In 2015 Steen asked the Board of Directors to support a zoning change on the property to all multi-family. Apparently, he was considering developing the property with duplex homes.

Then OPA board member Pat Renaud made a motion for board support of Steen's desired zoning change. The board voted in unanimous support. I do not know if the zoning change was approved by the County but the property was then developed as the 60 individual lots we see today.

Here is the forum discussion of that meeting motion by Renaud:

Ocean Pines Maryland Forum Read Thread Steen Wants Zoning Change - From: Joe Reynolds (oceanpinesforum.com)

You will note that transparency was an issue back then, as it tends to be with every board. My commentary from April 2015 includes, "The carrot in Steen's request is a promised payment to OPA of $6,500 for each home built; that's a total of $390,000. However, Steen promised that amount to OPA originally when he proposed single-family homes. The money should be paid to OPA if the homes are built as single-family or multi-family."

All board members were aware of the EDU payments in April of 2015 when Renaud made his motion. Every current board member should read the above-linked discussion. Participants in the forum discussion included former OPA presidents Dan Stachurski and Bill Zawacki.

Below is the image of that Board of Directors.

OPA Board 2014-2015 
Image Info: OPA Board 2014-2015.Top row, left to right: Director Bill Cordwell, Director Sharyn O’Hare, Secretary Pat Renaud, Parliamentarian Tom Terry. Bottom row, left to right: Treasurer Jack Collins, President Dave Stevens, Vice President Marty Clarke.