Page Eight
THE MICHIGAN DAILY
Saturday, April 14, 1971
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Briarwood plan causes controversy
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Taubman's Briarwood calls for
a multi-phase development of
which the first phase is to consist
of no less than "three major de-
partment stores and tenant space,
the total development being not
less than 700,000 square feet."
This first phase is scheduled for
completion by 1973 with expansion
by 1975, the first year of full opera-
tion, to bring the center to about
one million square feet, or nearly
three times the size of Arborland.
Estimated cost to construct the
Briarwood center is $54 million.
The proposal anticipates addi-
tional phases of development to
coordinate "peripheral activity
such as theaters, restaurants, of-
fice buildings, apartments and
other services into the total de-
velopment plan."
However, as important as city
planning issues and other ecologi-
cal considerations are, the primary
issue drawing the most debate
within the community is that of the
economic justification and the total
economic impact upon the Ann Ar- William Bott, Chamber of Com-
bor community. merce president, has indicated the
Not surprisingly, the develcpers Briarwood center will provide the
feel they have justified Briarwood community with 1400 additional:
on economic grounds in their pro- jobs.
posal. However, the Ecology Center re-
M o r e importantly, however, port disputes this contention on
others in the community, specific- several grounds. The report claims
ally the county-wide labor organiz- that many of the executive and
ations agree with Taubman that the managerial positions of the larger
center as proposed will provide a firms will probably be filled by
needed economic shot-in-the-arm other company employes trans-
to the community. ferred to Ann Arbor from other
In giving its full and unequivocal cities.
support to the Briarwood center, The report also claims that in-
the Washtenaw County AFL-CIO stead of creating new business, the
Council has stated, "If the broad Briarwood center will primarily
tax base and the economic needs draw business from other retail
of the area are to be met, it is areas of the city, notably the Cen-
unthinkable that Briarwood should tral Business District (CBD,, les-
not be developed." sening job opportunities in that
Presenting their position before area.
council at recent open hearings, Although the final outcome of'
these labor organizations cited the these influences on the Ann Arbor
increased employment which the job market is indeterminate, the
center will provide, both in con- Ecology report concludes, "In any
struction and permanent retail staff case, the estimated 1,400 new jobs
positions, and the increased tax for the community is much too
revenues the additional assessments high."
will provide the city. Regarding an expansion of the
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Administrative board members
describe the new policy as being,
in part, a response to the in-
creasing number of students who
have been taking reduced course
loads, and thereby not making
maximum use of the University's
limited resources.
In addition, the members say
they are receiving increased pres-
sure from the LSA faculty and the
State Legislature to more ade-
quately accommodate the ever-ris-
ing number of applicants for ad-
missions.
By refusing to register students
for more than eight regular terms,
the board members explain, more
freshmen and transfer students
can be admitted to the college.
In addition, Nissen says, "it's
educationally sound that a stu-
dent tale a normal 15-hour load
each term, so that he may make
normal progress toward a degree."
Otherwise, he says, a student
can gain unfair advantage over
other students he , is competing
with in a course by taking a com-
paratively lower number of classes.
The board has begun to- active-
ly apply the policy only within
the last month. Nissen estimates
that about 100 letters were sent to
fourth year students who, it ap-
peared, would not have completed
the requirements for graduation
by the end of the winter term.
The letters informed the stu-
dents that they would not be allow-
ed to register next term, and en-
couraged them to complete their
requirements for a degree "out of
residence."
LSA Assistant Dean James Shaw,
chairman of the Administrative
Board, emphasizes that the board
will attempt to guide such stu-
dents toward completing t h e i r
degree by:
-Registering for the spring-
summer term, which does not have
the enrollment pressure of the
fall and winter terms;
-Taking correspondence cours-
es, or courses offered by the Uni-
versity extension service;
-Transferring to another col-
lege or university; and
-Taking summer reading cours-
es from the literary college. The
reading courses do not require stu-
dents to attend class.
According to Shaw, about half
of the students notified this term
have accepted the advice of the
board and will pursue the options
suggested.
The other half, however, voic-
ed objections to not being allow-
ed to register for the fall term,
and petitioned the board for re-
consideration. Of these, S h a w
estimates, about half were allow-
ed to register after demonstrating
extenuating circumstances, and the
other half were turned down.
When the new policy is fully im-
plemented, allowance for a ninth
or tenth term will be made only
when a student's failure to finish
in four years is due to his being:
-Ill for a period of time which
may have required him to take a
reduced load during certain terms;
-Forced to work part-time to
pay for his personal and -educa-
tional expenses; and/or
-Unable to register for a course
which is required for his degree.
Nissen adds that during the ini-
tial stages of the new policy, the
board will in some cases try to
allow additional time for stu-
dents who have reduced their
course loads because of a heavy
involvement in extracurricular
activities.
"If the student's been allowed
by his counselor to carry a light-
er load, the counseling office also
has to assume that the student's
being given additional time to
complete his program," Nissen
says.
Shaw points out, however, that
such accommodations are b e i n g'
made initially because students as-
sumed they wouldhbe given the
extra time. When the policy is ful-
ly implemented, he says, students
will be aware of it when they first
enter the literary college, and will
be expected to be able to com-
plete their programs in eight re-
gular terms regardless of extra-
curricular activities.
The policy was adopted at a
meeting of the Administrative
Board last Nov. 20. Referred to
the college's executive committee,
it was never reviewed thoroughly
because the committee was oc-
cupied with other critical matters,
according to Acting LSA Dean Al-
fred Sussman.
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Ann Arbor tax base, City Assessor
Wayne C. Johnson has submitted
estimates which indicate that the
average property tax yield would
be about $220,000 for the remainder
of this decade.
However, these estimates are
based upon the development of all
phases of the center and more than
half of the expected revenues are
to be derived from facilities which
are currently not even planned.
In addition, the Ecology Center
study indicates costs to the city
for Briarwood over the same period
for road and drainage improve-
ments, police protection, fire-fight-
ing facilities, public transportation,
road maintenance and garbage col-
lection will be around $1,145,000,
yielding an average annual deficit
of nearly $895,000.
The city has commissioned an in-
dependent study by Hammer,
Greene, and Silar Associates of
Washington, D.C. to determine the
impact of Briarwood upon the com-
munity.
Taking less than three weeks to
compile their reporthsome sources
question the viability of the Ham-
mer conclusions, which appear
mixed as far as the feasibility of
Briarwood is concerned.
In its March 24 issue the Huron
Valley Advisor states, "Privately
many businessmen feel that the
Hammer report is unbelievably
poor for a document of that pres-
tigious firm's preparation."
Taubman and other Briarwood
backers feel the center is justified
on the basis of lost retail sales
from, and anticipated future popu-
lation and economic growth within
the area.
However, the last decade has ex-
hibited an annual growth rate of
only three per cent. The Ecology.
report then continues, "It appears
that the developer's population
growth rate projection for the area
may be about 35 per cent too high."
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drain on the central business dis-
trict (CBD) resulting from the
Briarwood development.
Both groups admit the center
will place serious pressures upon
the CBD. The Hammer report pre-
dicts losses to the CBD by 1973 of
$6.4 million, with some recovory
by 1975.
Hammer attributes the downtown
dilemma to the fact that the CBD
"lacks the large, major general
merchandise store capable of an-
choring downtown and generating
pedestrian traffic for smaller re-
tailers. Main Street's competitive
position has not improved, it has
declined."
Citizens living in and around
the city's downtown area will suffer
the greatest from the CBD's decline
while citizens living in the sub-
urban areas will have at their dis-
posal the new, modern Briarwood
center.
There can be little doubt that
council's impending action on the
Briarwood zoning petition is one
of the most crucial decisions it will
face during its tenure in office-
setting the stage for the commun-
ity's growth patterns throughout
the seventies.
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