Pablo Aguilar, director of Parking Services, gives an overview of the different areas of the department during the eighth Student Government Association meeting held last Tuesday via Zoom. SCREENSHOT TAKEN BY DAISY ARAUJO DURING THE STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION MEETING.
The Student Government Association passed a new bill and a new amendment, and heard from the Parking Services director about resources provided at UTRGV during last Tuesdayโs meeting.
One of the bills that was passed was the Student Activism and Advocacy Program (SAAP),
which was created to allow the SGA to give its utmost attention to any initiative presented to them.
Currently, the SAAP legislation has four initiatives included. Two of the initiatives were the Collegiate Advancement Student Advisory Council (CASAC) and the Environmental and Agriculture Awareness Program.
The CASAC โis to be housed under the Student Activism & Advocacy Program Initiative,โ according to the SAAP bill.
The Environmental and Agriculture Awareness Program โwill serve to establish the importance of living sustainably … through sustainable practices that will be available for all SGA Members, students, and the community alike,โ according to the SAAP Bill.
The bill passed by a majority vote.
The second legislation that was discussed was the CASAC Impeachment Procedure Amendment, written by Carlos Mata, chair of the Academic Affairs Standing Committee.
According to Mata, the CASAC amendment was made to revise Article 9 to be simpler regarding the impeachment of a person in a leadership position and gives power to the judicial branch
to take over the ruling.
The amendment was passed by a majority vote.
In other news, Director of Parking Services Pablo Aguilar gave a presentation about the parking and transportation resources available to the student body.
Aguilar discussed the variety of parking permits available for students, staff and faculty at UTRGV and
showed the different pricing for each permit.
An update that UTRGV Parking and Transportation implemented was a parking space counter
to know the parking spot availability on both campuses, he said. One has been added to Lot B-1 on the Brownsville campus and two were added to Lots E-32 and E-9 on the Edinburg campus.
โWe want to make it easier for students, so they can have a better experience in their parking and transportation need,โ Aguilar said.
The director of Parking Services also discussed the delay of parking permits, and further explained the delay was due to the third party that delivers them.
Aguilar also made it clear to the student body through the Facebook Live SGA meeting that students could place proof of parking permit purchase until their permit arrives.
