Agenda 04/25/2023 Item #16D 3 (To approve the resurfacing of additional pickleball courts at East Naples Community Park utilizing funds from the previously approved Promotional Funds Grant Application)04/25/2023
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Recommendation to approve the resurfacing of Twenty (20) additional Pickleball Courts at East Naples
Community Park and to make a finding that this expenditure promotes tourism. There is no additional
fiscal impact as the original funded amount is sufficient to include resurfacing of the additional courts.
OBJECTIVE: To approve the resurfacing of additional pickleball courts at East Naples Community Park utilizing
funds from the previously approved Promotional Funds Grant Application.
CONSIDERATION: East Naples Community Park (ENCP) has been transformed over the years to provide
support for the Minto U.S. Open Pickleball Championship. This tournament draws thousands of visitors and
participants each April for what is considered to be a world-class event for the best pickleball players in the sport.
In 2022 the U.S. Open was televised on CBS Sports and provided viewers across the world with information on
Naples, Marco Island, and the Everglades Paradise Coast. As a premier facility, ENCP has sixty-four (64) courts
and a welcome center, which constitutes one of the largest pickleball facilities of its kind in the United States.
The resurfacing of pickleball courts at ENCP is necessary to promote tourism by providing world-class facilities for
the U.S. Open Pickleball Championship. Staff developed and submitted a TDC grant application to resurface forty
(40) courts at the Park at an estimated cost of $600,000. The Collier County Tourist Development Council
recommended approval of the TDC grant application as Agenda Item #7.4 on June 27, 2022. The Collier County
Parks and Recreation Advisory Board (PARAB) reviewed item #IX.c and approved it 6 -1 on August 17, 2022. The
application was approved by the Board as Agenda Item #11I on November 8, 2022.
The quotation process was commenced following TDC and PARAB approval. The process was started immediately
to ensure that resurfacing work could be completed on the most damaged courts prior to the start of the 2023 US
Open. Quotations were requested on September 22, 2022, through Contract #19-7525 - Annual Agreement for
General Contractors. The quotations closed on October 13, 2022, and a single quote for $220,000 was obtained to
resurface the approved forty (40) courts. This lower-than-expected quotation preserves $380,000 of the awarded
$600,000.
The original grant application as approved by the Board of County Commissioners (Board) specified that forty (40)
courts were to be resurfaced. The additional court resurfacing of twenty (20) courts is dir ectly related to supporting
the U.S. Open Pickleball Championship and no additional funds are being requested. The resurfacing of the
previously approved forty (40) courts will cost $220,000. The estimated cost for resurfacing the remaining twenty
(20) courts will be approximately $110,000. The cost of resurfacing these additional courts will remain within the
previously approved budget of $600,000.
ADVISORY BOARD RECOMMENDATION: The Parks and Rec Advisory Board (PARAB) unanimously
approved the resurfacing request as item VI.C at their March 15, 2023 meeting. The Tourist Development Council
unanimously approved the resurfacing request as Agenda Item #7A at its March 20, 2023 meeting.
FISCAL IMPACT: The resurfacing of the previously approved forty (40) courts will cost $220,000. The estimated
cost for resurfacing the remaining twenty (20) courts will be approximately $110,000. Total cost of resurfacing
these additional courts will remain within the previously approved budget of $600,000 provided by TDC Ca tegory
B - Promotion Funds within TDC Project Fund (758). No additional Fiscal impact will occur.
GROWTH MANAGEMENT IMPACT: There is no Growth Management impact.
LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS: This item is approved as to form and legality and requires majority vote for
approval. -CMG
RECOMMENDATION: To approve the resurfacing of the twenty (20) courts not included in the initial
application and to make a finding that this expenditure promotes tourism. There is no fiscal impact as the original
funded amount is sufficient to include resurfacing of the additional courts.
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Prepared By: Jeffrey Newman, Manager- Financial Operations, Operations and Veterans Services Division
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COLLIER COUNTY
Board of County Commissioners
Item Number: 16.D.3
Doc ID: 25013
Item Summary: Recommendation to approve the resurfacing of Twenty (20) additional Pickleball Courts at East
Naples Community Park and to make a finding that this expenditure promotes tourism. There is no additional fiscal
impact as the original funded amount is sufficient to include resurfacing of the additional courts.
Meeting Date: 04/25/2023
Prepared by:
Title: – Operations & Veteran Services
Name: Jeff Newman
03/20/2023 10:31 AM
Submitted by:
Title: – Operations & Veteran Services
Name: Jeff Newman
03/20/2023 10:31 AM
Approved By:
Review:
Tourism Paul Beirnes Additional Reviewer Completed 03/20/2023 12:14 PM
Parks & Recreation Olema Edwards Additional Reviewer Completed 03/20/2023 12:26 PM
Operations & Veteran Services Jeff Weir OVS Director Review Completed 03/20/2023 1:32 PM
Public Services Department Todd Henry PSD Level 1 Reviewer Completed 03/27/2023 10:00 AM
Operations & Veteran Services Jeff Weir Director Review Completed 03/29/2023 5:59 PM
Public Services Department Tanya Williams PSD Department Head Review Completed 04/03/2023 11:28 AM
County Attorney's Office Colleen Greene Level 2 Attorney Review Completed 04/17/2023 2:17 PM
Office of Management and Budget Christopher Johnson Additional Reviewer Completed 04/17/2023 5:15 PM
Office of Management and Budget Debra Windsor Level 3 OMB Gatekeeper Review Completed 04/18/2023 9:06 AM
County Attorney's Office Jeffrey A. Klatzkow Level 3 County Attorney's Office Review Completed 04/18/2023 10:42 AM
County Manager's Office Dan Rodriguez Level 4 County Manager Review Completed 04/18/2023 12:52 PM
Board of County Commissioners Geoffrey Willig Meeting Pending 04/25/2023 9:00 AM
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