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courts are already impacted. He believed the confusion in part is because the story has changed over time and staff is trying to figure out what the impact is in the community and then to return to Council with an informed recommendation. Part of the comments initially made were due to the fact that Amador Valley High School had lost its tennis courts to parking and because the School District turned the two tennis courts into parking, staff was trying to address this impact and not to address the issue of lighted tennis courts. What staff has presented to Council this evening for its consideration is the "on demand" system in response to the comments heard earlier. Staff is trying to backfill that impact, which it believed had been addressed with the "on demand" service. To take it to the next level, staff needs to conduct an analysis to determine whether there is a need for lighted tennis courts. In response to an inquiry by Mr. Brozosky, Mr. Wolfe said the primary intent was for staff to report back to Council the actions taken by the Parks and Recreation Commission. The only action required by Council this evening is to accept the report unless it wanted to direct staff to proceed with lighted tennis courts at Pleasanton Middle School. In response to an inquiry by Mayor Hosterman, Mr. Wolfe said Council did not need to take specific action to implement the "on demand" system as it has already been implemented. Unless Council wanted to make changes to the three-month survey, it did not need to take specific action to direct staff to conduct this survey as it is already being conducted. It was moved by Mr. Thorne, seconded by Mr. Brozosky, to accept the information report on the recent actions of the Parks and Recreation Commission regarding City tennis services. Mr. Thorne preferred to conduct joint projects with the School District as it provides the City an opportunity to provide its facilities and mutually benefits both the School District and the City. He was not concerned about what is available in other cities as Pleasanton is not in competition with Dublin or Livermore. What he would like to learn is what is needed in Pleasanton to satisfy the needs of this community. Ms. McGovern pointed out that the July 19 Council minutes mentioned that Mr. Casha did not believe the needs assessment study would be indicative of the current situation and proposed that Council look at the tennis court reservation records of approximately three months ago which would accurately show what courts are being used in the evenings and at what times. She asked if this information could be provided to Council in order to show the community it is listening and addressing its concerns. Mr. Wolfe said this information was available beginning June of this year. Staff would provide the information to Council. Dana Gill, Operator of Lifetime Tennis at Tennis and Community Park, provided a brief status report to Council. Ms. McGovern asked Mr. Gill if he believed tennis players were being turned away on a daily basis? Mr. Gill said no. He noted that there are peak times and every well-used facility has the same issue to an extent. Since June 1, the peak time for the courts at the Tennis and Community Park is on weekday evenings between 8 and 9 p.m. and at that time some tennis players are turned away. Another peak time is Saturday mornings between 9 and 10:30 a.m. Pleasanton City Council 18 09/06/05 Minutes