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Golf committee tables range ball-machine relocation after members question $27,000–$31,000 cost estimates
Summary
Sun City West’s Golf Committee on May 8 discussed moving driving-range ball-dispensing machines away from golf-course patios and enclosing machines to reduce noise and improve member experience.
Sun City West’s Golf Committee on May 8 discussed moving driving-range ball-dispensing machines away from golf-course patios and enclosing machines to reduce noise and improve member experience. Staff presented cost estimates and noise comparisons and the committee agreed to table the item for further study.
The issue matters because staff said some machines generate brief spikes of sound up to about 90 decibels when balls are dumped into a basket, disrupting conversations on nearby patios. Johnson, a staff presenter, said moving units 50–100 feet from patios “would gain about 15 decibels” and brought a multi-site estimate ranging from $10,050 for…
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