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ROUGHDRAFT.NEWS OCTOBER 2025125 are planned, there has been discussions about converting “the four tennis courts into three tennis courts and parking, plus consideration is being given to adding pickleball as a dual-use feature on these courts,” the report said. The company’s sound assessment and resulting recommendations considered the non-summer months when a nearby pool would not be in use, which when busy, masks sounds coming from the courts. Nearby homes to the proposed courts vary in distance from less than 100 feet to within 300 feet, with current pickleball play clearly audible in many backyards, the report said. The site plan PSMC used for evaluation calls for one pickleball court on each side of the three tennis courts with six pickleball courts, aligned north- south. Modeling results indicate that achieving compliance with the target sound level at the second story of homes would necessitate a barrier height of approximately 22 feet, the report said. Increasing barrier height to 16 feet “likewise proved ineffective due to reflective sound paths propagating over the barriers.” Van Scoyk said Rosenfeld Park, “to put it bluntly, is not the best place for pickleball.” City held public meeting Sept. 29 After the vote, Amy Trocchi thanked PSMC for providing “tone and perspective to an issue that has fractured our very good community.” The possibility of a future pickleball complex, however, is still on the table, possibly at another venue. Officials were scheduled to hold a public information meeting at city hall Sept. 29 from 6-8 p.m. where representatives from PSMC will be on hand to answer questions from attendees. Auman said the city will continue to seek solutions to address “a great demand for pickleball” at a city-owned park or another venue. Gross said the anti-pickleball group and other Tucker residents have questioned “why it has taken all of this division and controversy to convince you that installing 12 pickleball courts so close — in some cases less than 100 feet — from our homes might not be such a good idea? Especially considering the fact that the recommended 510 R18 66 R5 59 R16 60 R7 55 R3 59 IW 60 R& 56 R2 57 R15 58 R17 65 30 35 40 45 50 55 Figure 9: Noise Map, No Barriers, S1, North and South Receivers 60 extensive sound mitigation measures would significantly drive up the initial cost?” (Photo courtesy of City of Tucker) OCT. 4, 2025 - JAN 11, 2026 TREASURES soprintendenza delmare UNDERWATER ARCHAEOLOGY EXHIBIT Open daily with late hours on select nights Organized by Contemporanea Progetti in collaboration with the Regione Siciliana - Soprintendenza del Mare di Palermo, Italia (Italy). Photos © Salvo Emma - Soprintendenza del Mare; ©Archivio Fotografico Soprintendenza del Mare FREE FOR MEMBERS SUNKEN $ A WORLD OF WOW Get Tickets at FernbankMuseum.org/SunkenTreasures ^Fernbank MUSEUM I 3D THEATER I FOREST
