Greenway Golf 2015 Annual Report on the Chuck Corica Golf Complex.  (Recreation and Parks)
Here we go. 2014, some highlights. You might want to raise your might. Yeah. Some highlights. If you've been out to the par three, you'll notice a much different par three than what was there before, which was just a dead fat, flat piece of. You know, turf with nine flags sticking in various intervals. And now we have a golf course that's really, really spectacular. We imported a lot of dirt and and created some elevation and change and irrigation and drainage, brand new irrigation and drainage. And we've we have two big retention ponds on the on the on the on the myth. And we've already tested it. We had some heavy rains in December and the drains beautifully. On the par three i when it first opened, I thought that it would be slammed and I was mistaken. Oh, we're starting to see some some good activity out there. You'll see that average monthly round in 2014 was close to 1900 rounds. And that's by a, you know, nearly 900 rounds on. More per month than any month in the last any year in the last five years. And the revenue per round is up considerably and it continues that way on Sunday. My daughter and her boyfriend were here and I said, when you go out and play the mission called me, said, Dad, I can't get slammed. So that's good anyway. Does it help to know the right. Excuse me? Doesn't it help to know the right people to get on? What's your daughter? Couldn't get on. It? No, she couldn't get on. No. Anyway, other improvements at we did a complete renovation of the driving range and it's it's much improved and much more esthetically pleasing. You know, they had that old synthetic turf grass. It was tearing up at the edges and what have you. And now we've replaced it with new irrigation, drainage and, you know, natural grass. And then at the back end of the driving range, we and we imported quite a bit of dirt and created a nice, really nice grass area. And we have a range membership back there for people that are a little more serious about about their game and hitting balls off of of real turf. The South course project. You've been out to the golf course. You'll see that there's a lot of activity out there. We started to see we started in. When did we start? Last spring. Last fall? Believe in September. And it's moving rather slowly because the key to the project is the importation of the. Of the topsoil in the dirt. Because as you all know, this is a landfill. And in order to get proper drainage and and natural features on a golf course, we were elevating the entire site between three and and eight feet. And so we're basically going to be building a brand new golf course. And when I. I know a little bit about golf architecture and design, and I truly believe it's going to be one of the top. I tell people top 50 public courses in America. Certainly it's going to be a top 100 course in America. Public course, it's phenomenal. General course conditions. There were some we have some issues because of the drought. High salts, fairways and greens. And some people were complaining, at course, caused a turf thinning and and bare spots on the golf course. Then in December, we got a significant amount of rain and it flushed the salt. And I would say since then, conditions are much improved on the on the north course. One of the things that we have learned the the slews that are out there. Previously, they have been used as, you know, as drainage and as being filled with reclaimed water and what have you to act as a water hazard. And we we've learned and discovered from dealing with the Regional Water Quality Control Board that that is illegal, and it's really meant only for stormwater runoff. So we're not allowed to augment those slews in any way. And so you might have some complaints about the ponds and the slews that were they were they were dry and they were, you know, they had an odor. Hopefully, that's not going to be a problem anymore. We're anticipating some heavy rains as coming winter, so that will solve that problem. Um. I already mentioned the storm in 2014. 13 inches of rain and we lost a lot of trees. And so we were busy with that. Greenway Golf. We believe that we're in the entertainment business and we have a program called Fun Starts Now, and we try and do things that, you know, make the game fun. And so periodically on the driving range, we'll have we have music, we'll have, you know, shaved ice truck for kids . We have skill challenge games. We we're just constantly trying to do things to, you know, to encourage people to come out and to have a good time. This is a recap of 2014. North Core 62,000. Round South course 34,000 rounds. That was a partial year because we were close from September through December of last year and then the Miss had 13,000 rounds. That was also a partial year because we were closed from January two to May when it opened last year. Total revenue was three point almost 3.4 million. I mentioned earlier the conditions on the north course were not up to par what we wanted and we had some bare spots. And what we did, we have a special machine that we imported from Australia was called an over planer and so we took some sod off of the south course when we closed. We took some Kikuyu sod and we basically over planted into the fairways on the north course. And it's I was out there this afternoon and it's really amazing how successful it's been on the fairways are much improved out there. And again the greens are much better because of the you know able to were able to flush the salts due to some some rain rainfall. Again, the course improvements, the the South course, basically, it's really going to be a brand new golf course. You're not going to recognize the first hole is starts with the first hole, which is going to be a combination of the old first hole and the second hole. And it's going to be a long dogleg right par five and we're going to reverse ten and 18. So the 10th tee in the first tee will be side by side. And and and right the old south course. You may remember, if you're coming up 18 and your politician are your second shot you could hit people on the 10th tee was kind of dangerous so we reversals holes and by doing that we're able to to to do some things at the 11th hole for example is going to now be about a 235 or 240 yard par three. So it's going to be a much improved golf course. Reece Jones is our architect. We're working with my partner. Mark Logan is an Australian and we're we're building a golf course, designing a golf course. It has an influence from Melbourne. That's the what we call the sand belt influence and design is going to play very fast and firm, big landscapes, big fairways, beautiful bunkering. And of course, Reece Jones is a world renowned architect. And and we're working very closely with him and he's very excited about the project. He'll be out here next month on August 13th. These are some projections for this coming year because of the construction and all that. You remember that we were at 3.4 million last year. In this year, going to be 2.7. We're doing a good job at controlling expenses. One of the things was actually in the San Francisco Chronicle tomorrow I think we're going to be featured, but Ron Korczak doing a big article on our company and we went, It's going to be on the drought. But I think he's he started interviewing us and he was really intrigued and he came out to the to the golf course with with a photographer. And to give you an example, we spent $550,000 last year on water, and this year we're going to spend about 50,000. So, you know, we're doing a really good job of of controlling our expenses in water consumption. We're we just released today a facilities survey. So if you're on our email list, you will have seen the survey net that this went out today and the par three in the range we we got some summer leagues we got music as I mentioned earlier, player development programs. We've got free golf schools for for juniors on Saturday mornings. We're doing we're doing a lot in the way of player development. One of the things we like to do when we get a little closer to opening and if all goes well, we plan on opening the South course probably in the fall of next year. And one of the things we want to do is, is look at the branding and, you know, refresh the whole image out there. And we will do some things to the clubhouse, to, you know, stonework and on the facade and some other things and create them a much nicer image than what currently exists. This is another exciting thing. I was just out today and laid it out with Mike winking. Footgolf has become very popular. It's basically you can integrate soccer, foot golf into nine holes. You're going to 18 hole soccer course in nine holes. And you can actually once you've you've determined how it's flowing, you can actually integrate the soccer players and the golfers in the same nine holes. It's pretty it's pretty interesting. It's very successful around the country. Yes. And when I read about that and saw the pictures, my only question was. And that doesn't harm the turf. No, no, no. They're not wearing cleats. And and you can see that the cup is in the same relative proportion, size wise to a golf ball and a golf cup. And it's really I haven't played it, so I can't speak from experience, but I know a lot of courses are are have introduced it very successfully. And and, you know, it's for people that, you know, quite honestly don't play golf. And up in Sacramento at Hagan Oaks, 70% of the people they come out and play foot golf at SAC and Hagan Oaks have never, ever been on a golf course before. Kind of interesting. So we'll reach out to local soccer clubs and and soccer coaches and what have you and try and really promote this. I mean, this year will probably be very slow, but hopefully next year we can really get it going. Member I actually have played that. I actually have played golf. Oh, you have at. The Hanging. Oaks in Sacramento and it's a. Blast. It's really. Fun. Yeah. It's I think it's become immensely successful at a lot of golf courses around the country. And like I said, it can it can add it, you know, incremental up to 10,000 rounds. And you charge, you know, I mean, we haven't figured out what we're going to charge yet. But I mean, you know, we probably commiserate to a nine hole rate. It's a good group. Activity with a cart and some. Refreshments. And I'm remiss for not reaching out to each of you individually to maybe see if we can, you know, meet and have a cup of coffee or lunch. I know that. Councilmember Ashcraft. We have that. You're the only one. I believe that we you know that I've met personally. And I look forward to meeting you all because I'm looking forward to a long and prosperous relationship with the city of Alameda. Thank you. Counsel comments, questions number Ashcroft. Well, I just want to say that a very impressive report, very impressive what you're doing. When I went out to see the new MIFF when they opened it. I mean, I couldn't believe my eyes. And so I expect nothing less spectacular than the South course and probably twice as spectacular. Twice as many halls. Right. So we continue to raise the bar and I think it's really going to pay off in the long run. And I think it's going to be fantastic. I really do. I'm really excited about it so well. And I commend you for all your resourceful, imaginative ideas about how to bring even more people out to the the course. Thanks for all you're doing. You're welcome. Any other questions or remember Daisuke? Just a quick comment. I just want to say thank you very much for turning around the Korea golf complex. I mean, this is clearly one of those local assets that we can leverage to bring even more persons from outside of the community to help bolster our local economy. So in that regard, not just a recreational tool, but I think it's a key driver in our economic development. Thank you. You're welcome. You're welcome. Okay. So I'd like to add I've been participating in the Gulf Commission meetings and Mr. Logan just attended our most recent one. So I have been able to meet him and we are making progress there. At the last Commission meeting, the Commission unanimously voted to support gyms, coffee shops, conceptual design and and it works very closely with what you're doing out there. Mr. Logan and Tom were there, right, speaking about it. So it really looks good and we're making progress out there. So thank you very much. Amy has been great in helping us kind of broker the relationship. And I think we've got a good understanding with with Tom. And I think it's he's going to make some really nice improvements that are going to be in on par with what we're doing out there. So this will be great. So thank you very much. You're welcome. Thank you. Three B. Alameda Museum. 2015 Annual Report.