Golf Course Advisory Board Agenda and Packet 2015 01 12

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Notes from golf course public meeting November 15 2014 GCAB Members Present: Lisa Norgard, Dennis Maloney, Perry Nelson, Sandy Stewart Council Member: Jay Keany City Staff: Joe Stevens, Allan Gill, David Dean Landscapes Unlimited Staff: Jeff Matthews, Chris Lewis (Broadlands GC and Agronomist) Members of Public: 24 golfers and citizens signed the attendance register plus many others who did not sign in. Summary Joe Stevens gave the following update on progress. See also the document handed out at the meeting and attached at the end of these notes. • All greens have been seeded and the majority of greens have been mowed several times. Several greens have been covered to provide a greenhouse effect to promote growth. • We are still tracking to a plan that will re -open the golf course in late spring 2015 (by June 30) • Joe introduced David Dean as our Golf Superintendent. David was hired two months ago and he previously worked at the Club at Cordillera in Vail. He progressed through a series of promotions starting on their Short Course and ultimately as acting Course Superintendent at the Hale Irwin designed Mountain Course. • Joe also introduced Chris Lewis, a Landscapes Unlimited employee who is the Golf Superintendent at Broadlands. Chris is a qualified agronomist and is working in tandem with David to ensure a successful grow -in period. Chris brings a wealth of experience in managing a golf course in the local environment while David brings experience from the harsher conditions of a mountain course. • Joe introduced Jeff Matthews who is the on -site Project Manager for Landscapes Unlimited and has worked on the project from the start. Jeff feels we are in a good position to achieve the planned late spring opening date. Some loose ends remain to be completed. The three bridges are all installed but work is needed to complete the approaches to them. Seeding needs to be completed on #14 fairway and on the punchbowl green. • Next Spring, we will start the 3 — 5 year plan to plant new trees. The overall tree plan is published on the City website and staking for the new trees will be placed in early spring so inputs can be obtained from adjacent homeowners. • 38 trees will be planted on the berm between HVVY36 and the 16th hole at the expense of CDOT. Joe then opened the meeting for questions: Q: given that the initial project plan anticipated all seeding complete in September and we are now in mid - November with some work still incomplete, what is the confidence in meeting the late spring date? A: assuming reasonable weather in late Winter /early spring, 90 days should be adequate time for any remaining areas to germinate and be robust enough for play. LU will be doing "dormant seeding" through the winter and will treat this like a recovery program for winter desiccation. The course will be almost entirely over seeded in early March. Chris Lewis is very familiar with the local weather patterns and this approach has been proven at Broadlands. Seeding will use 3