HomeMy WebLinkAbout96Jul29 Golf Course Committee MinsGOLF COURSE CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE JULY 29. 1996
The meeting of the Golf Course Construction Committee was called to order by Walt
Morrow at 4:00 P. M.:
MEMBERS PRESENT: Grant Kingsford, Patsy Fedrizzi, John Ewing, Wally Lovan, Brad
Watson:
Morrow: The first item on the agenda will be Patsy's financial report.
Fedrizzi: I have a new report for you and some attachments. What I have done with this
report is I have just included everything to date. I didn't start with last (inaudible) this is
everything. I have made an extra copy to give to Janice in hopes that she could take my
copy and with the attachments (Inaudible) and can verify that these are correct unless
there are some other expenses that she has seen, I don't know what the are. So, I will give
her a copy too. So what we have is a total income of which was all donations of $29,188.
Our expenses that have gone through me are strictly printing and postage for $1,239.24.
The commissions based on the 10% of the donations and the trade outs was $4,918.80.
The trade outs there were two of those at $10,000 which I just brought this over as zero
because it added nothing to our income. The balance in our account to date as I see it is
#23,029.96. Anticipated expenses are just a few very minimal amount I am sure of printing
that we (inaudible) that (inaudible) until Janice gives me a copy of that I don't know what
that is. Any questions?
Morrow. Grant do you have any questions?
Fedrizzi: The first page there attached is the donations, the second page is the expenses,
and the third page is the commission structure.
Morrow. Questions Wally? John? My only comment would be that at our last City Council
meeting I did ask the Mayor to expedite research to find out where our monies are for the
Paul White donations with respect to Cherry Lane Village and Dennis Marshall donations
with respect to Golf View Estates. At this point we still don't have the (inaudible). We have
yet to find that I don't have a clue as to what amounts we are even talking about
(inaudible).
Kingsford: (Inaudible) I know Dennis Marshall handed me a check for (inaudible) $1900
and I don't know just how many lots actually (inaudible), that was supposed to have been
done, the title company apparently (inaudible) and as it turned out apparently we didn't get
very many. But my suspicion is (inaudible).
Fedrizzi: Walt, what I think I will do is (Inaudible) perhaps if we could (inaudible) and ask
her if we could do that (inaudible).
Morrow: In terms of finding (inaudible)
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Fedrizzi: Matching these up and ut olf 5 entries almost all ofbhem were ncosrect, weodid
through this many months ago
find some things that had been charged ao es but forlthellother departments eed tq find
where those are and not gnly for our pu p
Morrow: So really what we want from Janice is to audit this statement.
Fedrizzi: Right, and then if there are some other things we can look at them and see what,
(inaudible)
Kingsford: Patsy, if I may again, would you go (inaudible) this $29,000 is that a total of
(inaudible) without a tape on that just on the top of my mind we have two $10,000
donations in kind into $10,000 donations in cash that should have been over $40,000 just
on those four.
Morrow. (Inaudible) in terms of cash
Fedrizzi: Right and that is what, you will note up here it says trade out actually when I
entered them in so is that clear on that. So I just put a zero, in the past I have just been
figuring that with this and I thought it was kind of throwing us a little bit because even
myself I was going why don't we have a lot more money that that in there. So that is why
I just (inaudible)
Morrow. Any other questions?
Kingsford: When (inaudible) what are we talking about, a ball park figure?
Fedrizzi: Twenty bucks max because in fact all I think it is I just had the contracts for the
Berg family done, those four little sheets set up and the other thing with their passes and
other than that, I am sure it is 20 or less.
Kingsford: Walt, a question, (inaudible) what did we0a~01or $360,000?year in anticipated
development fees on those (inaudible) was it $ ,
Morrow: I think what we budgeted, according to the latest thing that I have seen is
(inaudible)
Kingsford: Let's take a look at that again, because I think we adjusted that when we
(inaudible) a count on those and we bumped it up from $600 to $650 and I don't
(inaudible).
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Fedrizzi: (Inaudible)
Kingsford: That was based on the number of lots that Gary projected for me and then we
bumped it up to (Inaudible) so when we have been tossing around the $350,000 that is not
what we actually (inaudible)
Morrow. I will find that information out because we just (inaudible) the issue was we dealt
with (inaudible)
Kingsford: I noticed by the way the (inaudible)
Fedrizzi: It is the reason you do the things you do.
Morrow. Okay, if there are no other questions about the financial things Brad has several
issues in terms of the technical stuff we need to address. Brad, take it from the top and
go from there.
Watson: Well (inaudible) This was all the cost (inaudible) the one that is kind of (inaudible)
item 6 the lowest (inaudible) all the quotes I got were (inaudible) however Cloverdale
(Inaudible) and it seems to me that work could be done (inaudible) by change order.
However their quote is substantially higher (inaudible). On the other hand if we go through
the bid process I don't think (inaudible)
Morrow: Let me ask you this Brad, what were the bid specs that you had these folks bid,
was that assuming that everything was going to be graded so that they could drain the
ponds, pond to pond out into the drain ditch or was that simply (inaudible)?
Watson: It was, they were supposed to assume that the (inaudible)
Morrow: What depth?
Watson: (Inaudible)
Kingsford: Were we talking about any valves and so forth?
Watson: (Inaudible) four valves (Inaudible) i# did, (inaudible) there are four different
budget scenarios I put together. Down there under expected additional cost no main line
fittings were (inaudible) those are really an option (inaudible). There is winterization
maintenance type things that we can do and I talked to Wally a little bit about it and I don't
know (inaudible) I think it would be nice to have a couple new valves (inaudible) need to
isolate anything.
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Lovan: (Inaudible)
Watson: I think I got this estimate talking with (Inaudible) The other thing that we are going
to need is (inaudible) every single day by somebody from Cloverdale or Hillside asking
what the boundaries are out there. They want it staked (inaudible). I was just called again
this afternoon so I guess (inaudible).
Kingsford: (Inaudible)
Morrow: So let's move to get that done.
Watson: Is there anybody that (inaudible)
Morrow: Who did the original survey stuff?
Kingsford: Well the original survey stuff on the property out there (inaudible) by Hubble,
Gene Smith, (Inaudible)
Morrow: So that then would be who did the original survey stuff and it would make a
certain amount of sense to have them do it again.
Watson: (Inaudible)
Kingsford: Have you had any concerns from either Cloverdale or (inaudible)
Watson: Is that the southern portion?
Kingsford: No, it is the eastern portion.
Watson: They have called and asked where the boundaries are.
Kingsford: (Inaudible)
Watson: (Inaudible)
Kingsford: I don't recall, was that Power Engineers? But you might get a hold of Doug
Campbell of Steiner (inaudible)
(Discussion Inaudible)
Watson: So Doug would be responsible for that part where his little (inaudible)
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Morrow. Now between the two of those would that give them all the survey of the entire
nine? So those (inaudible) closure (inaudible)
Kingsford: Somehow Wally we need to come up with something other than just (inaudible)
we have to get some (Inaudible)
Morrow: Can we do some (inaudible)
Kingsford: Probably that is the smart thing to do.
Lovan: (Inaudible)
Kingsford: Those got burnt, it would probably be smart to move the bar up just a little bit
and (inaudible)
Ewing: (Inaudible) but they aren't going to last if they are up. I know Wally is going to run
over them with his equipment and everybody else. That is a real (inaudible) but I know it
is a real problem with that (inaudible).
Morrow. I think what we have to do for the short term is to get the construction stuff in and
put the (inaudible) and leave it up and once the construction is done is drive it down or pull
it out.
Ewing: Whatever, we definitely need to, if I remember the design of that we have got
exterior sprinklers that are (inaudible) and we just need a location on all of that. In fact I
am a little bit surprised we haven't had a little better control then we have had on it. I am
going to be anxious to see when we get it surveyed (inaudible)
Kingsford: I hear you, we have located those and did some stepping off and so forth and
still (Inaudible) and not all of the (inaudible) were established. They have multiple
(inaudible)
Morrow: Is there anything else you needed to (inaudible)
Watson: (Inaudible) Number 6 on the additional cost (inaudible) who may be doing the
pump system wants (inaudible) I asked him to give me a quote on (inaudible). Number 4
is something, Hillside has contacted me and I met with him (inaudible) is going to be
sufficient. (Inaudible) and we basically (Inaudible) I think if it does turn out (inaudible)
Ewing: I get confused on how all of this gets determined. We go with a whole list of things
that we need added to our sprinkler then we talk about having to move sprinklers because
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we are going to have dry places yet though we haven't ever given them boundaries. Now,
this is kind of a big circle that is going nowhere and I am not sure that I am blaming them
as much as I am us. Here we are the leaders and what I just heard is
Kingsford: Well I disagree with you John, they have a map that is to scale with boundaries
and when they drew that sprinkler system they know how far those head shoot and exactly
what the (inaudible). Now I don't understand why they are talking about needing four
heads now.
Ewing: I guess I am saying that, we are supposed to be leaders (inaudible) wait a minute,
time out, we have (inaudible) we should have been saying to Evergreen this isn't going to
work.
Kingsford: I guess that is the question (inaudible)
Ewing: I wasn't (inaudible) kind of pointing the finger to us, to you guys if you are running
out there, we have to stop that. It seems like we are kind of getting Brad in that cross fire
here.
~Cingsford: You see I was acting under the assumption that Brad is the (inaudible) to make
it all wet.
Ewing: Well he certainly should have we assumed that. We did two things, he did being
the professional and then Wally was asked to go over it and check it to make sure. So I
am certainly sitting here assuming that it is going to work. Unless we gave him a picture
of something we don't have.
Lovan: Now we had three people (inaudible)
Ewing: You mean they have different opinions of what full coverage is.
Lovan: (Inaudible)
Morrow. I think the difference was that each one of them designed the coverage based on
their particular equipments and heads (inaudible) they drew their coverage off of was
based on the legal description we (inaudible) of what is going to be there. Now how you
get to a company that (inaudible) coverage (inaudible) given off the (inaudible) Brad is
asking us is this has occurred since our last meeting. Certainly I would agree with the fact
that we are a little remiss in not having the golf course staked or restaked as the case may
be for boundaries for actual installation and I accept that responsibility. But the other side
of the coin is that now that they have taken their design and said we need to change this
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since our last meeting that (inaudible) so it is up to us to determine (inaudible) we are way
out of bounds here that we need to do something quickly. If we are not out of bounds you
guys figure that out and we will talk about that (inaudible) that is where we are out now,
we have somebody throwing a red flag here so we need to determine (inaudible) and press
on from there.
Lovan: I think I (inaudible) this work did not need to be done (inaudible)
Morrow. In terms of the extra heads?
Lovan: (Inaudible)
Watson: Including materials, he was guessing about 25°~ more coverage and I really don't
know where that would come from (inaudible) Evergreen used (inaudible)
Morrow. How do we get to this point? They bid based on a set of plans they were furnished
to begin with. All three are furnished the same set of plans is that correct and all three do
their own design based on their own equipment. Now we have (inaudible) coming back and
saying you need to redesign (inaudible) am I understanding this right?
Ewing: I don't think so, the people that have it (inaudible) we took a design of Evergreen
Lovan: (Lovan
Ewing: Didn't Hillside do it, who is (inaudible)
Lovan: Silver Creek (Inaudible)
Ewing: Hillside is installing it. But we used Evergreen's take off and plan to bid. They
didn't, Silver Creek did not bid to their system, they had a substitution for Rain Bird instead
of Hunter but they took Evergreen's plan and said okay that is how we got them apples to
apples. Does that make any sense. It is the exact same head, everything but we used
Evergreen's design. Now what they are doing is they are coming back and saying
Evergreen's design (inaudible) Hillside which is the installer is saying, when Silver Creek
brings us this truck load of material we don't have enough to do the job. Lacking
somewhere between 12 and 20 (inaudible)
Morrow. So what the installer is doing is simply disagreeing with the layout that the three
suppliers did is that correct?
Watson: Right
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Morrow: So our decision is based on, now to get you and I understand where we are at
(inaudible) the decision between you to is what in terms of (inaudible).
Kingsford: (Inaudible) now if I heard Brad just a minute ago you are saying you are
comfortable with the design that Evergreen did.
Lovan: (Inaudible) in my opinion I can (inaudible) but I didn't (inaudible)
Watson: Well we are not saying there are going to be areas where there is not going to
be any water at all, those things are designed so the coverage is head to head and double
(inaudible)
Lovan: Will not be so called 100% coverage.
Watson: Right (Inaudible)
Lovan: 1 ~% coverage you have to (inaudible) this one here is out (inaudible) and maybe
we do have an area right in here (inaudible)
Ewing: So has Hillside highlighted that for you (inaudible) before we put out the bid? How
do you know, you say there is a few and how do you know that now by reviewing it now or
Hillside (Inaudible).
Lovan: (Inaudible).
Fedrizzi: So didn't I hear you say earlier that was not an issue that if that came up you
would take care of it as times goes by (inaudible) did you say that?
Lovan: (Inaudible)
Kingsford: So what you are saying is we will (Inaudible) plan as designed and down the
road it is dry and (inaudible)
Fedrizzi: That is what I thought I heard you say.
(Inaudible)
Morrow. Qkay, so then where we are at here is that you are under the impression that this
plan that we have is fine and that if extra heads (inaudible) as needed. Your impression
of that Brad is the same?
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Watson: I think, (inaudible) isn't real extensive, but I think a lot of the (inaudible) other than
to throw this 25% in (inaudible) better to wait until next year and see where (inaudible)
Lovan: And also when they (inaudible) if there are big discrepancies (inaudible) large
discrepancy he is supposed to come get us and get our (inaudible).
Kingsford: I think that is probably the smart way to go, I know the (inaudible) dry spot
based on the soil (inaudible).
Morrow. John, what are your thoughts here?
Ewing: I guess my thoughts there are do it in the way it was designed, again (inaudible)
it should work and right now I don't know how Hillside can base their opinion on something
they don't even know, we haven't given them boundaries. I think that is the point I was
trying to make, I wasn't trying to accuse the committee or (inaudible) doing something
wrong. If anything I am accusing us of not doing it fast enough. We should have had this
solved and those boundaries taken care of before all this dirt work (inaudible) then we
wouldn't have (inaudible).
Morrow. (Inaudible)
Kingsford: I still cannot determine in my mind how a knowledgeable sprinkler contractor
can draw plans off a to scale map and tell us we have 100% coverage and then someone
else to say we don't, that leaves me in the dark.
Ewing: That is exactly what I am saying.
Kingsford: I am suggesting John that it is not that we have established boundaries
because they are on that map, they are very clear. The only exception to that is, is that we
made the pond smaller. So I can see maybe three or four extra head around each of those
ponds I could buy that but not 50%.
Ewing: No, and I am agreeing with you, I am saying that I don't know how Hillside, I am not
saying it right, can say that when we haven't given the boundaries and he has got the plan,
the map showing that it will work.
Kingsford: I think this is another case at least off the cuff of somebody coming in and
maybe left some money on the table and saying well let's catch it up.
Morrow. Could be, so at any rate where we are going with our decision is that we are going
to leave the $12,000 we are going to go with the design and construct and see where it
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ends up. Now for actual construction they absolutely need those boundaries, I am of the
like opinion of both you guys is that if I am looking at a map here and saying this is going
to work I guess the point would be (inaudible) and yet I haven't actually gong out and
started to install and correlate the map with walking point to point. You and I both know in
terms of blue prints and engineer drawings that sometimes there are slight deviations
between what the blue print says it is and what it is in terms of footage (Inaudible). It is my
understanding from you three that those people never ever walked the golf course to cross
compare. So their decision based that 50% is wrong has got to come from the blue print
it can't come from any place else. I guess what the committee is saying if I understand you
right is that we are going to go with the blue print and go with that coverage and go with
that budget and call it good. Anything that is short they will add later as they need to add
Ewing: That is what you are hearing from me other than we do need these $1100 worth of
fittings for sure (Inaudible) those are pretty blatant.
Kingsford: I think that is a given probably, the nine and the two, the main line fittings and
the tees (inaudible). So that $1100 we have to plan that.
Watson: (Inaudible)
Kingsford: Wally, this winterizing maintenance this is for them to come out and blow it the
first year just like you do it every year after or what are we talking about here on the
(Inaudible).
Watson: That was my number that I came up with actually (inaudible) we are adding I think
3 or 4 valves with quick necks so they can blow it off (inaudible).
Kingsford: Oh I see, that is not actually blowing it out we are talking about equipment so
that it better blows out.
Watson: I don't know that would be needed (Inaudible) Really, these four pages the one
(Inaudible) we should maybe be looking up because we haven't even discussed the
deletion of the greens (inaudible) I guess I am just working under the magic (Inaudible)
number.
Morrow. So our scenario on page 2 is slightly different than on page 1, page 1 all four of
these scenarios were, I am sorry 2 of the 4 were deducted from the green drainage
(inaudible).
Watson: The difference, the number 2 page, is the pond piping (Inaudible) using the
$45,700 through a change order (inaudible).
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Kingsford: How long would it take them to (inaudible) and what are your thoughts, did they
expect to get anywhere need that $33,000 in a bid?
Watson: I would think it would be lower than (inaudible) have to get their own separate
bonds for performance, payment bonds (inaudible) The other problem is that (inaudible)
what the elevations are for sure (inaudible)
Morrow: Question, does it have to be laid in grade?
Watson: Well, I think it would work better, you are going to get some (inaudible) I would
hate to have a dead spot.
Kingsford: Even just mud (inaudible) have to be able to blow that thing.
Watson: My price (inaudible)
Lovan: (Inaudible)
Watson: (Inaudible)
Morrow: Well it appears to me that what we need to do here is we need to put the specs
together and get a bid out there because
Watson: Rather than adding that to Cloverdale's (inaudible)
Morrow: You are talking about a $12,000 pop increase if you add it to Cloverdale
(inaudible) that is a substantial amount, 25%.
Ewing: Excuse me, wasn't (inaudible) did it at bid time though and we didn't know, did you
find out will that take that part of it without the rest. Weren't they the ones that we talked
about if they didn't the rest of the contract would they even do this part.
Watson: (Inaudible) and when I told them they wouldn't be doing the irrigation system
because they were (inaudible) interested in the other two. I said that the pump system
(inaudible) He seemed interested at the time but he hasn't called me back and so
(inaudible)
Morrow: So what we do have is a valid bid from them even though it is part of an overall
bid (inaudible)
Kingsford: Was that a bid or was that a quote (inaudible).
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Watson: It would take, I don't know how many days, not too many days to put a bid
package together. We would need two weeks to advertise and there is the customary
(inaudible) month and a half (inaudible)
Ewing: I am very concerned about the time in fact before we leave I would like to talk a
little about the schedule and where we are at and where we are going.
Kingsford: It is critical we get this thing platted and have (inaudible).
Ewing: And this goes everywhere, this is crossing irrigation, it is crossing seed areas, it is,
I mean I am asking that, I know it does. But (inaudible)
Morrow. I think them probably doing the bid thing is out of the question, I think if that is the
case and vve are 6 weeks any from being able to award that won't work. In six weeks we
had better have grass (inaudible). If that is the situation then maybe what we need to be
doing is we need to take some, did you have Cloverdalq tight specs for their number?
Watson: (inaudible) the exact same thing.
Kingsford: Has Teny made any indication to us that he (inaudible)
Morrow: Not to myself (inaudible)
Kingsford: In your budget here you haven't made any assumption (inaudible) for the work
that you are doing out there now (inaudible).
Watson: Well I was hoping that (inaudible)
Kingsford: Oh, that is the rough grading, that is what that is? We should be very safe then.
Morrow: The last conversation that we had with Terry (inaudible)
Kingsford: (Inaudible)
Morrow. I don't know if that is enough numbers to off set
Kingsford: Well of course the other thing that we are not looking at is when you compare.
He is used to the $350,000 budget (inaudible) but let's not make too many assumptions,
but (inaudible)
Morrow: I guess where I am coming I don't want to see any assumptions.
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Lovan: I would feel a lot more comfortable if we had a drought survey done on those
ponds (Inaudible)
Morrow. Drop from pond to pond in terms of elevation (inaudible). Well getting back to the
original issue then Mr. Ewing
Ewing: I will call him and ask him if he can help us on that (inaudible)
Kingsford: I think that is the right way to approach that John.
Ewing: I will do that tonight, I am going to be gone this week.
Watson: The thing to tie into that is they do have the lowest pump system (inaudible)
through Cloverdale and I just want to make it formal that (inaudible) change order
(inaudible) So that could be kind of a plus their getting that work too.
Morrow: So in terms of Cloverdale's contracts (Inaudible) pump station (inaudible).
Kingsford: Indifference to Wally's comment on the drop survey, elevation on those ponds,
I have thought about that (inaudible) what their elevations are, if you put an 8 inch pipe in,
an 8 inch pipe can take (inaudible) so if we are running now at a level that doesn't overfill
that pond that with an 8 inch pipe what difference (inaudible) what their elevations are.
(inaudible)
Watson: I did a real quick water balance for the month of August (inaudible) I just tried to
figure out how we could get enough water to the (inaudible) dry up and get that flow
through the (inaudible) while they are losing water (inaudible) elevation difference and that
is where I (inaudible). I did it on worse case scenario (inaudible)
Morrow: So do you know if there is (inaudible) you are saying we do need to do an
elevation survey to she what the elevation of those ponds really are or we don't?
Watson: If they are out there doing (Inaudible)
Morrow. (Inaudible)
Ewing: Talking about water, do we have enough, are you comfortable with having enough
water storage with that addition. I know this is almost (inaudible) and still run the water to
the other pond and waste it in the drain ditch? When you start pumping into, when the
irrigation water goes out do you at that time want those new ponds to dry up or will you
pump enough water at that time to keep those ponds full if they are going to dry out. So
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Kingsford: And of course we have that (inaudible)
Ewing: I don't know, I called Terry, in fact I have three or four or five issues. I called Terry
at Cloverdale Nursery before the meeting because I wanted to kind of hear the rumble a
little bit before we got here if there was any and the number he quoted me was $16,500,
he thought (Inaudible) but that wasn't firm. He certainly could have been a couple grand
off but I
Kingsford: Unless he hasn't given Wally something
Ewing: He told me that was as of Tuesday of last week and that was the last day that they
worked. I can honestly tell everybody that upset me a little bit when he told me he hadn't
worked for a week. Well I thought (inaudible) and I am not even saying that, I was just
saying that there was a difference (inaudible).
Kingsford: In either case if we are looking at (inaudible)
Ewing: Terry told me he was very comfortable and in fact he thought that probably the
(inaudible) that we had an issue that we didn't have covered after we (inaudible) and come
into those comer and stuff we were going to have some hand worked that no one figured
on that the equipment could (inaudible) and he seemed to think that if we decided we
wanted that knocked down and (inaudible) he felt real good with this number. Again he
could have quoted me (inaudible) I didn't have him look it up or add it up. He said well
$16,500 approximately.
Lovan: (Inaudible) part of that may or may not include (inaudible).
Morrow. So where we are at, we are going to have some bucks there (inaudible) pipe line
(inaudible) and press one from there. Because no other scenario works.
Ewing: I agree, but I disagree with the money. (Inaudible) I think that we need him but I
think that he needs to know that he is considerably higher. If he doesn't move off of it he
doesn't move. A lot of times letting them have a second look we are giving it to him
anyway.
(End of Tape)
Morrow: I think the issue is if you run into a real problem in the short term what it means
is maybe you don't hook up a pond and use a pond. You can run into that situation, I have
never seen (inaudible) 3rd and 4th pond we hit (inaudible).
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then do we have valuing or head gating or (inaudible).
Morrow. The next issue Brad?
Watson: This goes back to (Inaudible)
Kingsford: I don't think that we can- legitimately, it is the same project (Inaudible)
Morrow. What would have to be done is your prepare all of those change orders and I will
present them at the City Council meeting. What you do is make them in five copies in
advance so that each of the Councilman and the Mayor can review it and discuss it and
we will authorize as a Council the change orders by virtue of (inaudible). If the Council
concurs they will authorize (inaudible) So if there is anything that is incorrect you will get
that information between you and Brad so that the Council only sees the absolute correct
of what it is we are doing. There is no need to have 2 or 3 presentations (inaudible).
Watson: For the drainage the (inaudible)
Kingsford: That was a comment that I wanted to throw in, I am not real comfortable
(inaudible) let's see where we are with those numbers. Again, if I am reading your front
page correctly, talking about (inaudible) there is some additional back here
Watson: That is saying that we did (inaudible).
Kingsford: If I am looking at this page right then (inaudible) and taken this out. So we need
to have $15,603 and what I am suggesting to you that (inaudible) and I know there is at
least $2000 from White and Marshall and I am very comfortable there is $10,000 additional
in this (inaudible) because of the additional $50 (inaudible). I would hate to see us take
those drains out (inaudible) put them in and rebuild them.
Fedrizzi: I have a question about that is you are talking about (inaudible) doesn't it come
out of
Kingsford: One question that maybe I have, Patsy makes a good point, how about
Charlie's and Frank's
Fedrizzi: Or Cloverdale?
Kingsford: Well Cloverdale will be alright because they are (inaudible) what about
Charlie's what we have paid Charlie and what we paid Frank Sorrel.
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Fedrizzi: (Inaudible)
Kingsford: Gillingham will be $800 and some dollars.
Ewing: Another thing is I am to not real sure, you are not real sure of all of these budget
numbers yet are you. I see that, I guess the pump you have confirmed up and actually
(inaudible). The pipe from pond to pond I guess we firmed that up. The seeding, did we
ever firm that up with the seed? How much money was the seed? We took, that was
something that was supposed to be firmed up. I know it is firmed up but it is something
that we need for this budget. Right now we all took at wild guess at $9000. Those are
things we need to know, we can't sit here and work on this budget and have some things
in the electrical we have never firmed up right?
Watson: I don't even know what that is (inaudible)
Ewing: I don't know, maybe we did firm it up, because Silver Creek did they do the pump
station, who is doing the pump station?
Watson: Hillside, through Cloverdale.
Ewing: Hillside, alright, well Cloverdale is doing the pump station, they don't have an
electrical figured in do they?
Watson: (Inaudible)
(Discussion Inaudible)
Kingsford: (Inaudible) because after that point in this budget clearly it was $350,000 and
then (Inaudible) I know we bumped that from $600 to $650. So we need to budget in more
money in this year's budget.
Morrow. Well in this year's budget (inaudible) in the preliminary workshop it was a guessed
amount because we went from the $850,000 on Will's budget that you and I had done a
year ago and his question to me was (inaudible) something like $450,000 or thereabouts
so we get all of this stuff put together. So, however it works out. But that (inaudible)
Kingsford: What I am suggesting is that it is not fair to a guy that builds out there that we
charge $650 on the first (inaudible) it should go to golf course construction (Inaudible).
Morrow: I understand that, the deal is that I will get from Gary the exact number of lots
multiplied by $650 and that is in fact what the charge is, no mater how (inaudible) Okay,
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where we are at now is I need to resolve the exact financial issues, determine exactly what
it is we have got in terms of dollars. I need to ask Janice the question of how she arrived
at this off set, do we or do we not have (inaudible) and then from that we will make the
decision in terms of drainage and (inaudible) is that fair enough?
Ewing: I think we need a few other things, I think we need to confirm our seed price. We
need to confirm (Inaudible) we have that. Electrical, we are not sure that or what that
covers. That was just a (inaudible) I think we are not sure whether that is in Cloverdale's
pump price or not or you think it is?
Watson: It appears that it is but it is not spelled out.
Ewing: So we have the pump taken care of, we have the piping taken care of. We need
the seed, we will leave the electrical as a budget number then of $1300 I guess, it sounds
like that is good. The rough grading we need to take care of. We kind of guessed on those
canal culverts and the head walls. I don't know if those are good budget numbers.
Morrow. The culvert was the deal that I signed (inaudible) it was $432 or something. Well
we need to find out (inaudible) it appears based on what it was we bought that number is
going to be adequate so far. I think we bought 40 feet it was $432 or $23 or something like
that.
Kingsford: What about what we bought before the irrigation went in (inaudible) I know but
we haven't taken that out of this budget either.
Morrow. No, but is that maybe some of the stuff that is in the and one thing we are trying
to determine from (inaudible)
Fedrizzi: That doesn't matter because that is what we had, we have never been given any
more.
Kingsford: If I knew, I think I knew (inaudible) total and we take (Inaudible).
Ewing: That is what I think, I keep thinking that we need to start with the number that we
dot.
Kingsford: If we could find out how much money we have (inaudible)
Morrow. That is what I am going to try to get to with her. My notes say (inaudible) the total
in terms of the fees, I need to get the total in terms of the two deals with respect to White
Reidal and Golf View and the totals in terms of the donations so that we have a total
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revenue that we have to work here (inaudible) Patsy has control of the expenses there.
(Inaudible)
Morrow: That is correct, but the one that we are getting from the City is (inaudible) hers
straightforward (inaudible).
Fedrizzi: What I would be happy to do if it would be helpful and Janice is behind us
(inaudible) is to go through files. There are only certain people authorized for any of the
expenditures to date right. So can't you just go through all of those stacks of files and
(inaudible) go through the stacks of files and take out what is authorized and make copies
of it or whatever.
Lovan: I need one thing, on our sprinkler system the (inaudible) put them right on the
property line (inaudible) insides of the golf course.
Morrow: (Inaudible) are you talking about utility easement, historically the only utility
easement that you would have would be on the lots themselves, not on the golf course.
Kingsford: The only easement we would be talking about with (inaudible) possibility of
drainage (inaudible) and the other one would have been I think sewer and water
(inau,dible) those would be the only easements
(Discussion Inaudible)
Lovan: I guess right now I am wondering where to lay the sprinkler heads right on the
property line (inaudible) cable T.V. come in there and cut it off.
Morrow: Cable T.V. can't be on the golf course property. They can only be on the
individual lots from the subdivisions. There is not a utility easement that I am aware of that
is on this property that (inaudible)
Watson: (Inaudible)
Ewing: Let me, can I finish this so (inaudible) there is a lot of stuff, I don't think we are
close here. This my opinion and I want you guys to (inaudible).
(Discussion Inaudible)
Ewing: I think if you want to go ahead and move in a couple of feet that is sure a neat idea
on the what if. But took at the flip side of that, what if all of the sudden now you have
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people building fences which never makes sense but they are in two foot and you have
got, I think the 6 inches is enough. You start moving in and the thing I am concerned
about, well I think 6 inches is plenty and that is my (inaudible)
Kingsford: I agree with you 100% because the first thing that is going to happen if you
move that in two feet you will see the property stakes come out two feet and we will have
lost four feet from each fairway. (Inaudible) and the other side of the coin is I just listened
to a guy that was out there gripe about dry spots. Those guys will be griping about dry
spots if you (inaudible).
Ewing: A couple other things, so you think I heard Walt say we are going to have a
meeting Monday but we need to have, like we went and went, but we need an exact price
on the seed (inaudible).
Lovan: (Inaudible)
Ewing: We need to do that, we have got to get, I am agreeing with you, we have got to firm
up that number and for some reason we have never been able to firm it up. And we are
getting, we keep narrowing down our list but we need that. The other thing that I guess I
kind of want to talk about we are talking about writing change orders to contracts and I
understand there are no contracts. Is that right Brad?
Watson: They were sent out and signed by Cloverdale and Silver Creek came back and
(inaudible) signatures.
Ewing: What is wrong with the signature sheet?
Watson: (Inaudible) Corporate President was the only one authorized to sign unless there
is some (inaudible) some other officer (Inaudible)
Ewing: That is Cloverdale Nursery?
Watson: Terry signed and he is Vice President.
Ewing: What are you going to do when Cloverdale throws this back and says we are too
cheep get somebody else to do it. Because it is an illegal bid isn't it?
Watson: Cloverdale's?
Ewing: Yes, didn't Terry sign the bid? This is a hell of a time for the attorney to come in
play here.
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Watson: Well there are three other conditions it has to be notarized, the Corporate
Secretary has to attest it, Cloverdale (inaudible) if they have some (inaudible)
Ewing: I think I know exactly who it is, I think it was their attorney that is not well. Which
is real, in my experience I cannot believe that we are going to hold up a ballgame in this
tight of a schedule over a signature that needs to come from a president that is probably
not in town.
Kingsford: (Inaudible)
Ewing: I don't even think that is an issue, I think the issue is that you have a bid bond
saying that they will guarantee your bid that isn't even legal then because Hunt's never
signed did he?
(Inaudible)
Ewing: I think the issue is, (inaudible)
Watson: I asked, I went t Cloverdale today and I asked Terry (Inaudible) to see (inaudible).
Ewing: I guess it is disturbing to me that we don't have contracts. I hope we are going to
have, there is too much work to be done. I guess those are some of the things I want to
talk about that by Monday we have got to have, I mentioned earlier I had talked to Terry,
I called him and asked him what is going on, what is the problem where are you going,
what do you need. He didn't go into a great deal of detail with me on the contracts other
than he said they weren't alright and I said I would ask. I done near coming over here
pegged that when you said that that the signature sheets were wrong. The other thing was
he felt real strong that he needs to start on one, two and three and he needs staked. So
we said we were going to do that when, I guess t kind of think we ought to kind of set a
schedule here and start rolling on it.
Fedrizzi: If we don't it is just going tp go on and on.
Kingsford: (Inaudible) If he drags is his feet on getting that done let's just get (inaudible)
Watson: I know I am tired of getting calls (inaudible)
Ewing: Well I think it is urgent to them because I think, you know what I think if and I am
not talking for Cloverdale, but I tell you what, I think that we are playing with fire at this time
of year with prices that we have let sit and rumble on and no contracts and anything and
if you think they are going to lose any sleep telling this committee and that golf course to
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go to hell you are thinking wrong. The minute it starts costing them a bunch of money
which it will, they have, and we have talked and talked about this as a committee and I
know I am preaching to the choir here but we will push them in a corner that we won't keep
them in. Then we will all be sitting here next year saying well we have to (inaudible)
mowing weeds and we have to (inaudible). I hate to be the drum beater but we cannot
(inaudible).
(Discussion Inaudible)
Ewing: But the thing we got Wally is land planing is not the issue with me it is the irrigation.
We have got to get
Lovan: (Inaudible)
Ewing: How did we come up with these out of the (inaudible) we never did get back to this,
we are going to buy the parts or we are (inaudible) talking about that are we going to allow
them being Cloverdale Nursery, Hillside to furnish parts as they need it if Silver Creek
hasn't got them there?
Watson: That was one of my questions (inaudible) the next couple of days. I don't know
(inaudible) who amongst us is going to be the person they come to and give them
(inaudible)
Fedrizzi: Who is authorized to do that? It would have to be Walt wouldn't it?
Ewing: Isn't there some dollar thing that
Kingsford: I think that Walt needs to authorize us (inaudible). I would suggest that maybe
if you are not totally (inaudible) you would be the one (inaudible) handle on it. Let's see
if we can't get Walt to authorize you the nickel and dime stuff to make those so the thing
moves along. You have got (inaudible)
Ewing: I agree with him doing it but really somebody on the project and this is going to go
the whole circle on the management deal needs to be there knowing that we are not
paying fora 25 dollar valve that we already got ten of them over here that their gofer
couldn't find. So I think that is kind of hard for Brad to be saying well yes you need another
valve and you don't have it then I will go ahead and get it.
Fedrizzi: Well there is only one person that is going to be out there that falls then on
Lovan: Why don't Brad and I
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Kingsford: (Inaudible) to stock pile (inaudible) that is a long way away. I think you need
to put it on site (inaudible)
Ewing: Why don't you talk to the sprinkler people and see if Hillside will (inaudible)
coordinate with Silver Creek and get out what they need not have a bunch of (inaudible)
and where they need it and I think the way to drive that is say fine if you won't (inaudible)
I will have it all delivered to my house and (inaudible) and they won't like that. The
important thing is once Silver Creek does it somebody needs to be responsible to see if
you get it. I have no reason to believe that they will cheat you but I do know that when you
get an order like this you could mess up a lot of your order. A month from now when you
are finishing and are short one whole (inaudible) Silver Creek is going to say you signed
for them we delivered them and that just means they are telling you in a nice way to go to
hell. But it will highly surprise me if you count that you don't find something that they have
shorted you not intentionally but it just happens. So I think that is very important that I
guess, (inaudible). Another thing that I heard, I think that with this constant, since we are
really starting to roll we want to start, your said the sprinklers are starting to (inaudible) one
of the things that we talked about we can't do anything until we have water. But what do
you think about having them (inaudible) the existing system and flush their lines and stuff
they will only be able to use the water out of that system, valve it. We use that system
through the day and then at night turn a couple of valves and you irrigate at night. Because
I don't know how long a lead item we have on this pump station but we have done nothing
on the building, we have done nothing, that is the wet well and everything. I am seeing
that being a four or five week thing so if we can, even after we plant and I guess I am
asking this but in my mind 1 am thinking we irrigate all day (inaudible) when you are not
irrigating the golf course and all night we irrigate the golf course. by turning some valves.
I think I don't know what it costs but I don't think it costs that much and (inaudible) we need
to be
Kingsford: I think that is very legitimate to say
Lovan: (Inaudible)
Ewing: Tap into, you know I kind of wondered (inaudible) a lot of valves there, the only
thing that I was concerned about and that is part of the reason I asked earlier was is we
do have enough irrigation water in storage well we are going to have to because you are
going to have nothing when we (inaudible) Although right now they are really going to pour
the water on that new planting way more than you probably do with mature sod.
Kingsford: I am not so sure that we can't get the water for all of that land (inaudible)
Ewing: I think we probably can, I
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Kingsford: I think we can have that all turned in, all we have to do is (inaudible)
Lovan: (Inaudible)
Ewing: Just crank the valve up, probably. That is probably (inaudible) Another thing I
thought about talking about irrigation is we talked this winter and talked about it and I
don't know whatever happened. Did we ever get our, I assume that we got all of our
irrigation problems taken care of with our neighbors. As far as those farmers and moving
the head gate.
Kingsford: So far as I know we have, now we are going to have (inaudible) I think we are
going to end up (inaudible)
Lovan: (Inaudible)
Kingsford: The only place that wouldn't be the case is where it crosses (inaudible) and that
is just one place. I don't care but (inaudible).
Ewing: I guess the reason I brought that up is I couldn't remember what happened to
number two is (inaudible) needed that something in this budget.
Kingsford: (Inaudible) where number 8 those two culverts are (inaudible) so I can't see us
(inaudible) I don't see the golf course needing more than that at this point. You never can
get all (inaudible) that is how those culverts go.
Ewing: Another thing when I asked Terry, I guess I kind of (inaudible) I kind of got myself
coming the wrong way with him was is I called to find out what was going on and put the
push on him. And he threw it right back, hey I can't do this and I can't do this. I said can
you think of anything that will speed it up. One of the things he said that was a little bit
(inaudible) pre-mix that vita bark whatever it is on top. We thought it was going to be in
and then we thought it was out, now it is back in. He is saying that is one thing he thinks
and I asked him, are you going to charge us more and he seemed to think, he said no but
he seemed to think it would save him a lot of time a lot of labor, get planted quicker if in
fact they can hold that (inaudible). I said well I will ask because again I am getting
concerned about missing this August plant.
Kingsford: If we don't save money, I think (Inaudible) go ahead and (inaudible) is it still
going to be on the top, it will be slightly different (inaudible). Our only discussion, I think
Wally's any my comment at the last meeting was it might save us money (inaudible).
Lovan: I want to ask you something John, if the quote was (Inaudible)
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Ewing: Let me see if I can
Watson: Well just by raking it in (Inaudible)
Ewing: Now, see I took it that we weren't going to rake it in, we were going to spade it in.
But. see that is where, maybe Terry is confused because I am confused. I am not saying
Terry would be confused because I am but I really got mixed up on that because I thought
that we had it in there and then I thought you come back and said you did not want vita
bark in there. That is the way I took it from Brad so that is where we were going to get the
(inaudible) straight sand because that is where it ended up.
Lovan: (Inaudible)
Ewing: So I think that Cloverdale was going to come back to us with the (inaudible) to take
the vita bark out.
Fedrizzi: Is it time to have Terry come to our meeting Monday? We talk about what Terry
thinks and what we thought we heard.
Ev~ring: But Terry then was at the meeting at the golf course that I heard, I sat right there
and he was going to give Brad a deduct for no vita bark and I heard you say well I don't
want it all out I want it on top just spaded in. So I think that is where Cloverdale came back
and said nowwait a minute do you want it in or out and I guess Terry called me and said
what did you hear at that meeting. I thought, test, I heard you were leaving it in. I think he
called you and or no I think I passed that on to you at that meeting it was left in. That is
what I heard spade it in. So that is where the no deduct come from. It doesn't matter to
me I don't even know what the stuff is.
Lovan: It is nothing more than fine ground bark and all you do is rake it in there (Inaudible)
Kingsford: (Inaudible) I guess that what we need to do is touch base with Terry and then
if we are talking about (inaudible) that is what (inaudible). If it is not going to be deduct
than (inaudible) and spread it.
Lovan: (Inaudible)
Ewing: That is just, I am just passing that on as a suggestion. He had to pick it up and my
first question was is it going to cost us more money to speed this up and he said no. I will
knock, I will save on the labor, but Teny is still thinking he is going to put this much in and
spade it in. We need to get that straight then because I know that Terry is thinking the way
I am thinking about it because I convinced him that is what I heard too. Or I told him that
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is what I heard and he said that is what he heard also.
Fedrizzi; (Inaudible)
Ewing: And I think maybe, again I don't know if the committee needs to meet with Terry but
definitely we need to have the construction crew meet with him and say this is what we
want. We are kind of trying, in my opinion putting him in a bad place because we have
Brad's side of the bids, that documents this and then we have another side of saying let's
do this and this. As long as we are in agreement that we are not going, that whatever you
(inaudible) then we will live by which is certainly fine with me. (Inaudible)
Kingsford: Well I was unaware that problem existed but thinking back I can remember
(inaudible)
Ewing: Yes there was and we tried to clarify it at that time and that is what I got out of it.
Again I am not saying I heard it right, I am just saying that is what I left with.
Fedrizzi: Well that is the problem with the committee, especially if he is being talked to by
several people that would (inaudible) businessman (inaudible).
Lovan: (Inaudible)
Ewing: I am just asking the question he asked when I asked him aquestion/
Fedrizzi: So are you going to set up a meeting?
Ewing: Should we have a get together with Terry, maybe not of the committee but whoever
wants to attend at the golf course. Again, coming back to this schedule I am hearing that
we are starting the sprinkler lines, I am hearing Terry saying that we already got some land
planed you said. So, as soon as that sprinkler goes through there we are going to have
to (inaudible). Has Derek started his greens (inaudible) they are just roughed in.
Kingsford: Is he done roughing greens now?
Lovan: (Inaudible) my original thought on the greens is if we have the money ,(Inaudible)
Ewing: That was the way it was bid, that was the intent. If we didn't need them we didn't
need them we already had them.
Kingsford: So the $15,603 is just the drain the on the green (Inaudible).
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Lovan: (Inaudible)
Kingsford: But you have on almost every green, you have (inaudible)
Ewing: If feel that we should definitely keep it in, it appears to me unless something really
jumps up and gets us that we are going to make our budget (Inaudible). That is the way
I feel and I guess I just feel like we should do it, we have already (inaudible) by not putting
the French Drain in, which I don't feel bad about that. Not being ~ golfer but I think that
most golfers can put up with a little less (inaudible) that is where they think the game is
won or lost. I don't know, I heard that.
Lovan: Right now I see another (inaudible) it has to be done, (Inaudible).
Ewing: To me that should just be put in that budget of that $25,000 for the rough grading.
Lovan: (Inaudible)
Ewing: I think that is what that $25,000 budget is for.
Lovan: (Inaudible)
Ewing: I see that road is getting cut in and everything, did we ask if we could have that?
Lovan: (Inaudible)
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