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Planning, Development & Transportation
MEMORANDUM
DATE: September 11, 2019
TO: Mayor Troxell and City Council Members
THRU: Darin Atteberry, City Manager
Jeff Mihelich, Deputy City Manager
CC: Drew Brooks, Director, Transfort
Joe Olson, City Traffic Engineer
Tom Leeson, Director, Community Development and Neighborhood Services
FROM: Dean Klingner, Interim Director of PDT
RE: September 9 LPT Follow Up – Game Day Efforts
Introduction:
This memo is to provide a follow up from the 9/9/2019 Leadership Planning Team meeting
regarding Colorado State University (CSU) game day efforts from 9/7/2019 (first home game of
the season).
Bottom Line:
CSU and the City continue to collaborate on game day operations including neighborhood code
compliance and parking, traffic flow, and public transportation. The services have been
continuously improved and adjusted to minimize disruption to neighborhoods and the
community in general and to ensure a good game day experience for fans. This was the first
game of the third season for the on-campus stadium and the operations ran smoothly, traffic
disruption was minimal, and neighborhood issues continue to decline. The City and CSU will
continue to monitor operations on a game-by-game basis and adjust as necessary.
Summary of Operations and Themes:
Neighborhood Services:
Lower activity than expected for opening home game. Only a handful of off-campus tailgate
parties observed.
Transfort:
All operations went smoothly, with no passengers left behind and no major operational
incidents. One minor delay was caused due to a train. Resources were cut opportunistically due
to low game day attendance.
Parking:
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The main themes seen were:
• Residents not renewing parking permits – some citations issued.
• Visitors in the zones were not parking for game day related activities.
• Vehicles leaving before kickoff.
Traffic Operations:
Pre-game and post-game congestion were less than normal likely due to lower game
attendance. Traffic Operations continues to fine tune signal timing plans and work with Police
Services to make adjustments to temporary traffic control to promote safety and efficient
ingress/egress from campus.
A new change for this season is to close the crosswalk on the east leg of Center and Prospect
in order to encourage use of the underpass and to improve egress from the parking garage at
Center/Lake. This change seemed to work well for game 1.
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