City Council Committee - Regular Meeting

Thank you, thank you Parks for your presentation. There are some questions that came about by the group and I'm going to ask them. And so there can be some clarity and some understanding. The first one says, during your last presentation, Bluff City Pickleball said that Memphis had zero pickleball courts. According to pickleheads.com, All right. Turn the volume down, please.

According to pickleheads.com, there are 93 courts across 22 locations in Memphis. Why did you say that there are zero pickleball courts in Memphis? Did you know that The Croc, located in Liberty Park, offers pickleball to non-members for $3? What about the four pickleball courts at Tom Lee Park? These are free to access, have permanent lines painted, Net was already set up. Offers free rental gear with an ID at the pavilion. Well, you are aware of that.

Thank you. The next one is, and this will be very brief. Their question is, if they mention this being public pickleball courts, do they intend to charge for access at Bluff City Pickleball? A, if yes for charging, then why do you consider your courts to be public but not the one at the Crock or Tom Lee? And their second one question is, If no to charging, then how do you intend to fulfill the profit sharing promises?

If yes, the charging, and then if no, the charging.

Thank you. Well, thank you. And these were the concerns of the constituents, and they just wanted me to ask. And I must concur with you that playing on the wood floor pickleball at Crock and on Concrete is totally different. You're exactly right, because I've played pickleball before. But these are just concerns with those young people back there. just wanting to make sure that they are heard and their voice is heard. And that was just a question. And so I hope this clarifies, because with all you're getting, get a good understanding on both sides so we can get a clear understanding. But there

The question is, what review has been completed to confirm that this lease preserves the fairgrounds public use requirements and the tourism development zone tax status?

You're very welcome, and thank you. Thank you, Chairman.

Thank you, Chair. Since we're behind schedule, I guess we'll get a quick answer. What did we decide as far as helping the roller derby folks secure actually a location that was affordable at around the same price of what they were using the Pipkin building for? What's the status on it?

In the interest of time, Chair, when does this actual vote on the lease of the Pipkin building come to us?

Would it be too much if I ask that the vote is held until we get an actual plan for the folks that are coming out of the Pipkin building?

Yeah, I think they're mutually exclusive, but I also think they're aligned. And because we deal with so many things, I don't want us to forget about one while getting done with the other.

Not about the pickle. I'm talking about forget. See, you already forgot. I'm talking about the roller derby.

Can we put it on the agenda for two weeks to talk about the roller derby?

Well, just on their faces back there, I don't know how. But if we can put it on the agenda in two weeks and...

And we're voting on the lease tonight. We're voting on the lease tonight. So if we vote on the lease tonight, how long does the roller derby have before they have to stop using the premises?