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Recreation Advisory Board Minutes November 25, 2024 Page 3 of 4 Board Updates Outdoor Rec Amenities Update Gene Kutscher reported that a lot happened at the November 12 meeting of the Outdoor Rec Subcommittee. • Several members of the public attended the meeting. They expressed concern about the state of the bocce courts in the City. The courts become unplayable if they are not maintained. The City parks have seven or eight bocce courts, in Memory Square Park, Community Park, and Pallino Park. Gene affirmed the importance of maintaining City assets, and said that it's cheaper to maintain them rather than to rebuild them. He clarified that this is a Parks budget item. • Gene provided an update on pickleball and tennis courts in Boulder. Boulder has lost several dozen tennis courts with the closure of Rocky Mountain Tennis Center and the imminent closure of the CU South Tennis Complex. The current plan is to convert some tennis courts to pickleball, after constructing new tennis courts to replace the lost courts. Boulder reached an agreement with CU to build four to six indoor courts. • Gene reported that Louisville has been proactive about maintaining our tennis courts. He said that it would be beneficial if the City would fund at least one additional court at Centennial Park, which would allow league play to have an entire match at one site. Centennial Valley Tennis Association (CVTA) members may reach out to City Council to advocate for this. • The subcommittee members from the Parks and Public Landscaping Advisory Board will be changing. • Lafayette has not fulfilled its part of the IGA related to the land between Louisville and Lafayette. Louisville built the ball fields as part of the IGA, but Lafayette has yet to build soccer or multipurpose fields. • Kathy said that Abby McNeal is aware of the bocce court maintenance issue. Some of the infill mixture approved by City Council will to go the bocce courts. Board Feedback Lisa passed out a tentative Board Calendar and asked for questions or changes. Lisa asked for questions to pose to the Finance Director at the January meeting. These questions could pertain to various projects, but the Advisory Board is particularly interested in how to fund a new golf clubhouse. The clubhouse is inadequate, in need of repair, and doesn't meet the sustainability goals of the City. Consultants who studied the building wrote that the most reasonable decision is to rebuild it.