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Parks and Environmental Commission Regular Meeting Minutes September 13, 2021 Page 5 1 Chair Bellinger asked about dedicated fields and asked if Mr. Gillard sees courts that are 2 striped for both pickleball and tennis. Ms. Chaplin stated the person that got the program 3 rolling in Shoreview got the City Manager on his side. The City Manager went to bat at 4 making dedicated courts. The tennis courts behind the Community Center had 4 courts striped 5 for pickleball. The tennis players hated it. The neighbors had concerns because pickleball is 6 louder than tennis. Chair Bellinger asked if it worked better to have dedicated courts and Ms. 7 Chaplin stated it is a much greater draw for players to come to dedicated courts as there is no 8 set-up required with proper net height and one set of lines. 9 10 Commissioner Guest asked how many players are on a team and Mr. Gillard stated typically 11 there are two players to a team. There would be 20 people most likely on a set of pickleball 12 courts. 13 14 Chair Bellinger stated what are the downsides other than noise. She asked if it is more 15 demanding for parking. Mr. Gillard stated it would depend on where people are coming from. 16 Ms. Chaplin stated there is a big demand for parking. Vadnais Heights constructed 6 17 dedicated pickleball courts with only room for 12 cars in the parking area. 18 19 Mr. Rich Fise has lived in St. Anthony for 35 years. He is proud of the parks in the City. He 20 does not believe the Culver Courts are up to the standards that St. Anthony has for their parks. 21 He clarified the lines that are put at Silver Lake Road and 33rd, the temporary lines, take a lot 22 of time to put on. He believes in terms of parking at Culver Court there are really only two 23 dedicated parking places and there is street parking and a huge parking lot at Goodyear. 24 25 VI.COMMISSION REPORTS 26 27 Ms. Palmer stated for the stadium complex it has been in use. The formal inauguration will be 28 held September 17 at the Husky Football Game at 7:00 p.m. 29 30 VII.OTHER BUSINESS 31 32 2021 Meeting Dates 33 34 The list of 2021 Parks and Environmental Commission Meetings which occur quarterly on the 35 first Monday of the month unless noted, will begin at 7:00 p.m. at the City Hall Council 36 Chambers. 37 38 December 6, 2021 39 A.40 Options to Dedicate Silver Lane Tennis Courts to Pickleball Courts 41 42 Public Works Director Jeremy Gumke reviewed St. Anthony has experienced a growing 43 interest in Pickleball and the Parks & Environmental Commission has been presented with 44 updates on the topic. At its previous regular meeting on June 7, 2021, the Commission asked 45 staff to bring forward options for dedicating the Silver Lane courts currently configured for a 46 single Tennis court and shared with striping for two Pickleball courts with movable nets.