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Personally, my solution is to just wait for the snowbirds to go home.
You sure don't want management to discover that your favorite executive course needs attention. They'll shut it down for a year while they spend 5 milllion dollars to dig up and cart away entire greens, tee boxes, and bunkers, only to replace them with the exact same stuff. And then they'll ban you from using them for six months until the snowbirds arrive to reduce them to rubble again by February. And lord help you, if they ever catch you walking your dog on their pristine masterpiece while it awaits its January re-destruction! |
Executive course conditions
We usually play the executive courses and I always wonder why the grass is cut so low. I understand that the grass is dormant this time of year but grass still grows, although at a slower rate. Let the grass grow to a reasonable height!
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And there is ABSOLUTELY NO REASON, EVER, TO WALK YOUR DOG ON GOLF COURSE PROPERTY! |
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Upcoming meeting
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I've been involved in a few STR controversy, in a couple of towns up north. There was a thread on TOTV about a year ago, complaining about STR's and their effect on the community. I put together a "rough framework", that was primarily focused on controlling guest passes (or ID's) and essentially making it difficult (if not impossible) to get a Guest Pass for renters who were here less than a month (thereby reducing STR rentals and stress on the amenities) My framework wasn't without holes, it was a "first pass" at an idea. What I considered the lynch pin of the idea, were all the controls that needed to be put in place, were within the jurisdiction of the CDD's and could be implemented, without running afoul of Florida's law that prevents communities from outlawing STR's. As you correctly point out, "amenity access" is the key and probably out of reach by the state's prohibition on STR control. The reaction from the peanut gallery, was exactly as you would expect. No a person offered a substantive alternative, solution or even a tweak. It was much more fun to complain and poke holes. The basic hole in my premise, was the Developer has a vested interest in maintaining a "full occupancy of homes" at all times. Why? Because the Developer owns all the commercial properties and the value of those properties, is entirely based on the revenue generated by the tenants. More "residents" = more shoppers, more diners, more everything ... including higher rents for the commercial space. Keep in mind, once the CDD's take over the infrastructure, there's no more increased costs for the developer ... roads, police, utilities, emergency, etc. All those costs are being absorbed by the CDD's. |
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Golf courses suffering from severe fungal infection
The creator of WingNut, has answered the question about the golf courses several times. There is a fungal disease. They are fighting it, but it spreads on shoes and mower equipment from one course to the other. Those who have had fungal problems with their lawns know that many times the lawn needs to be resodded and the top layer of soil removed, because the fungus is in the soil. We had fungal problems with our lawn when we were in Georgia. We had it resodded, but it eventually came back. It is a horrible problem. It will take a long time and cost a lot to fix the problem.
The developer is responsible only for those courses he has not yet released. To fix other golf courses, the monies will have to come from amenity fees in those districts. |
Just put this on my calendar
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Why pay for Priority golf when tyhe courses suck?
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I don’t believe high traffic is the issue, I’ve seen other courses booked solid constantly not have these problems. Whether it’s weather, disease, improper attention or budgetary they are not throwing the proper resources at it. |
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My suggestion is to start yet another thread on the very same topic as the other half a dozen threads that will do absolutely noting to fix the problem...
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TOOO many acronyms. |
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Two very good ideas:
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Perhaps, an exception would be made for the developer's 'life style visits', they would be allowed full access. |
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What I figure "they" will do is give us a lot of lip service about how " it couldn't be helped." And, how hard they have been working on it, and the weather is to blame, etc, ect, etc. Meanwhile, amenity rates have risen, raises have probably been given, all for failing to do what was needed and failing to recognize what was needed, and just failing , PERIOD! In spite of supposed credentials and experience. We support their complete and utter failure. "This situation" (which they created by failing to take action when they should have) "is" (of course) "going to require a lot of money" (our money) "we have no option but to raise amenity fees." (again). Grab your ankles, friends and neighbors. |
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Where to make yourself heard
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Would be interested in an organized event showing that we are fed up with conditions.
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I understand there is a meeting on Wednesday morning at Savanna. Executive maintenance management will be there to discuss what they are doing. Maybe attend and offer examples of bad conditions would help!!
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In any case, districtgov.org is very useful for understanding your local government. For example, acronyms. |
imo an individual player should not be allowed more than one tee time a day on executive courses. System should kick out resident #’s entered more than once in a 24 hour period!
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Sandhll, uhg!!!
Played Sandhill yesterday. This course was completely renovated last year and is in very poor condition. Overuse does not cause weeds everywhere, the greens looked like they had a fungus, and the fairways were in very poor condition. I was told there is a 'new' manager taking care of the executive courses and the first thing that came into my mind was this the lowest bidder? There is a science taking care of golf courses and I wonder if this group received a D on their report cards ?
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Fungus for sure?
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"As for Tarpon we are not sure why some of the greens are in worse conditions than others. We have sent soil samples out to check it there is a disease and we have not gotten the results back." Got another response today that included the following. "I agree it would be great to find a way to let people know about course maintenance, some of the things we do and why the courses are in the condition they are in. Unfortunately, we only respond and communicate with people who contact us and ask questions mainly due to staffing. Up until three months ago we only had 2 supervisors to manage the District’s 38 courses. We just hired 2 more supervisors so hopefully we can start being a little more proactive in getting the word out." This is Howard.Brown@districtgov.org Here's hoping that the meeting tomorrow morning at the Savannah Rec proves fruitful. |
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"If you are interested in learning more about the golf courses and some of the things that we do, I can get you in touch with one of my Superintendents and they could answer any questions, they love to educate people on golf course management and are pretty good at it. If you would like I can arrange for you to spend a morning shadowing them during one of our scheduled course closures and you could actually see what they do and observe all the moving parts of getting course ready for play. In the meantime, please feel free to contact or call me if you have any questions or concerns about the courses. My cell phone number is 352-661-4291." |
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