By: NICOLAS FIERRO
Salina Post
New and improved sand volleyball courts are expected to be established at Jerry Ivey Memorial Park.
During the Salina City Commission meeting on Monday, a bid of $94,174.50 was accepted to install USA standard sand volleyball courts at Jerry Ivey Park. This bid was submitted by Garibay Siteworks Co. LLC back on Thursday, May 1st who is the construction company that will replacing the sand volleyball courts.
A few years back, Salina's Parks and Recreation department made a priority of addressing tennis courts in the city's park system. The City then made partnerships with Salina Tennis Alliance and USD 305 to perform the maintenance of the courts.
Afterwards, park amenities at Jerry Ivey included a basketball court, 4 tennis courts and 2 sand volleyball courts. Overtime, the basketball court needed maintenance and was then resurfaced by USD 305. However, the sand volleyball courts were not replaced due to the space requirements needed to construct 4 additional tennis courts, making a total of 8 tennis courts.
City Commission was still committed to replacing the sand volleyball courts to improve playability and meet USA Sand Volleyball standards.
On Monday, Salina City Commissioners voted to approve the replacement of the sand volleyball courts at Jerry Ivey Memorial Park.
A completion date was not announced.