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Members ofThe Meridian City Council
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Re., lake -view Golf Club
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Dear Mayor de Wand Mm - of The -Me�ridiaaa Lit�'CaWnci�:
C}r9er tk�eEastre
years Qrso; the'' haue en extensive ctiscussions between th,eC'ityof
Me,cicPa+�.��eri�i�r� ��v�s�ars,SLC rg.ait-ed to, the ��ed f r �k�e
arrvd- (...the- lessee of, the -golf cfub�
replacement of the golf Club irrigation system the "IrrigaSystem"l.ion t There h hPPn at IPact rhrao
ins#anees over- the, historyof the Err iv�r
replacement of the Irrigation Syst
Aft. LjLd6iiii
�ssu� vv��w kta� ca�ir�ct
need farak
In 2002 and 2006, the USPGA
prepared two separatewritten
reportsconfirminggtheneedfo"ra
L
total-rePaceme�fth
t'P 0-1 .e &�rr4* ion Syste,m;
Between approximately 2012 and 2018, the City of Meridian included the replacement of the
a�iga#�'�ys�t��i��its�:a�e�all�pla����r���es�l:O�f�t�A�PIi�E�p��a,e:��•�e�e�rere
numerotl psibic fteeti'r irr�
A P bOn �,iri�gthat
period.We wer�eted �a� i�re'Ci�y tie p.. an at�re�l
an expansion ofits reclaimed -water -system-
for use at the golf course. Such
use mandated a replacement o" the whole system in order to
comply -with- EPree.E}}ukrernentis 91W
re -use of.'t4L%aEater.;
,
In February of 2019, after the replacement of the Irrigation System had not been made part of
the-firnak r.Eeoae Ktl*f7r�5.
pe it- ur�der the 5PA. F when the, issue ofthe repl!aEertle.ttt t3f atfvt7
S�sterrr. c,�rrr� rx�r .
at at -C catm. ci Irrg.tF►�re �rere several
statemenis rrfa againe need fbr t e tota replacement ofthe Irrigatf -on stem
X��r �•he;ears,'thexe seemed -to --be no, -q, u-estiax��.t-h at Ylaere
'Was -,a .meed
�e�lacerneni of
.tilt twn �:ys.
Basecl.on t.he ty Gif ..err ian's regt�es�
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be i�a�cl�ar#er1jn e xd Issanras,r-elatedtot.-he.-mech-ano"I'cs--ofe r-eVla
cei"eint of the., 4rr#gat+on -System, aid
lzkeview 1llieridian"inves#ars, suggestion
th�t.a,C0 m imuni It
tt��'ras'tructur� bre
firrrmect
to fund the estimated
million w
I
the
replacement of lrrigafionSystem,
lakeview Wler*dAan6n�es�ors, wQrkedwith the God€ Cour-se
Focus. 6r-ou as paof ids
e�€�trEs � fe�cr�tt�k��ea ��a�:�a�o�►�k�ie ref) e�asen. Gf-
of a CID. d�l�e{�rFtg�i'.1
�Fa� ��e��g rif� Gdff-F-
AtahCa.crse �sGraup;'rt was sl--,- GQMeste(i that a new ana I ysts be.
ed re�a'�e��a��t�r�t�t�rcp����i'tl��lrri��r� �-f�� cxE it, the
suggestion of a new report may seem like a good suggest'i'on, However, considering the long history of
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Stem Es� ���ssa��a; ��� td.akevyea�r R�eridiart �t�vest�cs, E��'s�a int' it-seems like an. unn
Peessary.cost
and a delay in getting the CID issue finalized and getting the project off the ground after at least ten (10)
�tear�,of ria'��gi�;g��ae���ris�a�edsVstan.,Wid �t
Therefore, Lakeview Meridian Investors, LLC would like to move forward with its analysis and
�r+&ia�g + t;AtOe-'W_ inve , �C •� tae
for�� fur�h�r��r�ai�sis�a� � whe�e irrigation stem no infof r�epla�ment. ithe Ci6ty of
4Vlariiiia� see�C�s mat �e �rt•�isc�s�ed at:�e fi terse �ac�s���o�p t�e� e�et�, i�� �keaiteuv
endian Investors, LLC requests that the City of M,eridoian fund a new analysis, and that the new report
i� prepared� inapt exile emarmekevieu� �ie�id�an �n�es�carsy LC.�.uu� assn tU.ckY of an Tn
anyr vva� that it can in rPQN�twoof a new reHGweverl unt"11 sue4 t*tme as the new'..
report ims prepared, and there is a final resolution to the issue of whether the I rrigation System needs to
be rep�lacee� car nat �e�r� aft C-t� ��0�� t�s:�o�eo i�e�t�UM, tttatiits-ftles..rA*d to be. replaced7, then
�ateewieaa Iden.6nvestors-k LLC�rcat� be*r ed tu cease SEs e�o�tS��� Cof�' . pfepaf'c�;. Ets qta� a�td
ttm-;x,�aE am-a�a�s refa�ecf:ta t� fcr�f-MtMMQ���FieCfa�v�i�f�..w��t be USredtea f �rr�t� rjeep�acemer�t of tt�e
Irrigation System, adding additional delays to getting the project finally commenced.
evtew 141an�n�esfiars;'�l� an�eai�c���i�e �aa���o.��onity tlo.,(usct�ss iS ueFwfffi.Maor•.de .
Vli�e�d:a�s� tie i�l9ekrid-i;an '��►�r•►cl at.its �rext av-allzib4e gree# , arad tri �ib�a�� s e._#ix�a� rese.�utio.n to
the issue of whether the Irrigation System needs to be replaced, and whether the City Of Meridian will
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