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The Loveland City Council, facing a lawsuit from developer McWhinney Real Estate Services Inc. over the decision to rescind approval of the Centerra South urban renewal area, will stick with its outside attorney for now instead of bringing a municipal defense entity into the action.
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.”
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.