NORTH PORT – Developers of Wellen Park in North Port have amended their complaint in an attempt to halt a resident push to contract the boundaries of the city of North Port and deannex land west of the Myakka River.
The amended complaint, filed Feb. 4, comes on the heels of a Jan. 25 denial by Circuit Court Judge Hunter W. Carroll of their bid for a preliminary injunction against the process.
The city is currently paying a Fort Lauderdale-based consultant, Munilytics, $74,000 to conduct a feasibility study on contraction, based on an Oct. 28, 2020, petition signed by residents west of the Myakka River that sought deannexation of all land west of the Myakka River.