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THE STORM TEAM 8-DAY
FORECAST TO SHOW YOU WHAT IS
AHEAD FOR NEXT WEEKEND.
THE DUNES WERE THE CENTER OF
A AREA'S LONG CONTROVERSY
WITH TENS OF THOUSANDS OF
TAX DOLLARS SPENT IN A
DRAWN-OUT LEGAL BATTLE ALL
OVER A BILLION A'S PLAN TO
DEVELOP THE DUNES INTO
SOMETHING MANY IN THE
COMMUNITY SAID WOULD RU
WITHIN THE LISTENED AND THE
LOCAL ECONOMY.
BUT TONIGHT, WE KNOW THE
PLAN HAS CHANGED WITH THE
DEVELOPERS SAYING THEY NO
LONGER NEED THE TOWNSHIP TO
CONSIDER VARIANCES THAT
WOULD ALLOW THEM TO
MR. HOTELS AND OTHER
BUSINESSES ON THE LAN.
"24 HOUR NEWS 8'S" LEAON
HENDREX IS LIVE IN STUDIO
NOW WITH A LOOK AT WHAT IS
BEHIND THE CHANGE.
LEON?
WAY, A BIT OF A CHANGE,
THERE, SUE.
REPRESENTATIVES FOR AUBREY
MCLENDON SAID THEY
RECOGNIZED THE RESIST THEIR
PLAN FACES BECAUSE OF THE
TIME IT WOULD TAKE TO FIGHT
OUT.
THEY ARE GOING AHEAD WITH A
SCALED-BACK PLAN AT LEAST
FOR NOW.
OW MUST HAVE SOMETHING IN
MIND.
Reporter: HOTLY CONTESTED
EMOTIONAL SEGA THAT PLAYED
OUT FOR YEARS.
BILLIONAIRES WITH BIG PLANS
VERSUS HUNDREDS OF SAUGATUCK
LONG TIMERS WHO WANT TO KEEP
SAUGATUCK AS THEY KNOW IT.
NOW WHAT SOME ARE CALLING A
VICTORY FOR THE OPPOSITION
TO THE PLANS PROPOSED BY
BILLIONAIRE AUBREY McCLEN
TON THE PLANS FOR MAJOR
COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT
NOTABLED TELLING SAUGATUCK
THEY ARE NO LONGER SEEKING
APPROVAL TO BUILD BIG
INSTEAD THEY WILL BUILD 25
SINGLE-FAMILY HOMES.
I AM NOT QUITE CLEAR WHY
THEY WAITED FOR SO LONG.
IT WAS QUITE CLEAR ARE THE
UTSET IT WAS PROBABLY A NO
GO.
Reporter: BUT ATTORNEYS
REPRESENTS McCLENDON ARE
MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THE HIGH
HOPES FOR THE DUNES ARE NOT
OVER.
CALLING THE BUILDING OF THE
HOMES JUST FACE ONE OF THEIR
PLAN.
QUOTE, THE SPECIAL APPROVALS
THAT ARE NEEDED TO DO THE
KINDS OF THINGS THAT WHERE
WE LOOKING AT IN THE AREA
GOING TO TAKE LONG TIME.
AND WE REALLY WANT TO DO
SOMETHING IN THE SHORT TERM
THAT IS FULLY IN COMPLIANCE
WITH THE ZONING ORDINANCE.
MCLENDON IS AWARE OF THE
OPPOSITION IN THE FIGHT THAT
WOULD ENSUE AGAINST IT.
FOR NOW, THEY ARE STARTING
WITH A FLAN SHOULD BE ON
OBJECTIONABLE.
REPRESENTATIVES OR THOSE WHO
WANT TO PRESERVE THE DUNES
REALIZE THEIR FIGHT AGAINST
DEVELOPMENT MAY BE FAR FROM
OVER.
THEY MAY CONTINUE TO
FIGHT IN OTHER WAYS.
AFTER THE HOMES ARE
BUILD, THE PLAN, QUOTE "THEN
WILL COME BACK TO FOCUS ON
THE OTHER AREAS LATER.
THE FUTURE IS SOMEWHAT
UNWRITTEN.
CONSIDERING THE HISTORY
OF THEIR BROKEN PROMISES, I
THINK THAT, THERE IS NO WAY
TO KNOW PRECISELY WHAT PLAN
THEY WILL PUT FORTH TO THE
TOWNSHIP FOR APPROVAL.
AND STILL NO WORD ON WHEN
BUILDING ON THE LAND WILL
ACTUALLY START.
THE PLAN TO THE 25 HOMES
STILL MUST BE LOOKED AT BY