Floods & Golf (First Constructive)

Floods & Golf


The First Constructive

St George City Golf Courses that receive damage by floodwater, every time there is a flood in St. George, the course should be required to move the hole to a location that will not be flooded in future floods. Instead of the city of St George footing the bill to cover the cost to repair the damage, hence the residence are paying for the repairs to golf courses that will continue to be flooded and damaged. The definition of insanity is continuing to do the same thing and expecting the same result need I say more.

In 2005, 2010, and 2014 golf courses owned by the city of St George retained damaged caused by storm floods. Each time one of the holes was damaged by floods on city courses the city repaired the holes at the expense of the taxpayers.

I propose that if a city owned golf course is flooded, and there is a possibility that the hole if kept in the same place can be damaged by another flood, the affected holes should be moved to a new location instead of wasting taxpayer money and repair the hole in the same position as where it was flooded. By moving the hole it will only cost the taxpayer this movement of the hole instead of continuing to repair a hole that will continue to be flooded.

The issue is that with each hole that has been damaged by the floods the City of St. George is wasting taxpayer dollars by repairing the holes. To give fair credit to the city, there are making improvements to the holes and the river to help mitigate the damage when a flood occurs, but with major floods in 2005, 2010, and 2014 the holes again damaged. It would be better if the city moved the holes or shortened them after being damaged by a flood, so that they do not encroach upon areas that may be affected by floods.

After the flood of 2005 the city of St George spent million in repairing holes damaged at Sunbrook and Southgate golf courses, both city owned. After the flood of 2010 the city of St George spent millions in repairing holes damaged again at Sunbrook and Southgate golf courses. The repair costs to the most recent flood of 2014 that has affected holes on city owned golf courses has yet to be determined but I am sure it will be a cost that we should not have to pay again.

AlbertEinstein is not to say, “Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.” Lets use some common sense when it comes to the use of public taxes. We should not have to fix the same thing over and over again. In my opinion the course should not be repaired at all if it cannot repair it from profits made by the function of the golf course itself.