LOVELAND Loveland City Council voted Tuesday to remove 42 acres from an urban renewal area near Centerra and end a public improvement fee covenant to advance a plan to build a new whitewater park attraction on the property.
The vote was 7-1 each time, with Mayor Jacki Marsh voting no and council member Andrea Samson absent.
The parcel is 2% of the 2,060 acres of the overall renewal area, city staff told the council.
The removal was needed for the city to be able to commit incremental increases in sales and property tax receipts to the new project.
“A commitment of funds is required,” City Attorney Moses Garcia told the council. “We need … to meet the state’s requirements.”
Loveland Issues Update on Campaign Contribution Spending Limits
Loveland Issues Update on Campaign Contribution Spending Limits
The City of Loveland has modified its application of the City’s Charter related to election campaign contribution spending limits. Resulting from a challenge to the previous interpretation, the City will not enforce the $130 contribution limit per person for Loveland issue committees.
“To preserve the integrity of local elections, the City of Loveland’s Charter places limits on large donations and special interest groups,” said Loveland City Attorney Moses Garcia. “Although it is in the best interest of the community to keep wealthy contributors and special interests from disproportionately influencing local elections, the City has settled litigation regarding its interpretation of the City Charter limitations on issue committee campaign contributions. Non-enforcement of this contribution limit to all future issue committees is one result from t
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An excessive force lawsuit filed against the Loveland Police Department has been settled for nearly $300,000.
Loveland resident Pretson Sowl filed the lawsuit against the city of Loveland, Loveland Police Department and Loveland police officers Paul Ashe and Benjamin DeLima, Det. Clint Schnorr and Sgt. Brian Bartnes.
Ashe detained Sowl for not answering his questions, twisting his arm behind his back and pushing his face into the ground. Sowl said he needed shoulder replacement surgery after the incident, according to the lawsuit.
Excess force suit against Loveland police settled for $290K
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LOVELAND – An excessive force lawsuit filed against the city of Loveland and four of its police officers has been settled for $290,000.
Preston Sowl of Loveland claimed the officers violated his constitutional rights by detaining and injuring him after he declined to talk to them while at the scene of an accident in September 2019, according to the Loveland Reporter-Herald. The lawsuit alleged that Sowl declined to provide more information when asked by one of the officers and was injured while being detained.