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Mr. Fialho informed Council part of the School District Liaison Committee discussion was that the "on demand" system would occur for a period of six months and then staff would check in with the School District to see what issues surfaced. He believed certain issues would surface over the next six months and City staff would work with School District staff to try and resolve these issues for the benefit of the community. In response to an inquiry by Ms. McGovern, Mr. Wolfe said his understanding was that Dublin's six tennis courts are lighted and free and open to the public. When staff researched availability in neighboring communities to learn what courts were open to the public it learned that Dublin has six free, lighted courts, San Ramon has 16 courts -ten free with lights, and Livermore has ten courts -four with free lights. Ms McGovern asked for confirmation that the City currently had 10-lighted courts available at the Tennis and Community Park. Mr. Wolfe said that was correct. McGovern asked if the restrooms at Pleasanton Middle School were available to tennis players at the time the gymnasium is open. Mr. Wolfe said the restrooms are available at certain times when the gymnasium is open. The closing of the gymnasium is dependent upon the time of season and events that are occurring. During basketball season, the gymnasium is open approximately from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. on the weekends. Given the fact that the courts at Pleasanton Middle School are not lit, the gymnasium would be open seven days per week. If the tennis courts at Pleasanton Middle School were eventually lit, there may be some times in the evening when restrooms would not be available in the gym. He noted that the latest the lights go off at the Tennis Community Park is 10 p.m. and if the courts at Pleasanton Middle School were eventually lit, staff would manage these courts in the same fashion. Ms. McGovern was aware that lighting is provided for other sports fields in the community. She asked staff if the various sports organizations had to pay for the lighted fields? Mr. Wolfe said the only lighted athletic field available for youth is the Upper Bernal field on Bernal Avenue. Any of the youth or adult sports groups that use these fields do pay a per hour fee for the use of the lights. In addition, there are lighted fields at the Softball Complex and the cost of providing lights is built into the registration fees that each of these teams pay. If a sports group utilizes the fields during the off-season, they pay a fee for the use of the lights. Mr. Sullivan believed the tennis community was requesting 10 lighted tennis courts built someplace in the community immediately. In response to this request, he asked what Council directed the Parks and Recreation Commission to do. Mr. Wolfe said Council specifically asked the Commission to weigh in on the "on demand" system at the high schools, which staff has already implemented. Council also requested the Commission to weigh in on the issue of lighted tennis courts at Pleasanton Middle School. The Commission has not taken a final position on this as it is awaiting the data that will come from the three-month study that is being conducted on the number of people that get turned away. Once staff presents the data to the Commission in November, the Commission will be forwarding a recommendation to Council about what if anything should be done at Pleasanton Middle School and/or related to tennis services in general. He pointed out that there Pleasanton City Council 16 09/06/05 Minutes