City Council

A. PICKLEBALL DISCUSSION - OPTIONS FOR THE ADDITION OF PICKLEBALL\nCOURTS IN SAN GABRIEL\nDuring the July 18, 2023 City Council Meeting, staff presented a construction\ncontract for a new pickleball court at Smith Park. At that meeting, public\ncomments and a petition were presented speaking against the construction of\nthe new court. After much deliberation, the City Council requested to have the\nitem come back at a future meeting. The item was presented again at the\nAugust 15, 2023 meeting and again there were many public comments about\nthe item. Council requested that the item come back with potential options at\na future meeting. Should the Council choose Alternative 1, the cost of\nresurfacing and painting of the courts has already been approved by the City\nCouncil. If, after further evaluation, there is a need for expansion of the court\n(i.e. extending the court) to accommodate four pickleball courts, staff will\nbring that forward to the City Council for approval of the enhancements to\nthe court. Should the City Council choose Option 2 or 3 for the construction\nof a pickleball court at another location, staff would bring an item forward to\ninclude construction/resurfacing costs for the approved location.\nALTERNATIVES\nAlternative 1: Continue with the courts as existing. When resurfacing the\ncourts, as already approved by Council, resurface one for tennis play only and\none with four permanent pickleball courts for pickleball play only. Staff will\nevaluate the court spacing to place four pickleball courts on the tennis court\nand, if needed, will bring an item back to the Council for expansion of the\ncourt. Sound barriers would also be placed on the courts at Smith. Should the\npool expansion move forward, staff recommends evaluating the site to\npotentially add a pickleball court to the east of the current courts and moving\nthe pool further east.\nAlternative 2: Convert both of the existing courts at Smith Park to permanent\npickleball courts (eight courts). Staff will evaluate the court spacing to place\neight pickleball courts on the courts and, if needed, will bring an item back to\nthe Council for expansion of the courts. Sound barriers would also be placed\non the courts at Smith. Should the pool expansion move forward, staff\nrecommends evaluating the site to potentially add a tennis court or additional\npickleball court to the east of the current courts and moving the pool further\neast.\nAlternative 3: Locate permanent pickleball courts next to the existing\nbasketball courts in Smith Park.\nAlternative 4: Locate two permanent pickleball courts in Lugo Park with\npossible options.\nAlternative 5: This option would be to continue with the courts as existing, not\nadding additional courts. Current courts at Smith Park and Washington School\nPark would be resurfaced as previously approved by the City Council, but no\ncourts would be added.\nCalifornia Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Determination: Depending on the\nalternative selected by the Council, project is exempt under following\nexemptions: Class 1 (e)(2)(A)(B) Existing Facilities, Class 3 New Construction of\nSmall Structures or Class 11 Accessory Structures.\nRecommended Action:\nStaff recommends that the City Council proceed with Alternative 1.