Note: The meeting minutes and transcript indicate September 10, 2026, but the provided meeting date is September 25, 2026. This summary uses the specified date.
The Facilities & Transportation Committee of the San Leandro City Council met on September 25, 2026, to receive an informational update on Monarch Bay Golf Club operations and strategic capital planning. The presentation highlighted a record fiscal year, ongoing renovations, and plans to enhance the golf experience, clubhouse hospitality, driving range amenities, and community integration. Committee members discussed capital funding, resident access, and the need for long-term planning. Six members of the public provided comments, ranging from praise for improvements to calls for further investment and management changes. No formal votes were taken.
My apologies for being late in starting this meeting. I went to the wrong location. So my apologies to both the members of the public and to my council members and staff. So the time is 415, and we are going to order the meeting. The facilities and transportation committee of the San Landro City Council today is Thursday September 10th, 2026. Adam Clerk, would you please call roll to establish form? Council Member Bow. Here. Councilmember Aggy Lack. Present. Mayor Gonzalez. Present. Madam Clerk, would you please read your announcement? After each agenda item is presented, the mayor will ask for committee member comments and then take public comment. If you'd like to speak during public comment, please complete a speaker card and submit it to me before the item is heard. Members of the public will have two minutes to share their comments. At this point in time, we will move on to item number two, which is public comment and this public comment on items that are not on our agenda. Do we have anyone from the public who wishes to address this committee on items not on our agenda? Okay, with that being with that being said, we will proceed to item number three, which is a discussion of golf course operations and strategic capital planning. Our update is from Recreation and Parks Director. So we got afternoon. Today we're going to be presenting an update on golf operations and strategic capital planning. So where we stand, a record year, paving its own way. So this year was the best year in club's history as far as total revenue as well as net revenue. We this golf course between the 18 and 9 hole course brought in 6.3 million in revenue, and that was up from uh roughly about 13% over the previous fiscal year. We had 121,000 rounds played this year, and again general subsidy, zero dollars of general subsidy. So its funds are an upkeep are covered through our revenue. I did want to share that although revenue was up, uh the net revenue was also up. So the net revenue uh was 1.6 million, and by net revenue I mean all expenses covered, so net revenue uh to the city. Next slide, please. So the city is firmly in the driver's seat. Uh Monarch Bay is city owned, it's a city asset and city directed. The city owns the property, the land, the building, and the course, assess the strategic priorities and direction, it directs the capital program and approves every project, retains net income, and decides how to reinvest that net income. American Golf Corporation operates day-to-day golf maintenance and concessions. And they work under a fee for service agreement, so management agreement, and that management agreement is uh currently uh the current agreement is through 2029. AGC or American Golf Corporation reports to and coordinates weekly with city staff, specifically the recreation and parks department. So the direction we're moving here at uh the Monarch Bay Golf Club is is on four fronts, and they're all moving at once. We're focusing on golf experience, clubhouse and hospitality, driving range and amenities, and the fourth is community and destination. So signature events, enhanced dining, improved course conditions, and really working on a premier golf experience. So let's talk about the golf experience. This is this the plain surface, this is what we get judged on by golfers. So we've renovated uh all of our teas, so 18 T boxes uh were rebuilt. Phase two is is near completion. Um, and these tea boxes uh were rebuilt after 25 years. Generally, the useful life cycle is about 20, so they were long overdue. And again, this is the first shot in every hall where we're golfers notice the conditions of the golf course. And all of them were laser leveled, and we saw to really be able to absorb and take uh heavy traffic. Continuing with the golf experience, uh, we rebuilt the bunkers and we have healthier turf. So Tony Lima's fairway bunkers plus 19 at the marina course were all redone in drainage, cleaned out the sand, replaced the sand. We're also working with our water plant to update our recycling water pump replacement, which is underway now.