Despite the ongoing legal issues surrounding Missouri City’s takeover by eminent domain of the Quail Valley Golf Course, the city is asking for the public’s input on how to redevelop the Executive 9 golf course. Residents are invited to provide their input into the development of the Executive 9 at a public meeting Sept. 10, at 7 p.m. at the Quail Valley Golf Course Clubhouse, 2880 La Quinta Dr.
The feedback from residents will be used to formulate a parks master plan that will be presented to the Parks Board in October. If approved, the master plan will be forwarded to city council for consideration.
In March 2008, the city filed condemnation proceedings to take 392 acres of golf course property – two 18-hole and two 9-hole courses, a club house, maintenance building and driving range – from Quail Valley Country Club, owned by Renaissance Golf Group LLC.
QVCC had stopped operating three of the courses, the city said, and one of the club owners acknowledged the property was experiencing annual operating losses of about $1.5 million.
In June, Judge Fort Bend County Court-at-Law Judge Sandy Bielstein appointed three special commissioners in the case, who ruled that fair market value of the acreage was $3.1 million. The city deposited $3.1 million with the Fort Bend County Clerk’s office, and began operating the property as its own.
Now, Missouri City must produce all communications and e-mail sent to or from city officials and employees relating to the attempted takeover of Quail Valley Country Club by eminent domain. Bielstein issued that order from the bench in a July hearing in the city’s contentious condemnation suit against the country club’s owners.
Bielstein also canceled a hearing on the city’s motion for partial summary judgment in the case (to be rescheduled later), and pushed the trial date back from Sept. 8 to Nov. 17.
Have any of you walked the old Executive lately? It is a mess! I am surprised more people aren’t screaming their heads off at the conditions.
Maybe the could pass the tax collection plate again for the council members who live on that course. I wonder when the city is going to actually get clear title and should they be sinking millions into this without it?
Which part of the golf course does the mayor live off?
Sounds like you got the inside on this bunch dos. They’ve been riding the QVGC gravy train on the taxpayers for quite some time. I expect your right too about another bond package soon. Nothing like public deception and sheeple leading hiding behind labels.
I think one of the main reasons why MoCity won’t fund park improvements now that would benefit the Executive Course area is that they are saving their money to make the final payment on the Golf Course, to be determined by a Judge. Of course by spending most of the $17.5 million Bond Issue on the Golf Course, the City Council then figures a new Bond Issue for Park Improvements will be justified. Park Bond Issues are usually passed.
Joe, ever notice how some elected officials make a career out of defending corporate vendors by constantly misleading the public they are sworn to serve. Too bad the CFRs tell all (well, not all).
santhony you’ve made a career of getting it wrong as usual.
Freeloading? Interesting projection… I will be at the next City Council meeting for sure. As a taxpayer, I have a strong idea of who is and is not a freeloading vendor feeder.
Mr Marshall, a seated council member should never talk about his constituents like that and you really should stop defending all the vendors too. It costs a great deal of taxpayers dollars to keep these hungry boys feed who contribute so much to their elected officials.
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Dos cents MC has more than enough parks for you and your freeloading friends to use that our tax dollars pay for.
Let me see if I have this correct, the MoCity Government which has spent $9 million over the past year improving the Eldorado and La Quinta courses of QVGC to “tournament level” standards can’t afford a few hundred thousand more to make park improvements so that everyone in Missouri City can enjoy the area? Do residents really expect cash strapped MoCity to afford regular maintenance to the Executive Course park area when it can’t even afford regular sidewalk maintenance for First Colony which the residents there have been requesting for years? One more incredible inconsistency: That MoCity officials think they have “bought” QVGC (four courses) for $3.1 million when they just spent over $5 million to renovate one course?