,M., . 6 Page 2-Thursday, February 21, 1980-The Michigan Doily i 'H ASTY'DECISION BY R EGENTS Land for high-rise approved 4 (Continued from Page 1) option to purchase the 16,659 sq. ft. piece of property came before the Board in December, 1979, it did not even receive a second. Auter hearing representatives from both sides of the issue speak last Thur sday, the Board voted Friday to ap- prove the option by a narrow 3-2 maigin. The motion, introduced by Regent Thomas Roach (D-Saline), was not on the regular agenda and two board members, Regent Paul Brown (D- petoskey) and Regent David Laro (R- Flint) were not present for the vote. "What I was most upset about was that it (the motion to grant Stegeman the option) was called up to a vote Friday," said South University Neigh- borhood Improvement Association President Robert Snyder. Snyder said his organization has writ= ten a letter to University President Harold Shapiro encouraging him to delay proceedings with Stegeman long enough so the matter can be brought to a vote again. He added that his organization would have brought a "cheering section" if it had expected the Regents to vote on the matter 'at their last meeting. Regent Deane Baker (R-Ann Arbor), a long-time opponent of the STegeman project, also said he objected to the way the matter was brought to a vote. Baker said he was out of the room making a telephone call and was "completely surprised" when he discovered Roach was about to make a motion to approve Stegeman's offer. Controversial matters are usually delayed until the full board is present, said Baker. "In effect, three out of eight Regents made the decision," he said.' After the motion had been approved at Friday's meeting, Baker made a request to delay action on the motion for 30 days until the Board could vote again, but he did not receive a-second for the motion. "That was not really{ a proper request," said Roach, referring to Baker's motion. "If a request had been made earlier, I'm certain I would have agreed to it.". Regent Sarah Power (D-Ann Arbor), who voted in favor of the motion, also said she would have gone along with anyone who asked to delay the motion. CIty Councilwoman Leslie Morris, (D-Second Ward), who said although she was not familiar with the way the Regents conduct business, City Council would never have handled the matter in such a hasty manner. "T o sell land with no warning - it's amazing tome,"she said. Several members of the faculty and administration were surprised at the Regents' move and said they disap- proved. "I think it's a lousy idea," said Romance Language Prof. Frank Casa. Economics Prof. William Shepherd said, "I don't see-tow the students could possibly benefit from this." The Michigan Student Assembly came out strongly against the proposal last year. Special Projects Co-ordinator J. P. Adams is currently investigating the issue and may go before the City Planning Commission. Other students living in the South University area said they would have protested ° the land sale if they had known the Regents were going to vote on the issue. Compiled from Associated Press and United Press International reports _y q . '4P THE OvENS TOc BIINC y0U THIS INlGRECIBLE ,,L: AE DL. -to5 PAEHTI1, (jARLIG I READ CocE SLAW \IOU CAN '4 EAT! *~aiits~p~HN'NDONTW YS n4rZ5 City planners pass density amendment ( Continued from Page 1) Development (PUD) zoning - an op- "This (the PUD restrictions) makes lion that would give the city much more a large difference, the city can say we control in the project planning stages. don't like the color of the brick or the For example, under the new zoning, if number of stories in the biiding," said the Maynard House apartments were to Overhiser. "This gives us more than in be built today, seven open acres normal zoning where they (the surrounding the building would be developer) just submit a site plan." required.The proposal would also reduce the "It gives the city absolute control minimum lot size in each zone. through zoning over any large building "We want buildings fitting in the because now it (amendment) en- surrounding character in a neigh- . courages PUD," said City Planner borhood. Especially in some of the Martin Overhiser. older neighborhoods, we want to rezone The PUD zoning is designed for these so townhouses can be built there developments with mixed uses - such instead of putting in brick boxes (apar- as residential and office - or unusual tment buildings)," Overhiser said. topography. He recognized this would cut down There are no density, location, the number of units that could be built, height, parking, or open space restric- but discounted the loss. tions with PUD, but other requirements "There are competing interests here. are much stricter than normal zoning. On one side the people who want PUD has special provisions for the something that fits into the neigh- protection of public health, historical borhood and those who want the features, and traffic patterns around greatest number of units, but I don't the building. It also requires a detailed , think it is that much of a problem. The scale model and a list of exterior loss (of units) won't be that great and materials - all to be submitted to the the appearance will be better," said Planning Commission for approval. Overhiser. ;b AVE qol 'U HOIJ 7TE * 15S ,iA