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Resident says discs are landing in yards as council weighs moving holes, screening
Summary
Midvale staff and council discussed complaints about errant discs at the Midvale City Park course. Resident Dave Fair described repeated incursions onto his property; staff proposed moving launch pads and baskets and possibly consulting the course designer.
Glen Kennedy, Public Works Director, recounted the history of the nine-hole disc golf course at Midvale City Park (installed 2021 with help from local business Grip6 and CARES Act funding) and said the course "has become a highly utilized public amenity" but also that use has generated complaints about discs entering adjacent yards.
Dave Fair, an adjacent property owner, told the council he has "had more discs on his property this year than in previous years" and described confrontations with golfers who come onto his property to retrieve discs, saying they sometimes stand on his tree and shout for their discs. He said he does not think planting trees will solve the problem and suggested moving launch points as a better option.
Council members discussed several mitigation options: relocating launch pads and baskets to change trajectories, planting screening trees as a lower-maintenance option, installing netting (which some members worried would carry ongoing maintenance costs), and engaging Grip6, the course designer, to help reconfigure problem holes. Glen Kennedy said staff will begin by moving a launch pad and a basket and monitor whether that reduces impacts.
The council did not vote on a funding allocation at the Aug. 5 meeting; members asked staff to pursue relocation and follow up on potential costs and long-term solutions.
