Re: golf balls at 3rd

From: JR Johnston (jrstudio@home.com-DeleteThis.com)
Date: Fri Jun 22 2001 - 11:54:27 PDT


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   Your right, the parking lot at 3rd will be closed before the golf
course.
The pro at Mariner's Point Golf Course
says it will take $250.000.00 to raise the nets - which they aren't going
to do without help from the city.
My deductible is $500.00 so I ate the 'whole sandwich' when it came to my
window.
Fixing the holes this last week has helped some, but people are still
getting nailed.
Here's the number for the city managers in Foster City.
(650) 286-3220 Call them.
Talk with Jim, Christy or Debra - or just leave a message in the main
message box.
They are really nice and have actually came to 3rd personally
to investigate. Unfortunately on non windy days when no one was around
but. . .
call them and let them know your concerned!
Unless you don't mind schlepping your gear from the parking lot at
Bridgepoint.
To lose access would be tragic and it's waning in the future.

Peace,
JR
Ask for more parking too! We all have a right to use the path
around the bay!

Jonathan Hahn wrote:

> I finally had an encounter with a golf ball at 3rd (actually my car
> did). Tuesday at around 6:15 I was parked along the side of the golf
> course near the corner. I was inside the car and heard a loud impact.
> At that time I couldn't find any damage to my car because of the sun was
> too bright and too high overhead. When I came back after sailing at
> around 7:45, I found the impact right away. It was a large depression
> on the driver's fender about 2 feet from my head.
>
> I went to Mariner's Point Golf Course, and the guy behind the desk took
> my info. Today I got a message from Chris Aliaga the manager. He said
> he takes down the info and submits a report to Foster City. He said
> there'd be no reimbursement since the golf ball hazard is clearly
> marked. (I would say there's no voluntary reimbursement, but I do not
> believe those signs eliminate their liability.) They also have a sign
> for the golfers which says the golfers are responsible for any damage
> their golf balls cause; but I'm not aware that the golfer can be
> identified by the ball, so this is merely another effort to protect the
> golf course. If the balls could be used to identify the golfers (which
> is possible, but probably a pain for the golf course), then that would
> definitely serve to reduce the intentional balls over the fence.
>
> I called my insurance company and I have a $100 deductable on
> comprehensive. They said they'd take the information about the golf
> course, but they weren't overly interested. I doubt they would pursue
> it for a few hundred dollars, and I would not pursue it for my
> deductable.
>
> So in this case I will eat my deductable and that will be the end of
> that. But what is the larger solution to the problem? I believe it is
> a certainty that someone will be seriously injured or killed sooner or
> later. Is that what the city and golf course are waiting for?
> A precedent setting event?
>
> A windsurfer was injured by a golf ball a while back (Pierre?)... what
> ever happened with that?
>
> Wasn't there an issue about the city restricting the height of the
> fences? What ever happened with that?
>
> It seems to me that the city is ultimately responsible for situating a
> golf course next to a public beach access & parking lot, and also it has
> the deepest pockets on the line. I thought I heard that the city leased
> the golf course the land. If I was Foster City, I'd want to eliminate
> one or the other and the golf course produces tax income, probably spent
> millions to develop the area, and I believe has a lease. So I'm not
> sure it's in the interest of windsurfing to be reporting golf ball
> impacts to Foster City... or is it? I don't hold out any hope for a
> solution to the conflicting uses of the area. I believe that as soon as
> there's a serious accident, the parking lot will be closed. That will
> be the most expedient solution to the problem.
>
> -Jonathan Hahn



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