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Governance Minutes ArchiveNovember 3, 1992
PARKING/TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE Minutes November 3, 1992 Meeting called to order at 10:18 AM. Present: Richard Alvarez, Pat Ballard, Wayne Bishop, Chris French, George Lux, Gail McMillan, Valerie Myers (Minutes), Patricia Murdock, Dave Nicks, Carl Polan, Widget Shannon, J.B. Sutphin. Scott Case was a guest. Absent: Ben Dichoso Motion was made to approve minutes of September 24 meeting. Vote was seconded and carried. Committee's role in College Governance - previously this Committee has been Advisory status and has reported through upper administration. This role has changed in that we are no longer Advisory and we report to Commission on University Support. Any recommendations will be made via this Commission. Polan is a member of this Commission and will report to them. Food vendor parking - Alvarez stated that initially vendors were provided a certain number of permits for use during certain hours. Over time we have ceased this provision. Burger King, for example, buys 2 or 3 staff tags to be used by non-student employees and about the same number of student hangtags to be used by enrolled students here at the University. When the employee leaves, they turn the hangtags back in to the business. Alvarez is not aware of abuse. SGA parking privileges - Certain higher officers of SGA that have many meetings on campus have traditionally been given some Faculty/Staff parking privileges on campus. They are issued a student parking permit, but they do have an additional hangtag for privileged use. There appears to be more students with this privilege than in past years. Vice President for Student Affairs has the responsibility of deciding which students require these privileges. Alvarez would like to see them do their own policing of whom should have privileges. Polan stated that he would like to know what the Vice President of Student Affairs' criteria is for this privilege. Scott Case volunteered to go to the GSA and review the list and determine names and positions. He also will suggest that they attempt to shorten the list. Dr. Polan appointed him for this duty. Bishop will talk with Vice President for Student Affairs office to obtain an official reply of their criteria. Special Purpose Housing Transportation - Alvarez asked to defer this until Mike Conley could attend a meeting. Progress on bicycles - A plan has been developed for placement and layout of bike racks. The completion goal is start of school 1993. There will be registration and special enforcement of bicycles. The bicycle clubs are expected to help. Suggestion was made to place a sign that says "Walk your bike" in the plaza areas. Education and peer pressure will be a big help. Motion was made to contact University Architect to establish positive parking signage in Cowgill and Library Plaza areas. There was discussion of the spaces that will have to be sacrificed for placement of bicycle racks and storage. Alvarez and Lynch introduced the new Assistant Parking Manager - Patricia Murdock. Parking Manager report - decal sales running about the same as last year. There is a drop in commuter sales. Complaints are down even with construction. Have gotten information into the Spectrum and Collegiate times suggesting alternative parking and bus usage. Have registered around 1100 bicycles this year. Appeals have dropped somewhat from last year and response time is quicker. Assistant Parking Manager will be beneficial in appeals and complaint area. Biggest complaint is that there has been no explanation for denial. Tickets are tapering off due to increased enforcement. Alvarez added that they had a presentation by Systems Analysis group who evaluated every aspect of Parking Services. They are making recommendations of how to improve the operation. He requested that they be allowed to give a one hour presentation to this group at a future meeting. A policy needs to be established and clearly stated in the Rule Book for off-campus employees (i.e. Extension Agents) who come to campus for meetings, etc. Previously it was recommended that they buy a dollar-a-day hangtag. Alvarez feels they should to be treated as visitors. There is a clarification problem with University owned or leased property. It was recommended to assign a Subcommittee to recommend guidelines on exactly who pays $42.00 fee in reference to people outside main campus (farm sites, CRC, etc.). There was also concurrence to treat off-campus personnel as visitors (those remote to campus such as Branch Research Station, County Extension, etc.) and not require them to pay the $1.00 fee. Veterinary Medicine on game days - Alvarez reported that Mike Jones (Police Department) is working with Bill Aliff on this issue. He will also meet with Sherrie McConnell, President of Staff Senate, for her input. CEC Lot - Parking garage project is a top priority. At present storm drainage requirements are attempting to be met before construction can be started. Issue was raised that parking is a problem when large groups or conferences are meeting. A suggestion was made that during these times a sign be posted the day before to alert Faculty/Staff that parking may be scarce. The meeting adjourned at 11:57 AM. Approved December 3, 1992
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