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As you may have read, Mayor Sanders announced a plan to sell out Torrey Pines to special interests. With 16 hours notice (including overnight hours) Mayor Sanders called a meeting of the parties involved with his proposed fixes to be implemented at the Torrey Pines and Balboa golf courses. SDMGA had forced an invitation to the Mayor’s meeting through the efforts of concerned city council members. At the meeting, the mayor announced that he would delay building the clubhouse until after the U.S. Open, but gave away public parkland to the Century Club to build its headquarters in a significant step toward the privatization of Torrey Pines. With respect to fees and access, the Mayor plans to support the unjustified and exorbitant fee increases in the Golf Five Year Plan and added these new twists.
- Eliminate the senior rate
- Eliminate the county rate
- Institute a new charge of $25 to $40 for a resident to make a reservation; for a weekday round on the North, this would run the fees up to $64, more than double the current resident fee and quadruple the current senior rate
- Limit resident play to a maximum of 50 times per year per individual
- Limit resident play to a maximum of 2 times per week per individual
- Cut Torrey Pines Men’s Golf Club tee times by 60%
- Cut Torrey Pines Women’s Golf Club tee times by 50%
There was no explanation given about why the dramatic fee increases were necessary over the Five Year Plan’s high increases even though the $13 million in construction costs of the clubhouse was no longer in the plan. Nothing was mentioned about weekly restrictions on the number of times per week a hotel guest or other out of town golfer may play. Since the subject was avoided, the assumption is that it is unrestricted. Even though the city's gift of 280 preferential tee times per week to the Torrey Pines Hilton and the Torrey Pines Lodge are under legal attack, the Mayor plans to continue to give away tee times to these groups at below market rates. It is estimated that the Lodge clears at least $200,000 per year by reselling these tee times to its guests at the true market rates. A copy of the “Talking Points” Sanders used at the Wednesday meeting and the many unanswered questions it fails to address is posted at our website. Click on "Talking Points".
Here is how you can help:
1. It is important that sign our petition if you have not already done so.
2. Email, write or call the mayor, each member of the city council and the city attorney. (PLEASE SEND US A COPY OF YOUR EMAIL TO info@sdmga.org).
You can copy any of the information from above and paste it into each of the emails or letters or you can use it as a guide for your own words but please contact the mayor, the council members and the city attorney. Thank you for your support. Please send us a copy your email to info@sdmga.org. Use the email address list below.
The San Diego Municipal Golfers Alliance (SDMGA)
E-mail addresses of Mayor, City Council Members and City Attorney:
Mayor Jerry Sanders - JerrySanders@sandiego.gov
District 1 Council Member Scott Peters - ScottPeters@sandiego.gov
District 2 Council Member Kevin Faulconer - CouncilDistrict2@sandiego.gov
District 3 Council Member Toni Atkins - toniatkins@sandiego.gov
District 4 Council Member Tony Young – anthonyyoung@sandiego.gov
District 5 Council Member Brian Maienschein - bmaienschein@sandiego.gov
District 6 Council Member Donna Frye - donnafrye@sandiego.gov
District 7 Council Member Jim Madaffer - jmadaffer@sandiego.gov
District 8 Council Member Ben Hueso - benhueso@sandiego.gov
Office of the City Attorney - cityattorney@sandiego.gov
Phone contact:
Mayor Jerry Sanders: (619) 236-6330; Fax: (619) 236-7228
Phone numbers for City Council members can be found at http://www.sandiego.gov/citycouncil/index.shtml