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Park board approves pickleball agreement with conditions on hours, insurance and oversight
Summary
Brainerd City Park Board approved a memorandum allowing a pickleball association to fund and construct courts at Gregory Park, contingent on changes requiring Monday–Friday reserved hours, clearer insurance language, defined maintenance roles and city oversight of plans.
The Brainerd City Park Board approved a conditional agreement on a proposal by a local pickleball association to add courts at Gregory Park, directing staff to revise the draft contract to limit reserved hours, clarify insurance and maintenance responsibilities and require city review of plans.
Board members voted to approve the pickleball agreement contingent on several changes: limit LAPA (the local pickleball association) reserved access to Monday through Friday, 8 a.m.–noon (instead of seven days a week); spell out maintenance duties for both the city and the association; require city staff approval of plans and specifications and engineering review; confirm that the 8–noon block remains open to the public (with program details to be clarified); and ask the city attorney to tighten…
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