Although an entity that involves the developers of the $1.1-million project are signing a 15-year lease to operate a restaurant with an option for another 15 years, members of the community development commission questioned whether that was sufficient to warrant a land write-down from its $230,000 appraised value.

While the redevelopment agreement with Shoreland Development LLC will specify plans to build the 150-seat restaurant at the corner of 71st Street and Paxton Avenue, there is no guarantee the business will continue to be operated there in the future, community development commission members noted. A city law department attorney also told them Tuesday a restriction written into the land deal would be "problematic."

However, the commission later approved other land sales where the developer was acquiring city-owned property to use as parking for their adjacent buildings. Those sales stipulated parking would be the use in perpetuity.