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AHEC ·-studies parking· alternative by Richard BellizZi
would then be accessible to posed," Soker said, "is it would The shuttle vehicles would be downtown workers and Auraria provide parking for downtown propelled either by a cable system students, fact.ilty and staff, who merchants who are dying for or be self-propelled, using magnetic wheels. The system would be charged a reduced rate spaces." · to park there. W artgow said that an Auraria would have to be elevated to clear Joanne Soker, AHEC director parking garage would be paid for Interstate 25 and the railroad of special projects, told the board solely by parking fees, whereas a tracks near the South Platte River ·"the urgency of the parking pro- joint venture with the city and and the campus. blem at Auraria makes the project RTD would ease the financial In response to questions concermuch more realistic" than it burden to AHEC considerably. ning the stadium _ parking acseemed to many at first. Soker The transit system would han- cessibility to drivers coming from said that one parking garage dle between 3,000 and 4,000 the east of downtown, Wartgow costing between-$6 million a_n d $9 passengers each hour in each qualified the board's proposed million would provide 1,000 , direction during peak traffic project. parking spaces, minus the 350 hours and during special events, "It's not perceived as a spaces covered by the garage, a such as football games, when ~ transportation system, rather, as net gain of only 650 parking pie would park at Auraria and use a parking system," W artgow said. spaces. the SY._Stem to travel to the "We need to find parking for "The beauty of the system pro- stadium. students." 0
The Auraria Board of Directors will continue to assess the feasibility of collaborating with • the City of Denver and RTD to build an automated ·_ guideway transit system which would link the Auraria campus and · downtown to the parking lots at l Mile High Stadium and McNichols Sports Arena. The system is being considered as an alternative to the construetion of two parkjng garages the board planned to build to ease the ~ severe shortage of parking at Auraria. The project would be funded by parking revenue bonds and would cost between $5 million and $70 million, depending on which system is installed. Originally Auraria's project, the idea was presented to RTD last mbnth to determine its inby Canon Reed terest in cooperatively building ~ the system. The Irish debate team arrived Jerry Wartgow, AHEC ex- on campus Friday, their three ecutive director, told the board he silver tongues planted firmly in favors a feasibility study of tl:ie their three rosy cheeks. . project, and said he thinks the Unlike in the United States, the ~project is a good idea. art of debate isn't . taught in · "We (AHEC staff) think it's a Ireland, but rather it seems to be very feasible alternative," Wart- picked up by osmosis and then gow said. "We believe that for refined as a hobby. Well, more the same or less money as a 1,000 than a hobby, actually. car parking garage, we could "It's passion," said Bill ._have access to an automated Maguire. "Pure Passion." guideway transit system." "This is the first time I've ever AHEC's original plan was to seen a textbook on debate," said build the elevated system from Damian Crawford. "I do this for just east of Mile High Stadium to fun." ~ point j11st northwest of the "You ask us a good question, Auraria Student Center on said Eoin (pronounced Owen) Larimer Street. , O'Maoilean, "and we'll answer Now, with the city's and it." RTD's interest in the project, the "Go on, ask us a question, I system could be extended to take dare you, .. said Damien, pursing )>assengers to RTD's downtown _ his lower lip, "I dare you." bus terminal on Market Street,. as Conservatively dressed, smilwell as over to the parking garage ing, and oh-so charming, the at the Denver Center for the Perthree of them certainly looked forming Arts. harmless enough; but there, in ~ The approximately 6,000 parkeyes, was the Wint of a their ing spaces near the sports complex
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motion four years ago, when the first-ever team of Irish debaters answered the invitation of MSC forensics teacher Gary Holbrook. The debates nearly died this year when sponsor Coors Brewery decided to quit, but MSC Student Government, Student Activities, and the Alumni Association have all chipped in to keep the Irish Debates alive. ·None of this year's -
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