During their next meeting on December 10, the Tallahassee City Commission is poised to vote on the sale of the 179-acre city-owned property that is currently leased to the Capital City Country Club through August 2055.
After an inquiry by the club about purchasing the property, followed by a staff analysis, city staff is seeking city commission approval to sell the property to the Capital City Country Club in the amount of $1,255,000.
Staff has prepared a Purchase and Sale Agreement, and additional transaction documents that would add multiple layers of provisions and terms ensuring permanent use as a golf course and public access to the commemorative area and cemetery.
The agenda item notes that approximately 20 responses have been received as a result of notifications mailed to 608 adjacent and surrounding property owners and residents within 1,000 feet of the golf course. Some respondents are in favor of the sale under conditions such as the property remaining a golf course or a partnership established with FAMU’s golf team for use of the course. A majority of the responses supported maintaining City ownership or a sale of the property with various restrictions on the future use of the property.
For example, the Myers Park Neighborhood Association provided a position statement on the sale of the golf course including an example easement, expressing a preference that the City continue to lease the property to the Country Club, or provisional support for the sale of the golf course under detailed conditions restricting the use of the property as a golf course and commemorate burial sites, and preserving the property’s natural and historic resources and scenic open space in perpetuity.
In addition, Florida A&M University Board of Trustees has submitted a letter of support to the City of Tallahassee offering support for the sale of the golf course. The Country Club and FAMU have signed an agreement formalizing the commitment to “hosting collegiate golf competitions for FAMU upon completion of course improvements; FAMU Golf Team access for practice; hosting events and fundraisers benefiting the FAMU student body; and events and programs for the betterment of the City of Tallahassee and the community.”
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You are looking at selling the property to the Capital City Country Club in the amount of $1,255,000. Ask the Country Club what they will sell you the Club House, Pool and Tennis Courts for. I would almost bet it will be more. I would buy them out, then lease it back to them for $2,000 a Month and THEY have to maintain the Property including the Building and Pool and other Structures on the Property. If it needs a new Roof or A/C or Repaving, they must do it. Study the Leases that Wal-Mart had back in the 80’s.
I would not sell it.
If the land was going to be developed the price would be much higher. The price isn’t my biggest concern. The clubhouse, pool and tennis court isn’t owned by the city, just the golf course itself. My concern is that public land will now be private land and they can make it a private golf couse. Right now it’s semi private and open for the public to play during the week.
The financial management can be looked into but most of the repairs come as a result of a direct hit of the tornado that ripped through a year or so ago. The price is a fraction of a percentage of the city budget. I don’t see any benefit to the community to sell the land. It will definitely benefit the members of the country club.
Where do we put our bids in? I’ll buy 178 acres for a cool $1.25 million.
Approx 1 mile away
430 FAMU Way sold for 6 million
USD in 2019
Size 4.81 acres for
$6,000,000 2019
The city wants you to sell 178 acres for $1.255 million USD
Since the property needs so much repair done, I would like to know WHY haven’t they been keeping up with the Repairs over the Years? was it not earning enough Money? Are the Board Members being paid too much? Are they mismanaging the Money? Before it is sold, maybe you should bring in the Florida DOGE to do a full Audit to see if it is even worth keeping as a Golf Club. Maybe it is better off as another Charlie Ward style Sports Park.