A proposal to make the city's six publicly owned golf courses financially self-sustaining died Tuesday after several council members expressed strong reservations about the change.
The 7-6 vote came a week after the head of the city's parks division proposed the move to help better understand all revenue and expenses at the courses. Owners of the area's private golf courses also had complained that because taxpayers subsidize the city's courses, it is difficult for the private courses to compete.
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