Mr. Santa Ana explained that because of the growth and construction, we are losing parking on the campus core. During a meeting with the Executive Vice Chancellor and Scott Buck, it was decided that student parking would be moved off the core campus. This would allow staff and faculty the ability to efficiently conduct business, while minimizing traffic. Mr. Santa Ana further explained that staff and faculty tend to park and stay, while students drive around campus more, thus creating unnecessary traffic. This traffic continues to conflict with the move toward a pedestrian campus.
Students also make better use of the transit system.
Joe Ciechalski asked where the residence hall students would park. David Santa Ana stated that they will move to the other locations outlined on the handout and the University is looking at the Darryl's lot for additional parking. Bill Koch questioned whether the transit system would run late at night for those students working second shift jobs. David Santa Ana remarked that Item 7 is only a recommendation, but he must address the complaints that he is receiving lately due to the changes necessitated by construction. Ron Speier stated that the committee is only advisory in nature, but these changes do not appear to be fair to students who pay the same premium to park as staff and faculty.