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Resolution introduced by Alderperson Jirschele at the March 1, 2017 Common Council meeting relating to Reid Municipal Golf Course:
Resolution #3-R-17
Jeff Jirschele, Alderperson, District 15
WHEREAS, Reid Municipal Golf Course in the City of Appleton has become a traditional feature of Appleton and has been recognized as such by the Appleton Common Council through commitments to its survival and growth, and
WHEREAS, Reid Municipal Golf Course has become a multi-feature, revenue-producing asset to the city, offering not only recreational opportunities but options to serve the city collaboratively through projects such as detention pond construction, cell tower emplacements, and future possibilities such as winter walking trails, and
WHEREAS, Reid Municipal Golf Course has begun a program of renovation and refurbishment, and has embarked on new construction and business processes aimed at increasing its capabilities and attraction as a top level golf course and multi-use, multi-season attraction within the city, in addition to increasing its long-term benefits to the city in areas such as tourism, economic development, sustainability through conservation of green space and habitat for wildlife, improved health/recreational opportunities and community building, and
WHEREAS, long-term debt is stifling Reid Municipal Golf Course’s capacity to invest in itself and accelerate its ability to improve itself in a timely and productive manner aligned with its strategic plans to grow its potential to serve the city,
BE IT RESOLVED, that the city relieve Reid Municipal Golf Course of all its long-standing debt consisting of two loans within the enterprise fund established to administrate its operations.