Garage
proposal
discussed
By Brian Sharp
Staff Reporter_._
It’s been much quieter on the park
ing battlefront since the sectpr park
ing plan was scratched, officials said.
At a public forum Wednesday to
discuss the modified proposal, Kim
Todd, campus landscape architect, was
asked if UNL had accepted the pro
posal.
we re sum
alive,” she said.
The new propos
al modifies the
current system
and recommends
adding a parking
garage, paving
- parking 101s ana
improving campus bus service.
Walker Parking Consultants of
Minneapolis has been the only group
toexamine the garage possibility, Paul
Carlson, associate vice chancellor for
business and finance, said.
A consultant from the firm was in
Lincoln Wednesday, he said. A pro
posal of what could be built and cost
estimates are expected in a few weeks.
Carlson said the university expect
ed to issue revenue bonds to raise
nearly $8 million, half of which would
go toward the garage. The remaining
money would go for paving and im
proving the lighting of campus park
ing lots.
If built, the entrance to the 400- to
500-stall garage would be off R Street,
between the Nebraska Union and the
State Historical Society, he said. Pa
trons would then exit onto S Street.
Nebraska is one of the last Big
Eight schools to add aparking garage,
Carlson said. Only Kansas State Uni
versity has yet to build one. The Uni
versity ofMissouri-Columbia has five.
But it isn’t as simple as just build
ing a garage.
Carlson said considerations for
loading docks and traffic in the lot
made construction “a lot more diffi
cult than just going (Hit in the prairie
and building a parking garage.”
The proposal calls for a four-story
garage, ana there has been some dis
cussion of putting one level under
ground.
But Todd said safety considerations
were a major factor if that were to
happen. The perception of danger in
such an enclosed area may cause many
not to park there, she said. And less
parking means less money.
“There’s no sense in building one
(a garage) if half of the campus popu
lation won’t use it,” she said.
Thegarage would be self-support
ing, officials said, with parking ser
vice funds used to guarantee the bonds.
If everything goes as planned, offi
cials said they hoped to have the ga
rage built by late 1995 or early 1996.
The task force also announced that,
starting Monday, a new remote shut
tle would be added, bringing the total
to four buses. The shuttle will run
between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. to handle
the increasing number of patrons.
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Institute of Agriculture and Natu
ral Resources, as head administra
tor.
The college will remain on a
separate budget, allowing it to re
port directly to the Legislature.
“It (the vote) is kind of a formal
acceptance,” Siminoe said. “That’s
really the biggest thing we gained.”
Siminoe said the college had
grown to 195 students and 18 fac
ulty. Enrollment at NCTA is ex
pected to increase to 225 this fall,
he said. Ninety-five percent of the
students are from Nebraska.
NCTA operates on a budget of
$1.9 million. Of that, $1.5 million
comes from the Legislature, he
said.
With the college being part of
the university, Siminoe said, its
faculty would have a better chance
to interact with other professors
and share ideas.
“I think it extends the capabil
ities of the university,” he said.
“We’re more of an integral part of
higher education in Nebraska.”
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