. >> i am hans carter, a member of the leadership group of the pickle ball community. we support this project. we would love to see this facility multi-use, and that we have been included in terms of getting some input from us to see that it has one dedicated pickle ball court plus eight pickle ball courts permanently lined is great because it is good to play in golden gate park. i have been playing there for about a year. i have played in other facilities throughout the city, but really, the best place to play is in the park itself. we are a group of about 200 on our mailing list. we recently took a survey. three-quarters of our players are seniors. 55 and older, and half are female. pickle ball is also the fastest growing sport in the nation according to the sports and fitness industry association. growing at 12% per year. definitely as the population ages and more people realize that it is duff on your bod -- tough on your body to play tennis they will migrate to pickle ball. the one concern we have is that the operator will control the hours and access to the pickl