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Neighbors present petition opposing lighted pickleball courts at Rotary Park
Summary
Neighbors delivered a 66‑signature petition asking the council to reconsider approval of six lighted pickleball courts at Rotary Park, raising noise, lighting and parking concerns and citing local noise and light ordinances.
Mary Lou Cochran of the Sixth Ward stepped to the podium during public comment with a petition signed by 66 neighbors opposing agenda item 25‑4032, the proposal to install six lighted pickleball courts at Rotary Park. Cochran said neighbors were not consulted and raised multiple concerns: repetitive noise from pickleball, lights shining into homes, and loss of parking for families and park users.
"We are against these courts because of the noise pickleball generates and because of issues with any future lights shining into homes," Cochran said, citing Galesburgnoise ordinance 130.049 and light ordinance 130.004. She asked the council to reconsider its approval and find an alternative location away from family homes. No council action on the petition was recorded during the meeting; the item referenced (25‑4032) had been approved earlier, which prompted the public appeal for reconsideration.
