Item 16 - Agreement for River View Golf Course Managment Services

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Aerification strategy is based on thatch removal and maintenance, reducing compaction, elevating surface tension, improving gas exchange, and modifying the soil profile. Programs will occur biannually with supplemental aerification throughout the season. We perform supplemental aerification to tees and in most cases specific areas of certain tees, there is little disruption to play (when applicable, alternate tee locations will be used to accomplish this task). Tee Irrigation Our irrigation practices will be monitored daily throughout the entire year supporting deep rooting and continued gas exchange while minimizing the accumulation of unwanted salts at the surface. We will employ a deep and infrequent method of irrigation that will be supported by dedicated trained irrigators to hand water in between irrigation cycles. Tee Fertility The program will be dominated by foliar applications during most of the growing season with necessary granular amendments during aerification applications. Soil tests conducted every year will guide our program. Fairway Cultural Our cultural program will again be comprised of four primary components that will have a harmonious relationship in their application: mowing, verticutting, topdressing and aerification. Mowing heights, patterns and frequencies will be adjusted seasonally in conjunction with the necessary cultural practices ensuring daily consistent fairway surfaces. Verticutting will be a regular practice occurring as often as needed. Verticutting will be used primarily to minimize thatch accumulation while minimizing surface tension to encourage percolation rates at the surface. Topdressing will occur only during supplemental aeration in areas that need additional soil modification to improve the penetration of irrigation, reduce compaction and increase gas exchange. Aerification strategy is based on thatch removal and maintenance, reducing compaction, elevating surface tension, improving gas exchange, and modifying the soil profile to improve the overall root zone. Programs will be implemented on a formal basis biannually with supplemental aerification throughout the season. Performance of supplemental aerification to certain fairways and in most cases specific areas of certain fairways will improve turf coverage. These aerifications all occur prior to play with little to no disruption to golfers and no closures of the golf course. Solid tine or slicing shall be conducted on a monthly basis to particular areas in need of additional aeration until pulling a core becomes desirable. All efforts will be made to minimize customer impact. Fairway and Rough Irrigation Our irrigation practices will be monitored daily throughout the entire year and irrigation cycles adjusted accordingly. Our desire to water deeply and infrequently will again be executed on fairways but truly only be accomplished globally during the spring and fall. We will employ a version of the deep and infrequent strategy to fairways. As demands increase during the summer, we will irrigate the majority of the fairways and rough with using daily ET (evapotranspiration rates) requirements, as water supply allocations allow. We will use portable sprinklers from time to time to flush certain areas of fairways throughout the summer. Fairway and Rough Fertility The fertility program will be geared toward the encouragement of warm season turf during the times of year these varieties are at their peak performance. While the program will be dominated by regular foliar applications during most of the growing season, it will also have numerous granular applications throughout the entire year. The use of specific Nitrogen sources, as part of our fertilization program, will be applied in early spring and late in the fall to "extend the season." This will encourage additional nutrient uptake and storage during key times of the year. Soil test will guide our program. COURSECO Page 31 I