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Perryton ISD hears competing proposals for high school tennis courts, tables decision pending civil/grade data
Summary
Vendors Helis and Ellis presented competing designs and alternates for Perryton High School tennis courts. The board asked for engineering details on drainage and road elevations and tabled a decision to allow staff to obtain apples-to-apples civil scope comparisons.
PERRYTON ISD
The Perryton ISD board heard competing proposals for new tennis courts at Perryton High School from Helis Sports Construction and a second vendor. Helis representative Jeremy Donbeck outlined a post-tension concrete court system (TPS player system), said his firm manufactures surfacing at a polymer plant in Liberty Hills, Texas, and emphasized vertical integration, warranty responsibility and a roughly three- to four-month construction timeline. Helis said it uses higher-grade materials (identified in the presentation as "C8 resin" compared with an industry C6 resin) and typically manages sitework, surfacing and warranty service in-house.
Board members focused questioning on site-specific civil work: drainage, grading and the impact of a proposed new bus lane/road crown. Donbeck said engineers would need to review road elevation plans to provide firm pricing for expanded civil work and possible soil remediation; he estimated roughly 1,400 cubic yards of structural fill might be needed to change site grades but declined to provide firm change-order pricing without geotechnical and road-elevation data. The vendor recommended post-tension concrete (not asphalt) to reduce long-term movement and described options for perimeter drainage, perimeter fencing and future lighting foundations (12 piers and conduits to allow later light installation).
Board members and staff also discussed alternates including converting the old courts area to a larger parking field (Helis suggested increasing from roughly 40to 75 spaces in the proposed layout), portable bleachers and shade structures, and no-cost pickleball striping on some courts. Multiple board members repeatedly requested the civil/grade information for an apples-to-apples cost comparison; they said the proposed new bus lane and fieldhouse elevations could materially change the scope and price of necessary earthwork.
At the close of discussion the board directed administration to obtain the requested engineering and road-elevation information and indicated the tennis court agenda item would be tabled until that comparative data and firm civil pricing are available.
Quoted: "I'm Jeremy Donbeck with Helis Sports Construction" (Jeremy Donbeck) and "we need to get some information. Make sure we're preparing apples to apples here." (Board member).
The board did not take a final procurement vote on the tennis courts during the meeting.
