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<br />~ <br />~HILLS <br /> <br />MEMORANDUM <br /> <br />DATE: <br /> <br />September 19,2007 <br /> <br />Agenda Item: S.B. <br /> <br />TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />Michelle Wolfe; City Administrator <br /> <br />FROM: Michelle Olson, Parks and Recreation Manager -h1ff) <br /> <br />SUBJECT: Sheehy Tennis Court <br /> <br />BACKGROUND <br />On September 24,2007 at a Regular City Council Meeting, City Staff presented information on <br />the Sheehy Tennis Court that is located at 3168 Ridgewood Road. At that meeting, staff <br />presented four options for the future use of this land: <br /> <br />1. Continue to lease use of the tennis conrt exclusively to the Arden Hills No.3 <br />Association. The current rental fee is set at $10.00 per year. Staff has <br />included a copy of the current lease for Council review (Attachment 8B-l). <br /> <br />a. Keep lease at $10.00 per year with no additional stipulations. <br />b. Increase rental fee to a number agreed to by Council. <br />c. Keep lease fee at $10.00 per year but include a maintenance agreement <br />that would require the association to be financially responsible for a <br />resurface to the court on the City's 6-8 year schedule. Staff did receive an <br />estimate from one vendor for $6,470.00 to resurface the court (quotation is <br />attached - Attachment 8B-2). <br /> <br />Staff has concerns regarding a City owned court being offered for use exclusively <br />by a private group. If a new lease agreement is considered, Staff recommends at <br />a minimum that the maintenance of the court be soecificallv addressed within the <br />agreement. <br /> <br />2. Open np this area as a public park and leave the tennis court. <br /> <br />Currently, the court has a padlock and is available only to association members. <br />If this land was designated as a public park, the court would be open to the <br />general public. The City would then assume all liability for the site. This would <br />be a simple process of adding the Sheehy property to our insurance. Benches <br /> <br />\\Metro-inet.us\ardenhills\PR&PW\Parks\Memos\Council Memos\Sheehy Tennis Court Future <br />Options2.doc <br />