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HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem_4.3_Correspondence_received_as_of_500_p.m._on_November_8_2022From:John Somers To:Gail Massagli Subject:Future Pickleball at Osage Date:Monday, November 7, 2022 7:00:31 PM***CAUTION*** THIS EMAIL WAS NOT SENT FROM DANVILLE STAFFThis email originated from outside of the Town of Danville and was not sent from aTown Staff member! Do not click on links or open attachments unless you recognize thesender and know the content is safe. Hello, I am a long time resident of the Osage neighborhood in Danville. I am against any further development of the Pickleball initiative in the park as safety, traffic,parking and noise issues will be created. We all know this is and will be the result of more pickleball. It’s high time the commission putthe brakes on this ill considered and reckless plan. John Somers Parks, Recreation and Arts Commission Correspondence Received as of 5:00 p.m. November 8, 2022 From:Neil Gutierrez To:Gail Massagli Subject:Parks, Recreation and Arts Commission - Special Meeting 11/09/22; Agenda 4.3- Consider approval of AdditionalPickleball Courts at Osage Station Park Date:Tuesday, November 8, 2022 9:16:58 AM Attachments:RE Thoughts for conversion of Tennis Court to Pickleball Court @ Muirwood Park.eml.msg ***CAUTION*** THIS EMAIL WAS NOT SENT FROM DANVILLE STAFF This email originated from outside of the Town of Danville and was not sent from a Town Staffmember! Do not click on links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know thecontent is safe. Hello Gail, My name is Neil Gutierrez and I am a resident of Pleasanton. I am writing you regarding theAddition of Pickleball Courts at Osage Park in Danville. I’m sure you are getting a lot ofemails/correspondence for this topic :). Last year, I started petitioning the Pleasanton City Council/Parks and Rec to converting 2 out of 4 tenniscourts into Pickleball Courts @Muirwood Park. I worked with the Tri Valley and Walnut CreekPickleball Members to email the Pleasanton City Council to have their voice heard, especially those whowere Pleasanton residents (i.e., add their local address in the email). There was an overwhelmingamount of emails sent on May ’21 and the City Council Approved for the Parks and Rec to find alocation. I then put a PPT proposal to the Parks and Rec on why Muirwood Park would be the bestchoice (see snapshots below) Thankfully, the Parks and Rec came to the same conclusion that Muirwood Park would be the bestlocation for dedicated Pickleball courts as it was already slated to have the basketball and the 4 tenniscourts resurfaced along with the above “Pros” in my presentation above. This was then approved by theCity Council after the Neighbors/Pleasanton Community were informed prior (i.e., Mailers and ParkMeeting to discuss Pickleball Courts). The funding for the project came from Capital ImprovementProgram #22744 & Proposition 68 Grant totaling $477K to resurface 2 Tennis Courts, Basketball Courtsand 6 dedicated Pickleball Courts. I am pleased to say that the Pickleball Courts are now open in Pleasanton along with the 2 TennisCourts and Basketball Courts (see snapshots below) As you can see the demand is there for Pickleball and more cities will be putting more Pickleball Courtsin their parks. I hope that this is the case for Danville as well to add more Pickleball courts. I continue to work with the Pleasanton City Council/Parks and Rec to be the Liaison between them andthe Community (i.e., Neighbors & Pickleballers). See latest attached email thread dating back to May‘21. I’ve discussed with local Danville residents and they are also willing to be the Liaison between CityCouncil/Parks and Rec & Community to insure Pickleball can be enjoyed by all. If there are further questions/details that you need, please email me. I thank you for your time to readingthis email and look forward to the Zoom meeting tomorrow. Best Regards,Neil Gutierrez From:Michele Crose To:Neil Gutierrez Cc:Heidi Murphy Subject:RE: Thoughts for conversion of Tennis Court to Pickleball Court @ Muirwood Park Date:Saturday, November 5, 2022 10:32:27 AM Neil, Thank you for the emails, signage ideas and feedback you have already received. I deeply appreciate it. I went out to the courts yesterday at 8:30am and saw 5 of the 6 courts already in use. It was 43 degrees outside and yet all players looked to be having a fabulous time. We do have court signage that will be going up next week. The court signage you shared is almost identical to the sign you shared below so don’t worry signs are coming. We also spoke with the inspector about chairs on the courts and unfortunately chairs can absolutely ruin the surface and will not be allowed. We will have signage indicating that as well. I do appreciate you sharing feedback that you are hearing and if you would like to continue to share with me I welcome it. I also appreciate you willing to place a sign up board for the time being when you are on the courts. Below I have shared some ideas that staff are working on to help with court play and use in the future. Soon to come for pickleball: As mentioned in my email on 11/3 staff are working on details for a pickleball demonstration day and special event. As more details emerge I will be in touch as we believe we would like to have the Tri-Valley Pickleball club support the event in some fashion Signs posted next week Creation of an online reservation system. Staff have spoken with other cities that utilize an online reservation system so players can sign up for FREE online to utilize a court. We have heard many positives to having a system like this deployed. Staff have the bare bones of a reservation system created and will be working out details for a soft launch in the near future Reinstatement of the pickleball website. Originally this site was created to help those interested follow the process to get the courts created. Now the site will be used to help pickleballs learn the court rules and etiquette and learn more about the future online reservation system Addition of pickleball/tennis overlay lines at Stoneridge Creek Tennis courts. The City has a donor interested in adding pickleball lines to the tennis courts at Stoneridge Creek. Staff have conducted a survey and completed research and found there is an overwhelming desire to add lines to these courts. Pickleballers would need to bring their own net to play on these courts and share the time with tennis players. Staff are working out final details on this but more info to come soon on this as well. Staff hope to be completing these items before the end of the calendar year. In the meantime, I hope you and the other pickleballers enjoy the courts and please feel free to reach out with more feedback. Thank you, Michele Crose From: Neil Gutierrez <> Sent: Thursday, November 3, 2022 4:01 PM To: Michele Crose <> Cc: Heidi Murphy <> Subject: Re: Thoughts for conversion of Tennis Court to Pickleball Court @ Muirwood Park Thank you! Courts were great to play on. The word will get out soon so I’m sure it will get crowded. Just an FYI, I plan on putting up a whiteboard for open play (promotes continuous use for all who come and get to meet neighbors/community). I’ll take down when not there and attached will be a Code of Conduct that I got from Walnut Creek Pickleball Club (see below). Just a gentle reminder on being considerate to your neighbor :). I did ask for an official sign, but I believe that is in the works. Thanks again! Code of Conduct from Walnut Creek Pickleball Club 1 . Pickleball courts open at 8 AM, Closing at 1/2hour after sunset. 2. Put paddles on the fence by group or use the white board if available. 3. Play one game to 11 points, then, rotate off the court, even when there are no waiting players. 4. When players leave the court that is farther from the entrance, players using the courts along the entrance should slide over to now empty court. 5. Call your own foot faults at the non-volley zone line and the service line 6. When busy, keep warm up short. When game ends, leave quickly; let others know court is open. 7. No food or drink on courts, except water. 8. No pets allowed on any court. 9. Warn nearby court if your ball rolls on to their court, "Ball on Court". 10. Eye protection is recommended. 11 . Follow the USA Pickleball Association Code of Conduct. 12. Only engage in sportsmanlike conduct and encourage others to do so. 13. Only engage in behavior that promotes and maintains the health, safety and well being of others. 14. Treat others with respect and courtesy on and off the courts. 15. Do not "coach" others unless asked to do so. 16. Know and follow the rules of the game. 17. Observe the Golden Rule, "Do unto others as I would have them do unto me'' Best Regards, Neil Gutierrez On Nov 3, 2022, at 3:13 PM, Michele Crose <> wrote: Hi Neil, Thank you for reaching out on the pickleball courts. We are very happy to share that the courts opened today. We are looking at some sort of event/demonstrations in the near future but are still working on details. More to come. In the meantime feel free to enjoy the courts. Thank you, Michele Crose 925-931-5347 From: Neil Gutierrez <> Sent: Wednesday, November 2, 2022 10:43 AM To: Heidi Murphy <hmurphy@cityofpleasantonca.gov>; Michele Crose <mcrose@cityofpleasantonca.gov> Subject: Re: Thoughts for conversion of Tennis Court to Pickleball Court @ Muirwood Park Hi Heidi and Michele, Been some time since I’ve reached out to you. I’ve been at Muirwood Park looking at the progress of the courts and they look great! Any word on when they will open? Thank you for any information you can give. <image001.jpg> Best Regards, Neil Gutierrez On Nov 18, 2021, at 9:13 PM, Neil Gutierrez <> wrote: Hello Heidi and Michele, Saw that this was approved to go to the City Council! Truly appreciate all the support and work. Very excited for the future of Muirwood park with 6 Pickleball courts and Cricket field. Best Regards, Neil Gutierrez On Nov 15, 2021, at 8:04 AM, Neil Gutierrez <> wrote: Hello Heidi, Saw the agenda and proposal for the Nov. 18th meeting. Looks very promising and those that I’ve shared the proposal are all excited (me included) on possible Pickleball courts in Pleasanton. Look forward to watching the Zoom call. One thing I did want to bring up was the point: • There are four existing tennis courts so converting one or two of them would still leave two or three tennis courts At Osage Park in Danville, they did convert only one Tennis court into Pickleball courts. However, they put up a net curtain to avoid the balls from going into each others respective courts. IMHO, this is a bit of an eye sore and would not have been necessary if they converted the 2 Tennis courts into all Pickleball courts while keeping the other 2 Tennis courts separated. It is quite often that the pickleball will go into other courts, but this is part of the game and stoppage of play will occur to avoid any injuries. So with that all said, it would be better to convert the 2 Tennis courts into all Pickleball courts as the Muirwood Park courts would be separated by fencing between the respective courts (see picture below). <PastedGraphic-3.pdf> Thank you again for all the feedback and consideration to this project. Best Regards, Neil Gutierrez On Nov 1, 2021, at 9:35 AM, Neil Gutierrez <> wrote: Hello Heidi, Thank you for the information. I will forward your email to the Pleasanton Pickleball community and plan on attending the 11/18 meeting. As for the discussion on 11/18, for those who want to speak should they sign up for the slotted time or would this meeting be only hearing the recommendations for the pickleball locations? I’ve also attached my prior response regarding an interim solution prior to conversion to dedicated pickleball courts and the increasing popularity of the sport. Thanks all for looking into this proposal. I know there are many projects that are being looked at to make Pleasanton a better city. Truly appreciate the support and feedback that the Pleasanton Government has shown. Best Regards, Neil Gutierrez <Re: Thoughts for conversion of Tennis Court to Pickleball Court @ Muirwood Park.eml> On Nov 1, 2021, at 9:00 AM, Heidi Murphy <> wrote: Hello Neil and Mayor Brown, What fabulous timing! Staff will be bringing forward recommendations for pickleball locations to the Park and Recreation Commission meeting on November 18th at 7pm. The meeting will be virtual and you are welcome to join us. The agenda is not yet posted, but you can sign up to receive it here: City of Pleasanton, CA - Boards & Commissions (cityofpleasantonca.gov). The link to the meeting will be posted on the agenda. We will then bring the item forward to City Council (hopefully) in December, pending the outcome of the Parks and Rec discussion. I hope that you can join us for the discussion on Thursday, November 18th at 7:00pm. Please feel free to reach out with any questions. Best Regards, Neil Gutierrez On Sep 7, 2021, at 4:11 PM, Neil Gutierrez <> wrote: Hello Heidi, I see that there is another meeting this Thursday for the Parks and Recreation. I’ve attached a PPT presentation summarizing the Proposal for conversion of the Tennis Courts to Pickleball Courts @ Muirwood Park. Hope this helps with the commission on the key points for the conversion. Understood that this will still take some time with the getting feedback from public outreach and public meetings, but wanted to have a document instead of the email threads. Thank you. Best Regards, Neil Gutierrez <Pickleball Presentation.pptx> On Aug 12, 2021, at 1:52 PM, Neil Gutierrez < wrote: Hello Mayor Brown, Thank you for the detailed information. I’ve forwarded that to the Pickleball community in Pleasanton. I also saw online that future Parks and Rec meetings will include this in the agenda. I will periodically attend these meetings through Zoom to get the updates. <PastedGraphic-1.pdf> Thanks again for the continued support for Pickleball in Pleasanton. Best Regards, Neil Gutierrez On Aug 6, 2021, at 9:22 PM, Karla Brown <> wrote: Hi Neil, I just learned a little bit more. Here are the latest PLANS for future pickleball courts: Lifetime tennis (they run the day-to-day programing at the Tennis Center) is in discussion with the city to run a program for pickleball at the PMS gym. As you may know, we used to offer pickleball Sunday mornings for drop-in play pre-pandemic. Lifetime says they are willing to work the weekends at PMS and provide classes to teach people to play or improve their game. At this point, the city timeline is to offer a PMS program in early Fall 2021 timeframe, assuming we can come to terms with Lifetime. All of this is in the works, so my fingers are crossed. You and I have discussed the possibility of using the Tennis courts at Muirwood Park, and resurfacing them for outdoor Pickleball. The time frame for the having the funding available and going out to bid on the resurfacing of the courts is planned for early 2022. If all goes well, think late 2022. Prior to any tennis to pickleball conversion, we need to work with the neighbors to be sure they do not have a problem with court conversion. This occurs through public outreach and public meetings. In the meantime, Parks and Recreation Commission will be working with city staff to solicit feedback regarding the conversion. This all takes time because other projects have been waiting longer. And finally, city staff is talking to the school district to see if we could convert the outdoor lighted courts at PMS, as possible option. Learning the details straight from our Parks and Recreation Director is a current up-to-date source. The director’s name is Heidi Murphy and her email address is: . She has the latest updates, so please reach out to her and cc me so I can track the progress. Also please attend or call into our Parks and Recreation Commission meetings. Details are on the website under “government”. We are making progress. Thank you Neil. Karla Brown Mayor, City of Pleasanton <image001.png> From: Karla Brown Sent: Friday, August 6, 2021 8:11 PM To: Neil Gutierrez <> Subject: RE: Thoughts for conversion of Tennis Court to Pickleball Court @ Muirwood Park Neil, I am working with the city to return play at PMS. My last request was about a week ago and PUSD is getting ready to start school. Let me follow up. Karla Brown Mayor, City of Pleasanton <image001.png> From: Neil Gutierrez <> Sent: Thursday, August 5, 2021 5:01 PM To: Karla Brown < Subject: Re: Thoughts for conversion of Tennis Court to Pickleball Court @ Muirwood Park Hello Mayor Brown, Hope your summer is going well. Just circling back to see if there are any new updates regarding the Pickleball courts. Thanks for any information you can give. Best Regards, Neil Gutierrez On 6/17/2021 2:44 PM, Karla Brown wrote: Hello Neil; Thank you for the video! It looks like the people on the sidelines in the shade while having fun visiting as they wait. Unlike the State’s budget surplus, the city of Pleasanton has not been as fortunate. We have extended a helping hand to our local businesses and renters to keep them in their homes. So with the budget restrictions, re-purposing a tennis court or two is the fastest and cheapest way to form some pickleball courts, but this upsets many tennis players that waited for years to add courts. Repurposing fairly unused courts seems like the best solution. I will keep working on all of the options for you. Sincerely, Karla Brown Mayor, City of Pleasanton <image001.png> From: Neil Gutierrez <> Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2021 3:27 PM To: Karla Brown < Subject: Re: Thoughts for conversion of Tennis Court to Pickleball Court @ Muirwood Park Hello Mayor Brown, Just another FYI. This is a video on a previous Wednesday morning at the Danville Pickleball courts. As you can see the popularity of the game with 20 people on the courts. 8 people would be playing with 12 people waiting to play as there are only 2 courts. Hopefully with 8 Pickleball courts in Pleasanton the waiting would be a minimum :). Thank you again for supporting this effort Click here to report this email as spam. Best Regards, Neil Gutierrez On May 20, 2021, at 2:22 PM, Neil Gutierrez <> wrote: Thank you Mayor Brown for the great feedback on the possible conversion of the tennis courts @ Muirwood Park. As for the use of the Tennis courts @ Muirwood Park, they are primarily used by private coaches after school (3pm-5pm). They are empty the majority of the mornings and late afternoons. As a comparison, the Pickleball Courts at Rudgear Park are busy 7 days of the week in the morning as well as Sat/Sun in the afternoons. Weekday early afternoons are lighter, but can be used for more practice than actual games. Leagues typically take the late afternoon times. Also, as there are so many folks wanting to play, the rule is to rotate players to play ONE game on a court, instead of 2/4 players taking a court for 1hour. This is similar to pickup basketball games, where those who are waiting can take the court to play their game after those on the court have finished their game. This rotation of players allows for more people to enjoy the courts without waiting too long (~5min wait before a court is open for play) and more importantly promotes individual players to intermingle as teams, thus promoting the “community/camaraderie” of the game. Hope all this feedback helps and look forward to playing Pickleball in Pleasanton in the future :). Best Regards, Neil Gutierrez On May 19, 2021, at 8:41 PM, Karla Brown <> wrote: Hello Neil; Thank you for offering these terrific views of the pickleball overlay images. We will need to do some outreach to the Muirwood park tennis players. I do not live nearby, so I do not know if there is much tennis played on those courts. Do you know? Processes at the city take a while but last a very long time. Since the pickleball courts are a priority over the next year, the Parks and Recreation commission will start the task of evaluating different possible locations then take a vote among the commissioners. A future step would be to get City Council approval. As you noted, some distance near homes is important to about noise complaints, I know parking is a consideration, as well as the change from tennis to pickleball would be discussed. The city manager and I have also talked about the Muirwood courts as a good location, so that is in your favor. Perhaps a test for 2 of the courts prior to a full conversion. I am told those courts are due for resurfacing in the next 2+ years, so we could accelerate the resurfacing and change the court markings plus add the new nets. Lots of ideas and support for your support! However, as is the law, we are a transparent government. Notification will be sent out to residents in the area for feedback and concerns or support. But the BIG first step has been taken, and pickleball is a priority. Looking towards the future, the council will be discussing new senior (age restricted 55+) homes in a few locations throughout Pleasanton. I thought new senior housing should help fund for new pickleball courts! Right? Karla Brown Mayor, City of Pleasanton <image001.png> From: Neil Gutierrez <> Sent: Friday, May 14, 2021 4:53 PM To: Karla Brown > Subject: Thoughts for conversion of Tennis Court to Pickleball Court @ Muirwood Park Hello Mayor Brown, Just a few thoughts to the conversion of Tennis Courts to Pickleball Courts at Muirwood Park: 1. As Muirwood Tennis Courts are close to the freeway, the issue of too much noise from Pickleball play would not be a concern (i.e. Freeway Noise > Pickleball Noise :)). For the possible conversion Tennis courts at PMS, Fairlands and Owens, the issue of noise would be a concern as they are near a school and residential housing, respectively. 2. Parking at Muirwood Park is fairly good. Most folks would park along Muirwood Drive on the park side (as can be seen when kids Soccer Games are played) 1. Click here to report this email as spam. 1. 1. As for the conversion area of the Tennis courts at Muirwood, from the snapshots below there is enough room to fit 8 Pickleball courts on to 2 Tennis courts based on rough Google Map measurements :). 1. Rudgear Park 4 Pickleball Courts (~50ft x ~118ft) 1. 1. 1. Muirwood Park Tennis Courts (2 x 50ft x 180ft) 1. 1. Hope this helps in getting some of the Tennis courts converted to Pickleball courts (i.e. After conversion 2 Tennis Courts and 8 Pickleball Courts) Look forward to the outcome. Thank you again for the consideration. Best Regards, Neil Gutierrez From:Carol Manuel To:Gail Massagli Subject:Pickleball Courts at Osage Date:Tuesday, November 8, 2022 10:08:27 AM ***CAUTION*** THIS EMAIL WAS NOT SENT FROM DANVILLE STAFF This email originated from outside of the Town of Danville and was not sent from a Town Staff member! Do notclick on links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. As a resident of Danville for close to 25 years, I would like to voice my approval for the additional courts at OsagePark. I am a septaugenarian who enjoys the physical exercise and opportunity for social contact with all ages that thesport of pickleball allows. This sport allows me to go to a court by myself for a pickup game, yes at 70 I can get agame. Or I can arrange to meet other players that I have made friends with. I have used the courts at Osage and played with kids and my peers and it is fun. We all need more fun in life. Thesocial contact is great. The opportunity for exercise not so much. The wait time between games with only 2 courtsmakes for significantly more sitting than playing. I have been at the courts where 8 people are playing and 20 arewaiting to play We need more courts. Parks should allow for physical exercise for young and old. Pickleballallows this to happen. I have played pickleball with 10 year olds and with 80 year olds. Yes, there is noise at a park. Crowds cheering for a team in a field, or pickleball players laughing and hitting a ball. I would hope that the Danville could come up with a solution that allows for more courts and fun for all. Carol Manuel Sent from my iPhone From:Henry Perezalonso To:Jane Cc:Gail Massagli Subject:RE: Osage pickleball Date:Tuesday, November 8, 2022 11:38:53 AMJane, Thank you for your email. Please note that your information will be forwarded to the Parks, Recreation, and ArtsCommission for review before their next meeting on Wednesday, November 9, 2022, at 6:30 p.m. Henry Henry Perezalonso, CPRERecreation, Arts & Community Services DirectorTown of Danville | (925) 314-3454 From: Jane > Sent: Tuesday, November 8, 2022 7:34 AM To: Henry Perezalonso <HPerezalonso@danville.ca.gov> Subject: Osage pickleball ***CAUTION*** THIS EMAIL WAS NOT SENT FROM DANVILLE STAFF This email originated from outside of the Town of Danville and was not sent from a Town Staff member! Do not click on links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Dear Mr. Perezalonso- As a user of the Osage pickleball courts, I would like to express my opinion on the proposed expansion. I support the proposed concept of eight pickleball courts with one seating area, per the below conceptual drawing. Eight courts is adequate to accommodate the number of players who currently play at Osage and it allows for future growth. The existing parking lot could handle eleven courts (three tennis and eight pickleball) all being used to full capacity. One seating area on the east side, per below, is optimal for two main reasons. One, it keeps the spectators together, and there is a big social component to pickleball. Two, the east side is shaded in the morning when the courts are used the most. People sitting on the west side would be looking into the sun. Thank you for considering pickleball expansion at Osage Park. Sincerely, Jane Raquel From:Henry Perezalonso To:Kaaren Slocum Cc:Gail Massagli Subject:RE: Opposition to Pickleball courts at Osage Park Date:Tuesday, November 8, 2022 11:39:55 AM Kaaren, Thank you for your email. Please note that your information will be forwarded to the Parks, Recreation, and ArtsCommission for review before their next meeting on Wednesday, November 9, 2022, at 6:30 p m. Henry Henry Perezalonso, CPRERecreation, Arts & Community Services DirectorTown of Danville | (925) 314-3454 -----Original Message-----From: Kaaren Slocum <Sent: Tuesday, November 8, 2022 9:19 AMTo: Henry Perezalonso <HPerezalonso@danville.ca.gov>Subject: Opposition to Pickleball courts at Osage Park ***CAUTION*** THIS EMAIL WAS NOT SENT FROM DANVILLE STAFF This email originated from outside of the Town of Danville and was not sent from a Town Staff member! Do notclick on links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. To the Danville Parks, Recreation & Arts Commission, I am writing about agenda item 4.3 for the meeting to be held on November 9, 2022. I am opposed to 6 or 8 pickleball courts at Osage Park. Osage is a neighborhood park shared by Charlotte Wood School and located in a residential community. It is hometo soccer and baseball and community activities. It is not a proper location for a pickleball venue. People from out ofthe area will be drawn to Osage because of that number of courts. Parking is not adequate for the number of playersthe courts would attract, and the noise from all those games would be a burden on the neighbors who live close by. I believe that an environmental impact study would be necessary because the addition of 6 or 8 courts is not a“minor” addition. Adding that many courts would profoundly change the nature of the park. I don’t think theparking report is completely accurate. There are days when soccer tournaments and other special activities causecars to park on Orange Blossom Way. The section of Orange Blossom Way near where the courts are proposed isvery narrow. If cars are parked on both sides of the street there is barely room for traffic to get through. If pickleball is truly important to many residents in Danville I hope you will look for a more suitable location that isnot part of an already busy park and is not close to homes. Thank you, in advance, for giving this issue thoughtful consideration. Sincerely,Kaaren Slocum From:Henry Perezalonso To:JOHN ROBBLEE Cc:Laura The Wife; Gail Massagli Subject:RE: Pickle ball courts no thank you Date:Tuesday, November 8, 2022 11:58:44 AM John and Laura, Thank you for your email. Please note that your information will be forwarded to the Parks, Recreation, and ArtsCommission for review before their next meeting on Wednesday, November 9, 2022, at 6:30 p m. Henry Henry Perezalonso, CPRERecreation, Arts & Community Services DirectorTown of Danville | (925) 314-3454 -----Original Message-----From: JOHN ROBBLEE Sent: Tuesday, November 8, 2022 9:54 AMTo: Henry Perezalonso <HPerezalonso@danville.ca.gov>Cc: Laura The Wife Subject: Pickle ball courts no thank you ***CAUTION*** THIS EMAIL WAS NOT SENT FROM DANVILLE STAFF This email originated from outside of the Town of Danville and was not sent from a Town Staff member! Do notclick on links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Hi, my wife and I are Danville residents that live right across the street from Osage park. We are strongly againstmore pickle ball courts at Osage. It’s a horrible idea that will ruin our local park and neighborhood. John and Laura robblee Sent from my iPhone Sent from my iPhone From:Henry Perezalonso To:Matt Newton Cc:Gail Massagli Subject:RE: 11/9/22 agenda item: Pickle Ball Opposition Date:Tuesday, November 8, 2022 11:59:12 AMMatt, Thank you for your email. Please note that your information will be forwarded to theParks, Recreation, and Arts Commission for review before their next meeting onWednesday, November 9, 2022, at 6:30 p.m. Henry Henry Perezalonso, CPRERecreation, Arts & Community Services DirectorTown of Danville | (925) 314-3454 From: Matt Newton <> Sent: Tuesday, November 8, 2022 9:59 AM To: Henry Perezalonso <HPerezalonso@danville.ca.gov> Subject: 11/9/22 agenda item: Pickle Ball Opposition ***CAUTION*** THIS EMAIL WAS NOT SENT FROM DANVILLE STAFFThis email originated from outside of the Town of Danville and was not sent from aTown Staff member! Do not click on links or open attachments unless you recognizethe sender and know the content is safe. Hi Henry, My name is Matt Newton and I live in Danville behind Osage part on I am writing to express my strong opposition to existing and potential expanding pickleball courts at Osage Park. Thanks, Matt Newton From:Henry Perezalonso To:Irina Chapman Cc:Gail Massagli Subject:RE: Opposition to adding Pickleball courts at Osage Park Date:Tuesday, November 8, 2022 11:59:47 AM Irina, Thank you for your email. Please note that your information will be forwarded to the Parks, Recreation, and ArtsCommission for review before their next meeting on Wednesday, November 9, 2022, at 6:30 p m. Henry Henry Perezalonso, CPRERecreation, Arts & Community Services DirectorTown of Danville | (925) 314-3454 -----Original Message-----From: Irina Chapman Sent: Tuesday, November 8, 2022 11:48 AMTo: Henry Perezalonso <HPerezalonso@danville.ca.gov>Subject: Opposition to adding Pickleball courts at Osage Park ***CAUTION*** THIS EMAIL WAS NOT SENT FROM DANVILLE STAFF This email originated from outside of the Town of Danville and was not sent from a Town Staff member! Do notclick on links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Hello Henry, I am very much opposed to any Pickleball courts at Osage park due to numerous reasons that were brought up toyour attention. I am a Danville resident. My address is Danville CA 94526. Please take our opposition into consideration. Thanks,Irina Chapman Sent from my iPhone From:Henry Perezalonso To:Jeannine Regalia Cc:Gail Massagli Subject:RE: Pickleball Development Date:Tuesday, November 8, 2022 1:34:23 PMJeannine, Thank you for your email. Please note that your information will be forwarded to theParks, Recreation, and Arts Commission for review before their next meeting onWednesday, November 9, 2022, at 6:30 p.m. Henry Henry Perezalonso, CPRERecreation, Arts & Community Services DirectorTown of Danville | (925) 314-3454 From: Jeannine Regalia < Sent: Tuesday, November 8, 2022 11:10 AM To: Henry Perezalonso <HPerezalonso@danville.ca.gov>; Gail Massagli <gmassagli@danville.ca.gov> Subject: Pickleball Development ***CAUTION*** THIS EMAIL WAS NOT SENT FROM DANVILLE STAFFThis email originated from outside of the Town of Danville and was not sent from aTown Staff member! Do not click on links or open attachments unless you recognizethe sender and know the content is safe. Hello, My name is Jeannine Regalia and I am a resident of Danville. I grew up on Paraiso Drive and attended John Baldwin Elementary and Charlotte Wood Middle School. I now live on with my three young children, all of whom either currently or will attend those same schools. With regards to the 11/9/22 pickleball agenda item, I would like to voice my opposition to adding pickleball courts to Osage Park. A few of my reasons are outlined below: -The intention of the park, and what it has long served for so many years, is to be a peaceful place, with a memorial rose garden and children's play area. I want to preserve Osage Park as the multi- function facility it's been for 40+ years, and not re-define it into a Pickleball Venue. -The appropriate environmental studies on noise, traffic, parking and even flooding have not been conducted. -There will be excessive noise, inadequate restroom facilities, and a significant increase in traffic and congestion on the adjacent streets. -Parking is already very scarce at Osage Park especially on busy weekends with various parties, soccer and baseball games, karate, and other sports going on. -The planned pickleball expansion would bring hundreds of more people into Osage Park a day (conservatively we can assume ~150 at any given time) -I am very worried about the safety of Charlotte Wood and John Baldwin kids with this influx of cars and people. The existing traffic and speeding is already a big issue with close calls of kids almost being hit. Thank you very much. Jeannine From:Laura Robblee To:Henry Perezalonso Cc:JOHN ROBBLEE; Gail Massagli Subject:Re: Pickle ball courts no thank you Date:Tuesday, November 8, 2022 1:41:48 PM***CAUTION*** THIS EMAIL WAS NOT SENT FROM DANVILLE STAFFThis email originated from outside of the Town of Danville and was not sent from aTown Staff member! Do not click on links or open attachments unless you recognize thesender and know the content is safe. Thank you Henry. Just to add it is also dangerous for our children and the children in theneighborhood as there is too much traffic already and this will only increase that immenselywhich causes more concern for the safety of all children in our neighborhood and both JohnBaldwin and Charlotte Wood schools. Thank you,Laura Robblee Sent from my iPhone On Nov 8, 2022, at 11:58 AM, Henry Perezalonso <HPerezalonso@danville.ca.gov> wrote: John and Laura, Thank you for your email. Please note that your information will be forwarded tothe Parks, Recreation, and Arts Commission for review before their next meeting on Wednesday, November 9, 2022, at 6:30 p.m. Henry Henry Perezalonso, CPRERecreation, Arts & Community Services Director Town of Danville | (925) 314-3454 -----Original Message-----From: JOHN ROBBLEE Sent: Tuesday, November 8, 2022 9:54 AMTo: Henry Perezalonso <HPerezalonso@danville.ca.gov> Cc: Laura The Wife >Subject: Pickle ball courts no thank you ***CAUTION*** THIS EMAIL WAS NOT SENT FROM DANVILLE STAFF This email originated from outside of the Town of Danville and was not sent froma Town Staff member! Do not click on links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. Hi, my wife and I are Danville residents that live right across the street fromOsage park. We are strongly against more pickle ball courts at Osage. It’s a horrible idea that will ruin our local park and neighborhood. John and Laura robblee Sent from my iPhone Sent from my iPhone From:Cindy Comes To:Gail Massagli Cc:Steve Comes Subject:Support FOR Additional Pickleball Courts at Osage Station Park Date:Tuesday, November 8, 2022 2:01:59 PM***CAUTION*** THIS EMAIL WAS NOT SENT FROM DANVILLE STAFFThis email originated from outside of the Town of Danville and was not sent from aTown Staff member! Do not click on links or open attachments unless you recognize thesender and know the content is safe. Dear Members of the Parks, Recreation, and Arts Committee, We are writing to thank you for your thorough analysis of additional Pickleball Courts. The staff report addresses every concern voiced by opponents with meaningful data and facts (rather than hypothetical worst case scenarios). Weespecially appreciate the "Sound Considerations" and "Traffic and ParkingConsiderations" information that so thoughtfully considers potential impact of more courts. We agree with your recommendation to add 8 courts with a shaded seating area and look forward to working with you and the community to make theaddition of these courts a win-win for everyone involved.Best Regards, Steve and Cindy Comes From:Henry Perezalonso To:Rick ochoa Cc:Gail Massagli Subject:RE: Proposed pickleball court expansion Date:Tuesday, November 8, 2022 2:45:34 PMRick, Thank you for your email. Please note that your information will be forwarded to theParks, Recreation, and Arts Commission for review before their next meeting onWednesday, November 9, 2022, at 6:30 p.m. Here is the link to the meeting agenda: https://danville-ca.granicus.com/GeneratedAgendaViewer.php?view_id=9&event_id=2307 Henry Henry Perezalonso, CPRE Recreation, Arts & Community Services DirectorTown of Danville | (925) 314-3454 From: Rick ochoa Sent: Tuesday, November 8, 2022 2:41 PM To: Henry Perezalonso <HPerezalonso@danville.ca.gov> Subject: Proposed pickleball court expansion ***CAUTION*** THIS EMAIL WAS NOT SENT FROM DANVILLE STAFFThis email originated from outside of the Town of Danville and was not sent from aTown Staff member! Do not click on links or open attachments unless you recognizethe sender and know the content is safe. I have lived on since 1993. In the past three weeks I've become aware of the Town's proposed expansion of the pickleball courts at Osage Memorial park. After some polling of my neighbors, nobody recalls any contact from ANY department of the town regarding the why, how or need for such a plan. How does something like this happen? The noise, increased traffic burden and pedestrian safety issues need study and not extrapolated projections from earlier, not related projects. Looking into this, I came across Park and Rec/Arts videos of past meetings. It seems consulting firms have been used multiple time in the past. I seriously suggest you consider going this route to make this as balanced a decision From:Rick ochoa To:Gail Massagli Subject:Re: Opposition to expansion of pickleball courts at Osage park Date:Tuesday, November 8, 2022 3:07:33 PM***CAUTION*** THIS EMAIL WAS NOT SENT FROM DANVILLE STAFFThis email originated from outside of the Town of Danville and was not sent from aTown Staff member! Do not click on links or open attachments unless you recognize thesender and know the content is safe. components so the commissioners will know what the impact will be on the park andsurrounding neighborhood. I am not in favor of this project as it stands. On Tue, Nov 8, 2022 at 2:59 PM Rick ochoa <> wrote:Suggest the Commission ask staff to look into hiring a consultant to look at this proposal. Noise, traffic burden, pedestrian safety need to seriously be assessed.Get someone to study the proposal generating current, appropriate acoustic, traffic andsafety coponen From:Connie Blackwood To:Gail Massagli Subject:Pickleball Court Proposal for Osage Park Date:Tuesday, November 8, 2022 4:19:53 PM***CAUTION*** THIS EMAIL WAS NOT SENT FROM DANVILLE STAFFThis email originated from outside of the Town of Danville and was not sent from aTown Staff member! Do not click on links or open attachments unless you recognize thesender and know the content is safe. Hell Gail: I have been a resident of Danville since 1986 - have raised my kids here and now grandkids. Iam retired now and took up Pickleball last summer - me and 100s of other in the Tri-Valley. The two courts are fantastic and I have not only enjoyed playing there but also have madesome new friends. So it's exercise and friendship that PB elicits. The downside is that there are only 2 courts and often there are so many players there one onlygets a few games in an hour or two. Pickleball is for the young, middle and older residents and as such it would be so wonderful tobe able to have more courts. Concord has 14 courts so there is plenty of play time there - buttoo far for me to go. I love Danville and want to stay playing here. I realize there are opponents to this proposal; however, smart and creative council andresidents should be able to come up with a plan that is palpable for all. THank you for your attention to this important matter. Connie Blackwood Danville, CA 94506