Blogs

The 2012 IF annual meeting will be held at the White Oak Conference Center (the former IF Country Club) at 7603 Antoine on Thursday, January 26th. Sign in will begin at 6:30 pm and the meeting will begin at 7:30 pm.

Four director’s seats will be up for election at this meeting.
Late last week, a notice of this meeting as well as a pre printed ballot was sent to all IF property owners.
(Click on links in the above paragraph to access the notice & ballot)

Due to a recent change in the Texas property code, IFCIA members can now vote by absentee ballot or they can give their proxy vote to the IFCIA secretary or another IF property owner. Please note that if you vote by absentee ballot for directors whose names are preprinted on the ballot and a write in candidate is nominated from the floor at the annual meeting, your absentee ballot will not be counted.

If you want to ensure that your vote is counted, it would be best for you to assign your vote to a proxy holder that will attend the annual meeting and let them know your voting preference. See Option 3 of the Assignment of Proxy/Absentee Ballot per the above link.

Please make plans to attend the annual meeting and see the work that has been and is being done to get the conference center up and running.

This morning, Houston city council approved a contract with the Near Northwest Management District (NNWMD) for the management district to lease and operate the former IF clubhouse buildings and maintain the former golf course property. The contract becomes effective when both the mayor and the city controller sign the contract.

On 4/14/11 at 11am, the City of Houston held a press conference at the IF Club House.
If were unable to attend, you can view it by clicking the link below.

View press conference

Please make plans to attend a press conference/signing ceremony in front of the Inwood Forest clubhouse on Thursday morning, April 14th at 11am.
Mayor Annise Parker, Mr. Andy Icken, the mayor’s economic development officer and Mr. Mike Talbott,, director of the Harris County Flood Control District will be in attendance. Wayne Norden and Dorothy Miller of the Near Northwest Management District will also speak.
The city and the Harris County Flood Control District will be signing an interlocal agreement which will allow them to start working together on a plan for flood detention on the property.
If you have a collapsible chair, you may want to bring it to ensure that you have a seat.
Please come out and show your support for the city’s acquisition of this property and learn about the next steps to be taken.

The City of Houston began the process of buying the Inwood Forest golf course property on Thursday, March 24th when they transferred the funds to purchase the property to an escrow account. That began a series of steps that will lead to the closing on the sale of the property.

One of the steps is the execution of a settlement agreement between Inwood Forest Partners (IFP), the current owners of the golf course property, and IFCIA. In general terms, the settlement agreement calls for IFP to file a motion with the appeals court asking them to dismiss IFP’s motion for appeal and remand (send back) IFCIA/IFP’s case to the trial court, Judge Randy Wilson. Judge Wilson will then be asked to sign off an agreement between IFP and IFCIA that will vacate (take back) the jury’s December 2009 verdict which placed a “golf course only” restriction on the property. That restriction will then be immediately replaced with a Declaration of Restrictive Covenants that states:

The Restricted Property (golf course property) may only be used for non-profit recreational purposes, including, without limitation, a golf course or other sports facilities, community center, bicycle trails, pedestrian trails, parks and natural open space, as well as for drainage of adjacent property and storm detention, and for no other purpose.”

IFP and IFCIA have signed this settlement agreement and IFP has filed a motion for dismissal with the appeals court. Our attorney’s have told us that everything appears to be on track for IFP and the city to proceed to closing.

As part of the terms of the sale, the city has required IFP to clean up the debris piles on the golf course and to take down and remove approximately 250 – 300 dead trees. The removal of the debris piles began on Wednesday and crews began to remove dead trees on Thursday.