If I read the article correctly, we homeowners actually own and pay the upkeep on the executive golf courses. “The proposal to charge trail fees of Villagers who pay for a priority membership seems like a plan that a liberal politician would come up with. Our residents need to use their golf carts.”Īt its February meeting, the AAC voted to table the agreement until its March meeting, with Deakin saying the agreement is too important to be rushed through without proper input from residents, reported.Ī few days after the reported on the proposal, it published a Letter to the Editor from a resident who said: “The trail fees are an important issue because of lot of our people are aging and have difficulty walking the courses. “We are making a decision that will affect the residents in a direct way,” Deakin said. “This agreement is very complicated,” said AAC member Ann Forrester.ĪAC Chairman Don Deakin said the agreement requires careful decision-making, reported. The new 10-year agreement, which was proposed to take effect on March 1 st, has been in negotiations for several months after numerous questions from the AAC, reported. Under the proposed agreement, a resident’s purchase of a priority membership from the developer would have no impact on playing executive courses, reported.Ĭurrently, if residents choose to walk an executive course rather than use a golf cart, they do not have to pay a trail fee, reported, which are aimed at protecting the golf courses from use by golf carts.ĭistrict staff is “conservatively” estimating that the AAC may see an increase in revenue, estimated at $38,000, from residents who would have to pay for trail fees currently covered by the priority membership, reported. The executive courses are supported by amenity fees and owned by the residents, reported. The 13 championship courses in The Villages are owned by the developer (the family of founder Harold Schwartz and his son, Gary Morse). The community’s Amenity Authority Committee (AAC) has reviewed a revised tee time and trail pass services agreement between the community’s developer and The Villages government, reported. Priority golf memberships in The Villages- the huge age-restricted community in central Florida that has over 120,000 residents and 50 golf courses and sees over 2 million rounds played each year-would no longer cover “trail fees” at executive golf courses under a new proposal, reported. One resident said the proposed change “seems like a plan that a liberal politician would come up with,” because it would amount to “steadily killing the goose that laid the golden eggs.” While the community’s 13 championship courses are owned by the developer, the executive courses are supported by amenity fees and owned by the residents. Under a proposed new 10-year agreement that has been tabled for further consideration and input, residents in the huge age-restricted community in central Florida who purchase priority golf memberships would have to pay a “trail fee” even if they walk while playing one of The Villages’ many executive courses.
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