5.1
Pickleball Court, Project 23-36-Draft Pickleball Study Findings
Senior Project Manager Faryal Saiidnia and Verde Design representative Derek McKee presented a report
and answered the Commission's questions.
Speaking from the floor:
-Cliff Chambers on behalf of Barney Morgan, Charles Fischer, Damon Reinhardt, Mitch Peterson, Hansel
Collins
- Mike Rogers on behalf of Chris Dateo
-Silja Paymer on behalf of Mary Dateo (no card)
-Leona Pearce
-Lori Spray
-Rashmi Sahai
-Steve Spray
-Julianne Wang
-Noah Banks
-Pam Pritchard
-Lonnie Hordon
-Terri Rayl on behalf of Jeremy Chen
-Steve Schramm
-Aaron Bloom
-Helen Carroll
-Paige Kolze
-Eric Frick
-Christine Crosby
-Todd Young
-Kathy Chiu
-Tina Chang
-Natalie Johnson
M/S Davis/Mitchner - To direct staff to continue to refine A2 and A3 with a much more specific articulation of
the surrounding design features and amenities (not just the courts), some of the impacts to Cuesta and for
staff to comment on the pros/cons of alternative concepts and areas mentioned tonight, including Cuesta
Annex and Terra Bella.
Commissioner Mitchner seconded with a friendly amendment that the amenities include a couple of dog run
scenarios. Commissioner
Mitchner withdrew his amendment and second. The motion was not voted on.
M/S Filios/Sommer - To forward to Council Concept A3 and include recommended enhancements to the park
and relocate the off-leash dog area without reducing other turf areas of Cuesta Park.
Chair Sommer made a friendly amendment to edit the enhancement list to be more detailed, including
rehabilitating unusable space by raising the level of the amenity of the green space to make up for the loss of
the bowl by creating new planting spaces and native plantings including large scale, denser native or
pollinator expanses. Chair Sommer withdrew the amendment.
Chair Sommer made a friendly amendment to include the following: the intention of them being large scale,
expansive, substantial and including rehabilitation. The amendment was not accepted.
Commissioner Filios made a friendly amendment to reword the motion as follows: to forward to Council
Concept A3 and as part of the conceptual design phase for the Pickleball Courts, also develop conceptual
plans for park enhancements with the intention of them being large scale, expansive, substantial and
including rehabilitation, and develop conceptual plans for a new dog park area.
Chair Sommer accepted the amendment. The friendly amendment was voted on.
