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introduced his coaching staff and each member of the volleyball team gave their <br /> school classification and home town. <br /> B) PUBLIC HEARING ON COUNTRY CLUB PROPERTY <br /> Mayor Elumbaugh opened the Public Hearing regarding the Country Club <br /> property at 5:45 PM. The Mayor opened with clarifying the article in the <br /> Batesville Guard. The property has been appraised for 2.2 million and he made <br /> a tentative offer of$350,000 which was declined. The property consists of 72 <br /> acres, a club house, 9 hole golf course, swimming pool and tennis courts. The <br /> golf course is overgrown with weeds and hasn't been used in two years. The <br /> Mayor said the club house and pool are old and outdated and probably a liability. <br /> He said the tennis courts could probably be used as could the golf course. The <br /> Mayor said he has been approached by several of the stock holders who said <br /> they would like for the City to own the property. Questions from the audience <br /> included how would the City pay for the property and what would it be used for. <br /> The Mayor responded that until an offer and acceptance was complete, he would <br /> not know exactly how the property would be paid for. The City has authority to <br /> finance for a 5 year period but a lease to purchase is also an option. He also <br /> said several things have been suggested for the use of the property but nothing <br /> has been decided. Several people spoke in favor of the City purchasing the <br /> property. Mr. Jerry Kemp said "you are sitting on a gem. I don't know how you <br /> can afford not to buy the property". Councilmember Bryant said during 2007 the <br /> City held several Charettes to help develop a "Comprehensive Plan" for the City. <br /> He said one of the issues discussed was building a road from Myer's Street <br />