The city is still in the process of negotiating with two finalists who responded to the invitation to negotiate: Paradigm Golf Management, based in San Clemente, California, and Antares Golf LLC, based in Reston, Virginia. Commissioners who supported the invitation to negotiate suggested a private management company could reduce the city's expenditures on the course or even contribute to the cost of the renovations, previously estimated at $12 million. Although commissioners Jen Ahearn-Koch and Liz Alpert argued the city should continue to operate the course itself, a majority of the commission said it wanted to keep its options open. In March, the commission voted 3-2 to put out an invitation to negotiate targeted at private operators for the course. The board will review a committee-endorsed proposal from a private company interested in taking over management of the property from the city, though the commission has not yet committed to finalizing such a partnership. 29 to discuss the options still under consideration pertaining to the renovation project. On Monday, the commission voted unanimously to hold a special meeting Nov. The city could be in a position to finalize plans for the future of Bobby Jones Golf Club next month, nearly three years after the City Commission first selected a design for renovating the municipal facility. CITY SETS SPECIAL MEETING ON BOBBY JONES THURSDAY, OCTOSARASOTA OBSERVER SARASOTA AHEAD OF PLANNED RENOVATIONS, THE CITY HAS NARROWED ITS SEARCH FOR S CONTRACTOR OR PRIVATE PARTNER TO TWO VENDORS, THOUGH NEGOTIATIONS ARE STILL ONGOING.
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