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Contract extension to ensure success of long term plan. <br /> Currently the city has three years left with the contract between the City <br /> of Mounds View and John Hammerschmidt. With the long term planning <br /> needed to make both repairs to the soil and to carry out a financial plan <br /> that depends on maintaining or increasing revenues each year, a ten year <br /> contract, renewable in five would show the cities commitment to these <br /> plans. <br /> Since the second year of the golf course operations I have had to face a <br /> constant questioning of the golf courses purpose or value to the city of <br /> Mounds View. Every other month the question of selling the course or <br /> turning it into an industrial park for tax revenues come up. When time is <br /> actually given to address financial issues, I am told every thing is on the <br /> table including personnel, and contracting with someone else for <br /> maintenance service. This atmosphere hurts the moral of my staff and <br /> hurts motivation when I try to get commitments to buy into what we are <br /> doing long term. <br /> For the last three years we have had a stable andvery professional staff. It <br /> is this very stability that has given us a chance to have the success we are <br /> having. Note ,the 1 million plus that the city could have lost by now with <br /> little or no chance of finding a solution not involving the general fund. <br /> Note, the fact that we are producing almost 80% more gross revenue than <br /> comparable courses and 50% more than the inflated pro-forma. The <br /> current financial problems have been talked about for years. Our <br /> operation of the Bridges has made a reasonable business solution possible <br />