Officials say parking woes ease
But recreation lot rises to $3 a day
Posted in: News on 11/8/06 at 12:06 PM PST
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The college has stopped paying for overflow parking spots for students at the Los Angeles Parks and Recreation Department L Street because officials believe the crunch caused by campus construction has eased.
Meanwhile, the parks department has raised the price to park in the lot to $3 a day. It stood at $1 for several years. And an unknown number of spaces near Campus Village will be blocked off Tuesday in order for construction on the Tech building to begin.
Attempts to reach parks department officials were referred downtown and there was no official comment.
Previously, college administrators said that if school parking lots fill to capacity, reimbursements would be issued. But College President Linda M. Spink said reimbursements have been troublesome for her staff.
In a memo distributed to staff, Spink indicated she was pleased that the on-campus parking crunch has subsided, but she said she fears another one will greet students when the Spring semester begins in early February.
For that reason, according to Spink, talks are on-going with the parks department to obtain some type of parking agreement. But Spink said similar negotiations two years ago proved fruitless.
"We may find we are sorry we didn't put a parking garage on our list of top priorities," Spink said in the memo.
"We want to ease the problem as much as possible, but I'm not sure it is totally solvable until we have completed the first phase of construction," she said.
Meanwhile, the parks department has raised the price to park in the lot to $3 a day. It stood at $1 for several years. And an unknown number of spaces near Campus Village will be blocked off Tuesday in order for construction on the Tech building to begin.
Attempts to reach parks department officials were referred downtown and there was no official comment.
Previously, college administrators said that if school parking lots fill to capacity, reimbursements would be issued. But College President Linda M. Spink said reimbursements have been troublesome for her staff.
In a memo distributed to staff, Spink indicated she was pleased that the on-campus parking crunch has subsided, but she said she fears another one will greet students when the Spring semester begins in early February.
For that reason, according to Spink, talks are on-going with the parks department to obtain some type of parking agreement. But Spink said similar negotiations two years ago proved fruitless.
"We may find we are sorry we didn't put a parking garage on our list of top priorities," Spink said in the memo.
"We want to ease the problem as much as possible, but I'm not sure it is totally solvable until we have completed the first phase of construction," she said.
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