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CityCouncil,2022-04-12,1,"MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
TUESDAY--APRIL 12, 2022- 5:00 P.M.
Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft convened the meeting at 5:11 p.m.
ROLL CALL -
Present:
Councilmembers Daysog, Herrera Spencer, Knox White,
Vella, and Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft - 5. [Note: The meeting
was conducted via Zoom. Vice Mayor Vella arrived at 5:33
p.m.]
Absent:
None.
WORKSHOP
(22-239) Workshop to Address City Council Priorities and Strategic Planning
Marie Knight, Knight Leadership Solutions, gave a Power Point presentation facilitating the
workshop and Council provided input.
***
A recess was called at 6:38 p.m. and the meeting was reconvened at 6:55 p.m.
Ms. Knight continued the presentation facilitating the workshop with Council providing input.
The Workshop Summary is attached an incorporated herein by reference.
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
(22-240) Josh Altieri, Alameda Housing Authority, provided a Housing Authority update.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft adjourned the meeting at 8:51 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Lara Weisiger
City Clerk
The agenda for this meeting was posted in accordance with the Sunshine Ordinance.
Special Meeting
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CityCouncil,2022-04-12,2,"ALAMEDA
City of Alameda
City Council Strategic Planning Workshop
Follow-Up Report
Prepared by:
Marie Knight
Municipal Resource Group, LLC
April 2022
MRG
Post Office Box 561
Wilton, California 95693
916-261-7547
www.Solutions-MRG.com",CityCouncil/2022-04-12.pdf
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I. BACKGROUND
The City of Alameda reached out to MRG for assistance with planning and facilitating a Strategic
Planning Workshop for the City Council. MRG Consultant Marie Knight, Owner of Knight
Leadership Solutions, met with the City Manager Eric Levitt and Mayor Ezzy Ashcroft to discuss
their needs and a plan moving forward. After this initial meeting MRG was engaged for this event
and Marie Knight was engaged to facilitate the workshop.
In preparation for the workshop, Ms. Knight conducted the following activities: (1) Multiple
planning meetings with the City Manager, some of those meetings also included the Assistant
City Manager and Human Resources Director, to obtain background information and discuss their
goals for the workshop in order to prepare the agenda for the Workshop. Ms. Knight interviewed
four of the five City Councilmembers in advance of the workshop. (Scheduling conflicts prevented
an interview with the fifth member of the Council.) All interviews were conducted virtually via
zoom and lasted on average 45 minutes. The Councilmembers were asked the three questions
with respect to the five current City Council Priorities. All were asked to provide candid, honest
feedback in return for anonymity, and were assured that any comments made would be shared
in general manner and not attributed to any one person. The Councilmembers were asked the
following questions with respect to the five existing City Council Priority Areas:
1. On a scale of 1-5 (5 being close to full achievement) - -What do you believe to be the status
of achieving the goal and why?
2. On a scale of 1-5 - -How is the staff doing in this area?
3. Is there anything related to the priority area that you feel we should either Start doing,
Stop Doing, or Continue and why?
4.
Other than these priority areas, what are three other ""Top of Mind"" issues you have going
into this workshop?
After the interviews, Ms. Knight discussed the comments received with the City Manager and
finalized the agenda. Based on comments received during the interview process, there was some
consensus from the Council that it would be helpful if some of the following information was
covered during the workshop:
The Roles and Responsibility of the City Council and Staff
Creating better communication between Councilmembers, and consensus building
Review the Council Priority Areas and creating more defined goals for the future.
The City Manager approved the final agenda as well as the power point presentation that Ms.
Knight would utilize during the workshop.
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II.
SUMMARY OF COMMENTS RECEIVED FROM COUNCIL INTERVIEWS
For each of the five Council Priority Areas, the summary below outlines areas of consensus and
common ground among the Councilmembers interviewed as well as additional individual
comments.
Common Ground: These are comments that were shared by several of the Councilmembers
How can we get Council to work together more as a body - instead of individual voices?
Council rules of conduct were enacted 3 years ago, but some are not abiding by them.
There is not a good understanding of the Council/Manager relationship.
Self-awareness and self-reflection is lacking with respect to how some Councilmembers are behaving.
Staff is not treated well, at times there is a ""toxic"" ""hostile"" environment created by Council. staff are
leaving due to how they are treated.
Council Priorities are too broad, open to multiple interpretations with no specific outcomes identified.
We need meaningful goals and measures.
Climate change and sea level rise is a huge issue and not well understood in the community. We need
to do more to educate the community. We have a good staff team leading this.
Councilmembers are worried about staffing challenges as we ramp up for the future needs. It is
unsustainable having people do more with less long term.
Staff has risen to the occasion during Covid and taken the brunt of things. Trying to keep good staff
on controversial projects is difficult, there is burn out with the number of public meetings.
There is concerned about the unfunded liability - pensions growing, this will impact service delivery -
a plan is needed.
Council meetings are not productive or enjoyable.
The City has an amazing staff - small and mighty, what they get done is amazing, however, there is
concern that they are over committed with workload.
The City Manager should be the one who prioritizes staff work, not the Council.
We need to streamline our processes - get out of our own way.
Additional Thoughts made by individual Councilmembers:
We need to model behavior needed from the community i.e.. - Drought tolerant landscape at City
Facilities.
We struggle with housing and city long term planning, and unique challenges at Alameda point.
Community safety should be in every sense of the word - low crime rate, safe streets - we are close
to being there, have safe parks - don't sit back and rest on our laurels.
We are coming to a place where we have made promises about funding certain things and the funds
may not be there - difficult conversations will need to take place.
We need more of a plan for providing services and support to businesses, how can they be supported
with marketing etc. ?
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Council needs to get out of the way - sometimes we appear to be antagonistic towards business.
We need to get away from the ""project of the moment"".
Livable is different throughout the city- neighborhoods needs are different - where are the walkable
-
livable needs like preschools etc. don't design to push everyone to one spot.
At times staff culture is to make policy- they need to bring policy to Council.
Economic Development efforts and team could be stronger.
We need good communication within the organization and City Manager needs to know what is going
on in the community -internal communication needs to improve, and we need to discuss what meets
the threshold that the Council should be informed.
Council priorities are used to determine what can come before Council, this is wrong, a
Councilmember should be allowed to bring any issue forward.
Would love to see more creative approach to business retention.
Not in favor of establishing Council priorities, goals or objectives - staff will tell the council what they
need.
We are often in the weeds too much as policy makers.
During Covid, would have liked to have seen more cohesion and uniformity related to outdoor dining.
At times we struggle as we see ourselves as tiny bedroom community, yet we provide full services,
there is tension around those things.
Strategic Planning Workshop - April 12, 2022
City Council Attendees: Mayor Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft, Vice Mayor Malia Vella, Councilmember
Tony Daysog, Councilmember Trish Herrera Spencer, Councilmember Kohn Knox White
City Staff Attendees: City Manager Eric Levitt, Assistant City Manager Gerry Beaudin,
City Attorney Yibin Shen, City Clerk Lara Weisiger
MRG Consultant and Facilitator Marie Knight
The Mayor opened the meeting, introduced the purpose for the workshop, introduced the
facilitator, and then turned it over to the facilitator Ms. Knight. The Following is a summary of
the various exercises and discussions throughout the workshop. Attachment A is the Power Point
presentation the facilitator used to guide the workshop discussions.
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Top of Mind Issues (slide 2 of Attachment A)
Ms. Knight started the workshop reviewing the agenda, as well as some of the ""Rules"" for the
workshop. She then asked the Council for their ""Top of Mind"" issues and concerns. Each
Councilmember and staff were allowed to enter 5 comments into the ap Mentimeter.com on
their phone. The results are in the diagram below. All comments are anonymous, and those
comments/words in the diagram below that are larger than others indicate that more people
entered in the same comments.
What are your Top of Mind Issues?
bart to sf at alameda pt
public swimming pool
community safety
reduce crime
city council meetings
climate change
theft
crime on cars
develop businesses
crime traffic
safety
fire
transportation
overcrowding
welfare
tube traffic
collaboration
fully-staffed apd
historical
housing crisis
goal oriented
leadership
save historic areas
maintain historic center
housing affordability
business sustainability
more housing alameda pt
Overview of Best Practices, Roles, and Responsibilities for Effective Public Governance (Slides
6-26 on Attachment A)
Ms. Knight led a discussion related to effective public governance, the role of the City Council,
the challenges of being an elected official. She reviewed the information gathered during the
pre-workshop interviews with the Council, and the benefits of seeking Mutual Purpose as an
elected body.
Ms. Knight also led a discussion on the ""90/10 Rule"". City employees are hired with a job to do,
and generally 90% of their time is focused on that job. Depending on capacity, there may only
be room for an additional 10% of new projects and initiatives. In some cases, staff may be at or
over capacity and have no room for additional projects.
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Ms. Knight and Assistant City Manager Gerry Beaudin provided examples of priorities or projects
where, although the work falls into the job description of a staff member, they may already be
at or over their capacity with their current workload to take more on. Thus, in order to ensure
that there is capacity to more a new project or initiative forward there are questions that the
Council should be asking of staff, and information staff should be providing as new projects,
initiatives, and needs arise:
(1) How does this relate to the Council's Priorities/Goals?
(2) What is the capacity of the staff to take this on?
(3) What are the resources available to move this forward?
(4) Will something else have to be put on the back burner to make this a priority?
(5) What is the impact vs effort?
It was also discussed that it is critical to keep in mind that workload overload, among other things,
can negatively affect the culture and environment and ultimately the ability to recruit the best
and the brightest in today's job market.
Picture the Future of Alameda (Slides 28-32 on Attachment A)
During this exercise Council and Staff were asked to think about the future of the City. What is the vision
of the future that the Council and Staff should be striving towards? All were asked to fill in a diagram
that asked for:
(1) A Headline - 5 years from now, what do you want the frontpage story to be about Alameda?
(2) Some of the supporting information to the story
(3) Provide a few quotes about the headline they would like to hear from others
4) Talk about what would need to change to make this happen.
The following are the responses to this exercise:
Headline: 2027 Point in Time Count finds only 24 individuals living unsheltered in Alameda!
Subtext: The City Council in 2022 laid the groundwork, formulated policies, and followed through
to achieve this result which was made possible by the hard work of the dedicated City staff
Quotes: ""We made life changing and lifesaving decisions"" ""Alameda was a good steward of the
funds we granted it to reduce homelessness""
What would have to change to achieve this? Keep doing what we are doing, keep funding
streams flowing. Focus on funding
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Headline: West Alameda has it all!
Subtext: The bike/pedestrian bridge is underway, Housing is built, multimodal commitment,
Housing jobs
Quotes: ""Best place to live"" ""Alameda is California's blueprint for Housing"" ""Alameda is a model
for housing - how to have it all"" ""Alameda is bridging the old and new""
What would have to change to achieve this? RHNA #'s, Backbone infrastructure, City Council
Consensus, Bring in More partners, Bike Ped bridge, Policies, CARP Commitment organizational
change
Headline: Crime is down, Alameda is in the top 10 safest cities in California!
Subtext: City/State has to address crime.
Quotes: ""I can feel safe walking outside"" ""I don't have to worry about waking up in the morning
hand having my car stolen"" ""Part 1 and Part 2 Crimes are down""
What would have to change to achieve this? Council, County and State will need to work
together to address crime
Headline: Alameda ranked the most livable inclusive city in the world!
Subtext: by focusing on people centered goals, Alameda has become carbon-negative while
addressing affordability, mobility, and safety. Due to its focus on outcomes rather than
maintaining the status quo, City meets the needs the residents say re most important
What would have to change to achieve this? Agreed upon Goals and Vision. Commitment to
prioritizing effective outcome solutions. Realigning of budget and projects to goals
Headline: West Alameda Bart Station to San Francisco ok'd!
Subtext: New BART station good for environment and traffic and regional and local economic
wellbeing.
Quotes: ""Alameda Point Multi-modal transit dreamland!' ""Ferry, Bart!"" ""Now we can build even
more housing at Alameda Point- Bust the Navy Cap!""
What would have to change to achieve this? Organizational commitment
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Based on the Headlines, several Aspirational Themes for the Future emerged:
Transportation
Safety
Livability
Inclusive
Economic Well Being
Housing at all Levels
Goals and Objectives: (Slides 35 - 38 on Attachment A)
Ms. Knight led a discussion about goals and objectives outlining whose responsibility it is to set them,
their purpose in guiding the work of the organization, and how to make them more specific and SMART.
Strategic Planning Workshops in the Future (Slide 39 on Attachment A)
Ms. Knight led a Group Discussion regarding the timing of future planning workshops related to the
establishment of Council Goals, as well as the methods and means preferred by the Council to receive
information and updates on major goals, projects, and initiatives.
(1) In the future when should Strategic Planning Workshops take place?
Council Consensus:
These workshops should take place every two years coinciding with the most recent
election and would be held by the end of February following the election.
During the ""off year"" when there will not be a formal workshop, the City Manager should
do an annual update on the Council Priorities/Goals noting accomplishments from the
previous year and workplans for the coming year at a regular City Council Meeting.
(2) In between these annual meetings, what are the methods and means the City Council prefers
staff uses to communicate movement in the priority/goal areas?
Council Consensus:
The City Manager should utilize the bi-weekly Council Update memo to communicate
progress and milestones.
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The City Council Priority Summary Report (which is currently posted online, and is sent to
the Council occasionally, however not regularly) should be revised in the following ways
in order to provide the Council more clarity on the status of the projects and projected
completion dates:
(1) Create a separate column indicating anticipated completion dates
(2) Create a separate column that identifies the objectives for the coming year,
(noting that many projects are long term)
(3) Some of the priorities may need to be broken up into multiple sections with
shorter term goals for easier tracking purposes.
Review of the existing five Council Priority areas (Slides 40-45 on Attachment A)
The remainder of the workshop was dedicated to a discussion related to the existing five Council Priority
areas. (1) Preparing Alameda for the Future (2) Protecting Core Services (3) Supporting Enhanced
Livability and Quality of Life (4) Encouraging Economic Development Across the Island (5) Ensuring
Effective and Efficient Operations
Ms. Knight started the discussion with a review of the five current Council Priorities. (During this
discussion it was noted that using the word ""current"", as it is on slide 40, to refer to the Council Priority
Areas could be construed to mean that the currently seated City Council agreed to/developed these
Priority Areas, which is not the case. Thus, in order to avoid further confusion, they will be referred to
the ""existing five"" Council Priority Areas.) Ms. Knight question posed several questions to the Council
related to these five areas:
(1) Are these areas still relevant?
(2) If not, Why? What is missing?
(3) If they are, how do we make them more specific?
Discussion ensued as to how these priorities came to be, how they are used in the Referral Process, how
each one is very broad and can be interpreted to mean a variety of things, and what are the
measurement metrics and indicators that will show success? In general, there was consensus that each
priority area needed to be more specific with success indicators.
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What Does Prepare for the Future of Alameda mean?
Starting with this first Priority Area, Ms. Knight led a discussion asking the Council what this means to
them, and what would be indicators that this was achieved? The following responses were received:
Balanced Budget while addressing the unfunded liability
Housing at all levels
Climate Action Plan in action
Digital Divide is addressed along with equity access to computers and equipment
Increased and improved recreation facilities
Improved infrastructure
More reliance on public transportation
Elimination of rolling blackouts
Further, from this discussion came the suggestion that possibly there needed to be a separate Priority
Area related to Climate Change. Through a brainstorming process, an example of a future goal in this
area could include the following:
Goal: Prepare Alameda Climate for the Future Now: By focusing on policies that will ensure the
elimination of greenhouse gas emissions through the mitigation and adaptation to sea level rise
and groundwater inundation.
***Due to several technical issues throughout the evening, the full agenda was not realized and there
was not sufficient time to discuss each of the other four Priority Areas
Next Steps
With the departure of the City Manager and Assistant City Manager in the next several weeks, Ms.
Knight suggested the following next steps:
As discussed earlier in the evening, the Council should plan to have another Strategic Planning
Workshop in early 2023 after the November 2022 election.
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In the meantime, Council should be looking at the existing five priority areas and begin to think
about the questions posed, and be ready to address these at the next workshop with the newly
seated Council.
(1) Are these areas still relevant?
(2) If not, Why? What is missing?
(3) If they are, how do we make them more specific?
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ATTACHMENT A
Facilitator's Power Point is included in the meeting materials here: https://alameda.legistar.com/
LegislationDetail.aspx?ID=5541437&GUID=0AC9E162-20CE-4D87-9E2B-7D3E955A218D&Options=&Search:
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CityCouncil,2022-04-12,14,"MINUTES OF THE CONTINUED APRIL 5, 2022 CITY COUNCIL MEETING
TUESDAY- -APRIL 12, 2022--8:50 P.M.
Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft convened the meeting at 8:51 p.m.
ROLL CALL -
Present:
Councilmembers Daysog, Herrera Spencer, Knox White,
Vella, and Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft - 5. [Note: The meeting
was conducted via Zoom.]
Absent:
None.
REFERRAL
(22-241) Consider Directing Staff to Bring the Rent Program ""In-House"" to the City Attorney's
Office. (Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft and Vice Mayor Vella)
Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft and Vice Mayor Vella gave a brief presentation.
Councilmember Knox White inquired whether staff is being asked to return with information,
including cost and location, to which Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft responded in the affirmative.
Councilmember Knox White moved approval of the referral to direct staff to return by late
summer with a plan for bringing the rent program in house in a smooth and amicable fashion.
Vice Mayor Vella seconded the motion.
Under discussion, Councilmember Daysog stated either tenants or landlords initiate actions; the
range of issues surround housing; legal issues might speak to having the City Attorney's office
administer the program, but the starting point is always some kind of housing issue; keeping the
operation as it is currently seems more efficient; he would prefer to have the matter return in a
year; he will not support the referral; he is not convinced the status quo is broken.
Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft stated Council is directing staff to come back with a proposal.
Councilmember Herrera Spencer inquired whether the matter would return in June, to which
Councilmember Knox White responded by the end of the summer.
Councilmember Herrera Spencer stated since Council is dark in August, it would probably be in
July; expressed concern about asking staff to respond by the end of summer given the
discussion tonight about everything staff is already doing; stated that she does not see the issue
as the greatest priority the City is facing; questioned whether staff at City Hall West would be
under the City Attorney's office, which is at City Hall; stated that she will not support the referral
and she has concerns; related services are offered through the Housing Authority.
In response to Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft's request, the City Attorney stated that his office would take
Council direction and be happy to do the work; the matter can be brought back by the end of
summer.
Councilmember Knox White stated that he checked with staff prior to the meeting to ensure the
direction would not conflict with other work.
Continued April 5, 2022 Meeting
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CityCouncil,2022-04-12,15,"Vice Mayor Vella stated the motion is clear that staff would come back with recommendations;
the City Attorney's office already works very closely with rent staff.
Councilmember Herrera Spencer expressed concerns about staff time and other referrals.
Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft noted Councilmembers Daysog and Herrera Spencer did not support
continuing the other referrals to tonight.
Councilmember Knox White stated referrals addressing tradeoffs was raised earlier, but has not
been discussed; when the referral returns, the City Attorney can provide an update on how the
proposal would be done and Council can decide at that time.
On the call for the question, the motion carried by the following roll call vote: Councilmembers
Daysog: No; Herrera Spencer: No; Knox White: Aye; Vella: Aye; and Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft: Aye.
Ayes: 3. Noes: 2.
ADJOURNMENT
There being no further business, Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft adjourned the meeting at 9:05 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Lara Weisiger
City Clerk
The agenda for this meeting was posted in accordance with the Sunshine Ordinance.
Continued April 5, 2022 Meeting
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GolfCommission,2022-04-12,1,"ALAMEDA GOLF COMMISSION
MINUTES OF SPECIAL MEETING
Tuesday, April 12, 2022
1
CALL TO ORDER
Chair Downing called the special meeting to order at approximately 6:3 p.m. via
teleconference
ROLL CALL
Present:
(Via teleconference) Chair Ed Downing, Vice Chair Claire
Loud, Commissioner Kaiwin Su, Commissioner John Kim and
Commissioner Robert Lattimore
Absent:
None
Staff:
(Via teleconference) Recreation and Parks Director Amy
Wooldridge, Umesh Patel, Tracy Craig and Zac Wald of
Greenway Golf
Also Present:
None
2
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Minutes of March 8, 2022, were approved unanimously with one correction
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ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
None
4
COMMISSION COMMUNICATIONS
None
5
WRITTEN/ORAL REPORTS
5-A
Beautification Program and Junior Golf Club
None
6
AGENDA ITEMS
6-A Review and Make a Recommendation on the Corica Park Fire Tower Design
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GolfCommission,2022-04-12,2,"Tracy Craig of Greenway Golf gave a timeline of when the fire tower was vacated and
when Greenway approached the City regarding renovation as well as a timeline of how
the project has progressed with the City regarding amendments of the lease.
Zac Wald of Greenway Golf explained that the Design Review Committee is a subset
of the Planning Board. He was brought on board with Greenway to coordinate this
project. The designer for this project is April Phillips, who designed the newest
Alameda waterfront park.
Mr. Wald explained that Greenway hired engineers to make sure the building was
sustainable, and it was determined that the building is structurally sound. The
renovation is planned to be done by Fall 2022. Mr. Wald proceeded through the
Beautification Plan which was attached to the agenda.
Commissioner Lattimore asked if there was a plan for the interior, and Mr. Wald
answered not at this time.
Commissioner Loud asked if the existing wall on Island Drive is remaining and if the
existing fence still remaining on the second hole side. Mr. Wald stated that the
existing wall will remain and will be painted on the Greenway side but will not on the
roadway side and the fence will be cleaned up and will later determine if the fence
might be removed depending on several factors. Commissioner Loud then asked if
the gardens will be open to the patrons of the golf course as well as the general public
and Mr. Wald stated that has not been evaluated as yet. Ms. Craig added that is what
type of input they are looking for. Mr. Patel added that this a beautification project and
the intention is not opening it to the general public but may occasionally open it for a
community gathering.
Commissioner Loud asked if the garden was going to be irrigated with potable or non-
potable, and Mr. Patel responded that it will be non-potable, following the path the golf
course already uses.
Chair Downing asked if the artwork on the windows will be on the inside or the outside,
and Mr. Wald explained that it would be on the inside.
Chair Downing then asked what the asphalt will be covered with, and Mr. Wald stated
that it would be decomposed granite that is compacted and on top of that, would be
raised planters.
Chair Downing asked what the cost of the project would be, and Mr. Wald stated that
he did not know. Chair Downing shared his concern regarding this as construction on
the north course has stopped. Mr. Patel stated that the two projects are not
connected. Greenway plans to complete this project on time.
Amy Wooldridge stated that the next step for their recommendations would be brought
to the Planning Board, which is scheduled for May 9, 2022, for review by the public
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GolfCommission,2022-04-12,3,"Commissioner Loud made a motion not to recommend to the Planning Board at this
time, and Chair Downing seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously.
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OLD BUSINESS
7-A
Facility and Renovation Report by Greenway Golf
Umesh Patel stated that they have implemented new procedures regarding frost and
weather delay notifications as well as notifications regarding aerification, as the golf
course will be closed until 1:00 PM with reduced rates on those days. There will be
about six days through this year and will be posted in the near future.
Vice Chair Loud asked about sand bottles on the carts, and they will be available
shortly.
Chair Downing asked about update on the North Course construction, and Mr. Patel
responded there is no update at this time.
Chair Downing asked about stocking the pro shop, and Mr. Patel stated that Shawn
Shelby is working on it.
Chair Downing asked about the liquor license and beverage service, and Mr. Patel
stated they are working on the best way moving forward.
7-B
Jim's on the Course Restaurant Report
Tom Geanekos stated that 2022 sales numbers are up similar to pre-pandemic and
could possibly surpass. The price of food has gone up substantially. Staffing has
been an issue, and hopefully will be solved by summer with bringing staff to work over
three months from other countries, which they have been doing previously. Labor
costs have also risen, so there will be a price increase. The beverage cart will
continue to run. He also stated that the wanted to thank the community for their
support over the last two years.
7-C
Recreation and Parks Director Report
None
8.
ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING'S AGENDA - May 24, 2022
Facility and Renovation Report by Greenway Golf
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Recreation and Parks Director Report
9.
ANNOUNCEMENTSIADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at approximately 7:45 p.m.
The agenda for the meeting was posted seven days in advance in compliance with the
Alameda Sunshine Ordinance, which also complies with the 72-hour requirement of the
Brown Act.
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