I had a wonderful first meeting with Anya Spear, the new Campus
Planning Analyst in our from Campus Development & Operations department.

She replaced Melissa Gutheil, who left the university last Fall but
not before helping us find space in the CSUMB Master Plan to let us
build the Oaks Course.

http://clubs.csumb.edu/discgolf/map/#oaks

Among the things Anya and I discussed:

* Demolition of the dorms along the north end of the Cypress Course
won't be happening this Summer. Project delays have pushed off any
demolition until Spring 2006, so we have lots of time to think about
things.

* There are irrigation ponds being planned for the north end of the
Cypress Course and in an area extending from the 18th to 13th basket
on Cypress (where the parking lot is now). Because the Army has capped
the sewers that used to run-off into the Monterey Bay, these ponds
will be the natural catch for all run-off in wet times. It's about
creating contours to help the water flow, but the digging won't go any
lower than four feet. Anya will keep us in the know when that project
starts in 2006, but it's still only in planning.

* There's also an irrigation pond planned up on large bluff of the
Oaks Course, which would impact holes 4, 5, 7 and 8. Again, it's just
contouring to hold run-off and it wouldn't be any deeper than four
feet. At the very least after a strong winter storm, we would have a
natural water hazard.

If anyone wants a copy of the pond map in PDF, let me know. There's a
Storm Water Master Plan Workshop in building 84A from 3:30 to 5:00 on
Tuesday, May 24th.

Greg Pool
CSUMB Disc Golf Club advisor
http://clubs.csumb.edu/discgolf