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Caucus debates up to $145,000 for Martin Park pickleball sound mitigation; neighbors raise longstanding noise concerns
Summary
Councilmembers discussed funding and engineering options to add sound mitigation to Martin Park—s pickleball courts and agreed in caucus to advance an amendment to resolution 33 to increase the allocation for mitigation work.
Councilmembers in the Kingston Common Council Democratic Caucus discussed a plan to renovate Martin Park—s tennis and pickleball facilities and to add sound mitigation for nearby homes, with caucus members indicating they would propose an amendment on the council floor to increase the project authorization for sound mitigation.
A caucus member identified as Councilmember Jack summarized procurement steps, engineering options and vendor quotes for sound mitigation and said preliminary pricing for full coverage using an engineered barrier product (Pickle Block) and higher-strength fencing to handle wind load produced estimates in the mid-five figures. "With the engineering, with the pickle block material, and then we're having to upgrade the actual…
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