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Golf Course Advisory Board Minutes January 13 2014 Page 2 of 5 Item VI Election of GCAB Officers The Board unanimously re-elected the following Members to fill Officer positions Chairman: Ken Gambon Proposed: Sandy Stewart, Seconded: Perry Nelson Vice-Chair: Lisa Norgard Proposed: Tom Deany, Seconded Ken Gambon Secretary: Sandy Stewart Proposed Lisa Norgard, Seconded Tom Deany Item VII Public Comments on Items not on Agenda Prior to the Board Meeting, there was a well-attended and informative Open House giving an update on progress with the Golf Course Reconstruction.The hole-by-hole plans were available for study. Questions and comments on items not specifically related to the reconstruction were as follows: Staff is working on ensuring WGP obligations for Memberships and Gift Cards will be made good. US 36 changes are not expected to impact the Course. We will investigate potential ways of blocking noise from the highway. Tom Davinroy from the Open Space Advisory Board asked that consideration be given to re-routing the Coal Creek Trail off City Streets and onto Golf Course property. Recognizing that safety and conflict with golf course operations were issues, Kevin Norby agreed to look at possible peripheral routes. Joe Stevens commented that this was outside the scope of Golf Course Funding. Homeowners from the Springs sub-Division asked that steps be taken to avoid flooding from golf course run-off. A straw-poll was taken on re-numbering holes so that the current hole #9 becomes hole #18. This does not have to be decided at the start of construction but the straw-poll showed a majority of “undecided” with the remaining votes in favor of leaving the layout as-is. Item VIII Status of Golf Course Reconstruction The Board had a highly interactive discussion with Kevin Norby on the hole-by-hole plans with good input from the golfing community present. Key points: Good progress is being made on finalizing the hole-by-hole changes needed for remediation of flood damage and implementing the improvement plan. The Board authorized Ken Gambon and Dennis Maloney to represent the GCAB and participate in all meetings with City Staff and the Contractors relating to the new design. Time is of the essence so a Board Meeting will be held on 1/21 at 2pm and prior to the City Council Special Meeting at 5:30pm. Additionally Chairman Gambon asked Board members to reserve time on their calendars on 1/27 at 6:30PM for another Board meeting to review the latest and hopefully final plan and estimate prior to posting for City Council consideration on 2/4/2014. Kevin Norby assured the Board that the intent of his design was to make the course slightly more challenging for low-handicap players while keeping the same level of challenge for the high-handicap players or casual golfers The Board requested that tree removal be kept to a minimum but done where needed to improve turf conditions. Joe Stevens agreed to update the tree removal 3