Hunter S. Dotson › Water Works Park January 22, 2013 at 2:36am
Talk time.. What would people like to see added / changed (within reason) on this course this coming spring. I would like to draw up a detailed plan for a work day so I can email it to the city for approval.
My personal thoughts.
- Tee markers
- Wooded bulletin board
- Some love and attention to the pavilion
- More trash cans
- Turn the ball diamond lights on till 9-10 p.m (Or whenever the park is posted to be closed)
- Benches on hole 2 and possible others.
Any other suggestions.... Sega
I would say make nothing that can easily be destroyed. Benches hole 2 really don't need but would be ill. The holes should be remeasured.i was going to make tee signs last year but figured a bum would destroy it and calhounaburger was giving me mad salt. Salt
And yes sega
Trash cans, porta-john.
eventually I would like to see a more lite up parking lot. I know b-ball diamond will help in summer, but more for winter time.
I thought a bench neqr the tees on 2 as well as near the basket would be a nice touch for the fishermen. salt
tee markers in field need to be below grass level, could use flat pavers, maybe etched or carved somehow? or make signs out of a wooden block instead of bricks, marking the front corners. #2 blue tee could move up on hill closer to #1 basket, eliminate white tee, make old blue the new white tee
tee markers will be where ever Gabe gets approval from the city. I feel confident our Admiral can woo the city proppa
;) All in the sales pitch
I'll echo what Ben says, great ideas. I've played on the pavers before and they are awesome. They are inexpensive, you can mow the grass right over them, and they can be moved easily if you want to mix the course up. Plus they are easy to install.
I'd say it needs trash cans first and foremost. Secondly #2 blue tee needs moved up. I'm not sure where to move it, is there any area behind the white tee? Maybe we need to chop out a path/line for the shot a bit.
As for trash cans, any cans that do get placed should be half buried. Can't remember which course I played, but all of the trash cans were down in the ground and it seemed made perfect sense.
Engraved paved markers with up to date distances would be awesome. A place I used to work used this company for memorial pavers like this http://www.polarengraving.com/brick-colors.php#.UP6u9uhaJVc. There are multiple companies that do them for around $20 a piece. There are probably things that need attention before fancy pavers.
With regards to Trash Cans.. The city will more than likely want them placed so that whom ever comes to empty will not have to walk the entire course. So realistically think about hole 1, 7 , 8. I think that should be good at first but we still need to show the city that people are using that cour ... more
With regards to Trash Cans.. The city will more than likely want them placed so that whom ever comes to empty will not have to walk the entire course. So realistically think about hole 1, 7 , 8. I think that should be good at first but we still need to show the city that people are using that course before the city will want to spend more time/money on it. Also, from a conversation I had last year I believe that the next mound of woodchips can be dumped onto the fairway of 2 and 3. we will just have to go and smooth them out.
Will the city allow t-pads? I havent been in previous talks about this so I wasnt sure if it was money or the city not allowing it?
A little of both Brian.. They are a little stand off ish to the idea and I have been trying to gain some ground with the conversation. At this point I think it will still be a year or so down the line, But with the city improving the path that connects the Ypsi parks system I think we can piggy back with their beautification projects
what about space for new holes, just in general can it ever be done?
The area across the street from hole 9's tee is ripe for some sweet holes. From behind the baseball diamond all the way to the street (I think its grove), you could easily squeeze in several pins with multiple placements. I'm not sure about all that land across the river from hole #1, but I bet you could throw a bunch of holes back in there as well.
I think that this convo is getting away from the possibilities of the next work day. It would be cool to add more holes, but I doubt the city would be open to it just yet, and I don't think the funds are there anyway.
I think a bulliten board right at the end of the parking lot looking toward hole 1's pin, with a course map showing distances would be cool. Small boxes to hold score cards and pencils could be affixed to that as well at minimum cost I expect.
this is just talk this is getting in the way of nothing.sega
Yes the land is ripe for the picking, Holes would have to take the Road into effect and not endanger any peoples. If we prove that the park is being used they might let us expand. Sega
I vote the bulletin board as the most likely upgrade to be vandalized...
yes agree with brian.this is water worksss ( bum nation).this needs to be indestructible or damn near.im sorry but NOTHINGGG to nice nice can ever go here.straight up
nice nice whoops only one nice there.
We need trash cans out there
Yes nothing nice can go out there yet, Yes what ever we put out there will more than likely be set on fire, shot and then stolen for scrap. Trash cans are being placed on the Spring time wish list.
In respects to what Dan is saying, I think the most immediate needs that is most fixable would be trash cans on 1, 7 and 8, and to move Blue #2 tee. I think you many are too quick to think the park is ripe for vandalism. Vandalism can happen in any area and is most likely to occur in places that att ... more
In respects to what Dan is saying, I think the most immediate needs that is most fixable would be trash cans on 1, 7 and 8, and to move Blue #2 tee. I think you many are too quick to think the park is ripe for vandalism. Vandalism can happen in any area and is most likely to occur in places that attract high volume (which is not Water Works). I can only point to Cass Benton as an example. It is located at the heart of the Northville Plymouth border in what is one of the most affluent areas in all of Wayne County, yet the park is vandalized most due to high traffic volume, not the people who live nearby (which, as I mentioned, the area where Cass Benton is located is one of the safest and richest communities in Wayne County).
So we are trying to bring a higher volume into an area thats not the safest and richest community? There may not be high traffic on the disc course but your guaranteed to run into some non discing locals on the course and some sitting in their cars in the parking lot...I digress, trashcans!
Now now now Skeeter.. He ain't trying to hurt no body..
Was I hurting someones feelings? Sorry. I kindly disagree. Trashcans!
Bleachers need to be relocated to somewhere other than in the middle of Hole #1's Fairway from White and Blue Tees. Picnic Benches need to be added to Hole #1 by Red Tee(out of the way from white and blue) for groups to gather and for TD's and Leagues to have a place to Register. Fire pit ... more
Bleachers need to be relocated to somewhere other than in the middle of Hole #1's Fairway from White and Blue Tees. Picnic Benches need to be added to Hole #1 by Red Tee(out of the way from white and blue) for groups to gather and for TD's and Leagues to have a place to Register. Fire pit on #5-#6 needs to be cleared out and put to use this summer/spring. Bulletin Board by parking lot for course announcements and events. ---- As far as the lights from baseball diamond, it would be a grand idea, but I fear the city will only assist that endeavour for a short time as the lights will be shot out with BB Guns in time. Couple holes can be added behind #3 if city approves of the use of that land, would have to be leveled and filled in a bit to prevent swamping and puddling, but the city does have a more than adequate supply of dirt back there to the right, or we can maybe pull their arm unto letting us use the land across from the river/bridge by the parking lot. If I think of anything else I'll post here.
I agree that the bleachers should be moved into their intended positions along side the fences of the ball diamond.
you guys just need to learn how to shot around them....and you call yourselves Pirates :P
We can move them bleeechers this Sunday.
chicken
bleachers are an obstacle..
Admiral....There are still a number of gopher/animal holes that could be filled in. Issue we ran into over by the baseball diamond was we ran out of dirt to fill the holes. Obviously we'll have to venture into the woods and grab some dirt. But I know there's some on 3, 4, 5, 6 for sure. Possible #2 as well
We need poison to kill the gophers first or they will just re-dig the holes :P
I will lolz if the city lets us declare chemical war on the rodents
You can buy worms that look like rubber fishing bait, and it contains poison that will kill gophers, simply drop in the hole and then cover with dirt. Keeps other animals and people safely away from it and city would have no way of knowing lol
plus with gophers gone, so will the hazardous holes.
idk.....Spackler couldn't get ride of them at Bushwood Country Club. "In the immortal words of Jean Paul Sartre, 'Au revoir, gopher'." - Carl Spackler,
Please dont poision the wildlife, there are eagles that hunt this area along with other birds of prey!