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April 25, 2022 - RE: Pickleball support; action requested

Please read and send your feedback ASAP to members of the OV Board of Directors before the upcoming 4/28/22 vote.

Here are their emails:

rgillis.poa@comcast.net      Ross Gillis

poaemery@gmail.com        Eileen Emery

poadobbin@gmail.com       Jim Dobbin

ovbetsy@aol.com               Betsy Murray

chrispoa@yahoo.com        Chris Savino

trudi@aquaspe.com           Trudi Schifter

ovpoadave@gmail.com      Dave Strothmann

This note is from the Pickleball Committee to the Ocean Village community.

We are writing to raise awareness of a critical motion made on April 19,2022, at the Board of Directors’ workshop, to amend the prior proposal to build racquet sports courts in the field north of the new clubhouse. The motion is to build 1 asphalt tennis court in the field.

Prior compromise agreements between the Pickleball and Tennis Committees, at the request of the Board, formed a recommendation to build 8 pickleball courts in the North Field. Additionally, tennis courts 1 and 2, would be replaced with 1 soft surface court.

In November, 2021, the Board unanimously approved this joint recommendation.

Today, we are faced with increased opposition to this agreement, with much disinformation and misinterpretation of the facts being circulated in OV.

To address this, here are some key facts:

1. The new courts would be for OV players, just as our tennis courts are intended to be used.

2. We have several months of player registration data provided by Recreation booking software, supporting our request for additional courts to accommodate demand.

3. Any sound issues would be mitigated by the installation of appropriate sound barrier material, concealed by landscaping shrubbery, the cost for which is already budgeted in the Proctor Construction contract.

4. Placing pickleball courts in the North Field puts them the farthest possible distance from residences, and is a location where sound can be mitigated at or below ambient noise levels.

5. No lighting is contemplated for the courts.

6. There is no data to support a majority opposition to pickleball courts.

Please urgently send your feedback to the board members. Let them know that  you support the Board of Directors’ December, 2021 vote to build a 120 foot by 120 foot racquet sport court in the North Field.

Thank you.

March 24, 2022 - Pickleball Web Site Launching

March 24th is our OV Pickleball Site launching, still under construction but will be on the air on the March Madness event