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Saturday, March 14, 2009
N. Golf Course Future a Concern
By Martin Salazar
Journal Staff Writer
Concerns about the future of the University of New Mexico's North Golf Course are once again rising to the surface as the university tries to come up with a master plan for its campus.
A community meeting on the topic will be held from 2-4 p.m. Sunday in Room 2401 of the UNM Law School. City officials, residents and representatives from UNM are expected to attend.
"I think it is important to point out that this is still (in) the input stage," UNM spokesman Benson Hendrix said. "The university will continue to respond to questions as they come up."
Members of an organization called Neighbors For Greenspace are voicing concerns about the plan's potential impact on the golf course and on their neighborhoods.
UNM has hired Dekker Perich Sabatini to develop the master plan, and representatives from the firm have been meeting with neighboring communities. The plan is still in draft form and has yet to be submitted to regents for approval.
The plan envisions the North Golf Course remaining as reserve lands for UNM, according to Facilities Planning Director Mary Kenney. But the plan envisions 5.4 acres of the 8-acre barren fairways being used for an adult psychiatric hospital, observatory and parking.
The existing two-mile jogging path would be moved from the AMAFCA channel to the west side of the golf course and then to Tucker.
The plan, as it currently stands, also calls for a new road that would run from Mountain to additional parking facilities west of University.
That has some people concerned.
"Our community will be adversely affected by this new road," said Chal-Marie Lucero of the Santa Barbara/Martineztown neighborhood. "We are worried about the safety of our kids, and the impact this road will have on our neighborhood and our homes."
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