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Minutes: Regular Meeting of May 19, 2004
Council Liaison to the Board: Councilman Bill Bertschy
Staff Support to the Board: Jerry P. Brown, Manager of Golf at 221-6350, and Patty
Carroll, Administrative Aide at 416-2265
Call Meeting to Order: Board Chairperson David Johnson called the meeting to order
at 7:30 p.m. at the City Park Nine Clubhouse.
Agenda Review: There were no changes to the agenda as printed.
Items of Note:
♦ Larry Buckendod called to say he would be late to the meeting. He arrived just as the
meeting was being adjourned.
♦ Jerry mentioned that we were able to put an article about golf in the May Utility
Billing insert, "City News," at no cost to us.
♦ Jerry said that all three courses were mentioned in the recent Bullhorn Newspaper
Reader Survey. City Park Nine received the gold medal and SouthRidge received the
silver medal. The Bullhorn staff voted Collindale as the best golf course.
Approval of Minutes: On a motion by Mike Sanders, seconded by Mindy Markley, the
Board unanimously (8:0) approved the Minutes of the April 21, 2004 Regular Meeting.
Citizen Participation: No Citizen Participation at this time.
Staff Proposed/Recommended 2005 Golf Fees and Charges
As per the approved Golf Board 2004 Work Plan for the May meeting, you were
previously provided the Staff Proposed/Recommended 2005 Golf Fees and Charges for
your initial review and discussion. Last year Staff submitted these 2005 Proposed
fee/rates as a part of the 200V2005 City Budget process to the City Manager for
approval. The Board can recommend different feelmtes to the City Manager if you
desire, and it will then be up to the City Manager to decide which fees and charges are
adopted for 2005.
Staff is proposing/recommending that all 9-Hole Green Fee rates (including the Twilight
Rate) and 18-Hole "Senior" and 'Junior" Green Fee rates for 2005 be increased by $1.00
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over existing 2004 rates, and that 18-Hole Regular Green Fee rates for 2005 be increased
by $2.00 over existing 2004 rates. Also, 10-Play Punch Card rates will need to be
increased proportionally to provide for the 15 percent discount In addition, Staff would
like to increase the Tournament Reservation Fees by $1.00 per 9-Holes. No other
increases or changes for 2005 are being proposed/recommended
Since the mid-1990's we have generally alternated increasing Annual Pass Base Rates
and Golf Cart Rental Fees in one year, and then increasing Green Fees the next year, by
our "cost of doing business" in the Golf Fund (which is sometimes referred to as
inflationary increases) which roughly averages 3.5 percent per year, or 7 percent over the
two-year period We also generally "round -up" to the nearest whole dollar amounts
where appropriate.
For 2004 we restructured our Annual Passes eliminating passes in Prime Time, and we
increased the Non -Prime Time Annual Pass Base Fee amounts over the 2003 rates; and
we raised all 2004 Golf Cart Rental Fees by $1.00 each over 2003 rates. In addition, we
established the discount for 10-Play Punch Cards at 15 percent of the Prime Time Green
Fee rate. The projected plan was then to raise only Green Fee rates in 2005 by the 7
percent amount, and then increase 10-Play Punch Card rates proportionally to the 15
percent discount.
All 9-Hole Green Fee rates (except "Junior" rates), including the Twilight rate, have not
been increased since 2002 when the new Surcharge Fee rates were established, while
existing 2004 18-Hole Green Fee rates (except "Junior" rates) have remained the same
since 2003. A chart showing these Green Fee rates since 2002 is as follows:
Actual Actual Existing Proposed
2002
2003
2004
2005
9-Hole Prime Time
$15
$15
$15
$16
9-Hole Non -Prime Time
$13
$13
$13
$14
9-Hole Non -Prime Time Age 62+
$10
$10
N/A
N/A
9-Hole Non -Prime Time Ages 62 to 74
N/A
N/A
$10
$11
9-Hole Non -Prime Time Age 17 & under
$7
$7
N/A
N/A
9-Hole Non -Prime Time Ages 17 & under and 75+
N/A
N/A
$8
$9
Twilight Rate
$9
$9
$9
$10
18-Hole Prime Time (SouthRidge)
$24
N/A
N/A
N/A
18-Hole Prime Time (City Park Nine & Collindale)
$23
N/A
N/A
N/A
18-Hole Prime Time
N/A
$24
$24
$26
18-Hole Non -Prime Time
$21
$22
$22
$24
18-Hole Non -Prime Time Age 62+
$16
$17
N/A
N/A
18-Hole Non -Prime Time Ages 62 to 74
N/A
N/A
$17
$18
18-Hole Non -Prime Time Age 17 & under
$14
$14
N/A
N/A
18-Hole Non -Prime Time Ages 17 & under and 75+
N/A
N/A
$15
$16
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A chart showing 10-Play Punch Card rates since 2002 is as follows:
Actual
Actual
Existing
Proposed
2002
2003
2004
2005
9-Hole 10-Play Punch Card
$125
$125
$127.50
$136
18-Hole 10-Play Punch Card
$200
$210
$204.00
$221
18-Hole SouthRidge Prime Time 10-Play Card
$210
N/A
N/A
N/A
Tournament Reservation Fees have remained at their existing rates for many years. The
Tournament Reservation Fee has been $2/9-Holes per player since 1996 for Tee Time
and Non -Prime Time events, and the Prime Time Shotgun Tournament Reservation fee
has been $4/9-Holes per player since 20W. We think the time is now appropriate to
increase both of these fees by $1/9-Holes per player, as follows:
Existing Proposed
Tournament Reservation Fee/Non Prime Time & Tee Time (PP) $2/9-Holes $3/9-Holes
Tournament Reservation Feeftme Time Shotgun (PP) $4/9-Holes $5/9-Holes
Jerry then asked if there were any questions. Claire Nelms wanted to know if the
Proposed fees were written in stone and needed to be raised at this time. She questioned
the amounts recommended due to the economy and public relations. Mike Sanders
mentioned that he had received a call from former Golf Board Member .David Shands
also questioning the need for increases due to the economy. Jerry said the golf courses
need money too as we are 100% self-supporting, and last year we nearly depleted our
reserves. Mindy Markley stated that the 3.5% yearly increase was reasonable. Lauren
DeRosa mentioned that it was a mild March and the play was awesome. Claire said
January and February were cold. Jerry stated that Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays in
May have been great.
Mike Sanders made a motion to support the Staff recommendations on the 2005 Golf
Fees and Charges. Grant Sherwood seconded the motion. The Motion carried
unanimously (8:0). Mike Sanders also made a motion that the Public Comment/Input be
at the July 21 Board Meeting. Mindy Markley seconded the motion. The motion passed
unanimously (8:0).
Other Business
♦ Jerry stated that the overall water situation was okay, however, the water at
SouthRidge is not good quality. We are hoping we'll see some improvement in water
quality or we may have to resort to treated water or chemical injections.
♦ Jerry mentioned "Fort Collins Fore Kids" to be held Tuesday, June 8. Dave
McCleave, Golf Professional at City Park Nine is in charge of the event. Jerry said if
anyone wanted to volunteer, to contact Dave.
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Jerry noted that'Collmdale Golf Technician Tom Fry is retiring after working 18
years for us. We are recruiting internally for his replacement.
Larry Buckendorf arrived at the meeting.
Adjournment:
On a motion by David Tbilmany, seconded by Claire Nelms, the Board unanimously
voted (8:0) to adjourn at 7:51 p.m
Meetine Attendance
Board Members
Lauren DeRosa
David Johnson
Mindy Markley
Claire Nelms
Dan Preble
Mike Sanders
Grant Sherwood
David Thilmany
Respectfully submitted,
Patty�l
Administrative Aide
Staff
Jerry P. Brown
Patty Carroll
David McCleave
Guests
Pat Finnigan
John Schuh