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Parks Commission hears neighbors on pickleball noise, defers action pending technical study and council workshop
Summary
After presentations on multiple sound-mitigation products and public comment from nearby residents, the Lake Elmo Parks Commission voted to defer a final decision on sound‑mitigation at Pebble Park until after a February workshop with City Council and additional technical study by staff.
The Lake Elmo Parks Commission on Dec. 15 considered options to address noise from pickleball courts at Pebble Park after months of citizen complaints. Staff described several mitigation products — acoustic block panels, fence screens, quilted sound blankets and a product called Sports SonicGuard — and presented approximate costs and tradeoffs, but commissioners expressed concerns about cost, durability and whether two-sided mitigation would simply bounce sound to other neighborhoods.
"We did have 1 of the council members authorized the city administrator to approve up to $75,000 of settlement mitigation at…
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