Show Parking Is Help On the Way Tim Peterson Contributing Writer At the Redwood Campus of Salt Lake Community College its it's the start of anew anew a anew new semester and I feel refreshed and invigorated Why you ask For starters I found a great parking spot and its it's free The majority of the cars that line the quiet street of South along 2200 West belong to stu stu- stu- stu dents These student cars clog the streets and mailboxes mailboxes mailboxes mail mail- boxes for hours and some of the residents say that they have had enough I I hate it Its It's horrible They park up and down the street every day Its It's just awful Lorene Ay att has lived on the block for 20 years ears and even attended for three years She thinks the students parking along this street are breaking the lawand lawand law lawand and contends The city says its it's against the law The city of Taylorsville has posted poste signs prohibiting prohibit prohibit- ing parking on other streets just west of the college but bu f 1 y Y u L j- j v vF F o t 0 creates a spot by blocking in a smaller car and full By am a.m. n m. m the parking tot lot is a van un r right now no signs exist in Lorene's neighborhood on the south side says the signs are coming and that when they get there the party will be over As long as the signs are there we could have them student cars towed and we would However student Tim Lewis who parks along this street feels differently differently differently dif dif- dif dif- about the situation Its ts t's just dust the first two weeks or so its it's not so bad I just d dont don't nt have a choice Lewis has a parking pass but during the peak hours of AM until noon it sometimes takes him up to thirty minutes to find a parking spot on campus The alternative is parking off campus on residential streets only fifty yards from the parking lot Director of see Parking on page 2 Parking continued from front page Parking Services Shane Crabtr e agrees r If r ou ave a AM re oure goI tribe be- be looking for a long time Many students parking along these side streets have not purchased passes like Mr Lewis has In fact it seems that they may have found a way of bypassing passing the system Crabtree insists that there are alternatives to purchasing ing a pass or getting a parking parking park park- parking ing ticket from the school Riding the bus that stops on the east side of the college or carpooling could be options He adds For those students students students stu stu- stu- stu dents that dont don't have parking parking parking park park- ing passes Id I'd rather see seethe seethe seethe the students park along residents resident's residents resident's residents resident's res res- res- res ident's streets but twenty dollars is about as cheap as asit asit asit it gets for a parking pass In fact help is on the way Crabtree says the school is working on additional additional additional addi addi- parking just north of the campus near Redwood Road The proposed lot will create more parking stalls and should be ready for use by the start of Fall 2004 At the moment the issue of safety is the top priority for Crabtree The boundary of the parking lot is right next to busy Redwood Road If the funding for the lot lotis lotis lotis is to going to happen it will take some grappling on Capital Hill before it goes through As for the problems cre created by students in the neighborhoods south of the campus Crabtree says the issue is out of the schools school's hands The college has no jurisdiction jurisdiction jurisdiction juris juris- diction there If the city of Taylorsville wants to write a bunch of tickets they can if they want to He also went on to say that the city might feel that its it's easier to look the other way when they know that the school is bringing nearly nearly nearly near near- ly student consumers consumers consumers con con- sumers to the local busi busi- nesses Austin Belka is one of those students that takes advantage of the off campus campus campus cam cam- pus parking He used to have nave a pass but doesn't now He says its it's easier not to Yeah I kind of think that everyone that has a pass shod should be able to park whenever they want to but this way I always have havea a spot to park in in Students like Austin are safe for now but if the majority of the residents have their way the blockade blockade blockade block block- ade breakers will be coming coming coming com com- ing in the form of tickets and towing |