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Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council: BACKGROUND The construction of Callippe Preserve Golf Course is now substantially complete, All of the holes have been seeded; the maintenance facility, cart barn, and clubhouse completed; and the infrastructure supporting the golf course finished, Some punch list items remain, such as replacing sections of concrete path, replacing dead or dying trees, and repainting the golf course driving range poles; however, the repair work is progressing smoothly and will be completed prior to opening the course, CourseCo, the course operator, is actively growing and maintaining the facility in preparation of opening for public play the week of November 7, 200" The final payment to Ferma for the construction of the course has not yet occurred pending resolution of the final items of work. Staff expects Ferma to file construction claims with the City for work performed that it believes was outside the scope of the contract. Discussion of the claims will include penalties due the City from Ferma for exceeding the construction schedule, The timing of the settlement of the claims will not affect the opening of the course, and most likely will occur after the course is fully operational. At the March I" 200, City Council meeting, staff reported the City's projected cost for the project as ~3)J million, This amount has now been reduced by ~800,000, as staff has further refined the housing developer's required participation for infrastructure serving the 34 lots and the adjacent TTK property, The City's projected cost for the 14).acre golf course and related facilities (clubhouse, maintenance facility and cart barn), Happy Valley infrastructure, environmental mitigation, j.mile trail system, and purchase of an additional 280 acres of open space surrounding the project is delineated below: .; Golf Course and related facilities .; Open space, trails and environmental mitigation .; Infrastructure (water, sewer, roads) ~20,1 million ,,8 million 8,6 million ~34j million The final project cost to the City may be further reduced depending on the number of existing and future homeowners in the Happy Valley area that elect to connect to the City water and sewer system and pay a prorated reimbursement of the infrastructure cost. The cost estimate includes a contingency to address the anticipated Ferma construction claims noted above; however, the final negotiated/arbitrated claims amount may not be known for some time. SR 0):2)) Page 2