(Dec. 8, 2016) The future of the Ocean Pines Association Country Club could come to a vote during a public meeting on Friday.
During an informal work session this week, talks of a partial renovation of the Tern Grill inside the club turned instead to the major renovation proposed by interim General Manager Brett Hill last month.
Hill had asked the board to consider part of that, an estimated $50,000 to refurbish and redesign the Tern Grill on the first floor, on Monday. Work on that part of the project would need to start soon, he said, if it were to be finished when golf bookings are expected to pick back up in spring.
Other parts of the overhaul, including improvements to the men’s and women’s restrooms on the first floor, could be discussed during the next board meeting, in January, and also be finished in time for the start of the new golf season.
The entire proposed renovation includes replacing the roof and HVAC systems, creating additional meeting spaces upstairs and adding an outdoor deck and additional restaurant space on the second floor.
Total estimates provided in November were about $850,000, spread out over two years. That could be reduced slightly, however, as Hill said this week the outdated HVAC system could be replaced with smaller, more efficient and more easily replaceable split-level systems, costing about $2,000 each.
“It just doesn’t make sense that we’re doing this sort of in a vacuum,” Director Cheryl Jacobs said. “We ought to decide what we’re doing to the whole thing. If we want to work through it in stages that’s one thing, but … we ought to be making a decision about whatever options we’re picking for the whole facility.”
Picking certain segments of the renovation out of the larger picture, Jacobs suggested, could change what could and could not be done in other areas.
That’s all well and good, Hill said, but that decision would need to be made soon.
“We have a board meeting on Friday and our next board meeting is Jan. 25. If we don’t have a consensus of approval for us to start something we’re losing the entire month of January to be able to do work,” he said. “We really have January and February [as] our times when we have the least impact with [golf] operations if we’re making a change.”
He said he would bring two requests for the Friday meeting, one for the approval of the entire project and a second to start renovations of the Tern Grill.
Hill added Golf Director John Malinowski and Facilities Manager Jerry Aveta would attend to answer any questions about the project.
Also likely to appear on the agenda during the meeting, Friday in the community center at 10 a.m., are a proposed change order related to repairs of two bridges in Ocean Pines, and a new vehicle purchase request for public works.
Two items that could be moved to the January board meeting are a request for purchase of new playground equipment for the Manklin Meadows complex and a first reading on revisions on elections procedures, presented by the Ocean Pines Association Elections Committee.
During an informal work session this week, talks of a partial renovation of the Tern Grill inside the club turned instead to the major renovation proposed by interim General Manager Brett Hill last month.
Hill had asked the board to consider part of that, an estimated $50,000 to refurbish and redesign the Tern Grill on the first floor, on Monday. Work on that part of the project would need to start soon, he said, if it were to be finished when golf bookings are expected to pick back up in spring.
Other parts of the overhaul, including improvements to the men’s and women’s restrooms on the first floor, could be discussed during the next board meeting, in January, and also be finished in time for the start of the new golf season.
The entire proposed renovation includes replacing the roof and HVAC systems, creating additional meeting spaces upstairs and adding an outdoor deck and additional restaurant space on the second floor.
Total estimates provided in November were about $850,000, spread out over two years. That could be reduced slightly, however, as Hill said this week the outdated HVAC system could be replaced with smaller, more efficient and more easily replaceable split-level systems, costing about $2,000 each.
“It just doesn’t make sense that we’re doing this sort of in a vacuum,” Director Cheryl Jacobs said. “We ought to decide what we’re doing to the whole thing. If we want to work through it in stages that’s one thing, but … we ought to be making a decision about whatever options we’re picking for the whole facility.”
Picking certain segments of the renovation out of the larger picture, Jacobs suggested, could change what could and could not be done in other areas.
That’s all well and good, Hill said, but that decision would need to be made soon.
“We have a board meeting on Friday and our next board meeting is Jan. 25. If we don’t have a consensus of approval for us to start something we’re losing the entire month of January to be able to do work,” he said. “We really have January and February [as] our times when we have the least impact with [golf] operations if we’re making a change.”
He said he would bring two requests for the Friday meeting, one for the approval of the entire project and a second to start renovations of the Tern Grill.
Hill added Golf Director John Malinowski and Facilities Manager Jerry Aveta would attend to answer any questions about the project.
Also likely to appear on the agenda during the meeting, Friday in the community center at 10 a.m., are a proposed change order related to repairs of two bridges in Ocean Pines, and a new vehicle purchase request for public works.
Two items that could be moved to the January board meeting are a request for purchase of new playground equipment for the Manklin Meadows complex and a first reading on revisions on elections procedures, presented by the Ocean Pines Association Elections Committee.