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There need to be fences along the lagoon where the sidewalk runs along the lagoon edge. A child could easily accidentally fall in while walking or biking. I rented kayaks through California Windsurfing yesterday and they told me the lagoon is 8-10 feet deep? This is a serious safety issue.
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City of Foster City (Chính thức đã xác nhận)
Kathleen (Người dùng đã đăng ký)
Don't let your child roam around the edge of the lagoon alone.
Michelle (Người dùng đã đăng ký)
Kathleen (Người dùng đã đăng ký)
Michelle (Người dùng đã đăng ký)
Michelle (Người dùng đã đăng ký)
Kathleen (Người dùng đã đăng ký)
Michelle (Người dùng đã đăng ký)
Kathleen (Người dùng đã đăng ký)
blocking our enjoyment of a community amenity.
Michelle (Người dùng đã đăng ký)
Kathleen (Người dùng đã đăng ký)
Michelle (Người dùng đã đăng ký)
Kathleen (Người dùng đã đăng ký)
Michelle (Người dùng đã đăng ký)
Liz (Người dùng đã đăng ký)
Michelle (Người dùng đã đăng ký)
From the World Health Organization: Drowning is now the 3rd leading cause of unintentional injury/death worldwide. Surpassing motor vehicle accidents. Number one recommended prevention strategy: Install barriers to control access to water.
From: http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/143893/1/9789241564786_eng.pdf?ua=1&ua=1
g35xgirl (Người dùng đã đăng ký)
Michelle (Người dùng đã đăng ký)
How about this terrible story from Yuma, Arizona. Mom had twin 18 month old boys in a stroller, let go to swat a bee and the stroller rolled into the canal. Stroller got swept away and both boys died.
"Keslar went into the canal and tried to rescue her sons, authorities said, but was hampered by the steep sides of the canal, the depth of the water and the force of the current. The current washed the stroller away." Authorities said "Many people typically do not comprehend how swift the current in these canals are and how deep the water can be," Yuma police said. "They also do not realize how difficult it is to climb back up many of the canal embankments."
We should learn from these tragedies - not wait for it to happen in our own community before taking action.
http://www.azfamily.com/story/28798515/police-twins-drown-in-canal-as-mom-tries-to-fend-off-bee
notrobot (Người dùng đã đăng ký)
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Michelle (Người dùng đã đăng ký)
Michelle (Người dùng đã đăng ký)
Al (Người dùng đã đăng ký)
Michelle (Người dùng đã đăng ký)
Michelle (Người dùng đã đăng ký)
Here is the lagoon/sidewalk next to Catamaran Park, also 3 feet deep. They have wooden stakes and pink ribbon along the water's edge so perhaps they are already preparing to put a fence there. See that woman with her toddler? The toddler was trying to get into the water the whole time I was there taking photos and measuring.
So just to be completely clear, again, I'm not suggesting there be a fence all around Foster City. Just these few areas where the sidewalk is adjacent to the water.
MMK (Người dùng đã đăng ký)
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Michelle (Người dùng đã đăng ký)
I'm not talking about the levees - as there is no water that directly comes up to the levee - and if there is water close by, it gradually gets deeper, not just drops off like the lagoon does, so that is not a risk.
I want to stress that I'm not talking about fencing ALL of the lagoon. I'm talking specifically about the three areas that I outlined above. The area under the FC blvd near 99 ranch has a boat dock directly adjacent to it where people who need to access the water can access it. And the area under FC blvd near the dog park has the boat launch with a gradual entry into the lagoon. Catamaran park in particular is extremely high risk since it's a park for kids. If a child fell into the lagoon, they would not be able to get out due to the vertical walls and the depth of the water.
How can the safety of those three areas be enhanced? The water is still accessible using the boat launch and boat ramp near FC blvd so that should not be a show stopper.
Michelle (Người dùng đã đăng ký)
Ok since people keep thinking I'm talking about fencing in the ENTIRE lagoon - see below for a map of the areas I'm referring to. The purple lines across FC Blvd and Shell Blvd indicate the areas (depicted in the photos in my above posts) that have sidewalks directly next to the lagoon. PW brought up the access requirement, and you can see on the map that right next to the areas that I'm requesting to be fenced - there is a dock on one side of the lagoon and a boat launch on the other side. So, waterway access is not affected. The other area I'm talking about is the edge of Catamaran park, near the bottom left corner of the map.
I hope this clears things up. I don't want the entire lagoon fenced. Absolutely not. I'm only talking about a few very small sections where the risk is highest.
Đã đóng Foster City - PW Staff 1 (Người dùng đã đăng ký)
Michelle (Người dùng đã đăng ký)
Well this is disappointing.
When a child can be on a sidewalk, and then one step later be in the lagoon, over his head in water, there is not adequate protection. The areas I'm referring to needing more protection are limited. People are expressing their concern about the beautiful views Yes, we live in a water oriented community but that does not mean that we should be negligent to safety and subject our children to unnecessary risks in order to preserve the views. And really, who is hanging out UNDERNEATH the Foster City/Shell Blvd overpasses anyway? Catamaran Park has tons of kids. In parks, safety should take precedence over the views. There are miles and miles of remaining lagoon and levy that can be enjoyed.
I'm talking about feet of fencing, not miles.
And, I'm talking about ACCIDENTS. Accidents happen. Even with vigilant parenting, swimming ability, strict directions of where to go and where not to. They happen. It seems that this day in age we choose to parent shame as much as possible, but accidents happen to even the most vigilant parent and if steps can be taken to minimize risk to a known danger, they should be taken. Unintentional drowning is not a new thing. As I have said a bunch of times before, pools require fences for a reason. That reason remains.
I hope this request will be reconsidered.