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5 <br /> <br />- The current pickleball facility is at Well House Park, an old single tennis court that was <br />re-lined into two pickleball courts. This court surface has safety issues and major <br />cracking that would need to be redone. <br />- Adjacent to a green space where benches can be added. <br />- Residents by the lake like having a city amenity north of 37th Ave. <br />- The reason pickleball is not allowed at the main city tennis courts is that coaches <br />requested this when the facility was re-done. (There was one pilot summer where <br />temporary pickleball lines were placed but this did not continue.) Tennis courts are <br />currently at capacity between popular public use and school use. They are popular <br />enough that people come from other cities to use these courts due to the night-time <br />lights allowing them to remain open until at least 10 pm. <br />Potential Dog Park <br />- How do we determine what is officially a “park” and can the city embrace the concept of <br />pocket parks, especially for a possible dog park? <br />- There are several examples in other cities of dog parks that are much smaller than 1 <br />acre. <br />- Central Park has many off-leash dogs already, is this because there isn’t anywhere else to <br />take them? Would they use a dog park instead if it were available? <br />- The Pahl neighborhood parcel could be considered for a temporary or pilot dog park. <br />The area is currently used as a space of neighborhood kids and informal activity. <br />- There were conversations a long time ago about leasing space in NE Minneapolis or New <br />Brighton for a dog park, but residents are wanting a dog park within city borders. <br />- A dog park the size of the ice rink will only serve a certain type of dog and may result in <br />the city offering something that will not meet demand (now there’s something available <br />but people with big dogs who need more space can’t use it, etc). <br />- Seniors don’t feel like they can bring their dogs to the current parks because of the kids <br />(may be scared, possible issues, perception that park isn’t for adults). One of the reasons <br />people want a dog park is to meet people with other dogs. <br />Seniors <br />- Seniors want places in parks where there are trails, trees, opportunities for being in <br />nature. This is available at Silverwood but not walking distance for many of these <br />residents, they want something they can walk to (fighting the mentality that we have to <br />drive to go to a park). <br />- Going out for walks in neighborhoods can result in problems with distance when there <br />aren’t enough benches and places to rest.