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Charter Clubs Committee recommends capital projects move forward and will not single out platform tennis for separate review
Summary
The Sun City West Charter Clubs Committee voted by consensus to forward all charter-club capital items to the governing board together and not request separate review of the platform tennis courts; the governing board will make the final decision at its Friday workshop.
The Charter Clubs Committee of Sun City West recommended Thursday that all capital projects affecting chartered clubs proceed through the governing-board capital process together, declining a committee request to single out planned platform tennis courts for separate review.
Chair Nick Turner said the committee’s role is advisory and that any recommendation will be carried to the governing board for its final decision. "If we also wish, as part of that request to the governing board that they have another discussion, we can make a recommendation," Turner said during the meeting.
Herschel, the presenter on the capital project, explained technical details of the platform-tennis design, saying project work will include a post-tension slab that raises the court surface about 6 inches and allows future reconfiguration of court lines for different sports. "You're talking about a 6 inch elevation in height," Herschel said, noting the surface can be repainted for different games but that overhead covers are not included in current plans.
Committee members debated whether the court should be elevated or covered to accommodate possible future preferences. One committee member argued for further consideration of potential coverage and other technical specifications; another noted that Budget & Finance has already flagged the item for review and saw no need to pull it from the overall package.
Governing Board President Christine Novella, who joined the meeting at the microphone, clarified that a recommendation from one committee does not itself remove an item from the capital package. "One committee has recommended that the governing board consider it separately. The governing board will decide for itself," Novella said, urging the Charter Clubs Committee to make its own independent recommendation.
Following discussion, the committee signaled a consensus that the listed charter-club capital items should progress together without separate committee-driven removal of the platform tennis courts. That recommendation will be presented to the governing board at its workshop on Friday for the board’s final determination.
Next steps: the governing board will review committee input at its scheduled workshop and decide which capital items, if any, to vote on separately.
