The minutes

Problem: traffic and parking issues at the college

Date of meeting: 17/3/2013
Time of meeting: 10:35am
Venue: C001
Group members:
Chair: Eissa.
Secretary: Maaaz.
Participant: Hedley.
Venue preparation:
Grouping of chairs round tables

Agenda:

- Extend the back parking area (behind F block).

- Change the building location (outside the island).

- Give the student stickers for car parking.

- Paid parking/short term – long term.

- Build three floor parking.

Eissa who was chairman started talking about the parking problems at Abu Dhabi Men’s College at 10:36am.

1- Extend the back parking area (behind F block).

Maaaz thought was an a acceptable idea

Eissa said it is not a very good idea because this area is too far from classes.

Hedley accepted the idea because he said we are already parking there sometimes.

2- Change the building location (outside the island).

Eissa said this solution will be too expensive.

Maaaz agreed with it, because he thinks it will reduce traffic.

Hedley worried about the teachers and students who live on the island; it will be too far from them.

3- Give the student stickers for car parking.

Maaaz said it is a good idea, because the college has applied it, and he thought it was good.

Eissa said it did not achieve the desired success.

Hedley disagreed with it because it will not decrease the number of cars in the parking area.

4- Paid parking/short term – long term.

Eissa said it is bad; the study at college is free, so must the parking be free also.

Maaaz supported the idea because he thinks it will help students to find parking.

Hedley did not agree with it, because he thinks it will not reduce congestion.

5- Build three-floor parking.

Eissa strongly agreed with it, because he thinks it will be the best solution to reduce the parking traffic.

Maaz agreed with Eissa; he thinks also it is a good idea.

Hedley worried when we close the area where we will build it, that it will come more traffic. Then Eissa said we will build it in the summer, when the number of students is small.

In conclusion we thought that:

· Some of our solutions are good, but it will not be good for a long time, because the number of students is increasing every year, and buying a car has became easier.

· The last point is the best solution (build three floor parking), because it will solve the parking problem for the long term.