The club has a busy schedule of social and competitive golf events. Check our Calendar and set your plans to participate.

UPCOMING TOWN HALL MEETINGS FOR BUILDING PROJECT
The Board of Directors will be conducting a series of 3 Town Hall Meetings for our shareholders in the coming 4 weeks.  The purpose of the meetings is to invite the shareholders of the St Cloud Country Club to an open forum meeting to discuss the details of the Clubhouse Project.

Your understanding and input of this project is paramount to making the best decisions for all members.  Please plan on attending one of the upcoming Town Hall Meetings.  Your meeting attendance is determined by an alpha sort of member last names.  If you have a schedule conflict with your designated date feel free to attend a Town Hall Meeting that fits your schedule. If you are attending a Town Hall Meeting on a date other than your designated date please call the Business Office at 320-253-1331 extension 5 or email rolliec@stcloudcountryclub.com.

Town Hall Meeting 1 - Thursday, July 15 - 6:30 p.m. - Clubhouse - Members A though G
Town Hall Meeting 2 - Thursday, July 29 - 6:30 p.m. - Clubhouse - Members H through O
Town Hall Meeting 3 - Thursday, August 5 - 6:30 p.m. - Clubhouse - Members P through Z.



Click on the ForeTees logo to access the ForeTees program for St. Cloud Country Club.

Members can make tee times online using the ForeTees program. 
Here’s How:
You are now on the member’s website at www.stcloudcountryclub.com,
the Member’s page.
- Click on the ForeTees logo above.
- Enter your “Login” (member # plus 0 for men or member # plus 1 for
      women)
- Enter your “Password” (your last name)
- This takes you to the “Tee Time System Announcement Page” 
Important:  (First time you use the system)
- Go to “Settings” tab (below “Member Tee Time Management”)
- Make sure your email address is entered and is correct.
 
To Make a Time:
- Move your cursor to the “Tee Times” tab (below Member Tee Time Management)
- Left click “Make, Change or View Tee Times” option
- Left click day you want to play
- Left click on the time you want to play

Clubhouse Improvement Project Update - May 2010

On Monday, May 17, 2010,  Club shareholder  members attending the Annual Shareholder's Meeting were presented with Clubhouse renovation/expansion information of the Club's Clubhouse Improvement Project.  That information featured costs of options as well as potential financial and financing projections.

To get to this point with our members we must remember that there have been many steps of a logical PROCESS taken to date.  There are a number of steps that remain. 

The steps to this point of the PROCESS have been implemented through the time and talents of a number of your fellow members.  They include members serving on the Board of Directors, the Finance Committee, the Long Range Planning Committee (LRPC) and three sub-committees of the LRPC. 

Those LRPC sub-committees are the Building Sub-committee, the Finance Sub-committee and the Capital Sub-committee.

PROCESS STEPS TO-DATE:
- Development of the Facilities Master Plan Study - October 2006
- Member Presentation of the Master Plan Study - June 2007
- Formation of 3 LRPC Sub-committees & Meetings - Fall 2007 (on going)
- Building Sub-committee, Finance Sub-committee, Capital Sub-committee
- In-depth Membership Update - June 2008 Newsletter
- Clubhouse Improvement Project Member's Survey - July 2008
- LRPC & Sub-committee Survey Conclusions - August 2008
- Board of Directors Capital Appropriation for Planning - September 2008           
       Blueprinting and costing
- Architect Clubhouse Blueprinting - November 2008
- Clubhouse CONCEPT Plan Development - January 2009
- Clubhouse CONCEPT Presentations - April & May 2009
       Board of Directors & LRPC Committees
       Member's - Annual Shareholders Meeting
- Clubhouse CONCEPT Costing Development with the LRP Building Sub
committee - July through December 2009
       Work with Hagemeister-Mack Architects,  Winkelman
       ConstructionCompany and R.A. Morton Construction Management
       Company
       Financial and financing option development by the LRP Finance Sub-Committee
- Development of  Major Clubhouse Upgrade Option - September and October 2009
       Work with Hagemeister Mach Architects and Winkelman Construction
       Company
       Financial and financing option development by the LRP Finance Sub-
       committee - November & December 2009. LRP Finance Sub-committee.

The CONCEPT presented at the May 2009 Annual Shareholder's Meeting was a Clubhouse Improvement that includes remodeling and expansion.  Murray Mack of Hagemeister Mack Architects developed the CONCEPT presented. 

A comprehensive and insightful question and answer period followed the CONCEPT presentation.  An overview of those questions and answers has been featured on the website since the summer of 2009 and was featured in the Clubhouse through the end of the 2009 season.  Some of those questions and answers are shown here.

Q.  What would the added square footage be?

A.  Although the presented CONCEPT is just that, a CONCEPT, the Clubhouse square footage could go from 15,040 to possibly 21,000 to 22,000 square feet.

Q.  What would the cost of the presented CONCEPT be?

A.  Keeping in mind that what has been presented is a CONCEPT and those costs of the Clubhouse Improvement Project CONCEPT is $3,200,000.  Additional study on the costs has taken place to narrow the estimate, analyze potential cost savings, and identify opportunities for alternates that could provide for budget control at the time of a potential bidding.

Discussions with the Board of Directors and many members through the summer and into the fall of 2009 identified the need to also develop an alternative to the Clubhouse Expansion and Renovation.  That would be a Major Upgrading of the entire Clubhouse mechanical, electrical, refrigeration and plumbing infrastructure as well and necessary updating of electrical, access and fire protection codes.  Also necessary to be included are many structural aspects of the Clubhouse relating to necessary improvements to energy use efficiency.

Additional PROCESS Steps conducted and added
- Identify steps for the LRP Capital Sub-committee - July & August 2009
       Capital Funding Options & Capital Funding Marketing
- Identify the costs associated with improving the Clubhouse mechanical infrastructure aside from remodeling & expanding the building
       Assess mechanical infrastructure inefficiencies - August & September 2009
       Conduct comprehensive Clubhouse Energy Assessment by Xcel Energy - September 2009
       Identify updating & replacement costs for mechanical infrastructure Improvements - September & October 2009
- Board of Directors Comprehensive Review of Sub-committee projects - November 2009 - April 2010
       Major Clubhouse Upgrade Option Details
       Financial and Financing details for both Clubhouse Improvement Options
       Development of member Power Point presentations
- Detailed Clubhouse Options Member Presentations  - May 2010
       Shareholders Meeting - May 17, 2010
       Member Focus Group Meeting - June 3, 2010
       Member Town Hall Meetings - July 15 & 29, August 5, 2010
- Member Clubhouse Options Voting Process 
       Shareholder ballot mail distribution - September 20, 2010
       Shareholder ballot return deadline - October 1, 2010
       Shareholder Meeting - Announce Clubhouse Project Voting Results -October 7, 2010
- Additional Necessary PROCESS Steps - October 2010 thru April 2011
       Develop and secure down payment funding 
       Secure financing from lenders 

Based on the currently identified time line the earliest the Shareholder approved option for the Clubhouse Improvement Project could begin would be September of 2011.

Your Board of Directors and LRP Committee and Sub-committee members have been committed to working with this PROCESS in an orderly, timely, efficient and logical manner. 

Thank you,
Rollie J. Carlson

General Manager

To view a copy of the original study, click on the link below:
SCCC 2006 Master Plan Study

To view a copy of the 2010 Shareholder meeting Clubhouse presentation click on the link below:
SCCC 2010 Shareholder Meeting Presentation

Questions or comments can be sent to mailto:lauriew@stcloudcountryclub.com.