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The Daily OrangeHousing debate shows tensions in campus area
By Eddie Jacovino
Posted: 3/2/07, 12:51 AM EST Section: News
Students should shovel their own sidewalks and pick up litter, he said. He also supported a bike lane on Euclid Avenue that would make parking on the side of the road illegal.
SA President Kelly, speaking on behalf of SU students, said legislation would only push students farther from campus. A new dormitory - to be completed in 2009 - will only decrease the already packed housing situation on campus.
Currently, 65 percent of students live in university-owned housing, he said. A SEUNA petition calls for SU to house 90 percent of students.
Rather than creating a new law, current laws on parking, trash and noise should be enforced, Kelly said. He suggested writing a proposal to the city asking for at least two more enforcement officers.
In an interview after the meeting, Kelly said he will go to a SEUNA meeting on March 7 to solve the issues in the neighborhood without writing a law aimed at density. Though student groups recognize that the underlying problems are the same, Kelly said he doesn't want that to be twisted into support for legislation.
The University Neighborhood Partnership has addressed issues of trash and parking, said Paul Roth, a member of the group and senior at ESF. UNP is a group of university, city and neighborhood representatives which organized in 2004 in response to complaints from east neighborhood residents.
Roth asked why SEUNA pretends to care about students' interests.
Ryan Suser and Dana Hill, speaking as NYPIRG representatives, also encouraged collaboration instead of legislation. Suser is a senior entrepreneurship and emerging enterprises major at SU and Hill is NYPIRG's project coordinator.
Landlords, though accused by residents and students of not taking care of properties, argued density is not an issue off campus.
The real issue is civility, said David Sutherland, a member of the Syracuse Property Owners Association and photojournalism professor at SU. Five-to-three legislation would drive property values down and likewise decrease the city's tax base.
Eade, a local landlord, also threatened a tax increase, saying legislation could result in $45 million taken from property owners.
Before residents were allowed to speak, Charles Ladd, zoning administrator, said any zoning change would be enforced and limited by police power. New legislation should have a strong connection to an existing problem.
SA President Kelly, speaking on behalf of SU students, said legislation would only push students farther from campus. A new dormitory - to be completed in 2009 - will only decrease the already packed housing situation on campus.
Currently, 65 percent of students live in university-owned housing, he said. A SEUNA petition calls for SU to house 90 percent of students.
Rather than creating a new law, current laws on parking, trash and noise should be enforced, Kelly said. He suggested writing a proposal to the city asking for at least two more enforcement officers.
In an interview after the meeting, Kelly said he will go to a SEUNA meeting on March 7 to solve the issues in the neighborhood without writing a law aimed at density. Though student groups recognize that the underlying problems are the same, Kelly said he doesn't want that to be twisted into support for legislation.
The University Neighborhood Partnership has addressed issues of trash and parking, said Paul Roth, a member of the group and senior at ESF. UNP is a group of university, city and neighborhood representatives which organized in 2004 in response to complaints from east neighborhood residents.
Roth asked why SEUNA pretends to care about students' interests.
Ryan Suser and Dana Hill, speaking as NYPIRG representatives, also encouraged collaboration instead of legislation. Suser is a senior entrepreneurship and emerging enterprises major at SU and Hill is NYPIRG's project coordinator.
Landlords, though accused by residents and students of not taking care of properties, argued density is not an issue off campus.
The real issue is civility, said David Sutherland, a member of the Syracuse Property Owners Association and photojournalism professor at SU. Five-to-three legislation would drive property values down and likewise decrease the city's tax base.
Eade, a local landlord, also threatened a tax increase, saying legislation could result in $45 million taken from property owners.
Before residents were allowed to speak, Charles Ladd, zoning administrator, said any zoning change would be enforced and limited by police power. New legislation should have a strong connection to an existing problem.
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Westcott Nation Denizen
posted 3/02/07 @ 10:00 AM EST
If ALL residents in the University area (not just students) regularly picked up trash in front of their homes (whether or not they put it there), regularly shoveled their sidewalks, and regularly followed the parking laws, this wouldn't be an issue. (Continued…)
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