Today's city council workshop narrowed the list of potential buyers of their municipal golf course to GL Homes and Lennar (includes the golf course swap of Ocean Breeze). There were many good speeches by residents in support of the swap proposal but in the end there as discussion of acquiring the Ocean Breeze property via eminent domain, at a potentially lower pace than the $10 million price tag by Lennar.
In order to better examine the legal prospects of an eminent domain acquisition of the Ocean Breeze property the council decided to seek expert advice before deciding on the offers. At the end of this discussion councilman Mike Mullaugh stated that eminent domain would not apply since t requires that acquisition of the property can only be achieved via the e,intent domain recess which is NOT the case on the property since there is a current avenue of acquisition via the Lennar swap offer.
The other interesting event at this meeting was the proposed resolution by Jeremy Rodgers to bring public golf to Boca Raton which will be on the agenda for a vote at tomorrow night city council meeting. Golfers and Boca Raton residents will be closely watching this vote.
Next meeting for considering the sell of the glades road golf course will be January as the city seeks definitive information on the eminent domain issue. The Lennar representative and their attorney were visibly unhappy about the city's attempt to undermine their offer with the use of eminent domain.
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