Council in the City of Stow Addresses Local Golf Course Plan
The City of Stow Council held a meeting Thursday night, calling attention to several readings of ordinances. One of these were for equipment and landscaping for local golf course Fox Den.
Council member Sonya Mottram introduced ordinance 2022-172 as the final one for the night, and declared it as an emergency.
“The order authorizes an expenditure for the installation of irrigation equipment and other necessary landscaping,” Mottram said.
Fellow council member Nick Wren, who appeared to be the most knowledgeable of the project, said this comes in phases starting with the property.
“Last year we purchased adjacent property or golf course, 36 acres, and we had been leasing 10 acres of that for our driving,” Wren said. “So when we purchased the property, we make a bigger investment on the driving portion.”
Wren said within the phases they have plans for the driving range and working on a recreation area for the other 36 acres along with possibly turning a portion into a cemetery.
Cyle Feldmen chimed after the reading with a question asking the timeline of the phases for Wren to clarify.
“The earthmoving will be done spring of 2023, facilities things close on July 1 2023,” Wren said. “And then we close down to others, our main facility driving each area and do that work and that will open again until spring.”
Feldman reiterated, asking if all dirt would be moved in the springtime, to which Wren responded “through spring and summer”.
Wren said they are doing this work now so they can provide a new area by July.
“You have to let the grass take work and get deep roots because obviously people are hitting their golf balls off it,” Wren said. “So once we do that, we’ll let this grow until July 1, that becomes what we call our range area.”
He agreed the necessity for the course is heavily community based saying, “1.65 million in revenue this year, so it’s very busy.”
The President of Council Jeremy McIntire called for a second and named the ordinance effective.
Council will pick up on the second Thursday of November to further discussions and introduce new ordinances.
Stow City Council meeting started just past 7:00pm, introducing local pastor to do prayer and allegiance.
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No public comments were made, and no report from the mayor.
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No updates on new business, Old business also given no updates. Cyle Feldman addressed the council with D.A.R event happening on Veteran’s day.
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An annual appropriation ordinance providing expenses of the City of Stow for 2023 was declared an emergency and moved to a second hearing.
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Meeting adjurer with no public comment and little debate over ordinance all moving to second reading.
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