Golf Course Advisory Board Agenda and Packet 2015 10 19

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IU citiyof Louisville Golf Course Advisory Board Minutes September 21 2015 Page 3 of 5 COLORADO • SINCE 1878 and finally the rough. No fertilizer application for fairways has been needed since August on fairways while greens are fertilized every two weeks. Ammonium sulfate will be applied wall -to -wall later this year. Nothing new on the CU sign by the 16th green. The golf bikes remain popular — the "quick adjust" for seat height has finally been received. c. Lisa reported complaints from some of the older ladies that the tee markers were hard to see (tripping hazard) and hard to identify which tee was which. Sandy noted that the Strokers play from the "Pick and Shovel" tees on hole #16. When that tee marker is not on the front box on the upper level, many players have problems in hitting the ball far enough to see where it lands or carrying the rough. This is very penalizing and wastes time in finding balls. David was asked to bear this in mind when placing the markers for Wednesday mornings. 6. Board and Staff discussion on YTD business and finance: a. David B presented a list of metrics he has used in previous jobs. These match well with the list included in the GCAB letter sent to Council, with the informal analysis he and Sandy have done for July and August and with the list of key metrics created by Heikke. David is working with Club Prophet to automate collection of these metrics from the detailed summary although he noted that the initial training provided by Club Prophet was poor. He estimated that Club Prophet would charge about $20K to perfect the data collection and said he was not willing to make that investment at present. The Board suggested that would be a good investment if avoided taking time every month to parse the data manually. David expects to have the first cut of this report ready for the October GCAB meeting. Before then, Ken will meet with him and other Staff members as necessary to decide on the appropriate level of detail — enough to support management decisions without sensitive business data being posted as public documents. July and August were consistent in terms of overall rounds, revenues and utilization. It was noted that there was a fall -off in rounds on weekend afternoons now that football season has started. Sunday remains the busiest day for play followed by Saturday and Friday. Many courses charge weekend rate on Friday but we consider keeping Friday at weekday rate gives a competitive advantage. Complimentary rounds are being kept at a minimal level — although, for example, the CU Womens team were given a complimentary event to try to woo them away from Colorado National. Conversion of Peak Player Memberships to Acme /Ajax is slower than expected although several Peak Players have upgraded to Imperial /Regal memberships which are being bought at a higher rate than expected. Emails are being sent to Peak Players 30 days in advance of membership expiration with a follow -up reminder 7 days before expiration. Due to an error, such an email was sent to all Peak Player PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT • 749 MAIN STREET • LOUISVILLE, CO 80027 (303) 335 -4735 FAX (303) 335 -4738 www.louisvilleco.gov PARKS RECREATION SENIOR SERVICE4S. OPEN SPACE FORESTRY TRAILS GOLF