The city received 58 applications for its growth policy update steering committee. The committee will include 14 people, 10 of whom will be selected from those applicants. City Commissioners will make those appointments in the near future. The city accepted applications from March 25 through April 12. The committee is responsible for ensuring that a diverse group of individuals and organizations

City Commissioners voted unanimously to approve a rezone for a 92-unit multifamily housing development off Bay Drive. The rezone discussion took about two and a half hours during the commission’s April 2 meeting with multiple neighbors in opposition and the development community in support. Brock Cherry, city planning director, reminded commissioners of the criteria for land use decisions and in

City Commissioners are scheduled to hold a public hearing during their April 2 meeting for a proposed rezone for a 92-unit multifamily residential project off Bay Drive. Commissioners set the hearing after about an hour of public comment and discussion on the proposal during their March 5 meeting, with Commissioner Rick Tryon opposed saying he thought they wouldn’t be ready

City Commissioners voted 4-1 to set a public hearing for a proposed rezone for a 92-unit multifamily residential project off Bay Drive. The vote came after roughly an hour of public comment and discussion on the proposal during their March 5 meeting when the action item before commissioners was only to set a public hearing for April 2. Commissioner Rick