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TO C■ <br />ity Council <br />FROMV JI'm Andre, City Manage rX4`1-� <br />Second Golf Course at Acorn Park, The Committee's motion was to <br />request Council approval 5"Wtain a feasibility study for a second <br />golf course at Acorn Park. <br />The possibility of a second golf course has been discussed for a <br />number of years. Funds for a feasibility study had been scheculed <br />in the 1978-1983 Capital Improvement Program, However, the item had <br />been removed in subsequent 6-year program updates for the following <br />reasons: <br />There existed two homes adjacent to the park which needed <br />to be acquired and removed to provide the necessary layout <br />and buffer space for a golf course. It has been and continues <br />to be the policy of the Council that no homeowner will be forced <br />to sell or be subject to the condemnation process against his/her <br />will* <br />If the two homes are essential only for purposes of developing a golf <br />course, and a feasibility study determines that a second golf course <br />0 <br />is not feasible, funding needs would be substantially reduced. Acquisition <br />costs for these two homes could be anywhere from $150,000 - $250'.'�000, <br />Such a decision would, therefore, clear the way to develop the park in <br />another manner, <br />It is assumed that <br />the purpose of a <br />feasibility study is to <br />commence <br />in the near future <br />the construction <br />of a second golf course <br />if it is <br />determined feasible, <br />or to commence <br />the development of the <br />park, if <br />it is not feasible. <br />If a golf course is <br />feasible then the <br />4P <br />question of acquiring <br />those two <br />homes must be faced <br />immediately and <br />funding provided for their <br />acquisition, <br />It would require a <br />possible change <br />in Council policy in the <br />acquisition <br />homes. <br />