2023-02-22 CCAB MINUTESPresent: B. Griffith, R. Burnette, M. Puglisi, T. Halloran, M. Wilcoxen, C. Baetzel, R. Strickland,
P. Arutyunov, and A. Pozzi
Meeting called to order at 5:42 pm
January Meeting Minutes were approved.
A. Pozzi —
• To follow up on Mr. Maroon's comments from last month's meeting...
o We turned the lights on the driving range once at 6:30 am on the weekend, we will
follow-up with the opening staff to ensure that we do it consistently
o Replaced all the lights in the Men's locker room but it is still not bright enough, we plan
to replace all the light fixtures with LED lights so the locker room will be brighter, will
start this project in the summer
o The hot water in the men's locker room will take some work, we have to replace lines
and faucets
New Business:
A. Pozzi — We confirmed the new golf cart order, and the good news is that they include GPS and the
bad news is they include geo fencing
B. Griffith — How does the geo fencing work?
A. Pozzi — You take an aerial picture of the golf course and you can set the system where the carts will
Be allowed
M. Puglisi — Can you order sandwiches?
A. Pozzi —
• Yes, you can place orders for the restaurant or beverage cart
• The GPS will help with the pace of play
C. Baetzel — I will be able to send messages to the carts to pick up the pace and I am able to see where
every cart is on my computer screen
A. Pozzi — Friendly reminders can also be sent, i.e., please remember to fill divots, repair ball marks,
keep pace with group in front, etc.
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R. Burnette —As a suggestion... have a tip about the hole from a professional as a message
T. Halloran — Will it upload your handicap?
C. Baetzel — Will look into it and get back to you next meeting with an answer
B. Griffith — Will it go under the train trestle?
A. Pozzi — The new carts are too high to clear the train trestle, we will have to lower the cart path
B. Griffith — How was January?
A. Pozzi — We played a few less rounds but because we raised rates it offset the loss of rounds
B. Griffith — Is the business still ahead pre -pandemic?
A. Pozzi —
• The volume of business has far exceeded where it was pre -pandemic
• It will not be good to have a reduced inventory of golf courses
• Chris is getting a lot of calls about golf outings and tournaments
C. Baetzel — I am saying that we just cannot take it
R. Burnette — Look at the Canadian rate and maybe offer a 6-month membership
A. Pozzi —
• We do offer a 6 month seasonal membership
• The cost for the membership is $3000 versus the full membership at $3500
• That is why we made the weekday cost a lot lower so we can shift people to the weekday
membership
B. Griffith —
• How are the fairways?
• How are Friday night dinners going with the live music?
• How are the events / banquets?
• Are you going to bring the Sunday brunch back?
A. Pozzi —
• We roped off the weak areas on holes 1, 3 and 12. We will keep the current height of cut on the
fairways
• Friday night dinners have been hit or miss, generally busy
• Jenny is doing a greatjob in catering and booking a lot of parties
• We have not started the Sunday brunch back because of staffing and the amount of events /
banquets we have
P. Arutyunov — We have a lot of banquets now and without the brunch we can book events / banquets
on Sundays
A. Pozzi — Frank hired 5 new people and we are now down to 2 and he spends a lot of time interviewing
M. Puglisi —
• Noticed people driving through the ditch on #10
• Is there an alternative area to the back of the chipping area
• There is something dead on #10, the turkey vultures took care of it but left the bones
A. Pozzi —
• The carts bottom out and that causes a lot of damage to the carts, The geo fencing on the new
fleet will prevent golfers from driving into those areas
• There is no space anywhere else. Between instruction, member and school usage all practice
areas are over capacity
C. Baetzel — Will take a look at #10 and see if the bones are still there
R. Burnette —
• There should be signs on #10 to prevent people from driving the carts into the hazard areas
or maybe rope the areas off
• #8 should be roped off
• Can you put a periscope on #18 to see if players are the bottom of the hill
• What about the tree on #16?
• Thank you for doing the celebration of life for Mr. Richard Kroop, he will be missed
C. Baetzel —
• There are signs on # 10 directing traffic away from the waste bunker, people drive past them
and ignore them. GPS will enable us to better control traffic
• We did a moment of silence for Mr. Kroop in the Wednesday game
A. Pozzi —
• Will look into putting ropes and additional signs on #10
• We are debating on removing or standing the tree up but because of safety issues for the crew
we will probably end up just removing it
• Mr. and Mrs. Kroop are long time members of the club
M. Wilcoxen —The Woman's club championship is scheduled for March 2, 7 and 9t" and we have 7
Ladies playing in the tournament
T. Halloran —With the golf tournaments coming in do you prioritize members?
C. Baetzel — Good question, we do not do tournaments on Saturday and if we did tournaments on
Sundays they would be a 1pm shotgun start
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B. Griffith - Can members play at Normandy?
C. Baetzel —
• Yes, members can play Normandy Shores at the premier rate
• The member —guest tournament is sold out with 28 teams
• There are sand buckets on all the carts now
• We are planning on doing a 9-hole tournament and will finish it with a cocktail hour on the
driving range with a DJ
• The club championship will take place in April
P. Arutyunov—
• We put the beverage cart out at the pickleball courts, and it did not do so well
• The live music is back on Fridays, Frank is in charge of booking the music
• We just started advertising for the Easter Brunch, start making your reservations now
R. Strickland — Next Meeting is scheduled for March 29
Meeting ended at 7:45 pm