Why is tonight's 6 pm Hollywood Beach Golf Course and Clubhouse Project meeting being held virtually? So that it's easier for vendors/contractors, and more difficult for taxpayer citizens? Because it conforms to the city's new unspoken policy of putting citizens last.

Why is tonight's 6 pm Hollywood Beach Golf Course and Clubhouse Project meeting being held virtually? So that it's easier for vendors/contractors, and more difficult for taxpayer citizens? Because it conforms to the city's new unspoken policy of putting citizens last.

My comments are below City of Hollywood flier.

Join the Department of Design and Construction Management, along with Bermello Ajamil & Partners, Inc., and Richard Mandell Golf Architecture for a virtual meeting on Thursday, December 16th at 6:00 p.m. Participants will discuss the proposed conceptual designs for the Hollywood Beach Golf Course and clubhouse.

Hollywood Beach Golf Course and Club House Meeting

Event number: 2630 114 8688
Event password: DCM1216
Phone number to join: 408-418-9388

Details are at bottom.

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So, to quote myself yet again on several subjects within Hollywood over the past 21 months, why has the City Manager and the city's Parks & Recreation Dept. decided that this meeting involving millions of dollars, the public's thoughts on aesthetics, form and function at a city-owned facility, being held virtually instead of in-person at a city facility like City Hall or one of the Community Centers?

For those of you whom I haven't mentioned it to, I was the only Hollywood citizen present at the first few Evaluation Committee meetings regarding this project, taking copious notes starting from the start in May and June of 2019. Often writing notes while hearing ignorant or odd comments made over-and-over by Comm. members.
I saw the presentations, good and bad and unpersuasive, and heard the rather dismal and blithe line of questioning by the Evaluation Comm.

I was never more unhappy at a public meeting in the city, and was displeased on several levels, not the least of which was the city's galling and abject failure over many years to actually engage the city's golfers, the very people who would actually use the facility the most.

It was as if the city had no idea who the most-frequent end-user for this facility was.

Many on the Eval. Comm. seemed much more interested in water retention issues, or even whether or not kids/civic groups would be able to have coffee tables there on weekends, I guess to raise money selling candy bars or food or create awareness of their group's upcoming events. It was crazy.

So in that sense, a concern for non-germane purposes rather than how to make a city facility much-better, more dynamic, and more appealing to everyone in the community, including the people locally outside of Hollywood who should want to use the facility if it is ever going to be a success.
Leslie Del Monte's questions and comments were especially ridiculous!

I disagreed with the rankings from the very start, and it only got worse as cronyism and favoritism seemed to run the roost.

The best presentation that got the most votes after round one, Dusenberry Golf Course Design, making perhaps the best public presentation on any subject I'd ever seen at Hollywood City Hall in the past 18 years, but was not selected, while the incumbent, McCumber Golf, was, despite many questions about long standing problems there under their mgmt. that they never resolved successfully to the public's satisfaction.

The Evaluation Committee process in the City of Hollywood is COMPLETELY BROKEN, and needs to be completely revamped, as a handful of city bureaucrats, including many who weigh in at TAC, get to vote and decide too many important matters without always having any degree of expertise, or, apparently, understanding of what the ultimate goal is and was. A huge disappointment in every sense!

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Description
Scope A: New clubhouse/community center on SW corner to include pro shop, dining area, meeting space. Construction of golf course maintenance building, cart barn and on course restroom building, staging area , signage and parking. 

Scope B - Golf Course renovation. Renovate 18 holes with realignment for relocated clubhouse. New irrigation system, cart paths, landscaping and all required site work. New curbing and fencing along 17th Ave. Regrading and raising the East side of the golf course to allow faster recovery after rain events, renovation of the tees, fairways, bunkers, cart paths and greens. Coordination of a perimeter multi-use path on the West side of the property.

Details
1 Clubhouse/Social Club, Approximately 6,000 to 9,000 SF New Construction.
Division 03 - Concrete, Concrete Forming and Accessories, Precast Concrete, Site-Cast Concrete.
Division 04 - Masonry, Unit Masonry.
Division 05 - Metals.
Division 06 - Wood, Plastics, and Composites, Rough Carpentry, Finish Carpentry, Architectural Woodwork, Architectural Wood Casework.
Division 07 - Thermal and Moisture Protection, Damp proofing and Waterproofing, Thermal Protection, Weather Barriers.
Division 08 - Openings, Doors and Frames, Wood Doors, Plastic Doors, Windows, Hardware, Glazing, Louvers and Vents.
Division 09 - Finishes, Plaster and Gypsum Board, Ceilings, Carpeting, Painting and Coating.
Division 10 - Specialties, Signage, Compartments and Cubicles, Toilet Compartments, Toilet, Bath, and Laundry Accessories, Lockers, Flagpoles, Flags and Banners.
Division 11 - Equipment, Residential Equipment, Residential Appliances.
Division 22 - Plumbing, Instrumentation and Control for Plumbing, Plumbing Piping, Facility Sanitary Sewerage, Plumbing Equipment, Plumbing Fixtures, Residential Plumbing Fixtures, Drinking Fountains and Water Coolers.
Division 23 - Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning (HVAC), Instrumentation and Control for HVAC, HVAC Air Distribution.
Division 26 - Electrical, Instrumentation and Control for Electrical Systems, Lighting.
Division 27 - Communications, Structured Cabling.
Division 31 - Earthwork, Clearing and Grubbing, Earth Moving, Grading, Excavation and Fill, Earthwork Methods, Soil Treatment.
Division 32 - Exterior Improvements, Bases, Ballasts, and Paving, Flexible Paving, Asphalt Paving, Rigid Paving, Concrete Paving, Curbs, Gutters, Sidewalks, and Driveways, Fences and Gates, Irrigation, Planting Irrigation, Planting, Planting Preparation, Turf and Grasses, Plants, Planting Accessories.
Division 33 - Utilities, Water Utilities, Sanitary Sewerage Utilities, Storm Utility Water Drains, Ponds and Reservoirs, Electrical Utilities, Communications Utilities.

Dave 

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