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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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while a new church building is being constructed. The former property of this church on Springfield Avenue, Urbana, was purchased by the University for campus expansion and the building was razed. Church officials have requested continued use of University facilities until completion of the new building. The University is reimbursed for any expense involved and use of University rooms is so scheduled as not to conflict with University needs for the same. I concur.

On motion of Mr. Johnston, this request was approved.

AUTOMOBILE PARKING REGULATIONS AND FACILITIES. URBANA-CHAMPAIGN

(25) On the basis of a report and recommendations of the Committee on Motor Vehicle Regulations and the Campus Planning Committee (University administrative-faculty committees), I recommend that the Board of Trustees approve in principle the plan presented below for a long-range parking program for the University of Illinois, and the specific recommendations set forth therein, effective September 1, 1963; and that the President of the University be authorized to amend it from time to time in the light of experience and upon appropriate recommendations. Such action would be consistent with the General Rules Concerning University Organization and Procedure which give the President authority to make traffic and parking regulations and such changes therein as conditions may warrant, and with the action of the Board in adopting the present parking regulations and program for the Urbana-Champaign campus in June, 1958. Preface to Recommendations On July 18, 1962, the Board authorized the employment of Harland Bartholomew and Associates, St. Louis, Missouri, for a study of the University's parking problem on the Urbana-Champaign campus. The Bartholomew report, entitled "Long-Range Parking Program for the University of Illinois," was made available for study by University administrative officers, faculty, and staff, in December, 1962. A representative of Harland Bartholomew and Associates presented the report at an open meeting of the faculty and staff on December 12, 1962, at which time many questions were discussed. The Committee on Motor Vehicle Regulations and the Campus Planning Committee had been assigned the task of evaluating the report and making recommendations to the President of the University. These Committees solicited criticisms of the present regulations, adopted in June, 1958, and of the Bartholomew report, and suggestions for the development of an improved parking plan for the Urbana-Champaign campus. At the December meeting, the Committees announced that all communications, recommendations, and criticisms could be sent to the Committee Chairmen prior to January 15, 1963, and that all recommendations would be considered before a tentative recommendation would be made. More than 150 letters and memoranda were received in response to the Committees' solicitation. Thereafter the Committees met weekly in full afternoon sessions for several weeks. The tentative proposal was mailed (Faculty Letter No. 52) on February 20 to all faculty and staff, and notice was given that a meeting would be held in the University Auditorium on February 28 to discuss the proposal and to answer questions. About fifty persons were present at that meeting, and a stenographic report was made of all questions and suggestions. The record of the meeting indicated there were two or three provisions which caused the greatest concern, so that opportunity was again given to present criticisms in writing. Very few responses were received. On March 12, the Committees had a final meeting at which its report was adopted and subsequently submitted to the President of the University. It is the judgment of the Committee, with which I agree, that the program proposed will provide a basis for some progress toward a partial solution of a very difficult and complex problem. The Committee on Motor Vehicle Regulations will need to have under continuous review the regulations for use of the various areas. It may be necessary to increase fees and to make other changes in the program if it becomes desirable to accelerate the pace of construction of additional parking areas.