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Residents urge Sunnyvale to keep Las Palmas Park open and limit outside survey participation
Summary
Multiple residents urged Sunnyvale council to protect Las Palmas Park’s open‑field character, oppose high perimeter fencing and lighting for a proposed sports complex, and to limit renovation surveys to Sunnyvale residents after alleged outreach by out‑of‑area cricket groups.
During oral communications on May 5, several Sunnyvale residents urged the City Council to reconsider plans that would fence and light large portions of Las Palmas Park for organized sports.
Speakers emphasized the park’s role as flexible open space where neighbors, families, pickup games and informal users gather without reservations or fees. Angie Hinson asked the council to "reconsider the proposal of option 1 to fence off a large portion of our Las Palmas Park for…
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