Agenda Item Wording:
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Request by Vice Mayor Liz Wynn - Request for a future agenda Item regarding additional recreational opportunities such as pickleball courts or other short-term projects.
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Deadline for Action: 5/5/2025
Submitting Department: Administration
Contact Name and Phone Number: Vice Mayor Liz Wynn 713-4400 ext. 9313
Department Recommendation: Vice Mayor Liz Wynn requests that the City Council approve placing an item on a City Council agenda before June 30, 2025. The purpose of the item is to direct staff to prepare and present options for increasing community access to recreational activities-specifically through the addition of pickleball courts and/or other short-term projects.
The presentation should include:
• Construction options for new or expanded facilities
• Approximate cost estimates
• Potential location options within the City of Visalia
• An emphasis on supporting the growing demand for pickleball and similar recreational activities
This initiative aims to enhance recreational accessibility for a broader segment of Visalia residents and respond to increasing community interest in outdoor activities as part of the council’s strategic planning goal of Quality of Life - Free or low-cost, family friendly activities that encourage engagement citywide.
Background Discussion:
On June 1, 2015, the City Council enacted a process wherein a City Councilmember may make a request to the City Manager that an item not otherwise scheduled to be on an agenda be added to a future agenda. If the item is received by the City Manager prior to Wednesday noon of the week before the next Council meeting, the City Manager adds an agenda item to the Consent Calendar with the question of whether the suggested agenda item should be placed on the next regularly scheduled meeting as a discussion item. (Note: Depending on the nature of the item, or the amount and type of information needed for the Council discussion, a later meeting date may be selected by Council.) If the item is approved as part of the Consent Calendar, or is pulled and approved after discussion, it is then placed on the next agenda as a regular item unless Council authorizes a later meeting to consider the item.
Fiscal Impact: Unknown
Other: N/A
Alternatives: To not approve the request to consider this matter at an upcoming Council meeting.
Recommended Motion (and Alternative Motions if expected):
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I move to approve the request by Vice Mayor Wynn to add this item to a future Council agenda.
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Environmental Assessment Status: N/A
CEQA Review: N/A
Attachments: None