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DATE SUBMITTED: May 19,2008 BILL # 08- 14 1
AGENDA BILL
CITY OF BREMERTON
CITY COUNCIL
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SUBJECT: Agreement with U.S. Golf Committee Meeting Date: May 28th 2008
Association for 2011 Junior Amateur COUNCIL MEETING Date: June 4th 2008
Championship at Gold Mountain Golf Club. Department: Parks and Recreation
Presenter: W. Birkenthal,Daryl
Metheney
Phone: (360) 473-5752
SUMMARY: Following the suct+ss of the 2006 U.S. Public Links Championship at Bremerton's
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Gold Mountain facility, the City's golf professionals with the support and encouragement of the Gold
Mountain Board of Directors and staff pursued bringing an additional major tournament to
Bremerton. The attached agreement with the U.S. Golf Association outli~es the conditions and terms
for the 2011 Junior Amateur Championship. The agreement is similar to the one executed for the
2006 Public Links event. The event will raise the profile of Gold M9untain within the national golf
community and bring a healthy economic boost to Bremerton' s ,hotels, restaumnts and retail stores
owing to the influx of golfers and attendees from out of town. Local fund raising will be needed to
put on the event and the GolfProfessionaIs have obtained a great deal of positive interest from the
sponsors of the 2006 Public Links Championship. The agreement has been reviewed by the City
Attorney and endorsed in principal by the Gold Mountain Board of Directors at their April 2008
meeting.
. ATTACHMENTS: Agreement with United States Golf Association
FISCAL IMP ACTS (Include Budgeted Amount): Increase in Lodging Tax collection during 2011.
Fund raising will cover the loss of green fees during July 16-23,2011.
APPROVALS:
DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR:
CiTY AITORNEY: ~-
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FINANCE DIRECTOR:
MAYOR:
COMMITTEE CHAIR
COUNCIL PRESIDENT: . CONSENT AGENDA 0
GENERAL BUSINESS ~
PUBLIC HEARING 0
RECOMMENDED MOTION: I move to approve the agreement with the U.S. Golf Association for
the 2011 U.S. Junior Amateur Championship Tournament at Gold Mountain and authorize the mayor
to execute the agreement in substantially the same form as presented.
COUNCIL ACTION: ~prove o Deny o Table o Continue o No Action