A proposed resolution requiring approval from an extraordinary majority of city councilors to make changes in the Northwest Quadrant development was amended Monday by the city Finance Committee.

As it stands, the resolution no longer would apply to the master plan or to appeals from the Planning Commission concerning development of the city-owned land northwest of the downtown.

On Sept. 30, Mayor David Coss broke a four-to-four tie among the eight councilors to approve a development plan for 750 houses and some commercial space on 122 of the 2,800 acres of city-owned land.

After the vote, Councilors Chris Calvert and Rosemary Romero introduced the resolution seeking to require at least six votes for "significant decisions" concerning the development.

During Monday's Finance Committee meeting, Councilor Matthew Ortiz proposed striking two paragraphs of the proposed resolution that defined significant decisions as "changes in the approved master plan; appeals; and decisions to reverse, affirm or modify a decision of the planning commission" and "repeal or this resolution."

Ortiz said the first paragraph would give "too much authority" to Planning Commission decisions and the second would be "giving more authority to this particular resolution."

Calvert agreed to accept Ortiz's changes as friendly, and the three councilors attending the hearing then voted to recommend passage of the amended resolution by the full City Council.

The proposed resolution still would require at least six councilors to approve changes in financial decisions on the development, such as bonds, tax-improvement districts, tax-increment financing, waivers of taxes or fees, and land leases; and contractual decisions, such as the selection of a private developer.

The same resolution also would direct the Office of Affordable Housing to conduct a public education campaign about the city's effort to provide affordable housing.

Contact Tom Sharpe at 986-3080 or tsharpe@sfnewmexican.com.