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stairs in a building, he said.

Tanner said there is no justification for spending more than a $1 million for a new building.

“Right now what we do works well,” he said, adding that events are held outside by the courts creating a social atmosphere. “It builds a lot of spirit,” he said.

Tanner said he has been playing pickleball and platform tennis for 14 years and generally all he’s used the building for is the restrooms. He said there are not many functions in the building.

He said he is not opposed to spending money on improvements, but encouraged the OPA to make them where they will be used. For example, he said there is a gravel area by the courts where players wait their turn to use the courts.

He said it would be nice to have a deck there instead of just gravel.

General Manager John Viola agreed with Tanner’s assessment of the limits of adding a second story to the racquet building and said it would take aware square footage on the bottom floor to accommodate access upstairs.

He also agreed that the rough gravel area could benefit from improvements.

But that may be limited by drainage and permeability requirements imposed by the county, he said.

Also during the Public Comments segment of the meeting, OPA member Ann Williamson asked how she is supposed to dispose of yard waste under the OPA’s new sticker procedure for use of the Public Works yard when she is a part-time resident with limited time.

She said she bought one tag for her car but needs a second for a truck that will be used to haul leaves too. But the OPA won’t give her a second tag.

The truck, she said, is what she really needs to use when she has a big accumulation of yard waste to take to Public Works.

Williamson said as a part-time resident she generally comes to Ocean Pines during warm weather for four or five days at a time.

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It’s been a perennial problem dealing with yard waste, piling it up and finding places to store it until she can dispose of it.

Normally, she said, she has several truckloads in a day to dispose of at the waste yard.

She asked if she will be able to get appointments to drop off at the Public Works yard several times during a day.

General Manager John Viola told Williamson to contact him and he will help her find a solution.

Next, Williamson asked about a new crabbing per for south Ocean Pines.

She said the crabbing pier in Whitetail Sanctuary was removed and never replaced, leaving south Ocean Pines with no amenities.

She encouraged the Board to consider replacing the pier somewhere easily accessible to residents who live in the south part of the community.

Viola responded that a new recreational and kayak pier is being constructed in Pintail Park.

Hopefully, he said that will address some of the need in the community.

As for a new amenity in south Ocean Pines, he said it is not easy to find a location and get the necessary permits.

Additionally, not everyone wants an amenity like a pier near their homes. “It’s not like 50 years ago, now everything is developed,” he said.

Finally, Williamson said the OPA needs to do something about people parking cars along the roadways, especially when they have plenty of room to park in their driveways.

She wants the OPA to “get people to keep their cars off those sections that are at the edge of the road. It’s pretty unsightly and it’s not really safe,” she said.