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GolfCommission | 2011-02-23 | 7 | them. I will present them with the information I have at that time and let them decide what they want to do." Bob Sullwold: "Is it true that there is no exclusive negotiating agreement with Kemper?" Lisa Goldman: "There's no signed document in the sense that we had a signed document with Sun Cal, known as an exclusive negotiation agreement. We are exclusively negotiating with Kemper because that is the direction that the City Manager received on March 16, 2010. There's no signed document.' Bob Sullwold: "Secondly, if you were to explore other options, is it a requirement of City law, that you have to go through the formal RFQ-RFP process, or could you, for example, write a one page letter to one of those 65 companies, to whom the original RFP was sent, saying here's what we want, we want a 36-hole golf course, we want to know if you want to do a long term lease or a management contract and want to know if you'll put any dough into the deal. Would that be lawful?" Lisa Goldman: "I don't know the answer to that question, but let me answer it this way, that I believe that this current Council is interested in having open and competitive processes, so I would imagine they would direct Staff to open it up via the RFQ-RFP process rather than sending a letter. But, I don't know the exact answer to your question about whether we could do a one page or not.' Bob Sullwold: "Third question, you probably won't want to answer, if you are aware, we know you not only have to speak truthfully, but that you have to disclose all material facts necessary to make the statements that you do make not misleading. In your view did Kemper's presentation to the City Council comply with that?" Lisa Goldman: "I believe that they believe that the way the deal was going to be structured, and Ann Marie did discuss with them, that the City floated the bond but they were responsible for paying the bond via their money or whatever revenue they made at the golf course. They thought we were all on board and knew what the deal was that Ann Marie discussed with them." Bob Sullwold: "They heard what you said, they heard what the Council members said, which obviously indicated that none of you was fixing to do anything about a bond issue. Why did this guy from Chicago get up there, make this presentation and fail to say anything about, well, we understand the deal is, you issue the bond, we're responsible for the debt terms? Lisa Goldman: "I can't really answer your question, Bob, because I'm not Mr. Blake from Kemper. All I can say is I do believe that it came as a big surprise to them that I didn't know what they had discussed with Ann Marie. So they thought I got it, which meant they probably thought everybody else got it, and I didn't get it obviously. And so I don't know the answer, [but] I believe he thinks he was making truthful statements, that's all I know." Bob Sullwold: "And all of the negotiations with Kemper were conducted by Ms. Gallant?" Lisa Goldman: "That's correct." Bob Sullwold: "Mr. Lillard had no involvement with that?" Lisa Goldman: "He was in some of the negotations, but not every single call she had with them." Bob Sullwold: "Other than Ms. Gallant, no one knew about the funding?' Lisa Goldman: "I don't know if anybody else knew; I sure didn't know. It seemed to be a surprise to Council when I talked to them. I talked to our financial advisor about it, and he didn't know about it.' 7 Golf Commission Minutes-Wednesday, February 23, 2011 | GolfCommission/2011-02-23.pdf |