2006/06/13
BEVERLY GOLF & TENNIS
CHAD CRANDELL ABSENT
DOUG RICHARDSON 30 MINUTES LATE
JEFF KLEIN
JOE ECKSTROM, DIREDTOR OF OPERATIONS FOR JOHNSON GOLF
GARY LAMBERT
KEVIN ASCOLILLO-ABSENT
ML CALLED TO ORDER AT 7 PM
ONE SUGGESTION HIRE AN ENGINEER FOR DRAINAGE IN CONJUNCTION
WITH THE ARCHITECTS.
ML ? JE WHAT WILL BE DONE ABOUT TREES, DRAINAGE DITCHES,
WILLOWS.
MINUTES: MINUTES SAY MARCH? JK DB 4-0 APPROVED MINUTES
MNGE CONTRACT
NONE
HIST BLDG STATUS
DB SPOKE TO JOHN DUNN AND HE HAS PEOPLEL WORKING ON IT, TINA
CASSIDY OF PLANNING, RAY BOUCHARD GOING FORWARD WITH LIFE
SAFETY ISSUES, REEDIT GALE REPORT REFINED WITH LIFE SAFETY ISSUES.
THEY ARE ALL SAFETY ISSUES THE COUNCIL WILL HAVE TO TAKE INTO
CONSIDERATION.
GL SHORT FIXES TO ALL OF THESE THINGS LESS THAN 1 MIL.
JK ? FROM BEGINNING TO REMOVE FROM HISTORICAL SHEET, HOW LONG?
DB A COUPLE YEARS
JK ISSUES THAT CANT WAIT TWO YEARS
DB RAY BOUCHARD WILL STUDY IT AND TAKE THE PACE.
ML KEVIN ASC WILL TRY TO GET SOME GRANT MONEY
ML REVIEWS ENTERPRISE FUNDS
MAINT $2500 BALANCE
23.9 & 33 OUT OF OTHER FUNDS
CAPITAL OUTLAY ACCOUNT, 22,500 FOR GALE ASSOC.
8000 FOR POOL, 7000 DOWN PAYMENT ON MASTER PLAN
12000 FOR TENNIS COURTS AND TREE SERVICE
JD IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING FUNDS
ML BALANCES OF 45,000 TO PLAY WITH
GL 12000 FOR ROTUNDI FOR TENNIS COURTS, MAYBE WE SHOULD
ASPHALT.
JOE SAYS WHEN MERCIER NEEDS HELP, WE TRY TO PROVIDE.
ML ANY ? ON THE FINANCE REPORT?
USGA REPORT
DB REPORT FIRST,
ML DRAINAGE IS THE BIGGIST THING.
DB LOOKING FOR ENG TO WORK WITH ARCHI
JE THE USGA PLAN DOES RECOMMEND AN ENGINEER
JE THEYRE FROM NORWELL, THEY’VE DONE DRAINAGE. THEY’VE
WORKED WITH CONCOM,
DB WRITE TO THE THREE SUGGESTIONS, WOULD THEY PROVIDE US INFO
ON YOUR FIRM.
THEY NEED AN ENGINEER TO CONTINUE.
DB APP ME TO CONTACT THESE AGENCIES TO REVIEW OUR SITUATION
FOR OUR CHOICE.
JE TALKING WITH BRIAN AND JIM, WE NEED TO START FROM SCRATCH.
ML WATER DRAINING FROM FOLEY HILL
JE ONCE MAIN CRAINAGE IS IN PLACE, YOU ;CAN ADD TO IT, YOU NEED
INFRASTRUCTURE TO CARRY WATER OFF GOLF COURSE.
DB WILL HAVE TWO OR THREE BEFORE WE MEET AGAIN, SET A DATE AND
STAGE THEM EVERY FEW HOURS.
ML GET ENGINEER WITH DRAINAGE PLAN, TO WORK WITH BRIAN
ARCHTECT,
JE HE’LL TURN DRAINAGE OVER TO ENGINEER
JE CLEANING TRENCHES IS ONGOING, AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE DONE
AS WE GO
DB E NEED SOMEONE WHO CAN WORK WITH CONCOM,ESPECIALLY NEW
DRAINAGE
DB MIKE COLLINS DPW KNOWS A DRAINAGE PERSON, ENGINEER,
GL SPEAKS OF DARTMOUTH FLOODING RECENTLY, CITY NEW ABOUT
THAT YEARS AGO,MAYBE GOLF COURSE CAN BE TIED INTO THE CITY
PROJECT
JE WILL ENGINEER WRITE SPECS FOR CONTRACTOR,
DB HAVE MASTER PLAN DONE BY OCTOBER FIRST
JE TO HAVE MASTER PLAN COMPLETE YOU DON’T HAVE TO HAVE THE
DRAIN ENGINEER DONE
GL WE NEED TO KNOW COST, WE NEED ESTIMATE, ENGINEER GIVE YOU
ROUGHT ESTIMATE, GO OUT TO BID,
SOIL COMPACTION ON GREENS
AIRATING,
JE HE RECOMMENDED TO GO TO LARGER TINE, LOHNGNER TO HEAL,
THATCH REDUCTION, SOME GREENS WONT TAKE THE TINES, ROOTS
ARENT AS GOOD AS THEY COULD BE, THE SUGGEST SMALLER TINES TO
JUST JPOKE THROUGH SURFACE. WE WLL TRY TO DO IT IN THE FALL. USE
NEEDLE TINES
TOP DRESSING OF SURFACES
WE WERE AGGRESSIVE, ITS IMPORTANT, WE COULD HAVE MORE BUT THE
WEATHER HAS TO BE DRY, SHOOTING FOR MONDAY OR TUESDAY. DO IT
WHEN STREES IS OFF GRASS.
JE WE DO EVERYTHING THAT IS MENTIONED IN REPORT, CHEMICAL
APPLIED, NITROGEN, FERTILIZER, CUTTING HEIGHTS, GENERAL STREE ON
GREENS, WHEN IT FLAIRS, USE CHEMICALS TO CONTROL
TREES
CHUCK IS WORKING ON IT,
ML POST TREES COMMENTS, WEIRD TREES ON 9, I
JE PHIL K RELUCTANT ON REMOVING SOME OF THEM.
DB JE AND PHIL HAVE A RULE REGARDING WHICH TREE TO TRIM OR
REMOVE
JE IF WE CAN DO IT WE DO IT, IF I THINK THE TREE NEEDS TO BE
REVIEWED I WILL TALK TO PHIL
JE CLEARING AROUND FIRST GREEN WAS DONE WELL, WE DID IT SOME
MORE, UNDERGROWTH
ML TRY TO ELIMINATE WILLOWS, TALK TO PHIL, WHAT IS THE LONG
RANGE PALN
JE IF WE HAVE 12000 TO SPEND, I’LL CALL PHIL AND CONSULT. I’LL
FORMULATE A LIST FIRST
DB MAKE LIST WITH JE AND PHIL THEN DISCUSS BUDGET
GL 17 & 11 TREE WORK, DO OVER TIME
JE PHIL CAN LOOK AT IT DIFFERENTLY, BUT WE WORK WELL TOGETHER
COMMON GROUND
GL TOO MANY TREES AROUND GREENS CAUSING PROBLEMS IN WINTER
AND SUMMER, 15 AND 17, 15 IS COSMETIC, 17 IS WILLOWS, 11 PINES JIM
SKOROLSKY WANTS THE PINES GONE, THEY PROTECT THE CLUB HOUSE
ML CAN WE TOP THEM
JE SOMETHING SHORTER GROWING MORE ATTRACTIVE DOWN THE LIST
ML MAKE LIST
ML RENOVATIONS OF TEE BOXES, LEVELING SOME TEES AND ADDING
SOME, TREES ON 7,8,9,
JE 7,8,9 ARE AFFECTING THE GREENS
ML PLYWOOD COVERING SOME DITCHES, CHECK ON THEM
ML MAINTENANCE SHED, ITS DISGUSTING, WE SHOULD MOVE IT IN THE
MASTER PLAN, BEHIND 1. CLEANING OF MACHINERY
JK THE WHOLE AT 14, EYESORE, NO GRASS, ROCKY, PILES OF JUNK, OLD
SOIL ASPHALT,IT’S BEEN LIKE THAT FOR YEARS.
KEVIN A ARRIVES
JE NOT WELL MAINTAINED,
JK IN NEED OF REPAIR,
ML PUT IN MASTER PLAN RELOCATION OF MASTER PLAN,
JK THE PILES ON 14,
ML RELOCATE BARN PART OF MASTER PLAN, EXTENDING CAR PATHS
PART OF MASTER PLAN
LABOR
11 EMPLOYEES THROUGH SEASON
JE WE HAVE 12 NOW, 1 PART TIME MECHANIC, EVERYONE ELSE IS FULL
TIME
ML THE PEOPLE YOU DO HAVE ARE TRAINED
JE WE WORKED HARD ON GETTING BARE SPOTS GREENED, IT GETS
GOUGED, CHUCK NEEDS TO TELL HIS GUYS
JK TOURNAMENT ON SUNDAY MORNING,
JE RIGHT NOW WERE TRYING TO KEEP CAUGHT UP WITH MOWING WITH
ALL THE RAIN.
USGA MASTER PLAN
DB JOE TAKE US THROUGH PLAN, NEXT MEETING WE’LL DISCUSS IT, AND
BRIAN WILL TALK TO US,
JE THIS IS THE PRELIMINARY, WE GIVE THEM FEEDBACK AND HE’LL COME
BACK WITH SECOND PLAN, WE’LL MARK UP MY PLAN
OFFICIAL PLAN
DB GAVE TOM ONE OF THESE AND AIRIALS, TOM SMITH
JE WHERE YOU SEE SHADED AREAS ARE IMPROVED DRAINAGE, WE
COULD ADD A FEW AREAS ON TO THIS, WE CAN POINT THEM OUT TO
ENGINEER, THEY NEED IMPROVEMENTS
GL ON FIVE SHOULD BE SHADED,
JOE E
FIRST HOLD: REC IMPROVE DRAINAGE, FINISH OFF CART PATH, ITS DIRT
TRAIL, RUGGED, IMPROVE LOOK OF BACK PART OF TEE, BACK PART HAS
DRAINAGE ISSUES BUT OTHERS ARE WORSE, SU BDRAINAGE OFF MAIN
DRAINAGE, CAN CREATE SLIT TRENCHES, INTERCEPTOR DRAIN BEDORE IT
GETS TO GREEN, WEVE DONE TREE WORK, MAYBE EQUIPMENT \TO\ GET
OUT STUMPS, GRUB OUT CLEAR AREA, SEED IT AND MAINTAIN, CONSIDER
CHANGING GREEN,
ND
2 HOLD: LEVEL TEES, CLEAR OUT BRUSH, PAVE ROAD, NEEDS DRAINAGE
DOUG R ARRIVES
MAYBE ADD TEE AND MOVE BRUSH BACK,
THEY WILL PUT A DRAIN THROUGH LOW SPOTS THROUGHOUT
COURSE,CART JPATH, DEVELOP CART PATH PLAN FOR ENTIRE COURSE,
RD
3 HOLD THE TEE SHOULD BE BIGGER, OVERHANGING TREES, CART
PATH,
TH
13 ITS NOT UNUSUALLY TO HAVE ALL MAINTAINED, SOME OF THE
HIGHER AREAS CAN BE CUT BACK, JIM SC SAID LET THE AREA GO,
TH
4 TREE WORK, ROOT PRUNE, BIGGER PIPE SIZE FOR DRAINAGE,
TH
5 DRAIN AT BOTTOM OF BUNKER, TEE IS A MESS, WATER BREAKS OUT
OF HILLSIDE, DRAINAGE NEEDED, A DRAIN HAS FAILED, THE WATER GOES
RIGHT INTO THE APPROACH, THIS TEE MAY BE THE FIRST TO BE DONE
6TH
WILLOWS REMOVED, DRAINAGE, TREE ROOTS, BLOCKAGE MAYBE
SOMEWHERE, DIG UP CART PATH TO FIX BLOCKAGE,
TH
7 CART PATH, GET BRIANS ADVICE ON CART PATH,
TH
8 SOGGY, MOVE FOOT BRIDGE FOR CART PATH CONVENIENCE, ? BRIAN
TREES
TH
9 JUNK ALONG TREE LINE, TREES ON BACKSIDE OF GREEN, LINDEN
TREES AND CHERRYS, THEY SCREEN PARKING LOT, TRIMMING HEDGES,
TH
10 CART PATH REVIEW, RESTORE TEE TO ORIGINAL SHAPE, DO AWAY
WITH LOOP
TH
11 ADD TEE, CLEAN UP WORK, REMOVE TREES, JIM IS USGA MAN WHO
WROTE REPORT, RENOVATE BUNKERS, DRAIN IN POND NEEDS TO BE
CLEANED OUT,
TH
12
TH
13 50 YARDS OF PILES, WASTELAND, CLEAN UP, WHITE GRUBS, MOVE
SHED, TREE LINE WORK,
GARY LEAVES 8:35 JPM
TH
15 NET, $27,000, HITTING HOUSES, PUTTING UP A NET IS ADDRESSING THE
PROBLEM,
TH
16 TREE WORK, SWAMP PROBLEM, PAVE THE CART PATH,
INVITE BRIAN FOR 7/11 MEETING.
TENNIS COURTS ARE UP AND RUNNING, MERCIER SAYS THEY ARE IN THE
BEST SHAPE,
JK MIKE NEW MACHINE, WHO PAYS, NO ONE KNOWS WHO DOES WHAT
FOR TENNIS, HE NEEDS A ROLLER, ITS JOHNSONS RESPONSIILITY, HE
ROLLER IS ON ITS LAST LEG, @2500 FROM ROTUNDI, HE SHOULD NOT
COME TO COMMISSION FOR EQUIPEMNT, OCONNELL PLUMBING OVER
THERE FOR HANDICAP BATHS,
JK JOHNSON MNGT HAVE A FORMAL AGREEMENT
JE YES, HE ALWAYS WANTS
MERCIER SHOULD BE DEALING WITH JOHNSON MANAGEMENT AND THE
CITY IF POSSIBLE,
JE ITS NOT THE COMMISSIONS RESPONSIBILITY
ML HE HAS TO BUY CLAY FOR COURTS,
JE HE HAS TO MAINTAIN COURTS, I’LL TALK TO HIM,
JK THE CONTRACT STATES MAINTENANCE FOR WHOLE FACILITY,
MACHINERY SUPPLIES WHEN NEEDED,
ML NOT THINKING OF TENNIS,
ML ASK DOUG WHAT HIS INTERPRETATION OF THE TENNIS IS
JE MIKE TALKS TO COMMISSION MEMBERS FOR MAINTENANCE, OUR
PREFERENCE IS GOLF COURSE FFIRST.
JK ESTALISH A CHAIN OF COMMUNICATION, IF EXISTING CONTRACT HE
NEEDS TO ABIDE BY JOHNSON MNGT.
JK HES DOING THE BEST JOB HE CAN
JE MERCIER COMES TO US FOR NEEDS
ML PLEASE LOOK INTO THAT,
OLDL POOL AREA
ML PUTTING GREEN?
JE PUT ON MASTER PLAN, PUT FUNCTION TENT OUT FRONT
ML GOOD FOR MASTER PLAN, BUT COME FORWARD WITH IT SEPARATE TO
MOVE QUICKER
JK ENTERPRISE ACCOUNT
JK CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT,
DB CIY SHOULD PAY FOR IT, JOHNSON CAN DO IT AT COST
JE GOLF COURSE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, GET ESTIMATE
NEW BUSINESS
ART DANEAULT, ADA, ASKED FOR GRANT MONEY FOR FACILITY, HE WILL
LOOK INTO
CEBG OFFICE, EVERY YEAR CITY DOES AN APPLICATION, ADA DOESN’T
MEET CEBD GRANT, THE RISK INVOLVED, IF HE PUTS IT INTO HIS PLAN
AND IT DOESN’T GET FUNDED, HE WILL RESEARCH IT FOR US,
ART DANEAULT, HANDICAP SIGNS,
JE THEY’RE NOT PROPERLY MARKED,
ART D. STRIPING,
DB JK 8:55 PM