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<br />Ibarra, Evelyn <br />From:AT&T Yahoo Mail <woodena@att.net> <br />Sent:Thursday, June 27, <br />To:eComment <br />Subject:Fw: River View <br /> Attention: This email originated from outside of City of Santa Ana. Use caution when opening attachments or links. <br /> <br /> <br />----- Forwarded Message ----- <br />From: < <br />To: Earl Wooden wooden < <br /> 38 PM PDT <br />Subject: River View <br /> <br />Per our discussion I would like to follow up my thoughts on Riverview Golf Course and Santa Ana's intention to <br />close the course and make it into a city park. I believe this to be a huge mistake and massive financial <br />blunder. Currently Riverview Golf Course is tremendous asset to the city bringing in people from all the local <br />cities. It probably does not earn or add much to city revenue, but it is a well-maintained facility attracting <br />both young and old to its renowned training programs. In addition to adding beauty and serenity, the course <br />does not cost the city precious revenue. There is currently a small well-equipped park adjacent to the south <br />east side of the course. I have been actively playing at this course for over fifteen years and venture to say this <br />facility is one of the most underused facilities I have ever seen. How much more use would a park in the same <br />location over 5 times larger get? <br />Now to the sheer economic impact! Currently the city does not have a financial burden. The proposed park <br />would probably require a minimum of twenty-five to thirty full time employees earning at least $50,000 per <br />year plus benefits of an additional $40,000 per employee, so now Santa Ana would have to budget and $2 to <br />$3 Million just for wages, another $500,000 for annual maintenance and another $120,000 for <br />utilities. Minimum annual outgo at $3.5 Million per year and this does not include the capital improvements <br />required to prior to the conversion which I estimate to be close to another $20 Million. Where is the city <br />going to get this money when the budget is already stretched to the limit? This proposal does not make <br />economic sense. <br />Hope you spend some time and really compare costs and rewards. <br />Daniel J. Carlberg PhD, ChFC <br /> <br />1 <br />