0 Page 2-The Michigan Daily-- Monday, March 1, 1993 Council fializes agreement for recycling facility with Connecticut firm by Jonathan Berndt Daily City Reporter The Ann Arbor City Council awarded contracts for the construc- tion of a Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) last Monday night after a two-year search. Resource Recovery Systems (RRS) of Essex, Conn. will build the publicly-owned facility, which will separate recyclables for cleaning and ship them to manufacturers. It will be located near Recycle Ann Arbor at the corner of Ellsworth Road and Platt Road. Mayor Liz Brater, who sponsored the original resolution, said this is a positive step for the environment. "We've come a very long way with the procurement process," she said. "I'm very, very pleased that we've received a bid that staff has recommended that will save us money, that we will not have to raise taxes." The University is negotiating its own customer service agreement with RRS. The city's contract with RRS cannot be signed until the University has an agreement because combining the two entities' recyclables would result in lower fees. Councilmember Peter Fink (R- 2nd Ward) said he thought the search process was flawed. "We should have had a request for proposals for anything that would help us," he said. "I don't see the logic of building another MRF when there are two within 20 miles that could handle Ann Arbor's waste stream. I think private firms can do a better job with this." Councilmember Larry Hunter (D- 1st Ward) disagreed with him, say- ing he didn't "see anything wrong with the public sector running a cost- effective operation." Councilmember Kurt Zimmer (D-4th Ward) voiced concerns about the figures city staff provided about how much the city would receive for the processed recyclables. "I'd like to assume we can get to the numbers on those charts. But when I work it out with my calcula- tor they don't seem to make sense," he said. "The numbers just don't add up. RRS has to make a profit, and all I see is loss." Jim Frey, a local consultant from Resource Recycling Systems, as- sured Zimmer of RRS's ability to deliver on its promises. "The vendor you are getting a proposal for is a premier marketer," he said. "If there is a weak market, it would not be a risk to the city or the University." Brater added her support, saying she was "very confident" of the staff's analytical abilities. Zimmer continued his skepticism in a phone interview on Thursday and criticized the council for being too concerned about getting re- elected. "I'm not saying (building the MRF) is the wrong thing to do," he said. "All they care about is what the numbers look like during the cam- paign, not what they really turn out to be." I I S5 DEPARTMENT OF RECREATIONAL SPORTS INTRAMURAL SPORTS PROGRAM MINI-SOCCER Entries Taken: Tuesday 3/2 (Instant Scheduling) City lifts parking limits on Onondaga Street 11:00 a.rm.- 4:30 p.n. IMSB Main Lobby Play Begins: Thursday 3/4 For Additional Information Contact IMSB 763-3562 by Jonathan Berndt Daily City Reporter Parking a car - a long-time problem in Ann Arbor - may be- come a little easier if you don't mind walking a little bit. The Ann Arbor City Council passed a resolution at last Monday's meeting that lifts a two-hour parking restriction on Onondaga Street, which is about four blocks east of the Oxford Housing Complex and about three-fourths of a mile from East Quad residence hall. The council placed the limit on the street after residents signed a pe- tition requesting parking restrictions. That resolution also directed the ad- ministrator's office to issue an order that the limit be strictly enforced. However, the residents came back to City Council a few weeks ago with another petition saying they would like to have the restriction lifted. City Administrator Alfred Gatta assured the council at the meeting that a consensus of the street's resi- dents had asked that the restriction be removed. The resolution lifts the council's directive to restrict parking, an ac- tion which restores all-day parking to the street. The city is not expected to expe- rience a decline in revenue due to losing this source of funding. RENT Continued from page 1 But Whitaker said his investiga- tion of changes to the academic cal- endar is not a result of the football schedule conflict. "Discussion of calendar changes long preceded the occurrences of this fall," he said. "We are going to try very diligently to make a win- win situation, but there are costs." Harrison said the Fall Term is two days shorter than the Winter Term, and this causes time shortage problems for professors. Deitch said the University should be more careful when draftin., its schedules in the future. Regent Philip Power (D-Ann Arbor) suggested that the University develop an intense orientation for first-year students to take place dur- ing the extra first days. Continued from page 1 Miller said she received a letter from a friend applying to the pro- gram, which stated: "I'm shocked and disappointed." School of Public Health graduate student Paula Tavrow expressed concern about the power structure of the committee. "My impression is that the exec- utive committee doesn't operate by secret ballot. So if the dean comes in with a certain thing that she wants to occur, then they just follow," she said. Myron Wegnon, former School of Public Health dean, said, "The executive committee acts for the fac- ulty. I had relatively little trouble getting a consensus." He added that PPIH was made a department five or six years ago. PPIH a0 MINORITY UNDERGRADS PAID SUMMER INTERNSHIPS IN Health Care Management (Detroit Area) Call Dr. Richard Lichtenstein University of Michigan " School of Public Health (313) 764-5433 CH INA QARDEN Restaurant Szechuan, Hunan, & Peking Cuisine 15% OFF Dinner and Carry-Out Menu Expires March 15, 1993 Reservations 971-0970 3035 Washtenaw, Ann Arbor Open Mon.-Thur. 11:30-10, Fri. 11:30-11, MARDI GRAS Continued from page 1 who did not give her last name, said the holiday was great for business but complained, "You all get drunk, and you don't know how to act.... I think it stinks." Marlon Defillo, spokesperson for the New Orleans Police Department, said while the partying did at times get out of hand, the celebration was on the whole relatively under con- trol. Over the course of the holiday police made about 2,300 arrests. The vast majority were for such lesser offenses as public intoxication, mi- nor damage to property and trespass, he said. "Considering the number present, we were very fortunate," Defillo said. Locals were not the only ones to see the negative side of Mardi Gras. A relatively small but highly visible contingent of evangelical Christians were out to convince festival-goers that the excesses of Mardi Gras were leading them down the wrong path. A man named Gene, who also declined to give a last name, stood at the corner of Bourbon and Canal Streets with a large sign reading "Repent or Perish." He described the scene before him with dismay. "To me personally, it's just like the days of Sodom and Gomorrah," he said. He said he was there "to let people know that there is a heaven, there is a hell, and there is a judg- ment. The basics." Most of the crowd, however, was simply out for a good time. This in- cluded third-year University law students Brian McCabe and Doug Onsi. McCabe said the pair drove from Ann Arbor to New Orleans because, "This beats the hell out of Mardi Gras night at Ashley's." "And the weather's a lot warmer,"Onsi added. Did these aspiring attorneys flash in return for Mardi Gras loot? "On the advice of counsel and on the basis of my fifth amendment constitutional rights, I decline to an- swer that question," Onsi said. .J' ..% * n- - - 3 A - - S- - 906 . Uivesit A oM- - -8 * - - - - Martha Cook Building Residnce for Womden" Ann Arbor, M 4810,9 ors VISAI Sat. Noon-11, Sun. Noon-10 Free Parking! U I (5; d cmm)1 DEPARTMENT OF RECREATIONAL SPORTS i ":' YUGOSLAVIA Continued from page 1 said some fell in the no man's land between front lines, about 10 miles to the south. Ibrahim Becirevic, a radio opera- tor in Srebrenica, said the 53,000 residents were "losing their faith in the airdrop" after having awaited aid "with a desperate desire, as a drowning man grasps at a straw." U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher said yesterday that the airdrops "may last longer than a few INTRAMURAL SPORTS PROGRAM ICE HOCKEY - Winter Term II Entries Taken: Thursday 3/4 11:00 a.rn - 4:30 p.m IMSB Main Office Play Begins: Sunday 3/7 For Additional Information Contact IMSB 763-3562 days if we see that it's necessary." Speaking on NBC television's "Meet the Press," he stressed that the Pentagon believes risks from the operation are minimal and said the high-flying planes would be safer than relief flights that land in Sarajevo. . The C130s dropped two kinds of leaflets, both written in Serbo- Croatian. One advised people to stay clear of falling aid pallets, weighing up to 1,500 pounds each. The other type pleaded for warring Bosnians not to fire at U.S. planes. 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