswa. org by mailing such objection to SEMSWA’s office address noted above or by attending the meeting
teacher’s union.” He pointed to the fact that he “can’t see any reason to not have a union as the agent of the teachers,” and clarified, “I’d never vote to disband the teacher’s union as a board member.” • Lester was asked to address how he felt prepared to serve as a board member for the fourth largest school district in the state, having attended no school board meetings or been involved in any parent committees. Lester noted that his wife is a social worker in CCSD who shares information with him about the district and that he had talked to CCSD families in his neighborhood about their concerns. He also pointed to his “unique ability to bring people together” and his dedication to excellence. • Perry asked Navarro, “Local reporters have stated, ‘Cherry Creek School Board candidate Schumé Navarro appears to support Qanon conspiracy theories. Is that true and explain how it impacts your decision-making process.” Navarro responded that the news media’s goal is “to sensationalize stories to create clicks, vilify and create division.” She described Qanon as “an internet sensation that was just surface and just cultural and fun,” explaining that “it was an interesting thing” when she “was at home with kids for months…It was an outlet that was just harmless and it’s just a distraction.” Later, Perry asked the three district director D candidates to respond to the statement, “Some have commented that the current (school) board lacks diversity because there are no men on the board.” • Bates said, “I believe that our board has a lot of diversity on it. We have five women. This is the first time in the 70-year history of this district that we have five women sitting on the board. I think it speaks to the times that we are living in… I don’t think that we need a man to be on our board just because he’s a man… We have cultural diversity. We have two black women who sit on our board (who) come from very different back-
grounds. We have people who live in all areas of our district. We are not all wealthy white women who sit at home eating bon-bons all day. We are a very diverse group (with) our own strengths and weaknesses, but we all work together collaboratively…So no, we do not need a white man sitting on our board.” At the regular school board meeting on October 11, Bates said that the question had caught her off-guard and explained her answer this way: “I’ve always had respect for the diverse perspectives of the women who I’ve served with on this board over the past four years. I feel they are capable of leading this great district as well as any man would. I want our board to consist of those who maintain our vision of excellence. My response was not meant to be about race, gender or religion, but a focus on excellence.” • Gibbons also disagreed with the statement, saying, “I don’t think there needs to be diversity with the sexes but I do think there needs to be a diversity of ideals…If everybody is joined on the same page…you don’t go anywhere. You need a healthy back and forth.” She then pointed to her six years of experience on the board of Heritage Heights Academy as preparing her to serve on the school board. • Navarro agreed with the statement that the board lacks diversity because there isn’t a man on it, explaining, “I think a strong male presence is awesome. My life has been substantially just changed and just supported by a male influence. My dad has been my best friend throughout my whole entire life…I just think that presence that men bring to a group setting is amazing… I think that they belong at the table. I think that they have great ideas… As women we need to allow ourselves to hear them and not silence them with just whatever. I’m over that thought process.” In response to Bates’ answer, Navarro said, “No white men on the school board? That’s just terrible to say. No inclusive or, at all.” fmiklin.villager@gmail.com
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time prior to the final adoption of the 2022 budget.
Published in The Villager Published: October 14, 2021 Legal # 10427 ___________________________ NOTICE AS TO PROPOSED 2022 BUDGET AND HEARING GREENWOOD ATHLETIC CLUB METROPOLITAN DISTRICT
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: GREENWOOD ATHLETIC CLUB METROPOLITAN DISTRICT
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a proposed budget has been submitted to the GREENWOOD ATHLETIC CLUB METROPOLITAN DISTRICT for the ensuing year of 2022. A copy of such proposed budget has been filed in the office of Greenwood Athletic Club, 5801 South Quebec Street, Greenwood Village, Colorado, where same is open for public inspection. Such proposed budget will be considered at a hearing at the regular meeting of the Greenwood Athletic Club Metropolitan District to be held at 9:00 A.M. on Thursday, October 28, 2021. The meeting will be held at 5801 South Quebec Street, Greenwood Village, Colorado. Any interested elector within the Greenwood Athletic Club Metropolitan District may inspect the proposed budget and file or register any objections at any
Published in The Villager Published: October 14, 2021 Legal # 10428 ___________________________ NOTICE AS TO AMENDED 2021 BUDGET AND HEARING GREENWOOD ATHLETIC CLUB METROPOLITAN DISTRICT
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an amended budget will be submitted to the GREENWOOD ATHLETIC CLUB METROPOLITAN DISTRICT for the year of 2021. A copy of such amended budget has been filed in the office of Greenwood Athletic Club, 5801 South Quebec Street, Greenwood Village, Colorado, where same is open for public inspection. Such amended budget will be considered
at a hearing at the regular meeting of the Greenwood Athletic Club Metropolitan District to be held at 9:00 A.M. on Thursday, October 28, 2021. The meeting will be held at 5801 South Quebec Street, Greenwood Village, Colorado. Any interested elector within Greenwood Athletic Club Metropolitan District may inspect the proposed amended budget and file or register any objections at any time prior to the final adoption of the amended 2021 budget. BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: GREENWOOD ATHLETIC CLUB METROPOLITAN DISTRICT By: /s/ ICENOGLE | SEAVER | POGUE A Professional Corporation Published in The Villager Published: October 14, 2021 Legal # 10429 ___________________________
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and eating the elephant one bite at a time. Number 8 on the list is self-discipline. Many describe self-discipline as doing without. What self-discipline really means is doing within. It is a mental practice. Practicing when one does not feel like practicing is a trait of a self-disciplined individual. Positive self-talk is also a characteristic of one who is disciplined and will not let circumstances interrupt their intentionality. Number 9 is self-dimension which is defined as being aligned with your physical intellectual, emotional, social, spiritual and financial self. It means that one is in harmony with body, soul, and spirit. These people think, see, say, and behave in congruence with their life values and mission. They look beyond themselves for meaning and purpose. Finally, the last of the 10 secrets to becoming a winner is self-projection. Individuals that possess self-projection are affable, kind, supportive, open and friendly. They know that a smile is the universal language that opens doors, melts defenses and connects with others. Now we know, and when we know better, we do better. Let’s practice the art of winning. joneen@myrelationshipcenter.org
The Great Candy Exchange
treaters that came by our house later. That saved him a lot of artificial coloring, preservatives and goo in his teeth. And it saved for me more of the chocolate bars I bought to give away. That became my Halloween tradition, at least until my son was old enough to start wondering what happened to all his Jolly Ranchers and Laffy Taffy. Don’t act so shocked. You know as well as I do that Halloween is just an excuse for adults to stock up on their favorites. Then they give their treats to other people’s children and other parents give treats to their children. And were it not for the net increase created by empty nesters doling out goodies, everyone could just as well keep their kids home on Halloween and feed them their own candy for supper. Instead, they send their children out into the cold, dark night hoping they’ll be safe, have fun and bring home treats they enjoy at least as much as what they bought to give away. It’s the Great Candy Exchange. Now that I’m an empty nester myself, my son is no longer around to gather up undesirable candy for me to give away. And I’m sure not going to buy anything I don’t like. There could be leftovers. And there probably will be. To be on the safe side, I buy enough Halloween candy for about a hundred trick-or-treaters. Our average is ten. But you never know. There are people who have so many trick-or-treaters they spend all of Halloween evening sitting on their front step passing out goodies like they’re on a jellybean assembly line. Eventually they run out of candy and finish the night off hoping they won’t be tricked for giving away Ramen Noodles and instant oatmeal. But I live at the top of a big hill that isn’t well lit. If only they knew, kids all over town would flock to my neighborhood with their flashlights and hike up the hill to my house. Every year, I buy enough chocolate treats that I could give a heaping handful to every trickor-treater who comes to my door. I don’t, but I could. Dorothy Rosby is the author of the humor book, I Didn’t Know You Could Make Birthday Cake from Scratch: Parenting Blunders from Cradle to Empty Nest. Contact drosby@rushmore.com.
In The Villager last week in part 1 of this 2-part series, I outlined the first 5 characteristics of a winner. To briefly review, the first five characteristics are: self-awareness, self-esteem, self-control, self-motivation, and self-expectancy. As I highlight the next five traits of being a winner, let me be clear, this is not about a fervent desire to compete or beat someone else. It is about developing oneself to overcome obstacles and accomplish life goals. Denis Waitley Ph.D, a national authority on high level performance and personal development, concludes from a compendium of data, that when the first five characteristics listed are coupled with a positive self-image, self-direction, self-discipline self-dimension and self-projection, this person is a self-actualized as a winner. To unpack and operationalize the last 5 attributes of a winner, I will start with a positive self-image. To possess a positive self-image, one must see themselves as competent, skilled and prepared. They visualize each step of the journey toward their goals as already accomplished. They surround themselves
BY DOROTHY ROSBY It was a long time ago, but I still remember the first time I took my son trick-or-treating. I stood beside him as he carefully chose treats from the heaping bowls held by our neighbors. I had to bite my tongue to keep from whispering, “No! Not that one! I don’t like SweeTARTS! I mean, you don’t like SweeTARTS.” Then in between stops, I coached him, “Remember; when given a choice, always choose chocolate. Now go get ‘em Batman!” We came home early from that first outing, and I put him to bed after two small pieces of candy. He was young; he needed his sleep. Then, being a responsible parent some of the time, I carefully looked through his take for safety reasons.
with images, inspirational quotes, and people who are also driven towards positive goals and endeavors. A sports-minded colleague and fierce competitor in track and field wanted to break the women’s record for high jumping while in college. She placed blue masking tape in her dorm room at the height she needed to jump to break the record. She saw that tape the moment she woke up in the morning and before she went to sleep at night. She kept the image of that tape in her mind every waking moment, in classes, the cafeteria and in practice. In the three months leading up to the competition, she had developed brain pathways and muscle memory to jump over that bar and create a new world record. She accomplished her goal and was rewarded greatly for her positive “can do” spirit and self-image. A person who has self-direction is one who is intentional, purposeful and has a plan. They know where they are going and are activated. The secret to positive self-direction is establishing a defined goal, writing it down, breaking it down into mini bites
Plus, I was dying to know what he got. It wasn’t bad for a rookie. Of course, there was a lot of candy he didn’t care for—or maybe I didn’t care for it. But there was also plenty of the good stuff—and by good stuff, I mean chocolate. In my opinion, if it isn’t chocolate, it’s a waste of fat and sugar. You may feel differently. Back then, if you were one of those people who snitched the hard candy, licorice and Bit-O-Honeys your children brought home on Halloween night, I would have happily traded you for all your chocolate. In fact, that’s kind of what I did. After checking out my son’s take for the night, I had a brilliant idea. I unloaded a bunch of his non-chocolate treats on the older trick-or-
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