1. Did anybody notify any of the abutters prior to the start of this project? And if yes, in
what ways was it communicated? If not, why not? | realize it may not be a requirement to
notify the abutters, but! surely do think it would have been a common courtesy to do so.
2. Was $5000 of city money used to begin accumulating data preparatory work etc for this
project and will the Nashua Rotary Club be paying that back to the City? Or did that
come from taxpayer money?
3. Was a wetland waiver approved by the Dept of Conservation? There are two small
wetland areas and Roby Park that are very important for wildlife sustenance. It is a
vibrant wetland because you can see all the various flora popping up bright green.
4. It is my understanding if you're going to do any type of construction, albeit just tee pads
and receptacle, that the City should have had a notice of a site plan posted at the park.
Was there one posted because we never saw it and we always notice those signs?
SAFETY FOR ALL USERS OF THE PARK, NOT JUST THE DISC GOLFERS
Safety is the main concern for all people that use the trail system and park, not JUST the disc
golf course. Please review my references. From the mouths of disc golf players who have
knocked people out, one woman lost an eye, hit a kid on a baseball field, hit a mom with her two
kids, knocked a guy off the place he was seated, etc. These were all injuries to people sharing
the park / trail, not necessarily even spectators. See the 2 link below. The National Institute of
Health warns of head injury. How much do you think that case is worth? Woman walking with
her kids on the trail gets hit so hard she falls and hits a rock and is paralyzed? Attorney Bolton?
| heard discussion by the BPW that the course will be use at your own risk. Anyone in the legal
field knows that does not absolve one of liability. For example, | rent a horse and | sign a waiver
saying | do so at my own risk. All goes well until the people that own the farm start lighting off
firecrackers and the horse freaks out and | end up on the ground with life threatening injuries.
Do you think that the fact that | signed the waiver is going to protect the farm owners? Maybe,
but they will be spending thousands to defend the case | would bring before them. As horse
owners, they should know that a horse is likely to spook at fireworks. Therefore, they are hard
pressed to not be held liable. As a rider, | was not expecting fireworks. The same thing with the
disc group. | am telling you about the injuries that have happened, and | am telling you about
the injuries that WILL happen when you put a disc golf course in the middle of a multi-use park.
| think, if a person is injured, it would show negligence on the City’s part.
These discs can travel 40-70 mph. The record is at 80 plus mph. And they can fly up to 400 ft.
On a multi-use course where view may be blocked and a hearing or visually impaired person is
250 ft away and takes a shot to the head, who is to blame? Yes, | am sure many golfers would
use a spotter, but most won’t. They won't yield to other trail / park users, and someone is going
to get injured, maybe even fatally if hit in the head at the right spot. Now that the trails are being
opened up-the City is inviting more people to use the trails and now you have even a bigger
chance of injury as the number of users increases. There will be conflicts | am sure as well with
rude people rushing to throw and not giving people time to get to safety. Mark my works, here
and now.
Other than keeping the trail open exclusively to golfers and even then, you can’t guarantee an
errant disc won't harm someone just off the trail, or a wild animal for that matter. And since Lisa
from DPW is all about non-exclusivity-you can’t close the trails to the public since it’s all City
property, right?
