A Sacramento lobbyist has dropped his lawsuit against the city of Tracy and the city’s new general plan.

Steven Hamilton of the Urban Environmental Affairs Council sued the city in August. The lawsuit claimed that the new general plan, approved by the city on a 4-1 vote in July, failed to consider the effects of growth on traffic, air quality and city services.

The agreement, signed by former Mayor Dan Bilbrey on Tuesday and signed last week by a representative of the Urban Environmental Affairs Council, dismisses the legal action and requires the city to pay only its own legal fees in the case. Hamilton must also pay his own legal expenses.

City Attorney Debra Corbett said the city’s expenses total about $12,000. She said the city had filed a counter-challenge and claimed that Hamilton missed the 30-day deadline to file his case following the City Council’s vote in favor of the new general plan.

Hamilton previously had described the Urban Environmental Affairs Council as a nonprofit group with no staff or income other than his own contributions.