October 12, 2023

Date/Time
Thursday, 10/12/2023
Location
via TEAMS
Submitted By:
Miriam Morgan

PARKING ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING
October 12, 2023

Meeting Opened: 10:06 am via TEAMS

ROLL CALL:

 Hector Flores           Katherine Miller         Kent O'Quinn                  Diann Brodnax

Mark Broome          Seth Douget               Raymond Buckingham       Jenny Sosa Gomez  

 Megan Do                Ogor Nwaobi  

The Parking Advisory Committee is the eyes and ears for all things regarding parking lots and parking on campus. Committee will be providing recommendations for improvement of parking on campus. Committee will be making decisions on parking violations and policy.


Welcome/Opening Remarks: Miriam Morgan

NEW BUSINESS

  • Repairs & Maintenance
    • Currently have 6 work orders pending. Facilities signed a painting contractor and have been knocking out jobs on our list.
    • Update on parking lot closures and gate repairs: bollards to be installed to protect badge readers at E-1 gates; E-1, D-5 badge readers are now repaired.
    • Criminal mischief charges: student drove through closed E-1 gate, parked and went to class. The offender has 22 unpaid violations for parking in reserved spots and has never purchased a permit in the two years he has attended LU.
  • Citations issued have quadrupled, as have appeals. New process for appeal acceptance. Appeals without merit such as no permit tickets or misuse of ADA hang tags will be checked for validity before going to committee.
  • Student requests to committee: BOTH REQUESTS TABLED UNTIL NEXT MEETING DUE TO LOW MEETING ATTENDANCE.
    • SGA: would like some of reserved spots in G-2 (lot between Reaud and STEM) opened for general parking. Committee member Diann Brodnax offered to keep an eye on reserved usage in G-2 so committee would be better informed when making a decision.
    • Graduate Student Assistant: would like degreed student workers to have access to reserved parking.

OLD BUSINESS

  • Parking Management Software:
    • Permit issuance and ticket writing going well
      • 3,820 permits issued for 2024
      • 3,276 tickets since July 13th meeting=$107,135
        • 117 appeals approved

  • Next meeting will be January 11, 2024 via TEAMS