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2023-03-29 CCAB MINUTES!/ va Advisory Board Meeting Wednesday, March 29, 2023 Present: B. Griffith, R. Burnette, M. Puglisi, P. Rajo, T. Septembre, C. Baetzel, R. Strickland, P. Arutyunov, and A. Pozzi S. Maroon —Via Phone Meeting called to order at 5:34 pm February Meeting Minutes were approved. A. Pozzi — • March was the busiest month on record in terms of rounds played • The driving range has been very busy • The weather has been favorable — it did rain last night • International Links closed permanently on March 191" • Miami Springs Country Club will close for approximately 6 months for renovation next week • Membership is in very high demand — as of now we have 19 people on the waiting list that all put a $1000 deposit down • Food and Beverage banquet business has come roaring back C. Baetzel —This Saturday we go back to using a single tee start New Business: B. Griffith — • The driving range is pretty beat up • Still having shade issues on 5, 13, 14 and 6 tee • Buckets have been full of sand • How are Easter reservations coming A. Pozzi — • Later in the Spring we will shut down the driving range grass tees for a couple of weeks for maintenance • We still have a lot of work to do with the trees on the course P. Arutyunov — The reservations are coming in strong for Easter and we are going to close certain time slots B. Griffith —The member - guest tournament was a great event 1� WAVY S. Maroon — • There is a root growing on the fairway side of hole #7 • We had 30 teams for the member — guest tournament, it was a great turn out • The light bites on Friday for the tournament were very nice • Saturday BBQ was well received • We gave out $5,000 in prizes • The driving range lights have not been on in the morning • There are a lot of divots on the course C. Baetzel — • 1 have been told the range lights are being turned on, will check with staff • After the boys Barry tournament we have scheduled staff to fill the divots • With the lack of rain and the wind the sand in the divots gets blown off P. Rajo — • Thank you for the help with the member guest tournament, there was a lot of value for the guest • The outside staff is fantastic T. Septembre — • There are finally lights on the street in front of the Club • Food and beverage have been phenomenal, the specials have been fantastic • The food is getting better and better • The tree on the roof is still there • What about the bush outside? • The fence on 107 (along #7) is bent over and the poles are not attached to the fence anymore • Need more no trespassing signs A. Pozzi — • The bush is showing signs of life, so we will wait to remove it • We will order more no trespassing signs R. Burnette — • Thank you for the stop sign on #12 and the stakes behind the greens • Have you thought about moving the starter booth to #1 on Saturday and Sunday? C. Baetzel — • The starter booth needs to be where it is especially when we do the double tee • Going forward we have to control how the keys are given out and not just put them in the carts ���� ► ' i� cal 1 •► � �/. � � • �� 1. � syA A A. Pozzi — I do not like that we put the keys in the carts, we will address this internally with the management staff C. Baetzel — Out of bounds, we put 50 stakes out on the putting, chipping and driving range A. Pozzi — Will put a sign on the 15t tee about the out of bounds areas P. Rajo — Should send an email out to the members R. Burnette — On # 1 you should pick up the yellow balls in the morning A. Pozzi —We have to do a betterjob picking the range balls on #1 M. Puglisi — • The course looks great • What happened on the back of #4? A. Pozzi — • Had a problem before David started, he resodded it and it is a problem again. It has been resodded a second time • Given the small size of our greens the greens mowers have no room to turn and the operators are forced to make sharp turns which rip up the sod • The new golf cart fleet is scheduled to arrive in June A. Pozzi — May 30 (the Tuesday after Memorial Day) we will shut down the course for the whole day to aerify and we will start the work on the R/R trestle and remove 8 inches and add more rock and then pave it B. Griffith — Right of 15 are you going to leave it as rough? C. Baetzel — • Yes, we will • We are doing the Nine and Dine on April 141h with a BBQ and DJ on the driving range • As of now we have 15 teams signed up • The event is scheduled from 5 to 7pm and we will play the front 9 • April 22 and 23rd is the club championship P.Arutyunov0 The dining room is very busy - • The phone does not stop ringing for banquet inquires * Make your Easter reservations now before xveclose it * The Nine and Dine event isthe Friday night special for the 1/t» • VVehad agreat and busy St. Patrick's Day * VVestarted planning for Mother's Day • Friday night music has been very good R. Strickland — Next Meeting is scheduled for April 26 Meeting ended at 6:48 pm