{"body": "CityCouncil", "date": "2011-10-11", "page": 1, "text": "MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING\nUESDAY--OCTOBEF 11, 2011--7:00 - P.M.\nMayor Gilmore convened the meeting at 7:06 p.m. Councilmember Tam led the Pledge\nof Allegiance.\nROLL CALL -\nPresent:\nCouncilmembers Bonta, deHaan, Tam and Mayor\nGilmore - 4.\nAbsent:\nCouncilmember Johnson - 1.\nORAL COMMUNICATIONS, NON-AGENDA\n(11-484) Michael John Torrey, Alameda, suggested the meeting be adjourned in\nmemory of Al Davis.\n(11-485) Corrine Lambden, Alameda, urged the Council to name the Beltline Property\nafter Jean Sweeney.\nAGENDA ITEM\n(11-486) Review of Crown Beach Incident by FireChiefs.com, LLC\nThe City Manager gave a brief presentation.\nRuben Grijalva, FireChiefs.com, LLC, and Anthony Hare, PhD gave a Power Point\npresentation.\nThe Police Chief and Interim Fire Chief gave brief presentations.\nProponents: Domenick Weaver, Alameda Firefighters Local 689; and Jon Spangler,\nAlameda.\nProponents with objection to suicide designation: Delores Berry, Alameda; Jeannette\nLane, Alameda; and Carol Gottstein, Alameda.\nOpponents: Gail deHaan, Alameda; Notty Bumbo, San Francisco; Rosemary McNally,\nAlameda (submitted correspondence); Adam Gillitt, Alameda; and Dawna Dowdell,\nAlameda.\nNeutral: Kate Bernol.\nVice Mayor Bonta left the dais at 9:11 p.m. and returned at 9:13 p.m. and\nCouncilmember Tam left the dais at 9:12 p.m. and returned at 9:13 p.m.\n* * *\nSpecial Meeting\nAlameda City Council\n1\nOctober 11, 2011", "path": "CityCouncil/2011-10-11.pdf"}
{"body": "CityCouncil", "date": "2011-10-11", "page": 2, "text": "Mayor Gilmore requested that an update be provided in six months.\nThe City Manager inquired whether Mayor Gilmore is requesting a follow up on the\nfourteen recommendations, to which Mayor Gilmore responded in the affirmative.\nThe City Manager suggested that the matter come back to Council at the second\nmeeting in February in order to provide a ninety-day assessment period; stated an\nadditional report could be provided after an additional ninety days if tasks have not been\ncompleted; the most important thing tonight has been the recognition of the family's\ntestimony; there have been failures in the policies, execution, and culture of the\norganization.\nMayor Gilmore stated that she does not want the report to be placed on a shelf and\nnever addressed again.\nThe City Manager stated staff would come back regarding the fourteen\nrecommendations; some recommendations might have budget impacts; that he\napologizes for the failures; there has been mistrust between the Police and Fire\nDepartments in addition to administrative policy and coordination failures; the\nrelationship needs to be rebuilt.\nADJOURNMENT\nThere being no further business, Mayor Gilmore adjourned the meeting at 10:02 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\n2\nOctober 11, 2011", "path": "CityCouncil/2011-10-11.pdf"}
{"body": "CityCouncil", "date": "2011-10-11", "page": 3, "text": "MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING\nTUESDAY--OCTOBER 11, 2011--600 - P.M.\nMayor Gilmore convened the meeting at 6:05 p.m.\nRoll Call - Present:\nCouncilmembers Bonta, deHaan, Johnson, Tam and Mayor\nGilmore - 5.\nNote: Councilmember Johnson was present via teleconference\nAbsent:\nNone.\nThe meeting was adjourned to Closed Session to consider:\n(11-483) Public Employment - (54957); Title: City Attorney\nFollowing the Closed Session, the meeting was reconvened and Mayor Gilmore\nannounced that no action was taken.\nAdjournment\nThere being no further business, Mayor Gilmore adjourned the meeting at 7:00 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\nOctober 11, 2011", "path": "CityCouncil/2011-10-11.pdf"}
{"body": "GolfCommission", "date": "2011-10-11", "page": 1, "text": "ALAMEDA GOLF COMMISSION\nMINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING\nTuesday, October 11,2011\n1\nCALL TO ORDER\nChair Jane Sullwold called the regular meeting to order at approximately 6:30 p.m. at\nthe Chuck Corica Golf Complex, Ladies Lounge, 1 Clubhouse Memorial Road,\nAlameda, CA 94502\n1-A\nROLL CALL\nPresent:\nChair Jane Sullwold, Commissioner Ray Gaul, Commissioner\nBetsy Gammell, and Vice Chair Bill Schmitz\nAbsent:\nSecretary Jeff Wood\nStaff:\nJohn Vest, General Manager, and Matt Wisely, Superintendent\n1-B\nAPPROVAL OF MINUTES\nThe minutes of the special meeting of September 21, 2011, were approved\nunanimously.\n1-C\nADOPTION OF AGENDA\nThe Commission unanimously adopted the agenda.\n2\nORAL COMMUNICATIONS\nNone.\n3\nCOMMISSION COMMUNICATIONS\nNone\n4\nWRITTEN/ORAL REPORTS\n4-A\nMaintenance activities report by Matt Wisely\nMatt Wisely stated that aerification will be done on the North Course next Monday and\nTuesday, and that the South putting green will be done tomorrow. The other putting\ngreen will be completed Wednesday, October 19. All the greens have been fertilized.\nGreens on both courses have been edged, and kikuyu is still being removed. A\nnursery green is being built next to the shop so sod is available to repair areas where\nkikuyu grass has been removed. We received about an inch of rain last week, which\nthe course soaked up pretty well.\n1\nGolf Commission Minutes - -Tuesday, October 11, 2011", "path": "GolfCommission/2011-10-11.pdf"}
{"body": "GolfCommission", "date": "2011-10-11", "page": 2, "text": "The maintenance crew seeded some of the tees on both courses with rye grass to see\nif that will keep them green through the winter, instead of letting the kikuyu grass go\ndormant. They are continuing to work on pampas grass removal and removing the\ndead trees. Six new pots have been added in front of the pro shop to help keep carts\nout of the middle area around the restaurant.\nOne staff member resigned after two weeks, and the position will not be refilled until\nSpring 2012. All the cart paths have been edged. They are still in the process of\nfilling the gravel paths.\nCommissioner Gaul asked Matt about the kikuyu problem that Councilmember\ndeHaan mentioned at the last City Council meeting. Matt explained that the greens\nhave had kikuyu since Kemper arrived on site over two years ago. It is something that\nis difficult to remediate without a total renovation. Although a renovation has been\nplanned for two and a half years now, Kemper is still waiting to see what happens\nregarding a long-term lease. The crew is going to start picking it out and sodding it out\nso it can't spread. The statement that 60% of the north greens are infested is\ninaccurate; there are some cup-sized patches on the north course. The south course\nneeds major renovation to remove it. After aerification is completed, and after the\nholes are mended and healed, they will be able to strip out some of the kikuyu grass\nwith the sod from the nursery green.\n4-B Golf Shop and Driving Range activities report by John Vest\nJohn Vest stated that September was a good month, even with the two days of\nminimal rain. Revenue was $373,000, which is up 5% from September 2010. Rounds\nwere up 13% from last year. Promotions are being created for afternoon weekend\nplay. Seven new mats were ordered for the range.\nOctober is behind about $20,000 from prior year as of today, but there are still three\nweekends left in the month.\nPromotions include the Early Bird Special before 7:00 a.m. for $30. The Monday Night\nFootball special has been going well, as has Wacky Wednesdays for seniors.\nTournament revenue for September was over $47,000, and year to date puts us up\nabout $40,000 from 2010.\nChair Sullwold asked about the problem with East Bay MUD providing - and charging\nfor - potable water. John is continuing to negotiate with them to resolve the issue.\n4C\nBeautification Program and Junior Golf Club by Mrs. Norma Arnerich\nNorma Arnerich thanked Matt Wisely for the condition of the Fry course for the Jack\nClark Memorial Tournament. She also stated that even though we had two fewer\nteams than last year, they made about the same amount of money, which will support\nfive scholarships in the amount of $1,000 each.\n2\nGolf Commission Minutes - -Tuesday, October 11, 2011", "path": "GolfCommission/2011-10-11.pdf"}
{"body": "GolfCommission", "date": "2011-10-11", "page": 3, "text": "4-D\nGolf Complex Restaurant Report, Jim's on the Course\nNone.\n5\nAGENDA ITEMS\n5-A Status Report on long term lease, Mif Albright negotiations, and proposal\nfor Golf Complex reconfiguration by Ron Cowan and Harbor Bay Isle\nAssociates, including Golf Commission recommendations, if any.\nChair Sullwold stated that she sent an email to John Russo and the City Council\nmembers with a suggestion, depending on how the appraisals come out, that the City\nconsider selling the Mif property directly and devote the proceeds exclusively to\nimproving the Golf Complex and building an all weather sports field at Alameda Point.\nShe received a phone call from John Russo and also an email from Lena Tam. John\nRusso stated that he received the amended appraisal and the value was listed at\n$15.2 million, which is substantially less than expected. The City has hired an\nappraiser from Alameda for a second appraisal, and will also hire a third appraiser\nfrom outside the City. Lena Tam suggested Chair Sullwold's idea was unworkable\nbecause it would require the City to finance the process for obtaining the entitlements,\nand also because the City is restricted from financing any initiative or ballot measure.\nCouncilmember Tam stated that she has received over 150 voicemails and emails\nopposing the HBIA land swap proposal, and thinks the opposition to any number of\nhomes will continue. She asked about David Brandt's plan to move the Harbor Bay\nClub to Mif land and build high end homes on the old property. Chair Sullwold told\nCouncilmember Tam that she had asked the same question of Ron Cowan in early\nApril, and he stated that he needed more houses in order to retire debt that he\nincurred building infrastructure associated with the original Harbor Bay Isle\ndevelopment.\nCommissioner Gammell asked if Chair Sullwold sent her email on behalf of the Golf\nCommission, and Chair Sullwold stated that she did not, but acted purely in her\nindividual capacity as an Alameda citizen.\nTim Scates suggested that the City should enter into a long term contract with Kemper\nand have Kemper do the renovations over a longer term. Chair Sullwold believes that\nthe Kemper people in Chicago have acted dishonorably, otherwise she might be\nwilling to support the long term contract, but would prefer to have the renovations be\nfinanced by the City so that they could be done more quickly, to improve the level of\nplay at the Golf Complex.\nAdam Struve asked whether the driving range could be used as a multipurpose field,\nwith the golfers hitting into a net so that other parts of the range could be used as\nplaying fields for other sports. Several pointed out that safety concerns would prevent\nsuch use.\n3\nGolf Commission Minutes - -Tuesday, October 11, 2011", "path": "GolfCommission/2011-10-11.pdf"}
{"body": "GolfCommission", "date": "2011-10-11", "page": 4, "text": "5-B\nUpdate on Golf Complex Finances\nChair Sullwold stated that the September financial reports had not been submitted by\nthe City prior to the meeting\n6.\nORAL COMMUNICATIONS, NON-AGENDA (Public Comment)\nNorma Arnerich asked if Reyla Graber could discuss what the homeowners are doing\nregarding the land swap. She stated that they are reaching out to the individual\nhomeowner's boards in Harbor Bay so that they are aware of what is going on. The\nmaster board has created a website on which legal opinions and critical letters have\nbeen posted.\nAn unknown asked Bob Wood if he had completed his inventory of the trees on the Mif\nAlbright course. Bob said stated he was still working on it, but had identified most\nalready. He needs to find out which trees are memorial trees. Chair Sullwold pointed\nout that the City commissioned a study several months ago to identify all the trees in\nAlameda, including those on the Golf Complex property, and that report might provide\nthe missing information.\nNorma Arnerich asked if the Enterprise Fund was receiving the funds for the cell tower\non the North course. The City's financial reports list rental income, so it appears that\nthose payments are being credited to the Golf Complex.\n7.\nOLD BUSINESS\nNone\n8.\nWRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS\nIncluded in the Commission packet was a memorandum to the Finance Department\nshowing a surcharge payment for September 2011 of $12,687. The year-to-date to\nthe General Fund is $38,960 for FY 2011-12.\n9.\nITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING'S AGENDA\nStatus Report on Long Term Lease, Mif Albright Negotiations, and proposal for\nGolf Complex reconfiguration by Ron Cowan and Harbor Bay Isle Associates,\nincluding Golf Commission recommendations, if any\nUpdate on Golf Complex Finances\n10.\nANNOUNCEMENTS/ADJOURNMENT\nThe meeting was adjourned at 7:40 p.m.\nThe agenda for the meeting was posted 72 hours in advance in accordance with the Brown\nAct.\n4\nGolf Commission Minutes - -Tuesday, October 11, 2011", "path": "GolfCommission/2011-10-11.pdf"}