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Residents urge council to move proposed Alimagnet Park pickleball complex over wetlands, noise and light concerns
Summary
Two Burnsville residents and a nearby homeowner told the City Council during public comment that the proposed pickleball expansion in Alimagnet Park could harm wetlands, degrade Alimagnet Lake and worsen living conditions for people sensitive to noise and light, including veterans with traumatic brain injuries.
Candace Victor and John Victor, longtime Burnsville residents, and Britney Kaldunski Leech, a homeowner near Alimagnet Park, used the City Council public-comment period to ask the council to consider moving a proposed outdoor pickleball complex out of Alimagnet Park.
The residents said the park and nearby Alimagnet Lake and associated wetlands are environmentally sensitive and already stressed by urban runoff. Britney K. Leech described wetlands as “among the most biologically diverse and productive ecosystems” and said Minnesota’s Wetlands Conservation Act…
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