PARKING
COMMITTEE REPORT
Amitabh Jah, AUFA’s newest representative on the Parking Committee, attended the meeting of October 26, 2006, which met to discuss the following agenda:
- parking decal rates
- revenue collections
- revenue collection-expense report
- concerns from AUFA, Library staff, ASU and SEIU
A
proposal to recommend a $10 increase in the cost for parking decals (effective
Fall 2007) was put on the table. Since an up-to-date expense report was not
available, this item was tabled for discussion until the spring meeting. The
Committee was informed that a system of purchasing day parking passes on-line
is in the works and will be ready soon. This will enable visitors to buy a
parking pass before they arrive and departments to procure day passes for their
guest seminar speakers. A suggestion to install large campus maps at various
Acadia parking lots is being seriously considered. The issue of long term
and overnight use of the Faculty Club parking lot is still unresolved. AUFA
representatives on the Parking Committee are still working on this matter.
At the spring meeting, the Committee members were asked to
read and respond to Doug Symons’ proposal for designated parking, published in
an earlier issue of the AUFA Communicator. The general sentiment of the
Committee members at the fall meeting appeared very much against the
designation of “blue” and “red” lots (proposed by Doug Symons). Discrimination
and difficulty of enforcement were cited as main reasons. AUFA members
are to be advised, therefore, that the Parking Committee is clearly not the
body which one should address with requests, proposals, and arguments for
designated or other forms of privileged parking. Rather, designated parking is
a privilege that would need to be negotiated into the Collective Agreement.
Those who feel strongly that faculty should have privileged parking should
bring their concerns and proposals to the attention of the pre-negotiation
committee on Working Conditions.
Amitabh Jha
Vernon Provencal