Capitol to tow
campus vehicles
1 ■ INew charges are $45 for
; a basic tow, and $25 more if
; the vehicle must be dollied.
By Ieva Augstums
Staff writer
Students parking illegally on or
near the UNL campus will have less
distance to walk to get their cars than
in the past, but more to pay.
The University of Nebraska
Lincoln Parking and Transit Services
changed towing contractors in May
from Lincoln Land Towing to Capitol
Towing.
Capitol Towing’s lot is at 921 N.
Sixth St., a few blocks north of UNL.
Students used to go to Lincoln Land
at 410 W. P St. to retrieve cars.
“We help students out - it’s only a
short walk,” said Kevin Anderson,
president of Capitol Towing.
But Capitol charges $45 to tow a
car, with an additional $25 if the vehi
Bcle must be dollied. Lincoln Land
charged $35.
After the first 24 hours of
impoundment, Capitol charges a $6
storage fee per day, Anderson said.
Students also must pay all parking
tickets to get their cars back, he said.
Capitol Towing was the only
company to fulfill the university’s
contract requirements of reliable ser
vice, location, lighting and reason
able cost of towing.
Parking Services Manager Tad
McDowell said he considered keep
ing Lincoln Land Towing, but it did
not meet the bidding process dead
line.
“The new contract will be a good
contract for our office and the univer
sity,” McDowell said. “It was our
only choice.”
Under the three-year contract,
which began in May, Parking
Services and the UNL Police
Department must contact Capitol
Towing if any vehicle is deemed a
“common nuisance,” McDowell said.
Most vehicles are towed if they
interfere with the flow of vehicular or
pedestrian traffic, the use of parking
facilities, buildings, loading docks or
garbage containers, or are parked in a
fire lane or tow-away zone, he said.
“We don’t like to tow cars,”
McDowell said. “But any vehicle in
violation or with a 30-day outstand
ing ticket is subject to impound
ment.”
Pat Waegli, administrative aide to
the Lincoln Police Violations Bureau,
said students need to be aware that
the city has meters on campus. City
meters are on R, S, 16th, 17th and
Vine streets.
Waegli said cars will be towed if
they are illegally parked or have one
or more outstanding ticket violations
for more than 15 days.
The city towing fee also is $45
$70, with a storage fee of $6 per day,
said Pam Fittje, property supervisor
at the Lincoln Police Department.
The city’s towing contract is with
Independent Towing, which has its
lot at 921 N. Sixth St., as well.
McDowell said vehicle
impoundments have decreased by
50 percent over the 1997-98 school
year, partly because of UNL’s cen
tralized billing.
Anderson said in addition to pay
ing towing fees, students must pay all
parking penalties and/or fees before
Capitol Towing can release a car from
impoundment.
“It’s important to be timely in
payment of parking citations, univer
sity or city,” Anderson said. “They
make all the difference.”
Moeser sets 6 priorities
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( to 60 percent.
The university has been successful
in attracting high-ability students,
Moeser said, but now those students
must be challenged to their fullest
potential.
Along with increasing the intellec
tual climate at the university, it’s
important to continue to look toward
UNL’s potential for distance learning,
Moeser said.
UNL needs to be in a position to
respond to the needs of the thousands
| of adult learners utilizing its distance
learning program, he said.
Other points Moeser made during
| his address were:
■ The Faculty Liaison Taskforce
for Diversity has been created to
address campus climate concerns. It
will be headed by Rita Kean, a profes
sor of textiles, clothing and design.
■ Responding to recent reports
about the incineration of American
Indian remains in the mid-1960s at
UNL, Moeser said the university has
been talking with the country’s tribal
leaders for “advice and counsel on
how we can redress this desecration.”
■ The passage of a constitutional
amendment, which would put a lid on
state and local government spending,
and could cut $20 million from the
university’s budget. The impending
farm crisis could have an impact on
state revenues, in turn affecting appro
priations for the university, Moeser
said.
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