[1. CALL TO ORDER]
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ITEM ONE THE MEETING IS CALLED TO ORDER.
ITEM TWO MISS MCDONALD, CAN YOU CALL THE ROLL CALL, PLEASE? MEMBER SIKORSKI HERE.
MEMBER RAUSCHENBERGER PRESENT AND PRESIDENT.
I GUESS MEMBER MARKEVICH CALL ANYBODY OR ANYBODY KNOW? OKAY.
CAN WE ALL STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, PLEASE? I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
[4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
UH, WE DON'T HAVE MINUTES AVAILABLE, DO WE? NO, WE DO NOT. BUT I WILL STRIVE TO GET THEM OUT SO THAT PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO WATCH AN ENTIRE VIDEO THAT'S BEEN ONLINE FOR SIX YEARS.OKAY. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM FIVE PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA.
[6.2 Recognition Of The Friends Of Fernandina Beach Golf Course]
UM, AS SOME OF YOU ARE AWARE, MAYBE NOT ALL, BUT APPROXIMATELY THREE WEEKS AGO, UH, THE FRIENDS OF THE GOLF COURSE, UH, THEY HAD ORGANIZED A TREE TRIMMING AND CLEANUP PROJECT LASTING, I BELIEVE, SIX DAYS RUNNING THROUGH THURSDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND FINISHING UP ON A TUESDAY. AND I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE, UH, THE ORGANIZERS OF THAT EFFORT AS WELL AS THE PARTICIPANTS.AND THEY HAD, UH, GREAT SUPPORT FROM THE GOLF COURSE MANAGER, MR. DEMAY, PROVIDING SUPPORT AS HE COULD, UH, WITH EQUIPMENT AND STAFF AS THEY WERE AVAILABLE.
BUT A SPECIAL CALL OUT TO MR. LEE [INAUDIBLE] FOR ORGANIZING THE EFFORT AND PROVIDING FUNDS FOR A LIFT, UH, AS WELL AS ROGER OLIVER AND RON FARRELL, WHO DID THE BULK OF THE HEAVY WORK.
IT INVOLVED SOME TREE TRIMMING CLEANUP.
UH, EFFORT WAS MASSIVE THE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS COLLECTED.
AND PARTICIPANTS HELPED CUT IT UP AND LOAD IT INTO CARTS, WHERE IT WAS HAULED AWAY TO AREAS OF THE GOLF COURSE PROPERTY THAT THE, UH, THE TREE WASTE COULD JUST ROT AT ITS LEISURE AND PROVIDE ENVIRONMENT FOR WHATEVER CREATURES WANT TO LIVE IN IT.
I WAS MOVED, UH, A LOT OF THE PARTICIPANTS, MOST OF THEM WERE PROBABLY OVER 60 YEARS OLD.
IT'S PROBABLY JUST NOT EVEN A HALF DOZEN THAT WERE UNDER THAT, BUT THE MAJORITY WERE OVER IT.
SOME EVEN, I THINK, GOING INTO THE 80S.
UH, I BELIEVE THE ESTIMATES RUN AS HIGH AS SEVERAL TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF WHAT THAT WORK WOULD HAVE COST TO BE CONTRACTED OUT, BUT I BELIEVE IT BENEFITED THE GOLF COURSE.
AND, UH, IN REGARDS TO PLAY, HEALTH OF GRASS, HEALTH OF THE TREES, REMOVING VINES.
AND I UNDERSTAND THEY MAY UNDERTAKE, UH, WITH THE GENERAL MANAGER'S APPROVAL, SMALLER PROJECTS IN THE FUTURE, LASTING A DAY OR TWO DAYS AS NEEDED, OR IF PERMISSIBLE, ANYONE LIKE TO MAKE ANY COMMENT ABOUT THAT? I JUST SECOND EVERYTHING, AND I APPRECIATE BEING GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO OPERATE SOME OF THE HEAVY EQUIPMENT FROM THE GOLF COURSE.
THAT WAS FUN. OKAY, YEAH, IT WAS WONDERFUL WHAT THEY DID.
I MEAN, THE THE IMPROVEMENTS, YOU CAN JUST SEE IT.
IT'S SO VISIBLE. PEOPLE HAVEN'T BEEN THERE FOR A WHILE AND EVEN SAID THEY CAN SEE IT.
OKAY. MR. MURRAY IS NOT HERE SO I WILL MOVE ON FROM THAT.
OKAY. LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING, SIR? THANK YOU. UM, DAVID DEMAY, GOLF COURSE GENERAL MANAGER.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO AGAIN SAY MY THANKS.
I TRY TO THANK EVERYONE INDIVIDUALLY FOR THAT PROJECT.
UH, OUR GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENT DID LEAD THAT PROJECT.
UH, WE ALSO HAD THE CITY ARBORIST INVOLVED REGARDING, YOU KNOW, TREE TRIMMING AND SO FORTH.
UH, MAKING SURE THAT EVERYTHING WAS DONE PROPERLY AND, UM, BUT, YEAH, GREAT EFFORT.
UH, UH, IT SAVED A LOT OF MONEY, SAVED THE COURSE, A LOT OF MONEY.
AND, UH, SO I GENUINELY APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE'S EFFORTS IN THAT, IN THAT, UH, ENDEAVOR.
AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO SMALLER PROJECTS.
I THINK THEY'RE LOOKING AT DOING SOME OTHER ONES.
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AGAIN, WE'LL KEEP THE ARBORIST INVOLVED TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS DONE PROPERLY.OH, I FORGOT TO MENTION YOU TREATED THE WORKERS TO LUNCH ONE DAY ON A THANK YOU FOR THAT.
ONE DAY. EVERY DAY. EVERY DAY.
UH, AND MAYBE IT'S MORE A QUESTION FOR THE ARBORIST.
HOW DEFERRED WAS THAT TREE TRIMMING? WHEN SHOULD YOU KNOW? DO YOU THINK THAT WAS THE FIRST MAJOR TREE TRIMMING SINCE THE COURSE OPENED? I DON'T KNOW WHAT DEPTH THE PAST.
I KNOW THEY'VE DONE SOME TREE TRIMMING.
I KNOW THEY HAD THEY TRIMMED SOME TREES BACK IN ABOUT 2013-14.
OKAY. THAT WAS PROBABLY THE LAST.
YEAH. AND I'M NOT SURE BEFORE THAT.
BUT TYPICALLY YEAH EVERY YEAR YOU WOULD HAVE SOME TYPE OF TREE TRIMMING.
GROWN OVER UH, SEVERAL SECTIONS OF SOME OF THE GREENS.
A SECONDARY REASON FOR THAT BIG, TRIMMING THAT MR. CORBETT MENTIONED WAS THEY BELIEVED THE TREES WERE IMPINGING ON THE AIRPORT, UH, APPROACH INTO THE RUNWAY.
AND IT ACTUALLY THERE WAS ACTUALLY PROBABLY DOZENS OF TREES THAT WERE REMOVED BECAUSE OF THAT.
OH, SURE. UH, ALONG, UH, THREE WEST WAS THE ONE MOST HAD THREE AND THREE IN UH, SEVEN WEST WERE HEAVILY TREATED.
ANY TREES THAT WERE REMOVED WERE DEAD.
SIR. UM, ITEM 6.1 NOW, UH, THE GOLF COURSE ADVISORY BOARD RESOLUTION.
[6.1 Golf Course Advisory Board Resolution]
UM THIS MAY BE A LITTLE BIT TROUBLESOME.SO LET ME GIVE YOU THE BACKGROUND.
I GOT A CALL ON DECEMBER 5TH, ABOUT 3:30 SAYING, WHAT'S THIS RESOLUTION ON THE AGENDA? AND I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT.
I THOUGHT HE MIGHT HAVE LOOKED AT AN OLD AGENDA AND WAS CONFUSED.
I DID THE WHAT I COULD LOOKED AT THE AGENDA AND THE PACKET SURROUNDING IT, AND LEARNED THAT, UH, THIS NEW, UH, RESOLUTION 2023 221 WAS ON THE AGENDA FOR THAT NIGHT.
SO I, I LOOKED THROUGH IT AND, UH, TOOK SOME HASTY NOTES, MADE HASTY DECISIONS, AND HASTILY WENT DOWN TO THE COMMISSION MEETING WHERE I STOOD UP TO SPEAK ABOUT IT, MAINLY IN OPPOSITION TO IT. THE COMMISSIONERS THEMSELVES DID NOT SEEM PARTICULARLY BOTHERED BY IT, WHICH BOTHERED ME.
HOWEVER, ONE COMMISSIONER DID NOT LIKE THE FACT THAT WE HADN'T BEEN INFORMED OF IT BEFOREHAND, AND SO BECAUSE OF THAT, THEY EVENTUALLY VOTED TO TABLE IT.
I BELIEVE IS THE CORRECT WORD.
AND SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT WILL BECOME OF IT.
AND I GUESS FROM THAT WE'LL MOVE ON TO ASK MR. DEMAY, UH, TO DISCUSS IT WITH US.
YEAH. SO I'D LIKE TO START WITH, UM, SAYING THAT, UH, AT THE COMMISSION MEETING, IT WAS, UM, IT WAS SAID OR KIND OF, UH, IMPLIED THAT I WAS TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, GET SOMETHING BY THE BOARD OR THAT I WAS DOING SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, UH, NOT PRESENTING IT TO THIS BOARD FIRST.
UM, BUT IN GENERAL, IT WAS, UM, IT WAS, UH, THIS IS MORE OF JUST A CLERICAL CLEANUP.
UM, SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE ITEMS ON THE, UH, RESOLUTION WERE, UM, UH, MORE, UM, ENTAILED TOWARD THE MANAGEMENT COMPANY. UM, WE FELT AND SO JUST FOR CONSISTENCY, WE JUST WANTED TO HAVE A LITTLE CLERICAL CLEANUP.
UM, AND AS COMMISSIONER ASKEW SAID, NOTHING REALLY CHANGED IN IT.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE THAT CAME FROM.
THERE WAS NOTHING THAT I FELT, UM, WAS, THAT WE NEEDED TO HAVE A BIG DISCUSSION ON HERE, BASICALLY, BECAUSE NOTHING REALLY CHANGED IF YOU LOOK AT THE CHANGES. SO I JUST WANT TO PUT THAT OUT THERE.
SURE. UM, I'D LIKE TO MAYBE GO THROUGH IT.
YOU HAVE IT IN FRONT OF YOU. PERFECT.
OKAY. IF YOU WE CAN FOLLOW ALONG.
SO I GAVE YOU THE ONE THAT HAS THE AGENDA ON THE FRONT AND THEN THE IT HAS THE STRIKE THROUGH ITEMS.
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UM, I THINK MR. PELICAN GAVE A CLEAN COPY OF THAT.IF YOU WANT TO GO THROUGH THAT, THAT'S FINE.
SO, UH, AGAIN, TO MAKE IT MORE CONSISTENT, WE JUST CHANGED THE NAME TO THE GOLF ADVISORY BOARD.
SO IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE GOLF COURSE.
IT'S MORE, YOU KNOW, ABOUT THE ENTIRE CLUB.
UM, AND YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE VERBIAGE, YOU KNOW, UM, WHEN LEGAL GETS INVOLVED, THEY CHANGE, YOU KNOW, THE BOARD SHALL THEY TAKE OUT SOME OF THE THINGS TO JUST CLEAN IT UP AS WELL ON THAT FIRST PAGE? UM, SO THERE WASN'T A LOT TO CHANGE THERE.
UM, AS WE GO OVER TO SECTION FIVE, UH, THE ROLE, WE CHANGED THAT TO MISSION.
SO YOU CAN SEE WE STRUCK THROUGH WHAT WAS THERE, AND THEN WE JUST, UM, MADE IT A LITTLE MORE CLEAR TO, YOU KNOW, THE GOLF ADVISORY BOARD IS AN ADVISORY BOARD TO THE CITY COMMISSION.
SO THAT KIND OF COVERS A LOT OF WHAT IS IN THE RESOLUTION.
UM, NONE OF THE OTHER RESOLUTIONS, UH, THE OTHER, UH, ENTERPRISE FUNDS HAVE POWERS AND DUTIES.
IT'S MORE, UM, EVERYTHING JUST KIND OF IS A BULLET POINTED ON WHAT THEIR ROLE IS.
SO THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING THAT WE COULD, YOU KNOW, REWORD THERE.
UM, AND THEN AS WE GO DOWN, UM, AGAIN, SECTION SEVEN MEETING FREQUENCY, WE'RE STILL MEETING MONTHLY.
BUT THAT'S NOT EVEN IN THE RESOLUTION.
SO WE'LL BE MEETING WITH THE MANAGEMENT TEAM MONTHLY.
IT STATES THAT, UM, AND UM, REALLY THAT'S THAT'S MAINLY IT.
I MEAN, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO MAKE IT A LITTLE MORE CONSISTENT WITH THE OTHER TWO.
NOW THAT THE CITY IS RUNNING THE COURSE, UM, WE FEEL THAT THIS IS A LITTLE CLEANER RESOLUTION.
OKAY. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING THEY WANT TO SAY? YEAH, I GOT SOME QUESTIONS.
DOES THIS PART UP HERE IN FIVE, WHERE IT SAYS THE MISSION OF THE GOLF ADVISORY BOARD POSITIVELY ADVOCATE FOR THE GOLF CLUB AND REVIEW ACTIVITIES WITH THE MANAGEMENT TEAM.
YOU'RE STILL COMING DOWN HERE ONCE A MONTH, IS THAT CORRECT? YES. IT SAYS, UH, TO MEET WITH THE MANAGEMENT TEAM AND THEN IT DOES STATE DOWN HERE, HAVE A MONTHLY MEETING.
OKAY. I MEAN, I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT TAKING THAT OUT.
IT MIGHT MEAN THAT YOU COULD COME WHENEVER YOU FELT LIKE IT.
I MEAN, IF YOU WANT TO ADD, UH, THE LINE THAT STATES.
THAT WAS PRIMARILY WHEN YOU HAD WHEN YOU HAD A COMPANY RUNNING IT.
CAN I? ARE YOU DONE? GO AHEAD.
IF YOU GOT SOMETHING. [INAUDIBLE] UM, I WOULD CONTEST THAT POINT ABOUT.
IT WAS PRIMARILY, UH, JUST WHEN IT WAS A MANAGEMENT TEAM.
I DON'T KNOW WHEN THIS CAME UP.
I MEAN, THERE'S A RESOLUTION THAT WAS IN THE CITY AGENDA PACKET 934 AND IT FORMED A GOLF COURSE ADVISORY BOARD, AND IT LAID OUT MOST OF THAT SAME DUTIES THAT WERE IN THE PREVIOUS ONE.
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UH, AND THAT'S FROM THE I THINK, I BELIEVE IT'S, IT'S INCEPTION GOING BACK 60 YEARS AGO.UH, SO MY POINT WOULD BE, RIGHT WE DO NOT HAVE POWERS, BUT WE DEFINITELY HAVE AREAS OF CONCERN THAT IF IT'S NOT NARROWED DOWN AT ALL, IF YOU HAVE EVERYTHING, YOU SOMEWHAT HAVE NOTHING YOU KNOW OR BE CONCERNED WITH, UH, THE AMOUNT OF PLAY ON THE COURSE AND WE CONCERN ABOUT CONDITIONS OR, UH, PROFITABILITY OR MEMBERSHIP, THOSE THINGS.
AND IF WE'RE NOT WELL THAT'S FINE.
BUT TRADITIONALLY THE GOLF ADVISORY BOARD HAS.
SO THAT'S MY PROBLEM WITH THAT, THAT YOU TAKE IT AWAY IT'S FOR LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, UH, BUDGET.
HOW BIG IS THIS BUDGET GO? OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE NO ROLE AS FAR AS WHO'S HIRED OR NOT, BUT THAT COMES INTO, UH, THE BUDGET PROCESS, WHICH WE WERE NOT INVOLVED.
I GUESS ANOTHER POINT ABOUT IT IS EVEN THOUGH THOSE THINGS ARE IN THERE, I BELIEVE WE RARELY IMPINGED ON YOUR PREROGATIVES, IF EVER AS FAR AS TRYING TO TELL YOU TO DO ANYTHING.
BUT, UH, IT WAS STILL LISTED AS AN AREA THAT WAS PROPER FOR US TO CARE ABOUT.
YEAH. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE HISTORY OF WHEN WHEN IT ALL.
YOU KNOW, WHY IT WAS ALL LIKE THAT.
WE'RE JUST TRYING TO MAKE IT MORE CONSISTENT WITH THE OTHER THE OTHER ENTERPRISE FUNDS.
I MEAN, THEY MAY BE GOING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION, AND THIS OLD DOCUMENT MIGHT BE IN THE RIGHT THING.
I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY'RE GOING IN THAT DIRECTION.
I HAVEN'T BEEN I HAVEN'T READ UP ON IT.
I DON'T KNOW, BUT IT MAY NOT BE THE BEST CASE.
UH. I THINK THINGS LIKE THIS ARE WRITTEN TO PROTECT WHEN THINGS START GOING POORLY.
AND IF THERE'S NOTHING AND EVERYONE BELIEVES YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB.
BUT THAT IS NOT THE TIME TO JUST SAY, UH, WE DON'T NEED ANYTHING ANYMORE.
SINCE DAVID'S DOING A GREAT JOB.
IT'S LIKE IT'S LIKE A PRESIDENT SAYING, WELL, I'M DOING A GREAT JOB.
I DON'T NEED A CONGRESS ANYMORE OR ANYTHING ELSE.
IT OUR CONSTITUTION DOESN'T NEED A BILL OF RIGHTS.
AND IF IT NEEDS TO BE NARROWED DOWN, I CAN LIVE WITH THAT.
IF THERE'S SOME AREAS THAT WERE IN THERE THAT JUST DO NOT BELONG ANYMORE, THAT WOULD BE FINE.
AS FAR AS POSITIVELY ADVOCATE.
WELL, WHEN SHOULD THE PROBLEMS BE BROUGHT UP, IF THERE ARE ANY.
WELL, IT DOES SAY REVIEW ACTIVITIES.
AND IT COULD BE POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE.
BUT, UH, SO THAT'S A CONCERN OF MINE.
I GOT A COUPLE MORE THAT I'LL BRING TO YOU BRIEFLY.
I HAD A BIG THING ABOUT THE TITLE.
I'M PRESENTLY THE LONGEST SERVING MEMBER OF THE BOARD, AND I DIDN'T START UNTIL DECEMBER OF 2020.
SO THAT'S IN FACT WE'RE LEAVING.
WE'RE LOSING TWO MEMBERS AT THE END OF THIS MONTH.
MR. MARKEVICH. MR. RAUSCHENBERGER ALSO UH, JANUARY 1ST WE'LL ONLY HAVE THREE MEMBERS AT THE TIME, BUT THAT NEEDS TO BE THOUGHT OF HOW NEW MEMBERS AND WHAT TERMS THEY'LL BE GIVEN.
JOHN, IF I COULD INTERRUPT, I'M JUST GUESSING.
WELL, I DON'T THINK THERE WAS ANY INTENT, BUT FROM THE LAST ONE.
BUT NO, BUT THAT'S REFERRING FORWARD.
IT'S LIKE THIS DOCUMENT WAS PROBABLY CUT AND PASTED FROM SOMETHING IN JUNE OR IN 2018.
OKAY. THANK YOU. UH, THE OTHER TECHNICAL THING IS, UH, YOU SAY THAT YOU ELECT A, A CHAIRPERSON AND VICE PERSON, AND IT LOOKS LIKE SECRETARY WAS LINED OUT.
WELL, LATER ON THE DOCUMENT, IT SAYS.
SO, UM, THE BOARD MEETS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF ORDINANCES, CHAPTER TWO.
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ARTICLE THREE.WELL, IN THAT IT DETAILS THAT YOU WILL HAVE A SECRETARY AS WELL.
SO AS WRITTEN, IT DOESN'T EVEN MEET THAT ORDINANCE.
YEAH. WE WERE GOING TO UM, UM, DISCUSS, YOU KNOW, THE STAFF DOING THE MINUTES.
UM, SO WE DIDN'T FEEL A SECRETARY WAS NECESSARY.
WELL, THEN IT SHOULDN'T BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE, UH, THAT ORDINANCE, THE CIVIL, UH, MUNICIPAL CODE OF ORDINANCES, UM, THEY'RE DOING STAFF DOING IT WOULD BE FINE, BUT THAT WAS A THING I HAPPENED TO NOTICE.
SO, YEAH, THE GOAL FOR, UM, FOR THIS MEETING, UM, IS TO HAVE THESE DISCUSSIONS LOOK THROUGH IT.
UH, IF YOU HAVE IDEAS LIKE YOU'RE SAYING, RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, AND THEN OUR NEXT MEETING, WE CAN THEN MAYBE VOTE ON IT AS, AS A BOARD.
UH, AND THEN FROM THERE, WE WOULD TAKE IT TO THE COMMISSION FOR APPROVAL.
AND IT'S A PROBLEM I THINK AS MUCH WITH THEM AS IT PERHAPS OUR PROCESSES HERE.
SO LIKE I SAID, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO MAKE IT MORE CONSISTENT WITH THE MARINA AND THE AIRPORT.
SO I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THERE WAS A NEED FOR THAT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE NOW.
WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON YOU GUYS LOOKING AT IT, UH, MAKING YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS ON NEXT MEETING.
YOU GUYS CAN VOTE ON IT, AND THEN WE CAN TAKE IT TO THE COMMISSION MEETING.
THE FOLLOWING COMMISSION MEETING AT THAT POINT.
AND YOU'RE YOU'RE ABLE TO GO TO THAT COMMISSION MEETING AND SPEAK ON IT LIKE YOU DID BEFORE.
UH, I'LL BE PRESENTING IT AT THE COMMISSION MEETING BASED ON LOOKING AT YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS AND THEN WHAT WE FEEL WE'RE GOING TO, AGAIN, TRY TO MAKE IT MORE CONSISTENT WITH THE OTHER ENTERPRISE FUNDS.
UM, BUT YEAH, SO THIS IS CONVERSATION REGARDING THAT.
UM, I'M PERSONALLY FINE WITH THAT.
YEAH. YOU WANT TO SAY NOPE, I GOT NOTHING.
ALL RIGHT. LET ME SEE IF I GOT THIS STRAIGHT.
SO IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ON THE COMMISSION MEETING NEXT NEXT WEEK.
NO SIR. AND WE'RE GOING TO MEET NEXT MONTH AND GO BACK OVER THIS AND MAKE CHANGES IF WE SO DESIRE.
MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS. YES, SIR.
MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO CHANGE.
AND THEN IT'S GOING TO BE TAKEN TO THE CITY COMMISSION FIRST MEETING IN JANUARY.
I THINK THAT MIGHT BE THE DATE DEPENDING ON UNLESS THEY GOT A SPECIAL MEETING, BUT PROBABLY WOULD BE THE NEXT BECAUSE I MEAN, I THINK THESE POWERS AND DUTIES NEED TO BE PUT BACK ON THERE. MAYBE THE WORDING CHANGED, BUT MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS.
REVIEW MARKETING PLANS, MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS.
I MEAN, THAT'S ALL THAT IS, BUT IT'S SPECIFIC THINGS THAT I THINK NEED TO BE ON THERE.
AND ONE OTHER THING I NOTICED ON HERE IS THAT THE GOLF ADVISORY BOARD WILL MAKE THEIR SUGGESTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY COMMISSION THROUGH THE GOLF COURSE GENERAL MANAGER, BUT THAT'S NOT THE WAY IT WORKS.
THE WAY IT WORKS IS, UH, WE MAKE THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE TO THE CITY COMMISSION, NOT NOT THROUGH YOU. THAT'S THE CHANGE THAT'S PROPOSED, CHARLIE.
YEAH, BUT WASN'T THAT IN THE OLD ONE AS WELL? YES IT WAS. HE WASN'T A FILTER BEFORE.
THAT WAS IN THE OLD ONE. I MEAN, IT WAS IN THE OLD.
YES. CAN I TAKE IT OUT? CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION? I MEAN, WHAT WOULD? AND IT'S NOT YOU.
BUT WHAT IF THE GENERAL MANAGER WAS THE MAJOR PROBLEM? WHAT WOULD BE THE PROPER BEHAVIOR OF THE BOARD TRYING TO BE HELPFUL IN THAT REGARD? IT STILL SAYS YOU ADVISE AND YOU CAN STILL DISCUSS AND YOU CAN STILL TALK ABOUT ANYTHING.
YOU KNOW, HOW YOU WOULD DIRECT THAT.
BUT WHAT IF I'VE NEVER BEEN IN THAT SITUATION AND I HOPE WE NEVER ARE? I MEAN IT, A LOT OF THIS STUFF IS WRITTEN FOR STUFF YOU HOPE NEVER HAPPENS, BUT AND MAYBE THAT'S NOT A MAJOR AREA, BUT IT IS A QUESTION, YOU KNOW, AND MAYBE IT CAN'T BE ANSWERED.
BUT THEN YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ENTER.
[INAUDIBLE] COME IN, MR. ROSS. THANK YOU, CHAIRMAN PELICAN.
AND, UM, I APOLOGIZE FOR MISSING YOUR LAST MEETING.
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I WAS I WAS CONFLICTED WITH A UTILITY PROJECT MEETING.YES, SIR. AND, UM, I MADE IT A PRIORITY TO BE HERE TODAY MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE BECAUSE I WANTED TO LISTEN AND PICK UP ON THE ON THE TONE AND FEELING OF THE BOARD REGARDING THIS MATTER.
UM. [INAUDIBLE] DEMAY AND I HAVE MET ON THIS, AND I HAVE SUGGESTED A THREE STEP PROCESS, AND I DON'T WANT YOU TO GET BOGGED DOWN WITH DATES ABOUT WHEN THE COMMISSION'S MEETING OR NOT, WHEN THE COMMISSION'S MEETING, BUT I'M SIMPLY HERE TO INJECT A LITTLE CIVICS INTO THIS PROCESS.
WELL, MY FIRST JOB OUT OF COLLEGE WAS AS A HIGH SCHOOL CIVICS TEACHER.
AND, UM, THIS IS FOR US TO COLLECTIVELY CHEW ON IS THE, UM.
THE RULES ABOUT THE AIRPORT BOARD AND THE MARINA BOARD.
YES, SIR. SO HAVE THESE BOTH BEEN THESE HAVE BEEN REVISED AND ARE CURRENT NOW.
THESE ARE CURRENT. AND THEY WERE RECENTLY CHANGED.
HOW LONG AGO? UM, THE DATES ARE ON THESE.
OKAY, BUT THE DATE OF THE CHANGE IS AT THE TOP OF THE PAGE.
ALL RIGHT. TODAY TODAY'S AN IMPORTANT FIRST STEP, WHICH IS, UM, TO DISCLOSE AND AND REVEAL THE IDEA. I WORK IN SUPPORT OF ALL DEPARTMENTS.
I, YOU KNOW, I GENERALLY SUPPORT THAT.
AND SO THAT'S WHEN I INSERTED MYSELF IN THE PROCESS.
AND SO TODAY IS ABOUT TELLING YOU WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO, WHICH IS SIMPLY MAKE THIS BOARD A BIT MORE CONSISTENT WITH THE MARINA BOARD AND THE AND THE AIRPORT BOARD, BECAUSE THEY RUN DIFFERENT FROM THE OTHER BOARDS THEY'RE ENTERPRISE FUNDS, VERY MUCH CASH DRIVEN OPERATIONS.
AND, UM, DAVID'S SIMPLE REQUEST TO ME WAS, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE TO BE A LITTLE MORE NIMBLE ON MY FEET SO THAT I CAN, YOU KNOW, QUOTE UNQUOTE, RUN IT LIKE A BUSINESS VERSUS, UM, UH ANOTHER, ANOTHER GOVERNMENT DIVISION.
AND THEN I SYMPATHIZE WITH THAT.
BUT AGAIN, I'M HERE TO INSERT THE PROCESS, AND THE PROCESS IS TELLING YOU WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO.
AND I'VE DISCLOSED THE RULES OF THE AIRPORT BOARD, THE RULES OF THE, UM, MARINA BOARD.
NOW, WE'LL COME BACK AT YOUR MEETING NEXT MONTH AFTER YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO CHEW ON IT.
THEN HAVE YOU, YOU KNOW, DELIBERATE AND RULE ON THAT.
HERE'S WHAT, HERE'S WHAT SHOULD BE THERE.
HERE'S WHAT SHOULDN'T BE THERE.
AND THEN STEP THREE, YOU KNOW, IS IS THE ULTIMATE, YOU KNOW, RECOMMENDATION TO THE COMMISSION.
MY QUESTION THIS ALL SOUNDS VERY GOOD, BUT WHY WAS THIS NOT BROUGHT UP UNTIL IT WENT TO A CITY COMMISSION MEETING ? YEAH.
WHY WERE WE NOT THE FIRST PEOPLE TO SAY, I DON'T THINK ANY OF US WOULD HAVE HAD A PROBLEM SAYING, COMING UP AND SAYING, LOOK, THIS IS HOW THE GOLF COURSE ADVISORY BOARD IS RUN.
WE WANT TO MAKE IT MORE CONSISTENT WITH THE AIRPORT, THE MARINA BOARDS.
IT JUST SEEMS TO ME THAT IT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS GOING, HOPING OR LOOKING TO BE PUSHED THROUGH WITHOUT DISCUSSION OF THE PLAYERS HERE.
UM, I DON'T THINK ANY OF US WOULD HAVE HAD A PROBLEM DISCUSSING THAT, BUT TO ME, IT JUST SEEMS IT IS SORT OF FEELS LIKE A VIOLATION OF TRUST THAT YOU CAN'T WORK WITH THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ASSIGNED TO A CERTAIN POSITION.
AND I TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THAT.
I MEAN, THE BUCK STOPS WITH ME.
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CHANGE IN, IN THIS MANNER.AND SO I PICKED UP ON THAT QUICKLY.
I LISTENED, I TOOK MENTAL NOTE OF IT.
AND THAT'S WHY I'M HERE TODAY.
CAN I CAN I MAKE A COMMENT AND ASK A QUESTION? YES. I THINK THE REVISED RESOLUTION IS ENTIRELY CONSISTENT WITH THE WAY MR. DEMAY PRESENTED HIS VIEW OF THIS ADVISORY BOARD AND AT OUR SEPTEMBER MEETING.
SO I APPLAUD HIM FOR, YOU KNOW, AND YOU FOR GETTING THIS TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE WAY HE VIEWED IT INITIALLY, WHEN WE REVIEWED THE PRIOR RESOLUTIONS, IT REALLY DIDN'T SAY THAT. THAT'S MY COMMENT.
AND IN BOTH RESOLUTIONS IT SAYS AND I'M LOOKING ON SECTION 1P.
OF WHICH ONE IS THAT THE AIRPORT.
SO IS THERE A REASON WHY THAT DIFFERENCE IS THERE, RATHER THAN REPORTING DIRECTLY TO THE CITY COMMISSION? DAVE, IS OUR FILTER I UM, OR THE GENERAL MANAGER BECAUSE THAT CAN CHANGE IN THE FUTURE.
WHOEVER THE GENERAL MANAGER IS.
I AGREE, I THINK, UM, I THINK HASTY IS PROBABLY THE WORD.
UM, UH, CHAIRMAN PELICAN USED IT SEVERAL TIMES, AND THERE'S ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT IN THE DRAFT DOCUMENT BEFORE IT IS, UM, VOTED ON BY THIS BOARD AS A RECOMMENDATION AND BEFORE IT'S CONSIDERED BY THE COMMISSION.
[INAUDIBLE] AND I THINK THE REALITY OF IT IS THAT EVEN THOUGH IT SAYS MR. CORBETT, IT WOULD BE IN A VERY RARE CIRCUMSTANCE FOR A BOARD OR MEMBERS WOULD GO RUNNING TO THE IT'S ALWAYS WHEN SOMETHING GETS SO OUT OF THE ORDINARY THAT THAT I'VE GONE UP THERE A COUPLE TIMES AND I REALLY DON'T LIKE TO DO IT AT ALL.
I MEAN, IT'S GREAT IF WE FEEL YOU'RE RESPONSIVE AND IT DOESN'T.
NOTHING EVEN NEEDS TO GO TO THE CITY COMMISSION BECAUSE YOU LISTEN TO US TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE.
AND THEN THERE'S NO THERE'S NO REASON TO BE GOING TO THE CITY COMMISSION.
IS ONLY IN OURS, WHEREAS IN THE OTHER ONES, THEY DON'T HAVE TO POSITIVELY ADVOCATE.
I MEAN I'M SURE THAT WAS JUST AN OVERSIGHT.
I LOVE ADVOCATING FOR OUR GOLF COURSE AND I'LL CONTINUE TO DO SO.
UH, BUT IT NEEDS TO ALLOW FOR THE OTHER SIDE TO THE CRITICISM OR THE CRITIQUE TO MAKE IT BETTER, NOT TO BE HURTFUL OR, YOU KNOW, DIMINISH THE COURSE OR ANY OF THE PERSONNEL.
SO, UM, I THINK I'VE ALWAYS SAID, YOU KNOW, YOU AND I HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS IN MY OFFICE, YOU KNOW, REGARDING SEVERAL OF THESE ITEMS. UH, UH, MY DOOR IS ALWAYS OPEN.
SO, YOU KNOW, I'M BIG ON OPEN COMMUNICATION.
YEAH. ONE OTHER THING IS THIS, THIS, THIS THESE RESOLUTIONS ARE NOT JUST FOR FOR THIS BOARD OR DAVE OR COMMISSION FOR FUTURE, FUTURE ONES. AND THINGS CAN CHANGE, AS WE WELL KNOW BY SOME OF THE THINGS WE WANT TO CHANGE IN HERE.
SO THESE RESOLUTIONS ARE NOT NOT NECESSARILY ABOUT THE PRESENT.
WHAT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE? ALL OF US AREN'T GOING TO BE HERE IN THE FUTURE.
DAVE'S NOT GOING SOONER OR LATER.
SOMETIME ALONG. DAVE'S NOT GOING TO BE THERE.
AND THE CITY COMMISSION CHANGES EVERY TWO YEARS IN SOME, SOME REGARD.
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SO I'M TALKING THAT'S ANOTHER THING IS SOME OF THESE THINGS THAT ARE IN THERE ARE ALSO ABOUT ABOUT FUTURE, UH, FUTURE BOARDS AND FUTURE GENERAL MANAGERS. YOU KNOW, IT MAY COME UP A TIME WHEN WE THAT NEEDS TO REVIEW THE MANAGEMENT OR NEEDS TO REVIEW THE BUDGETS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.THAT'S FOR THAT, NOT NECESSARILY FOR THE PRESENT TIME THAT SOMEBODY IS LOOKING INTO IT.
AND IF YOU'VE GOT THINGS LIKE THIS AGAIN, WE'RE MAKING A CHANGE.
NOW, SOME OF THE THINGS MAYBE ARE STREAMLINING FROM FROM 2018.
BUT BY THE SAME TOKEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE FUTURE ALSO.
I THINK WE SHOULD ALWAYS, ALWAYS STRIVE TO MAKE IT BETTER AS WELL.
[INAUDIBLE] DOES THAT CONCLUDE THE COMMENTS ON THAT.
OKAY. UH, MOVING ON TO ITEM SEVEN.
[7. MGA UPDATE]
UH, IT SAYS MGA UPDATE.WE DON'T HAVE THAT. WELL WE HAVE THE CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP, WHEN WAS THAT JOHN? UH, IT WAS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO IN NOVEMBER.
UH, VERY SUCCESSFUL. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE TURNED OUT, BUT THEY VERY GOOD TURNOUT.
AND IT WAS THE WEEKEND AFTER ALL THE IMPROVEMENTS, ALL THE TREE TRIMMING WAS DONE.
IT WAS SUCH A JOY, DAVE, TO BE ABLE TO DRIVE A CART AND ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO WALK DOWN AND PLAY THE FIRST FAIRWAY OF ONE SOUTH AND ALSO OF EIGHT SOUTH, UH, AND, AND IT'S JUST LOOKING GREAT.
ALL ALL THE HOLES ARE JUST LOOKING FABULOUS.
UH LYNN. I SEE YOU WERE ONE OF THE WINNERS OF THE BIG BOOK MONEY IN THE CHRISTMAS TOURNAMENT.
WAS AM I WRONG? OH, NOT IN FIFTH PLACE, NO.
OKAY. BUT YOU WERE. YOU WERE A WINNER.
WHEN WAS THAT? THIS JUST THIS PAST WEEKEND.
SO I'LL LET YOU SPEAK OF WHAT THE TURNOUT WAS, BUT I'M SURE IT WAS GREAT.
I WAS IN THE. I WAS IN THE SNOW OF RICHMOND.
I THINK THAT TURNED OUT FOR IT.
IT WAS FUN. UM, YOU KNOW, I ENJOYED PLAYING, UH, IN IT.
I ALWAYS ENJOYED PLAYING IN IT.
IT WAS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THIS YEAR.
UM, JUST FOUND OUT WHAT OUR WINNINGS WERE TODAY, SO THAT WAS A LITTLE.
I FELT LIKE SOME OF THE CEREMONY WAS GONE FROM IT.
DID YOU STILL HAVE A DINNER AFTERWARDS? AT A DINNER? THE DINNER WAS VERY GOOD.
UH, YEAH. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, PLAYING GOLF ON THE COURSE IS GREAT.
IT ALL GOES INTO THE SPIRIT OF THE EVENING, WHERE OH, SO AND SO WON AND WE GET TO CLAP.
AND THAT WAS KIND OF MISSING THIS YEAR.
SO JUST FOR FUTURE REFERENCE, I THINK WE ALL LOOK FORWARD TO SOME OF THAT.
BUT NOBODY KNEW WHAT THEY HAD WON OR WHAT WAS INVOLVED IN IT.
SO I FOR FUTURE, THAT WOULD BE A NICE ELEMENT TO HAVE THERE.
SO I'M GOING TO CHIME IN ON THIS I PLAYED IN THE CHRISTMAS TOURNAMENT.
UM, I'D LOVE TO SEE MORE PARTICIPATION IN IT.
I'D LIKE TO WORK WITH THE BOTH THOSE, UH, ASSOCIATIONS AND MR. DEMAY TO SEE, SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO.
AND IT MIGHT JUST BE THE AGE OF THE MEMBERSHIP OR THE PLAYERS, BUT IT MAY NOT JUST BE THAT, BUT JUST TRY TO COME UP WITH POSITIVE TO ENHANCE THE TURNOUT.
I WOULD HAVE LOVED, YOU KNOW, 75 PEOPLE TO BE PLAYING IN IT, BUT MAYBE THAT'S NOT REALISTIC.
YOU KNOW THAT SUCH A THING AS UNREALISTIC EXPECTATIONS AND HOPES AS WELL.
SO WE GOT THE MEMBER RATE FOR GOLF.
IN THE PAST, SOME OF THE TOURNAMENTS HAVE HAD A SPECIAL RATE.
IT GOT A LITTLE COST PROHIBITIVE.
I'M NOT SAYING THAT YOU WOULD NOT CHARGE.
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TAX, AND THE COST OF THE DINNER, THEY JUST DIDN'T THINK IT WAS WORTH IT.I KNOW FOR A FACT THERE WERE ABOUT 4 OR 5 OTHER.
THIS WAS THE MOST WOMEN WE'VE EVER HAD SINCE I'VE BEEN PLAYING IN IT.
SO WE ALMOST HAD ONE ON EVERY SINGLE TEAM.
AND I THINK WE WOULD HAVE HAD WE HAD, UH, WE HAD 33.
UM, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, TO ME, FROM THE YEARS PAST WHEN THE MGA RAN IT MORE OR LESS, THERE WAS A THE RATES WERE BETTER FOR THE COST OF GOLF.
[9. STAFF COMMENTS]
GENERAL MANAGER UPDATE.SO JUST TO HIT ON THAT A LITTLE BIT.
YOU KNOW WHEN WE HAVE A MEMBER TOURNAMENT, YOU KNOW YOU KNOW THE GOAL IS TO UM, YOU KNOW WE'RE TRYING TO ELEVATE OUR MEMBERSHIP OPTIONS THROUGH EVENTS THROUGH DIFFERENT THINGS.
SO, YOU KNOW, THE GOAL WOULD BE OF PEOPLE ARE PLAYING WITH MEMBER GROUPS AND SO FORTH.
SO, UM, SO THAT'S KIND OF HOW THAT, THAT STARTED.
AND WE DID HAVE THE MOST WOMEN, LIKE YOU SAID, YOU KNOW, WE DID HAVE A LOT, A LOT OF PLAY.
SO I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW HOW HOW THAT ALL WORKED WITH THIS CLUB.
YOU KNOW? BUT I WAS LIKE A NORMAL TOURNAMENT.
I WAS JUST PREPARED TO DO THE THE ANNOUNCEMENTS AND THE PRIZE MONEY AND ALL THAT.
AS FAR AS THE MEMBERS THOUGH, UM.
I DON'T THINK SOMEBODY'S GOING TO JOIN AND GET A MEMBERSHIP JUST BECAUSE THEY CAN PARTICIPATE IN ONE EVENT, YOU KNOW? SO I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
SURE. UM, AND I'LL, I'LL SAVE THAT MAYBE FOR OTHER BUSINESS.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S, UH, AT THIS POINT, BUT I DO THINK THAT, UM.
THERE NEEDS TO BE MORE OF A I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SAY THIS CORRECTLY.
I HAVE WORD FINDING PROBLEMS. UH. I THINK HAD PEOPLE COME INTO IT AND ENJOYED IT AND FELT THE CAMARADERIE AND THE SPIRIT, THAT WOULD BE A MORE POSITIVE STEP TO THEM MOVING FORWARD FOR A MEMBERSHIP.
IT'S ALMOST LIKE HERE IT IS, YOU COME AND GET IT.
LET'S GIVE YOU A LITTLE TASTE AND SEE WHAT IT'S LIKE.
AND, UM, IT'S LIKE WHEN YOU TRY TO BRING PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT TRYING TO BE NEGATIVE, BUT FERNANDINA STILL HAS A BAD PUBLIC PERCEPTION TO SOME PEOPLE. AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE MY HUSBAND, I GUESS, A WEEK AND A HALF AGO, PLAYED AT A TOURNAMENT AT THE GOLF CLUB OF AMELIA ISLAND, WHERE EACH OF THE WINNERS GOT TO PICK THEIR PRIZES.
THE LAST TWO PRIZES PICKED THE ONLY ONES LEFT SECOND FROM THE BOTTOM WAS THE ROUND OF GOLF FOR FORT FERNANDINA BEACH, AND THE BOTTOM ONE WAS TOP TRACER.
AND I THINK WE ARE ALL AS A GROUP TRYING TO DO THAT.
AND I UNDERSTAND THE NEED TO HAVE THAT.
UM, I WONDER IF THERE COULDN'T BE SOMETHING THAT THE GOLF COURSE COULD COME UP WITH AT SOME LATER POINT, LIKE GIFT PASSES, SO THAT WE CAN MAYBE BRING PEOPLE AT A REDUCED RATE AND TRY TO ENTICE THEM TO PLAY AT THE GOLF COURSE AGAIN.
BUT I PUT FORTH A LOT OF EFFORT CONTACTING PEOPLE THAT I PLAY GOLF WITH FROM OTHER CLUBS.
SO, YOU KNOW, JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.
YEAH. NO. AND TO YOUR POINT, I MEAN, IT'S BEEN A AGAIN, A PROCESS.
IT'S BEEN ONE YEAR. SO AND I UNDERSTAND YOU NEED TO KEEP THOSE RATES UP.
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THE GOLF I MEAN WE ALL I SPOKE TO YOU ABOUT THE RATES AT ONE POINT BECAUSE I WAS A LITTLE CONCERNED.YOU YOU DELIVERED ON YOUR PROMISE.
I HEAR YOU GUYS ARE DOING A LOT OF GREAT THINGS.
WE'RE TELLING THEM THAT IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT PLAYING IN THE CHRISTMAS TOURNAMENT.
IT'S ABOUT ALL THE MONTHLY TOURNAMENTS.
IT'S ABOUT PLAYING, GETTING DISCOUNTS IN THE PRO SHOP, DISCOUNTS AND FOOD AND BEVERAGE DISCOUNTS.
IF YOU WANT TO HAVE AN EVENT THERE, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, BEING PART OF, YOU KNOW, PART OF SOMETHING.
SO I THINK THAT'S REALLY, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE ARE SELLING TO THEM.
NOW, IF SOMEONE DOESN'T WANT TO JOIN, THEN, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THAT'S THEIR CHOICE.
BUT, WE ARE STILL VERY AFFORDABLE IN THE AREA, YOU KNOW, COMPARED TO EVERY OTHER CLUB IN THE AREA.
WE'RE SHOWING THEM THAT, HEY, WE DO HAVE THIS GREAT MEMBERSHIP WHERE YOU DO GET ALL THESE AMENITIES WITH YOUR MEMBERSHIP, AND WE'RE STILL TRYING TO IMPROVE THAT WITH MORE EVENTS AND MORE THINGS.
AND, YOU KNOW, MEMBER GOLF CLINICS AND DIFFERENT THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING.
SO IT IS A PROCESS TO GET THAT THAT NARRATIVE, THAT THOUGHT PROCESS CHANGED.
SO BUT THAT THAT'S THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING.
HAS THERE EVER BEEN ANY THOUGHT TO OFFERING MEMBERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PURCHASE GIFT PASSES? GIFT PASSES OR GUEST PASSES? GUEST PASSES RATHER.
UM, WE'VE DONE IT AT OTHER CLUBS.
SO WE'VE TALKED ABOUT POTENTIALLY DOING THAT.
YES. YEAH. BECAUSE I, I MEAN YOU PAY UP FRONT SO IT'S MONEY THAT GOES RIGHT INTO THE COURSE.
AND THEY, THEY HAVE TO BE USED BY A CERTAIN POINT, WHICH IS HOW MANY CLUBS DO IT.
IF YOU DON'T USE IT YOU LOSE IT.
I MEAN, I THINK IT'S WORTH IT TO BRING PEOPLE IN TO TO BRING OTHER FRIENDS IN TO TRY TO, TO CONVINCE THEM, UM, TO PLAY THERE MORE IF THEY I MEAN, THE COURSE HAS IMPROVED TREMENDOUSLY.
I MEAN, THERE'S STILL WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, BUT IT HAS IMPROVED TREMENDOUSLY.
READ IT TO YOU AND TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND ALL THE HARD WORKING PEOPLE THERE.
UM, NORTHAMPTON, THEY CAN PLAY FOR $45 AS OPPOSED TO THE REGULAR RATE.
AND THAT'S WHY THEY JOINED THE SAME THING AT AMELIA RIVER.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.
CAN I MAKE A COMMENT FOLLOWING UP ON LYNN'S ABOUT, UH, GUEST PASSES? UH, I HAD A FRIEND THAT WAS A MEMBER AT TPC SAWGRASS WHERE IF I WANTED TO PLAY JUST AS A REGULAR OLD GUEST, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT IT WOULD COST.
BUT THEY GAVE, I DON'T KNOW, SELECT THIS WAS ALL PRE-COVID, POST-COVID, THEY CUT IT OFF.
BUT PRE-COVID I COULD PLAY THERE FOR CART FEE.
UH, AND THAT'S OF COURSE, IT DIDN'T NEED TO DO THAT VERY MUCH.
SO JUST FOLLOWING UP ON LYNN'S IDEA, UM, PARTICULARLY FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE MEMBERS OF THE COURSE, BUT ONLY OFFER IT TO MEMBERS, UH, SOMETHING TO HELP, YOU KNOW, THE MEMBERS BE ADVOCATES.
YEAH. YOU'LL BE SEEING, UM, AND, WELL, I GUESS YOU'RE GOING TO BE SEEING IT.
AND THAT WAS ON MY LIST OF GUEST PASSES, BUT MAYBE PURCHASING 5 OR 10 AT A TIME, THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND YOU'LL SEE A FEW OTHER THINGS ON THERE.
UM, BUT YEAH, THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE'RE, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING.
I WANT TO THINK ABOUT YOU KNOW,, BUT I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THIS.
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BUT I WOULD THINK INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN OFFER ALL THIS STUFF ALL THE TIME, BUT THE OBJECT WOULD BE TO GET THEM ON THE COURSE AND PLAY.PLAY 18, YOU KNOW, ONCE, MAYBE TWICE AND ACTUALLY SEE HOW MUCH IT'S IMPROVED.
AND I'M JUST I DON'T KNOW IF YOU EVER HAVE, UH, LIKE, UH, GET NEW MEMBERS WEEK, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU CALL IT, BUT, YOU KNOW.
HEY, COME OUT TO THE GOLF COURSE THIS WEEK.
WE'RE OFFERING YOU CAN PLAY FOR WHATEVER THE PRICE YOU DECIDE.
UH, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, TO GET NEW PEOPLE TO COME OUT, AND THE PEOPLE CAN BRING PEOPLE OUT TOO, JUST, I MEAN, ONE WEEK, ONE WEEKEND OR MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY WHEN YOU DON'T NORMALLY HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE, BUT TRY TO GET THEM TO COME OUT AND ACTUALLY PLAY THE COURSE.
I DON'T KNOW WHETHER WE HAVE ANYTHING LIKE THAT NOW.
IT SOUNDS LIKE PROBABLY NOT, BUT.
YEAH, WE WE'VE, UM, DONE MEMBER FOR A DAY.
YOU KNOW, YOU CAN COME OUT, BE A MEMBER FOR THE DAY UM, AT OTHER CLUBS.
WE DO GET 5 TO 7 PROSPECTS, MEMBERSHIP PROSPECTS A WEEK.
WE'RE GETTING, YOU KNOW, EMAILS, PHONE CALLS.
MEMBER FOR A DAY IS SOMETHING WE COULD WE'RE GOING TO POTENTIALLY DO.
UM, YEAH. THAT'S, THAT'S I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT, UH, THE BOARD'S TALKING ABOUT.
THEY'LL ALSO PROBABLY BUY A BEER.
I'M MAKING THAT UP. BUT ANYWAY.
YEAH, THAT WAS GOOD. PLEASE CONTINUE, SIR.
UM, SO, WE'RE GEARING UP FOR THE BUSY SEASON.
RIGHT NOW, WE'VE HAD OBVIOUSLY SOME WEATHER CONDITIONS.
OUR, UM, OUR NUMBERS ARE STILL GOOD AT THE COURSE.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE ACHIEVED BUDGET THE FIRST TWO MONTHS OF THE FISCAL YEAR.
UH, WE ARE, UM, BUT OUR REAL BUSY SEASON STARTS JANUARY THROUGH APRIL.
IT'S KIND OF THE BUSIEST PART OF THE YEAR.
SO, UM, WE ARE, UM, RIGHT NOW GOING TO BE STARTING SOME CART PATH REPAIRS ON THE SOUTH NINE, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THOSE CART PATHS ARE MAJOR DISREPAIR. SO WE HAVE THE MAILINGS WE'LL BE PUTTING IN.
WE ACTUALLY STARTED THAT TODAY.
SO WE'LL TRY TO GET THOSE FIXED.
SO NOW WE'RE AS WE GO INTO NEXT YEAR, WE'RE NOW DOING A PRE-EMERGENT FERTILIZATION, UM, FOR [INAUDIBLE] AND SOME OF THE OTHER MAJOR WEEDS THAT CAN ATTACK THE GREENS AND THE COURSE.
THAT'S UNUSUAL BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T DONE THAT FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
SO, UM, THAT'S BEEN A CHALLENGE TO, TO, UM, MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
BUT NOW WE'RE AGAIN, WE'RE GETTING AHEAD OF IT.
YEAH. SO, UM, BUT UM, SO THOSE THOSE ARE THE PROTOCOLS WE'RE PUTTING IN PLACE AND MAINTENANCE THAT, YOU KNOW, WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE TO PLAY CATCH UP AND THEN KILL IT, YOU KNOW, IT ALREADY HAS ALREADY GOTTEN TO YOU.
SO YOU'RE GETTING AHEAD OF ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
AND NOW THAT WE HAVE GOTTEN THE COURSE IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE, WE CAN DO THOSE THINGS NOW.
SO, UM, BUT AGAIN, THAT WAS A PROCESS.
UM, MEMBERSHIPS, MEMBERSHIP SALES ARE WELL AHEAD OF BUDGET RIGHT NOW.
SO WE'RE DOING WELL SELLING MEMBERSHIPS.
UM, THE NEW GOLF CARTS HAVE BEEN A HUGE SUCCESS.
UM, AND I THINK THAT'S A BIG PART OF IT.
AND SO NOW WE'RE WE WERE ABLE TO HIRE MORE STAFF.
SO WE'RE NOT FULLY STAFFED YET.
BUT, UM, WE HAVE ADDED STAFFING IN OUR CART STAFF, UM, PRO SHOP MAINTENANCE ESPECIALLY.
AND SO THAT AGAIN WILL HELP WITH ALL THE DETAIL WORK ON THE COURSE.
UM, WE'RE STILL STAYING WITHIN BUDGET WITH WITHIN THE STAFF ACCOUNTS, BUT, UM, IT'S, IT'S REALLY CREATED A BETTER SERVICE, UM, ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE CLUB FOOD AND BEVERAGE AS WELL.
SO THAT'S BEEN A REALLY GOOD THING.
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SO THEN PEOPLE CAN THEN SEE THE EVENTS AS THEY COME UP, OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.PLAN FOR IT OF GOLF TOURNAMENTS, UM, THINGS WE'RE DOING WITH THE ACADEMY, FOOD AND BEVERAGE.
WHEN'S VERIFICATION, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, SO WE'RE GOING TO START THAT IN JANUARY.
UH, A COUPLE OF FOOD AND BEVERAGE EVENTS FOR THIS MONTH.
THIS WAS A VERY, VERY BUSY MONTH IN FOOD AND BEVERAGE.
SO IT'S REALLY BEEN A IT'S GOING TO BE A VERY SUCCESSFUL DECEMBER.
UM, A LOT OF THAT ARE REPEAT GROUPS, BUT WE DO HAVE A LOT OF NEW BUSINESS.
SO I THINK I THINK THE WORD IS GETTING OUT.
YOU KNOW, BRINGING A CHEF ON BOARD I THINK HAS HELPED WITH THAT.
SO WE HAVE A LOT OF CHRISTMAS PARTIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO I THINK THOSE THINGS ARE UM, UM, WE'RE STARTING TO SEE EVEN IN THE SHORT TIME, UM, YOU KNOW, POSITIVE, UM, REVENUES FROM THAT.
UH, SO COMING UP EVENTS, WE STILL HAVE THE SURF AND TURF.
SO WE DO STILL STILL HAVE SOME OPENINGS FOR THAT.
AND, UM, THE NEXT ONE WILL BE A SUNDAY BRUNCH ON THE 24TH.
WE'RE DOING IT ON CHRISTMAS EVE IN THE MORNING.
SO JUST AGAIN, A LOT OF GREAT THINGS, YOU KNOW, GOING ON AT THE CLUB, A LOT OF POSITIVE COMMENTS.
SO IT'S, UH, I THINK WE'LL JUST CONTINUE TO SEE THAT MOMENTUM.
GREAT. ANY QUESTIONS? NO, SIR. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
WE'RE DOWN TO BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS.
[10. BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS]
WHO WANTS TO LEAD OFF? THE DINNER SATURDAY NIGHT WAS VERY GOOD.I ATTENDED THAT, THE FOOD WAS VERY GOOD.
BUT ANYWAY, THAT'S. THAT'S ALL I GOT.
THE NEW THE NEW LUNCH MENU IS GREAT.
SO I'M TRYING TO WORK MY WAY THROUGH EVERY SANDWICH THERE WHEN I PLAY GOLF.
SO. BUT YOU KNOW AGAIN A LOT OF GREAT POSITIVES DAVID.
YOU KNOW, I THINK UH, WE ALL SUPPORT THE WORK YOU'RE DOING.
I AGREE IT NEEDS TO BE RUN LIKE A BUSINESS.
WHEN THINGS AREN'T RUN LIKE A BUSINESS, THEY DON'T MAKE MONEY.
SO CAN I MAKE MY FAREWELL COMMENT? IT WON'T BE GEORGE WASHINGTON BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE AN ALEXANDER HAMILTON TO WRITE FOR ME.
UH, I'M SURE EVERYBODY BEING OPTIMISTIC ABOUT THE COURSE.
AND I THINK THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT REASON FOR THAT IS SITTING UP THERE.
UH, AND, YOU KNOW, THE REASON I GOT ON THE BOARD WAS TO TRY TO HELP THE COURSE.
UH, AND THEN I RAN INTO THE FLORIDA SUNSHINE LAWS.
AND I SUGGEST ANYBODY CONSIDERING GETTING INVOLVED ON THIS ADVISORY BOARD, IT GIVES YOU A FORUM, IT GIVES YOU A CHANCE TO BE RECORDED, AND MAYBE IT GIVES YOU THE EAR THAT YOU OTHERWISE WOULDN'T GET.
UH, AND I JUST DECIDED THERE'S A LOT MORE EFFECTIVE WAYS THAT, YOU KNOW, TIME IMMEMORIAL AND PEOPLE HAVE FOUND TO ADVOCATE WITH CITY COMMISSIONERS AND OTHER PEOPLE BEHIND THE SCENES.
AND THAT'S JUST HOW I CHOSE CHOOSE TO GO.
I'LL REITERATE ALL THE POSITIVE COMMENTS MADE ABOUT COURSE AND MANAGEMENT.
UM. I WANT TO THANK THE BOARD MEMBERS LEAVING MR. RAUSCHENBERGER AND MR. MARKEVICH GREATLY THANKFUL FOR THEIR WORK ON THE BOARD AND THEIR EFFORTS, AND THEY'LL BE GREATLY MISSED.
I WANT TO THANK THE CONTINUING MEMBERS.
THANK YOU CHARLIE, ARE YOU ON FOR THREE YEARS OR ONE? ONE YEAR. EVERY YEAR, ONE YEAR RENEWED.
UM, SO THAT'S SOMETHING, UH, WE'LL HAVE TO WORK ON AS FAR AS ACQUIRING NEW BOARD MEMBERS.
SO I BELIEVE I'M A THREE AND CHARLIE IS A THREE, AND YOU'RE A ONE.
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THROUGH THE BOARD AS TERMS EXPIRE.UH, I WANT TO THANK MR. ROSS AND MR. DEMAY I BELIEVE WE HAD A GREAT MEETING TODAY.
I THINK WE'RE WELL POSITIONED TO MOVE FORWARD.
AND WHATEVER MISTAKES OR ANYTHING, WE'LL WE'LL GET PAST THEM AND GO FORWARD IN A POSITIVE WAY.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.