- April 26, 2024
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The Flagler County Board of County Commissioners approved the allocation of $150,00 of capital improvement funds for renovations to the Indian Trails Sports Complex, in Palm Coast.
In an effort to promote sports tourism, the Flagler County Board of County Commissioners unanimously approved the Tourist Development Council’s recommendation to allocate $150,000 of capital investment funds toward field renovations at the Indian Trails Sport Complex, on Belle Terre Parkway.
The plan, originally proposed by the city of Palm Coast, includes facility refurbishment, as well as construction of athletic fields for lacrosse, soccer and flag football tournaments. Instead of four fields, the complex will now have seven or eight, depending on layout, and will be capable of hosting statewide competitions.
The county’s approval comes with the stipulation that if a certain number of tournaments are not held on the fields, Palm Coast will repay a portion of its investment.
A joint-use agreement between Flagler County Public Schools, which owns the complex, and the city of Palm Coast, which will manage and maintain the fields, the plan includes grading, irrigation and sod. Funding for scoreboards and bleachers will be sought through sponsorships.
The fields are planned as play-ready by October.
A new skipper in town
A request to award Captain’s Bait, Tackle and BBQ a contract at Bings Landing was approved by a vote of 4-1, by the County Commission.
Alan Peterson, County Commission chairman, opposed the motion, saying, “This has not been responsive to how the request for proposal is written. It should be a bait-and-tackle shop and miscellaneous items.”
Peterson opposed the sale of food, as well as the sale of alcohol, which was permitted in the previous Bings bait-and-tackle contract. Alcohol is allowed at Bull Creek Campground and at High Jackers Restaurant.
“This is a park,” Peterson said, “not an airport.”
Commissioner Barbara Revels also aired concerns over noise and traffic, as well as unforeseen future expenses dumped onto the shoulders of the county. She would be more comfortable, she said, negotiating lease terms first then choosing a party, rather than the other way around.
Commissioner Milissa Holland said the integrity of the park should be upheld.
“This is something we hold in really high regard in Flagler County,” she said.
The new bait and tackle shop will create eight new jobs.
