The Trenton Park Board is expected to meet later this week to make a decision on bids to refurbish the tennis court at Eastside Park.
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The Trenton Park Board is expected to meet later this week to make a decision on bids to refurbish the tennis court at Eastside Park.
During a meeting Monday afternoon, the board heard a report from member Frank Kinney concerning information he had received on the project. Kinney, at the request of the board, had visited with a representative of Trans Texas Tennis about the cost to repair and refurbish the Eastside court. Trans Texas is the company that is currently doing the work on the Trenton High School tennis courts.
According to Kinney, Trans Texas estimates it could complete the project at a cost of $3,470. The work would include washing down the courts as well as placing an acid treatment on the courts to help the primer adhere to the surface. Cracks on the court would be filled and the court would then be sealed and coated.
Park Board President Steve Muff noted that the project cost was less than had originally been estimated by the company and would allow the park board to save some money because the company was already in Trenton completing the work at the high school. It was noted that the company, if selected to do the work, would like to ship its materials to Trenton this week. Because of the amount of money being spent, board members decided to seek two additional bids before making a decision.
The board asked that Park Superintendent Jason Shuler contact R-9 Director of Supportive Services to find out the name of the companies that bid on the high school project. They are to be contacted for a bid and that information will be brought back for consideration at a meeting the board hopes to have this week.
Also to be considered at the meeting is a letter that would be sent to the parents of juveniles who misbehave and who the board believes should be prohibited from using park facilities. Muff said the letter, written by City Attorney Chris Raynes, was done in response to problems in regard to vandalism in the park system by juveniles. Board members indicated that other infractions, including swimmers being banned from the aquatics center, could also be covered in the letter, which states that the individual committing inappropriate conduct would be prohibited “from entering or being upon any facilities maintained by the Trenton Park Board as part of the park system of the city of Trenton.” This would include, but not limited to the aquatic enter. The dates for the expulsion from the parks would be filled in by Park Superintendent Jason Shuler, whom the board plans to designate as the individual from whom the letter will be sent. The letter will be sent to the parents of the child by certified mail, with return receipt requested.
The board is asking that a sentence in the letter allowing for any prepaid monies for use of the aquatic center be given back at a pro-rated refund be changed to state that prepaid monies for any park-related activity will not be refunded. Muff is to discuss the change with the city attorney to check the legality before final approval is given.
Board member Chuck Lankheit said he would like to see the board come up with guidelines on various penalties for infractions in the park, including the aquatic center.
Shuler said that a list is being compiled of items that need to be addressed at the aquatic center by the contractors. He also reported that the parking lot has been asphalted and complimented the street department for their work on that project.
The board also discussed repairs to the World War I Memorial at Moberly Park as well as the coaching boxes at Johnson and Griffin fields. Shuler reported that landscape graveling work around the playground equipment is continuing in the parks, but could take as long as six to eight months due to the amount of landscape gravel available. About 50 ton of gravel is available and should finish up the project at Eastside Park as well as allow the park department to begin work at Moberly Park. Once that gravel is used, Shuler said the park system will get additional gravel as it becomes available.