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Tuesday, September 5, 1995
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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Towers residents squeeze cars wherever they can fit
Temporary gravel lot will help offset deficit, parking officials say
Scrambling for a spot
In late July, Jayhawker Towers' two parking garages lost 285 spaces after an engineer found three levels structurally unstable. The parking department has converted two lots and has proposed another to provide for the lost spaces.
By Sarah Wiese
Kansan staff writer
Fifty spots short.
That's where the parking department stands when it comes to Jayhawker Towers.
A temporary gravel lot, which would provide 50 spots southwest of Tower A, is two weeks away from breaking ground and at least a month away from completion, said James Modig, director of design and construction management.
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Modig said the bidding and contracting process was taking longer than he had anticipated. To speed up construction, Modig received special approval from the state architecture office to add the project onto an existing contract.
In mid-July, an engineer's report of structural instability in the towers' two parking garages led Modig to close three of the six levels by late July, which eliminated 285 parking spaces.
The gravel lot, which will cost about $24,000, is one of four measures intended to replace the lost spaces. Without the lot, parking in the area will remain congested, said Donna Hultine, assistant director of parking services.
"We were really counting on that lot taking some of the burden off the Daisy Hill lots." Hultine said.
Towers parking permits are being honored by the parking department in the Daisy Hill lots all year. Hultine said she'd gotten calls from Daisy Hill residents complaining that they couldn't find spots in their own lots.
Source: Donna Hultine
"Between the Templin and Lewis Hall lots, there used to be about 100 spaces open every day," Hultine said. "Now both of those lots are full."
The parking department has converted staff parking lot No.109 and yellow lot No.123 to 24-hour restricted towers parking.
Dondi Dix, Leavenworth junior and towers resident, said parking
But since then, parking spaces were relatively easy to find if residents knew where to look, Dix said.
"I honestly think that if people are still complaining that there aren't enough spaces, they're not aware of the lot across Irving Hill Road," she said.
Dix was referring to lot No. 123, which was reassigned about three weeks ago. She found out about the change after calling the parking department. Dix said she parked there every day
some residents have created their own spaces at towers garages on the ramp to the closed-off second level of the east garage.
"As long as they're not blocking
the entrance or boxing in other cars, they won't be kicked," Huline said. Students who parked on the grass, in handicapped spaces or fire zones would be kicked, she said.
and had never seen the lot full.
and had never seen the lot run.
Although ticketing in student lots begins today, Hultine said the department would be flexible with towers residents. For example,
Hultine said that any towers resident w h absolutely
could not find a spot or would like a refund for their towers parking permit should contact her at the parking department by the end of this week.
Lightning hits apartment house near campus
Lightning struck the chimney of a house at 1144 Lousiana St. early Saturday, causing bricks to scatter in a 30-yard radius, a resident said.
Qandil said he heard a loud noise around 5 a.m.,but didn't get up. Then he heard a second, even louder noise.
The house, which has been converted into twelve apartments, suffered extensive damage to the chimney and roof, but no fire started, said Kent Qandil, Lawrence graduate student and manager of the building.
"After the second one I opened the door, and bricks were everywhere." Qandil said.
One car was damaged by falling bricks, Qandil said.
No injuries were reported.
Stacey Kretschmer, Topeka senior, said she was startled by the loud sound, even on the first floor, where she lives with Qandil.
"It it was like the lightning was right there in your room," Kretschmer said. "What makes it amazing to me is that people get hit by lightning and actually live."
Qandil said he wasn't sure how much it would cost to fix the damage.
"They say lightning never hits the same place twice," Kretschmer said. "We're just going to cross our fingers on that one."
The Lawrence Fire Department responded, Qandil said.
Kretschmer said their computer was damaged when a heavy electrical current went through a telephone line and into the computer's modem.
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