ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – As the City of Albuquerque and a group of downtown loft residents clash over access to their gates, one city councilor is working on a piece of legislation to help ensure they find a solution that works for everyone.
For the last two decades, in order to get to this courtyard at the Lofts at Albuquerque High on Broadway and Central, you have to get through locked gates. In June, loft owners felt blindsided when the city demanded through a 30 day notice, the Historic Campus Association open the gates to the public during the day – pointing to requirements in a more than 20 year old contract.
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“We’re unfortunately at a time in our city’s history here in the east downtown neighborhood where you cannot differentiate between public access and criminal access and criminal activity,” said Tim McGivern, President of the Historic Campus Association, in July.
“Traditionally, if you’re on a piece of city property and you have a development or a use that’s not a public use, we’re usually compensated for that and we’re currently not compensated,” said Metropolitan Redevelopment Agency Director Terry Brunner, City of Albuquerque, in July…