d acres that's how much land the city of mishawaka is buying to access more drinking water now that land is actually Judea jus de Creek Golf Course wsbt 22s that Crenshaw is there live right now in Zach the city is buying almost all of the golf course property all but three holes in the clubhouse Jennifer the city says they do not want to own another golf course but as you can see behind me there are a lot of people that still want to play jus de Creek so they found a way to make sure everyone wins the warmest day in more than four months meant a packed parking lot and tee box a two-day creek golf course this week though the course announced its selling much of its land to the city we are going to sell the land that most of the golf course it's on to them so that they can operate a well-filled Michelle wedding and her family will continue to operate the course and just leased the land from the city well it's nice because the golf course can remain an entity and it serves a dual purpose city planner Ken Prince says mishawaka decision is a long-term move right now our water demand arm is fine we can pump what we need to meet but as we grow that's going to continue to basically decrease there is a significant amount of water that the city needs and it's a perfect win-win because the water is here it's been tested and it's a perfect situation to draw water you know from underneath the golf course what happens under the fairways may change but not much of the course will except for holes 14 15 and 16 which are prime real estate along for a road so we will be developing that into commercial property and going to relocate those holes next to our existing driving range and whole number ten jus de creeks a golf course but it's also a residential neighborhood officials say this deal with the city won't impact those homeowners though the city has no interest in annexing the neighborhood but most golfers are just happy they can come on bunny as long as the cough course remains I do hate to lose the three holes in the corner at sometimes especially since I just made a hole-in-one on number 15 there that they're gonna get rid of maybe I'll be the last hole in one on at home well well bad news for that guy there are almost two more years of potential holding ones before the course transforms as for the city's 45 million dollar water treatment facility they said they won't start construction on that until 2020 now the course wants to reiterate that at no point in this construction and kind of transition process well the course not have 18 holes for golfers in the area to play I'm speaking of 18 holes with this nice weather and before the rain Matt was talking about i might play a home myself dust off the old driver yeah well i didn't have to yell for so that's good gives me something to work on for the rest of the season but reporting live at jeu de Creek Golf Course at Crenshaw wspt 22news got a nice assignment for a nice day