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GolfCommission | 2011-12-13 | 3 | 4C Beautification Program and Junior Golf Club by Mrs. Norma Arnerich Norma Arnerich stated there is not much going on right now. There will be a tree planting ceremony next month. 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 the City decided to send out another Request for Proposals for the long term operation of the golf complex. Per John Russo's request, she had a great deal of input into this RFP and is pleased as to how it turned out. It is much more open ended, and basically states that you can bid on 36 holes or 45 holes, include the driving range or not, with a minimum buy-in of $1,000,000 and a proposal of a minumum payment to the City, which can be waived during construction, and a detailed schedule of how they propose to do the construction. It went out on Thursday or Friday and has been posted on the website. Bob Sullwold, with Joe VanWinkle's help, prepared a draft, as did the City's consultant, David Sams. Chair Sullwold was not happy with the Sams draft, but, at a meeting with Dale Lillard and Sams on January 5, the other two agreed to use Bob's draft as the basis for the final version. Ed Downing noted that he was surprised and pleased to see that the RFP acknowledges that the Golf Complex has always generated an operating profit. He asked why it was only optional for an operator to include the driving range, and Chair Sullwold explained that one possibility is for the driving range to be operated by Alameda Junior Golf in conjunction with operation of the Mif Albright course. She agreed, however, that it was unlikely that any golf operator would choose not to include the range as part of its proposal. Ed also asked about the language in the RFP about the breakdown between the current operator and the City. Chair Sullwold said it was intended to convey simply that negotiations had failed to reach a final contract; the sentence on that point was written by the City. Ed also asked who would be appointed to the negotiating committee. Tim Scates suggested that Chair Sullwold and Joe VanWinkle should recuse themselves from the process, as they have made it quite clear over the last year their distrust of Kemper. Chair Sullwold agreed that she has been very critical of how the Kemper executives from Chicago handled the negotiations regarding the first RFP (although she reiterated that her problem was not with the local people managing the Complex under the interim contract), but stated that the new RFP represents a clean slate. All bidders will have an equal opportunity to compete, and she will support the best proposal for the Golf Complex, whether it be Kemper's or that of some other company. Vice Chair Schmitz noted that the Golf Commission is typically invited to 3 Golf Commission Minutes - Tuesday, December 13, 2011 | GolfCommission/2011-12-13.pdf |