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As the popularity of pickleball has grown nationally and in Roseville specific, there has been an increase in use at the Evergreen Parkportable courts. Asinterest has grown in Roseville, players have explicitly expressed concerns that the portable set up and take down of equipment is unstable and not meeting the needs and expectations. Over the years residents have regularly and consistently requested that permanent pickleball courts be constructed somewhere in Roseville. In 2019, a petition containing a mix of residents and non-residents was submitted to encourage the city to look at a more permanent situation to accommodate the demand for pickleball. We continue to hear from them. They specifically suggested that the two tennis courts at Evergreen Park be converted to six permanent pickleball courts. See the example in your packet of the Shoreview courts layout where they did something similar. While there are six other park sites for playing tennis in Roseville, they are not in the SW sector. Without any accommodations for tennis, this would displace any tennis players at the Evergreen Park site. Tennis is also in high interest and demand in Roseville. Not far from the current Evergreen Park tennis courts behind the Fairview Community Center there are four tennis courts that are owned by the Roseville School District that are in disrepair. At this time, they have no plans to make improvements. In order to accommodate the tennis need in this area of Roseville, we have had agreeable conversations with the School District to allow the city to improve the courts and then allow the city to advertise them to be open to the public for use. It should be noted that the two Evergreen Park tennis courts are lit and the four Fairview Community Center courts are not lit. At previous commission meetings and at your January 2021 joint meeting with the City Council, it was discussed that permanent pickleball courts were of interest in the community and that there was a desire to identify options and costs. Since that time, more exploring has occurred with the following options and costs identified: Pickleball Options and Costs 5-24-21 Site Option Costs Considerations -Is currently being used as pickleball Convert two lit tennis and works well Evergreen Park courts to six Estimate:$35,000 - Proximity to homes pickleball courts is far enough away to avoid noise issue Improve the four Fairview Community Improvements made existing non lit tennis Estimate: $40,000 Centerby the city courts Noise concerns Autumn Grove Park Construct six new Estimate:$225,000(paddle and ball) with – south of Lydia proximity to homes