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The city is going back to the negotiating table with the Royal Mayfair Golf Club to talk about possibility of increasing public access opportunities for the ritzy course on leased city land.

The proposed agreement that went to executive committee Monday would see the Mayfair pay $870,000 as an additional 18 years of prepaid rent, extending its current lease, set to expire in 2051, by 50 years to 2069. The Royal Mayfair Golf Club has been on the same land on the edge of the North Saskatchewan River since 1922.

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The Mayfair wants the extension ahead of committing to plans to undergo renovations on its clubhouse.

“I have no question that the value is the appropriate value. I don’t think they’re making that up. I don’t think they’re trying to do any special favours,” said Ward 8 Coun. Ben Henderson, after committee passed his motion asking administration to look at increasing access options, such as public tee times, and to look at what Highlands Golf Club, also on city land, has committed to.