July 14 Meeting MinutesMEETING MINUTES
Board:
Golf and Tennis Commission
Date:
Julyl4,2020
Location:
Zoom
Members Present:
Chair William Lowd, Vice -Chair Martin Lawler, Arthur Athanas,
Kevin Ascolillo, Andrew Cooper
Members Absent:
Chad Crandall
Others Present:
City of Beverly — Sean Ciancarelli
GFMI Staff — Steve Murphy, Chris Carter, Mike Lapierre
Recorder:
Donna Musumeci
Opening Remarks:
Bill Lowd — Welcome all via Zoom. Bill asked Donna to do a roll call.
Martin Lawler: Motion to approve the minutes of June 9, 2019. Kevin Ascolillo
seconded. The motion carries (5 -0).
Financial Update Report:
Bill advised City Hall is still closing FY20. Martin said it was hard to talk to them now.
Bill created a BG & T Financial Balance sheet, that also includes FY21 projects and the FY21
budget. There is an estimated total of $130K left over for FY20 that will be put back into the
budget. It will be October before it goes back in. All projects completed were paid in FY20,
some projects will be carried over.
CPC Round 5 Status — Update:
OPM and Architect contracts are both in review with the City Solicitor, nothing has gone
forward due to the shutdown.
Golf Course Review:
XGD Systems — Project is Installation of Classic Greens Drainage Systems on 5 holes.
Starting with hole #2, holding off until Fall of 2020 at cost of $10,000. Balance of holes
#4, 5, 6, and 17 to be scheduled upon review of results of hole #2. Project has been approved
for balance of proposal. Possibly may need a new quote to update with prevailing wages,
David Gelineau to handle this.
BSC Group - - :This project is for wetland delineation, regulatory analysis, and preparation
and submission of permit applications relative to wetland maintenance on the #12 & #18 course
fairways. Contract has been sent to BSC with the standard terms and conditions and has
been replied to with a BSC request to incorporate their "indemnification" changes. This request
has been forwarded to City of Beverly Solicitor for approval / incorporation, awaiting approval.
BSC - The total of $24,7000 for the scope of this work has been approved. Chris Carter advised
that the work will not be all done at once, but in phases. Steve Murphy agrees, all the work is in
place to be done. This will include work by Mark Mungeam of Golf Design who will do a design
for the pond, create a plan for the pond and the 18t' fairway. We need to have a latest quote from
him, which should include fixing the drain in the pond.
Bill also confirmed the OPM and Architect Contracts are in review with the City Solicitor.
Drainage and Paving Sean advised it is okay to start as long as the financials are set. Bill
advised the money is set. This would be for the yard drainage and for the hot top paving. Paving
would be from McKay Street to the cart path coming from the 8t' cart path on the golf course.
Andy Cooper: Make a motion to perform maintenance in Lot C for $15,580;
Kevin Ascolillo seconded. The motion carries (5 -0) Company is
EKB.
Kevin Ascolillo: Make a motion for hot top paving for $40,000; Martin Lawler
seconded. The motion carries (5 -0) Company is EJ
Paving.
Sub - Committee Report of Golf course projects: Andy and Arthur; reviewed the items on their
handout report.
Andy advised we are pushing the BSC contract forward. We are rescheduling the XGD work,
the first green (# 2) in the fall and plan to examine the work for the remaining for other 4 greens.
Also talked about revamping the #1 green. Talked with Mark Mungean, who said it will cost
$90K to place the pin.
Andy said golfers are commenting on how good the greens look; kudos to the GFMI team.
Nursery, other - expand the nursery to help with redesign of the #1 green; located off to the side
of # 13, want to use it as a nursery when we redo #1, it will match the green; Steve advised will
want to purchase a green mix on the nursery, match it up, and roll it all in. Will sod it out in
November, play on it in May, and make it a spring project. If all is a go ahead, we would start in
August for the air purification and put the plugs in, and then roll it in. First green will not be
rebuilt until 2021. We start in August this year to be ready for August next year. Steve advised
they need $10,000 for the work.
Martin Lawler: Made a motion to authorize $10,000 to reseed the nursery,
seconded by Andy Cooper. The motion carries (4 -0)
Electrical carts adding electrical power to the cart barn as a means to switch over to electric
carts. Chris advised an excavation company is needed to upgrade the power source in order to go
to electric carts. The electric carts are currently on a 5 -year lease, we are in the fourth year and
the lease ends late 2021. We will start renegotiating the lease. There is power at the area on the
driveway by the tennis courts, but not enough power to take all the carts. Steve thought the
clubhouse renovation might help with expenses, Could the new service from McKay Street
down to the parking lot on the left side help with the electric if we had a separate service for the
electric? This is where the new traffic light is going in. Sean Ciancarelli will start the
conversation with the city to see if they can run a line down to the barn.
Practice bunker and practice mats Andy brought up the practice mats which we have talked
about for years to have. Chris Carter advised the process. For a practice drive range area, you can
lay out carpet on stone dust or sand; or you can pave it with concrete and lay out the mats, but
they do not last this way. Chris would like to do a one -piece mat that will not wear out and lasts 5
years. Mats work for the drivers. Chris is getting a price on a mat, size 10'x50' if he could guess.
The current mats are adequate, but this is something to work on.
Steve Murphy discussed the addition of the practice bunker. Dig out 8" of the material, put the
sand down then raise the lip 3 feet, then another lip of 6 feet so you can have different shots.
Steve said he could start this in August. Bill Lowd asked about cost. Steve said he has the gravel
already, and the loom, just needs the sod; it is more labor intensive than costly. Need a quote for
sod.
ADA Items:
Sean has a temporary fix for the lack of the ADA stall in the bathroom. If we post, that the bath is
closed, will still have enough stalls on the second floor to meet code. So only have to do the
automatic door on both sides; Sean said it is really like a hallway opening. He is talking with
Mike Collins and Rob Dever. Sean made a contact with the MAAB representative, but they are
remote now. He thinks he can get them to be okay with this.
GFMI:
Chris talked about a quote with pricing. Took material out of the 6t''hole for the Ladies' Tee on
18t' hole. The quote for the work is $3,190. There should be enough left over to help with the
bunker on the driving range.
Martin Lawler: Motion to spend $3,190 to finish the ladies' tee on the 18t' hole,
Andy seconded. The motion carries (4 -0)
Mayer Tree: $1800 left to do the stump grinding? Bill to check on it.
Chris advised June had the best rounds with 6,188, and we could have done more but the tee
times were there. With the new guidelines, the tee times started at 15 minutes, then went down to
12 minutes, and now at 10 minutes for tee times. We will be going down to 9 minutes next week,
so this is very good. We are still riding with the single carts, and do not think this rule will
change.
Membership fees are up, at $462K, so this is positive, people have the time, and the course is in
great shape. The pro shop instruction had a great bounce and is back to normal. The 19t' hole is
open, and we went to 50% capacity on the inside on July 6,7 so we will do almost the same as
last year but functions are down.
Mike LaPierre is doing a great job with the tennis. With the inclement weather, he has been
moving the tennis to Bass River to go inside due to the rain. Mike advised all is going well. He is
pleased he could open the junior program and it filled up for the summer. Under the rules, he
must space the courts. He ran a USDA tournament, with kids 14 and under, and it was a great
event. Parents were there, social distanced, and all wore masks. There was plenty of hand wipes
for cleaning, and all players had individual balls. Mike is excited to be having another
tournament in August.
Adjournment:
Martin Lawler: Motion to adjourn the meeting, seconded by Kevin Asoclillo. The
motion carries (5 -0) (Arthur back on zoom connection).