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Nine years later, still no solution for traffic at Belleview and I-25

BY FREDA MIKLIN STAFF WRITER

After continuous efforts over the past nine years to solve the overflowing traffic problem on Belleview Avenue and I-25, the funding partners for this project, the City and County of Denver, Arapahoe County, Greenwood Village, and the Southeast Public Improvement Metropolitan District (SPIMED), have not been able to agree on what should be done to address the problem.

On May 24, Governor Polis announced that $404 million to $414 million in funds from the American Rescue Plan that Colorado will receive will be allocated to projects including those in the categories of transportation and infrastructure, as long as they are “shovel ready.” Since there is no agreed-upon solution for Belleview and I-25 that meets that criterion, it is not possible to even apply for potential funding from either the state or federal government for it. The most recent estimate to address the Belleview

This depicts where the study area for this project impacts local jurisdictions.

This is a rendering of the Single Point Urban Interchange alternative.

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and I-25 traffic problem is approximately $110 million, so whatever solution is eventually identified must include state and/or federal funding.

Looking for an answer, chronologically speaking

The City of Greenwood Village lists “Belleview and I-25 Interchange Study” boldly on the traffic and transportation page of its website. One click on that title takes you to the Arapahoe County transportation planning page, which describes the “I-25/Belleview Interchange System Study” as “a transportation study that will help to shape the future of Belleview Avenue from Monaco Street on the west to DTC Boulevard on the east, including the I-25 interchange” which is necessary because, “Belleview Avenue carries 50,000 vehicles per day through Greenwood Village, Denver, and unincorporated Arapahoe County…expected to increase to 60,000 by 2035.” The study timeline shown for the project? “Fall 2012 to Fall 2013.”

A traffic study of the area was completed back in September 2015 by highly experienced local traffic engineers Felsburg Holt & Ullevig. It

resulted in a recommended alternative in 2016 that was subsequently shelved.

In 2018, the funding partners retained Wilson and Company, a planning, architecture, environmental, and construction management consulting firm, to begin anew to find a way to address “traffic congestion, user safety, and lack of multimodal choices and connectivity.” By that time, Belleview Station, a 51-acre mixed-use development in Denver, just north of Belleview Avenue and west of Quebec Street, was well into its ongoing growth spurt. It now includes several 15-story office buildings, retail stores and restaurants, and hundreds of multi-family residences. Construction is chugging along, with two hotels also in the plans, one of which is already out of the ground.

On October 20, 2020, John Chesser, of Wilson and Company, presented a virtual webinar to explain the consultants’ findings after two years of meetings about Belleview and I-25 with stakeholders, the technical advisory committee, and the executive committee of elected officials.

Continued on page 5

June 3, 2021 • THE VILLAGER | PAGE 3

Teach kids, not content

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hen my daughter was very young, one of the first full sentences I remember her saying was about my job as English teacher. Whenever it came up, she would say, “My dad works at Cherry Creek High School; he teaches children how to read and how to write.” What I loved most, other than the sing-songy rhythm with which she recited it, was her use of the transitive verb, or more specifically the direct object: My dad teaches children. She didn’t say he teaches English or grammar or books or any curriculum-related words.

She focused on the children. I teach children.

My daughter’s subconscious emphasis on the human element of teaching has stuck with me. Few professions have the human connection more at their center than teaching. We are not, or at least shouldn’t be, simply presenters of information. Engagement is the key to education. Think about your favorite teachers: what made them special, and what keeps them in your mind? I doubt your memory is about a specific piece of curricula. It’s probably some quirky intangible by which they deftly and subtly engaged you in learning.

Rita Pierson, a veteran educator known for her TEDx Talk “Every Kid Needs a Champion,” laments how the one thing we rarely discuss when talking about improving schools is “the value and importance of human connection.” We physically attend school to be part of a community to connect and learn with and from others. The teacher as a facilitator of learning is at the center, and James Comer, a Yale professor of child psychiatry, opined “no significant learning can occur without a significant relationship.” And that doesn’t mean friendship. Too many times kids want to only be friends and have fun in class, but that might not always lead to learning and meaningful education. Education writer Carol Jago distinguishes between an engaging class and a fun one; in one learning is happening, in the other it might not.

Responsive educators make kids the focus of their instruction and teach to the specific children in front of them, from year to year and day to day. In his book School of Life, philosopher Alain de Botton laments the imbalance in the way contemporary education worries a great deal about what children are taught and very little about how they are taught. A true teacher will focus on the unique human beings in the

classroom at the moment. In my first years teaching high school, I recall a counselor and dean showing up after my class to ask about a student. They wondered why he kept coming to my late afternoon class, even though

he was nearly failing, did very little, and skipped everything else. “I don’t know,” I told them after explaining it wasn’t because his friends were there or because class was easy. “I guess he just likes it here.” I’m not sure

what he actually learned in my class, but it was something. And I’m reminded of the wisdom of Forest Witcraft who said, “A hundred years from now, it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove, but the world may be different because I was important in the life of a [child].”

When we speak about preparing kids for the next levels -- college, career, life -- what are we really hoping to accomplish?

Socrates’ goal was summed up in two words: know yourself. Creating and sustaining an educated citizenry was Thomas Jefferson’s vision. These days too many people see education as simply utilitarian job training. However, rather than thinking about content

and skills, perhaps it’s best to remember we are teachers of people. Alain de Botton also noted “much anxiety surrounds the question of how the next generation will be at math, very little around their abilities at marriage or kindness.” Which will be most impactful in the life of the child? That distinction is at the heart of social-emotional learning, and it’s the crux of true education.

Ultimately, the destination is the same: to become emotionally and intellectually mature adults who can take care of and provide for ourselves while contributing to society in some meaningful way. To do that effectively, we must choose kids over content.

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

Think about your favorite teachers: what made them special, and what keeps them in your mind? I doubt your memory is about a specific piece of curricula.

It’s probably some quirky intangible by which they deftly and subtly engaged you in learning.

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The Villager

Be thankful we live In America This weekend seemed to hail the beginning of the return to near normal in American life. It is fitting this past Memorial Day is a landmark of our freedom fought for by our military forces and again by our medical scientists, doctors, nurses, and hospital staffs caring for C0VID-19 afflicted.

It has been a different war against this plague that has killed over 500,000 Ameri-

cans and millions worldwide.

It has been, and still, is a personal choice whether to accept the vaccinations or take a chance.

Now, so far, vaccination requirements for passports, visas and air travel are still lingering; look for some restrictions going forward.

There is some satisfaction in our medical health world

of how hospitals, doctors, and nurses have learned a great deal about emergency care and how to treat this infectious attack on our nation’s health.

The development of the vaccines was mobilized by President Trump in record time and President Biden continued the inoculations at record speed. The Federal government stepped up to the plate and spent billions on vaccines and their deployment

across America and some foreign countries desperate for assistance.

While we have many challenges facing our country, this past Memorial Day we can be thankful for our medical services, the thousands of health providers and a government, that despite political differences, came together to save thousands, maybe millions of lives.

God Bless America and all of our veterans living and deceased.

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How Does Your Garden Grow ...?

Farmers and ranchers are getting a pay raise; prices on farm commodities are rising rapidly.

Increasing labor and fuel prices and world consumer demand impacts the cost of raising beef, pork, chicken, vegetables and fruit. We have the best food produce in the world delivered fresh daily to our wonderful grocery stores.

Residents have added chickens in their back yards for very fresh eggs. You may have a spot in your back yard to raise a small garden.

Go ahead, it is a rewarding experience.

Growing up on the far away, and decades ago ranch, I learned at an early age how to plant a garden. Grade school would dismiss in early June and I would start planting my family garden within days.

We had a garden as large as a basketball court with an adjoining water ditch for the veggies. My clever father devised a system of plow shears attached to the bottom of a Ford tractor snowplow blade.

There were two blades, a small one that made the seed crevice, and a larger one to make an adjacent water ditch to

irrigate the seed row.

In between the rows was a pathway for harvesting the garden bounty.

The boxes of seeds came from Roger’s Hardware, an iconic oldtime Craig, store that sold bolts and nails in bins, garden seeds from barrels, and was owned and operated a pioneer owner Tom Rogers, wearing bib overalls, baggy pants, and a worn-out western hat amassing a small fortune running this large frontier type store for decades in Craig. Horace Tabor sold shovels to gold miners, Tom sold lumber, wool sacks, tools and garden seed to ranchers.

The corn seeds came in paper sacks, the tomatoes came as little seedlings, and all the vegetables in small sacks like we have today.

The garden was plowed and tilled, the rows were plowed, and I planted the seeds all by myself, no interference.

The soil was river bottom loam, black and fertile. I started first with the radishes, they would grow fast. Next, an entire row of carrots, lots of them, followed by beets, these also sprouting fast and became larger the longer in the ground. Next, rows of string beans, to-

mato plants, and lettuce.

Then came cabbage and towering dill stalks that eventually seasoned the canned pickles coming from the cucumber plants adjacent to the squash and zucchini. And not to forget the white onions that grew quite large as summer progressed.

Watermelons were next to the squash and the vines intertwined. The last four rows were devoted to sweet corn. Three, or four kernels were placed in a hill together with around 15 inches of space from each planting.

The vegetables would be edible starting July 4.

The corn took longer to mature, ripening in early August. Most of this food was harvested to feed the hay crew, some canned in Ball fruit jars. The quart jars were placed in the root cellar along with bins of carrots, beets, and tons of potatoes. The spuds were planted in a nearby field in early June resulting in an amazing abundant crop of potatoes.

Again, my father devised a wooden box and chute mounted on the back of the Ford tractor where the seed potatoes would drop into the cultivated rows. Potatoes sprout from the eye of the potato and the seed potatoes would be hand-quartered each spring and used as seed.

Next time you buy potatoes looks at the eyes. That’s where the spouts arise when they get old in the pantry.

We were an Irish family and potatoes saved the Irish from starvation.

Legend has it that after the British defeated the Spanish Armada the potatoes washed from the shipwrecks onto the Celtic shores leading to potatoe crops partially saving the starving Irish in the food famines of the 1840s. My grandfather won 5 pounds in a “Plowboy” contest for plowing the straightest furrow with a plow horse.

Winning the money at age 19, he purchased a ticket to America and arrived in the New York harbor in 1865. The harbor was draped in black over the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.

The moral of epistle is that planting the garden was an adventure and the thrill of seeing the little green shoots pierce the surface of mother earth. The magic of the dark rich soil mixed with water and labor could produce a massive garden to feed others. It is a miracle how God has created our plant life and subsistence for this hungry planet’s inhabitants.

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Reverend Martin Niemoller “In Germany, the Nazis first came for the communists, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a trade unionist. Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn’t speak up because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me and by that time there was no one left to speak for me!”

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June 3, 2021 • THE VILLAGER | PAGE 5

No solution for traffic Continued from page 2

Chesser described in great detail the process by which various alternatives were evaluated. Ten possible alternatives were eliminated in the first three levels of screening. The two remaining possibilities, in addition to doing nothing, were: 1) Single Point Urban Interchange (SPUI), which changes Belleview and I-25 from two separate interchanges, one going north and one going south into one, into one, eliminating signal timing problems; and 2) Split Diamond, which creates the

ability to disperse traffic onto a new exit at Union Avenue that can be accessed from I-25 and I-225. The Union Avenue bridge over I-25 would be widened, adding multi-modal elements such as bus only lanes, new sidewalks, and new bike lanes.

The alternatives were evaluated based on traffic operations, safety, multimodal, community impacts, and cost. The cost was estimated at $105 million to $115 million for each. The largest difference between the choices was seen in constructability. The Split Diamond was heavily favored

This is a rendering of the Split Diamond alternative.

in this area because it can be phased, thus has considerably less impact on motorists and would not require all the money to be available at one time.

On November 20, Wilson and Company posted an updated study of traffic, multimodal, and safety predicted to the year 2040 to the project website, www.improvei25belleview.com. It said that the Split Diamond alternative with Frontage Road option was “the best performing alternative overall,” and that “cumulative queue lengths for all intersections in the study area would be generally shorter (reflecting more efficient operations) with the Split Diamond alternative when compared to the SPUI. More specifically, the Split Diamond with south side frontage road at the Quebec Street intersection would provide the shortest total queue lengths throughout the system.”

A level

of service analysis for all impacted intersections all the way from Union and Syracuse to Orchard and I-25 also resulted in the most favorable results for the Split Diamond with Frontage Road option. The SPUI alternative was noted as providing “slightly better safety than the Split Diamond.”

On the question of multi-modal, the report said that “the SPUI alternative This depicts how the consultants would offer the same evaluated the alternatives using results as the Nospecific criteria.

Build.”

When the funding and County of Denver. All partners met after that refunding partners signed the port was issued, they were MOU, which The Villager unable to achieve a unified had an opportunity to review. consensus, which was their Denver is represented in stated goal. The consultants’ this ongoing effort to idenplanned work was complettify a brand new preferred ed. alternative by its DepartThe group agreed to move ment of Transportation and forward with a memorandum Infrastructure, headed by of understanding (MOU) Eulois Cleckley, its execudated April 21 which states tive director, who signed the that Wilson will be retained MOU. On May 24, it was for an additional $200,000 announced that Cleckley will to review and evaluate a be leaving Denver to accept new, previously not-consida new position as Director ered alternative during the and CEO of the Department six months from April to of Transportation and Public November, 2021. However, Works in Miami-Dade this time, the entire cost of County. the additional work will be fmiklin.villager@gmail.com borne solely by The City

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Douglas County Commissioners address Douglas County Republican Women

Douglas County Republican Women (DCRW) members and guests were treated to a lengthy meeting that included a panel of three speakers – Douglas County Commissioners Lora Thomas (District III), Abe Laydon (District I) and George Teal (District II). With humor, moderator and former Colorado Senate President Bill Cadman eased the continuing tension among the commissioners and offered his company (Capitol Advantage – public affairs, communications, government relations) services complimentary to help. Perhaps becoming a mediator instead of a moderator…The theme of the three was to be a beacon of light for Douglas County. The county growth is substantial,

adding 29 people per day while only $30 million was designated for Covid Relief in Douglas County. Former Douglas County Coroner Thomas touched on mental health and the backbone of business. “This pandemic is over!” declared Abe Laydon who said Douglas County pushed hard against Governor Polis. Other topics included water infrastructure, roads and what is to become of the Wildlife building/CU venue donated by the Linigers. “We’re looking at significant things.

Significant projects to make significant changes to Douglas County!” said Teal who questioned the federal government’s injection of so much money into the economy.

Dr. Farah Khan, Edie Marks and Antonette DeLauro Smith

DCRW President Barbara Piper with Moderator Bill Cadman

Photos by Scottie Iverson

Douglas County Commissioners Lora Thomas, Abe Laydon and George Teal

“You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown”

May at the John Hand Theater in Denver. “The project exceeded my expectations,” said Since 2016, avid performBridget. “When I first started er and Cherry Hills Village in January, I thought it might resident, 13-year-old Bridget be more like an acting class Brown has had with a perfornine leading mance in my roles in comback yard. I munity theatre would defiproductions. nitely love to In 2020, the do another West Middle project like School student this. The was to play cast was so Elsa in Frozen awesome and Jr. Because I was proud of Covid, of how much Cherry Creek work and School District effort they called a halt to extracurricput into this ular activities show. Right Bridget Brown – now producer, including director, choreographer as well now I am in theatre. Young as performer the rehearsal entrepreneur Courtesy of the Brown Family process for Bridget pasthe undersionately took matters into study role of Young Fiona in her own hands and decided to Shrek the musical at Candleproduce her own show. She light Dinner Theater in Johnrecruited other passionate perstown. And later this summer, formers - 8th graders at West.

They were resourceful and did I start rehearsals as Shprintze in Fiddler on the Roof at Ovathe rest themselves including tion West in Evergreen.” She raising over $3,000. to license looks forward to high school the show You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown and pay for the and being involved in the theater program at Cherry Creek venue. Bridget expressed her appreciation of the parents and High School. Congratulations, Bridget Brown! We look forpatrons who were on board ward to seeing your name in with generous time and support. The show went on in late lights.

You’re a good leader, Bridget Brown and… made it happen!

ABOVE: The cast in the production of You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown at John Hand Theater, based on the comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz Courtesy of the Brown Family

RIGHT: Rehearsal at the Brown residence in front: Brook Sax (Schroeder), Sidney Allen (Lucy) and in back: Jaz English (Linus), Benji Simberg (Charlie Brown), Thomas Fowler (Snoopy), Bridget Brown (Sally), Evan Rooza (Technical Director)

Photo by Scottie Iverson

June 3, 2021 • THE VILLAGER | PAGE 7

Sexual restraint, the new sexy

The culture is saturated with messages about giving young people space to explore their multiple sexual desires in non-judgmental ways.

These ubiquitous messages are intended to increase openness which will supposedly result in better sex.

Clearly this is not working. Six decades of the sexual revolution has yielded more STDs (20 million a year), an incredible increase in cohabitation, non-marital childbearing, poverty, depression, substance abuse, pornography addiction, intimate partner violence, drama, reduction of marriage and family formation and isolation.

The Institute for Family Studies new report highlights: A culture of deadening hyper-mediated erotic excess is leaving a generation of young people jaded and numb at the peak of their sexual vigor.

The sexual openness of free access to porn and other sex positive “go for it” messaging is resulting in young women enduring acts they do not enjoy in exchange for the barest signs of affection.

Large focus groups of Gen Z ‘ers are condemning the hookup culture and articulating a wistful hope for a revival of marriage and self-restraint.

According to this generation, real “sex-positivity” means mounting a paradoxical, countercultural defense of human sexuality by embracing the power of restraint as an erotic accelerant.

After six decades of the Alfred Kinsey generated sexual revolution, there is a growing sense that younger millennials are disillusioned and feel that these messages of better sex has become a broken promise.

Marriage is feared and maligned in the public square except for our LGBT friends who fought valiantly to marry.

Divorce is now a social norm and the language of “starter marriage” is as common as speaking of a “starter home.”

What is hotter, recreational sex with alcohol or drugnumbed partners or a kiss that allows sexual tension to build over weeks or even months?

Which scenario delivers more of a charge, deep emotional conversations that touch the heart or sexual innuendo and invitations that pulsate with physical desire and primal release.

I was told that high risk, vulnerable and marginalized communities do not desire marriage. I challenged that assumption. How did they know?

Continued on page 13

LETTERS

Some Claims of Racism Are Not True One example of this concerns the renaming of the mascot for the Ida B. Wells-Barnett High School which is named after Ida B. Wells , a famous black activist and Pulitzer Prize winning journalist who documented and crusaded against lynching.

According to the Western Journal and the Daily Wire, the high school’s’ renaming committee (which included students, staff, community members, etc.) decided to replace their old mascot, a Trojan, with a new mascot “The Evergreens.” But in the constant frenzy to make everything racist, the Portland Public Schools Board Of Education delayed the vote on approving the new name because they consider trees to be a possible racist symbol of lynching. Martin Osborne, an African American who is on the renaming committee, rejected this claim of racism by noting that “The Evergreens” mascot had nothing to do with the horrible history of lynching in the United States. As anyone with any common sense can clearly see,

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HB19-1192 reads like the 1619 Project Ms. Miklin, Once again, I applaud your outstanding reporting for The Villager.

Your columns are always thorough, meticulously written, and well researched. It is beyond me how you cover so many meetings and events, yet still write extensively and accurately.

Your recent article, “CCSD parents question social studies curriculum changes”, was quite informative. Both of my kids graduated from CCHS. If their educations had included the changes suggested by the 1192 Commission, I too would have reacted just a negatively as did the parents who spoke at the May 10 meeting.

HB19-1192 reads like the 1619 Project. The 1192 Commission does not have proportionate representation and is likely biased seeking to impose their political agenda on others. Suggested changes have little to do with historical accuracy or educational improvement. Its recommendations should be considered in that context.

Finally, it goes without saying, that because HB19-1192 does not specifically use the term “critical race theory” that it is not an obvious attempt to implement critical race theory.

The liberal left are master wordsmiths. They are always careful to avoid the use of language that would reveal their real intentions.

Sincerely, Paul Russ

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In 2019 the Colorado Legislature established goals for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in our state.

These goals were further supported by Governor Polis’s GHG Reduction Roadmap which was completed in January of this year. The goals are statewide GHG emissions reductions from 2005 levels of 26% by 2025, 50% by 2030, and 90% by 2050. These goals are generally consistent with the United Nations’ call to limit worldwide temperature rise to 1.5oC to prevent catastrophic climate changes on our planet.

Achieving these climate goals will require action at all levels of government and a supportive citizenry. While federal and state governments will need to work with businesses to do much of the heavy lifting like expansion of renewable energy generation, including incentives for solar, wind and electric vehicles, local governments have a definite role in addressing climate change. Local governments can best address issues involving local transportation, associated land use to promote reduced traffic, building efficiency and energy use (including renewable energy), water supply and use, and waste management. Each municipality differs in terms of how much of the community’s infrastructure they control and what are the more significant sources of GHGs. These factors determine how a city goes about creating a climate action plan.

Many communities in Colorado have adopted a sustainability or climate action plan. Some have not. Why, we might ask? Such plans are largely policy directives that

give focus to what actions they can take that will benefit the community residents the most and are largely voluntary. Communities that have such plans in our area include Aurora, Centennial, Littleton and Denver. However, with the very notable exception of Denver these plans are not up to date and do not include adequate climate action goals or initiatives. Other metro Denver cities that have or are developing strong climate action plans include Lakewood, Westminster, Broomfield and Boulder.

Communities that have demonstrated that they are taking climate action seriously have developed an inventory of their GHG emissions by source type. In most communities, transportation sources and buildings represent the largest sources of GHG emissions. Water supply and waste management can also be important sources of GHGs. To address and lower GHGs, many communities are passing the latest energy codes that promote energy conservation in new and remodeled buildings.

In some cases, cities are adopting stretch codes that require building electrification, which is important to achieving a renewable energy future. Cities are also promoting and incentivizing building owners to upgrade their insulation, electrical and space heating systems to lower energy use, generate and use renewable energy, and achieve higher-value rental space. These actions often benefit the owner by reducing their energy cost, which can pay for the cost of improvements and increase the value of the property.

To address transporta-

tion sources, some cities are enabling commuters by providing local autonomous vehicles that transport people from the transit station to their workplace or home.

Cities are installing and incentivizing the installation of electric vehicle (EV) charge stations. They are also installing safer bicycle and pedestrian paths that provide an alternative means to move around and save energy and considering land use decisions in the context of their climate goals. Cities can and are doing many of these things for their own vehicle fleets and buildings to demonstrate leadership and promote awareness of the opportunities.

For a city to move into the 21st Century and establish climate action as a fundamental responsibility requires that they adopt a vision, establish the capability to enact that vision through staffing and community involvement and guidance, conduct a GHG inventory of sources, and establish areas of focus and priority based on the inventory and community, including business, input.

Once these things are accomplished, specific climate actions can be promoted (through voluntary action), incentivized, or mandated (by city law; e.g., new energy codes). Denver, for example, requires all buildings over 25,000 square feet to report their energy use with the intent of understanding their current status and promoting change through peer pressure.

Such programs have been shown to be quite effective.

Why don’t all Colorado communities act to address our climate concerns when the path is clear and can benefit us all?

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Local students named to University of Utah Spring 2021 Dean’s List The University of Utah congratulates more than 8,700 students who were named to the Spring 2021 Dean›s List.

Local students named to the Spring 2021 Dean’s List include: • Annie Baker of Centennial, whose major is listed as Pre Architectural Studies BS

• Ryan Duane of Centennial, whose major is listed as Games BS • Katie Girard of Centennial, whose major is listed as Criminology BS • Jessica Hixson of Englewood, whose major is listed as Family Commun & Human Dev BS and Ele-

mentary Education BS • Kyle Houlette of Centennial, whose major is listed as Pre Games BS • Cedric Loehr of Centennial, whose major is listed as Games BS • Hunter Orr of Centennial, whose major is listed as Undeclared

June 3, 2021 • THE VILLAGER | PAGE 11

The role of higher education in Colorado’s economic success

BY FREDA MIKLIN STAFF WRITER

The Colorado Business Roundtable (CBR) “engages with elected leaders, business and nonprofit leaders, and other strategic allies to improve the business climate in our state by unapologetically amplifying the voice of business in all four corners of Colorado.”

On May 19, CBR held a live and virtual panel discussion with leading educators about how their institutions are actively contributing to Colorado’s economic success.

Opening the discussion,

Dr. Bernard McCune leads DPS initiatives in concurrent enrollment, counseling and student engagement, career education through Emily Griffith College, advanced placement, and international baccalaureate programs.

Debbie Brown, CBR’s president, explained that in the summer and fall of 2020, CBR began working closely with Kristin Strohm and the Common Sense Institute on the Road to Recovery (ROR) Initiative, a vehicle “to formulate and influence public policy through collaboration and research in response to the pandemic’s economic realities.” The group of “thought leaders from diverse industry backgrounds” who led the ROR Initiative identified “three pillars for a sustainable, growing, and global economy that will position Colorado for long-term economic success.” Those pillars are 1) prioritize a competitiveness agenda; 2) reimagine Colorado’s workforce; and 3) invest in a future-forward infrastructure.

Before the educators spoke, the participants heard from CBR board member Lloyd Lewis, who is in his 16th year as president of ARC Thrift Stores. That company alone has contributed $100 million to advocacy for people with Down syndrome, autism, cerebral palsy and many other intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Lewis told the crowd, “We (ARC) were designated as an essential business by the state last year. Our company has been recognized as adding $300 billion to the economy. We help people with IDD, serving 10,000 families.”

ARC helps people find jobs and get services. They also advocate for humane treatment and work to get people with IDD de-institutionalized. Lewis shared his personal story. “My son Kennedy is 17 with Down Syndrome.

That’s why I joined ARC. Eighty percent of people with IDD are unemployed. There are over

Debbie Brown is the president of the Colorado Business Roundtable.

Formerly the Secretary of Education for the State of New Mexico, Hanna Skandera assumed the position of CEO of the Daniels Fund in December 2020.

Dr. Becky Takeda-Tinker was CSU Global’s first president.

She currently serves as chief educational innovation officer for the CSU System.

Lloyd Lewis is in his 16th year as president and CEO of Arc Thrift Stores, which employs 1,400 people in 31 retail stores in Colorado.

Dave Davia is executive vicepresident and CEO of the Rocky Mountain Mechanical Contractors Association and co-chaired the Colorado Road to Recovery Initiative.

Dr. Joe Garcia is chancellor of the Colorado Community College System and former lieutenant governor of Colorado.

Mark Kennedy has been president of the University of Colorado System, including campuses in Boulder, Denver, Colorado Springs, and the Anschutz School of Medicine in Aurora since 2019.

Dr. Pamela Toney is president of CSU Global, a fully online university, which serves students in every U.S. state, every Colorado county, and over 60 countries.

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Dr. Becky Takeda-Tinker, chief educational innovation officer for the CSU System and a CBR board member, talked about the future. She told the group that one out of every three workers will be displaced through technology (e.g., those who answer phones, do scheduling), resulting in a 17 to 20 percent decrease in office workers. She added, “We’ll have 30% more health care workers and 36% more workers at higher-waged jobs (who will need) technology abilities, the social and emotional capabilities, and critical thinking and creativity…That is what our education entities will be preparing for.”

Recently appointed CEO of the Daniels Fund, Hanna Skandera, asked the educator panelists, “How do we break down paths to opportunities and reimagine choices so that no one is left behind?”

Dr. Pamela Toney president of CSU Global, emphasized her school’s focus on giving people college credit for life experience, such as military service. Having graduated over 20,000 students in ten years, CSU Global is “data-focused, always looking for ways to improve our programs. Many of our students get funding from their employers and COVID interrupted that. We hope to see those tuition reimbursement programs that got cut during COVID… come back.”

Asked how DPS identified students’ diverse needs, Dr. Bernard McKune, DPS senior executive director for career and college success, said, “It is really important to work with each individual student using ICAP (Individual Career Academic Plan) beginning in middle school to identify their career passions. This helps them understand their interests and provides a way to have meaningful opportunities for career exploration….

All our students will have a career.

Some will require college, but all require rigorous training. Internships and concurrent enrollment are important parts. We have to learn from you, business, the competencies our students need to succeed.”

Dr. Joe Garcia, chancellor at the Colorado Community Colleges System, said, “I believe a good all-around liberal arts education is a good tool for everyone.”

While he agrees that the ICAP is important, “I would argue it’s not as good a tool as we would want it to be, because people change their mind (as they get older),” said Garcia.

On the subject of the cost of higher education, Garcia shared, “Why is higher education so expensive? Because full-pay students have lots of options. Most students pay more attention to amenities (climbing walls and dining halls and dormitories) when they visit campuses.” He said that upper middle-class parents will “pay whatever it takes” if their student gets into a high-priced school like Stanford or Harvard or CU. Said Garcia, “We can provide a good education at community college, but parents who can afford more expensive schools for

their kids, use those.”

Asked by Skandera, “When you think about your students and what is possible, where do you think we’re going with technology in education?,” CU President Mark Kennedy said, “It was accelerating very fast before the pandemic. The pandemic made it move even faster. …We don’t produce enough people in cybersecurity and analytics. We need to have them start thinking about that in middle school. We have the world’s best campuses, but campus isn’t for everyone, so digital will also allow us to extend a CU education to everyone, including rural students.” He added, “We make sure our online offerings are accessible to those with disabilities.”

When Skandera said to Dave Davila, CEO of the Rocky Mountain Mechanical Contractors Association, “You might argue that higher education isn’t the answer for everyone,” Davila responded, “I’m the person who doesn’t belong on this panel. We operate five campuses with 252 classroom hours and about 1,800 learning on-the-job hours.” He offered the comparison that, “27% of those (who went to) college work in the field they studied. In our world, it’s 97%,” adding, “This pandemic taught us that construction workers were essential workers.”

Davila explained, “Our proposition has been lost to parents since the 1980s. Most high schools don’t have the shop-type classes that they used to. I think our members have something unique to offer to parents. We can start paying you on day one at no cost other than $1,000 for book fees and after four to five

years, you come out with a profession that can’t be outsourced or offshored….Our students have collaborative, problem solving, and communication skills. Most start with about a $70,000 job.

We’re pretty proud of the fact that our association has been around for 150 years.” He offered this advice for young people: “Consider a path in the trades. I went to CU for six months. My focus was not on my studies. (That drew laughter across the room and probably in many homes.) Higher education isn’t for everybody. We employ 180,000 people today and need 50,000 more in the next five years.”

Garcia agreed, adding, “High school isn’t enough anymore, but that doesn’t mean you have to go to college. The trades are a real option.”

Toney added, “At CSU Global we have always been imagining tomorrow’s workforce. As we all know, the path you start on when you’re 18 is not the path you are on in your 40s and 50s. CSU Global helps people move to the next level in the education they need for where we want to go. We focus on our partnerships with industry to make sure we are giving people the skills they need… Our average student is 35 and has a family. They are focused on where they want to go next in their career. We know that education is a lifelong journey. We have the ability to develop different programs and short-term training to help our students and the industries they work in.”

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Dear Readers, How to effectively use Power of Attorney documents.

Did you know that simply being married does not give you the legal right to gain access to your spouse’s medical records or make medical decisions on your spouse’s behalf, even in an emergency? This problem can be resolved through the use of appropriate powers of attorney.

A power of attorney is a legal document that grants legal rights and powers by a person creating the document (the “principal”) to another (the “agent” or “attorney-in-fact”) to make decisions on behalf of the principal.

The agent is a “fiduciary”, meaning that the agent is legally required to act in good faith on

stances, they should be prepared behalf of the principal. The agent decisions. Additionally, a princiby an attorney to insure that your must follow all instructions given pal may change his or her mind by the principal and do what is in and revoke a power of attorney at intentions are clearly expressed and are legally enforceable. This any time, provided the principal the principal’s best interest. includes determining when a A “durable” power of attorney has the capacity to do so.

People often ask whom should power of attorney should take efallows an agent to make decifect, such as a “springing power” they name as their agent under sions even if the principal later which means the documents will a power of attorney. The agent becomes incapacitated. This is take effect only when a particular important if you become incapac- should be a trusted individual, described event takes place. A which may include a spouse, an itated because of an accident or “standing power” takes effect adult child, a sibling, a trusted illness, because your agent can then immediately make decisions friend or a professional fiduciary. immediately upon signing by the principal.

It is always best to learn from for you without going to court to obtain a guardianship and/or con- the person you want to name as agent, for permission to do so, servatorship.

What are the four key medical/ to insure that they are willing to A power of attorney can give estate plan documents you accept the appointment. It is also the agent authority to manage need now? helpful to appoint a successor most of the business that may Many of my clients have agent, to serve if your first choice otherwise require the principal’s asked what are the critical docpresence or signature. For exam- of agent cannot serve due to uments needed, particularly in death, incapacity, resignation or ple, if you are physically unable view of the COVID-19 panunwillingness to accept the apto go to the bank, you could give demic. Simply being married pointment. someone the power to deposit does not give you the legal right Because power of attorney and withdraw money from your to gain access to your spouse’s documents should be custom-taiaccount as an authorized agent. medical records or make medical lored to your particular circumThis approach is preferable over decisions on your adding someone as a spouse’s behalf, even A 30% REDUCTION ON ESTATE PLAN joint owner of your in an emergency. To DOCUMENTS IS CURRENTLY BEING bank account, which OFFERED DUE TO THE COVID-19 CRISIS! avoid this problem would otherwise and to help others FOR A FREE TELEPHONE OR VIDEO subject your money care for you and to CONSULTATION, PLEASE CALL: to the creditors of the achieve your overall Donald Glenn Peterson, Esq. other person.

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A 20-pack year history is the equivalent of smoking one pack a day for 20 years or two packs a day for 10 years.

In 2020, lung cancer killed more than 135,000 Americans making it the deadliest of all possible cancers. In fact, more people die of lung cancer than of colon, breast and prostate cancers combined.

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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 documents 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 Continuing Legal Education in Colorado, Inc., from the Colorado Senior Law Handbook, 2020 Edition (Chapter 15: Estate Planning: Wills, Trusts and Your Property, 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. of false positives, which means that many will undergo additional (and unnecessary) screening or medical procedures, such as another scan three, six, or even 12 months later to check for changes in the shape or size of the suspicious area (an indication of tumor growth). For some patients, the anxiety or worry that goes along with waiting can be a real issue.

Or you may need a biopsy (removal of a small amount of lung tissue), which has risks, especially for those with underlying health conditions, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or emphysema. For example, in people with emphysema, there’s a chance of a lung collapsing during the procedure.

If you meet the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force criteria for high-risk lung cancer, the University of Michigan offers a free online tool (see ShouldIScreen.com) to help you decide if you should get an LDCT. It’s also important to discuss the benefits and risks with your primary care doctor before making a decision.

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This can help to ensure an accurate read of your scans by a highly trained, board-certified or board-eligible radiologist.

You may need a referral from your primary care provider. Most insurance companies, including Medicare require this before they’ll cover the cost of screening.

June 3, 2021 • THE VILLAGER | PAGE 13

Local law enforcement objects to revised law limiting custodial arrests

BY FREDA MIKLIN GOVERNMENTAL REPORTER

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fter SB21-062, “Jail Population Management Tools: Concerning measures to reduce jail populations” was introduced on February 16, 19 police chiefs and sheriffs in south metro Denver wrote an open letter titled, “18th Judicial District Chiefs’ and Sheriffs’ Opposition Letter for Colorado Senate Bill 21062” dated March 25, to voice their strong objections to its contents. We reported about that action in the April 1 issue of The Villager. That bill was subsequently withdrawn by its sponsors.

On May 14, SB21-273, “Pretrial Reform: Concerning measures to increase public safety by minimizing custodial responses to low-level offenses,” was introduced to accomplish many of the same goals as the original legislation while making certain changes to respond to criticisms that had been raised about SB21-062.

On May 24, another open letter titled, “18th Judicial Attorney, Sheriffs’, and Chiefs’ Opposition Letter to Colorado Senate Bill 21-273” was is-

sued. It contains a total of 18 signatures, including 18th Judicial District Attorney John Kellner, the sheriffs of Arapahoe, Douglas and Lincoln Counties, and thirteen area police chiefs.

The letter says, in part, that, if the bill becomes law, the law enforcement officials believe that “the impact on public safety will be extremely detrimental.” They express concern about “significant increases in crime that we have seen over the last year,” due in part to “the short-term limitations that were put in place regarding the jail populations due to the impacts of the virus.”

The revised bill, SB21-273, has the same problem as did the previous one, according to the police chiefs and sheriffs, in that “it will limit law enforcement officers’ ability to enforce the law and to make arrests that would be reasonable and necessary to protect the public,” thus it will “inevitably compromise public safety and quality-of-life factors that all of our citizens deserve.”

The law chiefs also express concern that the bill “removes a judge’s ability to assess each case and make a determination regarding what would

be a proper pre-trial bail, if any bail should be imposed, and effectively eliminates the courts’ ability to efficiently get a defendant set up with pre-trial services.” They believe that it “directly limits judges’ ability to manage their cases and defendants.”

The signers even raise strong objections to the title of the bill, stating that it neither increases public safety, as it says, nor does it help local sheriffs “manage their jail population.” The law enforcement leaders’ letter refers to both SB21-062 and SB21-273 as “pro-criminal legislation,” stating that, “we would be abdicating our oaths to protect and serve our communities if we did not speak out against” these proposed laws.

Pointing to the lack of consultation with members of the law enforcement community before drafting and proposing either the original or the newly revised bill, the chiefs and sheriffs close their thoughts with, “Laws that are continually created and enacted without listening to the voices of community members and professional law enforcement officials create potential outcomes of lawlessness.”

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ARAPAHOE COUNTY ARAPAHOE COUNTY NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING CASE NO.CZ20-003, COMANCHE CROSSING REZONING PROPOSAL: Owner, L&E Property Management LLC, proposes rezoning 53.4 acres of the Comanche Crossing Business Park, Mixed Use Planned Unit Development (MU-PUD) from MU-PUD to Rural Residential - B (RR-B).

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on June 22, 2021, at 9:30 A.M., or as soon thereafter as the calendar of the Arapahoe County Board of County Commission permits, a public hearing will be held; at which all interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard concerning the above-described Case No. CZ20-003 / Conventional Rezoning. The public hearing is scheduled for the East Hearing Room, 5334 S Prince St., Littleton CO 80120; however, please note that due to the ongoing COVID-19 emergency the hearing will be conducted through remote access – please check the weekly public meeting agenda at https://arapahoe.legistar.com/Calendar for specific information on how to attend and participate. The agenda will typically be posted by the Friday afternoon preceding the hearing.

More information about this proposal is available at the offices of the Arapahoe County Public Works and Development Department, Planning Division, 6924 S. Lima St., Centennial, CO 80112 (by appointment only) or by calling 720-874-6650 or by emailing planning@arapahoegov.com during regular business hours (8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday).

Joan Lopez, Clerk to the Board Published in The Villager Published: June 3, 2021 Legal # 10271 ___________________________ ARAPAHOE COUNTY NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AND PUBLICATION OF PROPOSED ORDINANCE NO. 2021-03 ADOPTION OF 2020 EDITION OF THE MODEL TRAFFIC CONTRACT PROPOSAL: The proposed Ordinance, if approved, would adopt by reference the 2020 edition of the Model Traffic Code for Colorado, including adopting penalties for violation thereof and repealing the prior Ordinances 99-01 and 200501 that adopted the 2003 edition of the Model Traffic Code.

HEARING NOTICE: NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on the 22nd day of June 2021, the Arapahoe County Board of County Commissioners will hold a Public Hearing, commencing at 9:30 A. M. or as soon as possible thereafter, at 5334 S. Prince St., East Hearing Room, Littleton, CO; at which, all interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard concerning the proposed Ordinance No. 2021-03. Please note, due to the ongoing COVID-19 emergency the hearing will be conducted through remote access – please check the weekly public meeting agenda at https://www.arapahoegov.com/ AgendaCenter/Board-of-CountyCommissioners-1 for specific information on how to attend and participate. The agenda will typically be posted by the Friday afternoon preceding the hearing.

TEXT OF PROPOSED ORDINANCE: Said proposed Ordinance 2021-03 was introduced and read in full on May 11, 2021at the regular public meeting of the Arapahoe County Board of County Commissioners and the full text of such proposed Ordinance 2021-03 as read at said meeting is as follows: MODEL TRAFFIC CODE (2020 EDITION) ORDINANCE NO. 2021-03 ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO ORDINANCE NO. 2021-03 AN ORDINANCE B Y T H E BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, A R A PA H O E C O U N T Y FOR THE REGULATION OF TRAFFIC TO ADOPT

BY REFERENCE THE 2020 EDITION OF THE MODEL TRAFFIC CODE FOR COLORADO; PROVIDING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION THEREOF; AND REPEALING AND REPLACING ORDINANCE NO. 99-1 AND ORDINANCE NO.

2005-1: WHEREAS, pursuant to § 42-4110(1), C o l o r a d o R e v i s e d S t a t u t e s ( “ C . R . S . ” ) , local authorities are granted the power to enact, adopt, and enforce traffic regulations on the roads and streets within the jurisdiction of the local authority, subject to the conditions and limitations set forth in such Section of the C.R.S.; and

d). Section 203; e). Section 507; f). Section 510; g). Section 1101 (speeding 25 miles per hour or more in excess of reasonable and prudent speed or in excess of maximum lawful speed limit of 75 mph);

WHEREAS, pursuant to § 421-102(48), a local authority is defined to include every county and other local board or body having authority to adopt police regulations under the constitution and laws of the State of Colorado for the unincorporated territory of the County; and

h). Section 1105;

WHEREAS, pursuant to § 424-110(1)(b), a local authority may in the manner prescribed in Article 15 of Title 30, C.R.S., adopt by reference all or any part of a model traffic code, which embodies the rules of the road and vehicle requirements set forth inA r t i c l e 4 o f Ti t l e 4 2 and § 42-4-111, except that in t h e case of state highways, any such additional regulations shall have the approval of the Colorado Department of Transportation; and

m). Section 1412;

WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Arapahoe County (“the Board”) has the authority adopt to police power ordinances under the Colorado Constitution and as authorized in Article 4 of Title 42, C.R.S., and in Article 15 of Title 30, C.R.S.; and WHEREAS, b y O r d i n a n c e N o . 9 9 - 1 , the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Arapahoe (“the Board”) adopted, in part, the 1995 Model Traffic Code as Ordinance No. 99-1; and WHEREAS, by subsequent adoption and by Ordinance No. 2005-1, the Board amended Ordinance 99-1 to incorporate the 2003 edition of the Model Traffic Code and to provide for enforcement within any incorporated municipality with the consent of the municipality; and WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Arapahoe County wishes to repeal and replace in its entirety Ordinances 99-1 and 2005-1, and to adopt by reference the 2020 Edition of the Model Traffic Code for Colorado and to authorize the enforcement of same within the unincorporated territory of Arapahoe County; and WHEREAS, the Board finds that the adoption of the 2020 version of the model traffic code is in the best interest of the public and will s e r v e t o preserve the public peace, health, safety and welfare of the citizens of Arapahoe County.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of County Commissioners of Arapahoe County, Colorado as follows: SECTION I: ADOPTION Pursuant to § 42-4-110(1) (b) and § 30-15-401(1)(h), the Board of County Commissioners of Arapahoe County hereby adopts by reference the 2020 Edition of the Model Traffic Code for Colorado, promulgated and published by the Colorado Department of Transportation.

The subject matter of the Model Traffic Code relates primarily to comprehensive traffic control regulations. The purpose of the Model Traffic Code is to provide a system of traffic regulations consistent with state law and generally conforming to similar regulations throughout the state and the nation, and this Ordinance is intended to update the existing Arapahoe County Traffic Code which adopted by reference the 2003 Model Traffic Code, to the 2020 edition of said Model Code as provided herein.

SECTION II; DELETIONS The 2020 edition of the Model Traffic Code for Colorado is adopted as if set out at length save and except the following articles and/or sections of Title 42, Section 4, C.R.S., which are declared to be inapplicable to the County of Arapahoe and are therefore expressly excluded and/or deleted from the Arapahoe County Traffic Code:

a). Section 107; b). Section 108; c). Section 114;

i) Section 1401; j). Section 1402; k). Section 1406(5)(b) l); Section 1409; n). Section 1413; o). Section 1701 (relating to fines for arrestable offenses, otherwise the Ordinance includes as necessary the provisions in the Model Traffic Code for fines for those traffic infractions covered under this Ordinance); p). Section 1705; q). Section 1706; r). Section 1707(1), (2), (4) (a) and (b), and (6); s) Section 1715(2) (delete “forfeiture of bail,” “Bail was forfeited” and “or forfeited”); t). Section 1715(3) (delete “or whether bail was forfeited” and “or forfeiture”); u). Section 1901; v). Section 1902; w). Section 1903; x). Section 1904.

SECTION III: ADDITIONS AND MODIFICATIONS The said adopted Code is subject to the following additions or modifications: a). Section 1209 delete “prosecutorial division of the appropriate jurisdiction” and insert in its stead, “the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s O f f i c e Traffic Clerk.” b). Section 1707(3)(a) delete all references to “ m i s d e m e a n o r ” o r “offense” and insert “infraction” in their stead. c). Section 1707 delete all references to “summons” and “summons and complaint” and insert “Penalty assessment notice” in their stead and delete all references to “offense” and insert “infraction” in their stead. d). Section 1710 delete all references to “complaint” and insert “penalty assessment notice” in their stead.

SECTION IV: PENALTY PROCEDURE AND PENALTIES The following penalties, herewith set forth in full, shall apply to this Ordinance: (A) Pursuant to § 30-15402(1), any person who violates any provision of this Ordinance commits a traffic infraction.

(B) Except may otherwise be provided herein, the penalty assessment procedure provided in C.R.S. 42-4-1702(5)(a) may be followed by the assessing officer for any such violation of this Ordinance. In addition to the penalties prescribed in § 42-4-1701, C.R.S. and in Section 1701 of the 2020 edition of the Model Traffic Code for the traffic infraction violations included within the proscriptions of this Ordinance, persons convicted of a violation of this Ordinance are subject to surcharges as set forth in C . R . S . § 42-4-1701. The fines and the surcharges shall be paid to the Arapahoe County Sheriffs Traffic Violations Clerk by each defendant. The Clerk shall transmit the surcharge to the court administrator of the 18th Judicial District for credit to the Victims and Witness Assistance and Law Enforcement fund established pursuant to C . R . S . § 24-4.2-104(1)(b). The Clerk shall transmit the surcharge collected for the Colorado Traumatic Brain Injury Trust Fund. to the State Treasurer as set forth in C . R . S . § 42-41701(4)(e)( I), (II) and (III), and in C.R.S. § 30-15-402(3). Further,

the surcharge as set forth in C.R.S. § 42-4-1701(4)(a)(VI)(A), for the Family Friendly Court Cash Fund, shall be sent by the Clerk to the State Treasurer. Court costs, if any, shall be paid directly to the Clerk of the Court by each defendant.

(C) Traffic infractions are divided into two classes denoted by “TIA” for Class A Traffic Infractions, and “TIB’’ for Class B Traffic Infractions.

(D) From time to time, the Colorado Legislature changes the amount of fines and/or surcharges for traffic infractions. In accordance with future legislative changes to such fines and/or surcharges, the fines and/or surcharges as set forth in Section IV(A) above will c h a n g e a n d m a y b e changed accordingly without a new Ordinance having to be passed by the Board of County Commissioners of Arapahoe County or specific amendment of this Ordinance.

(E) Driving Privilege and points: Pursuant to Part 17 of the Model Traffic Code, points assessed against a driving privilege, shall be in conformance to the provisions of C.R.S § 42-2-127, to include reduction in points specified in C.R.S. § 42-2-127(5.5).

SECTION V: APPLICATION This Ordinance shall apply to every street, alley, sidewalk area, driveway, park, and to every other public way or public place or public parking area within the unincorporated areas of Arapahoe County, Colorado.

SECTION VI: INTERPRETATION This Ordinance shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to conform with the State’s uniform system for the regulation of vehicles and traffic. Section headings and cross references of this Ordinance and adopted Model Traffic Code shall not be deemed to govern, limit, modify or in any manner affect the scope, meaning or extent of the provisions of any article or section thereof.

SECTION VII: ENFORCEMENT

ARAPAHOE COUNTY NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on May 25, 2021, the Board of County Commissioners for Arapahoe County adopted an ordinance, which was originally published on May 6, 2021, and which is titled: ARAPAHOE COUNTY, COLORADO ORDINANCE NO. 2021-02 AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING THE SALE AND USE OF FIREWORKS WITHIN UNINCORPORATED ARAPAHOE COUNTY A copy of the ordinance is available online at www.arapahoegov. com/755/County-Ordinances) Joan Lopez, Clerk to the Board

By Joleen Sanchez, Deputy Clerk Published in The Villager Published: June 3, 2021 Legal # 10273 ___________________________ ARAPAHOE COUNTY REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL RFP-21-27 LEGAL PUBLICATIONS Notice is hereby given that the Arapahoe County Purchasing Division will be accepting proposals to establish a contract with a legal newspaper as required by Colorado Revised Statutes Sec. 24-70-101 et seq. to serve as the official Arapahoe County Newspaper for the publication of the County’s legal notices including, but not limited to, notices of public hearings, rezoning and land use matters, budget matters, monthly claim and expenditure reports, bi-annual salary information report, and other matters required by law to be published.

All Arapahoe County solicitations can be obtained from the County’s website. The Request For Proposal (RFP-21-27) document can be obtained by going to the Arapahoe County website www.arapahoegov. com, then go to the Finance Department, and under the Finance Department select Purchasing then go to the Quick Link for the Rocky Mountain ePurchasing website.

Electronic submissions will be accepted online via Rocky Mountain E-Purchasing Systems (RMEPS), www.bidnetdirect.com/colorado.

Submittals must be received, electronically, no later than 2:00 p.m. local time on July 1, 2021.

The provisions of this Ordinance shall be enforced by the Arapahoe County Sheriff.

The County reserves the right to waive any or all informalities or irregularities and to reject any or all submittals.

SECTION VIII: DISPOSITION OF FINES

Joan Lopez, Clerk to the Board

All fines for violations of this Ordinance shall be paid to the Arapahoe County Sheriffs Traffic Violations Clerk who will deposit said fines into the Arapahoe Law Enforcement Assistance Fund.

SECTION IX: SEVERABILITY If any one or more of the provisions of this Ordinance is determined by a court of law to be invalid, such determination shall not affect the validity of the remaining provisions of this Ordinance.

SECTION X: REPEAL Ordinance Nos. 99-1 and 2005-1 are repealed in their entirety and shall be replaced by this adoption of the 2020 Model Traffic Code as provided in this Ordinance.

SECTION XI: EFFECTIVE DATE This Ordinance shall take effect thirty (30) days after the final publication of its adoption by the Board of County Commissioners. [end of ordinance] More information about this proposal is available at the offices of the Arapahoe County Public Works and Development Department, 6924 S. Lima St., Centennial, CO 80112, telephone number 720874-6500, or the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office, 13101 E. Broncos Parkway, Centennial, Colorado 80112, telephone number 720874-3798, during regular business hours (8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday or by email to: PublicWorks@arapahoegov.com.

Joan Lopez, Clerk to the Board Published in The Villager Published: June 3, 2021 Legal # 10272 ___________________________

Published in The Villager Published: June 3, 2021 Legal # 10274 ___________________________ ARAPAHOE COUNTY NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING CASE NO USR20-003, JOY OF DELIVERANCE HOLY TABERNACLE / USE BY SPECIAL REVIEW PROPOSAL: The applicant is pursuing a Use by Special Review to establish a church in an existing 1,000 s.f. commercial space for a maximum of 20 members.

The hours of operation would be Sundays, 9:30am - 2:00pm and Wednesdays, 7:00pm – 9:00pm.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on June 22, 2021, at 9:30 A.M., or as soon thereafter as the calendar of the Arapahoe County Board of County Commission permits, a public hearing will be held; at which, all interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard concerning the above-described USR20-003, Use by Special Review. The public hearing is scheduled for the East Hearing Room, 5334 S Prince St., Littleton Colorado 80120, however, please note that due to the ongoing COVID-19 emergency the hearing will be conducted through remote access – please check the weekly public meeting agenda at https:// arapahoe.legistar.com/Calendar for specific information on how to attend and participate. The agenda will typically be posted by the Friday afternoon preceding the hearing.

More information about this proposal is available at the offices of the Arapahoe County Public Works and Development Department, Planning Division, 6924 S. Lima St., Centennial, CO 80112 (by appointment only) or by calling 720-874-6650 or by emailing planning@arapahoegov.com during regular business hours (8:00 a.m.

to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday).

Joan Lopez, Clerk to the Board Published in The Villager Published: June 3, 2021 Legal # 10275 ___________________________

SPECIAL DISTRICTS CENTENNIAL AIRPORT NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Commissioners of the Arapahoe County Public Airport Authority will conduct a VIRTUAL BOARD MEETING at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 17th, 2021. Please go to the following link to attend this virtual meeting: https://www. centennialairport.com/index.php/ en/about/virtual-boardroom.

The agenda will include a Public Hearing on an applications under Centennial Airport’s Development Policy and Application Procedures for Aeronautical and Non-Aeronautical Land Use (“Development Procedures”) from AeroColorado for the Lot 15 AeroColorado Hangar Development Plan.

Information concerning these items may be reviewed at the Airport Authority offices by appointment at 7565 South Peoria Street, Englewood, CO 80112. To schedule an appointment please call 303-7900598.

Arapahoe County Public Airport Authority Published in The Villager First Publication: June 3, 2021 Last Publication: June 10, 2021 Legal # 10276 ___________________________ CENTENNIAL AIRPORT NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Commissioners of the Arapahoe County Public Airport Authority will conduct a VIRTUAL BOARD MEETING at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 17th, 2021. Please go to the following link to attend this virtual meeting: https://www. centennialairport.com/index.php/ en/about/virtual-boardroom.

The agenda will include a Public Hearing on an application under Centennial Airport’s Development Policy and Application Procedures for Aeronautical and Non-Aeronautical Land Use (“Development Procedures”) from APP Centennial LLC for the Willowbrook Office Addition Development Plan.

Information concerning these items may be reviewed at the Airport Authority offices by appointment at 7565 South Peoria Street, Englewood, CO 80112. To schedule an appointment please call 303-7900598.

Arapahoe County Public Airport Authority Published in The Villager First Publication: June 3, 2021 Last Publication: June 10, 2021 Legal # 10277 ___________________________ CENTENNIAL AIRPORT NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Commissioners of the Arapahoe County Public Airport Authority will conduct a VIRTUAL BOARD MEETING at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 17th, 2021. Please go to the following link to attend this virtual meeting: https://www. centennialairport.com/index.php/ en/about/virtual-boardroom.

The agenda will include a Public Hearing on an applications under Centennial Airport’s Development Policy and Application Procedures for Aeronautical and Non-Aeronautical Land Use (“Development Procedures”) from Modern Aviation for the Modern Aviation Hangars and FBO Development Plan.

Information concerning these items may be reviewed at the Airport Authority offices by appointment at 7565 South Peoria Street, Englewood, CO 80112. To schedule an appointment please call 303-7900598.

Arapahoe County Public Airport Authority Published in The Villager First Publication: June 3, 2021 Last Publication: June 10, 2021 Legal # 10278 ___________________________

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS Estate of Charles Lester Duvall aka Charles L. Duvall, Deceased Case Number 21PR30481 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 October 4, 2021, or the claims may be forever barred.

Barbara A. Duvall c/o Scott J. Atwell 5673 S. Fulton Way Greenwood Village, CO 80111 Published in The Villager First Publication: May 27, 2021 Last Publication: June 10, 2021 Legal # 10266 ___________________________

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NOTICE OF APPLICATION Notice is hereby given that application has been made to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”) for approval for Home Savings and Loan Association of Carroll County, F.A., Norborne, Missouri, to acquire the branch office of NBH Bank, Greenwood Village, Colorado, located at 1002 N. Highway 65, Carrollton, Missouri. The branch office operates under the name “Bank Midwest, a division of NBH Bank.”

It is contemplated that all of the other offices of the above-named depository institutions will continue to operate following the transaction. Home Savings and Loan Association of Carroll County, F.A. intends to consolidate the operations of the office to be acquired with its existing branch office located at 121 N. Folger Street,

The public may find information regarding this application, including the date of the end of the public comment period, in the OCC Weekly Bulletin at www.occ. gov. Requests for a copy of the public file on the application should be made to the Director of District Licensing.

Home Savings and Loan Association of Carroll County, F.A. (Acquiring Institution) NBH Bank (Target Institution) Published in The Villager First Publication: May 27, 2021 Last Publication: July 1, 2021 Legal # 10270 ___________________________

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The Summer Reading BINGO sheet can be picked up at your favorite library or printed from home at arapahoelibraries.org. Everyone ages 0-18 is invited to visit one of their libraries and choose a free book while supplies last. Get creative this summer and share or show your favorite part of your neighborhood in a life-size neighborhood collage at any of the library locations. Add a splash of color, words, a poem or a sketch to illustrate the spirit of your community. Schedule of library events: visit arapahoe libraries.org

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THE 20TH ANNUAL INDIAN MARKET & CEREMONIAL DANCE A celebration of American Indian Art, Culture, and Dance. Saturday and Sunday, June 5 & 6. 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. At The Fort: 19192 Highway 8, Morrison. (Southwest Denver in Red Rocks territory.) Tickets for sale. Call 303-839-1671. Proceeds benefit the Tesoro Cultural Center.

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SPECIAL DISTRICTS INVITATION TO BID CHERRY CREEK VISTA PARK AND RECREATION DISTRICT ORCHARD PARK POOL PROJECT Notice is hereby given that the Cherry Creek Vista Park and Recreation District (“District”) seeks bids from qualified contractors for the construction of renovations to the Orchard Park Pool, 11350 E. Orchard Rd., Englewood, County of Arapahoe, Colorado (“Project”) as outlined in the Request for Proposals, dated May 21,Published 2021inwhich can be obtained The Villager Publication: May 20, 2021

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Published in The Villager Published: May 27, 2021 Legal # 10267 ___________________________

F.A. intends to consolidate the operations of the office to be acquired with its existing branch office located at 121 N. Folger honoring different Asian Americans.

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BY LISA J. SHULTZ

he Clyfford Still Museum opened in 2011 and is located downtown at 1250 Bannock Street. The museum allows visitors the unique experience to understand the legacy of Clyfford Still (1904–1980), an artist whose life had been shrouded in mystery. The bulk of his work had been hidden from public view for more than thirty years. Considered one of the most important painters of the 20th century, Still was among the first generation of abstract expressionist artists who developed a new and powerful approach to painting in the years immediately following World War II. Still began as an artist of outdoor scenes, people and machinery. He was born in North Dakota but spent decades in eastern Washington State as well as central Alberta, Canada, where his family had farms. His earliest art from the 1920s depict people and places of this region.

Then during the Depression, his art depicted the hard times of the era with grim protagonists. Later, his work evolved to abstract pieces that expressed an idea or feeling.

Most of his pieces are very

large and unnamed. He wanted his audience to experience his art and be absorbed in the pieces. He also desired that all his art be in one place without distraction of other artists’ work. The Clyfford Still museum contains approximately 3,125 pieces, which is 95% of his lifetime of work. Around twenty cities contended for creating a museum for Still’s collection, and Denver was

chosen. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit clyffordstillmuseum.org.

Lisa J. Shultz is a Denver native. She loves to inspire exploration of the city’s treasures in her book Essential Denver. She features the Clyfford Still Museum on page 78! Find out more about her and her book on her website LisaJShultz.com or call her at 303-881-9338.

Clyfford Still

Photos by Lisa J. Shultz