when they lose litigation for personal injury. There could not be a worse place for this Disc Golf
Course.
Opposition Ils Mounting
As will be explained, though | got a late start, | have started to garner opposition for a cause |
am passionate about. | have started a petition but only have a few supporters right now due to
lack of time. Please note that | had 571 signatures to oppose the multilevel proposed apartment
building in the Captains’ Corner area which the builder pulled out of. | will be laser focused
going forward. This letter to all of you is my first step in getting the information out to the public,
and not just a special interest group, in a big way. The link to the petition is here:
https://chna.itimOQWag6zJpO .
Goals
Our goals are to strongly encourage Mayor Donchess to call a special meeting in which the
public can speak at. | understand he is a Disc Golf player. So, unless he wants his constituents
to think he is “partial” to special interest groups such as this, | highly recommend he does so
sooner rather than later. End game: Halt Further Construction of Disc Golf Course at Roby Park.
Description of Roby Park
Roby Park was originally meant to be a small local park that was hardly used. It has grown into
quite a popular spot for kids’ playground area, picnics, baseball, hockey, skating, hiking,
sledding and just getting some fresh air. It is surrounded by I’m told 48 acres of lovely forest and
a trail system.
Words can’t describe the beauty of the trail system and the park itself. | have included an aerial
photo and | think you can imagine it (well until the City started to decimate it). | have made
some markings on the photo as such:
1. The ONLY entrance to Oakhill Condos-see my parking discussion later.
2. The area where City property abuts Oakhill Property.
3. You can see the vast number of full, vibrant trees that provide shelter for wildlife AND a
sound barrier from the park noise for the residents of the condos. Removing almost 125
trees negatively affects that sound mitigation. It also ruins the lovely view we had, but it's
not our property-so that’s fine, | guess. It would have been nice if someone other than
Commissioner Pappas acknowledged that the abutters were not going to be happy when
they saw the forest and their views being destroyed. | lost count after seeing
approximately 115 trees marked for death. Sections are being clear cut.
4. The photo shows how close the street it to the trails-see safety section later.
This area was (before 10 days of chain saws and woodchippers scared away the wildlife) rich
with a diverse wildlife community including black bear, fisher, white tailed deer, raccoons,
opossums, coyote, fox, skunk, porcupine, raptors including bald eagles, owls, Eastern
Cottontail, amphibians, reptiles, and a wide variety of songbirds. All these species need the
trees for raising their young and providing food and shelter. We literally can sit and watch
wildlife from our windows, yet we can be downtown in ten minutes. This is a gem in Nashua
and the Mayor, the Board of Public Works and the Board of Alderman should have recognized it
as such. It breaks my heart that everywhere you turn, more and more wildlife habitat and
