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Willowgrove resident Cherryl Smith thought she was finally going to get some certainty about what will happen on a vacant plot of land across from her house.

Instead, Saskatoon city council voted 8-2 Monday night to defer considering rezoning the land, once slated for a church, to allow townhouses to be built.

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Council is expected to consider the matter again on Sept. 24, or perhaps in August if the city administration can prepare properly by then.

“I’m shocked,” Smith said after the vote was over and about two dozen residents of Thode Avenue filed out of the council chamber. “I really felt we had a strong case (to reject the rezoning request).

“We don’t want the uncertainty. We feel it’s been an extremely unfair process.”

Smith told council the sign saying the land at the corner of Willowgrove Boulevard and McOrmond Drive would be the future location of a church had been there since she bought her house in 2010. Homeowners expressed concerns about increased traffic and a decrease in house values if the townhouses are built.