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Council weighs alternative plan to convert basketball area into pickleball courts, staff to pursue public engagement
Summary
Staff proposed an alternate, lower-cost plan to fit 10 pickleball courts into the existing basketball-court footprint at City Park and add two new basketball courts elsewhere; council gave staff a preliminary go-ahead to take the plan to the parks advisory board and launch public engagement rather than pursue the original $1.7 million proposal immediately.
Public Works Director Jennifer Ward told council the city had originally planned a roughly $1.7 million project to build 10 new pickleball courts at a north site, with grant funding under consideration. Ward presented an alternative: repurpose the basketball-court entry area at City Park to accommodate 10 pickleball courts and build two replacement basketball courts elsewhere, a configuration staff…
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