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“Repurposing the golf course would be a significant community issue. <br />Communication will be critical with the current golfing community, <br />surrounding residential and business property owners, and the general <br />public,” staff wrote in an April memo to the City Council. <br />In other cities, people have formed nonprofits to lobby cities to save golf <br />courses. Eagan City Council members even received a death threat from <br />an angry citizen over the vote to allow development at the Parkview Golf <br />Club, which was a privately owned course. <br />“It’s hard to make everyone happy in these types of situations,” said Ann <br />Kattreh, Edina’s parks and recreation director. Edina closed its municipal <br />Fred Richards Golf Course last year and is turning it into a park. <br />Municipal golf courses “can be a political hot potato because they are <br />precious,” Minnesota Golf Association spokesman Warren Ryan said. <br />And the future of such courses is not always based on financial <br />statements, he said. <br />“It’s not just about whether they’re making money or not,” Ryan said. “It’s <br />about what sort of services they provide their users.” <br /> <br />