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Minutes: Regular Meeting of May 16, 2007
Council Liaison to the Board: Councilmember 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: 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:
♦ Shane Houska and Eric McCrery called to inform us that they were unable to make
the meeting. (Lauren DeRosa arrived at 7:35 p.m.)
♦ Jerry introduced J.R. Schnelzer, the new Director of Parks. J.R. then gave a brief
overview of his background and job experience. He told the Board that he has an
open-door policy and they are more than welcome to come by his office any time.
J.R. also said that he would appreciate the Board's input during the transition when
Jerry decides to retire.
Approval of Minutes: On a motion by Larry Buckendorf, seconded by Grant Sherwood,
the Board unanimously (7:0) approved the Minutes of the April 18, 2007 Regular
Meeting.
Citizen Participation: No Citizen Participation at this time.
Public Input/Comment on the Proposed Golf Fees and Charges for 2008/2009
Jerry reminded the Board that they need to make a decision in regards to the Proposed
2008/2009 Golf Fees and Charges by the June meeting. There was no public
input/comment at this time. Jerry previously provided the Board with a list of deferred
items that we would like to take care of with the increase in revenue from the fee
increase. Jerry said that he hasn't directly received any input from the public in regards to
the increases. He stated that the meeting information along with a copy of the increases
was published in both the Coloradoan and Fort Collins Weekly newspapers, and posted in
various places in order to inform the public. Lauren DeRosa feels an increase is justified
since everything else is increasing. Larry Buckendorf felt that the Board had debated the
issue well. Grant Sherwood asked if an increase in Annual Pass Fees would take place the
following year. Jerry said yes and reminded the Board that we increased the Annual
Passes for 2007, which hadn't been done since 2003, and that we will be increasing the
cost for them again in 2009. On a motion by Larry Buckendorf, seconded by Deron
Grothe, the Board voted (6:1) (Jay Kammerzell: nay) to approve the Proposed Golf Fees
and Charges for 2008 and to recommend them to the City Manager. Jay explained that he
isn't against the increases. However, would like City Council to consider granting the
Golf Division a portion of the GOCO funds or lottery money to help us purchase some of
our unfunded needs which he feels is only fair.
Golf Board Minutes
May 16, 2007
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Other Business
♦ Jerry informed the Board that he was briefly quoted in an article printed by the Rocky
Mountain Chronicle on Canada Geese. He said this article also discusses a new birth
control product and once the product is legal in Colorado we may take a look at it.
♦ Larry Buckendorf asked if anything came of the vandalism at City Park Nine and
Jerry said no. Grant Sherwood feels the staff did a great job repairing the damage. Jay
Kammerzell asked if we could install chains so individuals can't drive on the course
and Jerry said that he is concerned that someone might get hurt and he doesn't want
to be liable for that, and there are too many places where a vehicle could access the
course. Dan Preble asked if we took care of the tagging on the building and Jerry said
that staff just paints over it.
♦ Jerry said he received the report entitled "A Strategic Perspective on the Future of
Golf' today from the National Golf Foundation because the City is a member, and
distributed copies to the Board. Maybe the information might be something the Board
would like to discuss at a later meeting
Correspondence/Financial and Statistical Reports
Jerry said that we lost two weekends in April and that hurt our revenues but May is
looking pretty good so far. Dale Smigelsky said that the last report didn't show the end of
April and we did a lot of business at that time so it should help our May numbers.
Adjournment:
On a motion by Dan Preble, seconded by Larry Buckendorf, the Board unanimously
voted (7:0) to adjourn at 7:45 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Dawn Worth
Administrative Aide
Meetine Attendance
Board Members
Larry Buckendorf
Lauren DeRosa
Deron Grothe
David Johnson
Jay Kammerzell
Dan Preble
Grant Sherwood
Staff
Jerry P. Brown
Dawn Worth
Jim Greer
J.R. Schnelzer
Dale Smigelsky
Guests
Ken Lambourne