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GolfCommission | 2008-06-04 | 1 | ALAMEDA GOLF COMMISSION MINUTES OF SPECIAL MEETING Wednesday, June 4, 2008 1. CALL TO ORDER Chair Jane Sullwold called the special meeting to order at 6:35 p.m. at Jim's on the Course Restaurant, Chuck Corica Golf Complex, 1 Clubhouse Memorial Drive, Alameda. 1-A. Roll Call Roll call was taken and members present were: Commissioner Betsy Gammell, Vice Chair Ray Gaul, Commissioner Bill Schmitz, and Chair Jane Sullwold. Absent: Secretary Bill Delaney and Commissioner Jeff Wood. No staff member was present. 4. AGENDA ITEMS: Discussion/Action on a. Golf Complex finances; b. Response to letter of City Auditor Kevin Kearney to Golf Commission dated May 20, 2008; and C. Response to City Council regarding its discussion of Golf Complex finances at Council meeting on May 27, 2008. Chair Sullwold introduced the meeting by giving a report on the events that led up to it. On May 27, 2008, City Council held a special meeting at which the Chuck Corica Golf Complex budget for FY 2008/2009 was discussed. No member of the Golf Commission was present because no one from staff had advised the Commission that the matter would be coming up that evening. Fortunately, however, the meeting was videotaped and could be viewed the next day through the City's website, which all commissioners had done before the meeting. The budget that had been presented by Interim General Manager to the Golf Commission at its meeting on April 16, 2008, was presented to Council on May 27. In general, the proposed budget showed that the Golf Complex was anticipated to have a deficit of approximately $700,000 in the next fiscal year, unless the City agreed to rescind the Surcharge and Return on Investment ("ROI"), in which case the deficit would be reduced to approximately $440,000. Council immediately questioned why the City should be required to "subsidize" a deficit at the Golf Complex out of the General Fund by returning the Surcharge and ROI, and no one from staff pointed out why this was incorrect: that the Complex has actually been subsidizing the General Fund for a number of years, and can no longer afford to do so. Council asked repeatedly what the Golf Commission has been doing, what plan it has, and Mr. Lillard told Chuck Corica Golf Complex Page 1 06/04/08 Golf Commission Minutes | GolfCommission/2008-06-04.pdf |