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August 17, 1979
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Real Estate Developers The Honorable Joseph Glaisyer
P.O. Box 1847, 98009 Mayor of Meridian
301 116th Ave. S.E. City of Meridian
Suite 580 728 Meridian Street
Bellevue, Washington Meridian
Idaho 83642
98004 ,
Tel. 206/455-9696
RE: Cherry Lane Golf Course
Dear Joe,
Enclosed is a letter from Jim Fuller giving you a better
idea of what is going on on the golf course. I'm sure you
will agree that a nine-hole golf course, much less the
eventual eighteen-hole course, cannot be maintained on this
type of voluntary basis with a citizen spending money for
certain capital improvements.
There is little question in my mind that both the city and
Leavitt NuPacific must take a hard look at both the manage-
ment and maintenance of the course and if necessary make the
changes that are evident in order to assure constant and
proper maintenance.
I will be back in Boise sometime next month and will look
forward to meeting with you regarding this matter.
Sincerely,
a d H~Leavitt
DHL/kdp
Encl.
J.ur~ust 1l~, 1979
N.r. Don Leavitt
Leavitt NuPacific
P.O. Box 18117
Bellevue, ~~ashington 98009
Re; Cherry Lane
Golf Course
Dear Den:
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You asked what I was doing en the golf course. ks
you kno~~r, Bob Baldock could not ccme to I~:eridian for a month
or more due to his illness. I felt that this much time would
be too late as the golf course needed immediate attention. The
weather temperature was 90° and higher everyday and the grass
required constant watering. The course had many dry spots. I
made an attempt to cover them all except those en the perimeters.
First, I had the lake completely filled. Th=s eliminated
part of the pump problems (plugging up) as this made the lake
overfloz; constantly and it sort of recycled itself, putting the
algae and debri farther away from the inlet to the pumps. This
Gave us a better tirorking system as we didn~t have tc clear it
four or five times a day--just about three times a week.
The neat step was to try and water all of the dry spots.
I asked Rich Starn~ood for money to buy some quick couplers and
he said he didn~t have any. I then called Gene ti~iright of JUB
Engineers and he said he couldn~t authorize any more sprinkler
heads. I took it upon myself to get the job done. I spent
:~601.I,5 for heads, quick couplers, sprinklers, and ether parts,
to install same. I felt tirhat these kids needed was a little bit
of encouragement as they had ccme a long ways toward ^etting the
system in working order. They mere just about over the hill and
I just helped them get over the top.
'~<<e replaced approximately 300' to 500 cf 1~" pipe in the
two weeks. 1-.e had a crisis every day, such as, a builder getting
his lumber or house s,*et from the sprinklers, pipe breaking, or
the pump not functioning properly. I feel this is mostly behind
us now.
Saturday morning I ttialked the course to see hew thins i~;ere
coming. I iti~as disappointed. It actually looked better a week
ago. You can't expect this zolf course to care for itself and
be gone playing golf in tournaments (both the pro any ~reens
keeper). Kent Earney also noticed the bons had let dotin after
I quit workinE with them everyday. He said the course had slipped
back a little froT what it was.
Parse 2. continued
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Tuesday we finally hit every dry spot on the course as it
rained an inch-plus Sunday night and 1~icnday:
JF/ljf
Sincerely,
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Jd,r~i Miller
1635 V. Ten bile Road
iferidian, Idaho 83612
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