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3 <br /> <br /> Acting Director Jason Hicks commented that sound has been an issue. In <br />Arizona they tested the sound at certain distances around the pickleball <br />court. They recommended that some kind of sound abatement be used <br />and certain areas of the courts could not be used for pickleball. He does <br />not know the distance that court was from a residence. <br /> Michelle Veillette, 2908 Brookshire Lane, lives kiddy corner from the <br />courts. Home all the time. Can hear when there are tennis players and the <br />sound is modest. When the pickleball players play, it is a plink, plink, plink <br />sound all the time. I need you to think of that from the perspective of living <br />in that area. Twenty one year resident. Disappointed in how the City i s <br />handling this issue. The City has been talking about these courts for 5 <br />sessions without regard to those who live close to the courts, what they <br />think, feel or want. Just because there is apparent interest in pickleball, <br />does not mean it should be in a heavily residential neighborhood where <br />those of us living close by can hear it in our houses. Yes, there are referee <br />whistles but the pickleball is a totally different sound. We moved here and <br />lived here for 21 years. We love our neighborhood, our neighbors, our <br />park. There is a reason my neighborhood is so fantastic and part of that is <br />because it is a very quiet neighborhood. If it changes to pickleball, it will <br />change in an instant and change the whole feeling of that area. Can see <br />out her window that people play tennis often. Here family and friends, <br />people outside the area use the court. It is not a neglect ed tennis court, it <br />is actively used. We received a letter dated 5/12/17 stating this is an <br />informational meeting. There was no mention of previous meetings in the <br />letter; it is very frustrating. She watched the last Commission meeting <br />video and realized that the City has been talking about the pickleball but <br />not including us. If you really wanted to be transparent, you would have <br />contacted us from the first meeting and asked us what we in the <br />neighborhood feel. You waited for 5 meetings before contacting us and <br />telling us the meeting was informational meeting. That is frustrating. At the <br />meeting of May 10th, she heard Council member Burg talk about how <br />residents were asking her about getting pickleball in the City, yet residents <br />were not saying they wanted to keep their tennis courts. I found this <br />interesting, because why would I randomly come to the City and say make <br />sure you keep my tennis court; unless of course, there is jeopardy of <br />losing them, which there is now. So now I’m coming to the City to say I <br />love these tennis courts and so do my neighbors. I want to say thank you <br />for sending the letter. I was proud of you. So thanks to Council member <br />Burg who insistence on us being included in this discussion. I have a <br />petition here with 82 signatures stating that we oppose the pickleball <br />courts. We want the tennis courts to stay. If I would have known how far <br />out you went in sending the letter, I would have gone outside my circle to <br />get more signatures. 82, we are taking this very seriously. This petition is <br />not only people in this neighborhood, but people who play tennis. I have <br />been listening for when people are playing tennis and run over there and <br />ask if they want to sign the petition because they come and play tennis <br />there. In a memo dated May 31st from Jason Hicks (it did not come out to <br />my neighborhood), it says that pickleball is played by the senior <br />population. Our neighborhood has a lot of young families and older <br />families that might move out and young families move in. We have a lot of