February 16, 2007
Members Present: Paul Bixby, Brendon Chastain, Ralph Davis, Forest Denger, Craig Edmonston, Jay Huneycutt, Bill Mock, Teija Kearney-Ramos, Marilyn Rogers and Gary Smith. Also attending was Elaine Quinn, secretary.
The minutes of January 18, 2007 were approved.
Report on Current Parking Status - Gary Smith
1. Maple Hill – Gary gave a review of the history of the Maple Hill district and NW Quad/Health Center area parking. The total parking space loss is about 373 spaces. The NWQ has added 625 residents to the area and Maple Hill phase I will add another 705 residents in the fall. The majority of the Maple Hill district residents who will not be able to park in the district in the fall of 2007 will park in lots 44, 72, 73, and 73A, 47N and 46 on Razorback Road. The Board of Trustees meets this Saturday; probably Maple Hill phase 2 will be approved for construction with it opening in August 2008 with 350 beds. There is no place to add surface parking in or near the Maple Hill district. ASG is considering operating a Safe Ride bus route on Monday and Tuesday nights from 10:30 p.m. until midnight. Plans to develop the Garland Avenue Parking Facility are underway. We are anticipating the facility will accommodate about 1500 spaces at a project cost of $20 million. We hope to have the facility open by August of 2008.
2. McIlroy Street tunnel work should be completed by the end of this month. The street will then reopen.
3. KUAF is planning on moving into the old UARK Credit Union Building. The lot will become number 63 and be designated as Faculty/Staff parking.
4. “My Parking Account” opened last August. So far the on-line system has produced $69,514 in citation payments and $128,664 in permit sales.
5. Softball Field – As soon as graduation is over, five Carlson Terrace buildings will be demolished to make room for the new softball field. Construction will take about 14 months. Top soil will be removed from the old field to the new. There is discussion concerning removing the remaining Carlson Terrace buildings to construct a parking lot containing 200-300 new parking spaces.
Old Business
None presented.
New Business
Proposed Permit fees and Administrative charges – A. Parking Permit Fees – the permit fee proposal for FY08 including a 5% increase was presented to the committee. Jay moved to approve the proposed permit fees. The motion was seconded and passed with 1 abstention. B. Parking Violation Administrative Charges – a proposal to increase three violation charges was presented. These are: f. illegal use of permit (reproducing, altering, defacing, using a revoked, transferred or another person’s permit); current fee is $50, proposed is $100; n. Overtime parking in a limited parking zone, current fee is $10, proposed is $20; p. meter violation, current fee is $10, proposed is $20. There has been an increase this year in the number of altered permits. Bill Mock moved to increase the amount on “f” to $200. Teija moved to amend the amount to $400. After discussion the vote to approve the amendment failed. A motion was made to make the amount in violation “f” $200 and change the wording to read “Illegal use of permit (reproducing, altering, defacing, using a revoked, lost or stolen permit”. This amendment passed. The amended Parking Violation Administrative Charges passed. C. Brendon Chastain made a motion to accept the proposed Moving Violation Administrative Charges and it also passed with 1 abstention.
The meeting was adjourned at 4:30 pm.