07. Tennis CourtsSuperintendent
756-5000
Business Office
756-500
Transport/Maintenance
756-5015
Special Services
756-5017
Flathead High School
756-5075
Junior Hi h School
76 030
Linderman School
756-5024
Russell School
756-5052
Peterson School
756-5067
Hedges School
756-5048
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756-5043
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756-5058
phone: 406-756-5015 233 FIRST AVENUE EAST - KALISPELL, MONTANA 59901 fax: 406-756-4510
June 17, 1994
Ross Plambeck
Planning Redevelopment Office
P.O. Box 1997
Kalispell, MT 59901
Dear Ross,
I have met with the trustee building committee, which consist of four trustees, and the
Board Chairman, for the purpose of discussing the different tennis court options that we
believe may be available. We discussed the following options:
1. Four courts at the Rawson field
2. Four courts at the Junior High School
3. Four courts at the College
4. Four courts at the Rawson and four courts
5. Four courts at the Junior High School an(
locations
at either of the other locations
four courts at either of the other
6. Four courts at the College and four courts at either of the other locations
7. Eight courts at the College
8. Other
It was their unanimous opinion that eight courts at the college would provide the most
benefit for the community. If less then eight courts is all that can be afforded at this
time, they should be built at the location that offers the best possibility for future
expansion, that place being, in our opinion, the college.
The District feels that an inter local agreement with the city, school district and tennis
association that spells out the college and tennis association's willingness to maintain
the complex and the right of the school district to have first priority on the use of all
courts during the spring MHSA approved tennis season on week days from 3:30 - 6:30
p.m. and any days that we host a tournament during tennis season would be most
acceptable.
Sincerely,
Bill Cooper
Superintendent
cc: Trustees
FVCC SITE
ADVANTAGES
DISADVANTAGES
+ Existing parking - Not "community friendly"
+ Conducive to tournament play - Not centrally located
+ Possible monetary participation - Accessibility by youth,
by FVCC School Dist 5 limited
+ Existing site utilities - Lacking in park
amenities/environment
+ Easy access off Hwy 93 - Non-existent as P.E.
station for Sch Dist 5
+ Could be utilized by FVCC
P.E. curriculum
JUNIOR HIGH SITE
ADVANTAGES
+ Central community location -
+ Neighborhood utilization -
+ Surrounding property provides
park environment
+ Utilization by Junior High
P.E. curriculum
+ Easy access off 3 Mile Drive
+ Additional recreation fields
within close proximity
DISADVANTAGES
Possible conflict
between tournaments
and neighborhood use
Proximity to Hawthorne
and Northridge Courts
Possible advantage for
large-scale use of
tennis courts
SENIOR HIGH/CITY PROPERTY
ADVANTAGES
DISADVANTAGES
+ Additional land along Ashley
- Due to poor soil make-up
Creek to develop as picnic
area is costly to
area greenspace
develop as parkland
+ Within walking and biking
- City loses storage area
distance for youth
for leaf material, snow
+ Proximity to maintenance
- Requires major buffering
facilities of Parks Dept
from City and School
and School Dist 5
Dist maintenance shops
+ Proximity to other High
- Additional parking
School athletic facilities
limited
+ Possible use as High School
P.E. station