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CIN COUNCIL MINUTES - August 23, 1978 D. SPECIAL ORDERS: (Continued) 7. a) Proposed revocation of Conditional Use Permit, ADOBE CREEK COUNTRY CLUB, File C.U.P. #8004-74. Mr. Brown Licensee. Adobe Creek Country Club, resumed, under oath, updating Councllmembers on events slots the last heartng and Introduced a letter from the current President of the Board of Directors of Adobe Creek Country Club. to his Inquiries of tlnanclal s Owner has assumed for the Club, Manager, and problems the Board Owner/Adobe Creek Country Club, questioned Mr. Brown as acus when he joined the Club, the liability that the Land compliance with the Management Contract by the Land Owner/ would experience In managing the Club themselves. Councilman Perkins objected to the line of questioning as to future problems the Club may experience rather than getting answers to the Issues at hand. Mr. Myers Attorney for the Land Owner/Adobe Creek Country Club, spoke for the relevancy of the questioning In view of his client's repeated efforts to prevent just these type of problems with his approach to the management of the Club's activities. Councllmembers questioned Mr. Brown as to the difficulties encountered In the current negotiations by Club members to purchase the Club, the Initiation of the negotiations by the Land Owner subsequent to Use Permit compliance questioning by the Town, the legal status of the various Boards, the ramifications of a recent letter to Club members from the Land Owner (introduced Into the record) as It pertains to expenses Incurred by the Club and the Inclusion Into the record of the Club's Minute Book of October 1975 to March 1977. The City Attorney ascertained from Mr. Brown that he had no knowledge of why there weren't any Minutes available since 1977 or why the Town had experienced difficulty In the past In obtaining this and other documents called for In the Use Permit from the Club. He then asked Mr. Brown about the Club's inability to obtain financial records of outside activities_ from the Land Owner/Manager as well as Input into any accounting procedures of the Club. Mr. Johnston Licensee Adobe Creek Country Club, offered history of the Club since his joining in July, 1976 and answered questions from Council and the City Attorney relative to his failure to examine financial records even when he was a Board member, violations advised of by the Club's and Land Owner's attorney, Mr. Zoller, which precipitated the re-structurtng of the Board, areas of concern as expressed by the various Board members and his lack of knowledge as to the number of people Involved or revenue collected from dutslde activities. Mr. Myers Attorney for the Land Owner/Adobe Creek Country Club, questioned Mr. Johnston as to legal advice sought in the past by Club members that the Land Owner had paid for and that one Club member was designated to co-sign checks with the Land Owner/Manager. Mr. CrawfordLicensee, Adobe Creek Country Club, expressed concern over the Club's future and his opposition to the Use Permit revocation. MOTION SECONDED AND CARRIED: Moved by Councilman McReynolds, seconded by Councilman Proft and passed unani musty to direct the City Manager to write letters to Adobe Creek Country Club and Adobe Creek Properties, Inc. requesting financial records since the Inception of Adobe Creek Country Club as they relate to the Club, all financial records of the Land Owner, Mr. Belluccl, or any other entity he controls which has a financial relationship with this property, records of all catering and outside activities supplied for or held at Adobe Creek Country Club and any other Minutes or changes to the By -Laws and/or Articles y of Incorporation that may exist. Also, to request that Mr. Bellucci attend the next Public *W Hearing. All of the Information needed is pursuant to the terms of the Conditional Use Permit and the annual review thereof. -4-