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Originally Posted by njbchbum
How much would you be willing to pay for a premium membership to such a facility? Am just wondering what the indoor pool proponents think that amenity would be worth to them - since it would not be right to increase the amenity fee of those who do not want/need to use such a facility?
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Regarding "it would not be right to increase the amenity fee of
those who do no want/need to use such a facility", what about the tens of thousands of people here who do not play golf and do not use the executive golf courses?? A friend who's a TV sales rep told me in conversation (not sales pitch) that only 40% of TV residents are golfers (and undoubtedly, a good share of them play only occasionally, if at all).
I don't see non-golfers pitching a fit and worrying about an amenities fee increase--which by the way is capped by being tied to the consumer price index anyway--as executive courses are added.
And if people think an indoor pool is expensive to operate and maintain, try working on a budget for a
golf course as I have! An 18-hole course takes at least $500,000 a year to operate/maintain.
As a
quick, readable example of golf course operating costs, here is a link to the Sebring, FL (population 10,000) city golf course budget showing
total operating expense of $482,055 for this year, on page 91.
These are the kind of expenses thousands of non-golfers are paying for here, thru their amenities fees.
Golf course operating costs on page 91:
https://sebring.govoffice2.com/verti..._2013-2014.pdf
And I think pool users should pay a membership fee for an indoor one if a new
indoor aquatics facility that meets all swimming villagers' aquatic needs could be built. Covering or enclosing and retrofitting the El Santiago neighborhood pool and its mechanical systems does
not seem like a good idea due to its size and lack of lap swimming length and width. And the neighborhood residents want their pool to remain and be used as intended!