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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[June 19

6. All parking spaces in service areas will be metered on a short-term basis restricted to faculty-staff and official visitors on University business. (Explanatory note: This provision is for rapid turnover use in scattered areas around the campus as is now provided on a no charge basis.) 7. All unrestricted parking spaces on University-owned streets and drives shall be metered, as the demand requires, on an 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. basis and that the use of such metered spaces be restricted to the use of faculty-staff and visitors on the basis of current motor vehicle parking regulations initially, and thereafter as the needs of the faculty-staff may require. (Explanatory note: Some portions of University streets and drives are restricted to traffic flow only and parking is not permitted. Parking, in accordance with published regulations, is permitted on other portions of streets and drives. In order to control parking use in areas of high demand and to encourage turnover rather than all-day use, it is proposed to meter such spaces on a five cents per hour, five-hour limit, for use between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. As the campus expands and faculty-staff parking needs increase in certain areas, the regulations may be changed to restrict such spaces to the use of faculty-staff. Initially, however, it appears that current regulations are adequate in those areas of minimal faculty-staff demand. It is anticipated that the metering of spaces on University streets and drives will be gradual as the need appears.) 8. T h e present Illi-Bus routes shall be expanded and extended to provide transportation to _ all parts of the campus from parking lots. University motor vehicle registration identification cards furnished to faculty-staff will serve as a pass in lieu of a cash fare. (Explanatory note: As the campus expands and new classroom and laboratory buildings are constructed in the center of campus, it is anticipated that there will be increased need for intra-campus bus transportation for facultystaff from parking lots which are not within convenient walking distance of offices, classrooms, and laboratories, and for cross-campus trips during the working day. An expansion and extension of Illi-Bus service for these needs seems mandatory. T h e registration fee for faculty-staff will permit this to be done on a realistic basis as the need requires.) 9. T h e University will acquire as rapidly as feasible the needed sites and construct a parking structure or structures adjacent to the center campus area. (Explanatory note: T h e need for additional parking spaces adjacent to the present center area of the campus is acute. If the other proposals are adopted it is anticipated that the income will permit an immediate start on providing additional spaces. While there are many practical and financial problems involved in acquiring an adequate site and constructing parking structures, if a reasonable amount of income for such construction is assured steps should be taken to provide such additional spaces.) 10. T h e University will assume all the costs of administering the parking program to the end that all funds which are paid in the form of registrations, rentals, or meter income will be available to finance the bonds required to build the structures recommended in paragraph 9, to prepare other land for parking use, and to maintain existing lots. 11. T h e policies adopted and the specific parking and traffic regulations incorporated by reference herein will be re-evaluated after not more than six months of the operation of the revised program and periodically thereafter, and changes recommended to make more effective use of the parking lots and streets. 12. T h e Committee on Motor Vehicle Regulations shall make recommendations for implementation of the foregoing program with respect to its administration. T h e report of the Committees recognizes that its proposals may not be adequate to meet satisfactorily the present and future parking space needs on this campus; and also that individual opinions differ as to how such a complex and costly undertaking should be approached to serve the needs of all segments of the University community. Having considered carefully all present and foreseeable future aspects of the problem, it is believed that the proposals offer the most practical and least expensive approach to the problem at the present time. It will be noted that the proposals do not deal with the question of student