TERRE HAUTE, Ind.  – A Terre Haute city councilman is proposing an ordinance that could impact the convention center project and parking for it.

Todd Nation wants to limit the number of spaces a surface lot can have if it has spaces along 7th street or, Wabash Avenue.

He said it’s in direct response to news that the Capital Improvement Board wanting to buy the current school corporation building and turn it into a parking lot.

The school corporation has said that as part of a cost cutting plan it might be willing to sell the building.

The Capital Improvement Board says that the cost of a proposed parking garage has greatly increased for a number of reasons so they want to avoid building it.

Nation said project leaders sold the idea of a convention center without the need of new surface parking. He believes it could have a negative impact on businesses in the area.

Members of the CIB have indicated that the project won’t happen if they don’t fix the parking problem.

Nation’s proposal will go to the Vigo County Area Plan Commission in the coming weeks and it could then go to the Terre Haute City Council.