[00:00:02] GOOD AFTERNOON. THIS IS THE GOLF COURSE ADVISORY BOARD REGULAR MEETING FOR DECEMBER 23RD, 2024, 4PM AT THE CITY HALL COMMISSION CHAMBERS AND THE MEETING IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER. MADAM, CALL THE ROLL CALL, PLEASE. CAN WE STAND NOW FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE?. [INAUDIBLE] COULD YOU LEAD US, PLEASE? . THANK YOU. ITEM 4, THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES. [4. APPROVAL OF MINUTES] THE NOVEMBER REGULAR MEETING MINUTES HAVE BEEN POSTED ONLINE. MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE SECOND. SECONDED. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED. [5. PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING ITMES NOT ON THE AGENDA] ITEM 5. PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA. NO VISITORS ARE PRESENT, SO WE'LL MOVE ON FROM THAT. AND PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THIS MEETING. [6.1 Driving Range Status] DISCUSSION ITEM 6.1 THE DRIVING RANGE STATUS. MR. BIGGERS, COULD YOU ADDRESS US ON THIS, PLEASE? YES, CHAIR PELICAN BOARD MEMBERS, I JUST WANT TO WISH EVERYONE A MERRY CHRISTMAS. MERRY CHRISTMAS. HAPPY HOLIDAYS IN THE NEW YEAR. THANK YOU. JEFFREY BIGGERS, GENERAL MANAGER, FERNANDINA BEACH GOLF CLUB. OKAY. SO DRIVING RANGE STATUS. JUST MET THIS MORNING TO LET YOU KNOW WE'RE WE'RE ATTEMPTING THIS IS A TWO PIECE PROJECT WITH POLES AND NETS AND MET THIS MORNING TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER AND GET ON THE JANUARY 21ST AGENDA TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE POLLS, WITH FPU. TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW, OBVIOUSLY IT'S BEEN CLOSED SINCE HURRICANE THE WINDS OF HURRICANE HELENE. WE HAVE A PORTION OF INSURANCE FROM THE DAMAGES THAT ARE SCHEDULED TO BE RECEIVED IN THE NEXT WEEK. ANOTHER PORTION OF THOSE ARE DAMAGED, NOT DAMAGES, BUT THE PROFIT AND LOSS STATEMENT. WE'RE STILL GETTING NUMBERS. THAT'S BEEN A LITTLE SLOWED BECAUSE OF THE CITY AUDIT AND CHANGES IN FINANCE. BUT THE ADJUSTER HAS RECEIVED THEM THROUGH NOVEMBER, AND WE'RE LOOKING TO SEE WHAT DIRECTION THAT GOES THERE, WHAT THAT ESTIMATE IS. BECAUSE THAT'S KIND OF A TWO PIECE PUZZLE SINCE WE HAVE REVENUES COMING OUT OF TOPTRACER AND GOLF. SO THAT'S GOING TO HELP. AGAIN, FPU, IT LOOKS LIKE THE POTENTIAL ROUTE WITH GETTING THE POLLS PUT IN AND REMOVED. I SPOKE LAST FRIDAY WITH ONE OF THE REPS FROM FPU. HE WAS AT THE CLUB FOR A ROTARY BREAKFAST, AND I ASKED HIM KIND OF HOW THIS PROCESS WOULD WORK. HE SAID THAT AS SOON AS WE WERE CLEARED TO GO, THEY'D PROBABLY EXPEDITE THAT AND GET GOING WITH OUR PARTNERS. CAN YOU TELL US WHAT KIND OF POLES YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? 75 FOOT. THEY'RE GOING TO BE WOOD. AGAIN, YOU KNOW, TELEPHONE POLES. SO THEY'LL BE WHAT'S IN THERE. BUT THEY ALSO HAVE TO TAKE OUT THE OTHER ONES, AND THERE COULD BE A COST WITH THAT INCLUDED. BUT AS FAR AS THE POLES GO, THAT'S ONE AREA. THE OTHER AREA IS GOING TO BE THE NETTING. SO THAT'S TIED IN WITH THREE DIFFERENT COMPANIES THAT WE'VE SENT OUT TO GET NUMBERS FROM AS SOON AS WE CAN GET THE POLES UP AND GOING, THEN WE'LL CONTACT THEM AND GET THEM INVOLVED ON THE NETTING SIDE. SO IT'S KIND OF A PROCESS BETWEEN EACH ONE THERE. AGAIN, IT'S SLIGHTLY COMPLICATED BECAUSE IT'S TWO DIFFERENT KIND OF TRANSITIONS, BUT WE'RE DOING THE BEST WE CAN TO GET THIS MOVING FORWARD. WE'VE HAD A LOT OF HELP FROM PARKS AND REC ON THIS AND OBVIOUSLY GETTING THIS ON THE AGENDA AND AND TO THE COMMISSION FOR ESPECIALLY FOR THE POLES. IT'S NEW TO ME. SO I'M LEARNING THAT PROCESS. LET ME ASK YOU ONE. YES. ARE THESE NEW POLES GOING TO BE TALLER TO HELP US OUT OR ARE THEY SAME SIZE? THEY ARE GOING TO BE THE SAME. SO WITH THIS INSURANCE. YEAH. WITH THE INSURANCE IT'S GOING TO BE WHAT WE HAVE EXISTING OUT THERE IS WHAT KIND OF HOW THE INSURANCE WENT WITH THAT. AGAIN WORKING TOWARDS, YOU KNOW, THESE DAMAGES THAT'S BEEN RECOGNIZED AND MOVING ALONG AS CONFIDENT AS FAST AS WE CAN. NO ONE WANTS THIS RANGE CLOSED. EVERY DAY THAT GOES BY IS THE SAME THING WITH, REVENUES COMING IN. THAT'S WHY WE'RE HOPING THIS PROFIT AND LOSS INCLUDES ALL THAT. SEE WHERE IT GOES FROM THERE. WE WILL HAVE TO FIND SOME MONEY OUT OF OTHER AREAS OF THE BUDGET TO PAY FOR THE COMPLETION OF THIS PROCESS, BUT WE'LL CROSS THAT BRIDGE WHEN WE GET THERE. [00:05:06] HAS THERE BEEN ANY THOUGHT TO GOING WITH AN UPGRADED POLE? WELL, TO BE HONEST, WE DID TALK TO SOMEONE ABOUT CONCRETE POLES. THAT COST WAS ABOUT 5 TO 8 TIMES MORE. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, IT'D BE PERMANENT, BUT THIS IS OUR BEST NUMBER. I GUESS I COULD SAY LOOKING AT FPU, A COUPLE OF THE COMPANIES KIND OF TIED THAT IN WITH THEIR COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT, AND WE WERE JUST TRYING TO FIND, YOU KNOW, THE BEST ROUTE TO GO AND THEY WERE, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THEY WERE THE ONES THAT PUT THESE POLES IN, I THINK PRIOR MAYBE 15, 18 YEARS AGO. SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE IT'S GOOD TO HAVE THAT COMPANY AND THEN REPLACE IT. SO AGAIN, THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT FROM A STANDPOINT OF THE DRIVING RANGE. AGAIN, I KNOW HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS WITH YOU GUYS ABOUT THIS. AGAIN, IT'S JUST IT'S CLOSED RIGHT NOW JUST BECAUSE OF THE RISK AND LIABILITY. BUT I'M EXCITED ABOUT TRYING TO SEE THIS THING START MOVING FORWARD AND SEE HOW LONG, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO BE IN THIS SITUATION TILL WE GET IT OPEN AGAIN. DOES THIS HAVE TO GO OUT FOR AN RFP OR ANYTHING? YEAH, I THINK A PORTION OF IT WILL. I'M LEARNING THIS PROCESS AS WELL BECAUSE IT'S I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SOLE SOURCE THE POLLS BUT THE NETTING IS WHERE WE HAVE LIKE THREE DIFFERENT BIDS OR THREE DIFFERENT QUOTES, IF YOU COULD SAY. AND PROBABLY LEANING TOWARDS WHO PUT OUR NETS IN PAST. BUT THAT'S YET TO BE DECIDED. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT. QUESTION. JUST WANT TO BECAUSE WE HAVE PUT NETTING UP AT THE BASEBALL FIELD. THERE IS LIKE SO MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF NETTING AND THE QUALITY OF THE NETTING. SO TO AND YOU REALLY DO HAVE TO SPEC IT AND WHOEVER YOU TRUST IS THE ONE THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THE, YOU KNOW THE SPECS TO. HAS TO BE UNIVERSAL BECAUSE I WILL TELL YOU THEY WILL COME IN. YOU WILL BE KIND OF SURPRISED THE DIFFERENCE IN PRICING BASED ON THE NETTING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO RECEIVE FROM EACH COMPANY AND I HAD TWO COMPANIES THAT ACTUALLY CAME ON SITE. ANOTHER ONE I SENT PICTURES TO AND GAVE THE SPECS. SO YOU KNOW, I THINK THE TWO THAT CAME OUT KNEW WHAT WAS OUT THERE. I'M NOT REALLY SURE ABOUT THE LAST COMPANY. WELL, I'LL TELL YOU, EVEN FROM THE TWO COMPANIES THAT ARE LOCATED IN THIS AREA, THEIR NETTING IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT. OKAY, SO THAT'S JUST FOR YOU TO KNOW, BECAUSE I HAD TO PUT THIS NETTING AGAINST THIS NETTING AND IT WASN'T EVEN CLOSE. OKAY. BUT THEY SAY IT'S THE SAME. BUT IT WASN'T THE SAME. SO CHEAPER BID MAY NOT BE THE MOST RELIABLE ONE. RIGHT AND BUYER BEWARE. YEAH. BUYER BEWARE. BUT ALSO I'LL JUST GIVE YOU AN IDEA. THE NETTING THAT WE PUT UP AT THE BALLPARK, SOME OF THAT NETTING IS 30 YEARS OLD. WHICH IS AT THE TOP WHICH HARDLY GETS ANYTHING BUT THE SUN THAT BAKES IT. BUT THAT'S 30 YEARS OLD. THE ONES THAT WE PUT ON THE SIDE IS NOW TWO YEARS OLD, AND THEY'RE LOOKING TO BE AT 20 YEARS BEFORE WE EVEN HAVE TO CONSIDER TAKING, YOU KNOW, STEPS TO PUT NEW NETTING UP. I THINK 15 TO 20 YEARS IS WHAT WE WERE. YEAH, THE 20 YEAR FIGURE. BUT THAT'S ALSO IF THINGS BREAK DOWN ON THAT NETTING IT CAN BE REPAIRED. WELL AND ON THAT NOTE, BECAUSE TRYING TO SEE WHAT WE'VE, YOU KNOW, DONE IN THE PAST WITH SOME OF THIS, I HOPE THAT WE CAN LOOK MAYBE AFTER TO GET THE COMPANY THAT WE GO WITH TO LOOK AT FOR NEXT YEAR, TO KIND OF HAVE AN ANNUAL MAINTENANCE TO TO INSPECT OUR NETS, SEE HOW, WHAT CONDITION THEY'RE IN AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IT MAY BE A SMALL FEE, BUT TO GET ON THAT, BUT IF WE GET ON SOMETHING LIKE THAT EACH YEAR, THEN WE DON'T HAVE MAYBE THIS ISSUE WHERE WE HAVEN'T, YOU KNOW, LOOKED AT THESE IN FOUR OR 5 OR 6 YEARS AND COME BACK. MAINTENANCE. YES. YEAH. IT'S BASICALLY JUST GOING UP AND SEEING IF THERE'S ANY HOLES THAT HAS, YOU KNOW, BROKEN DOWN OR ANYTHING OR IF THEY NEED TO TIGHTEN ANYTHING. YEAH, OR TIGHT? YEAH, EXACTLY. THERE'S NO SYSTEMS IN FLORIDA THAT LOWER THEIR NETS FOR HURRICANES. [00:10:01] ARE THERE THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF? I'VE NEVER HEARD OF THAT. NEVER EVEN THOUGHT OF THAT. THAT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE. BUT I HAVE A FEELING, BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT JUST FROM WHAT I SEE OUT THERE AND THE NETS THAT I'VE SEEN, I DON'T THINK THEY'RE, BUILT THAT WAY. THEY'RE HOOKED IN THERE TO BE TIGHT IN THAT POSITION. NOT REALLY RETRACTABLE. I COULD IMAGINE THAT IF THEY DO HAVE ANYTHING LIKE THAT, IT'S PROBABLY PRETTY EXPENSIVE AND I WOULDN'T THINK, YOU KNOW, I GUESS UNLESS YOU'RE ON THE COAST, YOU KNOW, WHERE YOU COULD HAVE THAT POTENTIAL OF A HURRICANE OR HIGH WINDS OR I MEAN, LIKE TYPEKIT, WHICH IS WHERE WE TOP GOLF. I DON'T THINK TOP GOLF, THEY DON'T RETRACTS THEIR TOP GOLF, I'LL TELL YOU THAT RIGHT NOW. SO OKAY. YOU SEE WHAT ANY TIME PERIOD FOR OPENING THAT RANGE TWO MONTHS A MONTH, I'M JUST BALLPARK FIGURE. I HONESTLY, I DON'T KNOW I KNOW I'M AT THIS POINT IN IT FROM TODAY, WE GET THIS TO THE COMMISSION SO THEY CAN APPROVE US TO GO FORWARD WITH THE POLLS. AND THAT PROCESS IS GOING TO START. I HAD THAT QUESTION FROM SOMEONE WITH FINANCE TODAY, YOU KNOW, ASKING A FEW OF THAT TO ADD. OUR NEXT MEETING IS WHAT JANUARY THE SO YOU KNOW, SECOND OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SEVENTH. OUR NEXT I DOUBT IT WILL BE ON THAT COMMISSION MEETING BECAUSE BUT IT'S WE'RE LOOKING TO THE 21ST SO WORKED ON THAT. SO THAT'D BE GOOD. THAT'S A MONTH. YES. ABSOLUTELY. YES. AND TO BE HONEST, THAT'S ALL I HAVE ON THE DRIVING RANGE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I BROUGHT UP STUFF WITH YOU. YOU HAVE ONE ON ONE MEETINGS. WE HAVE I'VE NOTICED PEOPLE GO OUT AND HIT BALLS. THEY DON'T, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT AUTHORIZED. IT'S JUST I CATCH THEM. I HAVE GONE OUT THERE. I'VE BEEN VERY NICE, TO BE HONEST. WE HAD THE VFW MEETING EXCUSE ME. TOURNAMENT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MONTH ON A SATURDAY, AND THE REQUEST WAS TO DO A 21 BALL SALUTE AND WANTED TO HIT 21 BALLS IN THE RANGE AND THEY DIDN'T END UP DOING IT BECAUSE OF TIME CONSTRAINTS. BUT WHEN THEY ASKED THAT, WE I KIND OF DEFERRED THEM. I SAID, OKAY, LOOK, WE HAVE 27 HOLES. IT'S EARLY. IF YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO DO THAT, LET'S HIT 21 SHOTS DOWN NUMBER ONE NORTH, BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF SETS A PRECEDENT. IF THEY CAN HIT BALLS AND YOU CAN HIT BALLS AND IT'S JUST IT'S WE'RE JUST CLOSED IN THAT WAY. YOU DON'T HAVE SOMEONE SEE IT. IT'S PERCEPTION. SO YEAH. WELL ANOTHER THING WITH IT BEING CLOSED, I'M THINKING TO GET THE APPROVAL FOR THE POLLS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE THEN YOU DON'T HAVE TO CLOSE IT. YOU THINK THE POLLS COULD GO IN EITHER OUTSIDE THE PRESENT PERIMETER OR INSIDE THE PRESENT, WHATEVER. IT DOESN'T EVEN NEED TO BE THE SAME SHAPE. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT THAT. SOME OF THIS COULD BE NARROWER DOWN AS YOU GET TOWARD THE BOTTOM. I THINK SOME OF THIS AND AGAIN, THIS IS KIND OF A COMPLEX PROJECT BECAUSE WE'VE GOT INSURANCE INVOLVED AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE'RE JUST DOING, WHICH WAS GOING TO BE ON MY WISH LIST GOING FORWARD. BUT NOW THAT WE'RE IN THIS WE THE INSURANCE HAS GOT TO MATCH. THEY'RE REPAIRING WHAT'S EXISTING OUT THERE. SO ANYTHING WE GO ABOVE AND BEYOND OR DIFFERENT DIRECTION OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, WE COULD. BUT THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE US THAT PERCENTAGE OF WHATEVER DOLLARS THE INSURANCE BASED OFF WHAT'S OUT THERE DAMAGED. SO THAT'S KIND OF THE ROUTE WE'RE HAVING TO GO HERE. SO I WAS HOPING THE COMMISSION COULD RE APPROVE THE PLAN YOU WANT AND THEY FIND THE MONEY FOR IT, WHETHER IT'S INSURANCE OR RESERVES. I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIND THE MONIES THAT AREN'T GOING TO COVER THIS OUT OF OUR OWN BUDGET AND WE'RE I'M LOOKING AT A COUPLE AREAS RIGHT NOW. ONE OF THOSE COULD BE WITH SOME WORK ON THE GOLF COURSE, SINCE WE JUST HAD SOME DONE THAT WAS TREMENDOUS AND MAY NOT NEED TO GO THAT ROUTE FORWARD. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? SURE. SO ANY MORE QUESTIONS ON THE DRIVING RANGE? FOR THAT. WILL THAT BE WILL YOU BE GIVING A PRESENTATION AT THAT COMMISSION MEETING OR DO YOU KNOW HOW THAT'S GOING TO GO? IT WILL BE, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, MORE THAN LIKELY A RESOLUTION OF WHAT WE NEED DONE. AND IT'S A COMPLICATED A LITTLE COMPLICATED BECAUSE OF THE PARTS TO IT. SO THERE MIGHT NOT BE ANYTHING IN THIS, THIS RESOLUTION HAVING ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE NETS. IT MAY JUST BE THE POLLS. OKAY. FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, AND I'M LEARNING THIS AS WELL. SO THIS ONE LAST THING. THIS WOULD BE A TIME TO ADDRESS LIGHTING IF YOU WANTED TO ADD LIGHTING. I JUST WANT TO GET OUR RANGE BACK OPEN. PELICAN. AND TRY NOT TO SPEND ANY MORE MONEY THAN WE HAVE TO. ON ONE NOTE, OFF THE DRIVING RANGE, WE DID RECEIVE OUR TWO FAIRWAY MOWERS TODAY. [00:15:05] SO. OKAY. THANK YOU SIR. THAT'S THE ONES WE ORDERED WAY BACK. RIGHT? YEAH. THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO COME IN 1ST OF OCTOBER, SO IT'S GOING TO BE USED. WHAT'S THE USAGE SCHEDULE GOING TO BE FOR THOSE NOW THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT? ARE THEY GOING TO JUST THEY'LL GO AS NORMAL AS WE DID PRIOR WHEN WE HAD TWO FAIRWAY MOWERS. THE ONE OF THE UNITS HAS A VERTICUTTING ATTACHMENT. THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO REALLY HELP THE FAIRWAYS A LOT. SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO SOME OF THAT. I MEAN REALLY RIP THEM UP. I MEAN, RIGHT NOW THEY HAVEN'T BEEN RIPPED UP PROBABLY IN YEARS, AND THEY JUST HAVEN'T BEEN MOWED WITH THE FAIRWAY MOWER SINCE BEFORE I WAS HERE. RIGHT. IN JUNE. SO IT WAS PROBABLY APRIL OR MAY. SO LONG TERM WISE, EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING IT SHOULD REALLY IMPROVE. SO GREAT. THANK YOU. SIR. ITEM SEVEN. [7. FRIENDS OF FERNANDINA GOLF CLUB UPDATE] FRIENDS OF FERNANDINA GOLF CLUB UPDATE. I COULD SPEAK A LITTLE ON THAT IF YOU WANT. I KNOW LEE'S OUT OF TOWN, AND I DIDN'T REALLY ASK HIM, BUT THAT WAS GOING TO BE JUST A SMALL PORTION OF MY STAFF UPDATE. BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT PROJECT THAT WAS ON THE GOLF COURSE SIX DAYS FROM LAST THURSDAY USED A LOT OF MANPOWER. REALLY DID A LOT OF WORK OUT THERE TO CLEAR. OPEN UP THE GOLF COURSE IN MANY AREAS. LOTS OF DEBRIS THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING TO MOVE. BUT I REALLY WANT TO APPLAUD THE FRIENDS OF FERNANDINA BEACH GOLF WITH WHAT THEY DID. KIND OF DOUBLED. PROBABLY WHAT WE DID LAST YEAR AND HAD NOT ONLY THE 20 PLUS VOLUNTEERS THAT I WANT TO THANK OUR STAFF ON MAINTENANCE, AS WELL AS SOME OF OUR CART STAFF, GAVE SOME OF THEIR TIME TO WORK IN AN AREA THAT THEY NORMALLY DON'T WORK IN DURING THAT SIX DAY PERIOD. JUST TO LET YOU KNOW WHAT THAT REALLY DOES FOR THE GOLF COURSE IS IT NOT ONLY OPENS IT UP FOR AIR CIRCULATION, THAT'S GOING TO HELP BETTER GRASS GROWTH, MORE SUNLIGHT. I'M AN EXAMPLE OF THAT. IS NUMBER TWO SOUTH WHERE THAT MAGNOLIA TREE WAS. I MEAN, YOU CAN JUST TELL THERE'S NOT MUCH SOIL THERE. IT'S JUST SANDY THAT WILL IMPROVE OVER TIME AND PROBABLY THE LAST THING IS JUST PLAYABILITY. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THE GOLF COURSE IS GOING TO OPEN UP, YOU KNOW, FOR SOME SHOTS OUT THERE. I MEAN, YOU HAVE TO HIT IT A CERTAIN AREA AND YOU COULD BE IN THE FAIRWAY AND STILL NOT HAVE A SHOT AND I THINK THIS IS REALLY GOING TO OPEN UP THE GOLF COURSE AND THIS IS SOMETHING TALKING WITH MARK, OUR SUPERINTENDENT, AND LEE. WE REALLY WANT TO KEEP THIS ON THE SCHEDULE AND TRY TO DO THIS YEARLY. IT'S BEEN A GREAT HELP AND IF YOU SEE ANY OF THOSE PEOPLE, TELL THEM, THANK YOU BECAUSE WE HAVE. THANK YOU SIR. OKAY. [8. WGA UPDATE] ITEM EIGHT, THE WGA UPDATE. WELL, NOT MUCH TO REPORT RIGHT NOW. WE'RE ON A LITTLE BIT OF A WINTER BREAK. WE WON'T RESUME REGULAR PLAY TILL, I BELIEVE, JANUARY 7TH. BUT ON ANOTHER THING WHICH HAS HAPPENED IS WE'VE JUST GOT A COUPLE NEW MEMBERS. I THINK WE'RE UP TO 57 OR 58 MEMBERS AT THIS POINT. YEAH, THAT'S THE MOST WE'VE HAD. SOME OF THIS, I THINK, IS HAPPENING AS A RESULT OF THE ANTICIPATED CLOSURE AT AMELIA NATIONAL. BUT A FEW OF THE WOMEN CAME OVER BECAUSE THE COURSE IS LONGER AND THEY PLAY JW AND THEY WANT TO HAVE THAT EXPERIENCE PLAYING A LONGER COURSE THAN SOME OF THE SHORTER COURSES AROUND HERE. SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT IT. YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD BETTER NUMBERS THIS YEAR THAN WE HAVE IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS SINCE COVID. WE REALLY TOOK A BIG DIP AND IT'S COME BACK A LOT NOW. SO THAT'S 57, I THINK, ACTIVE MEMBERS WE ALSO HAVE SOME OTHER MEMBERS THAT ARE NOT ACTIVE. THEY'RE JUST PART OF OUR HONORARY MEMBERS THAT ALSO ARE PART OF THE LEAGUE. OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT'S GOOD. 57. ITEM NINE THE MGA UPDATE. [9. MGA UPDATE] MR. KELLY, WAS HE YOU WERE GOING TO GIVE IT I CAN GIVE. SURE. THAT'D BE GREAT. JUST A BRIEF OFF OF THIS PAST MONTHLY, YOU KNOW, EVENT THAT WE HAD FOR YOU GUYS FOR THE MEN'S ON SATURDAY THE 14TH, WE HAD THE POINTS TOURNAMENT. I HAD THREE FLIGHTS. WE HAD 20 PLAYERS AND HAD THREE WINNERS IN EACH FLIGHT. SO THAT'S ABOUT ALL I HAVE ON THAT. OH, MAYBE A COUPLE OF FOLLOW ON COMMENTS ABOUT THAT. I'LL TELL YOU THE TRUTH, IT WAS A LITTLE BIT DISAPPOINTING, AND I'M NOT NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU, BUT AS FAR AS TURNOUT AND WE'RE TRYING TO THE MGA IS TRYING TO SOLVE THAT ISSUE OF TURNOUT FOR THE TOURNAMENTS. I'VE TALKED TO SOME PEOPLE. I'VE ALSO, YOU KNOW, SEEN THE EFFORT IN THE LOCKER ROOM WITH, YOU KNOW, COMMENTS OF WHY? [00:20:03] BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOUR WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAYS COULD HAVE 40 TO 50 AND THE TOURNAMENTS ARE AROUND 20 TO, YOU KNOW, 25. THIS PAST ONE, I JUST TRULY BELIEVE IT WAS THE FORMAT AND THAT'S WHAT I HEAR SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE. EACH TOURNAMENTS RIGHT AROUND THE SAME NUMBER, BUT IT'LL BE A 3 OR 4 THAT DIDN'T PLAY IN THIS ONE, AND 3 OR 4 THAT WILL PLAY IN THAT ONE AND I THINK IT'S JUST FORMAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS SOME PEOPLE FELT LIKE THEY COULDN'T PULL ENOUGH POINTS BECAUSE OF WHAT THEY HAD TO PULL. BUT I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW YOU CAN GET YOUR BLITZ PLAYERS TO PLAY ON SATURDAYS. I THINK THIS PAST FRIDAY, I KIND OF MADE AN ANNOUNCEMENT TO THE BLITZ OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF GAVE YOU GUYS AN UPDATE OF SOME OF THIS AS WELL, WHERE WE ARE ON THE RANGE AND WHATNOT, AND I ENCOURAGED AT THAT POINT EVERYONE PLAYING ON FRIDAY TO CONSIDER START PLAYING, YOU KNOW, PLAY A SATURDAY ROUND, GET IN WITH THE BREAKFAST MIXER AND THE ONCE A MONTH MEMBER TOURNAMENT. SO, YOU KNOW, WORD OF MOUTH HELPS. WHAT DID YOU WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM FROM THAT SIDE. WELL, I THINK THERE'S A CERTAIN NUMBER OF PLAYERS THAT JUST WANT TO DO THE TEAM CONCEPT AND THAT'S ONE OF THE BLITZES ON WEDNESDAYS AND FRIDAYS FORMAT, YOU KNOW, INDIVIDUAL. THEY DO WELL. AND IF IT'S NOT TOTALLY RELIANT ON THEIR EFFORTS, WHEREAS THE SATURDAY MORNING MIXER, THAT'S INDIVIDUAL AND THAT'S STABLEFORD AS WELL. BUT THERE'S ONLY ABOUT 20 PLAYERS IN ON THAT AND AS WELL AND IT'S A LOT OF FUN AND IT CHALLENGES ONE'S GAME AND I ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GIVE IT A TRY. BUT WE'RE STILL TRYING TO SOLVE THAT DILEMMA OF GETTING MORE PARTICIPATION. I AGREE. AND THE NEXT TOURNAMENT IS MIDDLE OF JANUARY WITH THE THIRD WEEKEND, THE SECOND WEEKEND IN JANUARY, I BELIEVE. AND IT IS SET UP AS A TWO MAN SCRAMBLE. PROBABLY HAS TO REMEMBER YOU PROBABLY HAVE MORE PARTICIPATE IN THAT BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE TO RELY ON THEIR OWN GAME. OKAY. THANK YOU. [10. STAFF COMMENTS] I GUESS YOU MIGHT AS WELL JUST STAY THERE. STAFF COMMENTS. 10.1. STAFF UPDATE. OKAY. STAFF UPDATE I'M JUST GOING TO GO KIND OF THROUGH OUR NUMBERS AND LET YOU GUYS KNOW WHERE WE'RE AT WHEN WE START IN THE GOLF SHOP. WE DID 26,000 MORE THAN PREVIOUS YEAR NOVEMBER. AGAIN I'M NOT YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW THAT'S PRETTY STRONG TO ME CONSIDERING WE HAVEN'T HAD A DRIVING RANGE THESE MONTHS AND THIS TIME OF YEAR, I THINK TOTAL REVENUE RISE COULD BE ANYWHERE FROM 4 TO $6000 A MONTH ON THE DRIVING RANGE. WE DID 3368 TOTAL ROUNDS, WHICH WAS 911 MORE THAN THE PREVIOUS YEAR. I BROKE THOSE ROUNDS DOWN INTO 18 HOLE AND NINE HOLE TOTAL GOLF COURSE REVENUE 106 912 WITH CART FEES OF 37,073 AND GREEN FEES OF 59,076. WE DID JUST OVER $10,000 IN MERCHANDISE IN THE SHOP, AGAIN WITH NO RANGE BALLS. OUR AVERAGE GOLF CART FEE GREEN FEE PER ROUND, WAS UP TO 2855, WHERE THE PREVIOUS MONTH WE WERE AT 2794, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, PRETTY GOOD. THAT'S SAYING WE'RE HAVING MORE PEOPLE PLAY 18 HOLE ROUNDS AND PAYING A HIGHER RATE BECAUSE THESE NUMBERS ALWAYS. I THINK ONE OF MY FIRST MEETINGS, THEY INCLUDE EVERYTHING THE NINE HOLES, THE TWILIGHTS, THE WALKERS ONLY. SO GOLF COURSE MAINTENANCE. COUPLE OF THE PROJECTS THEY'VE COMPLETED OUT THERE. WE'VE REBUILT THE FENCE. IF YOU GUYS HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO NOTICE AND CLEARED THE LEFT OF TEE BOX ON NUMBER ONE NORTH, THAT WAS AN AREA THAT WAS KIND OF WORKED ON DURING THE TIME WHEN WE HAD THE FRIENDS OUT. TOOK A PEOPLE. I THINK MOST OF THAT WAS DONE A LOT BY OUR MECHANIC. HE DID SOME OF THAT WORK OVER THERE. I SAW IT JUST FOR COSMETIC PURPOSES. OR WAS IT? WE'RE JUST WE'RE TRYING TO SAFETY AND KIND OF SEPARATE. THE MAINTENANCE AND THE BACK WHERE WE'RE, YOU KNOW, CLEANING THE GOLF CARTS WITH MAINTENANCE IN THE GOLF COURSE AND SOME OF THAT ACTUAL FENCE THAT WAS ALREADY EXISTING UP THERE WAS A LITTLE ROUGH ANYWAY. BUT THERE WAS ALSO ALL THE SHRUBBERY AND EVERYTHING THAT WAS IN THERE WASN'T REAL PRETTY. SO IT JUST KIND OF CLEANED THAT OUT. I GUESS THIS IS THE BIGGEST ONE SPRAYING WALL TO WALL FOR THE POA. WE'VE BEEN MORE AGGRESSIVE TALKING TO MARK ABOUT THAT. YOU CAN'T GET TOO CRAZY BECAUSE IT COULD THIN THE GREENS A LITTLE BIT, BUT WE'VE HELD UP THROUGH THAT AND WEST NUMBER EIGHT, IF YOU NOTICE THAT AREA, THAT WAS AN AREA WHERE WE HAD A LOT OF WATER THAT KIND OF SAT ON THE GOLF COURSE FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. IF YOU PLAY OVER THERE, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE POA EVERYWHERE. [00:25:01] IT'S ALL OUT THERE. THAT'S WHAT'S POPPING AND WE'RE TRYING TO CONTROL THAT AND, YOU KNOW, ON THE GOLF COURSE IS ONE THING, BUT CREEPING TOWARDS THE GREENS, I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY WAY WE'RE GOING TO GET THROUGH THE SEASON WITHOUT HAVING POA JUST BECAUSE OF ALL THE RAIN. I MEAN, THEY JUST LOVE THAT WET CONDITION AND IT WAS THERE. SO BUT WE'RE GOING TO FIND OUT. SO WE'RE GETTING SOME QUOTES FOR A LEAN TO SHED. POSSIBLY AMELIA NATIONAL MARKS. TALK TO THEM. I DON'T KNOW THAT BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT SOME CHANGES GOING ON THERE. I THINK MARCH THROUGH NOVEMBER IS THEIR SCHEDULED SHUT DOWN AND THEY'LL BE DOING SOME RENOVATIONS AND I THINK PART OF THAT IS SOMETHING TO THE MAINTENANCE BUILDING. SO IF THEY HAVE A COUPLE PIECES OVER THERE, MAYBE WE CAN GET, YOU KNOW, A HUGE PRICE ON THAT. WITH THAT SAID, BECAUSE WE HAVE NEW PIECES OF EQUIPMENT COMING IN, SO WE'RE LIMITED WITH ROOM IN OUR AREA. SO IT'LL BE KIND OF A LEAN TO SHED TO KIND OF COVER. THEY'LL STILL BE OUTSIDE, BUT THEY'LL HAVE SOME COVER ON THE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT. AGAIN, JUST WANT TO THANK THE FRIENDS OF FERNANDINA BEACH FOR WHAT WE DID ON THE GOLF COURSE FROM THE 12TH TO THE 17TH. IT WAS JUST IT WAS PHENOMENAL TO SEE THE WORK DONE OUT THERE. I TOOK A LOT OF PICTURES, SAW A LOT OF GUYS WORKING REALLY HARD. REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT THOSE GUYS DID. FOOD AND BEVERAGE WISE. NOVEMBER NUMBERS. WE DID 7000 MORE THAN IN NOVEMBER 2023, FOR A TOTAL OF $34,519. OUR MONTHLY DINNER, SURF AND TURF HAD 61IN NOVEMBER. THAT'S THE BIGGEST NUMBER WE'VE HAD YET FOR FOR A DINNER FOR ME. WE DID NOT HAVE ONE SCHEDULED FOR DECEMBER. WE ATTEMPTED TO DO A SUNDAY BRUNCH. IT WAS NOT WELL ATTENDED, BUT WE'LL LOOK AT MAYBE DOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT IN THAT AREA GOING FORWARD. THE REASON WE DIDN'T WE JUST HAD WE HAD A TON OF EVENTS. THE FIRST THREE WEEKS OF DECEMBER, CHRISTY AND HER STAFF HAD SOMETHING GOING ON, IF NOT 1 TO 2 TO THREE EVENTS EVERY DAY FOR THREE WEEKS. LOOKING TO COME CLOSE TO MATCHING WHAT NUMBERS WE DID LAST YEAR FOR THE MONTH OF DECEMBER. A LOT OF IT'S GOING TO DEPEND ON THIS LAST WEEK. AFTER CHRISTMAS WITH GOLFERS BECAUSE GOLFERS TRANSLATE INTO USING THE RESTAURANT. SO BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER EVENTS SCHEDULED UNTIL WE GET INTO JANUARY. AGAIN, THAT. YES. SO WE'VE HAD ALL 32 BIG MAJOR EVENTS WE'VE HAD, I THINK I HAD ON THERE EIGHT AS I SENT THIS OUT LEFT, BUT THEY'VE ALL COMPLETED. LAST EVENT WAS FRIDAY NIGHT, THE 20TH. MEMBERSHIP SALES HAVE BEEN STEADY. THEY'VE KIND OF SLOWED SOMEWHAT AS WE'VE GOTTEN CLOSER TO CHRISTMAS, BUT AS OF DECEMBER 16TH, WE HAVE 141 TOTAL MEMBERSHIPS SOLD. THAT'S BETWEEN ALL THE DIFFERENT AREAS. I THINK WE'VE HAD A COUPLE JUNIOR MEMBERSHIPS JOIN IN THE LAST MONTH OR SO, SO THAT'S BEEN GOOD. MARKETING. I ADDED IN YOUR PACKET, THE AWAY IN A MANGER THAT WE DID WITH THE NEWS LEADER. THAT IS THEIR HOLIDAY ESSENTIAL MAGAZINE. AND WE'VE DONE SOMETHING WITH THEM THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, AND THERE'S ABOUT 5 OR 6 BUSINESSES THAT ARE IN THERE AND GIVES A LITTLE HOLIDAY CHEER ON THERE. I KIND OF ALREADY DISCUSSED WITH THE MGA TOURNAMENT THAT WE JUST HAD ONE THING. WE HAD AN OUTSIDE EVENT FOR VFW. THEY HAD 60 PLAYERS, SO IT WAS A PRETTY GOOD LITTLE REVENUE FOR US FOR EARLY DECEMBER WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE A LOT OF EVENTS. AND IT WASN'T REALLY A PLEASANT DAY THAT DAY. IT WAS KIND OF CHILLY, SO WE DIDN'T DO AS MANY ROUNDS AS YOU NORMALLY WOULD. SO IT WAS GOOD TO HAVE THEM OUT. AND WE HAD OUR PRO SHOP HOLIDAY SALE ON THE 14TH AS WELL, SO THAT WAS GOOD. WHEN WE HAD OTHER PEOPLE OUT AND DID ABOUT $1,600, WE HAD DISCOUNTS UP TO 40%, AND THAT'S NOT 40% ABOVE YOUR MEMBERS DISCOUNT. UPCOMING EVENTS. THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS, JUST REMIND EVERYBODY WE HAVE A HALF A DAY. PRO SHOP CLOSES AT 11. WE'LL PROBABLY DO 20 OR 30 GOLFERS TOMORROW, CHRISTMAS DAY CLOSED. BUT WHEN WE'RE OPEN AS NORMAL ON NEW YEAR'S DAY. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT MY STAFF REPORT IS WITH NUMBERS AND WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE CLUB. SO CAN PEOPLE CHECK OUT A CART BEFORE 11? TEE TIMES ARE GOING TILL TEN, SO WE HAVE TEE TIMES TILL TEN. WE'RE KEEPING THE SHOP OPEN TILL 11. SO IF THEY COME IN IN THAT TIME FRAME, WE COULD PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, SQUEEZE SOMEBODY OUT THERE IF THEY DON'T HAVE A TEE TIME. BUT AT THAT POINT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TELLING STAFF GO AHEAD AND PUT THE CARDS UP. KIND OF HOPING TO GET EVERYBODY HOME BY, YOU KNOW, BY 2:00. WE DID THIS ON THANKSGIVING AS WELL. YOU TYPICALLY THINK, OKAY, FOUR HOURS TO PLAY 18 HOLES. SO IF THEY TEE OFF THAT LAST GROUP TEES OFF RIGHT AT TEN, THEY SHOULD BE DONE CLOSE TO TWO. NO FOOD AND BEVERAGE. TOMORROW, EXCEPT IF YOU WANT TO BUY SOMETHING COKE OR SOMETHING IN THE PRO SHOP, BUT NOTHING IN THE RESTAURANT AND IT'LL JUST BE ONE STAFF MEMBER IN THERE FOR ABOUT FOUR [00:30:08] HOURS. AND THEN OUR ONE CART GUY WILL WORK ALL DAY, PULL OUT AND PUT UP. WORKED REALLY WELL ON THANKSGIVING. IT'S KIND OF WHAT I'VE DONE EVERYWHERE. AND I THINK WE'VE DONE THAT HERE AS WELL THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. SO THANK YOU. OKAY. YES. WHAT'S THE STATUS OF THE LAWNMOWER? THE WHAT? THE NEW LAWN MOWERS. THE NEW FAIRWAY MOWERS? YEAH. WE JUST GOT THOSE IN TODAY. THEY JUST CAME IN ON ON A TRAILER TODAY. YEAH, I GOT A PICTURE OF HIM. I GOT A CALL FROM MARK. WE'VE BEEN ASKING. WE'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE TO GET THE OLD ONES BACK TO THE CITY TO DISPOSE OF. I DON'T THINK THEY'RE GOING TO BE. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY VALUE, UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE THEY'RE EIGHT, SEVEN, EIGHT YEARS OLD, NINE YEARS OLD. BUT WE DO HAVE THE NEW ONES IN. WE'RE STILL WAITING TO SEE ABOUT THE GREENS BECAUSE THEY WERE GOING TO BE A LITTLE LATER ANYWAY. OH, THOSE WERE GOING TO BE LATER. YEAH. OKAY. AND WE'RE CONSTANTLY IN TOUCH WITH THOSE REPS TO FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON. SO YEAH, BECAUSE WE RECEIVED AN INVOICE, I THINK, FOR THE FAIRWAY MOWERS IN NOVEMBER, BUT WE WERE LIKE, WHERE ARE THEY? SO CHRISTMAS PRESENT TODAY, WE GOT YEAH. YEAH, IT REALLY WAS. YEAH. SO WE WERE ALL EXCITED ABOUT THAT. SO WHAT COLOR ARE THEY. THEY'RE JOHN DEERE'S SO THAT'S A STANDARD GREEN. GREEN. THEY HAVE A ROOF ON THEM. IT WAS THE ONLY OPTION. I HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THEM CLOSE ENOUGH TO REALLY KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO, BECAUSE ONE HAS THE VERTICUTTING ON IT, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT STAYS ON OR NOT. I'M NOT EXTREMELY EQUIPMENT ORIENTED, BUT I'LL LEARN SO. GREAT. BUT THEY LOOK GOOD FROM THE PARKING LOT, SO HOPEFULLY THEY'LL LAST A LONG TIME. 4 TO 6 YEARS. WE'LL SEE. GET IT IN ROTATION. YOU KNOW TAKE CARE OF THEM. WE HAVE A GREAT MECHANIC NOW AND HE'S BEEN REALLY GOOD. WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, TAKING CARE OF THE EQUIPMENT WE HAVE AND THE NEW STUFF. SO AND HE'LL BE LEARNING ON THOSE PIECES AS WELL. SO. GREAT. THE LAST QUESTION ON THE COURSE, ARE YOU GETTING ANY MORE SAND IN TO FILL SOME OF THE BUNKERS, OR ARE WE JUST GOING TO LET THEM? AS FAR AS THE SAND GOES RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE X AMOUNT THAT WE'RE BRINGING IN FOR VERIFICATIONS, BUT I CAN FIND OUT MORE IF WE'RE GOING TO BRING ANYTHING IN FOR THE BUNKERS, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A NUMEROUS SAND IN DIFFERENT AREAS AND ALL THOSE BUNKERS. SO I DON'T THINK THAT'S SOMETHING RIGHT NOW WE'RE BRINGING IN. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. OKAY. THANK YOU SIR. ONCE AGAIN THANK YOU EVERYBODY. AND MERRY CHRISTMAS. HAPPY NEW YEAR. THANK YOU AND BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS. [11. BOARD MEMBER COMMENTS] ANYBODY HAVE A COMMENT? I'LL JUST SAY BRIEFLY THE STAFF HAS DONE A GREAT JOB RECOVERING FROM THE WET CONDITIONS FROM THE HURRICANES. IT'S THE GREENS ESPECIALLY. IT'S PROBABLY AS GOOD AS THEY'VE EVER BEEN THAT I'VE SEEN. SO COMMEND THE STAFF AND MANAGEMENT FOR HOW THEY'VE HANDLED ALL THAT AND GOT THE COURSE BACK IN SHAPE. OH THAT'S IT. SOMEONE LIKE TO MAKE A MOVE FOR ADJOURNMENT. I JUST WANT TO BRING UP ONE OTHER THING. THE PEOPLE THAT YOU BRING UP THE IDEA. HAVE YOU PLAYED THE CITY COURSE? HOW YOU LIKING IT NOW? AND EVERYONE THAT I'VE EVER TALKED TO OVER THE LAST 30 DAYS HAS JUST BEEN SO POSITIVE ABOUT THE CONDITIONS OF THE COURSE AND HOW IT'S PLAYING. SO KUDOS TO YOU GUYS. IT'S BEEN I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE A SLOW PROCESS, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE A PROCESS WORTH WAITING FOR BECAUSE I REALLY BELIEVE THAT THE MORE THE VERB, THE MORE VERBIAGE THAT'S GOING OUT ABOUT THE CITY COURSE AND HOW BETTER IT IS, BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE SAY, I HAVEN'T TRIED IT IN SIX YEARS, YOU KNOW. WELL, SIX YEARS AGO VERSUS TODAY. WHOLE DIFFERENT BALL GAME. SO I REALLY WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AND I WANT TO WISH YOU AND THE STAFF ONE OF THE BEST HOLIDAY SEASONS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SHORT TIME HERE AND IT'S BEEN AN EXCITING ONE FOR YOU. OH YEAH. THANK YOU. AMONG OTHER THINGS. RIGHT. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. SECOND. IT IS ADJOURNED. THANK YOU EVERYONE. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.