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To see more information on the NISP Project, go to other pages in this group.


The Damage the NISP Project Presents


Why a Poudre River Alternative Works


NISP  1041 History


NISP Comments


News and Resources Referencing NISP


How You Can Help (in process)


March 2022 NPD Newsletter contains timeline of nisp effort

You may appreciate this review of the long process

Take a look at the No Pipe Dream March 2022 Newsletter for a clear, quick review of the NISP events to this point.


Click here to see the newsletter.



Larimer County revamping 1041 criteria

Opportunities for Review and Input

As we wait for the courts to decide on issues regarding the Thornton and NISP projects, watch our newsleter and this website to help you follow the process follow and ways to give have input to City and County policymakers.


Larimer County is revamping their 1041 process and criteria, and the City of Fort Collins is starting to examine the possibility of adopting the 1041 process. If Fort Collins adopts 1041 powers we will need to develop processes and procedures. 


Meanwhile, send emails to county commissioners and city council members at any time:

Commissioners: bocc@larimer.org

City Council: skane@fcgov.com.


Access Larimer County Land Use Code Proposed Review Schedule HERE.  


You can speak remotely or in person at some of the meetings.

Many meetings that do not allow public comment can be viewed live.

The more input, the more impact we can have!


To view meetings remotely go to larimer.org/broadcast. 

 

Complete 1041 Regulations Meeting Agenda ----


 June 10,  4:30 p.m. *****Public discussion/open house******   This is a opportunity for Larimer County staff to listen to County residents ideas, concerns and input on county 1041 regulations. The new board of County Commissioners will be gathering comments for consideration. and looking for areas and activities for regulation and criteria. This meeting will be entirely remote. Zoom information will be available online 48 hours in advance of the meeting. A livestream of the meeting will be available on YouTube. To sign up and be linked to the open house: Go to Larimer.org/Planning, Scroll down to Upcoming Events,  June 10-1041 Virtual Public Discussion. Then register for the meeting!  May 12, 6:00 p.m. Joint Planning Commission (PC) and Board of County Commissioners (BCC) work session with initial discussion about comparative analysis (public may observe)


May 24, 1:30 p.m. (this session may continue to 6:00 p.m.) Board of County Commissioners (BCC) work session to get feedback on areas and activities to regulate (public may observe)


May 28 - DRAFT list of areas and activities for regulations for public input


May 28 – May 31 Online information regarding areas and activities for regulation - Present information and get feedback


June 10 – 7:00 p.m. Virtual Open House #1 regarding areas and activities for regulation and criteria - Present information and get feedback


June 14 - 1:30 p.m. BCC work session to share public input and begin discussion about criteria for review 

 

Week of June 21 - DRAFT criteria and supplemental criteria for review


June– late July - Public Review of draft criteria and supplemental criteria - Online public comments


July 14 -  6:00 p.m.Joint Planning Commission (PC) and Board of County Commissioners (BCC) work Session (public may observe) on draft criteria and other suggested changes to 1041 regulations


Late July (TBD) - Virtual (or in person) Open House #2 to review draft criteria and supplemental criteria Present draft and hear feedback


Aug 4 - PUBLIC DRAFT 1041 Regulations 

 

Aug 11 -  6:00 p.m.Joint Planning Commission (PC) and Board of County Commissioners (BCC) work Session (public may observe) on public draft


Late August (TBD) - Virtual (or in person) Open House #3 to review Public Draft of 1041 Regulations Present draft and hear feedback


October 1 - PUBLIC HEARING DRAFT 1041 Regulations


October 20 (or spec.) - Planning Commission Public Hearing – 1041 Regulations


October 25 - Board of County Commissioners Hearing – 1041 Regulations 


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1041 Proposed Drafting and Public Review Process

A easy-to-read summary of proposed drafting and public review events in the 1041 Regulations Revision process.

1041 Drafting and Public Review Schedule - 7-6-2021 (pdf)

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Open House for the public on 1041 process

Zoom Meeting Thursday , June 10, 2021: 4:30 PM to 6:30 PM

The 1041 process protects our community from poorly planned projects and their potential impacts to our Quality of life and Environment along with protecting the rights of property owners.  Now we get a chance to weigh in on this important project that dictates NISP and the Thornton Water Project. 


 This is a opportunity for Larimer County staff to listen to County residents ideas, concerns and input on county 1041 regulations. The new board of County Commissioners feel this is necessary, and staff will be gathering comments for consideration. They will be looking for areas and activities for regulation and criteria. 


This meeting will be entirely remote. Zoom information will be available online 48 hours in advance of the meeting.


A livestream of the meeting will be available on YouTube.


 To sign up and be linked to the open house:
Go to Larimer.org/Planning, Scroll down to Upcoming Events, 
June 10-1041 Virtual Public Discussion.
Then register for the meeting! 


If you cannot attend, contact Fort Collins' city council and Larimer County commissioners directly at:
Commissioners: bocc@larimer.org
City Council: skane@fcgov.com. 

No Pipe Dream is still working, and we must continue together!

No Pipe Dream participates in nisp lawsuits

First lawsuit filed in January 2021; Second filed in June 2021


No Pipe Dream joined Save the Poudre and Save Rural NoCo in serving Larimer County with a lawsuit on January 12, 2021, alleging that former Commissioners Donnelly and Johnson had publicly advocated for Northern Integrated Supply Project (NISP) for a decade, demonstrating bias. The suit argues that the named commissioners should not have participated in or voted on the NISP 1041 permit application because such bias violates Larimer County Land Use Code and the Colorado Constitution, which requires unbiased decision making on 1041 permits. 


In addition, the lawsuit argues that the majority decision made by then Commissioners Donnelly and Johnson in favor of approving the NISP 1041 permit application violated multiple criteria defined in Larimer County's Land Use Code. No Pipe Dream urges the newly appointed Larimer County Commissioners to reconsider the illegal actions and decisions of the past commissioners.


On June 9, 2021, No Pipe Dream once again joined Save the Poudre in serving a lawsuit against NISP's  attempt to use the SPAR (Site Plan Advisory Review) process for placing a  diversion structure, pump station, and massive pipeline across City of Fort Collins' Natural Areas.  The City Land Use Code makes perfectly clear that SPAR can only be used if NISP "owns or operates" the City Natural Area property, which NISP does not.  Further, City Manager Darin Atteberry sent a memo to the City Council on April 16, 2020, telling the Council that NISP had to buy the land, negotiate an easement, or condemn the Natural Areas by imminent domain in order to build the project, but NISP has not done any of those things. 


 The City staff has scheduled a hearing at the Planning and Zoning Commission for NISP on June 30th.  In turn, the two nonprofits filed a "temporary restraining order" with the court against the City to stop the Commission hearing. No Pipe Dream and Save The Poudre allege that the City is not enforcing its own land use code and is letting NISP skate by with a bogus review process instead of forcing NISP through a rigorous permit application that must require the review of the full City Council. 


Larimer County leaders sued over NISP vote - Coloradoan

Larimer County leaders sued over NISP vote (pdf)

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Commissioners Approve NISP Agreement

The Loveland Reporter-Herald published the following story by reporter Pamela Johnson on 12-29-2020

NISP agreement in Reporter-Herald 12-29-2020 (pdf)

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Glade Reservoir would pose a wildfire risk

Linda Griego, a Board member of Save Rural NoCo, wrote a guest column for the Coloradoan November 22, 2020.

Glade Reservoir would pose a wildfire risk (pdf)

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Commission Approves NISP 1041

Decision was 2-1

In the September 2 Larimer County Commissioner's meeting, the Commissioners voted 2-1 to  support the monstrous NISP 1041 application, despite overwhelming opposition from residents, property owners, scientists and Poudre River advocates.


Members of the grassroots No Pipe Dream organization had hoped that the commissioners would put their constituents and the health of the state’s only National Heritage River before their personal desire for a new flat water reservoir.


No Pipe Dream’s CORA (Colorado Open Records Act) requests and research exposed Commissioners Tom Donnelly’s and Steve Johnson’s decade long bias and endorsement of NISP. Consequently, we are not surprised with tonight’s 2-1 vote, but bitterly disappointed as we envision NISP’s wide ranging impacts on our Larimer County homes, properties and quality of life.


A petition was formally submitted asking Commissioners Donnelly and Johnson to recuse because of obvious prior support of NISP. 


Read about the refusal to recuse and the petition (with attachments) below on this page.


Only Commissioner John Kefalas expressed reservations about the application. Lame duck commissioners, Johnson and Donnelly, failed our organization and the citizens of Larimer County, who have argued long and hard that NISP is unsustainable, disastrous for the Poudre River and injurious to residents who live and make their livelihood in the pathway of the river-draining proposal.

It is NOT OVER

Considering that the Thornton 1041 pipeline application was refused, preparations are being made to resist the approval of the NISP pipelines in their 1041 application

Watch this website for info

Donnelly and Johnson asked to recuse but refused

Petition Submitted and Addressed At August 17 NISP Meeting

The No Pipe Dream Corporation (NPD), along with Save Rural NoCo (SRN) and Save The Poudre (STP,) have worked collaboratively for the last 12 months to insure that citizen concerns will be fairly heard, when the Larimer County Commissioners consider the Northern Integrated Supply Project (NISP) 1041 Application, that started on Monday, August 17, 2020.


Those efforts and research have revealed Commissioner Tom Donnelly’s and Commissioner Steve Johnson’s decade-long bias in favor of the NISP application, rendering a fair hearing impossible.


The 3 organizations, representing thousands of Larimer County residents, formally request Donnelly’s and Johnson’s recusal for violation of the Board’s own ex parte standards for land use applications. (See attached request and 29 bias exhibits in the pages below.)


For over 10 years, Donnelly and Johnson publicly supported NISP, endorsed NISP at rallies and in numerous publications and communicated directly with the applicant, Northern Water, all to the exclusion of public oversight.


At that time, NPD, SNC and STP followed the county attorney’s direction and, at the August 17 meeting asked that Donnelly and Johnson follow the example of the three members of the Larimer County Planning Commission, who recused themselves for lesser reasons on July 8, 2020.


Both Commissioner Johnson and Commissioner Donnelly refused to recuse themselves and stated that they feel capable of being impartial and will evaluate NISP's 1041 application objectively and fairly.


Petition for Recusal and Attachments

The following downloadable files contain the letter requesting recusal of Commissioners Donnelly and Johnson plus attachments giving evidence of bias.

NISP 1041 bias petition 08142020 (pdf)Download
Exhibit 1 (pdf)Download
Exhibit 3 (pdf)Download
Exhibit 4 (pdf)Download
Exhibit 5 (pdf)Download
Exhibit 6 (pdf)Download
Exhibit 7 (pdf)Download
Exhibit 8 (pdf)Download
Exhibit 9 (pdf)Download
Exhibit 10 (pdf)Download
Exhibit 11 (pdf)Download
Exhibit 12 (pdf)Download
Exhibit 13 (pdf)Download
Exhibit 14 (pdf)Download
Exhibit 15 (pdf)Download
Exhibit 16 (pdf)Download
Exhibit 17 (pdf)Download
Exhibit 18 (pdf)Download
Exhibit 19 (pdf)Download
Exhibit 20 (pdf)Download
Exhibit 21 (pdf)Download
Exhibit 22 (pdf)Download
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Other Topics in This NISP Group

To see more information on the NISP Project, go to other pages in this group.


The Damage the NISP Project Presents


Why a Poudre River Alternative Works


NISP  1041 History


NISP Comments


News and Resources Referencing NISP


How You Can Help (in process)



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