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Options for installing permanent pickleball courts include marking current tennis <br />courts for pickleball, removing a tennis court and replacing with pickleball, or <br />constructing entirely new pickleball courts. <br /> <br />The most cost effective replacement would be to mark current tennis courts for <br />pickleball play. The markings would be done in a way to allow full pickleball <br />courts with portable nets. Staff estimates the costs for this to be $2,000. <br /> <br />A second option would be to replace a current tennis court with pickleball courts. <br />Generally, 2 pickleball courts can be installed in the place of one tennis court. <br />With the exception of Silver Oaks, the remaining courts do not need repairs and <br />are not scheduled to be replaced until 2022. However, staff doesn’t believe that <br />Silver Oaks Park is the location best suited for pickleball because the footprint is <br />only one tennis court, and there is limited parking available at the site. <br /> <br />The third and recommended option would be to reconstruct the tennis court in its <br />current location and add pickleball markings on either side of the tennis net. <br />Portable pickleball nets would be provided to make this court a dual purpose <br />area. Dedicated pickleball courts could then be added in the future when <br />Freedom, Hansen and Hidden Oaks are scheduled to be reconstructed in 2022. <br />Internal staff estimates to reconstruct Silver Oaks is $45,000. It does need to be <br />noted that this estimate does not include any type of subsurface work or soil <br />borings to determine if the current court area needs to be graded or filled to help <br />prevent early deterioration of a new court surface.