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City Council <br />Study Session Summary <br />August 25, 2015 <br />Page 4 of 5 <br />Council member Hank Dalton said he thinks sometime in the future and think <br />about the conditions would be to cause board to say we don't need to exist or <br />what the board needs to do to keep moving forward. <br />Council member Susan Loo thought the plan was to get the CCGC out of <br />General Fund and self- sustaining. Are we there? If not, what will it take to get <br />there? City Manager Fleming said we are not there yet. Finance will have to <br />transfer $380k from general fund to sustain operations for 2015. Hope the $80K <br />we were not anticipating can be paid back. Staff have ideas to get us out of <br />General Fund. Council member Stolzmann would like Board to review metrics <br />and details at meetings to help keep everyone informed. She hears complaints <br />from Ward 111 homeowners about weeds. Perhaps publish punch list of items. <br />After Labor Day staff will start maintenance. Google reviews, Yelp, etc have <br />some positive and also some very helpful negative reviews. It would be good to <br />reach out to those people. It would be nice to understand the marketing strategy. <br />Council member Lipton believes it is important to celebrate success. Compared <br />to where we were 2 years ago, things are good. It is a new venture, a new <br />business — we need to give it a period of time. Board and staff have done a great <br />job — now we need to continuously better. <br />GCAB member Dennis Maloney thanked Council for helping mitigate flood <br />issues. <br />Denise White said the new website is close to being launched. Meanwhile she is <br />working on other social media. <br />Parks and Recreation Director Stevens said the City has an obligation to run the <br />golf course like a business. <br />Mayor Muckle said we have come a long way in the past two years. We need <br />usable metrics. GCAB will be helpful moving forward. He agrees with Council <br />member Stolzmann that we need to spend money to move forward with course <br />conditions, marketing and restaurant. It is an investment in our future. <br />City Manager's Report <br />City Manager Fleming addressed an email concerning the golf course. The key <br />issues he mentioned were: we pay wages based on comparisons with other <br />jurisdictions, Human Resources is going through the hiring process and have <br />hired 18 new seasonals. We do have to do drug testing. <br />Identification of Future Agenda Items <br />Correction to advanced agenda — SAB Community Garden will be pushed back <br />to 9/15 <br />