Riverside Golf Course move on with more budget

Councilwoman Denise Rangel said as the course is owned by the town, it can be their job to deal with it.

"We've had several floods and many droughts," Rangel said. "The weather has brought its toll around the grass."

Soliz said the greens should foot into your market, not the location. In the event the issue was first exposed to council's attention, Soliz referred to as project "maintenance" not "capital improvement."

Other council members urged the discount golf clubs nonprofit committee that runs the greens to begin preparing in advance for giant future expenses.

"Put money aside for anyone objectives," Councilman David Hagan said. "Plan far enough in advance and that means you don't need to put yourself in so much of a dent."

Councilman Joe Truman said the course's fees and memberships ought to be adjusted hence the committee doesn't need to come back to the council for financial support.

"Fees are supposed to cover operating and management expenses," Truman said. "Please come up with various ways to fund it."

Robert DeLeon, who chairs the nonprofit committee, said when they raise fees, many, particularly junior and senior golfers, "would suffer."

"Looking at exactly what it would cost to get rid of even, some individuals couldn't survive capable to play, and that's not our goal," DeLeon said. "There's undoubtedly we're able to raise fees to callaway razr x irons where we attract the bucks ... We want to keep your course affordable so anyone inside city can start to play."

Regular annual dues, for golfers age 19-65, cost $600. Junior golfers, age 5-18, pay $200 annually while golfers more than 65 pay $550 annually. Daily fees range between $18 during weekdays and $20 on weekends, in line with the course's website.

Mayor Will Armstrong welcomed the golf course committee back to the council once they need another 9-holes refurbished. He was quoted saying he would "seriously entertain" another request.

"I such as the idea that the course is open to so many people," he was quoted saying. "This is one kind of our most treasured aspects with this community."

In other news, the council agreed to move forward over a report from your planning services department to setup a railroad quiet callaway diablo edge irons zone near an apartment development on Ben Wilson Street.

Assistant City Manager John Kaminski, the former planning services director, said the complex's developer agreed to split the $55,000 cost with all the city.

Kaminski said the project would not affect University of Houston-Victoria's future dormitory plans. Actually, the university expressed an interest in partnering using the city to incorporate the Ben Jordan crossing inside the quiet zone.

That crossing may not match the federal quiet zone guidelines because nearby driveways and intersections help it become "physically impossible," Kaminski said.

However, he explained the quiet zone might be extended nearly three miles, over a half-mile zone for Ben Wilson crossing alone.