{"body": "GolfCommission", "date": "2020-03-10", "page": 1, "text": "ALAMEDA GOLF COMMISSION\nMINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING\nTuesday, March 10, 2020\n1\nCALL TO ORDER\nChair Ed Downing the called the regular meeting to order at approximately 6:35 p.m. in\nRoom 360, City Hall, 2263 Santa Clara Ave, Alameda, CA 94501\nROLL CALL\nPresent:\nChair Ed Downing, Commissioner Claire Loud, Commissioner\nRon Carlson and Commissioner Pete Pizzino\nAbsent:\nVice-Chair Cheryl Saxton\nStaff:\nGreenway Golf Brett Morrison and Umesh Patel, Recreation\nand Parks Director Amy Wooldridge\nAlso Present:\nNone\n2\nAPPROVAL OF MINUTES\nMinutes of January 14, 2020 were approved unanimously\n3\nORAL COMMUNICATIONS\nTony Corica stated that the Friends of the Park tournament is coming up on May 29,\nwith profits going to Alameda's park recreational opportunities.\n4\nCOMMISSION COMMUNICATIONS\nNone\n5\nWRITTEN/ORAL REPORTS\n4-A\nBeautification Program and Junior Golf Club\nConnie Wendling stated that they are preparing their schedule for the upcoming\nseason, as well as coordinating volunteers to keep up pace of play. It will start the\nweek after school ends.\nEast Bay Juniors is scheduled for July 7 and 8 with tee times starting at 7 AM.\nThe Jack Clark tournament will be held on Friday, October 16, and will be a shotgun\nand a scramble\n1\nGolf Commission Minutes - -Tuesday, March 10, 2020", "path": "GolfCommission/2020-03-10.pdf"}
{"body": "GolfCommission", "date": "2020-03-10", "page": 2, "text": "6\nAGENDA ITEMS\n7\nOLD BUSINESS\n7-A\nFacility and Renovation Report by Greenway Golf\nUmesh Patel introduced himself to the commission and stated that the has been an\nAlameda resident for 21 years, and his two boys grew up in the junior program at\nCorica. In early December, he became a partner in Greenway as an investor, and felt\nthis was a great property. Since that time, they have been working on a vision for the\nfuture of the golf complex. One of the items he will be working on in the near future\nare the bathrooms. He stated that we will have one of the greenest golf courses\naround, having using virtually no water as opposed to 150,000 million gallons\npotentially. The first priority is to have nine holes on the north open by the end of this\nyear. Equipment has been ordered for purchase to complete the cart paths on the\nsouth course, but will probably not be done until the end of the summer.\nGolf Cart GPS System Updates - Yamaha is releasing new updates to GPS system\nthat includes: Bluetooth speaker connection (will be able to connect phone music,\nprior devices will disconnect each day) plus new tournament module with stroke\nplay, scramble and best ball scoring with live leaderboards, etc. For now scoring is\njust for cart GPS, future updates are to include phone app scoring. Will be updating\ncarts within the coming weeks.\nNCAA Div. 2 Golf Tournament - Hosted by Cal State East Bay\nWomen's event was held last week Mar 3rd & 4th - 18 college teams participated,\nCa State San Marcos won with team score of 597\nCal State East Bay girls finished 10th\nMen's event to be held Mar 16th & 17th - 18 teams expected.\nUpdate POS System - Preparing to install new point of sale management system at\nanother Greenway property prior to install consideration at Corica. We will\nlook to revisit the system for Corica later in the year after reviews at the other\nfacility are conducted.\nTree Storm Damage - Mother nature threw 70 mph winds and king tides at us\nwhich raised the water table. The result was 27 trees down. 22 on North, others near\nMif and periphery. none on south. One car was damaged. Diverted project team, cost\nover $75k. Impacted maintenance and construction team schedules even though we\nbrought in specialized crew to help.\n7-B\nJim's on the Course Restaurant Report\nDemetri from Jim's will be installing a new air conditioning/heating unit.\n7-C\nRecreation and Parks Director Report\n2\nGolf Commission Minutes - -Tuesday, March 10, 2020", "path": "GolfCommission/2020-03-10.pdf"}
{"body": "GolfCommission", "date": "2020-03-10", "page": 3, "text": "Amy Wooldridge stated that AMP (Alameda Municipal Power) is proposing a solar\npanel project on Doolittle Drive, and will be on a future planning board agenda. The\npanels will be non-glare not to disrupt golfers, as Greenway was concerned, as well as\nthe Oakland Airport.\nAmy has been discussing with Greenway the demolition of the north course snack\nshack, and is the responsibility of the City, Greenway agreed to take it down and the\nCity will cover the cost.\nClubhouse water line and fire line - Meetings with City Engineer, Amy and inspectors\nhave confirmed plan and specs. The fire inspector requires 10 days notice before the\nproject can start. City will authorize start as soon as Jim's confirms they are ready with\na temporary water solution they've developed. The project is expected to last about\ntwo weeks.\nRegarding the parking lot, bids were published last week, with the opening for bids on\nMarch 24, and Marc is working to make sure that the utilities are done. They are\nhoping to get this to the City Council by the third Tuesday in April, and potentially start\nin May, as it is only a one to two week project.\n8.\nWRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS\nNone\n9.\nITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING'S AGENDA - May 12, 2020\nGreenway Report\nJim's on the Course Report\nRecreation and Parks Director Report\n10.\nANNOUNCEMENTSIADJOURNMENT\nThe meeting was adjourned at approximately 7:40 p.m.\nThe agenda for the meeting was posted seven days in advance in compliance with the\nAlameda Sunshine Ordinance, which also complies with the 72-hour requirement of the\nBrown Act.\n3\nGolf Commission Minutes - Tuesday, March 10, 2020", "path": "GolfCommission/2020-03-10.pdf"}
{"body": "PublicArtCommission", "date": "2020-03-10", "page": 1, "text": "Draft\nMINUTES OF THE PUBLIC ART COMMISSION\nSPECIAL MEETING\nTuesday, March 10, 2020\nCONFERENCE ROOM 360, CITY HALL\n2263 SANTA CLARA AVENUE - 6:00 PM\n1. CALL TO ORDER\nChairperson Gillitt called the meeting to order at 6:00pm\n2. ROLL CALL\nPresent: Chairperson Adam Gillitt, Vice Chairperson Liz Rush, Commissioners\nMark Farrell and Kirstin Van Cleef.\nAbsent: Commissioner Sherman Lewis (unexcused).\nLois Butler (PAC Secretary), Amanda Gehrke and Yael Schy present as staff to\nthe Commission.\n3. MINUTES\n3-A. 2020-7793 Draft Meeting Minutes - December 16, 2019\nA motion to approve minutes made by Commissioner Farrell and seconded by Vice\nChairperson Rush. The motion carried 4-0.\n4. PUBLIC COMMENTS\nNone.\n5. REGULAR AGENDA ITEMS\n5-A. 2020-7787 Recommendation to Consider Alternate Locations for the Dan\nFontes Mural\nStaff Member Gehrke presented on alternate locations for the Dan Fontes\nMural. Gehrke provided background on the Dan Fontes Mural project, and\nreported that the good-faith efforts to find an alternate location within the\nWest Alameda Business District were unsuccessful. Gehrke stated that\nMcKinley Park recreation center continues to be the artist's and city staff's\nrecommended location, and informed the Commission that the process will\nrequire approval from PAC, Recreation and Park Department, and City\nCouncil.\nGehrke welcomed comments from Commissioners and answered their\nquestions.\nSpeaker Dan Fontes presented the benefits of McKinley Park as having a\nnorth-facing wall and little to no graffiti.\nCommissioners discussed concerns about the low visibility of McKinley\nPark, a desire to keep the original mural theme while acknowledging that\nthe artist's creative process may be site-specific, and a desire to have", "path": "PublicArtCommission/2020-03-10.pdf"}
{"body": "PublicArtCommission", "date": "2020-03-10", "page": 2, "text": "Minutes of the Public Art Commission\nSpecial Meeting\nTuesday, March 10, 2020\ncommunity input through a variety of channels. Commissioner Farrell\nvolunteered to research additional locations for the mural.\nChairperson Gillitt made a motion to approve the relocation of the Dan\nFontes Mural to McKinley Park, to have the artist bring three new proposed\nmural options to PAC for review and approval, to ensure the public is\nnotified of the meeting, and to increase the grant award by $1,500 for the\nmural redesign. Commissioner Van Cleef seconded. The vote was 2-2 and\nthe motion did not pass. Commissioner Farrell made a motion to approve\nthe relocation of the Dan Fontes Mural to McKinley Park, and increase the\ngrant award by $1,500 for the mural redesign. Seconded by none. The\nmotion did not pass. Vice Chairperson Rush made a motion to table the\nvote providing additional time for Commissioner Farrell to research\nadditional locations for the mural. Commissioner Farrell seconded the\nmotion. Discussion was opened regarding length of the overall process, the\nvalue of high traffic versus less traffic locations, the challenges of privately\nowned locations versus City-owned locations, and the need to look for\nadditional business and property owners with high-visibility properties open\nto having a mural on their property. Motion passed 4-0.\n5-B. 2020-7788 Recommendation to Approve the Resolution and Conditions\nApproving the \"Alameda Afore\" Public Art Proposal\nStaff Member Gehrke introduced the \"Alameda Afore\" Public Art Proposal,\nthe first of two public art pieces at the Alameda Point Site A development.\nKristel Railsback, with srmErnst Development Partners, presented the\n\"Alameda Afore\" Public Art RFQ winner Rodrigo Nava's proposed art,\nincluding materials, location and size. Gehrke reviewed the public art\nqualifying criteria for the Commission.\nChairperson Gillitt welcomed questions and Gehrke and Railsback\nanswered questions.\nCommissioners discussed the design, structure, materials, and location,\nhighlighting the importance of finding a suitable place to view the art and\nthe descriptive plaque.\nCommissioner Van Cleef made a motion to approve the resolution and\nconditions approving the \"Alameda Afore\" public art proposal. Seconded by\nCommissioner Farrell. Motion passed 4-0.\n5-C. 2020-7789 Recommendation to Consider and Provide Feedback on\nProposed Amendments to the Public Art Ordinance\nStaff Member Gehrke presented recommendations to consider and provide\nfeedback on proposed amendments to the Public Art Ordinance. Gehrke\nprovided a brief background of the ordinance, including revisions made in\n2017, and the desire to increase the amount of money in the Public Art fund\n2", "path": "PublicArtCommission/2020-03-10.pdf"}
{"body": "PublicArtCommission", "date": "2020-03-10", "page": 3, "text": "Minutes of the Public Art Commission\nSpecial Meeting\nTuesday, March 10, 2020\nexpressed by the PAC in 2019. Gehrke presented the proposed changes,\nincluding: creating a tiered contribution system to incentivize developers to\ncontribute to the art fund, allowing funds to be used for art maintenance\ncosts, removing requirement that cultural art grants can only go to non-profit\norganizations, requiring developers to identify onsite versus in-lieu artwork\nprior to getting permits, clarifying that the maintenance agreement should\nbe reflected in the conditions of approval, and specifying that City Council\napproval is only required on commissions over $75,000.\nStaff Member Gehrke welcomed and answered questions.\nCommissioners discussed the proposed amendments, including:\nModifying the new construction art fund contribution rates to either:\na) decrease the in-lieu contribution percentage, b) increase the\nonsite contribution percentage, c) both decrease the in-lieu and\nincrease the onsite contribution percentages to maximize the\nincentive to contribute to in-lieu, d) specify different rates for\nresidential and commercial construction so the residential\ncontribution is at a lower rate, and the commercial contribution can\nbe set lower for in-lieu and higher for onsite contributions;\nRemoving requirement that cultural art grants can only go to non-\nprofit organizations, while possibly designating a portion or amount\nfor non-profit organizations;\nDesignating a portion of the fund to be used exclusively for art\nmaintenance; and\nSpecifying that City Council approval is only required on\ncommissions over $75,000\nSpeaker Tina Blaine shared the opinion that the City of Berkeley's tiered\nsystem's success is due to the greater differential between two contribution\nlevels (0.8% versus 1.75%), and expressed a desire to protect non-profit\norganizations' access to cultural art funds when amending the ordinance.\nSpeaker Jennifer Radakovich posed clarifying questions regarding the\ncultural arts portion of the fund.\nStaff Member Gehrke volunteered to research other city ordinances for both\nvariations in new construction art fund contribution percentages and\ndesignating a portion of the fund exclusively for art maintenance, research\nPAC and staff involvement in onsite art approval at other cities, and bring\nher findings back to the Commission.\nVice Chairperson Rush made a motion to remove the requirement that\ncultural arts grants can only go to non-profits for grants under $2,000, to\nrequire developers to declare onsite artwork or in-lieu art fund contribution\nbefore receiving planning approval, to require that the maintenance\nagreement be reflected in the conditions of approval, to allow a portion of\nthe fund to be used for maintenance of art, and to specify that only art\n3", "path": "PublicArtCommission/2020-03-10.pdf"}
{"body": "PublicArtCommission", "date": "2020-03-10", "page": 4, "text": "Minutes of the Public Art Commission\nSpecial Meeting\nTuesday, March 10, 2020\nprojects over $75,000 need to be brought to City Council for approval.\nSeconded by Commissioner Van Cleef. Motion carried 4-0.\nCommissioners reviewed modification options previously discussed for art\nfund contribution rates. Chairperson Gillitt made a motion to table\ndiscussions of amending art fund contributions from developers. Seconded\nby Vice Chairperson Rush. Motion carried 4-0.\nCommission recessed for break from 8:05-8:09pm.\n5-D. 2020-7790 Request to Establish and Appoint Members to a Public Art\nCommission Subcommittee to Evaluate and Rank Submittals in Response to\nthe Public Art Small Grants Pilot Program\nStaff Member Butler presented the request to establish and appoint\nmembers of a Public Art Commission Subcommittee to Evaluate and Rank\nSubmittals in Response to the Public Art Small Grants Pilot Program,\nincluding an overview of the Public Art Small Grant Pilot Program.\nCommissioners discussed schedules and availability.\nChairperson Gillitt made a motion to appoint Vice Chairperson Rush,\nCommissioner Van Cleef and Staff Member Gehrke as members of the\nPublic Art Commission Subcommittee. Seconded by Commissioner Farrell.\nMotion carried 4-0.\n5-E. 2020-7791 Eligibility Status of Upcoming Projects for the Public Art\nRequirement\nStaff Member Gehrke provided an update of upcoming projects for the\nPublic Art Requirement.\nStaff Member Gehrke answered Commissioner questions.\n6. STAFF COMMUNICATIONS\nStaff Member Butler introduced Staff Member Yael Schy who will be\nassisting with the Public Art Small Grants program.\n7. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS\nNone.\n8. COMMISSIONER COMMUNICATIONS\nChairperson Gillitt requested an update on Fire Station Three Art project,\nrequested general arts calendar update, and requested PAC to issue a\nposition on Assembly Bill 5.\nStaff Member Butler advised adding the request that PAC issue a position\non Assembly Bill 5 to the next meeting's agenda because the item had not\n4", "path": "PublicArtCommission/2020-03-10.pdf"}
{"body": "PublicArtCommission", "date": "2020-03-10", "page": 5, "text": "Minutes of the Public Art Commission\nSpecial Meeting\nTuesday, March 10, 2020\nbe agendized. Butler clarified that there is no update on the general arts\ncalendar.\nCommissioner Van Cleef will share meeting information on Public Art\nNetworking Meetings with the PAC and staff members, to be included in\nCommunications on next meeting's agenda.\n9. ADJOURNMENT\nChairperson Gillitt adjourned the meeting at approximately 8:34pm.\nRespectfully submitted,\nLois Butler\nEconomic Development Manager\nSecretary\nPublic Art Commission\n5", "path": "PublicArtCommission/2020-03-10.pdf"}