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Mr. Grubstick said yes. Kevin Close, 871 Sycamore Road, reminded Council that at a previous meeting, it transferred $2.9 million dollars out of the In Lieu Park Dedication fund to pay back loans to the General Fund for the Golf Course. He wondered why Council was taking neighborhood community money that developers had put aside for public parks in the Vineyard area. He did not believe this money would be paid back to the In Lieu Park Dedication fund. Bruce Torquemada, 3072 Albumi Court, questioned the $750,000 development and utilities consultant fee. He believed it to be dramatic. He realized the challenges of building infrastructure and believed change orders were inevitable. By having a golf course located in the Happy Valley area, he believed there would an increase in value to the homes. Mr. Grubstick mentioned that a good portion of the increase to the consultant fee was due to the additional length of time it took to build the Golf Course. Staffhad to extend its contract with the construction manager. He noted that there were seven or eight consultants dealing with this project. He reminded Council that staffpresented a report in the later part of 2003, which identified all of the contract amendments that were necessary to execute with those consultants. This ranged from the environmental consultants to soils consultants. The $750,000 included all of the consultant fees as well as the City's construction management team for the golf course. Mayor Pico dosed the public testimony. Mayor Pico reiterated that the intent of this meeting was not to discuss how the costs, if any, would be allocated, if appropriate, to the Happy Valley residents. He noted that this was a subject for future discussion when all of the costs are realized, which will be a public process. It was moved by Ms. Ayala, seconded by Mr. Brozosky, to appropriate the last $4,000,000 in Certificates of Participation (COP) revenue that was derived from the original sale of the COP's for the construction of the Callippe Preserve Goff Course and Open Space Project, and to authorize the Director of Public Works, or designee, to approve and execute contract change orders for an amount not-to- exceed an additional $1,700,000. Ms. Ayala thanked staff for taking the additional time to prepare the tables reflecting the change orders. She believed that when Council is authorizing an additional fund of this magnitude, it deserved public scrutiny. Mr. Brozosky concurred with Ms. Ayala's comments. Pleasanton City Council 19 02/03/04 Minutes