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GolfCommission | 2010-12-15 | 4 | stated: "Norma, I thought that Richard Lee, at that meeting, I was present at the meeting, recommended that the spinoff be the Alameda Junior Golf Tournament and Scholarships?" Norma Arnerich stated: "We did, but we changed that today, because in talking to my board, just talking to them individually, they didn't want to have to open up a new bank account, take our funds out of the bank account we have, it would just be more trouble, so we voted today to keep Alameda Junior Golf Club as it is and the spinoff will be "Friends of the Mif." Chair Sullwold asked: "If it proves to be a problem negotiating with the City, would the Alameda Junior Golf Board reconsider?" Norma Arnerich stated: "I don't think it's going to be a problem, the City Manager didn't feel it was going to be a problem, she just said that changes some, but she didn't feel it was going to be a problem." Commissioner Gaul asked: "Was she referring to the meeting today or the meeting you had with her?" Commissioner Gammell answered: "Today's meeting." Commissioner Gaul stated: "I didn't know she was at today's meeting". Chair Sullwold stated: "She was the one who asked for this meeting. That's what this is all about." Norma Arnerich stated: "She said whatever we called ourselves, they would follow through with that.' Bob Sullwold stated: "I agree, it will be a problem, that you will hear this from the City Manager or Mr. Lillard or the Mayor, now the terms of the deal have completely changed, that we thought that we were negotiating with Alameda Junior Golf, now we find out that it's a completely different entity, we're back at square one, there's no deal on the table. I predict that you will hear that.' Commissioner Schmitz asked: "Was there anyone else there from the City other than the City Manager?' Mrs. Arnerich answered: "Dale Lillard was there and the City Manager and John Vest sat in on the meeting, but he didn't say anything." Chair Sullwold stated: "I hate to be pessimistic about it, but given all the road blocks that we've had in our way, I tend to think we've got to be wary of what Bob is predicting. It may be seized upon by Beverly Johnson, as 'now you're changing the whole nature of what you've been representing to us all year,' and we've got to be ready to at least think about whether there's some way to salvage this." Commissioner Schmitz asked: "This still under the umbrella of Junior Golf, right?" Mrs. Arnerich stated: "It's just a spinoff". Connie Wendling stated: "Dick Lee, our attorney, suggested that.' Chair Sullwold stated: "No, he suggested just the opposite, though, he suggested that you spinoff the assets of Alameda Junior Golf to the new non-profit, so that they're protected under a revised name and that you continue with Alameda Junior Golf Association, because that's the entity we've represented would be the sponsoring organization for the Mif. That was his original suggestion." Mrs. Arnerich stated: "Well, it didn't sound like to me there was any roadblocks, because we are going to meet again with the City Manager and she has requested what she wants from us, from our minutes, anything we had record of forming of taking over the Mif course. We are following through. We are going to meet with her again after the holidays.' Chair Sullwold stated: "No, I'm not saying that, I'm just saying, don't take her word only, she's not the one who gets to make the decision on this one, and we've got Beverly Johnson actively campaigning against this." Mrs. Arnerich stated: "She's only one person." Chair Sullwold stated: "She is, but, you just don't know who she can turn by using things in the right way, so that's why I - 4 - Golf Commission Minutes - Wednesday, December 15, 2010 | GolfCommission/2010-12-15.pdf |