The city of Westbrook is renewing talks with developer Tim Flannery over a possible commercial and residential development for Saccarappa Park, after another developer was unable to get financing for a project he had proposed.

The Saccarappa Park Redevelopment Committee was scheduled to meet Thursday morning at City Hall. Flannery said he planned to attend.

However, Erik Carson, the city’s director of economic and community development, was tightlipped Wednesday about what options the committee would be considering for the park. Carson said the committee would enter into executive session if it discussed any real estate deals.

“The project is not dead, and we are looking at other options,” said Carson. “And I will discuss those options with the (Saccarappa Park Redevelopment Committee).”

An announcement released by the city Tuesday via e-mail said the committee would be meeting to discuss “a recent proposal.”

“I don’t think there really is a specific proposal,” said Mayor Bruce Chluluda on Wednesday. He said the meeting was scheduled to discuss what the committee’s interests would be in going forward.

Flannery, of Flannery Properties, said he was in renewed talks with the city but that nothing definite was decided. John Gallagher, director of the Westbrook Housing Authority, said in an interview last week that the city had also approached him about two weeks ago and asked if he would be interested in discussing the project again.

Flannery and the Westbrook Housing Authority were both among four developers who responded last spring to a public request for proposals from the city. T&T Development of South Portland and Cape Builders and Remodeling of Cape Elizabeth also responded to the request. Joyce Talbot of T & T Development said last week that she had not been contacted by the city.

In recent weeks, the city has admitted that Norman Richman of Cape Builders, whose proposal was selected by the city as the best this summer, was unable to find financing for a seven-story building that would be home to stores, offices and condominiums. Richman failed to provide evidence he had found financing for the project by Aug. 18 – a deadline the city had given him.

The public request for proposals last spring was the third such attempt by the city to find a developer for the park to fail. The city backed away from a proposal submitted by Ken Lefebvre and a group of investors several years ago amid controversy over the city’s use of the park as a staging area for construction on the Riverwalk. A second public request for proposals failed to yield any proposals the city was interested in pursuing.

Carson said another formal request for proposals was not made because the city was interested in shopping the design Cape Builders had submitted to developers instead of looking for new designs.

“We’re staying within the same design parameters of the original (request for proposal), so the concept hasn’t changed,” he said.

Flannery said the city is interested in the original design he proposed – a three-story building with retail and commercial space. However, he said, he changed the design for this latest round by adding a fourth story with 10 to 12 apartment or condominium units.

“I’ve tweaked it a little bit,” said Flannery.

Gallagher said the Westbrook Housing Authority had not made any changes to the original plans it had submitted in the spring. The housing authority had proposed a five-story building that would be home to condominiums, offices and stores.

City Councilor Mike Foley said Wednesday he’s been frustrated that the city administration hasn’t been more forthcoming with information about the Saccarappa Park project. He said Carson used to give councilors regular updates, but he said he had stopped doing that.

A member of the Saccarappa Park Redevelopment Committee, City Councilor Ed Symbol, said Wednesday that he hadn’t been informed of what was to be discussed at the meeting. He said he wasn’t sure why the city hadn’t released any information on the project recently.

Foley said he wasn’t surprised committee members didn’t have much information. He said he feels the city administration could be more forthcoming with information.

“It’s ridiculous,” he said.