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MEMO IMMEDIATE ACTION TO: Chuck Whiting FROM: John Hammerschmidt • TOPIC: Golf Course DATE: August 6, 1999 The following items currently have a negative impact on the operation of the golf course and have the potential to turn into a crisis that would significantly reduce revenue. I request a decision on how these items will be resolved before it becomes necessary to close the golf course for periods of time to mitigate any damage from inaction on these items. PUMP REPLACEMENT: The irrigation pump and automatic satellite stations have not functioned correctly since installed. The problems have been well documented during the lawsuit. A determination was made by our attorneys and the manufacturer to pay us a negotiated price for complete replacement of the pump station. I agreed to somehow make the system work for one more year, with the idea that if we expand to nine more holes we need to restructure the pumping system. The automatic system is no longer automatic and needs to be manually started at all times. It turns off and on at random and cannot reliably go through a complete cycle. This has made it necessary to be at the golf course almost all twelve hours the course needs to be watered. If the irrigation does not run or runs improperly we can lose large amounts of grass on our greens in a matter of hours. I need to know if I can go ahead and start designing and scheduling a new pumping system. The estimated cost was $35,000. If we are not going ahead with a new pump station, I will need to start mowing grass less frequently and at a much higher cut. I would also need to do the bulk of watering during the day so I can monitor it closely. Obviously a combination of these two will have a negative effect on the golfers and cost us business. NEW BRIDGE CART PATH: During the last three weeks we have had a twenty-four-foot section of the wooden bridge either collapse or separate. While repairing the damaged areas, I noticed how the welds on the cross beams have broken and how most of the deck boards are warped or unattached. As you know, this bridge joins one half of our course to the other and we cannot remain open for play without it. In order to put in an alternate smaller bridge for carts and reroute them around the wet lands I need a lead time of three months. Here we are facing two deadlines, one for winter and the other for the possibility of a bridge total collapse, or collapse I can't fix without closing the course. This entire subject is once again been covered extensively in the lawsuit documents.