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RE:
Permit
Application
and
Intent
to
Obtain
Water
Quality
Permit
Proposed
Permit
NO.
WQ0014820001
EPA
I.D. NO.
TX0129739
Wood
County,
Texas.
ForeSeasons:
To Be Or
Not To
Be?
That is
the
question,
but
what’s
the
answer?
Most HLR
property
owners
are not
overly
anxious
to close
the
doors on
the Fore
Seasons,
but they
surely
do want
the
bleeding
of red
ink to
stop.
It’s
important
to
devote
at least
as much
time to
evaluating
the
possible
closure
of the
Fore
Seasons,
as we
did in
opening
the Fore
Seasons.
Most
agree
the
worse
case
scenario
would be
to close
the Fore
Seasons,
only to
find
that we
had not
stopped
the
hemorrhaging.
Some
proponents
of
closing
the Fore
Seasons
forecast
savings
of as
much as
$20,000
per
month
would
ensue as
a
result.
That
sounds
good,
but
first
assumes
all of
the
$30,000
per
month
losses
are
being
generated
by the
Fore
Seasons
section,
which is
not
true.
In
calendar
year
2005,
the 19th
Hole
lost
$94,000.
(After
subtracting
prepaid
items
relative
to Fore
Seasons.
Ref:
Holly
Lake
Ranch
administration
Budget
Summaries
for
2005.)
That is
an
average
of
$7,833.33
per
month
loss for
the 19th
Hole,
before
there
was a
Fore
Seasons.
Since
January
1, 2006
the two
restaurant
sections
have
been
viewed
as one
restaurant
operation
for
accounting
purposes.
However,
conventional
wisdom
is that
the 19th
Hole
most
likely
continues
to lose
approximately
$8,000
per
monthly.
So now
we are
looking
at
losses
for the
Fore
Seasons
section
at
$14,000
per
month or
less.
There
would be
a
reduction
of
perhaps
90% in
labor,
90% in
food
costs
but 100%
in
revenues.
Many
expenses
items
would
still
remain,
such as
electricity
which
runs
about
$2,000
per
month.
None of
the
above
items or
certain
intangibles
were
ever
taken
into
consideration
by the
proponents
of
closure
of Fore
Seasons.
Proponents
favoring
closure
of Fore
Seasons
would do
well to
weigh
all of
the
factors
into the
mix if
they
want to
reflect
an
honest
and
realistic
savings
projection.
In the
final
analysis,
the
option
of a
restaurant
redeemable
voucher
system,
might be
a more
attractive
alternative
on the
road
towards
a break
even
facility.
M. L.
“Marv”
Myers,
Chairperson
2006
Food
Service
Work
Group
