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Burnsville residents urge council to rule out park as pickleball site, citing noise, access and health concerns
Summary
Several residents and advocates told the Burnsville City Council the park site under consideration for a new pickleball complex would harm vulnerable adults, people with disabilities and wildlife; a council member said the site is not an option for her and staff will return with alternate options in April.
Dozens of Burnsville residents urged the City Council on Tuesday to remove a lakeside park from consideration as the site of a proposed pickleball complex, citing health impacts from noise, increased traffic and loss of peaceful access for vulnerable residents.
Speakers at the meeting said the park under consideration (referred to variously in public comments as "Alleymagnet" or similar spellings in the record) is adjacent to multiple licensed group homes and assisted-living residences whose occupants rely on the park's quiet for physical and mental well-being. "It's really noisy," said Susan Bissonnette, a Burnsville resident, describing how chronic noise would affect her own medical condition and sleep.
The concern…
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