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I'D LIKE TO CALL THE GOLF ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING DUE ORDER FOR SEPTEMBER 3RD, 2026.
LORI, WOULD YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE? SURE.
FOR THE RECORD, MEMBERS BARRETT AND DEMETRIO ARE EXCUSED FOR THE MEETING.
AND ANYBODY ELSE? UH, MEMBERS, YOUNG.
UNEXCUSED, ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE? SEE, SEEING NONE WILL MOVE ON.
OUR REGULAR AGENDA RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE GOLF ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING OF THURSDAY, MARCH 26TH, 2026.
CAN I GET A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? SO MOVED.
SO WE HAVE MEMBER FITZGERALD AND THE SECOND BY RICHIE.
ANY PUBLIC COMMENT RELATING TO THIS ITEM? MEMBERS? IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? NO.
LORI, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE.
RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE CITY GOLF OPERATIONS.
CAN I GET A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? SO MOVED.
MEMBER FITZGERALD SECOND PLEASE.
ANY PUBLIC COMMENT RELATING TO THIS ISSUE, THIS ITEM? EXCUSE ME.
MEMBERS? ANY DISCUSSION? UH, I CAN GET MY UPDATES AND THEN WE CAN ANSWER.
IT'S, UM, DISORIENTING, BUT, UH, WELCOME TO OUR NEW CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR.
UM, THE, UH, CITY OF LONG BEACH IS WORKING ON PASSING ITS BUDGET, UM, FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, WHICH, UM, I'M NOT SURE HOW MUCH OF THAT YOU HAVE ALL SEEN IN THE NEWS, BUT WITH A $60 MILLION, UM, HOLE TO CLOSE, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME ADJUSTMENTS.
UM, NOTHING SO FAR AFFECTING GOLF OR YOU DIRECTLY.
UM, HOWEVER, UH, THE, THE GOLF OPERATIONS AND MY POSITION WE'RE CURRENTLY IN THE PARTNERSHIPS DIVISION OF THE BUSINESS OPERATIONS BUREAU.
UM, WE DID JUST GET A NEW BUSINESS OPERATIONS BUREAU MANAGER.
UM, HER NAME IS MICHELLE MASON.
UM, SHE WAS FORMERLY WITH THE DEPARTMENT FOR MANY YEARS AND CAME BACK AND, UM, WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE HER BACK.
HOWEVER, OUR DIVISION, IT'S SHERLY, MYSELF AND ANN, UM, WILL BE MOVING FROM THE BUSINESS OPERATIONS BUREAU INTO THE COMMUNITY RECREATION SERVICES BUREAU.
SO IT SHOULDN'T AFFECT ANYTHING OTHER THAN KIND OF STRUCTURALLY WHERE WE ARE IN THE, UM, IN THE DEPARTMENT.
UM, AND WE'LL STILL WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH LILY.
SO, UM, THE BUREAU MANAGER IS ASHLEY RIST.
UM, AND SO THAT WAS PROPOSED TO CITY COUNCIL AND THEY'LL MAKE THEIR FINAL, UM, VOTE ON THAT NEXT TUESDAY, UH, SEPTEMBER 8TH MEETING.
UM, JUST SOME OTHER QUICK UPDATES.
UM, THE UPDATES TO THE MANUAL ARE STILL IN THE QUEUE FOR CITY ATTORNEY'S APPROVAL.
UM, I'M FINALIZING THE INTERNAL DEPARTMENT APPROVALS THAT WE NEED TO SEND THOSE FORWARD.
SO MY GOAL IS TO HAVE THAT TRANSMITTED SHORTLY.
UM, I'LL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON THAT.
UM, THE SMOKING IN THE PRACTICE AREAS ORDINANCE, UM, WE'RE BUNDLING THAT WITH A PAIR OF KIND OF BROADER DEPARTMENT ORDINANCES.
UM, SO WE'RE WORKING ON THOSE.
THOSE HAVEN'T MOVED FORWARD TO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE YET, BUT THEY'RE
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STILL ON OUR, UM, ACTIVE WORKING ON A LIST.AND SO WE'LL BRING THOSE AS A PACKAGE WHEN WE'RE READY.
UM, THE, UH, THIS COMMITTEE PREVIOUSLY ACT THAT ASKED THAT THE CITY, UH, EXPRESS ITS SUPPORT FOR, UM, AB 1954, THE, UH, PAR ACT.
UM, SO WE DID PREPARE THE MEMO AND ADVANCE IT FOR INTERNAL REVIEW.
UM, THE BILL HAS SINCE MOVED TO THE GOVERNOR'S DESK, I BELIEVE THAT BELIEVE AS OF AUGUST 25TH OR SO.
UM, SO IT WAS PRESENTED TO THE GOVERNOR, UM, BUT AT THIS STAGE, THE CITY DID NOT EXPRESS ITS FORMAL SUPPORT FOR THAT.
WE DIDN'T TAKE A FORMAL POSITION ON IT.
UM, SO I, IT WASN'T THAT WE, THAT THE CITY DIDN'T SUPPORT IT, JUST KIND OF OUR INTERNAL REVIEW PROCESS JUST KIND OF DID NOT KEEP UP WITH THE, HOW QUICKLY THE BILL MOVED.
SO, UM, THE GOOD NEWS OUT OF THAT PROCESS IS THAT THE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS TEAM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE KIND OF ON THEIR RADAR NOW AND SO THEY'RE INTERESTED IN, UM, SEEING WHAT THEY CAN DO TO GET, UH, GOLF ITEMS KIND OF AS A STANDING, UM, LEGISLATIVE ISSUE THAT THEY CAN ADVOCATE FOR AND MOVE A LITTLE BIT MORE QUICKLY NEXT TIME.
SO, UM, UH, ON TO, UM, HALL OF FAME THAT BOB MIGHT BE HERE.
BUT, UM, WE, AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE LONG BEACH OPEN ON AUGUST 9TH, UM, INDUCTED OUR THREE NEW MEMBERS INTO THE GOLF LONG BEACH GOLF HALL OF FAME.
UM, SO WE'RE NOW AT 99 MEMBERS TOTAL WITH THESE THREE NEW ONES.
UM, SO WE HAD JOEY SARU, WHO, UM, CAME UP THROUGH JUNIOR GOLF AND IS STILL A VOLUNTEER INSTRUCTOR.
UM, HE IS HEAD COACH OF THE WOMEN'S GOLF AT CAL STATE LONG BEACH, UM, WHERE THEY, WHERE HE WAS NAMED, UH, BIG WEST COACH OF THE YEAR TWICE.
UM, WE HAVE BILL MCCORMICK, WHO, UM, JUST HAS MANY ACCOLADES FROM THE SIXTIES.
I REALLY ENJOYED TALKING TO HIM.
HE TALKED TO ME ABOUT HOW HE GOLFED AT OPENING DAY AT ALDO AND SKY LINKS.
UM, HE, UH, SORRY, I HAVE NOTES HERE.
HE IS A THREE TIME LONG BEACH MASTERS CHAMPION AND THREE TIME SKY LINKS CLUB CHAMPION.
UM, AND OUR THIRD MEMBER INDUCTED WAS MIKE ORTEGA, UM, WHO WAS ON THE SKY LINKS BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR MANY YEARS, INCLUDING AS PRESIDENT.
AND HE WAS PRESIDENT, UM, AND A MEMBER OF THE, UH, BOARD FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC LINKS GOLF ASSOCIATION, AS WELL AS SCGA AND WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN THE MERGER OF THOSE TWO GROUPS.
UM, AND HE VOLUNTEERS AT DOZENS OF MAJOR PROFESSIONAL AND AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIPS.
SO WE'RE VERY PROUD TO, UM, INDUCT THEM INTO THE HALL OF FAME.
SO THOSE, THAT CONCLUDES MY UPDATES.
I JUST WANNA, YOU KNOW, UM, JUST SAY THAT I DO APPRECIATE THIS COMMITTEE'S, UM, WORK AND WE DEFINITELY ALWAYS APPRECIATE YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE IMPORTANT TO US.
AND EVEN THOUGH, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THINGS MOVE SLOWLY IN THE CITY, UM, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING STILL REMAINS ON OUR WORKING LIST AND WE'RE ACTIVELY LIKE TRYING TO MOVE THESE THINGS FORWARD.
SO, UM, I'LL KEEP YOU UPDATED AS THINGS PROGRESS.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? THE ONLY THING I WOULD ADD IS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU.
I APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, THE COMMITTEE'S SUPPORT FOR, FOR THE BILL AND AS LORI SHARED, WE'RE, WE'RE JUST HOPING THAT THE GOVERNOR HAS ENOUGH INK TO SIGN THE BILLS HE NEEDS TO SIGN, INCLUDING OURS.
UM, THAT, THAT WOULD BE EXCITING TO SEE, UH, THE BILL, YOU KNOW, BECOME LAW AFTER, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE YEARS OF A LOT OF BAD PUBLICITY AND, YOU KNOW, CONCERN THAT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF MUNICIPAL FACILITIES WERE, YOU KNOW, LOSING THAT ABILITY TO CONTROL THEIR AFFORDABLE AND ACCESSIBLE RECREATION, UM, 'CAUSE OF THIS SORT OF DISTORTION OF THE SECONDARY MARKETS.
ANYWAY, APPRECIATE THIS COMMITTEE.
I KNOW THAT THE CITY MAYBE DIDN'T QUITE, UH, MOVE ALONG FAST ENOUGH TO TAKE A FORMAL POSITION, BUT IT ALL HELPS.
AND, UM, THE ONLY THING I'LL ADD, I GUESS AS PART OF THE DISCUSSION IS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I'M INTERESTED AS A MEMBER HERE, AND MAYBE THE COMMITTEE WOULD BE OF SUGGESTING THAT, YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY GOLF ITEMS, BUT MAYBE JUST PARKS ITEMS IN GENERAL.
I MEAN, I THINK, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PIECES OF LEGISLATION THAT I THINK HELP THE CITY DELIVER ITS PARKS MISSION.
SO I THINK THIS IS A GOLF COMMITTEE, BUT ANYTHING THAT'S SORT OF ALIGNED WITH PARKS AND RECREATION I THINK MAKES GOOD SENSE FOR US TO ENDORSE, UH, NOT A SPECIFIC PIECE OF LEGISLATION, BUT MAYBE A PHILOSOPHY THAT, AND THE CITY MIGHT WANT TO, YOU KNOW, CONSIDER SOME OF THESE, UH, PIECES OF LEGISLATION IN THE FUTURE.
'CAUSE THIS WAS, THIS IS ONE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT STANDS OUT THAT THE BUSIEST SYSTEM IN THE
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COUN IN, IN THE ENTIRE STATE LONG BEACH IS, YOU KNOW, WAS NOT ON THE LIST OF SUPPORTERS.THAT WAS, IT WAS KIND OF STARK WHEN YOU COMPARE IT WITH LA COUNTY AND LA CITY AND SAN DIEGO AND THE LIST GOES ON AND ON AND ON.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, AND THERE WERE CERTAINLY A NUMBER OF, YOU KNOW, UH, THERE WAS INFORMATION THAT SHOWED THAT IT DOES HAPPEN AT ALL OF THESE FACILITIES TO SOME EXTENT.
SO, UM, INCLUDING NOT ONLY IN LA BUT ALSO OCCASIONALLY IN LONG BEACH.
SO, ANYWAY, APPRECIATE ALL OF IT.
AND I'M, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I'M INTERESTED IN THE FUTURE THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WE WOULD WANT TO CONSIDER RECOMMENDATION THAT JUST GENERAL PARKS ALIGNMENT IS, IS A GOOD IDEA.
WE ARE IN THE BUSINESS OF RECREATION, RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY.
UH, QUESTION LORI, ON THE MOVE INTERDEPARTMENT MOVE, IS THERE, DOES THAT IMPACT ANYTHING AS FAR AS GOLF OPERATIONS, WHETHER AT YOUR LEVEL, SOMEBODY HIGHER IN BETWEEN YOU AND THE DIRECTOR AS FAR AS, ARE WE BUDGETING FOR A REPLACEMENT FOR BOB OR WHEN HE RETIRED? SO THE, THEY, THE WAY THEY KIND OF RESTRUCTURED THINGS, BOB'S EQUIVALENT IS SHERLY NOW.
UM, SO THAT, THAT LEVEL OF POSITION STILL EXISTS.
SO, UM, WE WILL BE UNDER COMMUNITY RECREATION SERVICES BUREAU.
SO, UM, THERE, SO WE WILL BE REPORTING TO A NEW BUREAU MANAGER.
UM, AND, BUT WE'LL STILL BE VERY INVOLVED WITH BUSINESS OPERATIONS.
JUST BECAUSE OF WHAT WE DO AND, UM, AND THE WAY THAT THEY'RE INVOLVED IN LIKE, BUDGETING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT, UM, SO MAYBE AT THE NEXT MEETING I'LL INVITE THE, UM, COMMUNITY RECREATION SERVICES BUREAU MANAGER, UM, IN A, YOU KNOW, FUTURE MEETING, UM, TO SEE IF, UM, MAYBE SHE CAN COME AND MAYBE ONCE I LEARN MORE, A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE BUREAU TOO, UM, JUST KIND OF, UM, LET YOU GUYS KNOW, LIKE HOW, HOW WE FIT IN WITH THEM.
'CAUSE I THINK EVERYONE'S, UM, CURIOUS HOW THAT'S GONNA WORK.
WILL THERE EVER BE A POS OR MM-HMM
THERE'S A POSITION THAT'S THE SAME LEVEL AS BOB, BUT WILL THERE EVER BE ANOTHER BOB? I MEAN, THAT'LL, SOMEONE WILL I, UM, MANAGE THAT POSITION THE WAY THAT HE DID IT.
WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING IN THE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE AS IT IS NOW THAT, UM, WE'LL SEE WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHO KNOWS WHAT THE NEXT, UM, YOU KNOW, AGREEMENT WHEN THE NEW AGREEMENT COMES FORTH.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON HOW FUNDING WORKS, THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT WE COULD ADVOCATE FOR IN THE DEPARTMENT.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? LAURIE, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE CHAIR INGS YES.
RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE AMERICAN GOLF ORAL UPDATES ON THE COURSES, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND THE LONG BEACH GOLF FESTIVAL.
CAN I GET A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? MEMBER REACHING SECOND.
SECOND MEMBER FITZGERALD, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT RELATING TO THIS ITEM MEMBERS? ARE THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? GARY, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR.
YOU, ME TO TAKE A VOTE ON THAT OR WE'LL VOTE ACTION THAT.
UM, SO WE'LL START WITH THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM.
UM, WE HAVE SO FAR RAISED, I DO BELIEVE LAST MEETING WAS ABOUT 26,000, UH, FOR THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM.
AND THE CHARITIES, UM, AROUND, WE'RE ABOUT 45,000 RIGHT NOW.
UH, WE HAD OUR TWO BIG EVENTS AT SKY LINK'S, FOUR FOLDS OF HONOR, WHICH IS ABOUT $23,000.
UM, SO THAT BUMPED OUR TOTAL AND WE'VE STILL GOT, OBVIOUSLY THREE MONTHS LEFT IN A YEAR.
SO THAT NUMBER WILL KEEP CONTINUE TO GROW, UM, FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.
THE BLINKING LIGHTS AT SKY LINKS ARE IN PERMITTING.
UM, I HAVE PAID FOR THE PERMITS AND THEY ARE, UH, WORKING THROUGH, I THINK, NINE DIFFERENT DIVISIONS, UM, UNILATERALLY TO GET IT DONE AND GET CHANGES THAT ARE NEEDED IF THERE ARE ANY NEEDED, HOPEFULLY IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.
THAT WAS ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO WHEN WE PAID FOR ALL THE PLANS.
UM, I WAS TELLING LORI, I THINK EVERYTHING
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WE DID UNTIL NOW WAS A WASTE OF TIME.UM, BUT IT'S IN THE RIGHT HANDS NOW, SO IT'S MOVING FORWARD.
UM, THE BUNKERS AT BUNKERS AND TS AT HEARTWELL AND SKY LINKS, WE'RE STILL WAITING TO SCHEDULE BIDS.
UM, WE'VE BEEN FOCUSING ON EL DORADO.
UM, EL DORADO'S GOT THREE BIDS IN FOR THEIR BUNKERS, AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE THE REVISED BIDS TO MAKE SURE THAT APPLES TO APPLES, UM, IN THE NEXT WEEK.
UM, WE'LL BE SUBMITTING THAT ONE TO, UH, LORI FOR SIGNATURES.
THE WEDDING LAWN AT REC 18, UM, IS IN FOR PLAN SUBMITTAL.
HOPEFULLY IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, WE'LL HAVE PLANS SUBMITTED TO REDO THE, THE WEDDING LAWN THERE.
THE WALL FOR THE ENTRANCE AT EL DORADO AND THE MAINTENANCE YARD AUXILIARY BUILDING.
UM, SHOULD GO TO PLANTS AT THE SAME TIME AS REC PARK.
UM, SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL START ALL OF THOSE PROJECTS, HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
THE CARPETS AND FULL FLOOR REPLACEMENTS AT REC PARK.
UH, LOW BED CAME IN, UH, SO WE'LL PROBABLY SUBMIT THAT IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS AS WELL.
THE DRIVING RANGE LIGHTS AT EL DORADO, WE'RE FORMALIZING THE THREE BIDS SO THAT WE HAVE THE SAME FIXTURES AND SAME HEIGHTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND THE OTHER ONE I THINK I SKIPPED WERE THE LIGHTS AT HARTWELL.
THEY WERE ON THIS LIST WHEN I LOOKED AT IT.
UM, THE LIGHTS UPGRADING AT HARTWELL.
UH, WE GOT THREE BIDS ON THOSE.
UM, WE'LL REVIEW ALL THE LIGHTS THAT AT HARTWELL, RELOCATE SOME OF THE POLES THAT ARE IN TREES, UM, AND REPLACE 'EM ALL WITH LED LIGHTING.
SO THAT ONE'S WILL PROBABLY BE SUBMITTED BY THE END OF THE MONTH AS WELL.
UH, SO THERE'S A LOT MOVING IN THIS LAST FOURTH QUARTER.
UH, IT'S TAKEN A WHILE TO GET THERE, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S JUST A LONG PROCESS.
UH, THE GOLF FESTIVAL ENDED WELL AS LORI WENT OVER THE HALL OF FAME INDUCTIONS.
UM, UH, HENRY CHUNG WON, UH, BY ONE STROKE WITH A PAR ON 18, UM, WITH FOR $19,000.
UM, AND EVERYBODY HAS BEEN PAID EXCEPT ONE PERSON WHO'S AUTOMATIC DEPOSIT BOUNCED BACK.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HIS PAYMENT, UM, AS SOON AS HE CALLS OR EMAILS US BACK.
BUT, UM, EVERYTHING WAS A COMPLETE SUCCESS.
AS YOU KNOW, THE CHANGES WE MADE, UH, WHERE ALL THE PROS PLAYED, ALL FOUR ROUNDS, SO THERE WAS NO CUT.
UM, IT ALLOWED FOR A LOT MORE PEOPLE TO BE AT THE CEREMONY.
UM, AND IT, YOU KNOW, IT WAS STILL A GOOD SUCCESS.
UM, FOR 2027, WE'RE LOOKING AT IMPLEMENTING SPONSORS FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL TOURNAMENT.
FOR THE FESTIVAL AS A WHOLE, UH, FOR THE LONG BEACH OPEN AS A WHOLE.
UM, ANYTHING FROM, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE SPONSORS YOU SEE ON TEE BOXES FOR, YOU KNOW, JUST REGULAR CHARITY TOURNAMENTS ALL THE WAY UP TO, YOU KNOW, RANGE SPONSOR, FOOD SPONSOR, CARD SPONSOR, TOURNAMENT SPONSOR, TITLE, SPONSOR, YOU NAME IT.
SO WE'RE PUTTING A COMMITTEE TOGETHER, UM, INSIDE AMERICAN GOLF TO START LOOKING FOR SPONSORS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
IF YOU KNOW OF ANYBODY, LET ME KNOW.
UM, BUT REALLY TRYING TO TAKE THE FESTIVAL TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
UM, FOR LONG BEACH JUNIOR GOLF, WE'RE STILL SITTING ABOUT 170 TO 180 CHILDREN.
WE ARE NO, WE NO LONGER HAVE ANYBODY ON THE WAITING LIST.
WE HAVE FIVE NEW PROS THAT HAVE STARTED IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS.
UH, SO THEY'RE GETTING FULL INSTRUCTION.
AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE HAVE PUSHED FOR THE START OF THIS YEAR HAS BEEN IMPLEMENTED.
UH, THANKS TO LORI'S HELP, WE GOT THE SIMULATOR APPROVED, UH, THAT WE'LL PUT IN THE JUNIOR GOLF BUILDING, UM, SOON AS THEY GET PAID.
SO CALL IT 30 DAYS AND THEN I THINK IT'S 45 DAYS FOR THEM TO SHIP THE EQUIPMENT AND INSTALL IT AND EVERYTHING.
SO HOPEFULLY THAT'LL BE INSTALLED BY THE END OF THE YEAR, UH, WHICH IS REALLY GREAT FOR THE JUNIOR GOLF PROGRAM.
UH, LET'S SEE, FOR THE COURSE UPDATES, UM, AS WE DISCUSSED A LITTLE EARLIER, WE DO HAVE SOME GREENS ISSUES AT EL DORADO.
UH, THE DISEASE IS UNDER CONTROL.
UM, WE HAVE ALREADY SANDED SEEDED PUNCHED, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THEM, UH, THROUGHOUT THE REGROW PROCESS ON THOSE, ON THOSE AREAS.
WE HAD A DISEASE THAT CAME THROUGH.
WE HAVE AFI SEEDED AND SANDED EVERYWHERE THAT WAS NEEDED.
UH, SO THOSE TWO ARE UNDER CONTROL.
THE HUMIDITY DID CAUSE A LOT OF THESE ISSUES BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT COOL MORNINGS THAT, THAT ARE HOT AND THE MOISTURE HOLDS IN THE GREENS, SO YOU GET A LOT OF MOISTURE ON THE TOP LAYER.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, IT DID HIT US PRETTY HARD.
UM, BUT THEY'LL BE UNDER CONTROL OR THEY'LL BE BACK TO NORMAL IN PROBABLY TWO, THREE WEEKS.
UM, EXCEPT FOR SOME OF THOSE BAD AREAS, WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO DO SOME SORTING, UM, BY THE CLUBHOUSE AT, ON, UH, THE PUTTING GREEN AT EL DORADO.
UM, THE PLAYERS CLUB, WE'VE HAD GREAT SUCCESS FOR THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE WANTED TO GO TO THE PLATINUM MEMBERSHIP.
THEY LIKE IT, BUT ESPECIALLY BEING ABLE TO BOOK 48, 48 HOURS OUT AND GETTING THAT DISCOUNT AND THE, AND THE FREE BEVERAGE, UH, THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE DAY FOR ANY ROUND THEY PLAY, UM, HAS BEEN
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A BIG SUCCESS.UM, WE REPLACED THE WATER FOUNTAIN AT SKY LINKS FOR BOTTLE FILLER AS WELL AS THE CLUBHOUSE AT REC 18.
I THINK I SAW THE COUNTER AT REC 18.
IT WAS LIKE 2,700 BOTTLES SAVED OR SOMETHING.
THEY HAVE A LITTLE COUNTER ON THERE NOW, SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS FUNNY.
UM, SMOKING BAN WAS DISCUSSED.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, UM, SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE HEARD, UH, SUNG ON THE GENERAL MANAGER AT EL DORADO HAS TAKEN A NEW POSITION AT MARBELLA COUNTRY CLUB.
SO SUNG WILL BE LEAVING US ON SEPTEMBER 18TH, WILL BE HIS LAST DAY.
UH, THE ONLY THING I CAN DISCUSS, UH, THAT'S BEEN DECIDED SO FAR IS ERIC KEAP, THE GENERAL MANAGER AT HARTWELL, WILL BE MOVING TO EL DORADO AS THE GENERAL MANAGER.
AND EVERYTHING ELSE IS STILL, UM, I STILL NEED TO DISCUSS WITH THE OTHER, THE OTHER EMPLOYEES, BUT I DON'T THINK WE'LL HAVE ANY GAPS IN HIRING.
WE'RE GONNA BE FULLY BACKFILLED.
WE HAVE A GREAT BENCH IN LONG BEACH TO PULL FROM.
AND I, I DON'T THINK WE'LL MISS A STEP, BUT, UM, AS OF THAT, THAT IS MY UPDATE FOR LONG, LONG BEACH.
WHEN IS THAT GONNA HAPPEN? VERIFICATION IS GONNA BE OCTOBER 4TH FOR ALL THREE OF THE BIG COURSES.
UM, HARWELL USUALLY A WEEK, MAYBE TWO LATER.
DEPENDS THEY BORROW EQUIPMENT FROM EVERYBODY.
UH, SO HARTWELL MIGHT BE A LITTLE LATER.
AND THEN NEXT YEAR, UM, WE USUALLY DO IT THE SECOND WEEK OF MARCH TO BE DONE BEFORE Q2 STARTS.
I THINK WE'RE ACTUALLY MOVING IT INTO Q2 SO WE CAN GET A SIX MONTH GAP INSTEAD OF A SEVEN MONTH GAP IN BETWEEN VERIFICATIONS.
BUT LONG BEACH WOULD BE OCTOBER 4TH.
I THINK THAT'S MONDAY, OCTOBER 4TH AND THEN 1ST OF APRIL, YOU THINK? NO, I THINK IT'S EL DORADO HAS TO GO THAT FIRST MONDAY IN APRIL.
I THINK WE'RE GONNA GO, THE OTHER TWO COURSES WILL GO THE SECOND WEEK IN APRIL.
THEY HAVE, UM, WE STOLE THE, UM, I'M GOING TO SPACE ON THE NAME OF THIS EVENT.
IT'S A THREE DAY EVENT FOR GOLFERS WITH DISABILITIES.
UM, IT'S A THREE DAY EVENT THAT THEY'RE GONNA HOST THE EL DORADO THIS YEAR OR NEXT YEAR.
AND THAT'S APRIL, I THINK, 13TH, 14TH, 15.
UM, SO WE HAVE TO BE DONE BEFORE THEY'RE THERE.
SO EL DORADO WILL BE A LITTLE BIT EARLIER.
WHAT ABOUT RICK? 18? WHEN DID YOU SAY OCTOBER 4TH? OCTOBER? NO, FOR THE SECOND.
I DON'T QUOTE ME ON THE DATE FOR THAT ONE.
BUT I'LL HAVE IT QUESTION ABOUT, I THINK ARK HAS THAT DATE INSURED WITH A COUPLE OF OUR GUYS.
AND DID YOU HAVE A LONG WAIT LIST BECAUSE THAT, IT USED TO BE OVER.
IT USED TO BE LIKE 300 PLAYERS AT ONE POINT, WASN'T IT? THE YEAR BEFORE COVID, WE WERE AT ABOUT 260.
AFTER COVID, THERE WAS ONE YEAR OFF.
UM, WE CAME BACK AND WE PUSHED FOR EVERYTHING.
THE ENTRY FEE WAS ABOUT SEVEN 50 AND WE GOT A HUNDRED AND LIKE 86.
WE WENT UP, I THINK $25 THE NEXT YEAR.
AND THE ENTRY FEES WENT DOWN, OR THE ENTRIES WENT DOWN TO LIKE 140.
SO WE, OVER THE YEARS, IT'S JUST CONTINUED TO, TO, TO DROP DOWN BELOW LEVELS.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S LESS PEOPLE TRAVELING.
I KNOW A GPA NOW HAS A BIG PUSH FOR THOSE LITTLE, UM, UH, PRO TOURNAMENTS THAT ARE NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE PGA OR ANYTHING.
UH, THEY HAVE A POINT SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS YOU TO EARN POINTS TO GET INTO, UM, THE SECONDARY TOURS FOR THE PGA.
WE'RE NOT AFFILIATED WITH ANY OF THOSE, SO WE'RE STILL JUST A STANDALONE LIKE CITY, CITY PRO TOURNAMENT.
UM, AND HOPEFULLY THIS YEAR WITH THE SPONSORSHIPS THAT WE CAN BRING IN AND THE OTHER THINGS WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING, YOU KNOW, HAVING THAT PURSE STATED OUT THERE THAT WE CAN GUARANTEE X AMOUNT OF PER DUE WITH OUR SPONSORSHIPS, WE'LL BE ABLE TO PULL PEOPLE IN SOONER.
WE'RE GONNA WORK WITH A GPA, THE COLORADO OPEN, THE ARIZONA OPEN.
THERE WAS A TOURNAMENT JUST BEFORE IN LOUISIANA AND FLORIDA WHERE GUYS WERE FLYING OUT AND FLYING IN.
UM, SO THERE'S A LOT OF TOURNAMENTS AROUND THAT TIME.
SO THE LONG BEACH OPEN, WHEN THE SCHEDULE COMES OUT FOR THE 2027 FESTIVAL, THE LONG BEACH OPEN DATES WON'T BE ON THERE.
UM, I'M HOPING TO HAVE A DATE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, BUT A LOT OF THOSE TOURNAMENTS DON'T SCHEDULE THEIR DATES TILL THE FIRST QUARTER OF THE YEAR.
SO HOPEFULLY IF, IF WE HAVE TO MOVE IT LATER IN THE YEAR OR POTENTIALLY EARLIER IN THE YEAR TO TRY AND GET MORE SIGNUPS, WE'RE REALLY GONNA TRY AND PLACE IT IN THE MIDDLE OF EVERYTHING THAT WE CAN.
UH, BUT WE HAVE TO FIGHT AGAINST ALL THOSE TOURNAMENTS THAT ARE AROUND, AROUND THE COUNTRY.
IS THAT THE SWEET SPOT YOU THINK GOING FORWARD, THAT FIELD SIZE? OR WOULD YOU GO BACK UP TO LIKE ONE I WANNA GO BACK TO, UM, I, UM, I WANNA SAY IT'S 150.
SO 156, IT WOULD BE MORNING AND AFTERNOON, DOUBLE WAVE.
NEXT YEAR WE'RE GONNA BRING BACK SKY LINKS INTO THE MIX.
SO I THINK THURSDAY IT MIGHT EVEN PLACED SKY LINKS ON THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND EL DORADO ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.
UM, WE GOT SOME FEEDBACK ON THAT ONE.
UM, SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S VERY EASY TO IMPLEMENT.
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MATTER HOW MANY WE GET NEXT YEAR, WE'LL PROBABLY STILL IMPLEMENT, UH, THE TWO COURSES.UH, SO THERE'S A LOT OF CHANGES THAT ARE GONNA BE COMING OUT FOR NEXT YEAR.
BUT THE SWEET SPOT'S 150, THAT'S A 120 SOMETHING THOUSAND DOLLARS PURSE ON TOP OF THE SPONSORSHIPS THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET, UM, TO TRY AND GROW THAT PURSE EVEN MORE.
BUT IT IS PREDICATED BASED ON THE NUMBER OF PLAYERS THAT ENTERED.
AND WE BROKE EVEN, I THINK WE MADE LIKE THREE GRAND THIS YEAR
SO, UH, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THE RIGHT TIME TO BRING THIS UP, BUT ALSO, UM, OVER A BIG WRECK, 12TH HOLE, THE PAR THREE GOING TO 13 BY WHICH RUNS UP NEXT TO THE SHED.
THOSE, THOSE, THOSE NETS UP THERE ARE TOAST.
WE, THAT WAS ON MY COURSE AUDIT FROM LAST MONDAY.
THAT AND THE DG, THE WALKWAYS THAT ARE LEADING UP TO THOSE CAN KIND OF GET KIND OF WET.
SO WE'RE REPLACING THE DG IN BETWEEN OR UNDERNEATH THE, THE WALKWAYS.
UH, SO WE'RE REPLACING ALL OF THAT.
AND WE'RE SPRAYING THE MOST, IT'S OVER THERE TOO, AT ALSO AT REC 18 IN THE LADIES' RESTROOM.
WHAT DOES IT GO BY? THE DOG HOLE.
JUST, THERE'S ALSO A HOLE IN THE WALL.
HUH? IS THAT RIGHT? NEXT TO THE END? BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHO DID IT.
IT'S BEEN THERE FOR, I DON'T KNOW, MONTHS.
IT'S KIND OF GROSS WHEN YOU GO IN NEXT TO THE YEAR.
AND I APPRECIATE YOU RUNNING THAT, THOSE AUDITS WHEN YOU CAN, I KNOW YOU'RE A VERY BUSY MAN WITH ALL YOUR DUTIES, BUT THEY'RE IMPORTANT.
AND IT'S, SINCE THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE REALLY ANYBODY DOING IT, WE RELY ON YOU AND OUR MANAGEMENT COMPANY TO, UH, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THEY'RE, EVERYTHING'S GOING COOL.
ALRIGHT, ANY MORE DISCUSSIONS OR QUESTIONS FOR MR. JOHNSON? OKAY.
SO LAURA, WE NEED TO, WE'VE ALREADY HAD THE MOTION, RIGHT? MM-HMM
SO LORI, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE CHAIR.
AT, AT THIS TIME WE WILL TAKE, UH, NON-AG AGENDA, PUBLIC COMMENTS.
IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? UM, SORRY, WE'RE ON NUMBER THREE.
DID I, OH, DID I FLIP MY LOOK AT THAT? TRYING TO GET DONE.
RECOMMENDATION TO ENDORSE THE PROPOSED FOOD AND BEVERAGE PRICING UPDATES AND RECOMMEND THE DIRECTOR APPROVE THE CHANGES.
PLEASE APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, BEFORE DISCUSSION, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT RELATING TO THIS ITEM MEMBERS? IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? UH, FIRST OF ALL, JUST REAL QUICK, THE AD HOC COMMITTEE MET ON LAST MONTH AND IT WAS, UH, MEMBER BOB HERE.
MEMBER ANDERSON TO DISCUSS, UH, SOME PROPOSED CHANGES.
KEVIN, YOU KIND OF THE HEAD OF THE AD HOC COMMITTEE THERE, YOU WANT TO KIND OF REPORT ON THAT? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
SO I, I CAN SHARE THAT THE, THE COMMITTEE REVIEWED AND HAD A VERY GOOD DISCUSSION AND I THINK, UM, LISTENED TO WHAT WE UNDERSTOOD THE, THE POLICY CURRENTLY IS, WHICH IS UNLIKE, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS SOME CONFUSION, I THINK INITIALLY.
IS THERE THIS SORT OF CPI ESCALATOR, UH, CEILING, BUT THAT'S NOT THE CASE, IS OUR UNDERSTANDING FOR FOOD AND BEVERAGE.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF, LORI, DO YOU WANT TO SORT OF STATE WHAT THE PROCESS WAS OR OTHERWISE? I CAN JUST ADD THAT, YOU KNOW, AFTER REVIEWING THE FOOD AND BEVERAGE PRICING, UH, THE, THE PROPOSED PRICING GOING FORWARD, WE, UH, WE DID ENDORSE THE, THE LIST THAT GARY PROVIDED.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, KNOW WE HAD, I MAYBE, GARY, DO YOU, DO YOU WANT TO GO THROUGH SOME OF IT? LORI, DO YOU WANT TO DISCUSS THE PROCESS AND THEN I CAN SHARE A COUPLE OTHER DETAILS WHAT THE COMMITTEE CONSIDERED? SURE.
YOU KIND OF TOUCHED ON IT, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THERE'S A VERY STRUCTURED PROCESS FOR HOW WE, UM, INCREASE THE, THE GREENS FEES.
THIS IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT ON AMERICAN GOLF CAN JUST APPROACH THE
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CITY WITH THEIR REQUEST FOR FOOD AND BEVERAGE PRICES.SO WE BRING IT TO YOU, THE COMMITTEE, TO REVIEW AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE DIRECTOR AND THE DIRECTOR, UM, WITH CITY MANAGER'S APPROVAL, UM, WILL SIGN OFF ON THE REQUEST OR NOT.
UM, GARY, DID YOU WANNA, THE ONE OTHER QUESTION WE HAD, I THINK THAT WAS, THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THE KIDS' MEALS, BUT THERE WAS GOOD JUSTIFICATION FOR WHY THERE WAS GONNA BE A CHANGE THERE.
BUT OTHERWISE EVERYTHING WAS PRETTY MUCH IN LINE WITH JUST A, A, A EITHER NO INCREASE OR A, A PRETTY MUCH A, A MINIMAL INCREASE JUST TO KEEP UP WITH, WITH YOUR COSTS, WITH, UH, A FEW EXCEPTIONS.
AND, AND YOU'LL SEE ON SOME OF THE MENUS, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE BREAKFAST ITEMS THAT WENT DOWN.
UM, EGG PRICES HAVE, UH, LEVELED OUT SUBSTANTIALLY, UH, FROM THE CRAZE.
THAT WAS YEAR, A YEAR AGO, YEAR AND A HALF AGO.
UM, SO I SAW THAT YOU'LL NOTICE THAT SOME OF THOSE PRICES CAME DOWN.
UM, AND WE ALSO HAVE, SO THE, THE BIG JUSTIFICATION FOR OUR MENU PRICING IS IT HAS TO BE, UM, IT HAS TO BE JUSTIFIED, BUT WE HAVE COMPARABLE RESTAURANTS LISTED OUT TO THE RIGHT OF WHERE THEIR MENU PRICING IS.
SO WE'RE $10 HIGHER THAN EVERY RESTAURANT AROUND TOWN.
OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.
UH, WE STILL WANT TO BE IN COMPARISON TO THEM.
SO YOU'LL SEE THOSE ADDITIONS THAT ARE IN THERE AS WELL.
UH, BUT ON THE FIRST PAGE, THIS IS OUR GENERIC PAGE THAT EVERYBODY CARRIES.
EVERYBODY ORDERS FROM THE SAME VENDOR FOR THE SAME COST.
AND YOU'LL SEE THAT SOME OF THOSE ARE, ARE GOING UP AS WELL.
UM, AND THAT'S THE FIRST PAGE.
THE SECOND PAGE GOES INTO BANQUETS.
SO BANQUETS, WE GO WITH A RANGE OF PRICING BECAUSE IF WE HAVE A CERTAIN STEAK LISTED ON THE MENU AND THE MENU PRICE IS $99 PER PERSON, BUT THEY WANT, YOU KNOW, A FILET MIGNON OR TOMAHAWK STEAK, WE HAVE TO HAVE A RANGE OF PRICING IN THERE FOR THE PACKAGES BECAUSE THE PACKAGES ARE GOING TO INCREASE IF THEY CHOOSE, YOU KNOW, FILE MIGNON AND HALIBUT, OBVIOUSLY THE COST IS GONNA BE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
SO THAT'S WHY THERE'S A, THERE'S A RANGE ON THE DIFFERENT TIERED PACKAGES AND, UM, PRIVATE EVENTS.
UM, WE STILL THINK OUR PRIVATE EVENT BEVERAGE PRICING IS VERY MUCH IN LINE WITH ANYWHERE AND EVERYWHERE YOU GO FOR A WEDDING OR AN EVENT, UM, IT'S USUALLY EIGHT TO $17 COCKTAIL.
UM, ESPECIALLY WHEREVER YOU GO JUST ON VACATION NOW.
UM, SO WE'RE GETTING THOSE PRICES A LITTLE MORE IN LINE.
IF YOU MOVE ON TO THE MENUS WHERE THE BIGGEST CHANGE IS, WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT WE REMOVE THE KIDS' MENU.
UM, IT'S NOT THAT WE DON'T WANT TO CATER TO CHILDREN, WE DON'T SELL IT VERY OFTEN AT THE THREE COURSES THAT ARE, THAT ARE LISTED FOR REMOVAL OF THAT.
IF YOU SAID NO, LET'S JUST LEAVE THE KITCHEN MENU ON THERE.
IT'S NOT GONNA BOTHER US AT ALL.
UM, SO THE, OUR RECOMMENDATION WAS JUST TO GET RID OF IT, UM, AND, AND GO FROM THERE.
UM, EVERYTHING ELSE, LIKE I SAID, WE INCREASED WHERE WE COULD, WE, WE DECREASED WHERE WE COULD, BUT WE, WE LOVE THE MENUS AND, AND WE'RE HAPPY WITH THEM.
AND, AND, UH, LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DISCUSSION? LAURIE, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE.
I JUST HAVE A A, THERE'S A CHANGE.
IT SAYS, UH, RECREATION EIGHT AND IT'S RECREATION NINE.
OH, I SAW SOMEWHERE ON ONE THESE PAGES.
OH, YOU SEE THIS? YEAH, I YOU SEE IT? SEE IT? YES.
YEAH, IT'S SAYS RECREATION NINE INSTEAD OF IT.
YOU BLAMED ME FOR THAT ONE AGAIN.
UM, BUT YEAH, WE CAN FIX THAT.
RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A REPORT FROM CURRENT AD HOC COMMITTEES.
DISCUSS ANTICIPATED AD HOC COMMITTEES FOR UPCOMING PROJECTS AND IF APPROPRIATE, APPROPRIATE TAKE ACTION TO DISSOLVE OR CREATE AD HOC COMMITTEES.
ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? DOESN'T LOOK MEMBERS ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? I AM NOT SURE WHAT AD HOC COMMITTEES WE HAVE GOING OTHER THAN THE FOOD AND BEVERAGE ONE WE JUST HAD.
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YOU HAVE FOOD AND BEVERAGE? UM, WE TECHNICALLY, I BELIEVE DID NOT DISSOLVE THE, UM, AB 1954 AD HOC.SO, UM, WE, WE, WE WANT TO DISSOLVE THE TWO OF THOSE.
UM, AND, UH, I THINK WE HAD A SUGGESTION TO ESTABLISH A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AD HOC COMMITTEE.
'CAUSE GENERALLY, UM, AMERICAN GOLF WILL APPROACH US WITH THE CIP LIST FOR THE COMING YEAR IN THE FALL.
AND THEN THIS, THE WHOLE COMMITTEE WILL REVIEW THAT IN DECEMBER IF WE CAN GET THE AD HOC TO MEET BETWEEN NOW AND THEN.
UM, SO THERE IS A SUGGESTED, UM, PERFECT MOTION THAT STATES ALL THAT, BUT IF ANYONE HAD ANY OTHER, UM, RECOMMENDED AD HOCS? I HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, IN ADVANCE OF THE OLYMPICS, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S EVEN A RELEVANT QUESTION, BUT WOULD THERE NEED, NEED TO BE AN AD HOC COMMITTEE TO, WITH ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE WORLD BEING HERE, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WOULD AFFECT THE GOLF COURSE USAGE AT ALL? OR ANYTHING WHERE WE YOU WOULD NEED A COMMITTEE TO SET UP SPECIAL EVENTS OR WORK THROUGH THINGS AS THERE COULD BE MM-HMM
SO FROM WHAT OUR UNDERSTANDING IS, THEY WANT TO GO COMPLETELY, UH, EMISSIONS FREE IN DOWNTOWN LONG BEACH.
SO THEY DON'T HAVE THE MAP YET, BUT IF YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, A TWO MILE OR TWO MILE RADIUS AROUND THE EVENT VENUES, THERE'S CERTAIN RINGS AS YOU GO FARTHER OUT THE RING IS WHERE EMISSIONS WILL BE ALLOWED, PARKING WILL BE ALLOWED AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, THERE'S POTENTIAL THAT REC PARK WILL BE IN ONE OF THE RINGS FOR PARKING.
SO WE'VE ALREADY DISCUSSED WITH, UH, WITH STEVEN, OR IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN WITH BRENT NOW, I CAN'T REMEMBER HIM, UM, ABOUT A POTENTIAL TO CLOSE RECREATION PARK, NINE FOR A WEEK, MAYBE TWO, TO ALLOW PARKING THERE AND, UM, HELP THE CITY WITH THEIR MISSIONS.
UM, AND DOWNTOWN LONG BEACH FOR THE, FOR THE, FOR THE OLYMPICS.
WE HAVE HONESTLY NO IDEA WHERE THOSE RINGS ARE GONNA END UP.
UM, BUT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WE COULD DO THAT.
AND THE GIST BEHIND IT, FROM WHAT WE CAME UP WITH ON OUR FIRST SYNOPSIS WAS CLOSE THE COURSE FOR TWO WEEKS.
WE PARK 4,000 CARS A DAY ON THERE, AND WE MAKE A MILLION BUCKS.
WE COVER OUR EXPENSES, THE EXPENSES GET PAID FOR THE REVENUE THAT COMES OUT, THE CITY GETS HALF THE REVENUE, UM, I THINK IT WAS, HANG ON, THE CITY GETS THEIR RENT, AND THEN A PORTION OF THE REVENUE GOES TOWARDS RECREATION PARK AND THE REMAINDER OF IT GOES TO CAPEX FOR REC PARK, FOR REC PARK NINE, UH, FOR, FOR VAST IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
WHETHER IT GETS APPROVED, WHETHER WE'RE IN THE RIGHT RING FOR PARKING AND EMISSIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, WE HAVE NO IDEA.
UH, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WAS DISCUSSED PRETTY CLOSE AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT IT PRETTY CLOSE.
YEAH, BUT IT'S, IT'S IN WITH THE, THE, THE OLYMPIC COMMITTEE YEAH.
RIGHT NOW TO SEE WHERE THEY'RE GONNA ALLOW PARKING AND THINGS LIKE THAT PRETTY CLOSE TO THE, UH, MARINE STAY IS GONNA BE, WE WILL SEE.
YEAH, I, AGAIN, I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT'S RELEVANT TO O OPEN SOMETHING IN THE FUTURE.
MAYBE NOT THIS MEETING, BUT MM-HMM
IF SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND AND RIGHT.
UM, AT THIS POINT, I WOULDN'T KNOW HOW THAT AD HOC COMMITTEE WOULD BE ABLE TO WORK LIKE WITH THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ACTUALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, DOING THE OLYMPICS PLANNING.
BUT, UH, BUT THAT'S A, A GREAT SUGGESTION.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I'LL PASS THAT ALONG TOO AND, AND HOPEFULLY I'M KEPT IN THE LOOP WITH, YOU KNOW, THINGS, BUT I CAN'T PROMISE.
I'LL JUST SAY, I, I THINK YOU CAN DISSOLVE THAT AB 1954.
WE, I CAN CERTAINLY, UH, I, I'M SURE IT'S OKAY FOR YOU TO DISTRIBUTE AN EMAIL IF WE DO GET THAT SIGNATURE AND, BUT THE, THE WORK HERE I BELIEVE IS DONE AND THEN WE'D BE HAPPY TO VOLUNTEER FOR THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AD HOC COMMITTEE IF THE, IF THE, UH, IF WE'RE LOOKING FOR VOLUNTEERS FOR A MEETING PRIOR TO OUR NEXT FULL GAP MEETING, YES.
WE WOULD WANT TO ESTABLISH SOME MEMBERS OF THAT IF, IF SO.
I THINK WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS A MOTION AND A SECOND ON A FRIENDLY, UM, BUT WE'LL, SO WE'LL WANT TO IDENTIFY THREE MORE MEMBERS FOR A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AD HOC COMMITTEE.
SO WE NEED A MOTION FOR THAT CORRECT.
SO CAN I OFFER A FRIENDLY THAT I, UH, I MOVED THAT WE DISSOLVED THE AD HOC AB 1954 COMMITTEE THAT WE DISSOLVED THE FOOD AND BEVERAGE AD HOC COMMITTEE AND THAT WE CREATE THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AD HOC COMMITTEE THAT WE WILL MEET PRIOR TO THE NEXT FULL G MEETING.
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A SECOND BOB MEMBER MAER.SO DO WE VOTE OR DO WE TAKE, UH, I WOULD LIKE PEOPLE FOR, I THINK WE WOULD WANT ONE MORE, AT LEAST ONE MORE MEMBER, UH, FOR THE AD HOC COMMITTEE IF WE COULD FOR THE CIP MM-HMM
WHO'S ON IT NOW? UH, KEVIN, UH, FITZGERALD AND BOB MALLER ARE WHO? I YEAH.
WE CAN HAVE UP TO FOUR, RIGHT? MM-HMM
SO IF ANYONE ELSE WANTS, OKAY.
UH, LORI, PLEASE CALL FOR THE VOTE.
NOW IT'S TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
I WAS WONDERING IF THE CITY WOULD BE WILLING TO PUT SOME MONEY INTO REC PARK REC 18 AND UPGRADE.
THE BATHROOMS WAS RENOVATED, THE BATHROOMS WERE UPGRADED.
UM, I THINK IT'S ALSO TRUE AT, UH, REC NINE, REC 18 BATHROOM'S.
I THINK WHAT THEY'RE 30, 40, MAYBE 50 YEARS OLD.
I MEAN, IT, IT'S NOT VERY NICE TO GO IN THERE.
ARE THESE THE ONCOURSE RESTROOMS SPECIFICALLY? THEY'RE ONCOURSE.
UM, SO RECREATION PARK 18, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE ONCOURSE RESTROOMS. RIGHT.
WE HAVE ON THE CURRENT CIP LIST, UM, I WANT TO SAY 40 TO $50,000 ALREADY EARMARKED FOR THOSE.
UM, AND WE'RE TRYING TO, INSTEAD OF DOING ONE BATHROOM AT A TIME, WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE CONTRACTOR TO BID ALL OF THEM.
UM, I CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THOSE BIDS.
LIKE I SAID, WE'VE BEEN FOCUSING ON MANY OTHER PROJECTS, BUT I CAN LOOK AT THAT ONE, UM, AND SEE IF WE CAN GET STARTED ON THAT.
THE ONE THING I WILL TELL YOU IS THE NICER THE BATHROOMS ARE ON THE COURSE, THE MORE PEOPLE THAT WANNA SLEEP IN THERE AT NIGHT
UM, AND IT MAKES IT, IT MAKES IT VERY TOUGH TO KEEP THEM OKAY.
NOBODY TAKES PICTURES ON THE WALL, BUT WE SPENT A HUNDRED AND $117,000 AT REC NINE BECAUSE THEY ALWAYS BURNING IT DOWN AND THEY WERE BREAKING IN THERE ALL THE TIME.
SO WE HAD TO DO A WHOLE BUNCH OF STUFF DOWN TO REC NINE.
THE ONES AT REC 18 WERE FIXING THE HOLE IN THE WALL THAT CAME UP.
UM, BUT I MEAN, THEY'RE ALL CONCRETE TO BE AS, AS BULLETPROOF AS POSSIBLE.
UM, SO WE'LL WE WILL TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE AND UM, AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO FOR SURE.
IS THERE, I KNOW THE SNACK SHACK ON LDO, REMEMBER YOU GUYS ENDED UP PUTTING CAMERAS OUT THERE TO, AND, AND YOU HAD A TWO-WAY CAMERA SO YOU COULD TELL THE PEOPLE WE'RE HERE, WE'RE WATCHING YOU GO, GO AWAY, WHATEVER.
DO YOU REMEMBER THAT? I DON'T REMEMBER BEING A TWO WAY CAMERA.
WELL, I THOUGHT IT WAS, I THOUGHT IT WAS SOME THIRD PARTY CAMERA SYSTEM SO THAT THE POLICE OR SOMEONE COULD TALK.
NO, THEY WERE NO, THERE'S NO INTERNET OR OH, I THOUGHT THERE WAS ANYTHING OUT THERE.
I THOUGHT THERE WAS SOMETHING A WHILE AGO.
I WAS JUST GONNA SUGGEST THEY DO IT OVER THERE.
YEAH, WHATEVER THEY WERE USING A COUPLE YEARS AGO THEN WHO MONITORED IT THREE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING? WELL, THAT'S WHAT I WAS SAYING.
THERE WAS A MOTION DETECTOR OR MAYBE IT WAS THE, UM, MAINTENANCE FACILITY AT LDO.
WE HAVE RING CAMERAS AND EVERYTHING, SO THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING.
SO WHEN THEY WERE TRYING TO COME INTO THE MAINTENANCE, THE POLICE OR SOMEONE WOULD FENCE.
APPARENTLY THERE'S A GUY THAT'S BEEN CHASING HIS CAT THAT GOES INTO THERE AND HE FEELS LIKE HIS CAT'S NOT GONNA COME BACK.
SO HE CUTS THE FENCE EVERY DAY TO GET INTO EL DORADO'S MAINTENANCE YARD TO GO GET HIS CAT.
UM, SO THAT'S JUST ONE OF THE THINGS WE, THAT'S A LOT OF, ALRIGHT, I'M MIXING UP THE TWO, BUT YEAH, THERE'S, ALRIGHT.
SO ONE OTHER, I'M GONNA TALK TO GARY ABOUT THIS.
SO SOME OF THE TEE BOXES, LIKE A BRICK ON THE PARK TREES MM-HMM
LIKE NUMBER FOUR AND NUMBER 16, THEY'RE PRETTY BEAT UP.
SO I DO BELIEVE WE CLOSED ONE OF THEM ALREADY.
I KNOW WE CLOSED PART OF EIGHT TO PUNCH IT, SEED IT, CLOSE IT, LET IT REGROW.
WE'RE STARTING THAT FULL PROCESS AND GOING THROUGH THAT.
SO YEARS AGO I WAS AT
AND SOME OF THE HOLES, WHAT THEY DID IS THAT YOU HAD TO LAY UP BECAUSE THEY HAD ALL THE BUNKER SYSTEMS SET UP AND WHAT THEY WOULD DO IS THEY WOULD PUT MATS OUT THERE AND HAVE THE PATRONS THAT WERE PLAYING THERE HIT OFF THE MATS INSTEAD OF TEEING
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UP THE GRASS.IS THAT SOMETHING POSSIBLE THAT YOU COULD DO ON THE TEE BOXES AND YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU RESEED IT AND TRY TO LET IT GROW, PUT SOME MATS UP THERE LIKE ON NUMBER? WELL WE WOULDN'T, WE WOULDN'T PUT A MAT OUT THERE.
AND THEN IT DIES AND THEN THERE'S A GRAY, THERE'S A YELLOW SQUARE OF DEAD GRASS UNDERNEATH IT.
BUT WE WOULD CLOSE IT OFF AND WE WOULD LEAVE AN AREA OF THE TEE BOX OPEN TO HIT SO THAT THE REST OF THE T BOX CAN GROW IN.
AND WE, WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT AT HARTWELL WITH THE NEW TEES, UM, WHERE YOU JUST HAVE TO CLOSE THE TEE BOX FOR A MONTH AND LET IT REGROW.
AND GET HEALTHY AND PUT MISTERS OUT THERE.
UM, AND WE'RE IMPLEMENTING THAT ACROSS LONG BEACH.
AND GARY MENTIONED THAT IN A MEETING IN THE, IN THE PAST, I KNOW THAT EVEN THOUGH THEY STAKE IT OFF, PEOPLE STILL GO OVER AND USE THE AREA AND DON'T LET IT GROW AND RETAKE.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS, ANNOUNCEMENTS, MEMBERS AND STAFF? ARE THERE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS? IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, I'D LIKE TO DECLARE THE MEETING ADJOURNED AT THREE 18.