The council's qualified but unanimous approval was anaccommodation to legal objections by Costco opponents. The councilwill wait until its Sept. 13 meeting to make a final decision soopponents will have time to present more arguments.
The unanimous vote came after a rousing game of legalmaneuvering by attorneys representing Costco, an opposition groupand the city.
Wallace Lien, attorney for Friends for Responsible Progress, hadreportedly tried to delay Wednesday's decision by claiming newevidence had been introduced by Costco for which he needed time torespond. At the council meeting, however, which Lien did notattend, Costco presented a motion asking to remove all of theinformation in question from the record.
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