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To:Stanwyck, Shelly
Subject:RE: \[EXTERNAL\] Re: Sinsheimer Tennis Court Project Update
From: Vicente del Rio <
Sent: Tuesday, March 5, 2019 12:27 PM
To: Christopher Gilbert < ; Scott Cleere <
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<agomez@slocity.org>; Stewart, Erica <estewart@slocity.org>; Steve Davis <stevedavis@staffordmccarty.com>
Subject: Re: \[EXTERNAL\] Re: Sinsheimer Tennis Court Project Update
Well said, Scott. You concur with my earlier comments.
Maybe we should start lobbying for a couple of lawn tennis courts at the humungus Damon Garcia soccer
park, and take advantage of those super lights....
Vicente del Rio, PhD
Professor, City and Regional Planning
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
From: Christopher Gilbert <
Sent: Tuesday, March 5, 2019 12:09 PM
To: Scott Cleere; Vicente del Rio
Cc: Hyfield, Devin; Stanwyck, Shelly; hharmon@slocity.org; apease@slocity.org; cchristianson@slocity.org;
agomez@slocity.org; estewart@slocity.org; Steve Davis
Subject: RE: \[EXTERNAL\] Re: Sinsheimer Tennis Court Project Update
Well said, Scott. I wholeheartedly concur.
Chris Gilbert
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Sent: Tuesday, March 5, 2019 11:30 AM
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agomez@slocity.org; estewart@slocity.org; Steve Davis <stevedavis@staffordmccarty.com>
Subject: \[EXTERNAL\] Re: Sinsheimer Tennis Court Project Update
Hello Devin,
Thank you for the update. If I read this correctly, action for lighting the Sinheimer tennis courts is delayed
indefinitely. Is the money allocated going to a different project or placed in some account that is protected? I
understand more discussion will take place concurrent with the Parks and Recreation Element and Master
Plan Update. For nearly 20 years the small but vocal tennis community pushing for lighted tennis courts is
asked again to wait. The small group of vocal local residents who oppose lighting the tennis courts will live
with Blues baseball, a beautiful playground, a little league baseball diamond, disc golf, volleyball, horseshoes,
batting cages but not tennis in the evening roughly four months of the year. My faith in our local leaders and
the democratic process is faltering. We have played by the rules, done our due process and attended
countless meetings. My belief that I can make a difference is nearly gone.
Some years from now when lighting the tennis courts at Sinshemier Park is completed, people will look at this
and wonder why it took so long. Who could possibly argue that providing access to recreational facilities to
working class people is counter to a healthy community or not a good fit for a PUBLIC PARK.
I hope to attend the meeting tonight but if I cannot please read this in my absence.
Scott Cleere
1804 Viewmont Drive
San Luis Obispo, CA
805/665-0207
Staff Recommendation: 1. Authorize Staff to implement the above REOC recommendations; and, 2. Authorize
the deferment and return $165,000 of unspent funds of the Parkland Funded 2017-19 Sinsheimer Park Tennis
Court Lighting Project and direct staff to include discussions of this project concurrent with the update of the
Parks and Recreation Element and Master Plan Update.
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Scott Cleere, Director of Tennis, 805/665-0207, scott@ttrtennis.com
On Tue, Feb 26, 2019 at 4:20 PM Vicente del Rio <vdelrion@calpoly.edu> wrote:
Thanks for letting me know. I appreciate the staff being behind us on this.
But this is really disappointing and indicates, yet once again, the difficulty of the council to committ to
projects that may have any bit of discontent from a loud minority. SLO will continue to disregard its tennis
players (the only mayor sport not to have lights provided) and to be the only city in the Five-Cities complex
not to have lighted tennis courts. What a shame.
If the problem is technical, and not political, there are creative solutions, such as phasing the project (have
only two courts lighted first!)sponsors.
Well, perhaps my kids see the lights....
Vicente
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From: Hyfield, Devin <dhyfield@slocity.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2019 10:01 PM
To: Hyfield, Devin
Cc: Stanwyck, Shelly
Subject: Sinsheimer Tennis Court Project Update
Greetings:
Thank you to all of who attended the Sinsheimer Tennis Court Project conversation on February 5
and for those who provided correspondence with Council. Staff received a great deal of information
with regards to future analysis, study and research at the meeting. As was noted in the presentation,
staff is recommending to Council the evaluation and prioritization of the project within the Parks and
Recreation Element of the General Plan Update and Master Plan.
At theMarch 5, 2019 City Council meeting, a consent item is proposed discussing the status on a
few capital projects including the Sinsheimer Tennis Court Lighting Project. As a result of increased
projected construction costs (now at $425,000), the need to do some more research to respond to
public input, and the Update of the Parks and Recreation Element of the General Plan and Master
Plan (currently underway) staff is suggesting this project be evaluated in the context of the larger
prioritization exercise for all future recreation amenities, facilities, and parks within the Master Plan
and be deferred to that process at this time.
Full details of the agenda is available via the attached pdf or TBD online postedhere.
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Additionally, the Parks and Recreation Department will be holding its third focused workshop at the
March Parks and Recreation Commission meeting discussing Fields and Facilities. We hope to see
many of you in attendance on Wednesday, March 6 in the Council Chamber at 5:30 PM.
Devin Hyfield
Recreation Manager
Parks & Recreation
Aquatics, Facilities and Golf
1341 Nipomo Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-3934
E DHyfield@slocity.org
T 805.781.7295
slocity.org
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