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ART FAIR ACROBATS
ALLISON FARRAND/Daily
Ann Arbor residents Dana Wilson and Connor Otto entertain a crowd of Art Fair attendees at the corner of State Street and North University Ave. on
July 19, 2014.
University serves
as resource for 2
Collaboration compared to past University
presidents.
between mayor, 'U' "In the last 12 or 14 years,
we've been able to engage the
president has led University to a greater extent in
working with things like tech-
to tech. growth nology transfer work that is
happening at the University and
By EMMA KERR transferring that work to the
Daily Staff Reporter private sector and to companies
that provide jobs for people and
APRIL 14, 2014 - The major help the local economy," Hieftje
overhaul in local leadership, said.
both in the city of Ann Arbor However, City Councilmem-
and in the University, marks a ber SabraBriere (D-Ward 1) has
new ter in the city of Ann a different perspective on the
Arbor istory. city's evolving relationship with
The city's expanding job the University.
market, one of the cornerstones "The distance between Uni-
of Mayor John Hieftje's (D) versity staff and faculty and
leadership, and the expand- those of us who are not affili-
ing tech sector are to some ated with the University at this
extent the result of having the time has grown rather than
University as a resource to the shortened," Briere said.
city. University President Mary Briere said despite Coleman's
Sue Coleman made science and willingness to engage commu-
technology commercialization a nity leaders, at the end of the
focus of her administration, one day, the University acts with its
with significant indirect payoffs students, facultyand donors asa
for Ann Arbor and the region. priority, even when those choic-
Throughout their relation- es have far reaching negative
ship, Hieftje has frequently effects on Ann Arbor asa city.
commended Coleman's dedica- "I miss the days when Uni-
tion to connecting the Univer- versity staff were engaged in
sity and the city in a positive the city itself and affecting out-
way. He said this mission of comes in the city and help the
furthering collaboration has city be cutting edge, and that's
been improved under Coleman what I would really like to see
return," she said.
As theUniversityhasexpand-
ed under Coleman's tenure,
Ann Arbor residents and city
officials have felt the effects of
its encroachment into the city.
The University has purchased
numerous properties within
the city, and a point of tension
between the two institutions.
Hieftje said he fears that the
city is reaching a tipping point
at which taxes must be raised
as a result of the significant tax
base loss the city experiences
as a direct result of University
expansion. Since the University
is a public entity, the school does
not pay property taxes to the
city for its buildings. The more
land the University purchases,
the more potential revenue it
takes from the city.
"We continue, in all other
areas, to have a good rela-
tionship with the University,
because if you look at that spe-
cifically over time, it's been very,
very significant as far as the
last 12 years, Hieftje said. "The
city has lost 5 percent of its tax
income because of the Univer-
sity. They do a lot of wonderful
things for us - they bring a lot
of culture, they help us attract
talent - it's just that practical
point that you cannot make all
of the land un-taxable."
city
clash over
parking
structure
Local residents
upset with lack of
compromise on
part of UMHS
By SHOHAM GEVA
Summer ManagingNews Editor
JULY 8, 2014 - The $34
million, 725-space University
parking garage that opened
Monday on Wall Street was
never one of the big ticket
items in the University of
Michigan Health System's
2005 expansion plan.
Located on the edge of the
medical campus but border-
ing the Ann Arbor Lower
Town residential neighbor-
hood, the garage wasn't even
the focal point of planned
development in its corridor,
which also included a major
2006-2010 renovation to the
Kellogg Eye Center. Further-
more, it built on previous
efforts in the area, adding on
to an already existing lot.
However, over the years
between its first approval in
2008 and second approval-
with modifications in 2012
following an unsuccessful
attempt at a city partner-
shipto place it elsewhere, the
project found plenty of vis-
ibility from a different sector.
Along with a net gain of 509
parking spaces for UMHS,
the opening also came with
a history of years of disagree-
ment between the University
and Lower Town residents,
prompted by its location
between campus and city.
Jim Kosteva, Univer-
sity director of community
relations, said in an e-mail
interview the University was
pleased to be able to open
the garage and fulfill a major
need on campus.
"The medical center area
has seen the greatest growth
in new employees over the
past decade, yet no additional
parking spaces have been
added inthispartofcampus,"
he wrote. "Many employees
have been inconvenienced by
having to park greater dis-
tances from their workplace
or spend time hunting for a
space."
However, in a series of
community meetings in both
2008 and in 2012, residents
expressed concerns about
the structure's impact on the
city ranging from increased
traffic to environmental com-
plications and aesthetic prob-
See PARKING, Page 6F
Police trace evidence
in DeWoif murder case
Three suspects the legal resolution to DeWolf's
sudden death. Joei Jordan, 20,
face preliminary and Shaquille Jones, 21, sat
in Ann Arbor's 15th District
hearing after arrest courtroom as defense and pros-
Carln ecution attorneys connected
in S. Carolna the series of discoveries which
brought them to Jordan and
By EMMA KERR Jones.
Daily Staff Reporter The third suspect, Dajeon
Franklin, has been accused by
DEC. 14, 2013 - To outside Jones and Jordan as the one
observers, it seemed the case who physically pulled the trig-
had gone cold. University medi- ger that killed DeWolf. Frank-
cal student Paul DeWolf was lin has not yet been formally
found dead in his room at the charged. Jones and Jordan are
Phi Rho Sigma fraternity house facing murder and home inva-
in July, it appeared, without any sion related charges.
explanation. For the Ann Arbor From July 24, the day
community, it seemed that his DeWolf's body was found,
killer had gotten away with to October 3, police had not
murder. announced any promisingleads.
But over the past few months, They knew that DeWolf was last
the Ann Arbor Police Depart- seen at 10:30 p.m. the night he
ment had been piecing together was killed and that there were
a chain of events and people no obvious signs of forced entry.
which lead to the arrest of three After talking to residents, a
suspects hundreds of miles missing PlayStation 3 indicated
away in South Carolina. that the murder may have been
The preliminaryhearingheld related to an attempted home
Friday marked the beginning of invasion.
Next door to the fraternity, at
210 N. Ingalls Street, a student's
laptop was reported stolen in
what at first appeared was an
unrelated incident. However,
this laptop became the key to
charging a suspect in DeWolf's
killing. A week after DeWolf's
death, Police found a wallet
belonging to one of the 210 N.
Ingalls Street residents on the
fraternity's property. This was
not the only item from DeWolf's
neighbor's home.
Police were able to connect
the string of robberies to the
same party allegedly respon-
sible for DeWolf's killing, but
attempts to identify a suspect
had failed. More than two
months after the discovery of
DeWolf's body, an unidentified
man from Detroit attempted to
access the stolen laptop, alert-
ing police as to its exact loca-
tion in the process, The Detroit
Free Press reported. But even
after findingthe man in posses-
sion of the stolen laptop, police
were still far from connecting
See DEWOLF, Page 6F