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<br />REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM <br />Appropriation <br />Agenda Date Requested: February 8, 2021 <br /> <br />Source of Funds: N/A <br />Requested By: Billy Stoker, General Manager <br /> <br />Department: Bay Forest Golf Course <br />Account Number: N/A <br /> <br />Amount Budgeted: N/A <br />Report Resolution Ordinance <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Amount Requested: N/A <br />Exhibits: Ord. 2021-3818 clean & marked version <br />Budgeted Item: Yes No <br /> <br /> <br />SUMMARY & RECOMMENDATION <br /> <br />With the onset of COVID-19, Bay Forest Golf Course has experienced an extreme <br />Staff has been forced to block off several tee times <br />throughout the day to avoid running out of carts and not being able to provide a cart for <br />later tee times. With the increase in osing out on <br />additional revenue and is causing a potential high expenditure expense in replacing <br />batteries and more wear and tear on the golf course. <br /> <br />Revenue loss comes in different forms. With fewer tee times available on a daily basis <br />to avoid running out of carts, staff blocks off eight (8) tee times per day. With the <br />pushed to the max. Our <br />batteries come with a factory warranty of 25K amp hours. When the 25K amp hours are <br />surpassed, Bay Forest will be responsible for the cost of replacing the batteries. <br />Currently, to replace a set of batteries, the cost is $965 per cart. Finally, with the <br />increase in cart traffic, the golf course is taking on more wear and tear as well. <br /> <br />Currently, Bay Forest does <br />is only $2 more than a shared cart fee. If a customer elects to ride, they will typically <br />share the cart fee of $30. With two persons per cart, each person will pay the shared <br />cart fee of $15 plus tax each. If each tee time has a foursome, there will only be two <br />carts in the group. With the excessive single cart request, it is not uncommon to see <br />four carts in a group now and results in the loss of revenue of $30 in one group. If a <br />fee. This fee will be implemented when golfers require/request a single cart. <br /> <br />After contacting other golf courses in the area, staff has found some golf courses are <br />charging a single cart fee and some are not. For example, Memorial Park is not <br /> <br />