a6 Page 2-Tuesday, January 20, 1981-The Michigan Daily ZONING CHANGE PROPOSED City reviews Black Pond IN BRIEF By PAM KRAMER Even while the City Planning Com- mission is considering a developer's plan for the Black Pond area, City Council last night gave preliminary ap- proval for a zoning change in the land north of the city. The council's decision to consider changing the zoning on a section of land still under planning commission con- sideration is a precedent-setting move. "WE ARE BREAKING some new ground here which has been long over- due in breaking," said Councilman Lou Senunas (R-Third Ward), in supporting passage of the first reading of the zoning amendment. Senunas noted the council's recent resolve to examine zoning in certain areas that may have become outmoded. 1IAWg j~f Looking r $ frternity to wke your own? Rush Pi Lambda Phi A new fraternity forming on campus. 1029 Vaughn St. Council members Earl Greene (D- Second Ward) and Susan Greenberg (D-First Ward) proposed the amen- dment that would rezone the Black Pond area from a multiple-family dwelling district to a single family dwelling district. The Black Pond area has been a cen- ter of controversy in the several months since developer Dennis Dahlmann an- nounced a plan for a high-density development there, which a neigh- borhood group said would destroy natural resources in the area. CITY COUNCIL'S decision is a great step forward, according to Tom Smedes, a representative of the neighborhood group. The developer also has requested the present zoning be changed to allow for an alternative to his original develop- ment plan. Unlike last night's amen- dment, the change he is suggesting would not lower the density. Gale Kramer, another representative of the neighborhood group, said the council must consider the effect on the city as population densities increase while vacant land grows more scarce. He cited a 1979 study which showed 17 percent of the city's multiple family dwellings located on the city's north side, a figure he said is dispropor- tionate to the population of this area. In a statement to the council early in the meeting, Smedes suggested the formation of a task force to deal with the problems surrounding land use changes over time. Halfway house proposal approved City Council last night gave preliminary approval to an ordinan- ce that would require the state Department of Corrections to register local halfway houses and other facilities with the city. The council gave the measure preliminary approval pending clarification of the city's authority to pass legislation that potentially places restrictions on the state government. The ordinance was the first of three on the issue of local correctional facilities that will be placed before the council in the coming weeks, Greene said. City to sue state In other action, council authorized the city to file suit against the state for failing to renew fire protection subsidies to state-owned facilities, including the University. Mayor Louis Belcher, who is currently at- tending Ronald Reagan's inaugural in Washington, D.C., has contacted 23 of 53 communities affected by the state funding withdrawal to ask them to join in the suit, according to City Administrator Terry Sprenkel. Compiled from Associated Press and United Press international reports 5. r TAKE THE LEAD Help New Students Discover the Diversity of Michigan BE A FALL ORIENTATION LEADER- Pick up applications at the Orientation Office (2530 SAB) or call 764-6290 for further information. * an affirmative action non-discriminatory employer * Applications Due Friday, February 6 LL' GIVE REAGAN A CHANCE. CARP. call 971-7952, - Board approves Chrysler loan WASHINGTON-The Chrylser Loan Guarantee Board yesterday ap- proved up to $400 million in additional loan guarantees for the Chrysler Corp. Treasury Secretary G. William Miller, chairman of the panel, said the new guarantees should make it possible for the No. 3 automaker to "keep in business." However, Miller noted the future of the entire U.S. auto industry is uncertain. Chrysler's survival bid cleared another major hurdle yesterday when a United Auto Workers Union advisory group recommended that Chrysler workers ratify a scaled-down contract granting $622 million in contract con- cessions. Reagan picks pass first test WASHINGTON-Senate committees approved eight more of President- elect Ronald Reagan's Cabinet choices yesterday, including Defense Secretary-designate Caspar Weinberger and prepared for the first confir- mation votes in the full Senate on Inauguration Day. Other Reagan choices who won unanimous approval from the committees which reviewed them were Treasury Secretary-designate Donald Regan, Commerce Secretary-designate Malcolm Baldridge, Transportation Secretary-designate Drew Lewis, Agriculture Secretary-designate John Block, Human Services Secretary-designate Richard Schweiker, Budget Director-designate David Stockman, and William Brock, special trade representative. The action yesterday prepared the way for the full Senate to receive Reagan's formal nominations shortly after his inauguration. Off icials say prisons will be dangerously overcrowded soon LANSING-Michigan's prisons will be dangerously overcrowded by early spring, forcing Gov. William Milliken to use his new emergency powers to let some convicts free, state Department of Corrections officials said yester- day., The emegency prison overcrowding act, expected to be signed into law within the next week, will give the governor authorization to reduce prison sentences and give as many as 1,200 inmates early releases. Michigan now is trying to comply. with a court order instructing the state to rectify the prison overcrowding problem. An attempt failed in November to win voter approval for a slight income tax increase earmarked for prison construction. Arab waterway filling with silt BASRA, Iraq-The Shat al-Arab waterway dividing pre-war Iran and Iraq is filling with silt and war debris so fast that sources fear the 70 foreign ships stranded there since the war began may be stuck for some time, even if a U.N. mission wins their freedom. The constant dredging needed to keep portions of the 120-mile-long channel open to the Persian Gulf was halted more than 17 weeks ago when Iran and Iraq began fighting. Adding to the problem is concern that captains of the trapped ships will not dare to sail for fear of striking an undetonated shell in shallow waters. When the fighting began, the foreign ships came under heavy artillery fire and at least two ships were reported to have sunk. Fire marshal cites deficiencies LANSING-The state fire marshal's office has concluded there are "serious fire deficiencies" in Michigan's nearly 3,000 hotels and motels, and says a $1.6 million inspection program is needed to correct them. The conclusion is contained in a report requested by Gov. William Milliken following tragic hotel fires in Las Vegas and suburban New York and a foster care facility in Michigan last fall. The report noted the lack of any state-wide fire safety code for hotels and cites deficiencies in schools, apartment buildings, foster care facilities, prisons, and hospitals. State labor director resigns LANSING-Gov. William Milliken accepted with "profound regret and reluctance" yesterday the resignation of Labor Director Patrick Babock-a close aide who reportedly is considering running for mayor of Lansing. Babock is the third department head to announce his departure in the past two months, indicating a significant turnover in an administration which is about to break Michigan's longevity record. Milliken spokesmen have called the series of departures a coincidence. Babock, in a widely anticipated letter of resignation submitted Friday, said only that he was stepping down effective March 1 to "pursue other in- terests." (the OMidiio an1OaiI Vol. XCI, No. 94 Tuesday, January 20, 1981 The Michigan Daily is edited and managed by students at The University of Michigan. 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