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Council Minutes of 6/4/2002 Councilman Gareau, chairperson of the Recreation, Public Parks & Buildings Committee: ,;~,_ 1) The committee met on June 3. Present were the committee members, other members of Council, the Council President, Mayor, Director of Law Dubelko, Director of Finance Copfer, Safety Director Thomas, Service Director Thomas and Springvale Manager Marty Young. There was one item on the agenda, a discussion of the $2.4 million capital improvement project at the Springvale Golf Course. Safety Director Thomas presented to Council a status on the project: where it's been and where she hopes the project will be in the near future. By way of history, the project commencement date was September 24, 2001. Bids were opened three days earlier, and the comract for the improvement project was signed on September 24. The original projected date of completion was May 31, 2002. Since the date of commencement, there have been a total of S 1 days when the weather did not interfere with the ability to work on the site. As reported by Safety Director Thomas, the weather has been a very significant factor in the ability to complete the project on time. As a result, grading of the land and seeding for grass purposes has been nearly impossible. Seeding requires three or four days of sun to dry out the land; and there haven't been too many days when we have had three or four days of dry weather. It appeared that the project was at a near standstill for almost two months. Between Christmas and April 17 of this year, there was one day where the project work production was at .100%. The other days were either at less than 100% because of saturation, snow, rain or holidays. The new estimated date of completion has been revised for the golf course to be August 1. Fourteen of twenty-four tee boxes have been seeded following grading. The crews have worked very hard and have been taking advantage of the good weather when they can. The course will require six to eight weeks following seeding to germinate before the course can actually be played. The clubhouse, which is also undergoing renovations, is estimated for completion on September 1. Service Director Thomas indicated that the asphalt machine is up and running. It's been modified with the efforts of the Fleet Maintenance Department. It is being fine-tuned and it will begin to lay the asphalt golf cart paths around Springvale hopefully in the very new future. It had been expected that the course would be generating revenue between June and July. Unfortunately, as a result of the delays, the Springvale budget is no longer balanced. Potential lost revenue for the momhs of June and July could be between one hundred and three hundred thousand dollars. This will require some further action on the part of City Council in order to transfer funds from the General Fund to bring the Springvale budget back into order. The exact amount cannot be determined until the course opens. He personally requested, and it was the consensus of all present, that Council be apprised on a frequent continuing basis as to the amount of money that will ultimately be necessary to correct the shortfall. The administration indicated it would apprise Council when that information became available. AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION Dennis Lambert, 25057 Carey Lane • Regarding Ordinance 2002-71, the hiring of an administrative environmental specialist, he finds it ironic the community is going to consider this ordinance since this is the community that contracts everything out. We contract our garbage pickup out. We contract our leaf pickup out. The city might want to consider hiring an ~:;. 9