THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE

                                                               FACULTY SENATE

Senate Document Number     8408S

Date of Senate Approval     04/24/08

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Statement of Faculty Senate Action:

Sense of the Senate Resolution

            In their January 8, 2008-report to the Faculty Senate, Steve Baxley, AVC for Campus Operations and Yuri Koslen, Transportation Planner, wrote of their interest and “need to involve the campus community in parking and transportation planning.”  They claimed it was their “job to find solutions that work for UNC Asheville” and they asked for “input and guidance” from the University community.

            In its discussion with Mr. Baxley and Mr. Koslen on March 6, 2008 the Faculty Senate urged the Transportation Committee to clarify its goals for managing traffic and parking on campus and to specify the standards it will use when making decisions.

            The Faculty Senate endorses the following principles and urges the committee to incorporate them into its decision criteria.

            Because the university could not function without its employees, we urge the committee
to give their transportation and parking needs highest priority.

            Because of the varied and often uncontrollable life circumstances of many employees, we
urge that any changes in parking rates involve only minimal increases in costs to faculty
employees which are calibrated to salary with no increases in the rates charged lower-paid  
employees.