Operation **Reclaim** Loveland

List of Demands

After this week’s “Special Meeting,” I am appauled at what’s been allowed to take place. We need to make a unified statement. I’m preparing this list of demands to present together in chambers. I’m preparing a much lengthier poem to represent the big picture. If you don’t see yourself reflected in these documents PLEASE MESSAGE ME!! I want you to be presented and Loveland has been preyed upon by our “representation” for too long.

List of Demands 

Accountability & Governance 

• Demand public identification of all members of the Planning Commission. 
• Demand disclosure of who the Planning Commission reports to and how they were appointed. 
• Demand explanation for the Planning Commission’s failure to present the promised “study.” 
• Demand consequences for the Planning Commission’s dereliction of duty. 
• Demand transparency on the city manager’s missed deadline and lack of urgency. 
• Demand investigation into the city manager’s “perks” and potential conflicts of interest. 
• Demand termination or disciplinary review of the city manager for failing to meet obligations and disregarding constituents. 
• Demand an equivalent review of the previous city manager. 
• Demand council accountability for enabling or tolerating these failures. 
• Demand clarity on which four council members are implicated in decisions harming the unhoused. 

Shelter & Crisis Response 

• Demand timeline for the replacement of the tents. 
• Demand the development of a plan that would serve ALL of Loveland’s homeless. 
• Demand a detailed plan for emergency shelter access, including timelines and responsible parties. 
• Demand that this plan be accessible in plain language on the city website, with links to streamline the process. 
• Demand cessation of police actions that confiscate belongings from unhoused individuals. This needs to be abolished even AFTER the establishment of a long-term shelter. These are human rights offenses against human beings.  
• Demand a moratorium on displacement tactics targeting unhoused residents. 
• Demand identification of places that the unhoused can be without being harassed. 
• Demand that this information be published on the city’s website.  
• Demand recognition of the shelter closure as a manufactured crisis, not an accident. 

Rhetorical & Symbolic Justice 

• Demand acknowledgment that the unhoused are treated as nuisances rather than constituents. 
• Demand public recognition that survival and rest are human rights, not offenses, and not something a human should be punished for failure to ”earn” 
• Demand a shift in city rhetoric from “niceness” and delay to urgency and responsibility. 
• Demand that city officials stop using vague reassurances and instead provide concrete updates. 
• Demand recognition that the shelter closure constitutes procedural abandonment and symbolic violence against unhoused residents. 

Transparency & Public Communication 

• Demand full disclosure of all communications between the city manager and “helping organizations.” 
• Demand that this information is accessibly hosted and upkept on the city’s website 
• Demand public release of any plans “still in the works.” 
• Demand that officials stop using “not at liberty to say” as a shield from accountability. 
• Demand that constituent concerns be treated as central, not a “waste of time.” 
• Demand forensic audit of shelter-related budget allocations and expenditures. 
• Demand public hearings on shelter closure and planning commission failures. 
• Demand that any attempt to silence constituents be recognized as insubordination and a breach of the City Charter’s public accountability obligations. 
• Demand that all city officials comply with Article 8 of the Loveland City Charter, including timely reporting, public transparency, and enforcement of council directives. 
• Demand inclusion of unhoused voices in future planning and emergency response decisions. Nothing about us, without us.  
• Demand creation of a civilian oversight board for shelter and housing policy. Whether or not council members despise the homeless, they are nevertheless charged with providing for them. 

City Manager Duties & Accountability (Article 8) 

Section 8-4: Powers and Duties of the Manager 

• Must enforce all ordinances, resolutions, contracts, and enactments of the City. 
• Must prepare and submit the annual budget and administer it. 
• Must submit a complete report on finances and administrative activities at the end of each fiscal year. 
• Must keep Council advised of the financial condition and future needs of the City. 
• Must inform the public on City functions and activities. 
• Must perform any other duties required by Council or Charter. 

Section 8-1(e): Removal 

• Requires a two-thirds vote of the entire Council to remove the City Manager. 

Section 8-5(b): Sole Responsibility 

• The City Manager alone is responsible to Council for proper administration of all matters in their charge. 

Shelter Obligations & Encampment Enforcement 

Emergency Ordinance No. 6554B (2022) 

• Prohibits unauthorized encampments on public property. 
• Enforcement requires the City to offer shelter and temporary storage for valuables. 
• Without shelter availability, enforcement of the camping ban is legally constrained. 

*The closure of the shelter without a backup plan may violate the conditions under which the encampment ban was legally justified. This opens a pathway to challenge the city’s enforcement practices as unconstitutional under Martin v. Boise precedent. 

Council Oversight & Emergency Ordinances 

Emergency Ordinance Rules (Charter Section 4-6) 

• Requires a two-thirds vote of Council. 
• May be adopted at any regular or special meeting. 
• Requires only one reading and no prior publication. 

*If the shelter closure was tied to an emergency ordinance or its expiration, you can demand clarity on whether Council followed proper procedure—and whether they failed to act to renew or replace it. 

Budget & Transparency 

Section 8-4(c–d): Budget & Reports 

• City Manager must submit a proposed budget and a complete end-of-year report. 
• Must make other reports as requested by Council. 

*We can demand access to shelter-related budget allocations, audit trails, and communications with “helping organizations” under this clause.