09/22/2024
I AM REQUESTING ALL HANDS ON DECK. IF YOU’RE TIRED OF THE WAY OUR EASTSIDE KIDS ARE TREATED, THIS SHOULD REALLY GET YOUR ATTENTION! THE EAST LAURENS TENNIS COURT RESURFACING JOB HAS BEEN COMPLETED, AND I WILL LET YOU BE THE JUDGE OF THE OUTCOME. AS THE PICTURES INDICATE THE AESTHETIC IMAGE OF THE COURTS IS THE WORST OF ANY COURTS I HAVE EVER SEEN. THEY PAINTED THE COURTS WITH 4 FOOT METAL PAINTER SHIELDS AND YOU CAN SEE EVERY STROKE ON THE SURFACE. THEY DIDN’T CLEAN THE COURTS SUFFICIENTLY BEFORE THEY BEGAN THE RESURFACING AND OMITTED USING THE BLACK LATEX RESURFACER WHICH WOULD HAVE PROVIDED A BETTER BASE COVERING THE THOUSANDS OF HOLES AND CREVICES OUR COURTS HAD BEFORE THE RESURFACING BEGAN. THE CONTRACT WITH SUNBELT SPORTS STATES THAT THEY WILL CLEAN COURTS TO REMOVE DIRT AND DEBRIS, REMOVE NETS/POSTS. MILL CRACKS AND ‘DIVOTS’ WITH ACRYLIC COURT PATCH BINDER AND APPLY SMOOTHING COATS TO REDUCE COURT SCARRING. THEN APPLY 1 COAT BLACK LATEX RESURFACER AND TWO COATS LATEX COLOR COAT, LAY OUT AND STRIPE COURTS PER NFHS RULES AND REGULATIONS. THEY DIDN’T CLEAN THE COURTS SUFFICIENTLY AND OMITTED THE BLACK LATEX RESURFACER. TO MY KNOWLEDGE TIM PASSMORE AND CLIFFORD GARNTO BOTH HAVE SEEN THE COURTS AND TO QUOTE OUR SUPERINTENDENT AFTER I ASKED HIM ON 9-12 AFTER THE FIRST FOUR COURTS WERE FINISHED, WHAT HE THOUGHT ABOUT THE COURTS “THEY LOOK GREAT. A COUPLE OF THINGS TO TOUCH UP ON.”
NOTE: THE PICTURES BELOW SHOW THE CONDITION OF THE COURTS IN THE COMPLETED STAGE OF THE RESURFACING JOB AS THEY WERE WHEN I RECEIVED THIS TEXT FROM CLIFFORD GARNTO.
IF YOU ARE AS DISPLEASED AS I AM, REACH OUT TO YOUR BOARD MEMBER, ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDENT TIM PASSMORE, AND SUPERINTENDENT CLIFFORD GARNTO. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND ACTION.
