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City Council Meeting Minutes March 2, 2010 Page 6 of 12 enhance the golf experience. He noted without the debt service, the Golf Course does not lose money. 4) Preference to local vendors. Western Golf Properties has a 90% national account program, which IE~aves 10% available for local vendors. WGP welcomes local vendors. 5) Golf Course Advisory Board - WGP supports an advisory board as long as its role is specifically to addn3ss long range planning. PUBLIC COMMENT Ken Gamin, 605 Augusta Drive, Louisville, CO requested the Western Golf Properties Agreement refllect Mr. Heath's stated vision for the golf course and a Golf Course Advisory Board. He requested the Capital Improvements not be funded through increased feE~s. COUNCIL COMMENT Councilor Muckle voiced his preference for more detailed options. He requested the contract reflect how VVGP proposed to turn around the performance of the golf course; how the golf experience would be enhanced, WGP's priority for capital improvements, the! plan and the cost, and the addition of the Golf Course Advisory Board. He asked whether the Golf Course is considered an open space property. He noted the Charter prohibits the lease of any open space property. City Attorney Light explained the Charter places restrictions on the sale or lease of open space or park land. He stated that with respect to park land, selling, leasing or conveying the property is prohibited without voter approval. He stated voter approval is not required for a non-exclusive license for park land. He stated WGP's current management agreement currently provides WGP a revocable, non-exclusive license to occupy the Golf Course to manage the facility and that the proposed agreement provides the same. He stated that a lease by contrast usually grants exclusive occupancy with rights to dispossess others and control uses of the property. The! non-exclusive license is not a grant of property right and permits occupancy oj~ thl~ property as the City's manager of the Golf Course operation. He stated park land is defined as properties owned by the City, designated and maintainE~d or reserved by the City for the recreational uses not otherwise prohibited by the City, and composed primarily of irrigated turf land. Open space land is definE~d as property located within the open space zone district. Currently there is not a separate open space zone district; however, the ordinance which established the Open Space Advisory Board included a map designating open space properties. He stated the Golf Course was shown as a park facility and the primary use of the golf course is irrigated turf with a