Enforcement, liability and logistics issues concerning the creation of two student-only lots near Jack Trice Stadium still need to be addressed by university and Government of the Student Body officials.

This is the message from student affairs and GSB officials, as GSB will vote on a resolution at its 7 p.m. Wednesday meeting in the Campanile room of the Memorial Union.

Titled “Two Lots are Better than One or None,” the resolution calls for the creation of one student-only lot where alcohol would not be present and would be open to all ages. The other lot would allow for the presence of alcohol, but entrance into the lot would be limited to those students who are 21 years of age or older.

Vice President for Student Affairs Thomas Hill said he is unsure whether he would support the creation of such a lot, as many of his concerns regarding the resolution have not been satisfied.

“I’m concerned about the logistics of implementing the two lots, which still need to be worked out,” Hill said. “There is still the problem of enforcing a lot where alcohol would be allowed for those 21 and up.

“How do you control the amount of alcohol a person is allowed to bring with him or her? How do you ID people? These are extremely important questions we still need to answer.”

Hill met Tuesday with three of the bill’s authors, including the bill’s creator, Graduate Senator Dan Christenson. He said during the meeting he and the GSB senators agreed the next step to creating the student lots is to form a committee composed of GSB representatives, Student Affairs, the Dean of Student Office, the Athletic Department, DPS and ISU Police.

Hill said he hopes if GSB passes the resolution, its final version will include a provision to create such a committee.

“I’m not overly excited about the idea of creating a student-only lot endorsed by the university where alcohol is present, but I have to keep an open mind,” Hill said. “It will be a difficult task to set up such a lot because of the liabilities such a lot will create. The university has to determine if the risk it takes with making the lot is worth it.”

Hill said there is also the added problem of police enforcement staffing at football games, which could hinder the implementation of the resolution if it is passed.

“Given what happens on a game day, police enforcement officials are occupied with other responsibilities,” Hill said. “Staffing is a problem and having a lot like this will not ease the pressure of staffing.”

Hill said he believes students can have just as much fun in an alcohol-free student lot as opposed to one that allows alcohol.

Senator Christenson said he’s talked with various GSB senators and of the senators he’s talked to, all are in support of the resolution.

“It will take a longer period of time to implement a lot where alcohol is allowed,” Hill said. “If the two lots are packaged together, then the lot allowing alcohol will hold back the student-only alcohol-free one, which could be implemented a lot sooner because there aren’t as many concerns over logistics, as well as liability.”

Vice Speaker of the Senate William Rock, who co-authored the bill, said the wording of the resolution has been reworked to allow for both lots to be implemented at different times because of the difficulties surrounding the implementation of the 21 and over lot.

“We are planning to give the student-only, alcohol-free lot a trial run for the end of the season at the last home football game, and we’re going to continue to work on the lot for students 21 and over this year so that it will be implemented sometime next year,” Rock said.