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Council provides nonbinding feedback; staff outlines further steps, no purchase vote tonight
Summary
The council heard public comment and offered nonbinding feedback to the developer; staff warned that traffic is a county review issue and that future text amendments, comp-plan updates and site-plan hearings will be needed before any final approvals. Procedural motions on the agenda and adjournment passed.
Council did not take a formal vote on whether to let the developer purchase the property tonight. Staff and the developer framed the meeting as a preliminary "go/no‑go" workshop and asked for a general sense that would let the developer decide whether to pursue purchase and the next phases of design.
Miss Stritz (staff) emphasized the two distinct tracks ahead: county traffic review for East Ocean Avenue and town processes such as text amendments and comp‑plan updates that would be necessary before a final site plan and permitting. She told the council, "this will be, of course, not you all are not voting on anything, and I don't want the five of you to feel like when you see them up here again, it's whatever you decide."
Procedurally, the council approved the workshop agenda at the start of the meeting (a motion was made and seconded and the mayor announced "Motion carries"). At the end of the session a motion to adjourn was also made and the meeting recessed. No purchase authorization, zoning change, or site‑plan approval occurred tonight.
