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Mr. Wolfe said the Golf Committee reviewed the Policy. The Committee reviewed the Policy and Procedures prior to looking at the Operating Agreement. If this were an issue for Council, Council could accept the Policy and Procedures this evening while directing staff to revisit the Reservation Policy and the rate fees, which staff could address simultaneously. According to the Reservation Policy, Ms. Ayala indicated that the starting time reservation request for daily play would be accepted at the Course starter's station up to 15 days in advance of the playing date desired for City of Pleasanton residents. Non- residents could make reservations up to 14 days in advance. She asked why Pleasanton residents only had a 24-hour window to be afforded preferential treatment. She was hopeful that some type of survey would be provided to Council that would show residents in other cities sometimes are afforded a week of preferential treatment. Mr. Isaak noted that it typically is a rather short period because the residents that are concerned about it are usually familiar with the reservation policy. In today's market, these provisions are more important in appearance than in actuality. It really reflects an era when golf courses were doing 85,000 to 90,000 rounds, which is not tree today. Generally there are surplus tee times, and most of the time it is more flexible on prime weekend mornings than it was five years ago. He did not believe this would be a big issue and believed the 24 hours were adequate. In response to an inquiry by Ms. Ayala, Mr. Isaak reported that none of the golf courses that CourseCo operates have more than a 24-hour preference policy. A number of the golf courses do not have any preferential provisions. He pointed out that this is not an operating issue, and he has never experienced anyone not being able to get a tee time. Ms. Ayala wanted it made clear to the Operator that the residents of Pleasanton are paying offthe bonds for this golf course. As such, she wanted the residents to be afforded preferential treatment on both tee times and rates. Mr. Isaak pointed out that the Policy and Procedures are not linked to the contract. The Policy and Procedures should be a matter of politics between the City and its residents, and should be a fairly fluid document. He believed, over time, this document would mature and reflect the financial needs of the City and golfing needs of the community. Ms. McKeehan concurred with Mr. Isaak's comments related to the Policy and Procedures and noted that it really is Pleasanton's choice. Mr. Campbell questioned the requirement that golf carts must be electric. He asked if this requirement is subject to change, or was it standard regulation? Mr. Wolfe noted that the golf industry is going away from gas to electric carts only. Pleasanton City Council 16 01/06/04 Minutes