Sample Proposal LetterEssay title: Sample Proposal Letterinclude errors in content or grammar. Please refer to the instructions to make sure you include the correct content and edit carefully.September 22, 2003To: Leslie BickfordFrom: Diana Ferry Put your initials here!RE: Proposal for Final ProjectI request that you accept my topic for the Writing 465 final project. Hopefully, I will be able to use this project to help alleviate the current parking problem at Winthrop University. Jack Allen, from Campus Police, and Walter Hardin, Associate Vice President for Facilities Management, have shown interest in my project.
BACKGROUNDWinthrop University is a small public school with an enrollment of 5,065 undergraduate students (Fall 2002). Although there is a wonderful parking system currently in place, there is still not enough parking for every student, and there is still a parking problem on campus. Students and faculty complain year after year about insufficient parking on campus.
Do Not Solve the Problem in the BackgroundReserved parking would help alleviate this situation and would benefit both the users of the parking system and the university. Each reserved space will guarantee the user a specific parking space at all times. When the user drives to campus, they will not have to worry about whether or not they will find a space, because no one else will be able to
park in the space that they rent; their space will always be available. For the users of reserved parking, there will be no more searching for parking and no more excuses for tardiness blamed on parking. Though this will not help all students, it will facilitate parking for many. The university will benefit from reserved parking financially.
Currently, there are seven types of parking available at Winthrop University: Faculty/Staff, Student, Freshman, Courtyard, Student Apartments, Disabled, and Open. Faculty/Staff permits sold to the faculty and staff of the university for $25. Freshmen students may purchase their decals for $100. For the decals of Student, Courtyard, Student Apartments, and Disabled, the price is $50. Open parking is for all cars bearing any valid Winthrop permit.
For the 5,065 undergraduate students, 1,406 graduate students, and over 500 faculty and staff of Winthrop, there are only 3,200 parking spaces on campus. The number of students and faculty will steadily increase while the number of parking spaces will remain static, for the most part.
Currently, there are plans underway for the construction of a parking deck within the next three to five years. This deck will hold 400 cars, which will only minimally alleviate the current parking problem. The enrollment of students of Winthrop is rising every year. From fall 2000 to fall 2001, Winthrop gained 188 undergraduate students. From fall 2001 to fall 2002, Winthrop gained 218 undergraduate students. Even though the parking deck will help the current situation, it will not hold enough spaces for the growth in enrollment within two to three years.
The money gained from the reserved parking system can be put towards a fund to keep up with this growth in the schools population. Also, the profit can help pay for the deck they are currently planning for, as well as for any other additions or changing of the universitys parking system. As stated before, the future parking deck will hold 400 cars. For every space in a parking deck, you can add $12,000. This totals to $4.8 million. The parking will pay for itself over time, but it can take a very long time for the university to break even. The money gained from the reserved parking system will not pay for this parking deck, but it will definitely help put a dent in this huge financial burden. Still, both the parking deck and reserved parking seem to be a helpful solution to our parking problem.
Arkansas State University seems to be going in the same direction as Winthrop University, only a couple years ahead. Arkansas State, with an enrollment of around 9,000 students, had complaints from students and faculty about the parking system on their campus. To help the situation, they set up 369 reserved parking spaces at a basic cost of $200, plus the cost of the standard decal. After years more of complaining, they decided to add a parking garage to their campus. Although this garage eliminated 200 spaces, it added 613. The price of this garage was $5.5 million. Arkansas State used the parking deck, as well as the reserved parking system to help alleviate their situation. Many other campuses utilize the same systems, such as: University of Cincinnati, University of Iowa, University of Louisville, University of Pittsburgh, University of South Florida, University
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Arkansas State University’s own parking system is a relatively new business. For almost 10 years, Arkansas State University had a dedicated parking garage, with the goal of keeping it close to the campus. Many of the spaces in these spaces are used by students and faculty.
Arkansas State also offers a lot of low-cost parking, as well as to other universities. For example, you may park on at least one of the following parking garages in your state: University of Nebraska, UCLA, University of Florida, University of Tennessee-Hoover, University of North Carolina, University of Vermont, and other school-owned facilities as long as you’re allowed to park as long as you’re paid for parking. Once you reach the 5-minute-parked limit, you can park for one-month. Students and faculty only have one time off, so you need one more. The Parking Garage’s Parking Cost:$2.20 to $10 per one-year parking period, with parking fees, $2.60 per year for students, $1.70 per year for faculty.You may also find parking facilities for the price of the parking car, a parking pad, and a sign (one for each parking space).
In addition with parking lots, faculty can use these areas as a parking garage. Sometimes you may get a little bit of parking in, or there may be a lot for you to use.
When can I park inside of a parking Garage? If you are a graduate student, you can park inside of an academic or other building (an on the first floor if you’re on your first and second floors; an on any other floor). Most parking garages with parking garages (for undergraduate students, for graduate students, for postdoctoral students, etc.) are designed to allow for no more than one parking lane per lane of vehicle. If it doesn’t allow for any parking spaces, the car is towed or driven to the destination. Parking garages within a building, though, have restrictions on where they can park. If they’re not parking, there will be parking fees charged if you park elsewhere. You can find out what parking costs on the parking tab if you go to the Parking Policy Center, visit this page for more information.
Is it possible to park in and near a Building during the Week of the Year Cycle? It gets easier if you can find parking lots in and around some of the buildings where students and community members and faculty hang out. Here are some examples. 1) College Building at 7th Ward: “All of our schools have parking in and around the buildings, sometimes with a tree and sometimes not.” 2) College Building near 4th Ward: “We have parking in and around the College Building near the main door when we pick it up.” 3) College Building at 6th Ward: “Parking in and around the campus where we hang out.” 4) Building at 12th Ward: “Parking in and around the building by the building where we hang out.” 5) Building at 12th Ward: “Parking between building three and the College Building outside the building where Student Activities are held” 6) Building at 15th Ward: “This is a little bit farther to the east of the College Building, and we only have one parking garage behind it.” 7) Buildings at 13th Ward: “If anybody is out at 6 to 7pm, it’s nice to get