The Communique

Issue date: 10/27/05 Section: News

Media Credit: Dane Schumann Construction crews race against time to complete the new parking lots before winter sets in.

The Kirkwood Board of Trustees met on Oct. 13 with a busy agenda.

The trustees considered construction bids for the Rec Center parking lot. The board approved a $147,000 bid from area contractor Pierce Tobin.

Tom Kaldenberg, director of facilities, said Kirkwood has considered the construction of a parking lot east of the Rec Center since the facility opened.

"We see that there's a real problem [with parking] during the hours of 3 to 5 p.m. when Ruffalo Cody switches shifts and students start to file into the Rec Center," Kaldenberg said.

The new parking lot will add 100 spaces. Kaldenberg said construction has already begun and is scheduled to be completed by Nov. 21 if the weather cooperates.

The board re-elected chairwoman Lois Bartelme and co-chair Mervin Cronbaugh. They took a tour of one of Kirkwood's oldest departments, Health Sciences, inside Linn Hall. There the board spoke with individual instructors within the program about concerns over space as well as the expanding demand for the health science services.

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