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GolfCommission | 2011-12-13 | 4 | participate in the screening process for selection of Golf Complex vendors, but does not make the final selection. Ed Downing said he thinks Kemper is being unfairly blamed for wanting to shut down the Mif and reducing the Complex to 27 holes, when they were only doing what the City requested. Chair Sullwold said she also believed that Kemper's plan for 27 holes was entirely driven by their backroom information about what the City wanted: Ron Cowan has stated that former City Manager Debbie Kurita and former Assistant City Manager David Brandt are the ones who first broached the idea of a Mif swap in a private meeting several years ago. Tim Scates asked about what has happened to the Cowan proposal. Chair Sullwold speculated that City Manager John Russo will come to City Council on March 6 with two options: either the Cowan/Kemper land swap plan that was recommended in the staff memo dated October 4, 2011, or an operator that has responded to the new RFP and has been selected as the best candidate. Bob Sullwold stated Cowan has tried to buy off the Alameda Youth Sports Coalition and create conflict between other sports and golf. Cowan apparently approached Pat Bail and asked what he could do to gain her support for the land swap. According to an interview she gave, she told him that the Coalition might be interested if Cowan would sweeten the pot for other sports. Allegedly, Cowan agreed that the Coalition could have $5 million -- money from the swap over and above the $3.5 million for golf, plus an additional donation from him to make up the difference. Part of the $5 million would be used to build fields on the North Loop property, and the balance used as seed money for a sports complex at Alameda Point. 5-B Update on Golf Complex Finances Bob Sullwold reported that for July through October, rounds are up, but revenue is down 1.5%. The Fry course has 3000 rounds more than last year and the Clark course has 700 rounds more. The Mif is down about 100 rounds. The financial statement that was presented to the Golf Commission in July for fiscal year 2010-11 has been revised. Version 2 shows net operating income as $648,000, whereas Version 2 showed only $190,000. There are two principal reasons for this adjustment, one concerning revenue and one concerning expenses. Regarding revenue, there were stale gift certificates worth about $200,000 that had been purchased but not redeemed that they decided to include in revenue. Regarding expenses, the original statement showed that the "Services" category was substantially over budget. After several requests, the Finance Department finally broke out some of the components of this category. Apparently they realized in the process that some of the charges were not operating expenses, and should be capitalized. This amounted to another $200,000. We are still waiting for a complete breakdown of the services category from City Contoller Fred Marsh. 4 Golf Commission Minutes - -Tuesday, December 13, 2011 | GolfCommission/2011-12-13.pdf |