The City Council on Tuesday, July 6 will consider accepting bids for the Marguerite Tennis Center Renovation Project, which is designed to bring the aging facility up to code and update it with modern energy-efficient equipment, replace tennis court lighting, add an eighth tennis court, and upgrade the facility’s parking lot.
The Marguerite Tennis Center was built by the Mission Viejo Company to residential standards in the 1970s. The facility has deteriorated much over the years and is in need of rehabilitation and replacement.
The project, which dates back years, calls for replacing the aging 35-year-old tennis building with an energy-efficient building that meets current codes and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) accessibility requirements. One tennis court would be removed and two added for a total of eight tennis courts complete with new energy-efficient lighting.
Along with the energy-efficient lighting and green building techniques, the Marguerite Tennis Center Project will create significant environmental improvements to a facility that is well past its prime. Some of those include correcting a decades’ long deficiency in the clubhouse sewer system; upgrading the water supply system to improve backflow prevention; incorporating better use of natural air flow at the clubhouse to conserve energy used for air conditioning; improving storm water runoff control to better protect the natural creek; and other improvements.
The Marguerite Tennis Center Renovation Project has received much public input over the past five years. The Community Services Commission conducted two public workshops in May 2009; the City Council has reviewed and approved various elements of the project eight different times dating back to 2007; and in February of this year, the Planning and Transportation Commission gave final approval for the Tennis Center Renovation project.
Construction is expected to begin in early October and be completed within a year.
The City Council meets at 6:00 p.m. in Council Chamber at City Hall, 200 Civic Center. For more information, visit www.cityofmissionviejo.org.
