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Nothing mors csa be dens ca pbns for aa addifioa
to and renovation cf the East Canrpus Agricultural
Engineering EUg. until the Nebraska Lrgliature'
appropriates the necessary money, szJ George Petersen,
associate professor ofagrfcultursJ engineering.
TcVe putting toother tome preliminary ideas so we
Fetersen said. Petersea and several professors ia the Py
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department have beea working 1a consultation with the
whole staff cm proposals for the building.
The plans are divided into a two-phase project, accord
ing to VViSiaia Splinter, chairmaa of the Agricultural
Engmecring Dept. lie estimated the total cost of both
phases will be $3 5 million. f
The first phase consists of an addition at the current
tractor testing laboratory site. The addition would house
agricultural engineering shops, the machinery laboratory
and a new tractor testing track, Splinter said.
"Because of the size of today's combines and tractors,
our farming machinery won't fit in the doors of the build
ing we have cow," he tsid,
Fhese two cf the project wotH renovate the present .
bulllfcg. It was built ia 1918. - ,
These plans hare cot pne beyond the fpeeiLture
stae, Splinter said, because the department is waiting for
fcg&ative appropriations. .
A program statement cescnsing use imwu w
H f thm nrnnnl buHdin a construction timetable
9vi -rfitivft hifdrt schedule hasbeea approved by the
NU Board of Regents, according to Thomas ttyaza,
assistant to the director of the Fhysicsl Hint.
Nycum said the program statement will be presented to
the 1977 Legislature by Cob Pazderka, capital construc
tion coordinator. If the Legislature appropriates the $1
mHon requested for phase one, plans can begin ia July
1977, Splinter said. ' t
lie has suggested that the new addition be bu2t of steel
instead of the more conventions! brick.
Te can save, the state money by going to a pre
engineered steel structure Splinter said Using steel
would cut construction costs in half, he said.
Parking meter hike still below norm
Although its parking meter fee may double, Lincoln
sti3 is charging less than some other Midwestern cities.
Mayor Ilelea Doosalis said last week her office is
beginning the necessary procedures to double the rate.
The bask hourly rate for parking meters in Omaha,
Topeka, Kan., and Sioux City, Iowa is ten cents. Ia Des
Moines, Iowa, and Kansas Gty, Mo it is 20 cents. The
new rate proposal for Lincoln will be ten cents.
. Gfty Finance Director James MaEon said the proposed
increase would bring in about 1 70,000 additional dollars
to the city budget. The Nebraska Constitution requires
that the city keep only enough of this money to cover
court costs, with the rest going to the school districts.
Currently, the city keeps 95 cents of every dollar for
court costs. Gty officials do not know where the
additional money wi2 go.
City Traffic Engineer Dob Ifolsinger ssid the decision
was made so all meters ia Lincoln would have the
hourly rate. Ilolsinger said there are various rates ca the
meters now.
Ia addition, the mayor wants to increase the penalty
for fines paid after five working days from two dollars
to five dollars. The mayor must get Gty Council approval
on all traffic fine raises. Doosalis has not yet made a
final draft of her proposal for the counciL '
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