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Home My WebLink About1978-08-28 Park Board MinutesSPF"IPT, PtE:?sTING 07 THE EDIVA PARI{ BOARD ".IEETING Monday, August'28, 1978 SUBJECT: HOSTING OF THE UNITED STATES WO".4Ed' S^.TEIIR PUBLIC LINKS CF`AP"PIONS?iIP PARK. BOARD HFMBERS PRFSENT - Jack Pice, Al Fischer, Frank Gyetvan, Joan Lonsbury, r,1,1ary A.'cDonald, Virginia Shwa, Lester Wenninger, Jr., George '.4. ','larrer, Marilyn Woolridge STAFF 1il".1BERS PRESENT - Bob Kojetin, Rick Jacobcon, John Keprios, John Valliere, Jch_n Nylund COUNCIL 1921MERS PRESENT - Wayne Courtney OTHERS PP,F.SIVNT - Ken Rosland, Cit,r Manager; Kay Roe, U.S.G.A. Public Links National Tournament; Ken Evensor, Praemar Men's Club; Jan Carrol, Ann Crowley, Dee Ulracker, Parl�ara Sa lr,onson, Cora Jean Planchard, Orphn Vircent; Representatives of women's golf leagues Mr. Kojetin brought the Park Board and the gur:sts un to date cn what r.as transpired ,ince the initial contact with ears. Kay Roe regarding hosting the U.°.G.A. ,Vomen's Pu�,lic T.inks Tournarert. At our Park B,a-d mcetirg on August 8 a discussion was held concerning this matter at which time it rias requested that the st2ff answer a couple o° questions for the P-.rk 3oard. Two of these question^ were; could there be any public playing on the course during the 7 days of the Tournament and would the Braem^s men's and ,•ro-npr.'s club^ be interested in part iriFating in the operation of the Tournament. The above information.. was gathered ani phone calls were made to the Park !•oard members to obtain a vote for or against the Tcurnament. The 9oard vote was 3 against and 2 for hosting the Tournament. The remainder of the members were not available or were out .of town. This phone call information was presented at the Council meetin7 by :'r. Rosland. The Co,rncil indicated. they would like to have more information on the Tournament and suggested sending, it back to the Park Board for further study and then bringing it bach to the Council for. consideration. Five major points were brought out by Chairman Jack Rice: 1. Cost of closing Course for the Tournament - $2000.00 per day ($14,000.00 for entire 7 days) pit's approximately $1000.00 in course preparation. 2. The city's responsibility to participate and support such activities. 3. Who is going to be responsible for or^ani.zin.r the Tournament? 4. Is it possible to make up the revenue lost by closing the Course. 5. Timing on irritation sy,tem. The Poard has recommended to the Council an expenditure of $300 thousand dollars to have a new irrigation system installed at the Course and there is concern about the Tournament interfering; with this. George W�,rner (,xpressed concern about the :work necessary to ready the course for the Tourrament. Kay Roe indicated the course was in good condition and there would be PAGE TWO August 28, 1978 no need for any special preparation. The only people who might have to put forth more effort would be the maintenance staff at the Course and John Valliere. The work involved would not be that extensive, e.g., more mowing of the greens, etc The rest of t:.e work would be done by volunteers with U.S.G.A. supervision. The ladies present from the league2 offered their support and volunteered their service.3 in helping with the work. It was also indicated there would be support from the M.G.A. Other points mentioned that were contained in the contract were: Days Course would be out of use: 14onday through Sunday. Public use of Course possible before 10:00 a.m. on Monday and after 5:00 on Sunday. This suggestion ,%ras vetoed by the Board; who decided the Course should remain closed the entire 7 days. Admissions: It u us the consesus not to charge .admiss.on for the Tournament since the Course did not have the facilities for spectators and the cost would be prohibitive. Advertising: It was suggested by Mrs. Roe that the use of sponsors wound be less costly and more workable than to use pubj,.i.c advertising. This would also cut down on the revenue losses to the Course during the Tournament. It would be the responsibility of the Committee Chairperson to set up the spore.ors. This Chairperson would be a volunteer. Public resentment due to the course beim, closed for 7 days was brought up. Mr. Valliere felt as though most of the resentment would come from patron card holders. He felt the general. public would understand and support the Tournar:ent. The main point of contention was the conflict between the Tournament and the installation of the new irrigation systom. It was generally* agreed by all that the Course would be too torn up to hold a major Tournament if the irrigation system were being installed at the same time. Since construction of the system is scheduled to begin around April 15 and continue until June 25 it was decided this would interfere with Tournament play. Since it was also decided that the Course needed the system, the general consensus was that the irrigation system should be postponed until the Fall of 1970 if the Bo^r� decided to hold the Tournament; even though there would be an undeterml.nate r.ost increment. MOTION IME RFGARDI°1G USE OF BRAE!,M GOLF COURSE FOR U.S.G.A. WO1.11;N'S PUBLIC LINKS TOUR11'�IIENT . George 'Narner made a motion to postpone installation of irritation system until Fall of 1.979 and host the 1979 U.S.G.A. INDman's Public Links Tournament to be h,, aurae-:ar Golf Ccurse contingent upon agreement on a contradt with the U.S.G.A. MODIFICATION by Al Fischer - The irrigation system should be installed if the work could be completed before the start of the Tournament. The motion SECONDED by Joan Lonsbury. PASSED by a vote of 9 to 1. Virgiaia h, -.,,v OPPOSED motion. W PAGE THREE ADDITIONAL FUNDIPIG FOR HTSTORICAL BUILDING August 28, 3978 Mr. Kojetin indicated that the improven,erts to the Cahill School and Grange Hall had come in at $36,150.00; $8754.00 over the e:,timate. A contract was awarded for .;28,096.00 at t :e last Council mr�eting. '.4r. Foster Dunwi.ddie has talked with the State and Federal authorities on an additional grant of 50% or $4377.00 if the City of Edina could match the other half. The Federal Grant ra3 not been approved a: of yet but all ind4cr,tiors are that it will be accepted. At this time Mr. Kojetin would like to request the Par:: Board use 1979 Capital Funds of $4377.00 to match the Federal Grant. Virginia Shaw MADE A MOTION to use 1979 Capital Furds of $4377.00 to match the Federal Grant. Frank G;,retvan SECONDED the motion. Meeting adjourned at 6:45 P141, Rosie Hafner