Council adopts Quarry Creek Phase 2 final development plan on first reading

The Amherst City Council voted 6–0 on July 27 to adopt an ordinance approving the final development plan for Phase 2 of the Quarry Creek residential development, including the subdivider agreement and an emergency declaration to allow adoption on first reading. The clerk read the ordinance title aloud before the roll‑call vote.

A councilmember moved to suspend the rule requiring three readings so item 6a could be adopted on the first reading; the motion and the subsequent adoption both passed by roll call. The ordinance was recorded as adopted by a unanimous vote of the six members present.

Council did not open extended discussion on the plan during the meeting. The measure was presented as a final development plan; any construction timing, unit counts, or phasing details were not discussed at the meeting and were not specified in the clerk’s reading. The council declared the ordinance an emergency to permit immediate adoption and implementation.