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10 4VAM9p7M— I Minutes August 7,2023 The Select Board met with litigating attorney's Marie Cheung-Truslow and Rick Martin who were present with Jill Alpert USA Pickleball Ambassador for the Town of Mashpee to honorably request the Select Board vote to lift the restriction and Sunday play of pickleball. An online petition opposing to any closing or reduction of hours for play at the Mashpee Pickleball Courts and urge that the Sunday closure be lifted immediately. The online petition was noted to have received overwhelming support to make known the positive power of pickleball is strongly represented. They don't just play and leave, there are impacts to the community and local businesses. Any closure or reduction of hours of play adversely impact the pickleball community's ability to enjoy the sport, socialize and maintain an active lifestyle. Rick Martin, a resident of the Town of Mashpee and pickleball player indicated Mashpee was the first community on the Cape in August of 2018 to have dedicated pickleball courts in an area where parks and recreation would occur. Mr. Martin made note of the measures taken by the Town of Mashpee to mitigate sound. This includes the installation of the acoustic block in April 2020, and the soundproofing report received in October 22, 2020 from New England Soundproofing. In 2020 the Town also made the effort to increase the vegetative buffer and reduce the hours of play. Mr. Martin indicated the acoustic blockers used in other towns have been successful. Results from the study found that adding the barrier does reduce the noise from the pickleball courts to the neighboring homes. With the barrier, noise levels were between 38 and 52 decibels at the property line. Without the barrier noise levels were found between 50 to 60 decibels with a max of 62.5 decibels at the halfway point and between 40 to 55 decibels at the property line. Noise laws stipulate that it is ... unlawful for any person or persons... cause or suffer or allow between the hours of 10:00 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. any unnecessary loud,.. And, A source of sound will be considered to be violating the Department's noise regulation if the source: Increases the broadband sound level by more than 10 dBA above ambient. New England Soundproofing conclusion; October 20, 2020; It was noticed during the test that between the background noise and the results with having the barrier up, we did not go above 10 dBA above the background ambient noise. Background ambient noise is the noise of the area during the day without anyone playing pickleball. It is a baseline on how much noise is usually within that area on a normal • The ANSI S 12.9, a national standard for quantifying annoyance caused by sound, appropriate for assessing the noise impact of sounds such as pickleball impacts. Part 5 of the standard recommends a maximum day -night level of 55 dBA for single family homes and 60 dBA for multi -unit housing. This equates to 55 and 60 dBA adjusted equivalent -continuous sound pressure level limits for daytime activities.