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GolfCommission,2005-07-20,1,"ALAMEDA GOLF COMMISSION
MINUTES OF MEETING
Wednesday, July 20, 2005
1.
CALL TO ORDER
Vice Chair Tony Santare called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. in Room
#360, Alameda City Hall, 2263 Santa Clara Avenue.
1-A.
Roll Call
Roll call was taken and members present were: Vice Chair Tony Santare,
Secretary Betsy Gammell, Commissioner Ray Gaul, Commissioner Bill
Schmitz and Commissioner Bob Wood. Absent: Chair Sandré Swanson
and Commissioner Jane Sullwold. Also present were General Manager
Dana Banke and Head Golf Professional Matt Plumlee.
1-B
Approval of Minutes - Regular Meeting of June 15, 2005
The Commission approved the minutes unanimously.
1-C
Adoption of Agenda
The Commission approved the agenda unanimously.
2.
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
3.
AGENDA ITEMS:
4.
ORAL REPORTS
4-A
Golf Shop and Driving Range activities report by Head Golf Professional
Matt Plumlee.
The Head Golf Professional reported that the annual Chuck Corica Golf
Complex ""Demo Day"" was held on July 16, 2004. Approximately
$23,000 in sales were reported not counting items sold out of stock.
Eleven vendors participated in the event and it was huge success. The
vendors need to be booked about six months ahead of time. It was
mentioned that the straps on the pull carts need replacing. A compliment
was given to Golf Course starter Tommy Nickerson for exemplary
customer service.
4-B
General Manager Dana Banke's report highlighting maintenance and
operational activities for the month at the Golf Complex.
The General Manager reported that the Jack Clark Course was aerated last",GolfCommission/2005-07-20.pdf
GolfCommission,2005-07-20,2,"week and is healing well. The staff gave out two-for-one coupon, to
tournament groups inconvenienced by the work being done, which seemed
to make the situation better. The area of the new practice putting green
has been outlined and a survey of the underground utilities will be done
this week to eliminate any line breakage during the irrigation trenching.
The tree has been removed on #1 of the Mif Albright Course for the new
hole and the new green on the new #3 hole was mowed out. The practice
area will be opened as soon as possible and Alameda Power and Telecom
has been called to come out and redirect the lights. The Jack Clark Course
irrigation pump's motor broke and has been repaired. The course suffered
minor damage during the replacement period. A problem also occurred
with the Earl Fry Course pump and the repairs are being done. The new
City Manager, Debra Kurita is scheduled to begin on August 1 and is
scheduling meetings with the various departments over the next few
months. The General Manager, Chair Swanson, and Commissioner
Schmitz have scheduled a meeting with the Mayor, New City Manager,
and Assistant City Manager on August 16, 2005 to discuss the new
clubhouse project. The General Manager complimented the Junior Golf
Club on their organization running the tournaments. The club
has
partnered with Junior Golf Resources to have the Junior Pro Shop open on
tournament play days to distribute the golf equipment. The City Manager
received a letter from Legends and Heroes requesting a meeting to discuss
their contract. The comment was made that Legends and Heroes does not
open the snack shack on #9 of the Earl Fry Course until 9:30 am or 10:00
am and it should be opened earlier. The question was raised whether the
dead trees on #13 of the Earl Fry Course have been removed yet. The
General Manager stated that they have not been removed yet. The
suggestion was made to replace the garbage cans at the snack shack. The
General Manager stated that they have been replaced and the restrooms
were power washed. The General Manager also mentioned that he would
be on vacation starting tomorrow and returning on Monday, August 1.
4-D
Beautification Program by Mrs. Norma Arnerich.
No report given.
5.
COMMISSIONERSI REPORTS
5-A
Marketing and Promotions, Secretary Gammell.
Secretary Gammell gave an overview of the current marketing and
promotions. The promotions include the Silver Club Senior Package,
Early Bird Package, Friday Monthly Ticket rate, Kids Play Free with a
paid Adult, $25 Late Twilight rate, Two for One Green Fees for Affiliate
Clubs and Discounted Range Balls (morning & evening). Advertising
includes the new web site www.golfinalameda.com, an ad at SBC Park for",GolfCommission/2005-07-20.pdf
GolfCommission,2005-07-20,3,"the Giants games, Japan Telephone Guide Web Site, Golf 707 Internet
Specials and the Senior Golf Club upstart. The question was raised
whether a newspaper ad would be a good idea. The General Manager
stated that the newspaper ads are very expensive. The question was raised
regarding updating the web site. The General Manager replied that the
site designer, Infolane, is currently managing the web site. The staff needs
to get training from the company to manage the site in-house. The
suggestion was made to continue to update the website and use it for
advertising because it will save money and people will use it look for
specials and information.
5-B
Golf Complex Financial Report, Commissioner Gaul
Commissioner Gaul prepared a report outlining the complimentary pass
play at the Complex for fiscal year 2004/2005. Commissioner Gaul
questioned why the PGA/LPGA rounds averaged approximately 249 per
month. The Head Golf Professional stated that the starters use that sku
code for all of the promotions. The Head Golf Professional will set up
new sku numbers for the promotions to better track the pass play. The
Head Golf Professional will also do a report on how many rounds were
booked through Golf 707 for the last fiscal year.
5-C
Men's and Senior Club Liaison, Vice Chair Santare.
Vice Chair Santare reported that he was unable to attend the Senior Golf
Club meeting this month but will be sure to attend both the Alameda Golf
Club and the Senior Club meetings next month and report on both.
5-D
New Clubhouse Project, Commissioner Schmitz.
Commissioner Schmitz reported that the clubhouse project is moving
forward. Commissioner Schmitz will be representing the Golf
Commission at the meeting with the Mayor, City Manager and Assistant
City Manager on August 16, 2005. The hope is to have the financial report
by John Ritchie completed for the meeting as well as a preliminary soil
report for the Chuck Corica Golf Complex site. It was stated that there are
areas on the golf courses where the soil is very poor. Commissioner
Wood stated that the soil is generally bored and tested when the footprint
of building is laid out and the weight bearing areas are designated.
5-E
Maintenance, Buildings, Security, Albright Course and Driving Range,
Commissioner Sullwold.
Secretary Gammell gave Commissioner Sullwold's report in her absence.
She reported that there are no security issues to report although there was
an incident at the Driving Range when a customer's ball struck the canopy",GolfCommission/2005-07-20.pdf
GolfCommission,2005-07-20,4,"and it hit another customer. The injured party requested 911 be called and
was taken to the hospital.
5-F
City Council and Government Liaison, Chair Swanson.
No report due to absence.
5-G
Front Entrance Beautification Project, Commissioner Wood.
Commissioner Wood reported that he and the General Manager toured the
fire tower recently and it seemed reasonably clean. The Fire Department
still has items stored in the building. The doublewide trailer adjacent to
the building appears to be easily removed and possibly sold for salvage.
There are no interior walls inside the structure so you can see the studs and
construction of the walls. Commissioner Wood also made a presentation
to the Alameda Golf Club outlining his plans for the structure. It has been
determined that the building will not be habitable and only stand as a
monument. Commissioner Wood met with Greg McFann of the City of
Alameda's Planning Department and Mr. McFann is going to research
what needs to be done to repair the structure.
5-H
Golf Complex Restaurant Report, Legends & Heroes.
None to report.
6.
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS, NON AGENDA (Public Comment)
None to report.
7.
OLD BUSINESS
None to report.
8.
WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS
Included in the Commission packet was a memorandum to the Finance
Department showing the surcharge payment for June 2005 of $16,638.
The year-to-date total is $156,825 for the fiscal year 2004/2005 to the
General Fund.
9.
ANNOUNCEMENTS/ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 8:55 p.m.
The agenda for the meeting was posted 72 hours in advance in accordance with the
Brown Act.",GolfCommission/2005-07-20.pdf
TransportationCommission,2005-07-20,1,"TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION MINUTES
July 20, 2005
Chair Knox White called the Transportation Commission to order at 7:30 P.M.
1.
ROLL CALL - Roll was called and the following recorded:
Members Present:
John Knox White
Robb Ratto
Patianne Parker
Robert McFarland
Michael Krueger
Absent:
Jeff Knoth
Eric Schatmeier
Staff Present:
Barbara Hawkins - City Engineer, Public Works
Barry Bergman - Program Specialist II, Public Works
2.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Commissioner Krueger had an exception to the minutes of April 27th. page 3. He requested the
removal of the phrase ""a grid should not be introduced where it does not currently exist."" Did
not say that it should never be used in an undeveloped area. He stated that while this may apply
to an existing development, a grid system may be appropriate in a currently undeveloped area.
Chair Knox White noted that he was identified as JKW on page 2.
Hold off on the approval of the minutes until Commissioner Schatmeier arrives.
3.
AGENDA CHANGES - None
4.
COMMISSION COMMUNICATIONS
None of thesub-committees oftheTMPhave met. A meeting has been scheduled for July 27th
5.
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
6.
OLD BUSINESS
6A.
Broadway/Jackson Phase 2 Feasibility Study
Staff Hawkins did a presentation on the above. She showed a large drawing of the study and
described the various components of each of the three alternatives being studied, and noted that
she had presented an earlier version to the Transportation Commission. The first part of the study
was a survey that was conducted with council members of Alameda and Oakland to determine",TransportationCommission/2005-07-20.pdf
TransportationCommission,2005-07-20,2,"their familiarity with the original project study report and proposed improvements. The City of
Alameda had some familiarity with the improvements but was not fully aware of all of them.
They knew about the Martin Luther King exit and knew basically direct access to Alameda was
not provided.
Because Oakland and Alameda could not find a solution for direct to Alameda, a portion of the
funding was set aside and it was decided that at a later time a feasibility study would be
conducted to look at Alameda access. This is the study currently under way. The primary
stakeholders are: the City of Alameda, City of Oakland, Caltrans and ACTIA. The secondary
stakeholders were: Port of Oakland, Congestion Management Agency (CMA), Chinatown, West
Alameda Business Association (WABA), and developers from Alameda (Catellus and Alameda
Point Community Partners) and Oakland (Signature Properties and another developer).
Staff Hawkins stated that Alameda supports going forward with a proposal so that the
stakeholders would support it. Having the stakeholders support the recommended solution
would be an important step in securing funding. The feasibility study is only looking at the
feasibility as to which ones they can build, which ones are structural impossible and which ones
impact too much on historic sites, etc.
Staff Hawkins noted that currently Oakland does not support the construction of a new Harrison
Street off-ramp. One possible solution that may enable the Broadway off-ramp to meet the needs
of both Alameda and Oakland is a ""Texas U-Turn"", which would allow drivers to exist at the
Broadway ramp, make a U-turn before reaching Broadway, and accessing the Webster Tube.
Staff Hawkins noted that it will be expensive to build all these improvements. The
Transportation Commission could help by providing recommendations regarding priorities or
steps that could be taken to facilitate coordination with other agencies.
Commissioner Parker asked what the life of an elevated freeway would be. She asked how any
other proposed projects could relate to potential phasing of the Broadway-Jackson
improvements.
Staff Hawkins said that Caltrans is currently working on a seismic retrofit down by Oak Street.
Otherwise, Caltrans does not see any additional safety project needs within the next 50 years.
Chair Knox White asked what options have been already eliminated from consideration.
Staff Hawkins said that she couldn't detail all 13 alternatives, but a number of them included
superstructures.
Commissioner Parker asked about project timing. Would it be phased? How would the timing
match up with development in the area?
Staff Hawkins said in terms of funding we have approximately $12 million is allocated to the
project. But in the countywide transportation plan we could get up to $28 million, much of
2",TransportationCommission/2005-07-20.pdf
TransportationCommission,2005-07-20,3,"which would come from the State Transportation Improvement Plan (STIP). This has been
identified as a priority at the county level; the next step is to compete for funds at the state level.
Alameda stakeholders have indicated that two of their high priorities are the horseshoe access
ramp onto northbound I-880 and direct access onto southbound I-880.
Commissioner McFarland asked if there is a weave problem at the proposed off-ramp on
northbound I-880 and the existing on-ramp getting onto I-980.
Staff Hawkins answered that the weave distance was evaluated and is not a problem.
Staff Hawkins stated that we will need to weigh congestion relief benefits against the estimated
costs, and this will impact on project phasing.
Commissioner McFarland asked what environmental document is required.
Staff Hawkins answered that the next step would be the environmental analysis and the project
study report, if we go forward with all the project elements. Hopefully this could be done in two
years.
Commissioner Parker asked about the direct route from I-880 down toward the Broadway on-
ramp, how that relates to the existing Jackson Street ramp, and whether it is possible to use the
existing ramp to access the tubes.
Staff Hawkins stated that using the Jackson Street exit would require drivers to travel through the
produce district to get to the tube. They tried to have direct access from the Jackson Street ramp
into the tubes, but that would have precluded access to Jack London Square or Chinatown.
Commissioner Krueger asked if AC Transit is involved in any of these discussions, as the
transbay buses would be impacted, as well local buses on Broadway.
Staff Hawkins said that the analysis has accounted for the required turning radii of the buses, but
that AC Transit has not been actively involved in discussions of the design. The study team has
talked about identifying queue jump lanes to enhance access to the Webster tube.
Staff Hawkins agreed that it is a good time to involve AC Transit in the project discussions.
Public Comment Opened
Melody Marr from the Alameda Chamber of Commerce asked who the stakeholders are for the
project.
Staff Hawkins responded that the stakeholders included City of Alameda, City of Oakland,
Caltrans, Port of Oakland, Chinatown, West Alameda Business Association, Signature Properties
(which has a project in Oakland), Alameda County Transportation Improvement Authority
3",TransportationCommission/2005-07-20.pdf
TransportationCommission,2005-07-20,4,"(ACTIA), Catellus, Alameda Point Community Partners, and the Peralta Colleges, Congestion
Management Agency,
Ms. Marr asked that the Chamber of Commerce board members and others be given a
presentation on the project in September.
Ms Stieg wanted to know who actually are the representatives that are part of this committee
discussion and who represents Alameda's interests.
Staff Hawkins stated that they were listed on the email that is sent to them.
Ms. Steig mentioned that she and some of other people on the email list are not able to attend the
meetings. She indicated she would like to find out more about why the 13 of the 16 project
design options were eliminated. She also asked if she could obtain a list of the proposals and the
pros and cons of each before the final report is completed.
Staff Hawkins said that it would be presented to the City Council and then the City Council can
open it up for comments. She added that the Stakeholders meeting would be a good place to
express her concerns.
Ms Steig said that she was not able to make those meetings because they are on Mondays. She
asked that the Commission take no actions on this feasibility study until the Alameda business
community has a chance to review and comment on it. She expressed concern that some of the
options would have a negative impact on Alameda.
Commissioner Ratto stated that WABA was a designated stakeholder and understood some of the
scheduling problems. He asked if they have been receiving the meeting packets.
Staff Hawkins said that emails are sent to them along with the information from the meetings.
Commissioner Ratto suggested that since WABA is unable to send a representative to the
stakeholder meetings that a representative from the Chamber of Commerce be identified to
represent the Alameda business community.
Ms. Stieg supported this idea, and asked that the Chamber be added as a stakeholder.
Staff Hawkins agreed.
Public Comment Closed
Commissioner Parker said that she would like to see which proposals were discarded. She added
that the project's scope of work looks at freeway access from Alameda but does not address other
issues Alameda is concerned with, such as connectivity from Alameda to Chinatown or Jack
London Square.
4",TransportationCommission/2005-07-20.pdf
TransportationCommission,2005-07-20,5,"Staff Hawkins said that it was a joint effort with Caltrans, Oakland and Alameda. They were not
looking at local street circulation but at access to the freeways and not to preclude access to the
local communities. She stated that the scope suggested by Commissioner Parker could be a
second study.
Chair Knox White suggested that rather than identifying a specific alternative, it would be
helpful to present the Council with the Commission's priorities and concerns. He expressed
concern that there are significant political issues, but that the issues are not being discussed at a
political level.
Staff Hawkins noted that there were two meetings left. One was with the technical group and the
second with the general stakeholders. The general stakeholders meeting would be in September.
There would be a discussion as to any elements that would need to be removed and then move
forward. After that the next step would be the environmental review and the PSR report.
Commissioner Parker said that the focus should be on doing the best job and what we want to
accomplish.
Staff Hawkins stated that the traffic study would include local circulation and a few blocks
beyond the area bounded by 8th, Oak, and MLK.
Melody Marr from the Chamber of Commerce asked to table this until the next Transportation
Commission meeting so that they could have time to review it.
Chair Knox White said that the Transportation Commission has no power to keep the Chamber in
or out of this discussion. The Mayor had asked for the Transportation Commission to review it.
Staff Hawkins said that the September meeting would be the final discussion by the stakeholders
group.
Commissioner Ratto moved to recommend Council that they contact whomever they need to
contact to keep all the options available at this point, and that nothing be taken off the table.
Commissioner Parker seconded the motion. Motion carried by a unanimous voice vote - 5.
6B
TMP SUB-COMMITTEES APPOINTMENTS AND NEXT STEPS
Chair Knox White stated that he would hold off on committee appointments since Commissioner
Knoth was not present.
Staff Bergman said that the sub-committee would be meeting on July 27th
8.
STAFF COMMUNICATIONS
Chair Knox White mentioned that the bus stop by Lum School on Otis Drive was removed and
not replaced by an alternative. As a result, there are no bus stops on Otis Drive between Grand
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TransportationCommission,2005-07-20,6,"and South Shore. This was well beyond the 1000 or 1200 feet requirement. There was no
notification of this.
Commissioner Krueger said that he and his wife walked the route and confirmed there was no
bus stop sign posted between Grand and Whitehall.
Staff Hawkins said that the stop was removed at the request of the police department, that there
was a problem with the circulation of students, crossing guards and vehicles. Since it was within
the distance prescribed in the Transit Plan, City and AC Transit staff agreed to remove the stop.
Commissioner Parker asked if the Transportation Technical Team should make that decision.
Staff Hawkins said that the Transportation Technical Team does not deal with the removal of bus
stops. AC Transit deals with the removal of bus stops, not the City, and the TTT has been
dealing with the bus stop issues only when it involves parking spaces. She said AC Transit
should provide notification to the public if a stop is removed.
Chair Knox White asked how the recommendations of the transit plan are accounted for, if AC
Transit has the right to make the decision unilaterally.
Commissioner Parker said that the school should have been involved in these discussions, since
this affects the ability of students to take transit to school.
Staff Hawkins noted that the school was involved in the discussions regarding the bus stop.
Commissioner Krueger suggested that we should try to have some type of public noticing when
bus stops are removed, even if it is not technically required.
Commissioner Krueger said that the re-paint job of the bus shelters on Grand Avenue and Santa
Clara Avenue turned out really well. The City is doing a great job on getting graffiti removed
from the shelters, and praised Public Works regarding the new and existing bus shelters.
Commissioner Ratto noted that PSBA would be having the annual Art and Wine Fair on July 30-
31.
9.
ADJOURNMENT
Meeting adjourned at 9:30 P.M.
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