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CityCouncil/2011-12-13.pdf,1 | CityCouncil | 2011-12-13 | 1 | MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING TUESDAY--DECEMBER 13, 2011--5:00 - P.M. Mayor Gilmore convened the meeting at 5:09 p.m. Roll Call - Present: Councilmembers Bonta, deHaan, Johnson, Tam and Mayor Gilmore - 5. Note: Councilmember deHaan arrived at 5:14 p.m. Absent: None. The meeting was adjourned to closed session to consider: (11-591) Public Employment - (54957); Title: City Attorney Following the Closed Session, the meeting was reconvened and Mayor Gilmore announced that Council interviewed candidates and discussed City Attorney selection. Adjournment There being no further business, Mayor Gilmore adjourned the special meeting at 9:18 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Lara Weisiger City Clerk The agenda for this meeting was posted in accordance with the Brown Act. Special Meeting Alameda City Council December 13, 2011 | CityCouncil/2011-12-13.pdf |
GolfCommission/2011-12-13.pdf,1 | GolfCommission | 2011-12-13 | 1 | ALAMEDA GOLF COMMISSION MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING Tuesday, December 13, 2011 1 CALL TO ORDER Chair Jane Sullwold called the regular meeting to order at approximately 6:32 p.m. at the Chuck Corica Golf Complex, Ladies Lounge, 1 Clubhouse Memorial Road, Alameda, CA 94502 1-A ROLL CALL Present: Chair Jane Sullwold, Commissioner Ray Gaul, Commissioner - Betsy Gammell, Vice Chair Bill Schmitz, and Secretary Jeff Wood Absent: None Staff: John Vest, General Manager, and Matt Wisely, Superintendent 1-B APPROVAL OF MINUTES The minutes of the regular meeting of November 8, 2011, were approved unanimously. 1-C ADOPTION OF AGENDA The Commission unanimously adopted the agenda. 2 ORAL COMMUNICATIONS None. 3 COMMISSION COMMUNICATIONS None 4 WRITTEN/ORAL REPORTS 4-A Maintenance activities report by Matt Wisely Matt Wisely stated that fairways and rough will be mowed less frequently due to the colder weather, which will give them more opportunity to do detail work on the course through the winter. The greens are rolling fast and smooth. We have experienced recent frost delays due to low temperatures. They have been filling pot holes and have begun removing the pampas grass on Clark # 1. More dead trees have been removed, including a Monterey Pine on Fry # 5. Greens on both courses have been 1 Golf Commission Minutes - Tuesday, December 13, 2011 | GolfCommission/2011-12-13.pdf |
GolfCommission/2011-12-13.pdf,2 | GolfCommission | 2011-12-13 | 2 | edged again for the kikuyu grass. They have two more memorial trees to plant on the north course; one going next to Fry # 15 green and the second site is yet to be determined. The sod nursery is ready to have sod put down and it is leveled. A new mechanic has been hired, and has many years of experience. Chair Sullwold asked what plans, if any, there are to improve drainage this winter. Matt stated there is no plan at this time for the sloughs as they do not have the capability. Chair Sullwold also asked if he had any idea what the cost would be to rent the equipment to dredge the sloughs. Matt stated that it is not the right time of year to do this. Moreover, there are permits to be obtained, and he doesn't know the cost of the equipment rental. He also stated that the sloughs are low at this time. Some new drains have been added, but it is not significant. When asked what role Public Works plays in maintaining the sloughs, Matt said its responsibility is solely to make sure the throughways are clear. They come out a couple of times a year to check this, which includes the throughway from the front of Fry # 16 north to the pond adjacent to the maintenance shop, and the one from Harbor Bay Parkway to Clark # 17. Chair Sullwold asked Matt whether, in his opinion, there was an amount of money that would enable the course to weather a winter better than last year in terms of drainage. Matt stated that any amount of money could be beneficial, but he does not have an estimate as to how much per square foot it would cost to dredge a pond. Matt stated that since October, they have been working proactively to clear drains and make sure all of the catch basins are clear. Ed Downing asked if the problem was getting the water out of the sloughs to wherever it drains, or is the problem getting the water off the course into the slough, and Matt responsed that is off the course into the slough. Ed also asked about staked trees that no longer require stakes, and Matt said they were working on removing them. 4-B Golf Shop and Dr… | GolfCommission/2011-12-13.pdf |
GolfCommission/2011-12-13.pdf,3 | 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 in… | GolfCommission/2011-12-13.pdf |
GolfCommission/2011-12-13.pdf,4 | 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 … | GolfCommission/2011-12-13.pdf |
GolfCommission/2011-12-13.pdf,5 | GolfCommission | 2011-12-13 | 5 | 6. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS, NON-AGENDA (Public Comment) Bob Sullwold stated that Joe VanWinkle is very committed to the Golf Complex, is very experienced in business, and is also very smart, but not all of his ideas have merit. 7. OLD BUSINESS None 8. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS Included in the Commission packet was a memorandum to the Finance Department showing a surcharge payment for November 2011 of $7,340.00. The year-to-date to the General Fund for surcharge is $56,093 for FY 2011-12. - 9. ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING'S AGENDA 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 Update on Golf Complex Finances 10. ANNOUNCEMENTS/ADJOURNMENT The meeting was adjourned at 7:55 p.m. The agenda for the meeting was posted 72 hours in advance in accordance with the Brown Act. 5 Golf Commission Minutes - Tuesday, December 13, 2011 | GolfCommission/2011-12-13.pdf |
GolfCommission/2011-12-13.pdf,6 | GolfCommission | 2011-12-13 | 6 | GolfCommission/2011-12-13.pdf |
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