ANNUAL
REPORT TO FACULTY SENATE
PARKING
AND TRANSPORTATION SERVICES
JANUARY
2010
The Department of Parking and Transportation
Services consists of the following areas: Parking lot inventory management and
enforcement, parking permit sales, finance and administration, motor pool
management, special events coordination, and bicycle management. The following report is provided by Parking and
Transportation Services in response to the
Recent
Changes
·
A parking fee increase was approved by the ECU Board
of Trustees for the 2010-2011 academic year. This is the same increase listed as “Year 2” under
the plan accepted in 2009 by the SGA,
·
The first transfer of funds ($1.7 million) from
reserve accounts to the NC Public Schools was made in December 2009.
·
To reduce congestion, lot times were changed
prior to the fall 2009 semester. All interior lots and the lots adjacent to
Brewster and Christenbury were changed from 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm for A permits
only. The remaining core campus exterior lots were changed to 4:00 pm,
including the Mendenhall lot. This was a
response to faculty requests to improve A permit holder parking access for afternoon
meetings.
·
The relocation of nearly all of the stored state
vehicles from
·
The “Pirate Bikes” program had a successful 1st
semester. This program takes abandoned and donated bikes in good condition,
refurbishes them and loans them to students, staff and faculty for campus
use. The fleet of 15 bicycles were
loaned and returned by interested individuals in the fall 2009 semester. An
additional 30 interested individuals are on a waitlist for the program. The
program has partnered with the “Pitt County Safe Communities Coalition” to
provide helmets for those registering for the program. The fleet is expected to
grow by 12 bikes once repairs are completed to donated bikes in the near
future.
·
Starting in the spring of 2010, two electric vehicles
will be used by the enforcement team for daily enforcement.
·
Progress on the ECU Master Plan has continued with
completion of an existing conditions report and customer address mapping.
Consultant suggestions relating to the data collections program improvements
have been implemented. Members of the Pedestrian, Transit, Traffic and Parking
committee are: Bill Koch, Stephanie Coleman, Karen Warren, Herb Garrison, Liz
Johnston, Susan Simpson, Mulatu Wubneh, Ron Mitchelson, Chris Mansfield, Gary
Fenton, Wes Anderson, Wood Davidson, Jack Tawney,
·
Planning has begun to bring freshman closer to
campus – about 1500 spaces will be needed.
No site has been identified yet, but any new lot will need to include
sustainable design criteria.
Other
Related Items
·
The oversell ratio in A1 zone is maintained to
1.1. In fact, P&T recently decreased
the total number of A1 permits sold to better account for handicap permits
which are sold after the A1 registration period.
·
Expanded data collection program, including lot
volume counts, A1 usage prior to 5:30 pm, Courtesy Permit usage and patient
lots on the Health Science Campus.
·
Received first annual maintenance contribution
($25,000) from the Athletics Department for the use of parking lots during
Athletic events.
Questions & Answers
·
What has been done to improve security and
lighting on campus?
o
A
lighting master plan is being conducted by a lighting consultant and faculty
and students have been involved in the study group. For the most part,
the issue is consistency of lighting, not a lack of lighting. Areas lighted to proper levels can appear
dark next to areas that exceed lighting levels or lighting that causes
glare. We have a few areas that we are reviewing for immediate improvements
such as the McGinnis lot.
o
On security,
we have just completed an internal review of the Police and are adding
these recommendations to the security master plan tasks identified. The
Police have recently completed their Commission on Accreditation for Law
Enforcement Agencies (CALEA) re-accreditation and assessors believe they will
be approved in March 2010. Assessors
also commended the Police for crime prevention, education efforts and the
victim’s advocate program. Visibility through
community policing is a key component in our improvement plan.
o
Two areas that are being
targeted immediately for security upgrade are the Child Development Lab and
Interior Design. We have developed a plan, received estimates and secured
funding. We are scheduling a meeting to review the final plan with the
units to insure it meets their operational needs.
o
We are planning to add a
security infrastructure manager to oversee all systems, assess needs and plan
additional improvements.
o
We continue to target larcenies
as our most frequent crime (>90% of incidents). We have worked with
the ECU Bookstore to provide bike u-locks at a reduced rate. An education program has been developed for
bike security and is being distributed through various media.
o
Additional cameras and
recording devices are being purchased and installed. Also, blue light
phones are being reviewed for upgrade.
o
Student Affairs and Academic
Affairs are working with the Police to improve training and education
through faculty and chair/department head orientation and online methods.
A group has been formed to inventory all training and insure efficiency and
coverage of all safety training programs.
o
Finally, we are working
with the city and county to put our buildings onto their GIS system as the
first step in improving 911 response. We are considering moving all 911
calls to the County 911 system to improve ease of use and consistency.
This effort also includes updating our dispatch system to centralize it and
update our software so cameras, blue light phones and alarms are integrated to
provide better information to our dispatch area and the officers in the
field.
·
The A1 parking lot behind Rivers opens up to all
at 3 pm. Faculty wish to have this lot changed to open for all at 5 or 7 pm.
o
The lot currently opens
at 4 PM. All lots open at either 4 PM or 7 PM for consistency. Opening at 5 PM could create traffic
congestion with staff leaving work. Lots
and designations are listed on our website. We continue to collect data
to insure there is space available in these areas. We will review this
area more closely to see if adjustments are needed. The lot east of
Fletcher was changed to 7 PM based on faculty concerns about parking at night.
·
Departmental vans parked on main campus – can
they be moved to the lot at the bottom of college hill?
o
This past summer we
contacted all state vehicle owners that park on the core and required them to
move their vehicles to the motor pool lot (near Carol Belk) when not in
use. A few have been allowed to stay on the core campus due to frequent usage,
but have been moved to frequently vacant spaces. We continue to assess compliance and will
look more closely at this again this semester. The
Bill Koch January
18, 2010
Associate Vice Chancellor
Environmental Health and Campus
Safety
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Permit
Type |
UNC-C |
UNC-G |
UNC-CH |
NC
State |
UNC-W |
ECU |
|
Board Approved
2010-2011 ECU Fees |
|
Reserved/Deck |
|
$420
|
$676
- 1454 |
$948
|
$420
|
$408
|
|
$480 |
|
Faculty/Staff
- A Zone |
$295
|
$285
|
$546
- 1174 |
$720
|
$370 |
$312
|
|
$336 |
|
Faculty/Staff
- B Zone |
|
|
$312
- 889 |
$399
|
$218
|
$156
|
|
$156 |
|
Student/Resident
- A Zone |
$295
|
|
$553
|
$300
|
$300
|
$312
|
|
$336 |
|
Student
- B Zone |
|
$285
|
$421
|
$285
|
|
$156
|
|
$168 |
|
Commuter
- Faculty/Staff |
$295
|
$165
|
|
$90
- 312 |
$235
|
$84
|
|
N/A |
|
Commuter
- Student |
$295
|
$165
|
$318
|
$99
- 300 |
$165
- 300 |
$84
|
|
$96 |
|
Freshman |
|
|
|
$175
|
|
$240
|
|
$240 |
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Motorcycle |
$295
|
$165
|
$174
- 371 |
$60
|
|
$48
|
|
$48 |
|
Retired
Faculty |
|
|
|
$30
|
|
B
is Free |
|
B is Free |
|
Vendor |
|
$285
|
|
$366
|
|
$156
|
|
$168 |
|
Night
Permit |
$60
|
$165
|
|
|
$75
|
$84
|
|
$96 |
|
Temp
Staff/Faculty |
$295
|
|
|
$252
|
$165
|
|
|
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Summer |
$120
|
$30/session |
|
|
$60
|
$30
|
|
$30 |
|
Day
Permit |
$4
|
$6
|
$6-$12 |
$2
|
$4
|
$4
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|
$5 |