I believe the City should maintain Countryside as a municipal golf course--for reasons due to planning, and prioritization of this City's resources. I also believe that, should the City pursue development again, that the citizens need to be included in the process.
Thus far, the development proposals have been unsatisfactory to either the citizens, our City council, our City management, or some combination of these players. The last round of proposals were rejected. No city should develop an area for development's sake and since there is no plan, and attempts to secure proposals have been widely unsuccessful, the City should leave the land undeveloped for the immediate future.
In terms of our priorities, the City collects roughly $17,500 a year from this golf course. This certainly is not much revenue, but it is still a profit. Our City needs to turn its attention to more immediate areas, including our City Market Building--which lost $120,000 in 2007. I believe our energies and resources are better spent refurbishing the market building and finding a way for it to make a profit.
I believe it is worthwhile to look into some limited projects for parts of Countryside. It would seem beneficial to look at possibilities for some municipal soccer and sports courses to increase the space available for our children all over the city to use.
Any future proposals, and any investigations of possibilities for soccer fields, etc. I believe, require citizen input. The citizens, council, and City management need to work together on this and I would not make a decision about development without input from all three of these sources.
Thus far, the development proposals have been unsatisfactory to either the citizens, our City council, our City management, or some combination of these players. The last round of proposals were rejected. No city should develop an area for development's sake and since there is no plan, and attempts to secure proposals have been widely unsuccessful, the City should leave the land undeveloped for the immediate future.
In terms of our priorities, the City collects roughly $17,500 a year from this golf course. This certainly is not much revenue, but it is still a profit. Our City needs to turn its attention to more immediate areas, including our City Market Building--which lost $120,000 in 2007. I believe our energies and resources are better spent refurbishing the market building and finding a way for it to make a profit.
I believe it is worthwhile to look into some limited projects for parts of Countryside. It would seem beneficial to look at possibilities for some municipal soccer and sports courses to increase the space available for our children all over the city to use.
Any future proposals, and any investigations of possibilities for soccer fields, etc. I believe, require citizen input. The citizens, council, and City management need to work together on this and I would not make a decision about development without input from all three of these sources.
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