ST. CHARLES, Mo. - Two St. Charles councilmembers are suing the city in what appears to be a dispute over selling 100 acres of land. 

Daniel Keeling was excited to see his neighborhood transformed. 

"We have a new high school, and they're building a new elementary school, and it's supposed to be a real focal point of the community. They're supposed to connect to this park," he said. 

The St. Charles City Parks and Recreation Board has big plans for 100 acres of land near Orchard Farms High School at Highway 94 and Route B. The master plan would bring a field house, bike park, nature area, and other amenities to the area. 

"Really a destination park for people to come to and be able to enjoy a place to sit down, spend time with their families, spend time with their sports teams," Parks Board President Sandy Bichel said.

But a new lawsuit has people worried that the park land could get sold as part of a dispute over the city charter. 

St. Charles councilwomen Bridget Ohmes and Mary West are suing the city, calling a 2001 city charter amendment unconstitutional. They argue it gives the Parks and Recreation Board power to spend certain taxpayer dollars, and that cannot be approved through a petition initiative like this amendment was. 

The board entered the case as an intervener, arguing this amendment also gives them approval over buying and selling park land. 

In court, the board claims St. Charles Mayor Dan Borgmeyer told them the city wants to sell the land to the county so that the county can sell it to a homebuilder. But the way the city charter is currently written, he cannot do that without the parks board's approval. 

"If there's a problem with the charter, I really believe it needs to be taken to a vote of the residents of St. Charles; a vote of the people, especially if its going to change the charter," Bichel said. 

The parks board calls this a "friendly lawsuit" because it argues that although the city is being sued, the mayor wants the same thing as the plaintiffs: to "change the city charter without a vote of the people." 

Keeling's worried that if the charter is changed, this will be the second park his city will lose after it also sold the soccer complex to a private developer in October. 

"It does feel like we're going away from these public amenities that we're all paying for with our taxes and privatizing them and kind of getting rid of the amenities," Keeling said. 

The city has not filed a response to the lawsuit in court, and Mayor Borgmeyer told FOX 2 he cannot discuss the pending litigation.