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THINK THIS IS IT. GAGE MIGHT SHOW UP LATER, BUT I DOUBT IT. OKAY. OH, NO. BECAUSE IT WAS

[I. CALL TO ORDER, CALL OF ROLL]

THE FIRST COVID. ALRIGHT, I'LL CALL THIS TO ORDER. YEAH. OKAY. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE GOLF COURSES. JUST JOKING. OH. IT'S PERTINENT. THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING. OUR APRIL MEETING HERE, WE WILL, OF COURSE, START OUT WITH CITIZEN COMMENTS THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY THAT ARE HERE

[III. STAFF AND COUNCIL LIAISON REPORTS]

TODAY. SO WE CAN MOVE ON. WE'LL GO TO THE STAFF AND COUNCIL LIAISON REPORTS. WE'LL START OFF WITH OUR CITY COUNCIL LIAISON. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD ABOUT ANYTHING YOU JUST HAD A CONVERSATION TODAY WITH CITY MANAGER AND THE PIPELINE. APPROVAL IS STILL BEING LOOKED AT. AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE WILL GO DOWN THE ROAD. SO THAT WILL BE USED FOR THE GOLF COURSE, THE TYPE ONE AFFLUENT. THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? YES. OKAY. SO IT'S STILL IN THE PLANS. WELL IT'S A GOOD THING. I HAVE A QUESTION. AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS THE RIGHT TIME TO ASK. IF IT'S FOR HIM, YOU CAN. WELL, I THINK IT IS FOR YOU. YES. I NOTICED ON THE CITY WEBSITE OR WHATEVER THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE MUSIC ON THE GREENS STARTING IN MAY. HAVE YOU HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT THIS? I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING. OKAY. WELL, WAS IT MUSIC OR MOVIES THERE? HAVE THEY ALREADY HAVE MOVIES ON THE GREEN? IT SAYS, YOU CAN ASK ME, SUSAN. OKAY. THERE'S A GUY WHO KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON. OKAY. WELL, OKAY. ALL RIGHT. PERFECT.

WHEN I'M UP THERE, I'LL. I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER. OKAY? OKAY. IS THAT ALL YOU HAD? YES. OKAY.

ANYTHING FOR OUR CITY COUNCIL LIAISON. GO FOR IT. SO DOES THAT MEAN THEY'RE GOING TO START OUT WITH A FLUENT TWO AND SWITCH TO FLUENT ONE AT A LATER DATE? IT ALREADY IS TWO. I KNOW, BUT YEAH, I'M TALKING ABOUT WHEN THE NEW IRRIGATION. OH YEAH. NO DEFINITELY NO. AND I DON'T THINK THAT I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY DETAILED PLANS ON THAT. SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A WHOLE THING ABOUT AND IT'S PROBABLY WOULD NEED TO BE A BUDGET ANYWAY. SO DOWN THE ROAD.

OKAY. WELL IT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT YOU HAVE TO DO A WHOLE DIFFERENT DEAL WITH THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT. IT'S A, IT'S, IT'S, THAT'S WHERE IT ALL KIND OF GOES OUT OF HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE GOLF COURSE IRRIGATION SYSTEM. IT'LL TAKE WHATEVER WATER YOU SEND IT UNLESS GREG SAYS OTHERWISE. BUT I'M PRETTY SURE WHATEVER WATER YOU SEND, IT'S GOING TO SPRAY IT. SO BUT SO WHEN THE IRRIGATION, YOU JUST HAVE DIFFERENT RULES. WHEN THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM IS COMPLETE, THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT WILL BE FROM THE PLANT WILL BE EFFLUENT TO. AND AT SOME POINT, IF THEY COULD SWITCH THEIR FACILITIES TO EFFLUENT, THEY'LL DO THAT. YES, IT COULD BE ANOTHER YEAR OR 2 OR 3. B TWO, THREE, FIVE YEARS, WHATEVER. SO OKAY. IT REQUIRES BUILDING ESSENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S A PRETTY BIG INVESTMENT. WHAT IS THAT BY THE CITY. IF THEY WHEN THEY DO SWITCH TO EFFLUENT ONE IT GIVES YOU MORE. AND I MEAN I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN TRY TO ANSWER AND YOU CAN EXPOUND ON IT, BUT IT GIVES IT MORE THERE'S LESS RESTRICTIONS OVER WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH IT. LIKE TODAY IN TYPE TWO, YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE SPRAYING IT DURING BUSINESS HOURS. IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE OVERNIGHT TYPE ONE. YOU CAN DO IT WHENEVER YOU WANT, KIND OF. AND IT'S, IT'S JUST KIND OF, YEAH, IT'S PRETTY CLEAN WATER. YEAH. PUBLIC. AND THEY CAN HAVE EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, MAKE IT A PARK OR ON THE DRIVING RANGE OR LIKE, AND YOU CAN KIDS BEING BAREFOOT OR SITTING ON THE GRASS, THERE'S REALLY NOT A CHANCE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO COME DOWN WITH ANYTHING BUT TYPE TWO AND THREE.

NOT IT CANNOT BE GOOD OVERALL. IT'S JUST LESS IS LESS RESTRICTIONS BASED ON WHAT IT IS. SO ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE STAR OF THE SHOW HERE. GREG.

YOU SAID THAT, NOT ME. I'LL GO ON RECORD. GOOD EVENING ALL. I AM FIGHTING ALLERGIES FROM NINE DAYS OF WORK STRAIGHT. AND THE MEXICAN CROP BURNING AND THE SAHARA DUST. IT'S AT THE SAME TIME. BUT WHEN THE COOL FRONT BLOWS THROUGH. FIRST ONE TOMORROW AND THEN FRIDAY, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE OUT OF HERE. LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO GET MAYBE 2 OR 3IN ON FRIDAY. WE'LL SEE. IT'LL CHANGE 15 MORE TIMES. ALL RIGHT. SO A COUPLE QUESTIONS THAT CAME UP. MOVING ON TO GREEN IN OR NOT MOVING BECAUSE WE'VE HAD MOVIES ON THE RANGE. THE MUSIC IN MAY THEY'RE DOING BETWEEN JENNIFER, OUR EVENT COORDINATOR FOR THE CITY AND THEN ERIC ZENO, OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR. WE KIND OF MET ABOUT A YEAR AGO AND THEY HAD, YOU KNOW, A LOT

[00:05:02]

OF GOOD IDEAS AND ENERGY. SO THEY'RE GOING TO START TRYING TO BRING SOME NEW EVENTS. SO THAT'S WHAT THAT WILL BE. I THINK THAT'S GREAT. I MEAN, FOR SEA, GOING TO LUCKY RABBIT AND LISTEN TO MUSIC, SOMEONE PLAYING ON THE STAGE, IT'S GOING TO BE THE BACK OF THE BUNKER AND THE DRIVING RANGE AND THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON. I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW MANY THEY'RE GOING TO DO, BUT THAT'S THE FIRST ONE. SO I THINK IT'S WONDERFUL. AND THERE WAS, OH, ON THE WATER OR NESTO, OUR DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, HE'S AT THE 2026 WATER CONFERENCE RIGHT NOW FOR THE STATE. SO, YOU KNOW, HE'S HE'S THE ONE READ THE REPORTS AND STUFF, BUT HE'S VERY ASTUTE ON THAT. WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WILL GO INTO GOLF. ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO TALK ROUNDS AND REVENUE A LITTLE BIT. FIRST YEAR TO DATE. I'M GOING TO GO SLOW ON THE NUMBERS. SO THOSE OF YOU TAKING THE MINUTES YEAR TO DATE, WHEN I'M TALKING FISCAL YEAR TO DATE, WE'RE 14% UP IN ROUNDS. I'M TRENDING. AND AGAIN, THERE'S A LOT OF UNKNOWNS IN THE GOLF BUSINESS, AND ESPECIALLY WITH ALL THE STUFF WE HAVE GOING ON RIGHT NOW BETWEEN WEATHER AND THE IRRIGATION PROJECT, 14% UP IN ROUNDS, 20%, 27% UP IN REVENUE COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.

SO PAST THREE YEARS KEEPS GOING LIKE THIS APRIL MONTH TO DATE. LAST WEEKEND WAS THE FIRST WEEKEND IN APRIL THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY MEASURABLE RAIN. RAIN ON WEEKENDS IN THE GOLF BUSINESS IS PROBABLY THE WORST THING WE CAN HAVE, BUT WE NEED THE RAIN, SO THAT'S GREAT. IT'S BEEN SPOTTING OFF AND ON, SO I'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET SOME ROUNDS IN ON THE WEEKEND. WE WERE SOLD OUT LAST WEEKEND. FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY. I WAS LIMITED ON GOLF CARTS BECAUSE OF LARGO FEST, YOU KNOW, SO I WAS ABOUT 30 ROUNDS SHORT EACH DAY. BUT I'M, YOU KNOW, THREE YEARS AGO, THEY WERE LUCKY TO GET 60 ROUNDS ON A SATURDAY OR SUNDAY. NOW WE'RE HOUR, GIVE OR TAKE. I'M GOING TO DO AROUND 200 ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, AND FRIDAY'S GOING TO BE ANYWHERE FROM 100 TO 160. SO EVERYTHING IS TRENDING IN THE CORRECT DIRECTION WITHOUT QUESTION.

THAT BEING SAID, ABOUT APRIL, IN THE RAIN, WE'RE MORE THAN DOUBLE THE AVERAGE RAINFALL FOR APRIL, WHICH IS A LITTLE OVER TWO INCHES. WE'RE PROBABLY AT ABOUT FOUR AND A HALF OR FIVE.

I WAS HURTING A LITTLE BIT AS FAR AS BEING DOWN COMPARED TO LAST YEAR IN APRIL, BUT THIS LAST WEEK WE KICKED IT IN. WE WERE NOW 5% UP IN BOTH ROUNDS AND REVENUE. OKAY. SO IF THAT IF THAT ENDS UP HAPPENING, YOU KNOW, THE NEXT FEW, THE FIRST IS FRIDAY, BUT WE'LL SEE WHAT THE WEATHER DOES. I OUGHT TO STILL WE OUGHT TO STILL COME IN AT 4 OR 5% UP AND GROSS REVENUE WHEN I'M TALKING ABOUT GROSS REVENUE. AND I MENTIONED YEAR TO DATE BEING UP IN ROUNDS IN REVENUE, OBVIOUSLY THAT'S GROSS REVENUE. WE ARE ABOUT 87,000 IN THE RED. AGAIN, WE LOST 350 LAST YEAR, WHICH BEAT TWO YEARS PRIOR BY ABOUT 4 OR 500. SO THAT NUMBER'S GOING RIGHT.

AGAIN, A LOT OF UNKNOWNS. I MEAN, I CAN SEE I'VE GOT ONE PICTURE THAT SHOWS US COMING IN THIS YEAR WITH THINGS BEING ABOUT AS GOOD AS THEY CAN BE AT ABOUT WHERE WE ARE NOW. AND I KNOW OTHER PICTURES, WHICH CAN VERY WELL HAPPEN. THAT WILL BE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 2 AND 300, BUT AGAIN, THAT NUMBER IS A LOT BETTER THAN 800, 603 50. NOW, I'M TELLING YOU, SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 80 AND 200, YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY IT'S IT'S PREDOMINANTLY AGAIN, THE CONDITION, THE ATMOSPHERE, THE SERVICE DRIVES EVERYTHING. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH ISSUES SUCH AS AIR CONDITIONING, COMPRESSORS GOING OUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A 11, 12 GRAND. ICE MACHINE NEEDING TO BE REPLACED. SO THINGS ADD UP IN THAT AREA. BUT YOU KNOW, ROUND WISE, I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE AND THEN I'LL MOVE ON. YOU KNOW, THINK ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO, 17000 ROUNDS. THE NEXT YEAR, 24000 ROUNDS TWO YEARS AGO LAST YEAR, 32,000 ROUNDS, I WAS MY PROJECTIONS WERE HOPED TO BE 5 TO 10% UP. AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE TRENDING TOWARDS 36, 37,000 ROUNDS AND PROJECTIONS THAT I'VE DONE FOR A YEAR AFTER IRRIGATION. AND TO SET THAT

[00:10:03]

RIGHT ON WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, THAT HAS THIS IN THE BLACK, MAYBE $10 IN THE BLACK OR 10,000, BUT THAT HAS US BETTER THAN BREAKING EVEN. FROM THERE. WHEN I MENTIONED THAT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THE PLAN AND THE WAY I SEE THINGS FROM BOTH A MARKETING STANDPOINT AND GETTING IT IN THE BLACK, OBVIOUSLY IS DEPENDENT HUGELY ON IRRIGATION. IRRIGATION PROJECT. I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU KIND OF WHAT I KNOW RIGHT NOW, AND THEN I'LL TALK ABOUT GOING BACK TO NUMBERS AND WHEN I THINK WE'LL BE THERE, I REPORT I GOT AS OF APRIL 15TH, 18TH, WE ARE THEY BASICALLY HAVE EVERYTHING DELIVERED. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE THEY'RE MOBILIZING THERE. AND THE OVERFLOW PARKING LOT, EXCEPT FOR THE STUFF WE WE NEED IT ALL. BUT THE PIPE SCHEDULE IS EVERYTHING. YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITHOUT THE PIPE. SO RIGHT NOW THE PIPE SCHEDULE DELIVERY IS SHOWING BETWEEN MAY 11TH AND JUNE 3RD. OKAY. THAT CAN BE. WELL, I'M GIVING YOU HARD NUMBERS THAT I HAVE. YEAH. AS OF 12 DAYS AGO. SO THAT MEANS WE MAY GET LUCKY AND EVERYTHING. BE HERE BY MAY 15TH, OR WE MAY NOT BE LUCKY. AND EVERYTHING HERE MAY BE HERE BY JUNE 15TH. SO BUT THAT'S THE LATEST. AND THAT COMES STRAIGHT FROM DIAMOND GOLF AND THEIR SUPPLIERS. SO, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE HEARD ME TALK ABOUT THIS FOR A LONG TIME AND YOU'VE HEARD MARCH, YOU'VE HEARD APRIL, YOU'VE HAD MAY, YOU'VE HEARD MAY, YOU KNOW, NOW I'M JUST GIVING YOU AN UPDATE. THE LATEST INFORMATION I HAVE, I FULLY BELIEVE THAT THAT IT WILL START WORST CASE EARLY MID JUNE. BUT WE'LL SEE IF THAT CHANGES BECAUSE OF EVERYTHING GOING ON IN THE WORLD AND GETTING MATERIAL FROM. SO GOING BACK TO WHEN I THINK WE'LL GET IT IN THE BLACK. LET'S SAY THAT WE START IRRIGATION IN JUNE, THEN WE'RE GOING TO BE COMPLETED IN NOVEMBER, GIVE OR TAKE. OKAY. NOW HERE'S THE DEAL WITH GRASS. THE SUMMER REMUDA, WHICH IS OUR DOMINANT GRASS, THRIVES ON HEAT AND SUN. WHEN IT GETS COOLER, IT STARTS GOING TO SLEEP. YOUR WINTER GRASSES, SUCH AS RYE, BLUEGRASS, STUFF LIKE THAT POPS UP THAT LIKES COOL WEATHER.

WELL, WHEN IRRIGATION IS DONE, EVEN, LET'S SAY IT'S DONE OCTOBER 1ST, THE BERMUDA IS GOING TO BE CHECKING OUT AND THE FALL GRASSES, WINTER GRASSES WILL BE WAKING UP. NOW, THE GOOD THING ON THAT IS, YOU SEE, WHEN YOU DRIVE BY, I KNOW EVERYONE'S SEEN IT. THE GOLF COURSE RIGHT NOW IS GREEN, VERY GREEN AND COLOR. LIKE IT OR NOT, THIS IS SOMETHING IN THE INDUSTRY. WE'VE ALWAYS GONE BACK AND FORTH WITH. SUPERINTENDENTS HAVE DIFFERENT THOUGHTS. GOLF PROFESSIONALS HAVE DIFFERENT THOUGHTS, OWNERS HAVE DIFFERENT THOUGHTS. BUT YOU HAVE A DESERT LOOK WHEN YOU DON'T OVERSEED AND AND I'M TALKING ABOUT A COURSE IN GOOD CONDITION AND THEY'VE GOT LIGHT BROWN BERMUDA. YOU SEE THIS A LOT IN HOUSTON BECAUSE THEY'RE IT'S A BIG DEAL. DALLAS AS WELL. AND YOU'RE THE GRASS IS BROWN, BUT A LOT OF THEM WILL OVERSEE THE TEE BOXES AND THE GREENS WITH A WITH A POETRY OR A RYE. SO WHEN YOU'RE PLAYING IT, HEY, THIS IS KIND OF COOL BECAUSE YOUR GREEN IS BRIGHT GREEN, YOUR TEE BOX IS BRIGHT GREEN, BUT YOUR FAIRWAYS AND ROUGH ARE DORMANT. BERMUDA, WHICH IS BROWN. YOU KNOW, IN OUR CASE, WE WE DON'T DO ANYTHING WITH TEES AND FAIRWAYS BESIDES MOWING BECAUSE OF OUR IRRIGATION CURRENT SITUATION, WHICH WILL CHANGE IN A BIG WAY. SO THE RAIN, MOTHER NATURE, THAT'S WHY WE LOOK GREEN ACROSS THE BOARD. WE'VE BEEN THE WEATHER'S BEEN CRAZY THIS YEAR.

WE'VE HAD SOME RECORD WARMEST MONTHS LIKE MARCH, BUT WE'VE HAD QUITE A BIT OF PRECIPITATION. AND THEN WE'VE HAD A LOT OF COOLER DAYS TOO, WHEN IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A LOT WARMER. SO USUALLY THIS WILL START DYING OUT AROUND MAY. IT COULD BE END OF APRIL TO MID MAY, BUT IT'S STILL HANGING ON. AND THEN HERE WE ARE YESTERDAY AND TODAY BEING ALMOST A RECORD LOW 90S. AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO BE 50S AND 60S ON FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY. SO SO THAT'S A GOOD THING FOR US VISUALLY BECAUSE PEOPLE LIKE THAT. AND YOUR AVERAGE GOLFER, WHICH IS MOST EVERYBODY, THEY DON'T KNOW ANY BETTER. THEY KNOW. AND THIS IS THE POSITIVE OF BEING GREEN

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OR OF COURSES THAT OVERSEE COMPLETELY IN THE WINTER. THEY SEE THAT COLOR AND AUTOMATICALLY, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THEIR HANDICAP IS. OH WOW, IT'S LOOKING GOOD. IT'S IN GOOD SHAPE. SO ALL THIS KIND OF STUFF HELPS US DRAW PEOPLE OUT HERE AND KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN ONGOING CHANGES TO OUR GOLF COURSE THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS. WITH THAT BEING SAID FROM, YOU KNOW, I TOLD YOU I'D ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT IF YOU THE THE DEBATE WE'VE ALWAYS HAD IN THE INDUSTRY, IT'S GREAT TO OVERSEE AND YOU DO IT FROM HOUSTON NORTH THROUGH ALL THE WAY UP TO OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS. YOU'LL OVERSEE AROUND THE FIRST PART OF OCTOBER. EVERYTHING POPS IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS. YOU'RE BRIGHT GREEN. BERMUDA IS GOING TO SLEEP. LOOKS FANTASTIC.

IT I MEAN, IT USED TO COST 30, 40 GRAND TO OVERSEE TODAY'S WORLD. IT PROBABLY COST 70, 80 YOUR WHOLE GOLF COURSE. SO IT'S EXPENSIVE, BUT THEN YOU'RE BANKING ON, OH, IT'S GOING TO LOOK GREAT FROM NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH. SO OUR MONTHS THAT AREN'T OUR BUSIEST MONTHS ARE GOING TO BE BETTER. SO THAT'S WHAT WE ALWAYS CONTEMPLATE IN THE INDUSTRY. BUT US HAVING IRRIGATION DONE IN THE FALL, GEORGE AND I WON'T KNOW WHAT WE REALLY HAVE ON TEES AND FAIRWAYS WITH THE NEW SYSTEM AND THE GREENS AND THE TOTAL OUTCOME OF IT UNTIL THE. BUT WE WILL BE GREEN. AND IF. EVEN IF IT DOESN'T RAIN, THIS GREEN NOW IS FROM NATURAL RAINWATER. YOU ALL KNOW THAT WHEN WE DON'T HAVE RAIN, YOU'LL SEE SPOTS WHERE OUR HEADS ARE WORKING AND IT'LL BE GREEN AND EVERYTHING ELSE AROUND IS BROWN. I MEAN, EVERYBODY'S SEEN THAT HERE. WE'LL BE ABLE WITH GOOD IRRIGATION TO LOOK GREEN NEXT WINTER, JUST LIKE WE HAVE THIS WINTER. BUT THEN ONCE WE GET TO A YEAR FROM NOW, THAT'S WHEN THAT WILL DIE OUT. AND WE'VE HAD THE ONGOING IRRIGATION GOING ON. THEN WE'LL SEE HOW TRANSITION IS AND HOW BERMUDA TRANSITIONS, WHICH OUT HERE, UNFORTUNATELY, BUT NOT A BIG ISSUE, IS A COMBINATION OF COMMON BERMUDA, WHICH IN THE OLD DAYS PEOPLE WOULD HAVE COMMON, ESPECIALLY AT MUNICIPAL COURSES. IT'S EASY TO TAKE CARE OF. IT THRIVES IN HEAT. MOST PEOPLE HAVE 419, WHICH FOR 19 IS A FAIRWAY GRASS IN TODAY'S WORLD. AND I MEAN, THERE'S ALL KINDS OF STUFF I COULD GO ON AND ON IN TODAY'S WORLD. WE'VE GOT KIND OF A COMBINATION.

WE'VE GOT A LITTLE FORTNIGHT, 19 OUT THERE, WE'VE GOT A LITTLE WE'VE GOT A LOT OF COMMON BERMUDA. WE HAVE A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, POA LOOKS GREAT. IT'S A WEED IN TEXAS. BUT POA IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE PRE-EMERGE PROGRAM IS SOMETHING I'LL GET INTO MORE NEXT MEETING BECAUSE IT'S IN THERE. BUT PEBBLE BEACH THAT IS HAS HOSTED MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIPS. THEY'RE PUTTING ON POA. SO IF YOU CAN ENVISION OUR GRAINS IN TEXAS, WHEN THEY GET ENCROACHED BY POETRY, WELL, THAT'S WHAT THEY PLAY ON IN CALIFORNIA. SO IT'S INTERESTING HOW CERTAIN REGIONS WORK, BUT WE'LL LOOK GOOD NEXT WINTER WITH THE NEW IRRIGATION, WHETHER IT RAINS AT ALL OR NOT.

AND THEN NEXT SPRING, MAY THROUGH AUGUST WILL BE OUR TELLTALE. WE KNOW IT'S. AND YOU'LL SEE THAT IN THIS REPORT. AND WHEN I GO OVER IT NEXT MONTH, GEORGE AND I HAVE KNOWN THAT IT'S A NO BRAINER FOR US. USGA THAT CAME OUT AND DID THEIR VISIT WITH GEORGE AND I.

THEIR REPORT TALKS ABOUT THAT. WHAT A DIFFERENCE IRRIGATION IS GOING TO MAKE. BUT WHILE IT MAKES A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN WHICH IT WILL BE THE BIGGEST FACTOR TO GET US INTO BLACK, YOU HAVE TO START DOING THINGS TO YOUR GOLF COURSE NOW, MEANING TEE BOXES AND FAIRWAYS.

THAT HAS NOT BEEN DONE HERE, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG, BUT I KNOW IN THE LAST 4 OR 5 YEARS BEFORE MY TIME, I'VE BEEN HERE THREE. AND THAT MEANS PRE-EMERGE PROGRAMS. WE'RE NOT GOING TO LET WEEDS TAKE OVER OUR GOLF COURSE TO WATER THE WEEDS. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE FAIRWAYS AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TEE BOXES. SO HE AND I WILL SEE EXACTLY WHAT WE HAVE NEXT SUMMER. IF IT GOES LIKE WE WANT IT TO. THE MARKETING CAMPAIGN. AND YOU KNOW, I READ WHAT YOU ALL DISCUSS IN YOUR MINUTES AND CONTINUING COMMUNICATION WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. I THINK THAT'S GREAT. HOW TO MARKET THE GOLF COURSE. I THINK THAT'S GREAT. BUT THAT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. AND YOU DON'T WANT IT TO

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BACKFIRE ON YOU. UNTIL WE KNOW WHAT WE'VE GOT, WHICH WE WILL. I'M SITTING HERE TELLING YOU IRRIGATION STARTING IN JUNE, WE'RE GOING TO KNOW THAT NEXT SUMMER. WELL, THEN LATE SUMMER FALL, THAT'S THE REBIRTH OF LAGO VISTA GOLF COURSE. COME CHECK US OUT. SO THAT'S AN OVERVIEW OF EVERYTHING IRRIGATION WISE. JUST A COUPLE MORE QUICK THINGS. WHAT I GAVE COUNCILOR JESS A COPY OF THE USGA REPORT WITH GEORGE AND I, AND ALSO A COPY OF THE PROJECT MUNI. I GAVE MIKE ONE. I WILL EMAIL THIS TO YOU ALL. I WAS GOING TO BRING COPIES FOR EVERYBODY AND MY MY TONER WENT OUT TODAY AND MY PRINTER. AS I'M COPYING ALL THIS, I SAID PERFECT. SO I ENDED UP WITH THREE COPIES. PROJECT MUNI YOU'VE HEARD ME TALK ABOUT.

THAT IS A GRANT THAT COMES FROM THE TEXAS GOLF ASSOCIATION BASED IN DALLAS. KELLY KILGORE, MARY HARRISON. I'VE KNOWN HIM FOR 30 YEARS. TGA IS THE PLAYER IN TEXAS. THEY STARTED THIS PROGRAM, USGA, THAT'S WHO GOVERNS BASICALLY THE GAME OF GOLF. THEY SENT ONE OF THEIR HEAD AGRONOMIST OUT NORMALLY THREE GRAND TGA PICKED THAT FEE UP. HE GAVE HIS REPORT AND BASED OFF HIS REPORT AND WHAT GEORGE AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, THEY HAVE OKAYED. SHE IS. KELLY AND I TALKED THE END OF LAST WEEK. SHE'S GOING TO EMAIL ME A SAMPLE CONTRACT. BUT THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE US THE HIGHEST AMOUNT THEY GIVE, WHICH IS 15,000. THE BIGGEST STIPULATION IS THAT CITIES HAVE TO MATCH THEIR GRANT. SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN I'M GOING OVER BUDGET AND AND WHAT WE'RE DOING AND WHAT WE NEED, OBVIOUSLY THAT'S A YOU KNOW, I'LL PRESENT THEM WITH THE SAME MATERIAL AND THEY'RE GIVING US 15. AND HOPEFULLY THE CITY WILL SEE IT AND GIVE US.

15 AS WELL. AND AS FAR AS I KNOW, I MEAN, AGAIN, THIS COURSE HERE HAS GONE THROUGH A LOT OF CHANGES IN THE PAST 55 YEARS, BUT IT'S BEEN ANYWHERE FROM PRIVATE TO PUBLIC TO SEMI-PRIVATE MULTIPLE OWNERS, OWNERS, SO ON AND SO FORTH. BUT I CAN'T FIND ANY MATERIAL WHERE THEY'VE EVER HAD GRANTS. AND AGAIN, THIS IS JUST A PROJECT MUNI. SO THAT'S, THAT'S A GREAT THING. SO THE USGA REPORT TOGETHER WITH THAT DICTATED KELLY AND, AND TGA SAYING, WE'D LOVE TO GIVE YOU MONEY. AND THEY HAVE TO GET THEIR GRANTS OUT BEFORE THEIR CALENDAR YEAR.

JANUARY 1ST. OUR NEW FISCAL YEAR IS OCTOBER 1ST. SO WE'RE WORKING ON BUDGET BUDGETS BASICALLY HAVE TO BE APPROVED THIS SUMMER. I MEAN, MORE OR LESS IN JUNE. AND THEN IT'S TWEAKED AND CHANGED AND THEN IT GOES HARD. AUGUST 1ST, I THINK. SO AS LONG AS ALL THIS WORKS, SHE'LL SEND THE CITY A CHECK AND WE'LL GO FROM THERE. AND WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT TO DO WITH IT. BUT I'LL GET INTO THIS MORE DETAILED. YOU ALL READ IT, YOU SEE WHAT WE'RE DOING, AND THEN YOU CAN HIT ME WITH QUESTIONS EITHER NEXT MEETING OR FEEL FREE TO EMAIL ME OR CALL ME AND I'LL TALK ABOUT ANSWERING ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. JUST A REAL QUICK QUESTION. IF THE CITY DOESN'T MATCH, DO YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO FUNDRAISE? I CAN'T ANSWER THAT WITHOUT SPEAKING TO THEM BEING THE TGA, I WILL TELL YOU THAT THE CITIZENS OF LAGO VISTA I'VE GOT I HAD I'VE HAD ONE GROUP THE PAST TWO YEARS NOW THERE'S A SECOND TOURNAMENT DEVELOPING, WHICH IS PART OF MGA. BUT YOU KNOW, FOR AN EXAMPLE LAST YEAR, AND I'M GOING BY MEMORY, BUT AND I USUALLY REMEMBER EVERYTHING, WHICH IS SOMETIMES GOOD AND SOMETIMES BAD. THE FIRST YEAR THEY HAD IT, TWO YEARS AGO, THEY RAISED ABOUT TWO GRAND, 2300. THIS LAST YEAR WE RAISED ABOUT FOUR GRAND OR SO. YOU KNOW, GERALD, HIS HIS VISION NOW IS TO TRY TO RAISE DOUBLE THAT 7 OR 8. SO THEY HAVE A GOLF EVENT WHERE THEY TAKE DONATIONS AND THEY CHARGE X TO PLAY IN IT. SO IF THE IF THE CITY DIDN'T SUPPORT, I WOULD ASK THEM THAT QUESTION. PROBLEM IS HE HAS IT IN OCTOBER. SO. AS LONG AS TJ WOULD APPROVE IT, I CAN I COULD DO IT. BUT I REALLY, TRULY BELIEVE WITH WITH THE WHAT'S TRANSPIRED OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS AND, AND PEOPLE WATCHING REVENUES AND FINANCIALS AND PEOPLE PLAYING

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AND, AND THE GOLF BUSINESS, I MEAN, MY GOSH, 1700 0 POUNDS IS NOTHING. BUT IF YOU DOUBLE ROUNDS IN THREE YEARS, YOU DON'T YOU DON'T REALIZE THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN IN OUR IN OUR BUSINESS, IT COULD HAPPEN A LOT MORE IN OUR THE REASON IT DOESN'T HAPPEN. SURE. IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING I CAN GO ON ABOUT STAFF SUPERINTENDENT, GOLF PROFESSIONAL, THE WHOLE SUPPORT TEAM. BUT MORE THAN ANYTHING, THE REASON IT DOESN'T HAPPEN IS BECAUSE YOUR AVERAGE GOLF COURSE NOT CALLING US THAT. I'M SAYING YOUR AVERAGE COURSE.

THEY HAVE POTABLE GREENS. THEY DON'T HAVE CRATERS. THEY HAVE GRASS ON FAIRWAYS. THEY HAVE TEES. THERE'S THERE'S A REASON TO GO PLAY. IF IF THEY HAD THOSE ISSUES, PEOPLE WOULDN'T GO. SO ONCE THEY START IMPROVING IT, ROUNDS JUMP UP. THEY GO UP. OBVIOUSLY IT'S BASED ON THE STATE OF THE BUSINESS AND THE STATE OF THE GAME AS WELL. AND AGAIN, 82 MILLION ROUNDS OF GOLF, WHICH WERE THE MOST ROUNDS OF GOLF PLAYED IN HISTORY, HAPPENED IN 2025. AND 2026 IS PROBABLY GOING TO BEAT IT. SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S EASY GOING FROM 17000 ROUNDS TO 34,000 ROUNDS. THAT'S FANTASTIC. BUT GUESS WHAT? WHEN OUR COMPETITORS, BEING MUNICIPALS ARE MINIMUM 45 TO 60, HITTING 40 PLUS HERE IS NOT AN ISSUE. AND SOME OF THE PROJECTIONS AND WHAT I'M THINKING AFTER WE GET EVERYTHING DONE, YOU KNOW, WE'LL 4000 PLUS PUTS US IN THE BLACK. THAT'S WHERE THAT STANDS. MUNI USGA SUSIE, I'M NOT FORGETTING YOU. OKAY. THAT'S IT. AND THEN I HAVE ONE THING I WANT TO CLOSE THIS WITH, WHICH I THINK WE ALL MAY HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT. NO, NO, YOU ANSWERED MY QUESTION. I WAS WONDERING HOW MANY ROUNDS DO YOU PROJECT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ONCE THE IRRIGATION IS COMPLETE? YEAH. AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT. I MEAN, JUST SO WE'RE YOU ALL ARE ON THE SAME PAGE WITH ME. I'VE BEEN MAKING THE COMMENT FOR THREE YEARS THAT A YEAR AFTER IRRIGATION IS COMPLETE, WE'LL HAVE IT IN THE BLACK. SO I'M SITTING HERE NOW SAYING, YOU KNOW, ORIGINALLY I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, WE ALL KNOW ABOUT TWO OCTOBERS AGO. BUT ORIGINALLY I THOUGHT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'D START A LITTLE QUICKER THIS YEAR, BUT IT DIDN'T MATTER EVEN IF WE WOULD HAVE STARTED IN MARCH. WE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN DONE UNTIL AUGUST, WHICH IS THE END OF THE GROWING SEASON. SO GEORGE WOULD HAVE STILL BEEN LOOKING AT NEXT SPRING, MAY, JUNE, JULY. SO SURE, WE ALL WANT TO SEE IT START AND AND PEOPLE GET THE BUZZ OUT. BUT FROM A GROWING STANDPOINT, MARKETING STANDPOINT, IT DOESN'T MATTER AS LONG AS WE START SOMETIME IN JUNE. SO ONCE WE SEE WHAT WE HAVE, WE WILL KNOW THAT NEXT SUMMER. THEN I WILL BASICALLY SAY, LIKE I SAID, ALL ALONG, FISCAL YEAR 2728, WHICH IS A YEAR FROM THIS COMING OCTOBER, THAT YEAR, THE COURSE WILL BE IN THE BLACK. GRANTED, SUDDEN SOMETHING DOESN'T HAPPEN ACT OF GOD OR WITH THE USA. THAT'S THAT LAST THING. OKAY, SO I HAVE BEEN GETTING MORE AND MORE OF THIS THE PAST. TWO, THREE, FOUR MONTHS AT THE COURSE. THERE WAS ABOUT ABOUT THREE MONTHS AGO, GIVE OR TAKE. THERE WAS ALSO A GENTLEMAN THAT KIND OF CAME AND SPOKE AND CITIZENS COMMENTS BEFORE COUNCIL MEETING ABOUT ELECTRIC BIKES. YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WHERE I STAND, YOU KNOW, IT MATTERS WHERE ALL THE CITIZENS STAND AND AND EVERYONE ELSE THE COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER, THE MAYOR. BUT SPEAKING FROM A GOLF PROFESSIONAL STANDPOINT, WE HAVE ALWAYS DEALT WITH TRESPASSING ON GOLF COURSES. WHEN I WAS AT A COUNTRY CLUB THAT WAS 150 GRAND TO GET IN, AND YOUR DUES ARE TWO GRAND A MONTH. WE DEALT WITH THE SAME STUFF. IF THERE'S HOMES, COMMUNITIES, YOU DEAL WITH IT. IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE PREVALENT IN LARGER NEIGHBORHOODS. SO DEALING WITH, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE RIDING BIKES, PEOPLE DRIVING SKATEBOARDS, JOGGERS DURING BUSINESS HOURS ON THE GOLF COURSE THAT'S PART OF OUR INDUSTRY. ALWAYS HAS BEEN, ALWAYS WILL BE. YOU JUST DEAL WITH IT AND A POLITICALLY CORRECT MANNER. AND USUALLY THERE'S NOT AN ISSUE. AND IF ALL FAILS, IT'S VERY EASY. LET ME CALL MY FRIEND CHIEF JOY, AND HE'LL BE SENDING PEOPLE OUT TO TALK TO YOU OR TO REMOVE YOU. THAT'S WHAT WE'VE DONE.

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ELECTRIC BIKES, VERY EVASIVE. QUICK. THEY'RE EASY TO GO DOWN, PLACES THAT A POLICE CAR AND A REGULAR CAR CAN'T GO. I GREW UP DRIVING DIRT TRIAL BIKES. ACTUALLY, I DROVE TRIAL BIKES COMPETITIVELY. ONE OF MY THINGS. SO I'M A I LIKE MOTORCYCLES, I LIKE BIKES. I GREW UP RIDING BIKES. I'D RATHER KID BE DRIVING BIKES THAN IN A ROOM IN A, IN A ROOM AFTER SCHOOL, IN A COMPUTER OR PHONE. LIKE TODAY'S WORLD IS IS MORE LIKE. BUT IT'S TURNING INTO A COUPLE SITUATIONS WHERE IT'S USUALLY PACKS OF 5 TO 20. OBVIOUSLY THE WEEKENDS. AND WHEN SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED ON HOLIDAYS, IT'S, IT'S A LOT MORE COMMON AT THE GOLF COURSE. I HAVE INSTRUCTED. I'VE CALLED OUR POLICE OFFICERS OUT A FEW TIMES. THEY'RE ALWAYS REALLY GOOD. THEY HAVE THE SAME ISSUES. THEY'RE GETTING MORE CALLS FROM CITIZENS THROUGHOUT NEIGHBORHOODS AS WELL, JUST BECAUSE OF DANGEROUS ISSUES OR, OR TRESPASSING OR RIDING IN PLACES THEY SHOULDN'T. HEY, I WANT THE KIDS TO BE OUT DRIVING THOSE BIKES. I JUST WANT THEM TO BE RESPECTFUL AND BE SAFE.

DON'T TRESPASS, DON'T DAMAGE, DON'T DRIVE ON GREENS. DON'T TEAR UP GREENS THAT HAVE TAKEN A LOT OF TIME AND MONEY TO GET BETTER AND RIDE THEM IN THE RIGHT PLACES. AND MOST OF ALL, I DON'T WANT TO SEE SOMEONE WHICH IS GOING TO HAPPEN EVENTUALLY, LIKE IT DOES IN A CAR OR MOTORCYCLE. SOMEONE GET INJURED OR SOMEONE GET KILLED. SO IF YOU SEE IF YOU SEE THEM AND THEY'RE JUST KIND OF HANGING SOMEWHERE, THE BEST THING TO DO IS TO DON'T APPROACH THEM. THEY'LL USUALLY STAY IN THAT AREA AND PICK UP YOUR PHONE AND CALL THE POLICE OFFICER AND THEY'LL SEND SOMEONE OUT. I DON'T WANT A KID TO SUFFER. GET IN TROUBLE. I JUST WANT PARENTS AND KIDS TO BE SPOKEN TO, WHICH IS WHAT I DO WHEN I CATCH PEOPLE DOING STUFF SO THAT THEY'LL KNOW THIS COULD REALLY TURN INTO SOMETHING BAD. SO JUST HELP US OUT. I JUST WANT TO I THOUGHT I NEEDED TO TOUCH UPON THAT AS I GET CITIZENS EMAILING ME AND CALLING ME ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE SEEING, AND THAT'S JUMPING OVER TEA BOXES, RIDING ON GREENS, SO ON AND SO FORTH. I KNOW CHIEF BOYD WAS GOING TO HE'S TRYING TO GET A COUPLE DETECTIVES OUT, MAYBE TO MEET WITH ME SO THEY CAN LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, COMMON PLACES OF ENTRY AND THEN MAYBE PUT SOME CAMERAS OUT OR SOMETHING, BECAUSE IT'S HARD TO IDENTIFY ANYBODY BECAUSE MOST OF THEM ARE DRESSED KIND OF FULLY, BUT THEN THEY HAVE DARK HELMETS ON AND YOU CAN SEE THE COLOR OF A OF A BIKE OR WHATEVER. THE CITY OF LEANDER, YOU KNOW, THESE KIDS ARE LUCKY HERE. I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE SAW IT, BUT A WEEK OR TWO AGO, A BIG ARTICLE CAME OUT. WELL, IT'S A AND I'VE GOT IT ON MY PHONE, BUT I CAN'T QUOTE IT. BUT BASICALLY, ELECTRIC BIKE, NON STREET LEGAL MOTORCYCLE. MANY, MANY, MANY BIKE, SO ON AND SO FORTH. THEY CANNOT BE DRIVEN ON A ON A PUBLIC STREET OR PRIVATE PROPERTY. I MEAN THEY HAD TO CREATE THE ORDINANCE OR THE LAW. HOWEVER THAT IS DONE BECAUSE OF THE ISSUES THEY'RE HAVING. AND I CAN ONLY IMAGINE BECAUSE WE'RE GIVE OR TAKE 14000 PEOPLE. AND, YOU KNOW, I KNOW CEDAR PARKS 100 WILL LEANDER'S UP THERE TOO. SO SORRY TO BE LONG WINDED ON THIS. I'M TALKING ABOUT IT BECAUSE IT AFFECTS OUR GOLF COURSE AND THAT'S MY JOB. WE TALKED ABOUT IT LAST MEETING AFTER YOU LEFT. I THINK MIKE ACTUALLY CALLED WHEN HE SAW SOMEBODY ON THREE. THEY TOLD HIM TO CALL 311, NOT 911 FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I CALLED THE REGULAR PHONE NUMBER AND I GET A DISPATCHER. SO I GOT YOU. ME AND DEVIN WENT OUT LAST FRIDAY AND GOT HIM OFF THE GREEN. YEAH, HE TOLD ME. AND BECAUSE THEY WERE LITERALLY RIDING THEIR BIKES RIGHT OVER THE GREEN. SO YEAH, I MEAN, AND THAT'S, I THINK WE'RE ALL IN THE SAME BOAT. I MEAN, NOBODY WANTS TO SEE KIDS HOLED UP IN THEIR HOUSE, BUT IT'S LIKE HAVE SOME BOUNDARIES NOWHERE, YOU KNOW, NO WAY TO YOU SHOULD BE DOING, NOT DOING SO. STRUCTURE AND SAFETY. CORRECT. YEAH, YEAH.

SO, BUT THANKS FOR LISTENING. OKAY. THANKS. THANK YOU. THANKS. ANY QUESTIONS FOR GREG? I ONLY HAVE ONE FOR HIM, BUT ANYBODY ELSE HAVE A QUESTION? NOPE. AND THIS IS SELFISHLY A QUESTION.

ARE WE GOING TO MOVE THE TRAVIS CUP NOW TO BACK TO POINT VENTURE. I MEAN I THINK THE COURTS WILL BE READY. I DON'T THINK IT WILL BE. IF YOU'RE SAYING STARTING JUNE. NO DECISION ON THAT AS OF YET. OKAY. THE REASON I SAY THAT, MIKE, IS I DON'T EXPECT CONDITIONS TO DETERIORATE AT ALL. I'VE BEEN THROUGH THESE IRRIGATION PROJECTS AND

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BUILDING COURSES BEFORE. SO. THE ONLY THING THAT IT ENTAILS WHATSOEVER, LIKE I'VE PRESSED UPON HERE, IF YOU'RE PLAYING A ROUND OF GOLF AND THERE'S ONE HOLE CLOSED, YEAH, YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE NET PAR. SO IT'S EQUITABLE AND YOU CAN STILL TURN IN YOUR HANDICAP. THAT'S FINE. YEAH. BUT BUT I DON'T I DON'T KNOW RIGHT NOW IT'S ON. OKAY. I JUST DIDN'T EVEN KNOW IF THAT WAS EVEN IN THE IN THE MIND. RIGHT. WE MIGHT HAVE TO MOVE IT. IT WAS IT'S BEEN THERE IN MY MIND FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS UNTIL, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING WAS CONFIRMED THAT, HEY, WE'RE NOT DOING NINE HOLES AT A TIME. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ONE WORST CASE TWO, BUT WE'LL SEE HOW IT LOOKS TOO, BECAUSE WHEN THEY DO IT, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY TRENCH, YOU GOT TO RESOD, YOU GOT TO PUT THINGS BACK. SO RIGHT NOW IT'S ON. BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS IF NEEDED. I WAS JUST CURIOUS. YEAH. BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT OCTOBER USUALLY. YEAH. YEAH. OKAY. THANKS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR GREG? ANY YOU CAN TAKE OFF IF YOU WANT. THANK YOU. ALL IN THE LIONS CLUB EVENT WENT GREAT. THANKS, MICHAEL. EVERYBODY HAD A GOOD TIME. AND THOSE OF YOU THAT WERE THERE ARE VOLUNTEERING. THANK YOU. SEVERAL SEVERAL OF THE PARTICIPANTS WERE ASKING FOR MORE GOLF TOURNAMENTS. THEY REALLY MISSED. YEAH. GOOD. WELL, I MEAN THERE THERE WAS A LOT OF POSITIVE FEEDBACK. GOOD. IT'LL GET BETTER AND BETTER JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S THERE'S DEMAND OUT THERE. I APPRECIATE THAT. ALL RIGHT. SO I DIDN'T HAVE A KEY THAT'S ALREADY LOCKED. I'M GOING TO DROP THAT. SO IF YOU ALL WOULD JUST TURN OFF THE LIGHTS FOR ME AND THAT'S IT. OKAY. AND MIKE, THANKS FOR HELPING ME. LAST TIME I WAS A LITTLE NERVOUS FROM GETTING MARRIED. I TEXTED YOU, TURN THAT OFF. YOU ALL READY? I'LL SEND YOU THAT. SO HAVE A GOOD ONE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. MOVE ON TO THE APPROVAL OF OUR LAST

[IV.1. Approval of the March 24, 2026, Golf Course Advisory Committee Minutes.]

MEETING NOTES. WE HAVE A ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE OR DO WE HAVE ANY COMMENTS ABOUT IT? MOTION TO APPROVE. OKAY. SECOND. SECOND. ALL RIGHT. MOTION PASSES. MESSED UP ON THAT. I'M GONNA JUMP DOWN TO THREE. CONSIDERATION. POSSIBLE ACTION

[IV.3. Consideration and possible action regarding GCAC 2026 work plan activities. ]

REGARDING THE WORK PLAN. THE ONLY THING I CAN UPDATE ON THAT WOULD BE I KNOW THAT GAGE SENT ME AN EMAIL. HE MET WITH THE IDAC CORP OR WHATEVER IT IS NOW. IT'S ON A COMMITTEE ANYMORE. HE MET WITH THEM AND THERE'S ANOTHER MEETING THAT SHOULD BE TAKING PLACE SOON THAT I SHOULD BE. THAT I WILL BE GOING WITH HIM TO AT THAT POINT, IF IT FITS MY SCHEDULE. SO, BUT THEY SEEM PRETTY EXCITED TO SIT DOWN AND HAVE DISCUSSIONS AND WORK WITH US. AND SO HOPEFULLY THAT TURNS INTO A POSITIVE THING. IT GOES DOWN TO IT. DO WE HAVE ANYTHING FROM THE IS THAT FROM THE THE INTERVIEWS OR THE QUESTIONS TO THE. YEAH, WE FINALLY COMPLETED THE THREE INTERVIEWS WITH THE NEW CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. GREAT MEETINGS, GOT A LOT OF GOOD IDEAS FROM EVERYBODY. I PROMISED THEM, LIKE WE DID THE FIRST ROUND LAST YEAR. ANONYMITY. YES. YEAH.

AND THAT WE WOULDN'T PUBLISH ANYTHING ELECTRONICALLY. NO. OKAY. SO I HATE TO DO THINGS THE OLD FASHIONED WAY, BUT THIS THESE ARE THE NOTES FRONT ITS ONE PAGE FRONT AND BACK. OKAY.

AND I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF IN THERE THAT MAYBE WE CAN, AFTER PEOPLE HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW IT AND THINK ABOUT IT, WE COULD PUT ON THE AGENDA FOR NEXT MEETING TO DISCUSS OR HAVE A SEPARATE MEETING, IF THAT'S BETTER. OKAY. THIS IS GREAT. GOOD JOB. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YEAH, IT WAS TWO OUT OF THE THREE AFTER THE MEETING. ONE CALLED ME TO ADD SOME MORE STUFF THAT THEY THOUGHT OF AFTER THE MEETING, AND ANOTHER ONE SENT US AN EMAIL TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT WE INCLUDED IN THE BECAUSE THEY FELT SO STRONGLY ABOUT IT. SO I FELT PRETTY GOOD THAT THEY WERE THAT INVOLVED. I AGREE, WE WERE JUST WASTING THEIR TIME. WELL, I THINK ONE THING WE NEED TO REALLY CIRCLE ON, I THINK YOU'RE KIND OF ALLUDING TO THIS IS IS E ON THE BACK. THOSE ARE SOME THINGS THEY'D LIKE TO SEE US INCLUDE IN OUR WORK PLAN GOING FORWARD. YEAH. SO I ASKED THEM FOR ONE THING. AND SOME OF SOME OF THEM WAS JUST A FOUNTAIN THIS MORNING. BUT THAT'S FINE BECAUSE I THINK A LOT OF TIMES WE ARE FLYING

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BLIND HERE. WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT OUR DIRECTION IS. AND SO THIS IS GOOD. SO I THINK THAT. WELL, IN FAIRNESS, I THINK WE'VE BEEN IN A LITTLE BIT OF A HOLDING PATTERN AND WE KIND OF STILL ARE WAITING FOR THIS IRRIGATION. WE ARE. YEAH, AT LEAST NOW WE GOT A WORST CASE DATE, RIGHT? WELL, WE DO ONCE WE START GENERATING MONEY AND I MEAN, WE'RE SHOWING A PROFIT AND THAT WE ARE AN ESSENTIAL ASSET. YEAH. THEN THE MORE THE CITY WILL WANT TO INVEST IN IT. WE HOPE SO. I WILL, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT I HAVE ANOTHER SUGGESTION WITH REGARD TO THE WORK PLAN. THIS WHOLE PARKS AND RECREATION THING. AND AND AT LEAST ONE OF THE CITY COUNCILMEN THOUGHT WE SHOULD BE WORKING WITH THEM. I MET WITH ANDREW GALE, WHO WAS YOUR COUNTERPART ON THAT COMMITTEE LAST YEAR, AND WE HAD A GOOD LUNCH AND EVERYTHING, BUT HE DIDN'T I DIDN'T REALLY FEEL THAT. HE FELT THAT THERE WAS ANY OVERLAP. THE BEST IDEA HE HAD WAS KEEP THE DRIVING RANGE GOLF BALLS OUT OFF THE PARK LAND. CAN YOU GUYS PUT UP A NET OR SOMETHING WHEN THE NET GOT PUT UP AND IT'S STILL NOT TALL ENOUGH, I THINK. I THINK WE DO NEED TO BE TALKING TO THEM, BUT BUT I WOULD ASK A FAVOR OF YOU. I THINK SETTING IT UP PEER TO PEER. SO YOU'RE THE CHAIRMAN OF OUR GROUP WITH HIM. MAYBE THERE'LL BE A LITTLE BIT MORE SERIOUS ABOUT IT, NUMBER ONE. AND THEN WHEN WE DO MEET, YOU BE IN THE MEETING AND THEN YOU BRING YOUR HELPER. HE'LL BRING HIS HELPER. YOU KNOW, THE. YEAH, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT. THE AGREEMENT IS TO WHAT SOME OVERLAP IS. ONE OF THE CITY COUNCILMAN MENTIONED, REMEMBER THAT COMPREHENSIVE PARKS PLAN THAT WE WERE WORKING ON LAST YEAR, BUT NOTHING I THOUGHT IT THE WHOLE THING GOT CANNED BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T TRUST THE CONSULTANTS. THAT WAS THE TEN YEAR PLAN. DO WE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED WITH THAT? OKAY. WHEN THE CITY COUNCILMAN SAYS THAT'S STILL GOING ON. YEAH, THEY WERE I THINK WHAT THEY DID, IF I REMEMBER RIGHT, WAS THAT THEY DIDN'T REALLY LIKE WHAT THE CONSULTANTS DID. AND I WANT TO SAY THEY WENT AND HIRED SOMEBODY ELSE TO COME IN AND KIND OF LOOK AT IT AGAIN AND.

YEAH, AND COME UP WITH, YOU KNOW, BUT IT IS THAT IT'S THAT TEN YEAR KIND OF COMP PLAN FOR OURSELVES FOR THE NEXT TEN YEARS. IT'S SOUNDED LIKE TO THIS ONE CITY COUNCILMAN THAT WE SHOULD BE IN SYNC WITH PARKS AND RECREATION IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE STUFF THAT GOES INTO THAT. SO I'M REAL SURPRISED THAT MIGHT BE A SUBJECT FOR DISCUSSION WE CAN BRING UP. NO, I AGREE, I'M SURPRISED THAT THIS MUSIC ON THE GREENS DIDN'T COME FROM PARKS AND REC. I FIGURED THAT IT DID COME FROM PARKS AND REC. IT ACTUALLY CAME FROM THE CITY. APPARENTLY JENNIFER WITH JENNIFER IS DOING AND KIDS FEST. YEAH, THEY'RE THEY'RE KIND OF THEY'RE SPEARHEADING. WELL THEN YEAH, MAYBE IT'S MORE OF THEM THAT WE NEED TO BE, I THINK. AND I ACTUALLY HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH, WITH JENNIFER. I, YOU KNOW, I CALL BINGO FOR HER WHEN SHE CAN'T CALL IT. RIGHT? RIGHT. HER AND I HAVE A GOOD RELATIONSHIP. SO MAYBE I CAN SIT DOWN AND TALK TO HER TOO, AND JUST SEE. OH, YEAH. AND I THINK WE COULD BRAINSTORM WITH HER. WE'D PROBABLY GET US FURTHER THAN WORKING WITH, YOU KNOW, JUST IN TERMS OF PARKS RECREATION, I'M THINKING THERE MAY, IF WE PEEL BACK THE ONION A LITTLE BIT, THERE MAY BE SOME AREAS WHERE WE AGREE THAT WE HAVE OVERLAP. THEY REQUIRE FUNDING, RIGHT.

NOT PROGRAMING, BUT FUNDING FOR SOMETHING I DON'T KNOW, CLUBHOUSE IMPROVEMENT. I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE OVERLAP IS. IT'S A LITTLE FUZZY TO ME, BUT. APPARENTLY THEY DON'T NEED TO HAVE THAT MORE SERIOUS CONVERSATION THAN THE ONE I HAD LAST YEAR. AND, AND MAYBE I WAS THE WRONG GUY FOR IT, I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T THINK YOU WERE THE WRONG GUY FOR IT. I THINK, I THINK. I JUST THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT IT'S IT WAS DIFFERENT. IT WAS KIND OF A YEAH. THAT YOU COULD SEE THE OVERLAP. I CAN SEE WHERE IT'S LIKE, WELL, YOUR GOLF COURSE, WE'RE WE'RE DOING THE PARKS AND THEN IT'S KIND OF EVEN. AND THEN IT'S EVEN KIND OF HARD TO KNOW, WELL, WHAT ARE THE PARKS? BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK OF THE PARKS AND THE CITY DON'T OWN THOSE PARKS. IT'S THE, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE POA THAT OWNS IT. SO I COULDN'T EVEN TELL YOU WHAT CITY PARKS WE HAVE OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, TO SOME DEGREE, I THINK SOME OF THE THINGS I REMEMBER HEARING ABOUT THIS, THIS COURSE WE HAD WITH THESE FOLKS IS IT GOT OFF INTO THINGS THAT AREN'T REALLY GOLF. SO THE THERE NEEDS TO BE KIND OF A FOCUS ON CITY ON SOME OF THIS STUFF RATHER THAN JUST GOLF. LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, SOME OF THE RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES OR THE ALTERNATE USES OF THE, OF THE CLUBHOUSE AND STUFF OR, OR IMPROVEMENTS FOR OTHER TYPES OF ACTIVITIES, I THINK GOES BEYOND JUST GOLF. RIGHT?

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CORRECT. SO I DON'T KNOW, IS THERE IF THERE'S A STRATEGIC PLANNING PERSON OR GROUP IN THE CITY THAT KIND OF SUPPORTS AND PUSHES THAT KIND OF STUFF THAT MAYBE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE LIKE STUFF FROM MAYBE OUR GROUP AND MAYBE GREG AND MAYBE PARKS AND 1 OR 2 OTHER ORGANIZATIONS COLLECTIVELY GET TOGETHER AND SAY, HEY, HERE'S WHAT WE GOT THAT WE NEED TO HAVE AS A, AS A PLANNING HORIZON AND A BUDGETARY HORIZON, THAT SORT OF THING. YEAH. THE THREE THINGS THAT WAS THE FEELING I GOT IS IT'S A LITTLE BIT BIGGER THAN JUST GOLF. YEAH. RIGHT. THREE THINGS FOR GOLF COURSE, CLUBHOUSE AND COMMUNITY VENUE, THE WHOLE COMMUNITY VENUE THING.

I DON'T SEE THAT AS BEING GREG'S PROBLEM. IT'S A BIG NO. THAT'S REALLY KIND OF COMES TO THE CLUBHOUSE AND THE CITY COUNCILMAN THAT WE TALKED TO LAST YEAR END THIS YEAR, COMMUNITY VENUE. IT'S A GREAT BILL. I MEAN, YOU HAVE THE PROPERTY THERE TO DO SOMETHING WITH IT. IT'S A MATTER OF HAVING THE FUNDS, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, RIGHT DOWN THERE WHERE THE POOL USED TO BE. THAT'S PERFECT. YEAH, YEAH. AND I THINK THERE'S OTHER THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE WITH IT, BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE SOME MONEY. I'LL JUST COMMENT THAT THE SUNSET PARK IS THE MAJOR CITY PARK. CORRECT. AND AND THEN THERE'S SOME POCKET PARKS. WHAT, WHAT, WHAT I THINK WE'RE GETTING AWAY FROM WE'RE GOING TO GET AWAY FROM THAT TERM, THE POCKET PARK, BUT THERE'S SOME SMALL PARKS AND THOSE, IN FACT, KEEP LAGO VISTA BEAUTIFUL WAS, IS, YOU KNOW, MAINTAINS AND HELPS MAINTAIN A LOT OF THOSE AND WAS PROPOSING SOME EXPANSION AT BELDEN POINT THAT THAT PARTICULAR SMALL PARK. SO SO ANYWAY, THOSE THOSE ARE THERE.

AND THEN FROM A GREATER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STANDPOINT, WHICH IS THE WHOLE EDC. IS, YOU KNOW, THE NEED FOR GROWING ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS, NOT ONLY FOR OUR CURRENT CITIZENS, BUT ALSO TO DRAW PEOPLE IN. AND SO, SO ANYWAY, ALL OF THAT'S FAIRLY NEW AND EVOLVING. AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S THE GOLF COURSE FITS INTO THAT BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S, YOU KNOW, THE MUSIC ON THE GREENS OR MOVIES ON THE GREENS IS, IS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO USE THE GOLF COURSE TO, TO HELP HELP DO THAT. RIGHT. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAW SOMETHING ON THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SCHEDULE OF EVENTS, AND THEY HAD EVENTS GOING ON AT CADDYSHACK DOWN IN POINT VENTURE, WHERE THEY WERE UTILIZING THE FACILITY FOR THINGS OTHER THAN GOLF. AND IT CAUGHT MY ATTENTION. OH, REALLY? THAT IS INTERESTING. JUST BECAUSE OF THAT. YEAH. BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S DIFFERENT I'M NOT SURE THE WHO, WHETHER THE JOINT VENTURE POA IS OWNS THE CADDYSHACK OR WHAT THE SITUATION IS THERE. BUT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THE PO OWNS IT.

YEAH. AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WHERE WE GET INTO SOME GRAY AREAS HERE IS THAT NOT ONLY DID THE CITY OWN THE BUILDING THERE, BUT IT'S ALSO LEASED BY, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY WHO'S RUNNING IT.

YEAH. YEAH. WHAT? IT'S LEASED. YEAH. LEAKS. LEAST IT'S LEAST I MEAN DUSTIN, DUSTIN LEASE, YOU KNOW, LEASES IT FOR, YOU KNOW. AND SO THE BUNKER ITSELF IS NOT CITY OWNED. AND I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH YOU HAVE TO INCLUDE THAT BENEFITS FROM ALL THIS STUFF. NO, I TOTALLY AGREE.

I TOTALLY AGREE, BUT THAT'S WHAT I MEAN, WHICH I'LL SAY THIS NOW IF HE'S WATCHING, I MEAN, DUSTIN'S BEEN GREAT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HE LIKE, I KNOW IF YOU GO TO THAT MOVIE ON THE GREENS, I MEAN, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE BRINGING THE FOOD TO YOU THERE. YOU CAN ORDER AND THEY BRING IT TO YOU. AND SO, SO HE IS INTERACTING WITH THAT. I MEAN, OF COURSE IT BENEFITS THE HIS RESTAURANT. SO SO I DON'T THINK AND DUSTIN WANTS TO SEE THE GOLF COURSE GET, YOU KNOW, WHERE IT IS TOO, AS WELL. HE'S YOU KNOW, HE'S A HUGE GOLFER. SO I DON'T EVER SEE HIM BEING A PROBLEM. I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT THE IF THERE'S LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS YOU CAN JUMP THROUGH, YOU KNOW. YEAH. I MEAN THERE'S SOME THERE'S SOME I KNOW THERE'S SOME STUFF THERE THAT'S KIND OF WEIRD. AND I CAN, I MEAN, ONE THING THAT I, I LOOKED AT ONE TIME ABOUT BINGO THERE AND BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE CADDYSHACK DOES AND ALL THAT. AND JUST TO CALL BINGO THERE YOU HAVE TO JUMP THROUGH SO MANY HOOPS TO GET A TO GET BINGO THERE. THAT'S A LOT MORE BECAUSE OF THE CITY. YEAH. BUT THAT'S WHAT JENNIFER SANDOVAL AND ALL THOSE PEOPLE HELP WITH THAT RIGHT? YEAH. CADDYSHACK OUT OF CADDYSHACK. SHE DOES. I MEAN HERE SOMETHING WE CAN WE COULD SOMEWHAT BRING IT TO TO THEIR ATTENTION, BUT IT'S IT WAS, IT WAS NOT AN EASY, IT WAS NOT EASY TO JUST GO DOWN THERE AND SAY, I WANT TO CALL BINGO. IT'S FOR IT'S IT'S, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT WE'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE ANY MONEY. WE'RE JUST, WE'RE WHATEVER WE BRING IN, WE'RE GIVING AWAY. IT'S NOT THAT EASY. IT'S DIFFERENT FOR WHATEVER REASON DOWN AT THAT AT

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THE BUNKER. SO. I THINK THAT TO GET INTO BINGO IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. YEAH, IT REALLY IS. YEAH.

SO YOU HAVE TO BE A NONPROFIT FIRST AND YOU GOT TO DO, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF HOOPS. YOU HAVE TO JUMP. YOU JUST HAVE TO DO BINGO AT THE BUNKER. YOU COULD BECAUSE THE LIONS ARE A NONPROFIT AND THEY PROBABLY COULD DO IT. REJECTED. BINGO.

SO BECAUSE ONCE YOU START GETTING INTO ALL THE STUFF YOU GOT TO DO, YOU GO, IT'S AMAZING HOW ANYBODY CAN GET IT DONE. IT IS. IT'S VERY TOUGH. YEAH. SO I DO AGREE WITH THAT. ALL RIGHT.

ANY OTHER ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON THAT. AND I WILL I'LL REACH OUT TO THE PARK AND REC PERSON AND SEE IF WE CAN MEET AND HAVE A TALK. I THINK THEY HAVE 1 OR 2 PEOPLE. THEY HAVE WHAT DAVID MONTGOMERY AND ANDREW GALE. SO I'LL REACH OUT TO HIM AND ANY OPEN DISCUSSIONS WE WANT TO GO

[IV.4. Discussion regarding future meeting topics.]

THROUGH. I WAS THINKING OF HAVING AN OPEN DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS, BUT MAYBE NEXT MEETING.

OKAY. YEAH. THAT'S FINE. PEOPLE HAVE TIME TO LOOK AT IT. YES. I FIGURED THAT'S WHAT WE DO. WE'D ALL KIND OF LOOK AT IT. YEAH, I'D LIKE TO READ IT OVER AND. YEAH. AND MAKE NOTES AND COPIES TO HUNT AND GRACE. I THINK I KNOW WHERE JASON LIVES. THIRD HOUSE ON THE LEFT FROM THE GOLF COURSE? YES. WITH THE BIG ROSE BUSH IN FRONT. YES. YEP. AND THEN I CAN LOOK UP GAGE ON THE HUNT MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY WHERE HE LIVES. I'LL GET THEM THERE. OR COPIES. OKAY. NEXT MONTH I WILL. I MEANT TO DO IT THIS MONTH. NEXT MONTH I WILL SEND OUT AN EMAIL BEFORE I SEND IN THE MINUTES TO BE PUT ON THE AGENDA, TO BE PUT ON THE SITE, TO GET ANY INPUT OF ANYTHING WE WANT TO PARTICULARLY WANT TO TALK ABOUT. AND THAT WAY WE HAVE IT ON THERE. SO RATHER THAN AND YOU CAN JUST TELL ME, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THIS AND WE'LL PUT IT DOWN AS AS A DISCUSSION ITEM FOR THE NEXT MEETING. RIGHT NOW I'VE JUST BEEN COPYING WHAT LARRY'S BEEN SENDING PROBABLY THE LAST 3 OR 4 YEARS. SO I DEFINITELY WANT TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAILED INTO IT. SO. ALL RIGHT. FUTURE MEETING DATES. WE HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH THE MAY 26TH

[IV.2. Consideration and possible action regarding Golf Course Advisory Committee (GCAC) Future Meeting Dates.]

DATE? IT'S THE DAY AFTER MEMORIAL DAY. I WILL BE HERE. THAT'S GOOD FOR ME. YEAH. MAY 26TH. I'LL BE DAMNED. I'LL BE HERE. ALL RIGHT. YEAH. SAME TIME, SAME STATION. YEP. SO WE WILL PLAN ON OUR NEXT MEETING BEING MAY 26TH. SO ABOUT MAY 15TH IS WHEN I'LL PROBABLY SEND OUT A NOTICE SAYING, HEY, YOU GUYS HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT NEXT MEETING? AND I'LL PUT ALL THAT IN AND PUT IT IN THE AGENDA. I GOT A POST THE AGENDA BY MAY 21ST OR NO. MAY 19TH, EXCUSE ME, MAY 19TH. SO I GOT I GOTTA POST IT. SO I GIVE YOU ALL 2 OR 3 DAYS TO HIT ME BACK UP. WHAT WE MIGHT WANT TO TALK ABOUT. GAGE WILL BE BACK NEXT TIME, SO HE'LL BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT THE EDC MEETING HE HAD. HE WAS GOING TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT, BUT HE GOT CALLED INTO A LIKE A GRAND GRANDFATHER THING OR SOMETHING, SOMETHING ACROSS TOWN. I TELL HIM NOT TO WORRY ABOUT IT GETTING BACK. SO THERE'S GOING TO BE A QUICK ONE TONIGHT, GENTLEMEN AND LADY.

ALL RIGHT. SO DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER THING WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT? IF NOT, THEN I'LL WAIT FOR A MOTION TO ADJOURN. I MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. ALL RIGHT.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.