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Home My WebLink About2026-01-15 Regular MeetingAgenda City of Grapevine, Texas Golf Course Advisory Board January 15th, 2026 1:00 P.M. Grapevine Golf Course Clubhouse (Multipurpose Room) 3800 Fairway Drive Grapevine, Texas 76051 Call to Order Citizen Comments Any person who is not scheduled on the agenda may address the <Board> under Citizen Comments or on any other agenda item <by completing a Citizen Appearance Request form with the staff>. A member of the public may address the <Board> regarding an item on the agenda either before or during the Board's consideration of the item, upon being recognized by the <Chairman> or upon the consent of the <Board>. In accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, the <Board> is restricted in discussing or taking action during Citizen Comments. New Business 1) Summary of Golf Course Operations 1st Quarter (Eric Hunt) 2) Golf Course Maintenance Report (Merlin Tielkemeier) 3) Persimmon's Bar & Grill Update (Meghan Hererra) 4) Instruction Program & Outings (Eric Hunt) 5) Head Golf Professional Search (Eric Hunt) Consideration of minutes Consider approval of the minutes of the October 18th, 2025 meeting and take any necessary action. Adjournment If you plan to attend this public meeting and you have a disability that requires special arrangements at the meeting, please contact the Grapevine Golf Course, Russell Pulley, at 817-410-3380 at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting. Reasonable accommodations will be made to assist your needs. In accordance with Texas Government Code, Chapter 551.001 et seq. Acts of the 1993 Texas Legislature, the Golf Course Advisory Board Agenda was prepared and posted on this the 8th Day of January, 2026 AT 5:00 P.M. Eric Hunt, PGA Director of Golf (817) 410-3185 at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting. Reasonable accommodations will be made to assist your needs. In accordance with Texas Government Code, Chapter 551.001 et seq, Acts of the 1993 Texas Legislature, the Grapevine Convention & Visitors Bureau Advisory Board Meeting agenda was prepared and posted on this the 9th day of January, 2026 by 5:00 p.m. B kec y Roberson Executive Assistant STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF TARRANT CITY OF GRAPEVINE The Golf Course Advisory Board of the City of Grapevine, Texas met in regular session on this 15th of January 2026 at 1:00 p.m. at the Grapevine Golf Course, 3800 Fairway Drive, with the following members present: Louis Capone Member (Present) Mark Wykes Member (Present) Robert Blalock Member (Present) Tom Cherry Member (Present) Ronnie Hatley Member (Present) Dion Christison Member (Present) Jonathan Wall Member (Present) Ryan Gradke Member (Not Present) Cary Kyhl Member (Present) Constituting a quorum, with the following members of the City Staff: Eric Hunt Director of Golf Chadd Kaiser Co-Head Golf Professional (as of 1/25/26) Merlin Tielkemeir Head Superintendent Meghan Hererra Assistant Restaurant Manager Paul Slechta City of Grapevine Council Member CALL TO ORDER Tom Cherry called the meeting to order at 1:00pm. CITIZEN COMMENTS No citizen comments. New Business 1) Eric Hunt commented on the golf department numbers and stated he was excited and honored about his new position. Robert Singletary retired at the end of 2025. Eric Hunt was promoted to Director of Golf/General Manager. All items were up in the first quarter due to rate increase and very favorable weather. Only four bad days of weather and the course is in great shape as a result. We are looking at hiring new staff for the spring and Logan Lisenby is a new employee in the Golf Shop. Robert Singletary will serve in a consulting role in the future. Jim Olinger also retired from Golf Course Maintenance after 20+ years. We will resurface greens on Bluebonnet starting in May. Course should be closed for 4- 5 months. Conversations are under way on how handle being only an 18 hole course. Cary Kyhl asked about any other projects while Bluebonnet is closed. Merlin/Eric answered about possible new bunkers (BB #7 & BB #9) and #3/4 cart path improvements. 2) Merlin stated grass has not gone completely dormant because of the warm weather. Poa seems less this year. #7 on Bluebonnet still has a significant amount Poa. 2 Proceeding with normal winter projects and tree trimming, especially on Bluebonnet. Tom Cherry asked about upgrading irrigation system. Merlin stated they are slowly upgrading sprinkler heads and pumps. Robert Blalock asked about Pecan being closed for a couple days in January. Merlin stated there was a drilling test for a new bridge on Pecan #3. Tom Cherry asked if bridge replacement would close Pecan. Merlin stated we would avoid having 2 nines closed at the same time. Bridge will probably be replaced in 2-3 years. He hopes to time it with Green Replacement on Pecan. Cary Kyhl asked if staff will change when greens are replaced. Merlin stated his staff levels would remain the same. Mark Wykes asked about short game area reception. Merlin said the short game is a success and used a lot. 3) Meghan commented on Persimmon’s and they had a good quarter. They targeted events and more than half were repeat events. Weather has helped revenues for the quarter. Tom Cherry asked about the adjustment of hours. Meghan stated that we adjusted hours to match business levels . Mark Wykes asked when we are planning on hiring a chef/kitchen manager. Meghan stated we have posted the position. Meghan stated we will take our time and hire during the spring. Meghan and Hunter can handle during the winter. Mark Wykes asked about staffing levels in Persimmons. Meghan stated that levels are good and the team is doing well with great teamwork. No Chef/Kitchen Manager, Cost of goods were in a rough spot. Restoke App has been helpful managing cost of goods. Meghan stated Fairway Events Center is not built for catering, not enough space to clean items. Tom Cherry asked how Events Center suggestions been received. Meghan said they were passed on to the CVB. Meghan said we need make sure events at the Fairway Events Center make sense for her operation. She stated it is challenging moving everything back and forth. Tom Cherry stated Robert’s retirement party was excellent. 4) Eric commented on the instruction programs which continues to grow. David’s junior academy has grown so much he had to split his class up due to his growth on Wednesday’s and Sunday’s. Chris Martin’s lesson book has increased. The outing season was very successful in the 4th quarter with different sizes of outings and we are getting several repeat customers who sign up for the next year. Groups of 20+ players are required to do food in Persimmon’s. 5) Eric Hunt’s Head Professional position was posted internally and received three good candidates. Eric will be promoting Chad Harris and Chadd Kaiser as Co-Head Golf Professionals. Eric said he would post the open Assistant Golf Professional position shortly. CONSIDERATION of MINUTES Consideration to approve the minutes from the October 16th, 2025 meeting were approved by a motion by Robert Blalock with a second from Mark Wykes. ADJOURNMENT 3 Tom Cherry asked for an adjournment of the meeting (1:50pm) and a second was made by Robert Blalock. All were in favor and no one opposed. ATTEST: ___________________________ Eric Hunt, PGA Director of Golf APPROVED: ___________________________ Tom Cherry Chairman