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GolfCommission | 2011-10-11 | 3 | 4-D Golf Complex Restaurant Report, Jim's on the Course None. 5 AGENDA ITEMS 5-A Status Report on long term lease, Mif Albright negotiations, and proposal for Golf Complex reconfiguration by Ron Cowan and Harbor Bay Isle Associates, including Golf Commission recommendations, if any. Chair Sullwold stated that she sent an email to John Russo and the City Council members with a suggestion, depending on how the appraisals come out, that the City consider selling the Mif property directly and devote the proceeds exclusively to improving the Golf Complex and building an all weather sports field at Alameda Point. She received a phone call from John Russo and also an email from Lena Tam. John Russo stated that he received the amended appraisal and the value was listed at $15.2 million, which is substantially less than expected. The City has hired an appraiser from Alameda for a second appraisal, and will also hire a third appraiser from outside the City. Lena Tam suggested Chair Sullwold's idea was unworkable because it would require the City to finance the process for obtaining the entitlements, and also because the City is restricted from financing any initiative or ballot measure. Councilmember Tam stated that she has received over 150 voicemails and emails opposing the HBIA land swap proposal, and thinks the opposition to any number of homes will continue. She asked about David Brandt's plan to move the Harbor Bay Club to Mif land and build high end homes on the old property. Chair Sullwold told Councilmember Tam that she had asked the same question of Ron Cowan in early April, and he stated that he needed more houses in order to retire debt that he incurred building infrastructure associated with the original Harbor Bay Isle development. Commissioner Gammell asked if Chair Sullwold sent her email on behalf of the Golf Commission, and Chair Sullwold stated that she did not, but acted purely in her individual capacity as an Alameda citizen. Tim Scates suggested that the City should enter into a long term contract with Kemper and have Kemper do the renovations over a longer term. Chair Sullwold believes that the Kemper people in Chicago have acted dishonorably, otherwise she might be willing to support the long term contract, but would prefer to have the renovations be financed by the City so that they could be done more quickly, to improve the level of play at the Golf Complex. Adam Struve asked whether the driving range could be used as a multipurpose field, with the golfers hitting into a net so that other parts of the range could be used as playing fields for other sports. Several pointed out that safety concerns would prevent such use. 3 Golf Commission Minutes - -Tuesday, October 11, 2011 | GolfCommission/2011-10-11.pdf |