HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 5089-06-2019 A Resolution
NO. 5098-06-2019
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO DEVELOP AND
IMPLEMENT THE PLAN FOR CLOSURE AND RE-PURPOSING OF
SYCAMORE CREEK GOLF COURSE INTO A COMMUNITY PARK BY
OCTOBER 1, 2019 (COUNCIL DISTRICT 8)
WHEREAS, in 1977, the City of Fort Worth acquired Sycamore Creek Golf
Course from J. C. Fincher; and
WHEREAS, the golf course consists of 66 acres, 30 acres owned by the
City of Fort Worth and 36 acres leased from the Tarrant Regional Water District;
and
WHEREAS, Sycamore Creek golf course has operated as a municipal golf
course for more than forty years; and
WHEREAS, Sycamore Creek golf course is a nine-hole golf course with
two sets of tees providing an 18 hole golf course experience with nine greens; and
WHEREAS, Z. Boaz golf course was closed in 2012 and land re-purposed
into a community park and the Park and Community Services Advisory Board
directed staff to review the feasibility of Sycamore Creek golf course by 2014; and
WHEREAS, the City of Fort Worth Water Department has designed and
planned for the construction and installation of a sixty six inch sewer line running
through Sycamore Creek golf course beginning the end of 2019 and construction
time 12 to 18 months; and
WHEREAS, Sycamore Creek golf course will be closed to the public for an
extended period of time, staff was directed to evaluate and analyze if the golf
course should be restored or re-purposed into a community park; and
WHEREAS, in 2019 a sixteen—member Sycamore Creek Study Committee
was created and charged with evaluating the historical and financial data for
Sycamore Creek golf course and make recommendations to the Park and
Recreation Advisory Board for the continued operation or re-purposing into a
Community Park; and
WHEREAS, the Sycamore Creek Study Committee considered the
following three questions. 1) Do you agree the current golf course model is not
sustainable? 2) Do you agree that investing more money into Sycamore Creek golf
course most likely would not result in a financially sustainable golf course? And
3) Is there a better use of the land?; and
WHEREAS, on April 10, 2019, the Committee issued its recommendation
to the Park and Recreation Advisory Board, inclusive of closure and re-purposing
of Sycamore Creek golf course into a community park; and
WHEREAS, the golf rounds produced at Sycamore Creek golf course
average 12,500 rounds per year with a breakeven number of rounds established at
24,000; and
WHEREAS, the golf course has continually experienced a loss of revenues
over twenty-five years (1994 — 2017) with an average loss of ($162,895) annually;
and
WHEREAS, one public meeting and four Neighborhood Association
Meeting were held to receive feedback from the community and the consensus was
the citizens would be better served with a community park rather than a golf
course; and
WHEREAS, on May 22, 2019 the Park and Recreation Advisory Board
voted unanimously to re-purpose the Sycamore Creek golf course to a community
park; and
WHEREAS, on June 14, 2019, staff made a presentation to the Fort Worth
City Council regarding "Re-Purposing of Sycamore Creek Golf Course for Use as
a Community Park" and presented the recommendations from staff, the Sycamore
Creek Study Committee and the Park and Recreation Advisory Board; and
WHEREAS, the City Council directed staff to prepare a resolution for
Council consideration for the re-purposing of Sycamore Creek golf course as a
community park; and
WHEREAS, re-purposing of the facility currently known as Sycamore
Creek golf course is anticipated to improve the long-term viability of the Golf
Program and to help the City to meet its goals of providing adequate community
park facilities to meet the needs of all of its citizens.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS, THAT:
1. That the City Manager is hereby authorized to develop and implement a
plan for the closure of Sycamore Creek golf course no later than
September 30, 2019; and
2. That the City Manager is further authorized to re-purpose the Sycamore
Creek park property, hereafter to be known as Sycamore Creek
Community Park, into a traditional community park for the use and
enjoyment of the general public.
Adopted this IIth day of June 2019.
ATTEST: SZf
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Mary J. Kayser, C' S creta y
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