Pay more for parking
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As the university continues to grow, so does the need for parking to accommodate the UNF
community.
To address the current needs of parking at UNF and also plan for the future, the parking council recently submitted the Parking Advisory Council proposal for the next five years, which will go before the Board of Trustees for approval Jan. 17.
The plan includes an outline of parking prices for the next five years along with an increase in parking spaces and the number of permits sold for those spaces.
Under the plan, the parking permit fee will increase $5 for
all categories in the 2008-2009 school year.
By the 2012-2013 school year, most permits will have increased by $25.With an approximate $2 million needed for building new parking for Osprey Fountains and dialogue about a new parking garage, Parking Services needs revenue for upcoming construction, said Director of Auxiliary Services Vince Smyth.
"With the projection of enrollment growth and our current inventory, we know we'll need a new garage for the fall of 2012,"
Smyth said.
Its major source of proceeds for these projects is parking permit fees. There is a price tag with growth, and some fees have increased to minimize the affects of state-mandated budget cuts on the university.
Parking Services carries approximately $10 million of debt from the last two garages built in 1993 and 1999 and is planning a $1 million maintenance operation on them for this year, Smyth said.
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Firming foundation for COEHS future
UNF President John Delaney poured the first concrete slab of the foundation for the new College of Education and Human Services Building Jan. 10.
The three-story, 100,000 square-foot building will cost approximately $27 million to construct and will house classrooms, teaching labs, faculty offices, auditoriums, student services offices and meeting space. It also marks the fourth large-scale construction project in progress on campus.
"It is very exciting to see our future unfold," said Larry Daniel, dean of the College of Education and Human Services. "It is certainly a building of not just the bricks and mortar; it is the people, programs and students that will be a part of it."
Delaney said the amount of construction currently happening on campus is amazing.
"We are looking at about a fifth-of-a-billion dollars worth of construction going on all at once,"
he said. "That's probably more than we have spent in the entire history of the university."
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Last week by the numbers
Each week the Spinnaker staff reports what's going on around campus: the good and the bad.
In this little space, we want to
summarize the life of the
Osprey during the past week.
150 Students attended the
International Dinner
Jan. 10, hosted by the
Interfaith Cener.
3 Floors flooded in Building R of the Crossings.
47 Free movies shown by Osprey TV, Channel 118.
39 Teams signed up for the spring Intramural Basketball season.
2 Screaming preachers return to the Green. That was quick.