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Residents warn council that proposed golf‑course rate increases could price out players
Summary
Public comment and council discussion highlighted concerns that draft rate changes for the Cypress Head golf course would raise nonresident rounds above $100 and increase a surcharge from $2 to $4; residents urged transparency and justification before fees are adopted.
During the consent‑agenda public comment period, resident Richard Lee urged the council to reconsider proposed maximum rates for the Cypress Head Golf Course, saying some listed maximums represent roughly a 25% increase over current rates and that a surcharge that had been $2 for 18 holes is proposed to double.
"These are 25% higher than the current rates, roughly," Richard Lee said, adding that a nonresident could now pay "over $100 a round" at Cypress Head and that there was no factual information presented to explain the surcharge increase. Council members and staff responded in the council‑member comment section, with several members echoing the need to monitor rates to avoid pricing residents and regular players out.
City staff and councilors noted that the golf course fund has historically required general‑fund subsidies in the past but that current management has made the operation closer to self‑sustaining; council also said some reserve funds and operating accounts were reviewed to avoid subsidizing capital projects from general funds. No ordinance or fee change was finalized at the meeting; the comment period and later council discussion left the topic open for further staff reporting and monitoring.
