{"body": "CityCouncil", "date": "2011-07-12", "page": 1, "text": "MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING\nTUESDAY--JULY 12,2011--7:00 P.M. -\nMayor Gilmore convened the meeting at 7:03 p.m. Councilmember Tam led the Pledge\nof Allegiance.\nROLL CALL -\nPresent:\nCouncilmembers Bonta, deHaan, Johnson, Tam and\nMayor Gilmore - 5.\nAbsent:\nNone.\nORAL COMMUNICATIONS, NON-AGENDA\n(11-372) Corinne Lambden, Alameda Citizens Task Force, discussed campaign\ncontributions to Councilmembers from the Firefighters Union.\n(11-373) Joe Van Winkle, Alameda, discussed the Alameda Junior Golf proposal to\noperate the Mif Albright Course.\n(11-374) Gwen Austin, El Realto Home Owners Association, stated a stop sign is\nneeded at the intersection of Chestnut Street and Central Avenue; submitted a letter\nand a petition.\nCouncilmember deHaan stated the City has a traffic advisory group to address said\nmatters, to which the City Manager could refer the matter.\n(11-375) Mike Swartz, El Realto Home Owners Association, discussed accidents at the\nintersection of Chestnut Street and Central Avenue.\n(11-376) Gretchen Lipow, Alameda, discussed campaign contributions from the\nFirefighters Union.\n(11-377) Adam Gillitt, Alameda, submitted a document and discussed campaign\ncontributions from the Firefighters Union; questioned why the City Manager rode on a\nfire truck at the 4th of July Parade.\nFollowing the Public Comment, Vice Mayor Bonta requested staff communicate with\nCouncil on the stop sign request follow up; stated that he would like to follow the matter.\nCouncilmember Johnson stated Council discussed an overall management plan for stop\nsigns, which Public Works is completing; requested the status also be check.\nThe City Manager stated staff would check on the issue and bring it back in September;\nwith respect to the specific stop sign request, staff would inform Council via e-mail;\ncommented on riding on the 1920 fire truck.\nSpecial Meeting\nAlameda City Council\n1\nJuly 12, 2011", "path": "CityCouncil/2011-07-12.pdf"}
{"body": "CityCouncil", "date": "2011-07-12", "page": 2, "text": "AGENDA ITEM\n(11-378) Discuss Harbor Bay Isle Associate's Proposal for Land Exchange and Funding\nfor the Chuck Corica Golf Complex Course Improvements and New Sports Fields and\nDirect Staff to Negotiate with Harbor Bay and KemperSports Management.\nThere was a discussion of Councilmember deHaan's request for Councilmembers to\ndisclose any relevant campaign contributions and recuse themselves.\nThe City Attorney stated that she would provide a memo to Council on the matter.\nThe Assistant City Manager and City Manager gave a brief presentation.\nTim Hoppen, Harbor Bay Isle Association, and Gary Linn, Knott & Linn, gave a brief\noverview of the proposal.\nIn response to Mayor Gilmore's request to address the golfing community's concern that\nreconfiguration would result in less than 2 championship golf courses, Mr. Linn stated\nthe length with the shorter par 70s offers great variety, several par 5s, and dramatically\nenhances the quality of the features.\nCouncilmember Johnson stated play on the north course is heavier than the South\nCourse for many reasons; inquired whether the proposed design changes would help\nequalize the play between the courses.\nMr. Linn responded the South Course is not up to the quality standard of other Bay Area\ncourses; stated conditions are a factor in use patterns; there is an opportunity to greatly\nenhance the quality [of the South Course].\nCouncilmember deHaan provided a copy of the current configuration; inquired about the\ncurrent and proposed acreage of the South Course, to which Mr. Linn responded that\nhe does not have the information, but could provide the information on the proposed\nacreage.\nIn response to Councilmember deHaan's inquiry regarding the acreage of the Mif, Mr.\nLinn stated the new Mif would be 19 1/2 acres and the old Mif is about 14 1/2 acres.\nCouncilmember deHaan inquired whether the new Mif would be moved to the back nine\nholes of the current South Course.\nMr. Linn responded the new Mif would be in a portion of the front nine and part of the\nback nine; a little bit of both nines would be impacted.\nCouncilmember deHaan stated Mr. Linn indicated the Mif would be opened up; inquired\nwhether the new South Course would be opened up, to which Mr. Linn responded the\nnew South Course would be shorter.\nSpecial Meeting\nAlameda City Council\n2\nJuly 12, 2011", "path": "CityCouncil/2011-07-12.pdf"}
{"body": "CityCouncil", "date": "2011-07-12", "page": 3, "text": "In response to Councilmember deHaan's inquiry whether the South Course would be\ntighter, Mr. Linn stated not necessarily.\nCouncilmember deHaan inquired whether a full [South] Course would be consolidated\nwith the Mif, to which Mr. Linn responded in the affirmative.\nIn response to Councilmember deHaan's inquiry about probably close to 30% of the\nacreage is being taken away, Mr. Linn stated the [South Course] end product is a\ncourse equal to the North Course, which is more popular.\nCouncilmember deHaan stated the North Course is wide open with many amenities and\na different configuration; that he is concerned about acres being taken from the South\nCourse.\nMr. Linn stated the course would be consolidated, but is within design standards.\nCouncilmember Tam inquired whether the putting green and chipping area next to the\nnew Norma Arnerich Teaching Center, which was included in the Wadsworth\nArchitectural Plan, would be part of the [Harbor Bay] proposal.\nMr. Hoppen responded the idea would be studied to see if the [putting and chipping]\narea can be incorporated into the west or north side of the Norma Arnerich Academy;\nstated the Mif property is roughly 14 acres; the deal calls for a swap of 12.2 acres; there\nis excess property; more information is needed about the practice area; if it does not\nwork, the [putting and chipping] area could be incorporated in 19 acre redesigned Mif,\nwhich would shorten the course a little; there is also more space in the Maitland Road\nand Harbor Bay Parkway area.\nCouncilmember deHaan noted said area is 3 acres at best.\nVice Mayor Bonta inquired whether golf has an industry standard that all courses with\nmore acreage are better than those with lesser acreage, to which Mr. Linn responded\ngreat golf courses are usually on great pieces of real estate; great settings make for\ngreat golf.\nIn response to Vice Mayor Bonta's inquiry whether design matters for the golfer's\nexperience, Mr. Linn responded absolutely.\nVice Mayor Bonta inquired whether the newly designed South Course would provide for\na better golf experience than the current course.\nMr. Linn responded in the affirmative; stated there is an opportunity to take what is not\nhigh quality due to wear and tear and create different strategies and build new golf\nholes that would do so.\nSpecial Meeting\nAlameda City Council\n3\nJuly 12, 2011", "path": "CityCouncil/2011-07-12.pdf"}
{"body": "CityCouncil", "date": "2011-07-12", "page": 4, "text": "Vice Mayor Bonta requested specifics of why the design would be better.\nMr. Linn stated the course would not feel as wide open; character and quality would be\nadded to make play an interesting experience.\nCouncilmember Johnson inquired about the difference in play on the South Course and\nNorth Course.\nJohn Vest, KemperSports On-Site Manager, responded the South Course is down;\nKemperSports has been running promotions, which increased play; most tournaments\nwant to play the North Course.\nIn response to Councilmember Johnson's inquiry about the price of the two courses, Mr.\nVest responded the price is the same.\nCouncilmember Johnson requested the numbers of rounds for each course, to which\nMr. Vest responded currently through June, the North Course rounds are 19,180; the\nClark [South] Course is 18,106.\nIn response to Councilmember Johnson's request for the same information for last fiscal\nyear, Mr. Vest stated for the South Course there were 40,280 rounds for FY 2009-10\nand 38,376 rounds for FY 2010-11; for the North Course for FY 2009-10, there were\n55,175 rounds and 47,683 rounds for FY 2010-11.\nCouncilmember deHaan inquired whether Mr. Linn's firm designs driving ranges, to\nwhich Mr. Linn responded in the affirmative.\nCouncilmember deHaan inquired how close are driving ranges to residential; to which\nMr. Linn responded ranges are unique in that fencing usually deals with distance issues;\nstated higher fences are built to deal with distance.\nCouncilmember deHaan inquired how high the fence would have to be, to which Mr.\nLinn responded the fence at the Metropolitan is more standard, with heights up to 120 to\n150 feet.\nCouncilmember deHaan inquired about lighting for the driving range, to which Mr. Linn\nresponded the matter, depends on the operator.\nIn response to Councilmember deHaan's inquiry about the impacts of lights on homes,\nMr. Linn stated lights could be an issue with residences so designers work to steer\nlights away from residences.\nCouncilmember deHaan inquired whether there would be issues with adjacent\nresidential, to which Mr. Linn responded the range is currently lit; for the new homes,\nthe use would be existing and known.\nSpecial Meeting\nAlameda City Council\n4\nJuly 12, 2011", "path": "CityCouncil/2011-07-12.pdf"}
{"body": "CityCouncil", "date": "2011-07-12", "page": 5, "text": "Jane Sullwold, Golf Commission Chair, gave a brief presentation.\nMayor Gilmore inquired whether the physical design of the proposal would fit the needs\nof the golfing community, to which Ms. Sullwold responded at the Golf Commission\nmeeting, there was not a consensus and people had a lot of questions; personally, she\nwould not object to a slightly shorter Clark [South] Course; the trend in the golf industry\nthese days is to build longer courses because the equipment has improved and people\nare hitting the ball farther; that she is concerned about a practice facility not being\nincorporated like the Wadsworth plan, which she understands is being reviewed; that\nshe did not hear substantial objections to making the Clark [South] Course shorter.\nIn response to Vice Mayor Bonta's inquiry about the redesign of the Mif, Ms. Sullwold\nstated the proposed course sounds better; the current Mif was designed by the Golf\nCommission and is not great; that she is relying on experts to address safety concerns;\nfurther stated that she has a question about the process for the approximately 116\nhouses on the current Mif site.\nMayor Gilmore stated the regular planning process would be followed.\nMs. Sullwold stated the biggest complaint that she heard was about the traffic impact of\nbuilding the houses.\nThe City Manager stated the Council would be authorizing staff to negotiate an MOU,\nwhich would permit Harbor Bay to submit an application to the Planning Board; the\napplication would go through the normal planning process including California\nEnvironmental Quality Act review; traffic studies would need to be updated; the land\nswap would not take place until after the process is complete, including any appeals;\ntonight, staff is requesting direction from Council, which is a critical first step on a stalled\nprocess that has been spinning for years; there are many more steps, which all include\npublic input, that have to be completed prior to the land swap.\nMs. Sullwold stated money in the Enterprise Fund has been burned through; at the\ncurrent rate, funds might not be left to sustain operations through the end of the long\nplanning process.\nThe City Manager stated planning staff has already reached out to the environmental\nconsultant to ask for an expedited study; staff intends to move very quickly precisely\nbecause there is not a lot of time from the purely financial perspective.\nBen Blake, KemperSports, gave a brief presentation.\nVice Mayor Bonta inquired whether the project budget includes irrigation fixes on the\nSouth Course back nine, to which Mr. Blake responded in the affirmative; stated there is\n$1 million for the North Course and $1 million for the South Course and the Mif.\nVice Mayor Bonta inquired whether the amount for the South Course includes the back\nSpecial Meeting\nAlameda City Council\n5\nJuly 12, 2011", "path": "CityCouncil/2011-07-12.pdf"}
{"body": "CityCouncil", "date": "2011-07-12", "page": 6, "text": "nine.\nMr. Blake responded in the affirmative; stated the South Course is the unknown; the\nirrigation pipes have asbestos, which has to be addressed.\nCouncilmember Johnson stated it sounds like there was confusion about how much\nmoney would be invested in the project at the Golf Commission meeting; inquired\nwhether the amount given at the meeting was $9 million or $3.5 million.\nMr. Hoppen stated that Harbor Bay addressed the proposal and he shared the new Mif\nestimates ranged from $950,000 to $1.2 million; the amount for reconfiguration of the\nSouth Course was from $1.9 to $2.5; [adding the amounts] is how the $3.5 million was\nreached; the Kemper plan, phasing and budgets are above said amount.\nCouncilmember Johnson stated everyone should understand the total contribution to\nthe golf course would be $9 million.\nMr. Blake stated KemperSports has completed a project budget which was close to $3.5\nmillion; Mr. Linn obtained a proposal from Wadsworth Construction and the budget was\nnearly identical to the one prepared by KemperSports on the reconfiguration of the Mif.\nThe City Manager stated if the two Harbor Bay and Kemper proposals are put together,\n$3.5 million from Harbor Bay would go towards constructing the new Mif, moving the\nholes and performing critical, urgent work on the North Course; the rest of the $9 million\nwould come on a $500,000 per year basis from Kemper; the total commitment comes\nclose to matching the National Golf Foundation's $9 million suggestion.\nCouncilmember Johnson inquired whether the City is counting on the money from the\nWadsworth Foundation for the Mif, to which Mr. Blake responded the amount is\ncontemplated in the budget; Wadsworth has not committed to it; Kemper is committed\nto providing Wadsworth's three key points revolving around access, affordability and\nprogramming for juniors.\nCouncilmember Johnson noted Wadsworth would not give the $250,000 in one lump\nsum.\nCouncilmember deHaan stated the FY 2012-13 budget includes a north drainage\nproject of close to $2.5 million and driving range of $600,000, which is close to the $3.5\nmillion; inquired how $1 million would be put together for the Mif and whether $1 million\nwould result in a full, operational Mif.\nMr. Blake responded $1 million is for a full, operational Mif.\nCouncilmember deHaan inquired whether the extra $100,000 could be used to renovate\nthe old Mif if the Wadsworth funding came in over the next 3 years.\nSpecial Meeting\nAlameda City Council\n6\nJuly 12, 2011", "path": "CityCouncil/2011-07-12.pdf"}
{"body": "CityCouncil", "date": "2011-07-12", "page": 7, "text": "Mr. Blake responded that he does not have said numbers; Kemper did not look into said\nproject.\nCouncilmember deHaan inquired whether new tees, new fairways and 6 new greens\nwould be done for $1 million, to which Mr. Blake responded in the affirmative and stated\ntwo different groups came up with the same number.\nIn response to Councilmember deHaan's inquiry about how long it would take to get the\nSouth Course functioning, Mr. Blake responded the plan is to always have 27 holes\nopen at all times; Kemper believes it can get each of the 9 holes done in a 12 month\nperiod; the driving range and Mif will be done at the same time because having the\nwhole area under construction at the same time is more efficient.\nCouncilmember deHaan inquired whether 2016 is when the South Course would be\ndone, to which Mr. Blake responded there has been a request that the project not start\nuntil after the commuters [tournament]; although each will take 12 months, there is\noverlap in future years.\nCouncilmember deHaan inquired whether the Mif and South Course would not be\ncomplete until 2016.\nMr. Blake responded in the negative; stated completing contracts would take one year;\nthe new Mif as well as the reconfiguration of nine holes of the South Course would be\nfinished going into 2014; the plan would be to start construction right after the\ncommuters [tournament] in 2013 and open a new Mif and nine on the South Course in\nApril 2014.\nCouncilmember deHaan inquired whether Kemper has estimated the revenue loss that\nwould occur from the closures.\nMr. Blake responded the projections have been completed and can be shared; there will\nalso be a reduction in expense because holes will be out of play; Kemper believes the\n27-hole option will be manageable from a profit standpoint.\nThe City Manager stated said issues would be dealt with in the negotiations.\nCouncilmember Tam stated Kemper will put $500,000 into the facility over the 9 year\nperiod on top of the $3.5 million from Harbor Bay; Kemper will recapture costs over\ntime; inquired whether less of the Harbor Bay contribution could be used up front.\nMr. Blake stated his understanding is the amount of money going in up front is to get the\nmajor improvements done quickly.\nThe City Manager stated the concept is the City would be paid $5 million for the land\nswap once entitlements are in place; staff thought the money should be used to pay for\nthe new Mif and other really pressing issues at the golf course, leaving $1.5 million;\nSpecial Meeting\nAlameda City Council\n7\nJuly 12, 2011", "path": "CityCouncil/2011-07-12.pdf"}
{"body": "CityCouncil", "date": "2011-07-12", "page": 8, "text": "looking at a use for the land swapped and after discussions with the sporting\ncommunity, staff is suggesting committing to two fields at said location.\nCouncilmember Tam stated the City can use the money however it chooses; spending\n70% in the first year all on the golf course does not leave flexibility to address other\npressing recreational needs in the City, such as the pool and Thomson fields.\nThe City Manager stated if the Council wants to allocate the $5 million in a different\nway, he would not suggest taking the $3.5 million from golf because Council would be\ndefeating its own policy of maintaining affordable junior golf; however, if Council does\nnot want to use the money to construct fields on the swapped land, it could be put\ntowards another issue.\nCouncilmember deHaan inquired when the revenue would be generated, to which the\nCity Manager responded the $5 million is encumbered on the entitlement and would not\ncome to the City until the process is complete; the MOU provides Harbor Bay the legal\nstanding to pursue the entitlements and go through the regular process; if Harbor Bay\nwere not successful in receiving the entitlements after a certain amount of time, the deal\nwould go away; at the time Harbor Bay transfers to a homebuilder the City transfers to\nHarbor Bay in the same escrow; the City only gives up the Mif when Harbor Bay pays\nthe City $5 million.\nCouncilmember deHaan inquired whether the City has made a determination that\nsoccer fields are needed in the Harbor Bay area.\nMayor Gilmore stated Council would discuss what to do with the land in September; the\nmatter tonight is about the framework.\nCouncilmember deHaan stated that he is concerned about the City swapping for land it\ndoes not need; there is plenty of land at Alameda Point.\nSpeakers: Barbara Price, North Loop Business Group; David Bratzler, Alameda; Ron\nMatthews, Alameda Little League; Jim Strehlow, Alameda; Griff Neal, Alameda Youth\nSports Coalition; Joe Van Winkle, Alameda; Honora Murphy, Alameda; Barbara Kahn,\nAlameda; Beverly Blatt, Alameda; Robert Wood, Alameda (submittal); Ron Salsig,\nAlameda; Jon Spangler, Alameda; Mark Ames, Alameda Soccer Club; Bill Schmitz, Golf\nCommission; Tony Corica, Alameda; Karen Bey, Alameda; and Bert Morgan, Alameda.\n*\nDuring Mr. Staylow's comments, Councilmember Tam left the dais at 8:56 p.m. and\nreturned at 8:58 p.m.\nMayor Gilmore requested the City Manager to comment on the appraisals\nThe City Manager stated both appraisals were commissioned by the City; there was no\nSpecial Meeting\nAlameda City Council\n8\nJuly 12, 2011", "path": "CityCouncil/2011-07-12.pdf"}
{"body": "CityCouncil", "date": "2011-07-12", "page": 9, "text": "consultation with any of the other parties about selection of the appraiser; the appraiser\nwas asked to review what the Mif value would be as fully entitled residential and the\nother land as entitled for residential or commercial, since residential had not been\nsuccessful.\nThe Recreation and Parks Director reviewed the appraisal numbers.\nThe City Manager stated the differential between the two properties is $1,321,000 and\nthe City is being offered for $5 million; the additional value for the City is profit sharing of\nnearly $3.7 million.\nVice Mayor Bonta the fundamentals of the proposal are very strong and provide many\nbenefits to the community, such as: continuing 36 holes rather than 27, as desired by\nthe golfing community; honoring Council's commitment to continue to provide junior golf\nand doing so on a superior course; the proposal also includes numerous upgrades,\nrenovations and improved peer reviewed designs and a capital reinvestment plan; the\nswap of an equal size of land has an over $3.5 million differential in the City's favor; the\ncreative solutions allow the public to enjoy benefits; the land would provide the\nopportunity for an all weather facility for football, soccer and lacrosse; the proposal\nprovides a long-term plan for a sustainable golf course; the MOU is the first proposal;\nthat he has faith in staff to protect the City's interest.\nCouncilmember Johnson concurred with Vice Mayor Bonta; stated for years, the City\nhas been searching for a sustainable plan to save the golf course; there has been a\nsignificant downturn in golf; there are not a lot of golf courses where $9 million is being\ninvested; the proposal is an opportunity for making significant improvements to both golf\ncourses and creating a nine hole; Council would be directing staff to negotiate.\nCouncilmember deHaan stated the vast majority of the holes intersect; the current\nSouth Course only has four holes in the area and the proposal has five and a half holes;\nthat he is concerned about safety; Kemper previously came back with a proposal for\nrenovating 36 holes in 10 years; the Mif was being taken care of with a funding stream\nin place; reviewed various development plans and sports field issues; stated the City is\nprostituting a good [golf] complex that it should have made successful; stated that he\nwould like to have discussions with Kemper about its other 36 hole proposal.\nCouncilmember Tam stated the Council wants the golf course to stay open and\nsustainable; the City is going through hard times and has to be creative in dealing with a\ndeteriorating facility with a lot of deferred maintenance; the concept being proposed is\nworth exploring; the City should look at moving forward with negotiations; that she\nwould like certain items addressed during negotiations: the timing of the City getting the\n$5 million; the prospective homebuilder should be included; funds should be available\nsimultaneously upon approval of entitlements; that she would like to see plans for the\nsports fields, the South Course and Mif be completed as soon as possible; that she\nwould like more information on Kemper's contribution based on information Kemper\nprovided on January 25th, in terms of cost recovery and rate of returns.\nSpecial Meeting\nAlameda City Council\n9\nJuly 12, 2011", "path": "CityCouncil/2011-07-12.pdf"}
{"body": "CityCouncil", "date": "2011-07-12", "page": 10, "text": "Mayor Gilmore stated the only reason the proposal is being considered is because the\nCity would be getting cash for renovating the golf course, constructing fields or doing\nsomething else; the cash is driving the discussion; that she is concerned and does not\nhave confidence about the money; that she understands there is no transfer until the\nCity gets the money; working out a deal will take a certain amount of time; then, it will\ntake another period of time to go through the entitlement process; questioned how the\nCity would have money to do [golf] operations in the meantime; cash is contingent on\ngetting a homebuilder to buy the property; she wants assurances that the homebuilder\ncan pay, such as a balance sheet; the escrow should have milestones for releasing the\nfunds; that she does not want to end up in a dispute with Harbor Bay or the potential\nhomebuilder; Section 4.2 of the MOU proposed by Harbor Bay gives Harbor Bay\nentirely too much discretion; the proposed MOU attempts to bind the City while Harbor\nBay gets rights to walk away; there is no unconditional obligation to pay the City; the\nCity gets paid if Harbor Bay sells the land to a homebuilder and if Harbor Bay is happy\nwith the entitlements; for her, everything is conditional on the amount of money the City\ngets; questioned what rights the City gets under the MOU, which is more like a letter of\nintent; stated the details are not going to be hammered out until the settlement purchase\nagreement referenced [in the MOU].\nCouncilmember Johnson stated Council has given consistent direction to maintain\naffordable golf for juniors; a monthly pass should be kept for residents; there should be\na greater differential between residents and non-residents [fees], which cannot be done\nunder current conditions; further stated if the proposal works out and the golf course is\nin better condition, more people will be willing to pay non-resident fees; that she hopes\nplay is increased overall and leveled out between the North Course and South Course.\nMayor Gilmore stated the City should be very clear about what it is getting out of the\ndeal; someone brought up profit sharing as part of the deal, which could be a very\nattractive mechanism for replacing the fields down the road and building a fund for golf\ncourse future capital improvements.\nCouncilmember deHaan stated Kemper previously included profit sharing.\nMayor Gilmore clarified that she meant profit sharing with the homebuilder.\nCouncilmember deHaan stated a decision tonight is telling the community the Council\nbelieves the Mif could be developed into residential; the Planning Board is going to think\nthe Council is willing to have the area become residential; that he does not want to give\nsaid impression; the normal planning process is to come to Council after the Planning\nBoard.\nMayor Gilmore questioned what the Plan B would be if the entitlements are not\nforthcoming.\nVice Mayor Bonta stated the regulatory process would be followed; noted no other\nSpecial Meeting\nAlameda City Council\n10\nJuly 12, 2011", "path": "CityCouncil/2011-07-12.pdf"}
{"body": "CityCouncil", "date": "2011-07-12", "page": 11, "text": "artificial fields would be coming on line anytime soon; artificial fields are the top priority\nof the youth sports community.\nMayor Gilmore inquired what staff is looking for tonight.\nThe City Manager responded the conversation has been very helpful and has provided\nopen, public direction about what staff should incorporate [in negotiations]; staff is\nlooking for a motion directing staff to pursue the basic concept of sale of the Mif Albright\nCourse for sufficient revenue to generate the new Mif Albright Course as well as enough\nfunds to begin the process of addressing capital for other youth sports needs; staff\nwould come back in September with a proposal about how to handle North Loop Road;\nstaff will negotiate a MOU; staff would like direction to pursue negotiations and the\nmatter will come back for another public hearing and a vote on the agreed upon MOU; a\nseparate item will come back about the on going relationship with Kemper; and the third\nitem would be how to handle the youth sports element.\nMayor Gilmore inquired whether Council is being asked to make a decision about the\nland swap tonight.\nThe City Manager responded in the negative; stated a decision cannot be made on the\nswap tonight; staff is looking for direction to go negotiate.\nMayor Gilmore stated that she is not sure the MOU will give her the level of detail that\nwill make her comfortable.\nThe City Manager stated more detail will be in the MOU [when it returns]; Harbor Bay\ncannot go to the Planning Board without the MOU; the MOU will not commit the City to\nanything other than a good faith attempt to move forward with the process; a final\npurchase agreement will have to be reached after going through the process.\nMayor Gilmore inquired whether the golf course would continue to operate as is during\nthe process, to which the City Manager responded in the affirmative; stated the land\ntrade and the $5 million is at least a year off.\nMayor Gilmore stated that she is concerned about how golf operations will be funded\nduring said time; inquired whether there could be a funding mechanism while the money\nis escrow.\nThe City Manager stated the City would have discussions with Kemper between now\nand the property sale about how to proceed.\nCouncilmember Tam stated Kemper is relying on the Harbor Bay piece; inquired how\nthe City can get the financial guarantees it needs.\nThe City Manager responded if the Harbor Bay proposal does not go through, there\nwould not be $3.5 million to move the Mif, reconfigure the course and fix irrigation; how\nSpecial Meeting\nAlameda City Council\n11\nJuly 12, 2011", "path": "CityCouncil/2011-07-12.pdf"}
{"body": "CityCouncil", "date": "2011-07-12", "page": 12, "text": "long improvements would take in said event would depend on the deal with Kemper; the\nneeds of the golf course exceed the funds from the Harbor Bay deal; stability has to be\ncreated for the next 20 years to prevent the matter [golf course operations] from\nreturning in several years; changes have to be made in order to keep the excellent 45\nhole facility;\nCouncilmember deHaan stated 60 days ago there was a proposal for Kemper and\nJunior Golf to go forward; the only thing the City gets out of the proposal is $1.5 million\nfor an artificial turf field; the money might not be there; if the proposal does not go\nforward within a year, the Wadsworth funds will be gone.\nThe City Manager noted $250,000 [from Wadsworth] would not solve the [golf capital\nneeds] problem.\nCouncilmember deHaan inquired whether Ron Cowan [Harbor Bay] has to sell assets to\nget the $5 million, to which the City Manager responded that his focus is not on Ron\nCowan's background.\nVice Mayor Bonta moved approval of providing direction to staff to move in the direction\noutlined by the City Manager.\nIn response to Mayor Gilmore's request for clarification, Vice Mayor Bonta stated the\ndirection is to negotiate and come back in September with a proposed MOU with Harbor\nBay with more detailed concepts, a proposed lease agreement with KemperSports and\na concept to pursue sports fields on North Loop Road; the MOU, the sports field\nconcept and lease agreement should have the key concepts in the staff report.\nCouncilmember Johnson seconded the motion.\nUnder discussion, Councilmember Johnson inquired when the details would address\nensuring affordable junior golf.\nThe City Manager responded that he would ask the Council to give staff policy direction\nright now that the negotiations with both parities should ensure the preservation of\naffordable and assessable golf for juniors and senior citizens.\nVice Mayor Bonta accepted the suggestion as an amendment to the motion.\nCouncilmember Johnson stated that she would like to add residents to the list.\nVice Mayor Bonta agree to accept said amendment, too.\nCouncilmember Johnson seconded the amended motion.\nMayor Gilmore stated three things are coming back in September; inquired whether\nthere would be a Kemper agreement that would be independent of the other pieces, to\nSpecial Meeting\nAlameda City Council\n12\nJuly 12, 2011", "path": "CityCouncil/2011-07-12.pdf"}
{"body": "CityCouncil", "date": "2011-07-12", "page": 13, "text": "which the City Manager responded in the affirmative; stated the items are related but\nnot bound.\nVice Mayor Bonta inquired whether the City would continue to have an operational golf\ncourse with 45 holes while the [Harbor Bay] project goes through the regulatory\nprocess, to which the City Manager responded in the affirmative.\nCouncilmember deHaan inquired how many votes are required under the Charter since\nthe proposal involves a land transfer.\nThe City Attorney responded a written memorandum on the matter would be provided.\nCouncilmember deHaan inquired whether the clarification would be provided prior to\nSeptember, to which the City Attorney responded in the affirmative.\nThe City Manager noted the direction tonight only requires three votes; it may be that\nthe land transfer may require four votes depending on the reading of the Charter.\nMayor Gilmore inquired whether the vote tonight does not bind the City to anything\nother than directing staff to go forward and negotiate, to which the City Manager\nresponded in the affirmative.\nOn the call for the question, the motion carried by the following voice vote: Ayes:\nCouncilmembers Bonta, Johnson, Tam and Mayor Gilmore - 4. Noes: Councilmember\ndeHaan - 1.\nADJOURNMENT\nThere being no further business, Mayor Gilmore adjourned the meeting at 10:29 p.m.\nRespectfully submitted,\nLara Weisiger\nCity Clerk\nThe agenda for this meeting was posted in accordance with the Brown Act.\nSpecial Meeting\nAlameda City Council\n13\nJuly 12, 2011", "path": "CityCouncil/2011-07-12.pdf"}