The assertive architect of Mayor Scott’s bill package, also sitting as committee chair, he’s the lightning rod as residents in many Baltimore neighborhoods say their voices are going unheard.

“They are not transparent,” Councilwoman Odette Ramos said of the Baltimore Development Corp., noting the quasi-public agency initiated the legislation to sell the drop-off site in the first place.

Lawmakers who previously supported the centerpiece of the mayor’s legislative package are now expressing doubts. Amendments are in the works, but no new hearing date is scheduled.