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Sun City West board identifies capital projects for separate votes, including pool deck and platform tennis
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At its April workshop the governing board listed capital items to be pulled for individual votes on April 23 — including the RH Johnson pool deck, platform tennis courts, courtyard furniture and several facility remodels — while the rest of the SIP list will proceed as grouped consent motions.
The Sun City West governing board on April 10 identified a set of capital-improvement projects it wants considered as separate motions at its April 23 meeting, telling staff to prepare additional details for those items while the balance of projects will be handled in grouped consent categories.
President Christine Novello read a committee-informed list of items the board agreed warrant independent votes: the RH Johnson pool deck (staff will return with AquaFlex versus travertine analysis), platform tennis court replacement, poolroom/perimeter lighting at the Sports Pavilion, lecture-hall flooring, RH Johnson courtyard furniture ($125,000), website redesign and master-plan design funds, the Palm Ridge shower/locker remodel, and advisory review of Stardust theater doors and golf-ball machine covers.
The board clarified the process for April 23: most projects will be grouped into consent motions by dollar band (over $100k, $50k–$100k, and under $50k), while identified pullouts will receive separate debate and votes. Several committee chairs and directors asked staff to provide more granular cost backups, design drawings and operational impacts for the items flagged for separate consideration.
Herschel previewed the over-$50,000 list at the workshop, including courtyard furniture, website redesign ($100,000), stadium/field fencing and several facility refresh projects; committee chairs then recommended which projects warranted individual voting. Directors emphasized they were still in the information-gathering stage and that no items were being removed from the budget; the workshop only earmarked items for separate board votes at the upcoming meeting.
Novello said the aim is efficiency at the April 23 meeting and better information: directors will receive the supplemental data before individual motions are made.
