Loveland council recesses into executive sessions on downtown and Foundry contracts after votes to limit public comment

The Loveland City Council on June 10 voted to shorten general public comment to 15 minutes and then recessed into two executive sessions to discuss a proposed intergovernmental agreement with the Loveland Downtown Development Authority and the city—s disposition and redevelopment agreement with Foundry LLC.

The council approved the 15-minute public-comment limit 6-2 after some procedural debate. Council then voted to extend the meeting to complete two executive sessions and approved recessing into the closed sessions: a 3.1 session on the Downtown Development Authority agreement passed 7-1 and a 3.2 session on the Foundry disposition and redevelopment agreement passed 8-0.

City Attorney Vincent Jungles told the council the closed sessions are necessary to receive legal advice and to develop negotiation strategy for contract terms. "We're going to be talking about an intergovernmental agreement between…