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Council reviews Glenwood Avenue park plans, proposes two pickleball courts and accessible parking
Summary
Engineers presented a park plan for Glenwood Avenue showing two regulation-size pickleball courts, a 14-space parking area, pedestrian connections to Diamond Street Park and stormwater controls; staff said CoStar vendors could accelerate procurement and that an $80,000 multimodal grant was awarded for Glenwood Avenue improvements.
Borough Engineer and staff presented a schematic plan for Glenwood Avenue park improvements that would add two regulation-size pickleball courts, parking and pedestrian connections to the adjacent Diamond Street Park.
Engineer JP (identified in the discussion as the borough engineer) described the layout: two courts, a parking lot with room for about 14 cars, three light standards, benches, and space left for stormwater controls. The plan links an improved staircase and crosswalk to the Diamond Street Park and places the courts near the existing ballfield parking so that overall parking supply serves both facilities.
Accessibility and design: staff said the design includes two handicap parking spaces that would allow direct roll-on access to the court end. The engineer noted surfacing and striping for a pickleball court differ from typical parking-pavement mixes, so future conversion of the paved area into additional courts would require repaving and restriping. The plan also reserves space for a possible dog-park area if pickleball demand does not require full buildout.
Procurement and timeline: staff said playground equipment, pavilion and other park elements are available from CoStar vendors identified in the procurement plan; the borough hopes to use CoStars contracts to solicit local contractors quickly and target spring installation. Manager and engineer said the site benefited from fill soil provided by a school and that the team will finish detailed plans (paving profiles, striping, crosswalk mast-arm requirements) and then solicit bids.
Funding: in the grants summary presented later in the meeting, staff said Clifton Heights had been awarded an $80,000 economic-development grant (East DCDI) for Glenwood Avenue Park Improvements with no match required. Manager later noted available capital-borrowing funds remaining from a 2022 borrowing that could also support projects (about $589,500 remaining in the capital borrowing line, per the manager's update).
Why it matters: the plan creates new recreational infrastructure in Clifton Heights, introduces scheduling and access questions (courts become heavily used quickly), and requires coordination of stormwater controls and ADA-accessible parking. Council and staff discussed monitoring usage and managing court access and scheduling if demand increases; no formal vote or final authorization to build was recorded in the transcript.
