The Windermere Town Council voted down two offers to resolve the town’s ongoing litigation against the five titled owners of the centuries-old Third Avenue boathouses at its meeting Tuesday, March 10.
The vote came after Windermere Town Council and the residents participated in virtual mediation Wednesday, Feb. 25, before mediator and retired Circuit Judge Frederick J. Lauten.
Rachael Crews, the appellate counsel of record for the matter, presented the Town Council with the boathouse residents’ offer that asks the town to pay $500,000 to cover their fees and costs, drop the town’s appeal of the November 2025 final judgement and execute a release that makes it clear that the town will not contest the ownership of the boathouses and the underlying land on which they sit…