It's unclear what the council's position would be.
Reilly said he was not part of the negotiations and was recently notified by the county of an agreement.
Representatives for the church filed the federal lawsuit in October 2006, seven months after the County Council designated 23 roads in southern Anne Arundel as scenic and historic to keep schools, country clubs, landfills and other facilities from being built in adjacent rural-agricultural districts.
School officials had sought permits since 2002 to build a 31,000-square-foot Arundel Bay Christian Academy at Wrighton and Pindell roads, which are designated as scenic and historic roads. Passage of the roads bill in February 2006 effectively killed those plans.
Church representatives charged the county with discrimination, arguing in part that they were being treated "on less than equal terms" than applicants wanting to build nonreligious schools on such a site.
The county has argued that it violated no laws and believes it would have ultimately been successful in fighting the case.
Representatives for Riverdale Baptist Church could not be reached for comment.
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