HomeMy WebLinkAbout4977 64 Kings Circuit Letter of Opposition 1Town Of Yarmouth Board Of Appeals RECEIVED
1146 Route 28
South Yarmouth MA. 02664-4451 SEP 06 2022
RE: Petition #4907
YARMOUTH
Kathleen L. Schindler
BOARD OF APPEALS
222 Kate's Path
Yarmouth Port, MA 02675
I am a resident and golf member of the Kingsway Community. I am unable to attend the
September 8th meeting as I will be out of town and so I am writing this letter to express
my concerns.
Essentially, I believe the Kingsway Trust board members do not represent the wishes
and ideas of how current residents and Kingsway golf members feel about the Trusts
proposal to allow unlimited public play on the Kingsway Golf Course.
I feel the Kingsway Trust is trying to "railroad" their proposal to the town with relatively
no input "from us" - Kingsway residents and golfers.
They do not want to analyze their proposal with respect to its impact on traffic, parking,
safety, quality of life issues, property values, as well as, golf membership access to tee
times and league play.
As you know, Kingsway Golf Course is a small "executive" course with limited facilities.
It originally was a private course serving Kingsway residents and in later years, opened
the course for public use on a limited numbers basis set by the Town Of Yarmouth.
Again, the facilities are limited with respect to golf cart storage, charging stations,
equipment storage, parking, etc. There is no driving range and so golf lessons have not
been a viable option.
Also, keep in mind that there is a good size restaurant (Montebello's) whose customers
use the golf parking for "overflow" use as here are only 20 restaurant parking spaces - 5
of which are handicapped parking.
One has to wonder what would happen if the restaurant engaged in more frequent
larger events for weddings, graduations, etc. Are excess vehicles to be parked along
the circuit? Emergency vehicles are here routinely for Heatherwood residents
presenting access issues.
As we all know, there is considerable acrimony directed towards our current golf
management team - Lisanne and Bob Miller by the Kingsway Trust board. The agenda
of the trust is to bring in a new golf management team - The Sterling Company. But this
company is not interested unless unlimited public access is granted.
In summary, I feel the King Way Trust does not seek resident and golf members
involvement or input.
And more importantly, they refuse to perform an objective analysis of their proposal
with respect to traffic, parking, safety, quality of life issues, property values, etc.
Their agenda is to "open the flood gates" for unlimited public access in order to bring in
The Sterling Company. This will impact quality of life issues for Kingsway residents "Big
Time". The course will be over run with players paying cheap rounds of golf which is the
platform that The Sterling Group operates on.
I personally would like to have the Miller Golf Management team continue to run the golf
course. And I can comfortably say that there are large numbers of us who feel the
same way.
There was a reason The Town Of Yarmouth limited public access and I hope the current
Town council members reject the current Kingsway Trust proposal.
Respectfully,
Kathleen L. Schindler 8/31/22
I never received a mailing notifying me of the Sept. 8th meeting - nor have others. The
only ones I know of that received notifications were Heatherwood residents.
cc. Kingsway Trust Board
Cc. Barkan Management Company