Details of proposed billion dollar resort still vague

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CORPUS CHRISTI - Today's city council vote will allow the council to draft a new ordinance next month extending the traffic ban another 1800 feet from the north end of the seawall to Packery Channel. The change comes at the request of a developer who plans to build a world class beach resort next to Packery Channel.

In the meantime a lot of people don't know many details about the proposed billion dollar beach resort including some city council members. This deal all started with the promise of dredging Packery Channel. The voters decided it should be dredged but what may eventually sit next to the area is somewhat unknown.

By now you may have heard about the billion dollar resort in the works for Padre Island near the seawall. Brent Chesney, City Councilman explains, "It's a report complex... Housing... Hotel... Boardwalk... Shops... It's a full scale deal... And these guys are legit... I mean they're a national developer... Now whether they're legit on this property.. I don't know." Terry Carter from the Chamber of Commerce adds, "You would certainly recognize the developments that they currently own today and manage."

We are told the resort would employ about 1500 people. But those are all the details anyone will reveal at this time. We also know the developer is Paul Schexnailder and at least one council member wants him to give more details about what the island may look like. Chesney continues, "So I think it's time for him to step up and say here's the deal... Here are the specifics... Here's the letter of intent... Here's where we're going with this..." Chesney wants specifics because he says some information so far hasn't turned out to be accurate. Chesney adds, "The problem here is we continually get information from this developer that doesn't play out...and that's what's frustrating to us...is that we're constantly put into a box and everybody says oh my God stand on your hand let's do this... And then nothing happens."