Standing Business

Swim: Swim team meeting Wednesday June 27 to review results from discussions with members on S.W.O.T. for swim program going forward.

Tennis:

Father’s Day tournament email registration had some issues. Several entries were lost. Audrey will assess the system/process for email registration to improve for future events.

Curt Corrigan reviewed options for moving ahead on platform lighting. Due to city ordinances on court light output, more investigation is required before moving ahead. The City requires outdoor lights to output less than 50 foot candles. Curt and John Miller are working with City to understand position on light output. See below for details on standards regarding outdoor sports lighting.

Quantity of Light

Tennis requires surprisingly high levels of light. Inexperienced engineers and lighting designers simply turn to the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) recommendations to check their standards for sports lighting. Unfortunately, these recommendations are surprisingly low and will produce a rather unsatisfactory result for even the most casual tennis player.

It is strongly recommended that the American Sports Builders Association (ASBA — formerly known as the U.S. Tennis Court and Track Builders Association) standards be used to evaluate your proposed lighting system. Fifty footcandles of light is generally considered a minimum light level for serious recreational players, with 75 to 80 footcandles as a more appropriate level. Footcandles in the range of 85 to 100 are recommended for competitive tennis play.

The quantity of light is especially critical for older players. A 50-year-old player needs six times and a 60-year-old player needs 15 times the light needed by a 20-year-old player. Underestimating light quantity for tennis is perhaps the most common mistake made in lighting design. Light fixtures tend to age quite dramatically when first put into use. This is often referred to as the initial "burn-in." Most manufacturers assume at least a 20 percent to 30 percent drop in light levels within the first few months of use. In order to ensure the light level you want over the long term, it is important to specify what is called the "maintained illumination level," which automatically takes into account the anticipated drop in initial lamp output.

There is some risk that if we move to add lighting to additional courts, the City might try to force us to reduce the foot candle output of our current lights to the City standards of less than 50 foot candles. Curt Corrigan made a motion to spend $1500 to hire someone to help facilitate our lighting proposals with the City. The Board unanimously approved the motion.

Platform court was hit by a tree branch during an intense storm without significant damage.

July 4^th party will be run by Jon and Louis. Dee Perry will run the round robin tennis event.

General Business:

Finances and membership are very solid. Six thousand dollars was spent repairing leaks this year.

The clubhouse water meter is over budget. Kid’s have been observed playing with and wasting water in the clubhouse. The outdoor water usage is substantially lower than last year due to training and awareness of employees. Dale will publish a letter to the general membership to address behavior issues with younger members.

Miscellaneous:

· Hillyard machine for cleaning the courts not available until August. We will have a rental available sooner

Next Meeting

Monday, 16 July 2007, 7:00pm at Jon Goodman’s office located at 4750 Table Mesa Drive