COLLIER COUNTY, Fla -- After more than a decade of planning, Collier County Commissioners shoot down a plan to build up Immokalee.

The county has spent more than $500,000 on the Immokalee Master Plan, but now that plan has hit a wall.

The Plan needed a supermajority, approval from four out of five commissioners, but they only got three.

With a December 28 deadline looming, this vote was the last chance for the Immokalee Master Plan to get through the Collier County Board of Commissioners.

Commissioner Georgia Hiller cast the dissenting vote. "This is what is called a density grab and that is not fair. I cannot support something that devalues your properties," Hiller said to a full room Tuesday afternoon.

With Commissioner Hiller voting against it, Commissioner Tom Henning was the deciding vote. In a surprise move, he abstained citing a conflict of interest because he owns property in Immokalee.

The move didn't sit well with Commissioner Jim Coletta. "It's just an absolute travesty the people of Immokalee have been treated like this. I hope the people of Collier County never forget this day," Coletta said.

The Master Plan is an all encompassing, eight step plan to improve the city. Something that has taken 10 years and half a million dollars to develop.

"It's over. All that work is for nothing," Coletta told WINK News after the vote.

Penny Phillippi is the executive director of the Collier County Community Redevelopment Agency in Immokalee. CRA is the group that spearheaded the Immokalee Master Plan. She says she feels deflated, but doesn't believe it's over.

"There's no way the community is going to say okay, they said no. They're going to say okay what can we do to make it different and get the thing done," says Phillippi. "Sooner or later I believe they're going to support this plan."

Commissioner Coletta says, "We still have a vision for Immokalee and we know where to pick up when the time is right and the time will come back to being right."

Coletta says he will meet with people in Immokalee to see what to do next. He says it could take 14-18 months to complete the entire process again. Depending on the course of action, it will also take more money.