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Alamosa neighbors urge city to address university event impacts — lights, RV parking and maintenance
Summary
Longtime Berkeley Avenue residents told the council that stadium lights, event parking that brings RVs and porta-potties, and neglected promised landscaping from the university are creating a neighborhood nuisance; staff said they will try to connect residents with university leadership.
Brenda Marshallton, who said she has lived at 502 Berkeley Avenue for 29 years, told the Alamosa City Council that while neighbors generally appreciate students, recent university decisions have made her block feel like an "eyesore." She described a stadium track installation with limited landscaping, bright facility lights that flood nearby homes, and event parking that permits campers, compressors and porta-potties to congregate across from neighborhood homes.
"The university brings in a lot of money, but I don't believe that that means that they should be above the rules of the laws," Marshallton said, asking the city to press for more consistent remediation and follow-through from the university on promised landscaping and lighting mitigation.
City staff responded that they would try to connect Marshallton with university leadership (staff referenced contacting "doctor Tamburg" as someone who might be flexible and willing to work with neighbors). Staff also acknowledged they would follow up with the resident by email to gather specific concerns and contact information to facilitate dialogue.
What’s next: staff said they would try to set up a meeting with university contacts and asked the resident to provide follow-up information by email so staff can pursue mitigation steps.
