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Golf Board
Minutes: Regular Meeting of May 21, 2008
Council Liaison to the Board: Councilman Diggs Brown
Staff Support to the Board: Jerry P. Brown, Manager of Golf at 221-6350, and Dawn
Worth, Administrative Aide at 416-2265
Call Meeting to Order: Board Secretary Grant Sherwood 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:
♦ Chairperson David Johnson informed us that he was unable to attend the meeting.
♦ Vice Chairperson Deron Grothe arrived at 7:45 p.m. and assumed to gavel.
♦ Jerry informed the Board that Jay Kammerzell resigned from the Board after the
April meeting.
Approval of Minutes: On a motion by Larry Buckendorf, seconded by Shane Houska,
the Board unanimously (6:0) approved the Minutes of the April 16, 2008 Regular
Meeting.
Citizen Participation: None at this time.
Update on the 2008 "Fort Collins Fore Kids" Event
Jerry informed the Board that we have filled all 120 of the openings. The event will be on
Tuesday, June 3 at 7:45 a.m. at City Park Nine. Jerry said that he has asked Board
Chairperson David Johnson to be the guest speaker. He mentioned that he would
appreciate as many Board Members as possible attending until sign -in is over. Jerry
stated that City Park Nine Golf Professional David McCleave puts in a great deal of
effort organizing the event. He also mentioned that the City's Cable 14 television station
will be taping the event for the City Clerk's office. The City Clerk's office has been
asked to tape various Board and Commission events. Several of the Board Members felt
they would be present.
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Distribution of the Golf Division Operations, Policies, and Procedures Manual
The Board briefly reviewed the Manual. Jerry stated that this Manual includes what is
currently in place as of today. He mentioned that there isn't a great deal of information or
policies under the operations section regarding the Golf Professionals or Concessionaires
since they are contract vendors. Jerry said that additional changes may be made at
anytime, or upon his retirement, or once new management takes over. He also mentioned
that the Manual will be available on the City's website shortly.
Preliminary Review of the Proposed Staff Recommended 2009 Golf Fees and
Char¢es
Jerry previously provided the Board with a memo suggesting that we not make any
additional changes to the 2009 Golf Fees and Charges that were approved last year. He
said that he doesn't believe we need to hold a public input meeting regarding the fees and
charges unless the Board so chooses. Eric McCrery stated that he felt the 2009 Golf Fees
and Charges were across the board and are reasonable when comparing them to other
courses. The Board concurred to accept the Staff Recommendation. Jerry informed the
Board that they don't have to vote on the Final Recommended Fees and Charges until the
June meeting; however, the Board needs to decide on whether or not to hold a public
input meeting in July.
Other Business
♦ Grant Sherwood mentioned that he recently received a mailing from the City of
Loveland golf courses and Jerry said that they have a much larger marketing budget
than we do.
♦ Jerry mentioned that he has heard that some of the Collindale golfers are complaining
about the conditions at SouthRidge. He reminded the Board that the water conditions
at SouthRidge is poor in comparison to Collindale; however, we are going to have
some better ditch water coming soon that likely will improve the conditions.
♦ Jerry said that only 21 women signed up for the Lady's Championship last year, and
that the Recreation Marketing staff provided us with cards this year to hand out to all
of the ladies that come through the courses. He also said that he is planning on taking
flyers to other courses around the area to see if they would allow us to post them as
well. Grant Sherwood asked what our marketing standards were as an Enterprise
Fund and Jerry said that we do some marketing but our marketing budget isn't that
large. We have been working closer with the Recreation Marketing staff lately on
marketing ideas. Jerry also mentioned that we have advertising on our scorecards, and
the advertising on the boards in the clubhouses are the Golf Professional's
responsibility. He said that we have to be careful with our advertising because it can't
face the street as we cannot advertise to the non -golfing public, and it has to follow
City regulations. Jerry also mentioned that we are considering producing the
scorecards in-house because of the issues we are having with Bench Craft.
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♦ Jerry informed the Board that we had a golf cart stolen at City Park Nine last year and
a current employee at City Park Nine noticed a former employee driving a cart around
the CSU campus area. The cart was recently seized at the former employees house,
and we are considering pressing charges against the individual.
Board Members and Staff Comments/Renorts
♦ Jerry reminded the Board that the June meeting will include the initial discussion of
the renewal of the City Park Nine Golf Professional/Concessionaire Agreement, as
well as a discussion with the Director of CPRE and Manager of Parks regarding the
Golf Division Management Transition, so it could be a lengthy meeting.
Adjournment:
On a motion by Shane Houska, seconded by Dan Preble, the Board unanimously voted
(7:0) to adjourn at 8:15 p.m.
Meetin¢ Attendance
Board Members
Larry Buckendorf
Lauren DeRosa
Deron Grothe
Dan Preble
Grant Sherwood
Shane Houska
Eric McCrery
spectfully submitted,
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awn Worth
Administrative Aide
Staff
Jerry P. Brown
Dawn Worth
Guests