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Residents urge board to relocate proposed athletic complex, citing parking and privacy concerns
Summary
Residents told the Colman‑Egan School District board that a proposed athletic complex behind nearby homes would create parking, trespass and privacy problems and urged the district to site the facility elsewhere; trustees took no immediate action on relocation at the meeting.
Residents living behind the proposed athletic complex urged the Colman‑Egan School District board to find a different site, saying current plans would bring traffic, trespassing and loss of privacy to adjacent properties.
Mary Sweeney Gengler, who identified herself during public comment, told trustees she visited a recent track meet and observed “people were jumping the curve with bigger vehicles and parking on the grass” and that attendees “walk across our private property.” She urged the board to “stop this nightmare” and to place any athletic facility in a location that can expand without impacting homeowners, pointing to Garrison School’s offsite athletic field as an example that “somehow make[s] it work.”
Another resident, identified in the record as Mike, emphasized the costs borne by neighbors, saying, “The cost of this complex comes in many forms,” listing traffic congestion, trespass, litter, noise and light pollution. Board members did not take a formal vote on relocating the complex during the meeting; public commenters called for additional study of offsite alternatives and protections for neighboring properties.
