NEIGHBORS CRY FOUL OVER BALLGAMES : LIMITS URGED ON CALABASAS DIAMONDS.Byline: Christopher Noxon Daily News Staff Writer The four baseball fields at Lupin Hill Elementary School elementary school: see school. may be a ballplayer's dream, but some people who live nearby say the diamonds make lousy neighbors. The fields were converted into baseball diamonds three years ago by the Agoura Pony League The Pennsylvania-Ontario-New York League, also known as the PONY League, was a Class D minor league baseball circuit that played from 1939 through 1956. The forerunner of the modern Class A New York - Penn League, the PONY served as the first professional baseball address of with help from the city of Calabasas. Not long after the first pitch, neighbors began complaining about crowd noise, parking problems, rowdy ballplayers and stray foul balls. Members of the Malibu Canyon Homeowners Association say the fields undercut property values by generating noise and vandalism. Association officers have called on the Las Virgenes Unified School District Las Virgenes Unified School District (LVUSD) is a K-12 school district in north-west Los Angeles County, USA consisting of 14 public schools in the cities of Agoura Hills, Calabasas, Westlake Village, and several small portions of the West Hills section of Los Angeles. to close one field and limit the hours of operation. Supporters of the league, however, say complaints have already been addressed and no further measures are necessary. The two sides faced off Tuesday night at a special district meeting attended by more than 100 neighbors, ballplayers and parents. Some neighbors complain that the sound of games goes on all weekend. One neighbor reports that players on the bench sometimes wander up to her fence and throw rocks in her pool. Another neighbor says the surrounding residential streets overflow with traffic before big games. Some of those who live nearby, however, say they don't particularly mind problems associated with the ballparks. ``There are positive and negative things,'' said neighbor Sookhee Treadwell, whose home is adjacent to the largest of the four diamonds. ``We get balls in our back yard and it can be very loud. But my husband enjoys watching the games on weekends.'' Other neighbors say they put up with the noise and additional traffic because they value youth sports. ``My kids enjoyed playing flag football and track and basketball and I know they were noisy,'' said neighbor Michael Bird Michael T. Bird is an economics lecturer, and was a Republican member of the Colorado State Senate from 1984 to 1994. Bird graduated from Western Maryland College in 1961, and gained his Ph.D from the University of Colorado at Boulder. . ``So I think of it as kind of payback Payback The length of time it takes to recover the initial cost of a project, without regard to the time value of money. .'' Officials hope a newly formed committee will ease the tensions, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Donald Zimring, the school district's assistant superintendent Assistant Superintendent, or Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), was a rank used by police forces in the British Empire. It was usually the lowest rank that could be held by a European officer, most of whom joined the police at this rank. of business. The committee is made up of two homeowners, two members of the baseball association, two members of the district board, a district staff member and the principal of Lupin Hill Elementary School. |
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