The Planning and Zoning Commission on Aug. 7 voted to table case number 2312025, a request to approve a site‑specific planned development (PD) plan called Ashford Place, to a date certain of Sept. 4, 2025. Commissioner Wilson moved to table the item; the motion passed in roll call 7‑0 with Commissioners Ortiz and Stanton absent.

Staff said the applicant requested the tabling after packet publication so the developer could meet with neighbors and address extensive public comment. "The purpose of that tabling request is to allow for the applicant, given the volume of public comment that has been submitted with the published report, to have an opportunity to meet with the actual residents in the neighborhood and those that are concerned with aspects of the proposal," city planning staff said.

Why it matters: The 24.13‑acre proposal would establish a PD plan for a development called Ashford Place and include 77 single‑family attached dwelling units; neighbors have submitted written comments for the record and several residents attended the Aug. 7 meeting to address the tabling request itself rather than the merits of the plan.

At the hearing, the commission limited public remarks to the narrow question of whether to table the item. Several residents asked procedural questions and expressed differing views on the tabling. "What assurances are there that if we are all to leave just now, that the item would be removed from the table and addressed within this meeting?" asked Stacy Schrader, a Shore Acres Loop resident; the chair replied, "under the public notice laws, once we vote to table it, we would not be able to change the agenda again because we've already approved it and moved it to a tabling motion." Other speakers included John Duke, who said he opposed further delay, and Randy Leach, who said he preferred the commission decide rather than defer.

Commissioners and staff clarified process limits on tabling. Planning staff said applicants receive a maximum of two tabling requests of up to two months from the initial public‑hearing date; the commission may authorize a third tabling request under extenuating circumstances. The chair also confirmed that materials submitted to the record would be included with the packet for the Sept. 4 hearing and that any supplemental correspondence filed between now and then would be provided to the commission.

The tabling motion was made by Commissioner Wilson and approved by roll call: Commissioner Stockton (yes), Commissioner Gray (yes), Commissioner Darr (yes), Commissioner Galway Jones (yes), the chair (recorded as "my vote is yes"), Commissioner Wilson (yes) and Commissioner Walters (yes). The item was officially tabled to Sept. 4, 2025; staff will re‑notice the hearing as required by public notice rules and will republish the notice in the Columbia Tribune.

The commission did not take up the merits of the Ashford Place plan on Aug. 7; that substantive review will occur at the Sept. 4 date certain hearing.