University reviews permit proposal
Campus Times
April 16, 1999
John Lentz, director of campus safety and transportation, and Brian
Worley, director of facilities management, are seeking to implement a permit
system for parking at the University of La Verne.
To prevent non-students from using assigned parking on campus, the La
Verne City Council created an advisory group to seek ways to lessen parking
tensions through a parking permit system.
Lentz, Worley and Executive Vice President Phil Hawkey are assigned
to that advisory group.
"It became known that non-students are using the parking lots at
the Oaks as a park-and-ride [carpool]," Lentz said. "This is a
really tentative matter. We are in the very early stages toward having a
system here."
"We've been obtaining information from other campuses who have
permit systems," said Worley. "We're comparing and looking for
the best system that is suitable for this campus."
Some schools that have been researched include Chapman University, Occidental
College, Azusa Pacific University and the Claremont Colleges. Worley has
worked at implementing a system for the past year.
Since implementing a permit system is early in development, a fee for
the permits has not been set. Students and victors will be required to pay
the fee, while a fee for faculty and staff is questionable.
Currently, no areas are designated for permit use. However, because
parking spaces along Third and D streets are public, permits would not be
needed for their use.
"The two-hour parking spaces are questionable because they are
meant to be used by the public, but they are on ULV property," said
Lentz, regarding the two-hour spaces in the Wilson Library parking lot.
Aware of the fact that many people will be upset with the new system,
Worley said, "The people who will pay to maintain the availability
of parking is for the people who use the parking."
It is also unknown as to what kind of permit will be used. According
to Worley, a rear-window hanging card will be the more than likely choice.
"Our original purpose of the permits is to have only La Verne students
and faculty park on our parking spaces," said Lentz. "If this
system succeeds, the earliest it will begin is next fall."
The committee meets once a month to bring forth recommendations toward
improving the parking on campus.
