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Golf Course Advisory Board Minutes <br />June 17 2013 <br />Page 2 of 4 <br />to start mid-September, After soliciting input from WGP, the GCAB and golfers <br />present, it was agreed to retain the greenside bunker on Hole 2 as a “beach <br />bunker” with an underwater rock or concrete wall to prevent erosion. The turf <br />liner concept is still under consideration. Phelps provided WGP with an article <br />detailing contacts at courses where this concept has been used should WGP <br />wish to check with the course Superintendents. If sod is used as a liner, it will <br />need 4 weeks to establish roots so the final filling of the bunkers may need to be <br />done by WGP. The bunker work will require some temporary modifications to <br />how holes are played – shortened yardages with temporary greens or tees. <br />WGP asked if it would be possible to expedite the work to minimize disruption to <br />play. The golfers present asked if work on bunkers could be expedited in future <br />calendar years. Ken Gambon stated that this was wholly dependent on available <br />funding from the City and recommended that golfers participate in Council <br />Meetings and Study Sessions to support the case for adequate Golf Course <br />Funding. Ideally we would do all the remaining bunkers all at once to minimize <br />disruption of play and also to reduce the amount of time the course is “under <br />construction”. <br /> <br />Item V Public Comments <br />Since most public comments were expected to relate to golf course condition, it <br />was agreed to hold comments until WGP presented on the problems on the <br />course and the recovery steps anticipated.. <br /> <br />Item VI. Discussion of Golf Course conditions and golfer concerns <br />WGP provided a detailed presentation of their position relating to the poor <br />condition of the golf course and the steps being taken to correct the issues. <br />WGP cited the unpredictable weather during April and May which delayed the <br />growing season by more than 6 weeks and ground temperatures meant that <br />fertilization and aeration did not start until early June. WGP postulated that other <br />courses were equally affected and provided numerous photographs to support <br />this. <br />The Board and the golfers present accepted that other courses were also <br />affected but were strongly of the opinion that the extent of the problems was <br />much worse at Coal Creek. In addition, we should be benchmarking ourselves <br />against the best of comparative local courses (Indian Peaks) rather than being <br />content with second or third best. Given the lack of detailed subjective <br />comparisons, the Board regretted that the tours of comparative courses (now <br />planned for June 20 and 21) could not have happened earlier when the problems <br />were at their height. The recent large-scale efforts in fertilizing, seeding, aerating <br />and verticutting were noted and welcomed but concern was expressed that <br />nothing seemed to happen until the Board and City Council were bombarded by <br />complaints. The chairman also stated the many of the problems which are seen <br />this season were present last year particularly on tees, several fairways and <br />several greens (1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, and 18). It was also suggested that many of the <br />problems seen this year were due to maintenance that had not been completed <br />in 2012 while no maintenance staff was employed during the winter months. The <br />Meeting agreed with WGP that some improvements in playing conditions are <br />3