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Although the town has owned the club for several months cheap miami vacation packages its fate has been indirectly tied to the Belleview Biltmore hotel. Miami Architect Richard Heisenbottle has been trying to raise the money needed to buy the hotel and save it from the wrecking ball. He indicated to the town that he would need to be able to purchase the golf course to make the hotel deal practical. Because of that, the town has been slow in trying to sell the property or enter into a long-term lease with an operator.
All that changed Nov. 5 when Maxwell, Mayor Gary Katica and some commissioners received phone calls from Attorney Ed Armstrong, who represents the Ades brothers, owners of the hotel. Katica relayed what Armstrong told him.
�On one hand, the potential owner says he is close to getting the money. On the other hand the current hotel owners say they have no indication that he will have the money. So now we will begin to move forward,� he said.
Commissioners Stephen Fowler and Michael Wilkinson were concerned that if the golf course is sold, it could stop the Heisenbottle effort, but both seemed satisfied when Maxwell said it would take at least 30 days before anything would happen.
cheap miami vacation packages Questions cheap miami vacation packages then arose over why the town hasn�t taken action to remove development rights from the golf course property. The reason cheap miami vacation packages the town bought the golf course was to stop any future development on the land. Maxwell said there was no need to move quickly on the matter.
�There are costs, thousands cheap miami vacation packages of dollars, associated with legally removing development rights from that property,� he said. �As long as the town owns the property, there will be no development, so there is no need to spend the money right now. Once we enter into negotiations cheap miami vacation packages with a prospective buyer, we will tell them that the development rights will be removed and then we can go ahead and do it.�
In an effort to more quickly and efficiently deal with the problem of distressed and rundown properties in the town, commissioners cheap miami vacation packages agreed cheap miami vacation packages to a resolution that would give the town manager the right to spend up to $300,000 to buy abandoned or unkempt properties.
One property in question is at 1627 Golf View Drive, which apparently has all but been demolished inside. Maxwell admitted that if the town bought the property, the house would have to be demolished. cheap miami vacation packages He said once that happened, the land would be put on the market.
In a related matter, commissioners agreed to consider giving lien relief to the buyer of one of those distressed properties at 7 Fountain Square. The property had run up $30,000 in fines as a result of disrepair and neglect. The owner died, and the estate ran out of money.
The new owners, Blake Doganiero and Ryan Hardiman, appealed to the commission to lower the fines, saying they intended to rehab the property and sell it. They said they intended to do that over and over again with distressed properties in the town.
Commissioners also agreed to consider spending nearly $31,000 on a new phone system for the town hall and other municipal buildings. Assistant Town Manager J.P. Murphy cheap miami vacation packages said the present system is out of date.
Public Works Director cheap miami vacation packages Perry Lopez asked for approval to spend nearly $27,000 for a study and software relating to the state of the roads in the community. He said the study would allow him to determine which roads need to be upgraded or re-paved. Commissioners said they would look at it at their next meeting.
�I have been honored to serve on the Florida League of Cities Board of Directors for the past five years and the executive committee for the past two,� said Shelly. �We have continued to educate everyone about the importance of supporting home rule and reducing the number of unfunded mandates from the state.�