Senator Nick McClure introduced “A resolution to encourage university administrators to reform and update current parking citation policies” to the floor at the Nov. 4 meeting.
The resolution requests that tickets for first-time parking offenses be changed to $25 or $35, which would bring Miami University in line with other Ohio universities like Kenyon College and Mount Union.
“I feel like $75 is a very high amount to charge students,” McClure said. “I think [this way] we'll still get the gist across that we have to park in other spaces.”
The resolution recommended that Miami move to a tiered system of citation, where repeat parking offenses would incur increasing ticket amounts.
Senator Alex Oliver agreed the resolution was necessary, but said the issue may be larger than Miami’s current policy.
“Maybe it's a broader issue of ‘We don't have enough parking available on campus,’” Oliver said. “[For example], why do commuters have to park all the way down at Ditmer?”
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The resolution passed with unanimous consent, and it will be presented at Miami’s Parking Advisory Board meeting on Nov. 11.
Senator Elena Ziccarelli then introduced a resolution to encourage the creation of virtual Student Engagement and Leadership (SEAL) workshops. The workshops are optional sessions, but attending them can help organizations move up a student organization’s tier, which can allow for more funding from ASG.
“As an org president that is never able to go to a single workshop because [I’m] busy, I love the idea of the virtual ones,” Senator Kali Barcroft said.
This resolution also passed unanimously and may be put into effect as early as next semester.
Senator James Li brought up a concern about the number of motor vehicle accidents on Miami’s campus and in surrounding areas, after witnessing a dangerous situation in which two pedestrians and a car were both distracted.
Ryan Jeansonne, secretary of safety and transportation, said he would bring up the issue at the Parking Advisory Board meeting.
“I see this as a two-sided issue,” Jeansonne said. “It's the drivers that aren’t paying attention, and then it's the pedestrians that aren’t paying attention as well.”
ASG will meet again on Tuesday, Nov. 11, at 6 p.m. in the Joslin Senate Chambers.
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