Some Washington residents and others want tennis courts in the city, but they differ on how those courts should be provided.

Gil Davis, a city resident, supports rehabilitating the tennis courts at Bughouse Park on Charlotte Street. Eddie Gurganus, who does not live in the city, supports building new tennis courts at the McConnell Sports Complex near Washington-Warren Airport.

The city’s Recreation Advisory Committee recently recommended the city pursue resurfacing the tennis courts at Bughouse Park.

Previously, the committee considered three options. One option is to resurface the tennis courts at Bug House Park at an estimated cost of $11,000. A contractor who inspected those courts said that option would not keep them safe and playable. The second option is to relocate the courts to another location at an estimated cost of $90,000. The McConnell Sports Complex was suggested as the site for the new courts. The third option is to partner with Washington High School and create a joint-use agreement concerning use of the school’s six courts, with the city paying half of the estimated $30,000 project cost.

“My recommendation is that the council repair the courts and make them usable for the community and for the public, and at some point down the road build a new facility. … I do think the city needs to maintain those courts. They’ve been played on for at least over 70 years. It’s an asset to the city, and the cost to make them usable is not extremely high. I think, probably, $20,000 would take care of it,” Davis said.

Gurganus, who helps maintain city facilities, said he’s played tennis at the Bughouse Park courts.

“About three or four years ago, I met with a tennis court-building professional. I met him one Saturday out there. He had gone to the country club and he came up here (Bughouse Park) and said, ‘What a mess.’ He did not even want to talk about resurfacing,” Gurganus said.

The high-school option raises questions such as what days the courts could be used by the city, what times could the courts be used and who could use those courts, Gurganus said.

“New courts — that’s my recommendation,” he said. “Let’s start new. Everything we’ve got around here, we keep patching it up, patching it up,” Gurganus said. “The biggest problem is it’s going to cost more money.”

Gurganus said resurfacing of the Bughouse Park courts is his least favorite option of the three considered by the committee. Those courts are subject to flooding during and after major storms.

The council took no action concerning tennis courts.