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Residents press commission on lost tennis courts; staff cites FEMA flood rules and maintenance issues
Summary
Speakers asked why long‑used tennis courts remain closed; staff said FEMA will not reimburse rebuilding in the same floodplain and that the city is evaluating alternate sites and green‑space options; residents argued lack of routine maintenance — not flooding alone — contributed to the damage.
Several residents raised concerns about the long‑closed tennis courts and asked when they would be replaced. One resident traced their decline to lack of maintenance, saying the courts were hard surface and had served players for decades and that poor maintenance — not the floodplain — was the primary problem. "If you don't maintain something, that's what happens to them," one…
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