New city council to delay Beaver Meadow discussions

The clubhouse at Beaver Meadow Golf Course in Concord.

The clubhouse at Beaver Meadow Golf Course in Concord. GEOFF FORESTER

By MICHAELA TOWFIGHI

Monitor staff

Published: 01-05-2024 2:47 PM

At their first full meeting Monday, Concord city councilors are expected to hold off discussing the future of clubhouse renovations at the Beaver Meadow golf course. 

Plans for building a new clubhouse have been sent back to the Ad-Hoc Beaver Meadow Golf Course Building Committee, said Mayor Byron Champlin, and will come before the council at a later date. 

At the last meeting of the year in December, a marathon public hearing brought forth a crowd of residents who asked the council to postpone a vote on the $10.3 million renovation, citing a need for more transparency and public input. 

The plan called for a complete tear-down of the existing 5,000-square-foot building and the construction of a new, 15,000-square-foot, single-story clubhouse. It would have been the largest expenditure from the council outside of the budget. 

However, at the start of December’s public hearing, former Mayor Jim Bouley confirmed that the council would listen to testimony that evening, but delay a vote until new leadership was sworn in in January. 

The item shows up under “unfinished business” on Monday’s City Council meeting agenda.

In an email to Ward 1 residents, Councilor Brent Todd said the Beaver Meadow clubhouse will not be discussed.

“This will be taken up when more information has been gathered and presented to the public,” he wrote. 

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Once the plans are reviewed by the committee, it will come back in front of the full city council at a later date, said Champlin.