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Ms. Hosterman believed that the greatest possibility for variation in final pricing based on potential Change Orders would be related to the Clubhouse. She asked staffifit could state with any certainty that the remaining Change Orders between today and when the Golf Course was completed would be centered on the Clubhouse construction? Mr. Wilson indicated that most of the unforeseen conditions in the field for the construction of the Golf Course have been identified, and he did not anticipate any further increases in Change Orders for those conditions. Because construction has not begun, the area for the most potential in Change Orders is the Clubhouse. He anticipated that there would be some changes in the plans in terms of how the Clubhouse is built versus what the plans actually would show. The question at that point will be management of costs, and could something be traded for something else, or are there different types of materials that would save the City money. He reported that the Golf Course has been graded, and staffis working on the final shaping of the Golf Course itself. He noted that the irrigation and drainage is mostly complete and the planting is almost complete, which will greatly reduce the exposure the City has to Change Orders. Again, the only area that is the "unknown" is the Clubhouse. Ms. Hosterman reiterated comments from a previous discussion and stated that the Callippe Preserve Golf Course was not business decision based. It was a community driven project. Ms. Ayala pointed out that she had worked on the General Plan pertaining to the Callippe Preserve Golf Course, and mentioned that the Bemal property was one place where the golf course could have been located, which would have been at the southern end of Pleasanton's border. The idea was to feather growth out to Open Space. The original plan that came forward to the General Plan Review Committee was at least for 800 houses in the Happy Valley area, and no one wanted that many houses to be located in that area. She pointed out that this total project, including the Open Space, is about 500 acres and the San Francisco property is also about 500 acres. She reminded Council that Greenbriar paid $126 million dollars to San Francisco, and noted that the City was fortunate to get the 320 acres also out of that project. The City received a good deal if compared to the $126 million dollars that Oreenbriar paid to San Francisco. She was not pleased that the Callippe Preserve Golf Course project started out at such a low figure and has escalated. She referred to line item 9 of the Change Orders and asked if the City had to upgrade Alisal Street in order to accommodate all the temporary golf course traffic? Mr. Wilson noted that a better street section was built than what was previously there, and that Alisal Street is designed to accommodate the golf course traffic. Ms. Ayala asked if the bypass road had been constructed, would it have to be designed at the same grade level as has been constructed? Mr. Wilson said yes. Pleasanton City Council 14 02/03/04 Minutes