I will confirm Jonathan's statement below that this project was never (and still is not) a "done deal." I came to at least one council meeting in early January with a pre-written letter recommending denial of the rezoning. We had very long, intense negotiations, and I voted for it because the final package had everything I thought the Town needed, and a lot of things we wanted.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 2:18 PM, Jonathan W. Ebbeler <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jebbeler@efusionconsulting.com" target="_blank">jebbeler@efusionconsulting.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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It is unfortunate that the Council’s position on this question was seen that this was a done deal – it wasn’t – at least from the single vote I cast. I had very clearly communicated to the developers what it would take to get a Yea vote and up until the last day or two before we voted that had not materialized. I voted Yes because the Developers acquiesced on key and critical components of the negotiation. I cannot speak for the rest of the Council but I saw no indication from those that voted that their positions were any different. We would have voted to support the project in November/December vs. giving up our holiday seasons to sit in almost nightly meetings and negotiations if this was all a forgone conclusion. <u></u><u></u></p>
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