The proposed courts could replace the originally planned aquatic complex and teen center
City officials are beginning to explore whether to put pickleball and sand volleyball courts into Encinitas Community Park, instead of the originally planned aquatic complex and teen center.
“The better part of valor maybe might be to not do the aquatic center,” Councilmember Bruce Ehlers said. The city financed the park’s initial construction with bond money, and as a cost-saving measure, neither the swim complex nor the teen center proposals were included in the first construction phase. Plans for the teen center have called for a 5,000-square-foot structure in the park’s northwest corner, while the swim complex has been proposed for the northeast area where the Cardiff Dog Days of Summer festival has recently been held.
Council members decided to direct city employees to draw up cost estimates for doing the public outreach required to revise the planning documents. They also asked for more information about the city’s current pickleball needs and the size of swim complexes in neighboring communities. Ehlers said he knows that pickleball is rapidly growing in popularly and the city might want to consider adding courts to its other parks.
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