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Owens Plaza Neighborhood Park has an existing tennis court that could potentially be converted to pickleball. However, it is the only tennis court at this location, so tennis would be eliminated from the park. The court is also surrounded by apartments, there is no restroom and there is limited parking. Fairlands Neighborhood Park has two existing tennis courts. These courts are also due for resurfacing so conversion costs would be minimal. However, Fairlands has limited parking, does not have a restroom and support for pickleball in this park has not been voiced. Instead, the City has heard the need for renovated tennis courts at this location. Stoneridge Creek Neighborhood Park has two existing tennis courts that could potentially be converted to pickleball, has a restroom and doesn't have any nearby homes. However, the courts are well-used by tennis players, the courts have beveled corners so one tennis court could likely only be converted to two pickleball courts, the park has limited parking and it is located at the very eastern edge of the city. Muirwood Community Park was determined to be the best location for pickleball as: • Pickleball is a rather loud sport, but Muirwood Community Park is directly adjacent to 1-680 so any additional noise created by pickleball play would be mitigated by other ambient noise (staff is also researching sound-mitigating panels that could potentially be added to the courts to help reduce noise) • There are four existing tennis courts so converting two of them would still leave two tennis courts • The tennis courts are already scheduled for resurfacing and the cost to convert two of the courts to pickleball would be minimal • There are multiple gates so pickleball players and tennis players would be able to access the courts separately • There is already a public restroom • There is a large amount of available on-street parking • There are minimal neighboring homes • Muirwood is a community park rather than a neighborhood park (it is a larger park with more facilities and is intended to be used by the entire community rather than just the neighborhood). Based on multiple staff observation times, the four tennis courts are rarely in use all at the same time. The City also considered locating pickleball courts at Tennis and Community Park, Centennial Community Park and Bernal Community Park. There is one tennis court at Tennis and Community Park which is currently dual-striped for pickleball and tennis, but there is a fee associated with the use of the court. Any future courts would also include a fee to use them so no further evaluation was performed as this did not meet the original community request. Page 3of5