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Oak Harbor parks panel debates converting courts to pickleball; staff told to focus on Fort Nugent and Sumner options
Summary
The Parks and Recreation Advisory Commission on Oct. 13, 2025, discussed converting existing basketball and tennis courts to pickleball courts and directed staff to focus further study on Fort Nugent and Sumner parks rather than Windjammer.
The Parks and Recreation Advisory Commission on Oct. 13, 2025, discussed several options to add city-maintained pickleball courts, weighing cost, community use and impacts on existing basketball and tennis players.
Commissioners and staff considered converting courts at Fort Nugent, Sumner and Windjammer parks and reviewed preliminary cost estimates presented by city parks staff. Brian (parks staff) said the commission had received contractor quotes of roughly $21,000 to reline Fort Nugent, $43,000 to reline Windjammer and about $46,000 for Sumner Park. He said nets are roughly $1,000 per court and that fencing estimates remain incomplete, and cautioned that the Fort Nugent conversion could approach about $40,000 once removal of basketball posts, patching and fencing are added.
Commissioners exchanged concerns about removing basketball courts used by neighborhood children…
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