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Administration answers faculty, staff parking concern
Emily Iorg
Issue date: 9/11/06 Section: News
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After listening to faculty and staff parking concerns, the University administration has made some concessions.
"I think things are changing, and changing for the good," Faculty Senate Chair Gary Ebersole said at last Tuesday's senate meeting. He cited an amended parking policy as one example of positive change.
Dennis Cesari, assistant vice chancellor for Business Services, instituted a policy that accommodates faculty and staff with valid permits who cannot find open permit spaces.
"We will, on a trial basis, not ticket faculty and staff with permits if they park at meters and no other parking space is available in the lot," said Cesari in an interview last week.
Senators at the prior faculty senate meeting cited an inability of faculty and staff to always find permit spaces when parking before teaching classes.
The amended policy came out of an Aug. 28 meeting Cesari had with the faculty senate's four executive committee members. Two of the three faculty members that serve on the Parking Committee also attended: newly elected Jerry Place, School of Computing and Engineering, and Scott Baker, Foreign Languages.
"I think that we got the attention of the Parking Operations. We had a sustained, open, and even blunt discussion with them," said Ebersole.
Faculty Senate Vice-Chair Steven Driever, Geosciences, updated the senate on the Aug. 28 meeting.
"[Cesari] is going to make some changes in parking," said Driever. "He was the one to concede to us that faculty sometimes can't find spaces."
"I think that will make life a lot easier for many faculty members," said Senator Bob Yang, School of Medicine.
Some senators asked if faculty and staff were still required to sign agreements that unpaid parking violations will automatically be deducted from their paychecks. Driever said his understanding was that faculty and staff must still sign agreements.
The ticket appeals process may become easier, though. Ebersole reported Cesari will look at establishing an online method for appealing a ticket. This would end the confusion of faculty and staff leaving phone messages with Parking Operations about tickets and thinking the problem is solved.
"I think things are changing, and changing for the good," Faculty Senate Chair Gary Ebersole said at last Tuesday's senate meeting. He cited an amended parking policy as one example of positive change.
Dennis Cesari, assistant vice chancellor for Business Services, instituted a policy that accommodates faculty and staff with valid permits who cannot find open permit spaces.
"We will, on a trial basis, not ticket faculty and staff with permits if they park at meters and no other parking space is available in the lot," said Cesari in an interview last week.
Senators at the prior faculty senate meeting cited an inability of faculty and staff to always find permit spaces when parking before teaching classes.
The amended policy came out of an Aug. 28 meeting Cesari had with the faculty senate's four executive committee members. Two of the three faculty members that serve on the Parking Committee also attended: newly elected Jerry Place, School of Computing and Engineering, and Scott Baker, Foreign Languages.
"I think that we got the attention of the Parking Operations. We had a sustained, open, and even blunt discussion with them," said Ebersole.
Faculty Senate Vice-Chair Steven Driever, Geosciences, updated the senate on the Aug. 28 meeting.
"[Cesari] is going to make some changes in parking," said Driever. "He was the one to concede to us that faculty sometimes can't find spaces."
"I think that will make life a lot easier for many faculty members," said Senator Bob Yang, School of Medicine.
Some senators asked if faculty and staff were still required to sign agreements that unpaid parking violations will automatically be deducted from their paychecks. Driever said his understanding was that faculty and staff must still sign agreements.
The ticket appeals process may become easier, though. Ebersole reported Cesari will look at establishing an online method for appealing a ticket. This would end the confusion of faculty and staff leaving phone messages with Parking Operations about tickets and thinking the problem is solved.
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