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The University Daily Kansan
Friday, October 29,1999
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Students pose parking problem questions
For Morris Faiman, professor of pharmacology and toxicology, the parking problems that face the University of Kansas are nothing new. Faiman has taught at University for 35 years, and he said he was well aware of the concerns students, faculty and staff had about parking.
By Michael Terry writer @kansan.com Kansan staff writer
In addition to teaching at KU, Faiman has served on the parking board for the past 12 years. This year he is serving as chairman of the parking board, a position he has held numerous times.
In Monday's edition of the University Daily Kansan, an ad ran that asked students, faculty and staff to e-mail questions they had about KU parking. Here are the answers he gave to the most commonly asked questions:
Q: Why does the parking department oversell parking permits?
A: The University has an open sales policy when it comes to buying a parking permit, so anyone at the University can buy one. There are 5,276 yellow spaces at the University, and 6,623 permits were sold this year. That's only a 25.5 percent oversell, and since most students don't stay on campus all day, the best way to maximize parking is to oversell permits to make sure the lots are being utilized. There is a bigger problem with blue and red zone parking. There are 757 spaces in blue lots, but the department has sold 1073 permits, an oversell of 41.7 percent. There are 1392 red spaces, but 1824 permits have been sold, an oversell of 31 percent. The parking board is looking into how these parking ratios can be improved.
Q: How much money does the parking department make each year, and where does the money go?
A: The parking department has generated $2.6 million so far this year from permits, meters, fines and special-event parking. Only $59,800 has come from parking fines. The money generated goes to pay for things such as the bond on the parking garage, which is $450,000 annually until 2009; resurfacing and improvements of lots; and the salaries of the people who work for the department, just to name a few. An important thing to remember is that the parking department is self-supporting. The department does not get any money from the state for the improvement or unkeen of parking facilities.
Q: What is going to happen to the yellow zone parking behind Joseph R. Pearson Hall once the School of Education moves there?
A: The problem with the parking behind Joseph R. Pearson is that 157 new faculty and staff will be moving over there next year into an area that only has 29 red spaces available. There are 258 yellow spaces available over there right now, and some of those will have to be changed. I have appointed a special sub-committee made up of a faculty members from the School of Education, a staff member from Carruth O'Leary and three students. I felt since the students had the most to lose in this area, they deserved to have more representation. The committee will report back to us, and the board will then make the final decision on how the split should go.
Q: Is there someone who oversees the parking board and has the ability to veto its actions?
A: Before any decision that the parking
Morris Faiman, professor of pharmacology and toxicology, answers students' questions about parking issues. Photo by Chad Cummings/KANSAN
board makes can go into effect, it must go through a series of checks before being implemented. After the parking board makes a decision, it goes before University Senate, then University Council and finally the Chancellor, who has the final say. During any of these steps, the proposal can be vetoed and returned to the parking board for a reevaluation.
Faiman said it was tough to find people who wanted to serve on the parking board.
"I think Don Kearns (parking director) and Donna Hultine (assistant parking director) do a good job," Faiman said. "We ask them for their experience when it comes to making a decision because they have dealt with these issues for years."
Faiman that anyone with additional questions about parking should call the department.
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