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Council approves $235,000 contract for four pickleball courts at rec site
Summary
The City of The Colony approved a buy-board contract with Cortex Construction for up to $235,000 to build four pickleball courts funded by the Community Development Corporation; staff said lighting, fencing and additional electrical work will return under separate contracts.
The City of The Colony on Tuesday approved a resolution authorizing the city manager to execute a buy-board contract with Cortex Construction to build four pickleball courts for an amount not to exceed $235,000, funded by the City’s Community Development Corporation.
City leaders said the courts respond to long-standing demand and that staff accounted for the planned new recreation center in the courts’ design. “We really wanted to have a solid plan of where these courts could go, and not be interfered with,” a city staff member explained during the presentation.
The staff presentation said a sound study concluded the initial plan “has sufficient distance and natural acoustic shadowing to reduce the levels at the nearest residences below the good neighbor guidelines.” Council asked about hours and security; staff said the lights will be on timers and gates can be fitted with automatic locks so the courts are not used in darkness. Staff also said they expect to return with a separate contract next month for the electrical work that will power the lighting and with a contractor to build concrete walkways and shade structures.
Design features discussed include eight-foot side buffers and 10-foot buffers at the north–south ends of the courts, a fenced separation between courts, screening for wind, two shade structures in the initial phase (with a third to be added in a future phase if desired) and a central “hangout” area for players to watch and socialize. Council members asked whether tennis lines could be added; staff replied the city will maintain existing tennis courts elsewhere and did not plan tennis striping on the new courts.
A motion to approve the item was made and seconded; the council voted and the item passed. Staff said the project will be developed with the buy-board contractor and that additional work for lights and pathways will come back under separate contracts.
The project is funded by the Community Development Corporation; council members discussed hours of operation and safety but did not adopt an ordinance setting daily hours at this meeting.
