BERLIN– Just two weeks after voting to end negotiations regarding the sale of Heron Park, the Berlin Town Council is expected to reconsider the issue on Monday.
A trio of Berlin elected officials will seek additional discussion regarding the sale of a portion of Heron Park to local developer Palmer Gillis on Monday. Mayor Zack Tyndall and Councilmen Jack Orris and Steve Green asked their peers in a letter this week to reevaluate their decision regarding the sale of parcel 57 to Gillis’s Coastal Venture Properties.
“We respectfully request that you reconsider your vote to end the negotiations with Coastal Ventures Properties (CVP) regarding the sale of Parcel 57 at Heron Park,” the letter reads. “During our WorkSession meeting on Monday, August 28, the majority of the Council reached a consensus on the draft contract. Following the meeting, at least one of you reached out to the Mayor’s Office to express the items you would like to see in a future contract and stated that you would be interested in reexploring the potential sale…”
On Aug. 28, the council voted 3-2, with Orris and Green opposed, to end negotiations with CVP regarding the sale of parcel 57, the site of the old processing plant. Council members Dean Burrell, Jay Knerr and Shaneka Nichols voted against the sale, citing concerns about development there competing with downtown businesses as well as the fact that selling that piece of the park wouldn’t eliminate the debt associated with the entire Heron Park property.
In this week’s letter Tyndall and the two council members who supported the sale asked Nichols, Burrell and Knerr to reconsider, alluding to the fact that one of them already has expressed an interest in exploring a deal with Gillis. The pending demolition of the property using the town’s $500,000 grant is also referenced.
when money doesnt reach the hand reaching out , we start begging
Good ole boys getting rich again !
Keep palmer gillis away from Worcester County !!!! He cares for nothing but his wallet.