Council advances redlined golf-course ground lease, debating term, rent and assignment rules

May 19, 2026

Sebring council reviewed a redline ground-lease tying the municipal golf course to a proposed hotel. Major points: reduction of a requested 99-year term to 50 years, continued $1/year nominal rent in the draft, protections for member pricing and a proposed June 15 deadline for final agreement; council authorized the city attorney to revise the lease as discussed.

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The Sebring City Council spent the majority of its May 19 meeting reviewing a redline ground-lease proposal that would tie operation of the municipal golf course to a proposed hotel under the Blackman group submission to the city’s RFP process. Bob, the city attorney, led a page-by-page walkthrough of the draft that the city characterized as a more city‑favored version of the document the Blackmans had provided.

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