WHY SHOULD A UNIVERSITY OWN THE PROJECT?

There are several reasons THE WALK should be owned by a University and several reasons have been extended to suggest it would be better operated under a private and independant University.

We will look at these and other issues briefly.

The Walk calls for a path more than two hundred miles, without interuption. While this portion of the campus would present a time-line of American History, it also provides space for Adjunct Univeristies and language centers. At times these would be constructed and operated by other states and;at times, constructed and operated by other countries. Each of these would come under the leadership of the Primary University.

Commercial operations along The Walk (opening directly to the path) would pay a fee for such operations to the Primary University. Artists, venders and other commercial operations along the walk would come under special provisions (some requiring stationary placement - others requiring more mobile operations) and would require a license to do business on or along The Walk's path or grounds.

In all, some 40,000 individual artist/vender permits should be available. The Walk should allow for as many as 300 hotels, motels, bed and breakfasts as well as a number of camping situtations. The Walk should be prepared to establish or allow the establishment of as many as twenty farms and an equal numer of livestock ranch settings. The Walk will attract other subject or period Museums that may serve as adjunct facilities and serve to add to this cultural and academic and economic development project.

The United States Military, Firefighters and EMTs and Law Enforement Organizations are afforded special conditions both for the laying of named bricks and for the extraction of named bricks when the ashes of a named individual are requested to be placed within a container and placed; again, along the path.

R.O.T.C. units from each of the service branches should be considered to work at and within the area of The Walk.

Towns, Cities, States and Nations operating facilities along The Walk (opening directly to the path) would also be required to pay fees to the Primary University.

The University may (if the need is shown) project onto the project a sales tax, not to exceed one percent.

Hotels, Motels and other residential quarters that use The Walk to market their property or properties should pay a fee to the Primary University in an amount of no more than three percent.

Living History Facilities must pay a fee based on the needs of both the centers and the Primary University.

Areas such a agricultural farms and/or livestock ranches should be required to pay fees to the Primary University when their grounds embrace The Walk for commercial reasons.

The monies collected must be used by the University to pay for the tuition of students who qualify to attend the Primary University, thus allowing their academic or personal background the only criteria for admission.

The other monies should be directed to the care and maintainence of The Walk and all of its physical properties. This includes but is not limited to buildings, grounds, untilities, policing and all academic and administrative personnel.

The Walk as it is designed is certain to cross over many jurisdictional lines. While it is certainly important local agencies work closely (and at times hand in hand) with a single entitiy, only a single agency could fuction both efficiently and effectively, providing for the enforcement of local laws, safety and security: none being more important than the other.

Law Enforcment along the walk will require officers to deal with a wide variety of individuals that may not know or understand our legal system. Officers must be well versed in the diversity of the complex, as well as the diversity of the crowds coming to learn, shop or be entertained along the entirety of its path. The Uniforms of this agency must conform to the time period that exists in each area and understand they are both peace officers and public relations personnel.

Safety must be at the foremost in the minds of those wearing the uniform of the agency dealing with the issues along The Walk. These issues include a variety of crimes that may be less likely in other regions but lesser issues; too, must be addressed by these officers. Each individual officer must be aware of the lines needed to allow for the maximum amount of individual freedom yet prevent uneccessary injuries from occuring. Such injuries might be rooted in either physical structures and/or interaction between individuals. Security means a number of different things to different people. Safety must inluce feeling safe from the intrusion of Officers as well whatever other issues that might rise. This facility must always be able to trust those who wear the uniform that addresses each of these concerns.

Peace and Safety Officers must always be focused on the issues these men and women joined the agency to address. For this reason, none of these individuals should be used to "collect a tax or taxes." Another agency will be assigned to make certain the rules established along The Walk are enforced and these individuals will be asigned the task to issue "tickets" that result in fine or other types of punishment.