Title
Review and Recommend a 15-Year Lease Amendment with an Option for a Ten-Year Extension Between the City of Alameda and Greenway Golf Associates, Inc., for Premises Located at the Chuck Corica Golf Complex
Body
To: Honorable Chair and Members of the Golf Commission
From: Amy Wooldridge, Recreation and Parks Director
Re: Review and Recommend a 15-Year Lease Amendment with an Option for a Ten-Year Extension Between the City of Alameda and Greenway Golf Associates, Inc., for Premises Located at the Chuck Corica Golf Complex
BACKGROUND
In July 2012, the City Council approved a 20-year lease with an option for a five-year extension with Greenway Golf Associates, Inc. (Greenway) for operation and maintenance of the Chuck Corica Golf Complex (Golf Complex), after an extensive RFP process.
Since then Greenway has had significant support from the golf community. It successfully renovated the Mif Albright 9-hole Par 3 course and the driving range. The South Course construction is nearly complete and will fully open to the public in mid-2018. Greenway invested $5.5 million into the South Course and the City invested $1 million, per the current agreement.
The existing agreement includes North Course improvements to the irrigation system, basic drainage, and renovation of the bunker and cart paths. It does not address other infrastructure needs, such as the Clubhouse, restrooms and more long-term structural needs. Now that Greenway has operated and maintained the Golf Complex for over five years, Greenway staff better understand the drainage and other infrastructure problems at the North Course and have found that the issues will not be mitigated by the improvements required by the original agreement. Greenway proposed a lease amendment in order to properly address the North Course infrastructure needs as well as improve the Clubhouse, Golf Shop and outdoor patio area.
At the meeting of August 23, 2016, staff requested the Golf Commission determine its pri...
Click here for full text