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South Burlington residents urge changes at Simanski Park over pickleball impacts
Summary
Residents spoke during public comment about noise, parking, speeding and rude behavior linked to new pickleball courts at Simanski Park and asked the council to consider relocating courts or adopting usage guidelines.
Several South Burlington residents used the public-comment period at the March 17 City Council meeting to urge the council to address complaints tied to the city’s new pickleball courts at Simanski Park.
Resident Burton Wilke told the council that a small group who had been using the tennis courts that were striped for pickleball felt displaced when four new dedicated courts were built. “We thought that pickleball courts should be in a public park, should be shared, and there should be some kind of system to allow us to play on the…
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