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green right in front of it set up for now. The plan is to work on it in the following weeks and it <br />should be very close to done. We are around $100,000 for season pass sales so far and a lot of <br />that good early turnout has been the hard work of everyone really just getting the word out. <br />Aaron Perri noted the Park Board did set the season rates back to the 2015 levels. This probably <br />isn't the year to look at any major pricing strategy changes before we can get some serious <br />studies done. The rates were changed back to 2015 levels, which were approved about an hour <br />ago, and should help in making sure we do not have declining revenue this year. <br />TJ Mannen stated they just came out with an all new website for the golf course system as a <br />whole including Elbel which will allow the department to keep people updated on the state of the <br />greens going forward. <br />Councilmember Broden asked about the state of concessions at Elbel <br />TJ Mannen responded Elbel just received a five (5) star rating from the Health Department for <br />the third consecutive year for concessions. The Health Department is coming to Erskine on <br />Wednesday and the concessions are already open at Elbel. It has been a busy week getting <br />everything up and running but there is interest in doing another nightly event like the one at <br />Erskine but this time doing it at Elbel. There has been nothing set yet but they are also looking at <br />some non -golf events in the future as well. <br />Elbel for Everyone presented a presentation on current and potential complimentary uses for <br />Elbel Park. <br />Chris Cobb, 215 E. Pokagon St. South Bend, thanked the Committee for allowing Elbel for <br />Everyone to give this presentation. This group is making this presentation because the <br />complimentary uses for Elbel Park are what make Elbel attractive to everyone. It is the goal of <br />Elbel for Everyone for all citizens of South Bend to go to Elbel and appreciate the natural beauty <br />of the park. <br />Complementary uses need to fit with golf as the existing priority of the park and that should be <br />the primary use going forward. Complementary uses should also be activities that are <br />ecologically fitting to keep Elbel the crown jewel of the park system for as far into the future as <br />we can see. Complementary uses must take advantage of time, space, organizers, and cost. <br />Finding times of the day and times during the year where the course is not being used for golf is <br />important. Uses must be friendly to the current makeup of the course and the City should look <br />into adding alternate points of access so as not to disturb the golfers. These events would be <br />volunteer driven and organized with a revenue result as neutral or profitable. These are events we <br />could start doing right now this season and this year without additional revenue needed. Those <br />bigger projects of course should be analyzed and looked into as well and be pursued especially <br />with respect towards education for the City. <br />There are already many current complementary activities taking place at Elbel. These include <br />residents meeting on Sundays for birding, local high school athletics (golf and cross country <br />competitions), sledding & cross country skiing, and wildlife photography. <br />OA <br />