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"So it comes back to what's the real life of the irrigation system," Moore said. "If it's 4o years, then <br />yeah we'll start to look at it again. I don't know what the answer is. It's a tough position to be in, to <br />have what we're calling an enterprise fund when it really isn't." <br />Coombs said he thought with the advances made in materials science, that new irrigation systems <br />could possibly last beyond the 20 to 25 years staff estimates. <br />Moore echoed the other councilmembers, saying that if Longmont was going to have the golf <br />courses, it needed to maintain its assets. <br />"Play is going down as a national trend. It's leveled off but it doesn't mean we won't have further <br />decline and in 20 years we're going to have to make a decision as to what to do," Moore said. <br />"If there's not enough play on the golf courses we'll have to do something different ... but if we're <br />going to have the golf courses, we have to keep 'em in good shape." <br />Karen Antonacci: 303-684-5226, antonaccik@times-call.com or twitter.com/ktonacci <br />Golf course equipment is stored in an open -sided pole barn at the Ute Creek Golf Course maintenance facility in Longmont on <br />Friday. (Matthew Jonas / Staff Photographer) <br />11 <br />