The next step is anybody’s guess, but the next shoe is expected to drop today on Langley Passage.

City officials have met twice in recent weeks with the proponents of the controversial 20-home subdivision in the Edgecliff neighborhood, and the developers face a Jan. 12 deadline to notify the city of their next steps.

Larry Cort, the director of the city’s planning department, said Monday he was unsure if the developers would submit a revised application for Langley Passage.

The proposed project has been on hold since late last year, after the city council unanimously rejected the project over largely environmental concerns. Langley Passage slipped into limbo, however, after the city council did not adopt “findings of fact” — their legal reasons for rejecting the project — after attorneys for Langley Passage claimed the city had failed to follow proper procedures in processing the development, and that a new hearing was needed to avoid a lawsuit.

Gary Roth, managing partner for Whidbey Neighborhood Partners, told city officials last week he expected to notify Langley by today on “which direction we are going.”

Cort said the city had met with Roth and discussed options and alternatives.

“We continue to remain open for further discussion,” Cort said.

In recent weeks, the developers have met with nearby property owners to talk about a water/sewer easement, and have also been looking at potential costs, technical feasibility issues and property ownership issues.

In an e-mail sent to the developer on Dec. 29, Cort said the city wanted feedback from the developer before the city scheduled a date for a hearing on the council’s approval of its findings and conclusions on Langley Passage.

Cort said this week that draft “findings of fact” had not yet been prepared, and there was no time line of when the council may again take up Langley Passage if the city decides to adopt those conclusions.