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The 2013 budget allows for City
By STEVE ZOSKI Administrator Steve Powers to
Daily News Editor hire six new firefighters through
a $642,294 federal grant. The city
he largest employer in the also receives fire funding through
Ann Arbor, the University Michigan's fire protection grant
sn eye on the city's budget. program annually, which pro-
sn interview, Jim Kosteva, vides fire funding to communities
niversity's community rela- in Michigan that have substantial
lirector, discussed the rela- state entities like a public univer-
p between the city and the sity withintheir borders.
sity - emphasizing the role Kosteva said the state funding
2013 city budget, which was helps but isn't consistent.
'ed at the May 21 Ann Arbor "The city receives about a mil-
ouncil meeting. lion dollars a year from the state
teva said there were relative- fire protection fund ... the state leg-
issues pertinent to the Uni- islature and the state government
in this year's budget. have from time to time reduced
otable exception, of course, those fundsthat are made available
police and fire protection through the grants," Kosteva said.
e those do have a signifi- Last February, the city
mpact upon the University announced plans for the Fuller
University community," Road station - a collaboration
va said. between the city and University -
teva said part of the reason had been cancelled.
iversity always makes police The city recently accepted fed-
re protection a priority is eral funds to explore building a
e many incidents that mem- new train station in an alternative
f the University community location. When council approved
valved in are often outside acceptance of the funds, they
niversity's Department of expected the University to provide
Safety's jurisdiction. a portion of what will match the
have an equally strong federal funds.
t as any resident or any Kosteva said the University may
ss in the community would be interested in working with the
o help ensure that there is cityto plan construction of the new
priate and adequate staffing station at some point in the future.
ersonnel in the fire depart- "It is possible that some of those
efforts that the University con-
tributed to will be able to satisfy
the federal requirements for local
match," Kosteva said. "So, yes,
some of the University money that
was spent toward Fuller Road sta-
tion might contribute toward the
federal grant."
Kosteva said the University
acknowledges the Fuller Road loca-
tion as the prime site for the train
station, even if it won't include a
parking station or built-in Univer-
sity bus station that the original
Fuller Road station plan included.
"We believe that it would serve
community and University inter-
ests, and we are likely to be a
partner of some measure at such
a time when the city is able to line
up federal and other local funding
sources for the construction of a
new station," he said.
Because the original Fuller Road
plans fell through, the University
is building a parking structure for
the hospital independently.
Kosteva said the University
couldn't afford to wait for the
potential Fuller Road station park-
ing structure in collaboration with
the city because of the pressing
need for more hospital employee
parking. Part of the need is due to
the openingofC.S. Mott Children's
and Von Voightlander Women's
Hospital creating 500 new jobs.
The tables were turned, how-
ever, when plans for the Wall Street
parkingstructure caused some Ann
Arbor residents and councilmem-
bers to criticize the University.
Though Kosteva emphasized the
necessity ofthe parkingstructure.
"There were expressions Hof
concern from neighbors in the
Wall Street area expressing their
preference not to have a park-
ing structure," Kosteva said. "It
is reasonably close proximity to
the medical center, so it enables
our (medical center) employees to
shuttle or to walk from that loca-
tion. There has also been growth in
employment in the Wall Street area
with the expansion of the Kellogg
Eye Center and the expansion of
the Brehm Tower."
Another factor making the city
budget important to the University
is that the University has money
flowingto the city through streams
like leasing buildings and paying
taxes, according to Kosteva.
Kosteva added that, overall, the
relationship between the city and
the University is strong.
"For the most part, there is an
appreciation and a value that the
University has added 9,000 jobs
in this community in the past 10
years," Kosteva said. "I believe
there is a real, sincere appreciation
for that on the part of the city and
the majority of residents through-
out the community"
However, Kosteva noted
that there is sometimes' friction
between the two parties.
"Nonetheless, there is also an
ever-present tension that does exist
between the University communi-
ty, public universities and the com-
munities that they're in, because
there's such a large amount of
property," Kosteva said.
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vent of disaster with an interest in increasing the
number of shelters that they could
By STEVE ZOSKI have available to them for emer-
Daily News Editor gency sheltering for the communi-
ty as a whole, so it's much broader
t Tuesday, the University than just U of M," Burchfield said.
nced an agreement with the "From the American Red Cross
can Red Cross-allowing des- standpoint, they're looking at it for
d University buildings to be a shelter of the community - citi-
s emergencyshelters for Ann zens within Washtenaw County
and other nearby areas. and even Lenawee County."
University's Office of Emer- Burchfield said the agreement
Preparedness and the Red will allow for an efficientand legal-
have yet to determine which ly sound plan to come in place.
ngs will be used. "There have been discussions
an interview, University ongoing for actually quite a while,
'ency Manager Andy Burch- and we were able to finally for-
aid the agreement came after malize something with them that
allows for them to keep in touch
with us in the event that they need
sheltering and they have the abil-
ity to use some of our facilities,"
Burchfield said.
Burchfield said the Red Cross
already has shelters in the Ann
Arbor area but looked to the Uni-
versity for extra space.
However, Burchfield noted that
the shelters would mostly be used
for people outside the University.
"From a campus standpoint
.(their) coordination is done
between our office and the Divi-
sion of Student Affairs ... for the
most part (we) have the capac-
ity between the resources that we
already have," Burchfield said.
"We've come to an agreement with
the American Red Cross that is
specific to the outside population."
Burchfield said the agreement
was a good step for the University's
rapport with the Red Cross.
"It continues to further enhance
our relationship and our partner-
ship with such an important organi-
zation as the American Red Cross."
In a press release issued by the
Red Cross, Jim Kosteva, the Uni-
versity's community relations
director, said the agreement could
reduce suffering.
"If suddenly a couple of hun-
dred people and families -needed
immediate shelter, we don't want
to add more suffering to their cir-
cumstance by having to wait for
an authorization request to move
through channels," he said. "The
University of Michigan is pre-
pared to help and offer its facilities
as needed now."
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