The Galena City Council has voted to hire AGHL Law, of Rockford for legal representation in the lawsuit the city faces from resident Wendy Clark. Clark’s suit, filed this month against the city and the project developers of The Parker, alleges that city officials failed to meet the requirements of city codes and state law in approving rezoning requests for The Parker project on the property that includes Galena Marine Hospital. It also argues that city officials did not adequately consider the impacts of the project on nearby residents when making their decisions. The City Council last month approved an ordinance rezoning the property from limited agricultural to planned unit development, along with an ordinance formally annexing 56.2 acres of the 80-acre development that was located outside city limits. Those ordinances cleared the way for work to begin on The Parker project.
