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GolfCommission | 2011-02-23 | 5 | involved in the ordering of the benches, but the material they are made out of is pretty durable.' 4-C Golf Complex Restaurant Report, Jim's on the Course None 5 AGENDA ITEMS 5-A Status Report on Long Term Lease and Mif Albright Negotiations including Golf Commission recommendations Acting City Manager Lisa Goldman stated: "A couple of weeks ago, I was on a conference call with Kemper and one of the Council members, and was surprised that the financing option that Ann Marie had discussed with Kemper was not something that I was going to pursue. She told them one thing that I just can't do, you all know that. I'm not going to tie the general fund up; I can't do it. It's just not a good idea. The Kemper folks are going back and reviewing options on their end, to perfect financing of some kind. They promised to get back to me sooner rather than later. I expect to get something either the end of this week or early next week. If I don't hear back from them by early next week, I will give them a call and see how it's coming along. I did check, just to make sure I really understood it all. I relied upon counsel and checked with underwriters to see if there was any way we could pull off what Ann Marie had talked about, and it just doesn't work. So, I do believe Kemper will come up with some good options, and as soon as we know what that is, we'll be sharing that information. I am not scheduling the special Council meeting until I have something back, and we've had a chance to understand it. So that's where we are right now, in the middle of a holding pattern." Commissioner Gammell: "What if another company is interested?" Lisa Goldman responded: "I did receive letters from two other golf companies. Right now my direction is still what Council voted on last March 16, which is go forth with Kemper. So, I'm giving Kemper the opportunity the see what they can do. If they can't do anything, then l'll go back to Council and ask them if they want to change their direction or not. Until they give me different orders, this is what I have. And I will say they are trying really hard to figure out how to make this work for the City and for them. They are a for-profit company, so it'l have to work for them and it'll have to work for us. But, again, Betsy, I cannot go out and start negotiating with some other company until I get direction from Council; that's not the way it works. So, I do have those letters -- I saved them. If Council says let's open it up, let's reissue the RFP, then that's what I will do.' Chair Sullwold: "There appeared to be a little bit of a catch 22 in what you just said, I'm not going back to Council, but I can't do anything more without their direction." Lisa Goldman: "I'm not going back to Council until I hear from Kemper. They got bad information. They got information from Ann Marie that turned out not to work for the City. So, they're going back now and revisiting what they can and can't do. I'm 5 Golf Commission Minutes-Wednesday, February 23, 2011 | GolfCommission/2011-02-23.pdf |