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CityCouncil | 2010-01-06 | 11 | what is the assessment of capital needs. Mr. Vest responded the south property has a lot of capital needs, such as irrigation and the pump station; stated 80% of the greens need to be redone; the driving range needs to be re-covered; tree work is needed. Mayor Johnson inquired what was the condition [of the Course] when Kemper took over. Mr. Vest responded the course was rough; stated the greens had bare spots and were diseased; the course has drainage issues; irrigation lines break daily. Mayor Johnson inquired whether the Golf Course was considered to be in acceptable condition when Kemper took over, to which Mr. Vest responded in the negative. In response to Mayor's Johnson inquiry regarding capital projects, Mr. Vest stated the sprinkler system and pump station are in dire need of repair. Mayor Johnson inquired what the costs would be, to which the Recreation and Park Director responded the sprinkler system would be approximately $1.5 million. Mr. Vest stated the pump station would cost approximately $140,000. Vice Mayor deHaan stated said information will be provided at the time of the [operator] selection process. The Interim City Manager stated staff worked very hard to get all reports done for tonight's agenda; going through supplemental information provided by vendors responding to the RFP while preparing for tonight's agenda was not humanly possible because of the short holiday week and extra meeting; hopes are to have a recommendation come to Council the first meeting in February. Vice Mayor deHaan stated the RFP has five different operational configurations; that he does not know what the best set up would be; the RFP should have been revisited since little interest was generated; the Golf Course will be closed forever once it is closed and will not be replicated anywhere; every golf course is having problems; the community has prided itself to reach out to every individual sport; moth balling the Course as a passive park would cost $30,000 per year. Mayor Johnson requested clarification on how much the City has made in cuts over the last two years. The Interim City Manager stated that she cut 10% of City staff in her first thirty days; cash funds have gone down by more than $20 million in the last fifteen months; the situation at the Golf Course is a factual reality of what is happening everywhere. Special Meeting Alameda City Council 11 January 6, 2010 | CityCouncil/2010-01-06.pdf |