The El Dorado Parks and Playgrounds Commission will convene at noon today for its last regular meeting of the year.
The meeting will be held in the second-floor conference room of City Hall.
Robert Edmonds, director of public works, is on the agenda to provide an update and synopsis on several park improvement projects the EPPC initiated this year.
Edmonds is also expected to discuss a plan for city parks in 2024.
A major project that got underway earlier this year is an effort to improve the tennis courts in Mellor Park and convert a portion of the courts into pickleball courts.
With nearly $370,000 funding from the El Dorado Works tax -- a one-cent city sales tax initiative in which funding is earmarked for economic development, municipal infrastructure and quality-of-life projects -- and the support of local pickleball enthusiasts, the EPPC worked with the Department of Public Works to develop a scope of work that includes:
Resurfacing and repairing the courts, painting new surface lines, a new netting system for the tennis courts, converting three of the tennis courts into eight pickleball courts and adding windscreens for the pickleball courts ($86,640).
An LED lighting system with automatic lighting controls ($148,238).
External and internal court fencing ($108,705); sidewalks, court furniture and organizational equipment -- paddle holders and signs -- ($15,000).
An $11,400 contingency.
In May, the El Dorado Works Board, which administers the similarly-named sales tax, and the El Dorado City Council approved an additional $26,851 to install new fencing for the dog enclosure in Mitchell Park and the basketball courts in Lions Club Park.
During an EPPC meeting on Nov. 28, commissioners noted they had not directly received an update on ongoing projects since August.
Commissioners said they had heard about potential changes and tweaks to the Mellor Park courts' project, but the information had not been communicated EPPC members.
They also said they need clarification from city officials about the EPPC's role, mission and duties.
Also on the agenda is a manager's and financial report for the Lions Club Municipal Golf Course.
Last month, commissioners noted that monthly revenues had dropped in August and September. The trend was attributed to soaring temperatures that gripped the area in late summer.
Monthly income for November was also expected to fall short of the $15,101 that was taken in in November of 2022.