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1 <br />Angela Ely <br />From:Brent Vanderwilt <bvanderwilt@yahoo.com> <br />Sent:Tuesday, January 16, 2024 11:34 AM <br />To:DL-Council <br />Cc:Nancy Purcell; Mary Cunningham; Brent Vanderwilt <br />Subject:[EXTERNAL] Retail Pickleball in Everett <br />Follow Up Flag:Follow up <br />Flag Status:Flagged <br />CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you  <br />recognize the sender and know the content is safe.  <br />  <br />Greetings, <br /> <br />I understand the City Council has a request to change the plan for the Riverside Development so that a retail Pickleball <br />(Chicken-n-Pickle) establishment can replace a cinema in the Master Development Plan. I, and literally dozens of my <br />friends, wholeheartedly approve of this use change. <br /> <br />Everett has a pickleball court problem, too few for many players. Approving this change will open up more opportunities <br />for the growing number of players in our city and county. <br /> <br />I believe statistics may help in your decision making process, so let me share a few: <br /> Everett Parks have 13 tennis courts with permanent nets. <br /> Only 6 of these tennis courts have pickleball lines overlaid on the courts. <br /> All of these locations require the players to bring a privately purchased portable net. <br /> Everett has only 1 completely dedicated pickleball court, at Garfield Park. 1 court for 114,000 citizens. <br /> <br />How do we stack up with our neighboring communities? <br /> Marysville has 10 dedicated courts for 73,000 inhabitants. <br /> Edmonds has 4 dedicated courts for 43,000 people. <br /> Bothell has 2 dedicated courts for 21,000 citizens. <br /> Mt. Vernon has 14 dedicated courts for 35,000 people. <br /> <br />In my opinion, having available pickleball courts is an amenity that Everett deserves. Please approve the change. <br /> <br />Thank You, <br />Brent Vanderwilt <br />206-718-8868 <br /> <br />