The Pembroke Pines City Commission will meet on Oct. 29 to discuss the three proposed site plans for the City Center project from 1 to 3 p.m. at Southwest Regional Library, 16835 Sheridan St. in room 224 of the second floor conference room.

The 82-acre property has been a bone of contention among many residents who feel the project hasn't gained any traction since the land was purchased in 2002.

City Center is slated to be a mixed-use downtown shopping center with hundreds of low-cost, affordable housing units, dozens of stores, an amphitheater, a park, a hotel high-rise and a new City Hall.

Developers Retail Property Group and Trammell Crow Residential bid on the land in early 2008. Early blueprint models clashed with each other and caused uproar among certain residents, but commissioners agreed that a third site plan from planning consultant Zyscovich and Associates looked much improved.

"This is a total, impossible dream like Alice in Wonderland," said resident Phil McConaghey, during a recent town hall meeting. "This has been in the works for years and years, and nothing is happening."

City Center is expected to net Pines roughly $2.9 million per year in tax revenue, said Mayor Frank Ortis.