A 4 percent increase in parking fees for the 2001-2002 school year has been recommended by the Department of Public Safety Transportation Advisory Council.The council, comprised of faculty, staff and students, passed a resolution Wednesday recommending the increase for the ISU administration to adopt.”It’s not cast in stone,” said Richard Horton, chairman of the council. “We’re an advisory committee; we don’t have the final say.”If the administration agrees with the proposed increase it will go to the state Board of Regents for approval.Horton, professor of chemical engineering, said the 4 percent increase could possibly go to the governor for approval by the administrative code of the state of Iowa.”There’s no reason to believe the recommendation is out of line and that people are going to object,” he said. “It’s similar to what has happened in the past.”Doug Houghton, captain of the parking division at the Department of Public Safety, said the increase would affect faculty, staff and students.The recommendation is an increase of about 4 percent, rounded to the nearest whole dollar. The recommendation followed the general philosophy of an annual increase to comply with inflation.The standard general faculty and staff parking pass would increase from $57 to $59; the standard reserved faculty and staff would increase from $285 to $295. The standard student pass would increase from $40 to $42. Motorcycle permits would increase from $19 to $20. The permits for 24-hour reserved would increase from $570 to $590. Vendor permits would increase from $86 to $89, and University Student Apartment Community second-car permits would increase from $49 to $79.Houghton said the council examined inflation and current prices within the market.”With the price of oil, the price of asphalt has also gone up. So our price has probably gone up more than 4 percent,” he said.The council is also discussing building a parking deck or ramp, Houghton said. The new structure also could mean fee increases in the future, depending on what kind of building is designed.”The reason we have to look at that is because there is no more land space,” he said. “There is no more room out in central campus.”Houghton said plans are still not clear as to where a new parking structure could be located and said the council will address building the structure in the next year to 18 months.