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Parks & Recreation Commission Minutes Page 2 <br />September 8, 2021 <br />----------------------------- <br /> <br /> <br />6. Presentations - None <br /> <br />7.1 Pickleball Plan Revisions <br /> <br />Mr. Hecker shared that the pickleball courts were not poured to the USA Pickleball <br />Specifications and are sloped too high. The Contractor and SRF said they would <br />rebuild the courts to plan revision one. <br /> <br />Mr. Hecker stated that there have been requests from local citizens to build the <br />courts the same as the City of Otsego, which would require all the bituminous to be <br />removed; shown in plan revision two and the city will need to pay for those changes. <br /> <br />Council member Wagner shared that the council would like the commission to <br />decide which plan to use to rebuild the pickleball courts. It will be around $12,000 to <br />regrade for revision plan two and no extra cost to the city to build to revision plan <br />one. <br /> <br />Commissioner Anderson shared he spoke at the council meeting representing the <br />pickleball user group. The pickleball group want the slope to be .9 from end to end <br />of the courts. <br /> <br />Council member Wagner stated that it is frustrating that we are at the end of the <br />Active Elk River project and to have the pickleball courts wrong. <br /> <br />Commissioner Anderson asked what was the cost increase on the skate park? <br /> <br />Mr. Hecker shared the cost increase for the skate park was $28,000 and will come <br />out of a Covid-19 related fund because the costs rose due to Covid-19. <br /> <br />Commissioner Anderson shared that it is important that the slope is end to end. <br /> <br />Commissioner Niziolek supports revision plan two and shared that commission <br />come up with an amount like $10,000 and the rest be picked up by the contractor. <br /> <br />Commissioner Niziolek stated that revision plan one meets the standards and it’s <br />second rate and we will need to come up with a little bit of cash to make sure we <br />have a first rate pickleball court. <br /> <br />Council member Wagner shared the contractor and consultant have agreed to pay <br />for revision plan one and would not cost anything to the city. Revision plan two <br />reflects more of what the community has requested, each plan is acceptable and