At last night’s City Council Meeting, City Manager Jim Landon revealed that Centex Destination Properties had informed the city just before the meeting that it planned to donate the Palm Harbor Golf Course to the City of Palm Coast to be used an a public golf course.
The announcement came during an agenda item to approve an $18,500 contract with National Golf Foundation  for a feasibility study. The study is to determine the cost of rehabilitation of Palm Harbor as well as an estimate of the on-going operating costs and revenue potential. 
Nothing had been signed and negotiations continue, but Centex was eager to get this issue behind them. Centex legal counsel is already drafting an agreement, and Centex was asking the city to extend the time period of the Palm Harbor Resort/Condominium PUD.   This extension will make it  more likely that Centex will be successful in selling the remainder of the development to other developers. The uncompleted portions include two more condominiums and a resort/hotel, all located at the site of the old resort, and a condominium development along portions of the golf course.
This news is a big lift to the spirits of homeowners that have golf-course frontage on the Palm Harbor Golf Course, and having a public golf course is just what Palm Coast needs.