Charleston Mayor Dan Cougill will meet with members of the Student Senate’s External Relations Committee tonight to discuss issues such as parking, a proposed zoning ordinance, a 24-hour diner, street signs and an update on the old Wal-Mart location, said Hugh O’Hara, committee chair.

The committee, composed of students, faculty, administrators, Charleston residents, and City Council members, will examine plans by the city to replace parking spots along Fourth Street with grass, O’Hara said.

Specifically, the committee will try to sort out who has the responsibility for the proposed parking project — the university or the school, O’Hara said.

Also, the committee will discuss a proposed city ordinance that would have city officials inspect rental properties in Charleston for safety.

O’Hara said the committee would talk to Cougill about attracting a 24-hour diner to the old Hardee’s location at the corner of Fourth Street and Lincoln Ave., and placing a stop sign at Fourth Street next to Coleman Hall.

The committee will ask the mayor for an update on the old Wal-Mart location at Lincoln Ave. and University Drive as well, O’Hara said.

“We’d just like to know what’s going on (with the old Wal-Mart building),” O’Hara said.

The meeting will be the first full meeting for the committee this semester, and is scheduled for tonight at 5:30 p.m. in the 1895 room of the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.

O’Hara said all students and Charleston residents are welcome to attend.