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Board weighs portable nets to ease pickleball demand while keeping tennis priority
Summary
Staff proposed using portable nets and stored equipment to add two temporary pickleball courts on underused tennis courts when demand is high, with clear signage to protect tennis players' priority; the board and residents discussed civility and indoor winter options.
Recreation Manager Tyler Linkstead told the board that rising pickleball demand has created long waits and underused tennis courts. "We are considering using portable nets, having those be available to the public," Linkstead said, explaining they'd be stored to the side and rolled out when needed to create two additional courts as overflow.
Staff emphasized that tennis remains a priority: signage would clarify that tennis players have precedence and courts would be returned to tennis when players arrive. Residents and board members raised concerns about civility and storage; staff noted previous indoor winter experiments (for example at the armory) but said limited gym availability and competing youth programs constrained indoor options.
