Loveland Reporter-Herald: A Larimer County judge has dismissed a lawsuit accusing members of the Loveland City Council of violating Colorado’s open meetings law, ruling that neither their 2023 letters supporting the Centerra South urban renewal plan nor their later pre-meeting “huddles” violated the state’s transparency rules.

District Judge Michelle Brinegar issued her written order Monday, rejecting all three of the claims brought by Loveland barbershop owner Bill Jensen and entering judgment in favor of the City Council. Jensen had asked the court to void the council’s May 2, 2023 vote approving the Centerra South and to bar the council from continuing its informal pre-meeting gatherings.

The case marked the latest in a series of legal challenges by Jensen over the city’s approval of Centerra South, a $1 billion development proposed by McWhinney Real Estate Services.

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