April 16, 2003
Members Present: Paul Bixby, Ralph Davis, Donna Daniels, Brandon Green, Jay Huneycutt, Carole Lane, Jewell Lindsey, Bill Mock, Scott Roehrenbeck, Luti Salisbury, Gary Smith and Henry Wendel. Also present were Vance Rice, proxy for John Reid, Kent Perrodin, proxy for Reggie Houser, Diane Bell and Carrie Jackson from University Housing and Elaine Quinn, acting secretary.
The minutes of the March 13, 2003 meeting were approved.
Report on Current Parking Status - Gary Smith
1. We currently have 250 names on the current parking deck waiting list plus 8 on the new parking deck list.
2. The bid on the summer maintenance came to $1,074,362. This doesn’t include several change-orders. 600 parking spaces will be added. The old university house will be torn down and about 13 spaces will be added in that location. Two apartments will be demolished east of the Speech Clinic. That will add about 35 parking spaces.
3. The Special Event Parking Policy has been approved. It is Fayetteville Policy #320.1.
4. Gary has received a letter from AHTD recommending that 65% of the federal money go to Razorback Transit. This past year Transit received $498,795. The recommended 65% amount will be $1,070,000, which we will have to match. ASG has recommended a 10¢ per credit hour increase in the student transit fee. This year the fee brought in $720, 000.
5. Blasting on the new deck construction will begin around April 28.
Old Business
Permit Fee Proposal: The Board of Trustees came back and said they wouldn’t approve anything more than a 5% increase on permit fees. The exceptions are the one- day garage permits going from $7 to $9 a day and one-day visitor permits going from $1 to $4 a day. The Board meets in May for final approval of fees and fines.
New Business
1. Lot Designations:
a. Lot 48A will be a gravel lot on Lower Service Drive, south of the Phi Delta Theta House. They currently have 13 Resident Reserved spaces on Stadium Drive. It is recommended that the 47 new spaces be made Resident Reserved zone 8 and if not all rented to the Phi Delts, then the spaces be available to others.
b. Lot 42A will be a new lot south of Reid Hall. It will have about 26 spaces and is recommended to be Faculty/Staff parking.
c. Lot 59, between HPER and Barnhill, will reopen shortly and will have about 41 spaces. HPER has suggested that these spaces be Faculty/Staff and change some of the F/S spaces in lot 67 to metered spaces.
d. Lot 64A will be a new lot on California Drive between Pomfret and Bud Walton Arena. It is recommended that the 112 spaces be Resident Reserved, Zone 4.
e. Lot 66A will be between Futrall and University House on Lindell. The 13 spaces are recommended to be Reserved spaces.
f. Lot 14, on Arkansas Avenue, will be expanded, adding 35 spaces. Currently 12 are Reserved, 16 are Facutly/Staff, 9 are On Campus and the Speech Clinic has 5 patient parking spaces. It is recommended that 16 or more be Reserved, 51 be Faculty/Staff and 5 remain Reserved for the Speech Clinic.
g. Lot 64, west of Pomfret, will have 118 spaces added. Currently there are 68 Resident Reserved, 7 Faculty/Staff and 2 Reserved. Gary recommends that 186 be Resident Reserved, 7 Faculty/Staff and 2 Reserved.
h. Lot 75, on Garland Avenue, 161 spaces will be added. Currently there are 26 Resident Reserved spaces. It is recommended to have 26 Reserved and 161 Faculty/Staff.
i. Lot 76, on Lindell, will have 47 spaces added. Currently it has 34 Resident Reserved. It is recommended that 60 be Resident Reserved and 21 be On Campus.
j. Lot 42, south of Reid. Change 9 Resident Reserved spaces to Faculty/Staff.
k. Lot 41A, northeast of Reid. Change 9 or more from On Campus to Resident Reserved.
l. Lot 55, west of Pomfret, currently has 81 Special Resident Reserved Zone 4A and 220 On Campus. 23 spaces are being added. It is recommended that 324 be Special Resident Reserved Zone 4A.
Lot 48 A - Scott Roehrenbeck moved to have the 47 new spaces be Resident Reserved zone 8 but the 13 zone 8 spaces be redesignated Resident Reserved Zone 5. The motion was seconded and passed.
Lot 75 and lot 76 – Scott Roehrenbeck made a motion to switch the recommendations on these two lots. For lot 75, have 60 Resident Reserved and the remainder become On Campus spaces and for lot 76, have 26 Reserved and the remaining spaces become Faculty/Staff. The motion passed.
Henry Wendel moved to accept the remaining recommendations as stated. The motion was seconded and passed.
2. Ahtletic Parking Lot Use: It has been approved for the Razorback Foundation to pay for the construction of lot 64A and exchange the spaces for an equal number of spaces in lot 55 for athletic events. The Foundation has offered to pay for the expansion of lot 64, adding 118 more spaces, for an equal amount of parking in lot 55 for athletic events. This would mean all of lot 55 would be closed for football and men’s and women’s basketball games. Closing the entire lot would be easier than closing a certain number of rows of the lot. The Foundation would be contributing about $260,000 toward improving campus parking. The Foundation has also requested the use of lot 75, the Reserved section of lot 42, and allow overflow into empty spaces in the On Campus section of lot 41A, for football only. The On Campus permit holders will be allowed to return to the lot before the game. Henry Wendel made a motion to accept the proposal with the changes made to lots 75 and 76. The motion was seconded and passed.
3. Departmental Vehicles: It has been suggested that departmental vehicles not be allowed to park and stay in Faculty/Staff lots. One recommendation was that departments buy Reserved permits for vehicles that must be close to the buildings and other vehicles then park in lot 56. The committee decided to wait until after the summer maintenance was completed and see if some of the problems were eliminated with the additional parking spaces.
4. Lot 65 Request: Jewell Lindsey was asked to suggest that visitors not be allowed to park in lot 65. That request was denied because it is too confusing to visitors to single out one lot and make that distinction only apply to it and not to the rest of campus.
5. Elect Chair: Donna Daniels moved to elect Paul Bixby as Chairman for another year. The motion passed.
The meeting was adjourned at 3:35 p.m.