Riverland rezoning

A Valencia Walk resident said new pickleball courts 400+ feet away already sound like they're playing in her living room until 10-11 p.m.

Thanked the council for the delay, but asked GL to remove the MPUD language allowing no buffers on the south and east lines.

A retired NYPD detective praised GL and the council and corrected the record on the Tunnel to Towers pickleball event.

Supported the project but questioned why no-buffer language remains in the MPUD and asked for site-plan meeting notifications.

Said homes were sold as bordering a park; hopes noise levels will let residents live as they have.

Supported the project: current amenities serve 4,000 homes and are strained; opponents are a vocal minority.

Backed the rezoning but wants a sound wall given the freeze-killed buffer vegetation.

Thanked the council but pressed GL to treat pickleball noise as a design question and to notify residents of site plan meetings.

Said GL's word is broken — buyers were promised a park — and urged the council to resist the project.

Read a statement from Coral Cove Parkway resident Rochelle Bettino asking for acoustical data transparency and sound mitigation up to 1,000 feet.

Said noise is part of active-adult living and praised GL's plan to move courts and the building.

Said Riverland is stretched thin on amenities and can't wait for the expansion.

Said buyers were promised a city park, accused GL of fear-mongering, and proposed making the west complex all tennis and the east all pickleball.

Said the recreation area serves all five Riverland neighborhoods and urged approval without delay.

Said buyers knew a park with courts was possible and supported the amenities despite noise concerns.

The Valencia Grove HOA president thanked the council for forcing the GL meeting and said sound issues are manageable with the right solution.