DETROIT — A proposal to turn Belle Isle into a state operated park, and save the city millions of dollars annually in maintenance costs for the island is now off the table after the city council voted Tuesday to delay a vote on it. The proposal would allow the city to still have full ownership of the park, but the Michigan Department of Natural Resources would operate it and require an $11 annual vehicle pass. The deal would have saved the city $6.2 million in operating costs every year for the park. Currently Detroit doesn’t have the resources available to maintain Belle Isle, which has been called a gem of the city and state.  The 30-year-lease of Belle Isle to the state would have allowed the city to opt out every 10 years. According to a poll from the Detroit News, more than 60 percent of Detroiters were in favor of the deal. Long-held racial issues may have factored in as well; In a city council meeting people made testimonies that calling the state take over of Belle Isle was racist. Mayor Dave Bing said on Tuesday he received a letter from Gov. Rick Snyder stating that the deal has been withdrawn from consideration because a vote was not made by the scheduled deadline.  Bing says the deal would have provided state funding for maintaining the costs of Belle Isle while helping to stabilize the city’s finances. The city could have diverted money that’s allocated to Belle Isle and sent it to the police and fire departments that are both facing major financial woes.