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Town Museum Requests
New Zoning Designation
The Chapel Hill Museum
asked the Town Council
to approve a change that
would allow more funding.
By Sarah Jurek
Staff Writer
A lack of funds prompted Chapel
Hill Museum officials to petition the
Chapel Hill Town Council for anew
designation for the museum.
The council received information
about the museum’s plight at its meeting
Monday night.
A petition asked that the Chapel Hill
Museum’s classification be changed
from a public use facility to a public cul
tural facility.
“Town staff approached us and said
we need to petition the council if we
were going to have fund-raisers,” said
Peggy Pollitzer, board chairwoman.
The petition, submitted Aug. 23, stat
ed that museum officials were interested
in providing additional uses not allowed
under a public use facility classification.
If the museum is designated as a
public cultural facility, it can lawfully
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rent space for special events.
In order to increase funds, the muse
um officials say they want to offer space
to rent for weddings and receptions,
meeting space for private organizations
and classroom accommodations.
Under the Chapel Hill Development
Ordinance, a public cultural facility is
defined as the use of land, buildings, or
structures by the government to provide
cultural services to the public.
The museum is a nonprofit organiza
tion that depends on donations and its
nearly 400 memberships for funds.
“The board is taking an active role in
raising funds,” Pollitzer said. “We are
trying to keep money going. We have no
ongoing funds.”
Town Council members said they
were enthusiastic about passing the peti
tion.
“I think the museum needs to be
declared a public cultural facility and
certainly needs to get fund-raising,”
Council Member Flicka Bateman said.
“I think it would be nice for them to get
the funding they need from some other
sources.”
Town Council member Lee Pavao
said the museum served an important
role in the presentation of Chapel Hill’s
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“A museum serves two roles,” Pavao
said. “A museum, one, serves in the pre
sentation of the history of Chapel Hill.
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Town reports stated that property
owners in a 1,000-foot radius from the
museum would be notified of a public
forum to be held at the SepL 27 meeting.
“There are certain regulations in res
idential zoning where you can’t do cer
tain events because they are disruptive
to the neighborhood,” Pavao said.
“They are asking to be considered a
public cultural facility. That way they
can hold fund-raisers.”
Some Town Council members say
they expect to hear positive comments
from the public at the forum. Pavao said
the council might vote on the museum
issue at its next meeting.
“I think, essentially, that this is impor
tant to us for the museum’s future,”
Pollitzer said. “We have gotten good
support, but at this point, we are need
ing approval.”
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Town Turns Attention to Trees
The Carrboro Board of
Aldermen approved a
program that supports local
children who plant trees.
By Amanda Cook
Staff Writer
Children will soon have the chance to
leave a lasting mark on Carrboro by
participating in a town-supported
“Adopt a Tree” program.
The Carrboro Board of Aldermen
unanimously passed a proposal Tuesday
that calls for the town to support the
tree-planting program.
Chris Gerry, landscape and grounds
supervisor for Carrboro, said the pro
gram furthered Carrboro’s commitment
to its tide as a “Tree City.”
The initiative also aims to educate
people, especially children, about the
environmental and visual benefits of
planting trees.
“It’s a good way to get environmental
concerns to children,” Gerry said.
The “Adopt a Tree” program focuses
School Board Lawsuit Moves Ahead
By Ryan Stewart
Staff Writer
A lawsuit that pits the right to privacy
against the right to information is mov
ing forward in Orange County.
The suit, which has a research dead
line of Sept. 20, was filed by The News
& Observer of Raleigh and the Chapel
Hill News against the Chapel Hill-
Carrboro Board of Education and the
Carrboro Police Department
Amanda Martin, the N&O’s attorney,
said information released on an investi
gation into a McDougle Middle School
teacher’s conduct was insufficient under
the law.
“What they received did not meet the
law’s requirement,” she said. “There are
two ways that the law has been broken.”
Martin said the issues involved in this
situation had been addressed by previ
ous cases, and the plaintiffs were seeking
injunctions from the courts.
McDougle teacher Ray Fredrick, who
has taught at the school since 1995, was
investigated by Carrboro police after
information suggested that he might
have taken indecent liberties with
minors on a girls’ jump-rope team he
coached.
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on the children of Carrboro who can
adopt the trees and plant them with the
assistance of a parent or guardian in
their own front yards.
The program provides $2,500 in
funding for local residents to plant the
trees.
The funding will be provided
through private donations.
The parents and children will work
together to care for the trees, Gerry said.
“This on-going care project for the
child would show how trees provide a
lessening of the need for energy in the
community,” Gerry said.
The program also educates children
about the chemical process of photo
synthesis using hardwood trees, primar
ily oaks and maples.
The beginning of prime tree-planting
season will be emphasized by an open
ing ceremony on the front lawn of town
hall in October 2000.
“It will be a small ceremony, similar
to the one on Arbor Day, for the chil
dren and their parent or parents or
guardian,” Gerry said.
“Each child at this ceremony would
be given a certificate recognizing the
“Any document created by a
public institution is public
record. But there are
exceptions - this is one of
them. ”
John McCormick
School Board Attorney
Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools
spokeswoman Kim Hoke said the news
papers wanted information contained in
a personnel file, which is protected
under state law.
Although the plaintiffs are not seek
ing the identity of minors involved,
Hoke said it was not acceptable to allow
the privacy of Fredrick to be invaded.
“The school board is arguing for the
right to privacy of the coach and his
family,” Hoke said.
On Sept. 2, Chapel Hill-Carrboro
school officials stated that the evidence
against Fredrick was insufficient to move
forward.
Hoke said Fredrick has since been
reinstated to his teaching position,
although the Bouncing Bulldogs, a non
sponsored jump-rope team he coaches,
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child as a primary caregiver.”
Alderman Allen Spalt said the pro
gram would be well-received in the
community.
“Lots of businesses and individuals
can contribute to make (the program)
into a community project,” Spalt said.
Gerry said most of the funding would
be provided through private sponsors.
“All sponsors would be given some
form of recognition,” he said.
Carrboro Town Manager Robert
Morgan said he didn’t want public
money to go toward a private project,
but would support using the money for
a public program.
“(A potential public program) could
be adopted to also create a canopy of
trees above the smaller trees along the
streets which don’t live as long,”
Morgan said.
Mayor Mike Nelson said he was
enthusiastic about the projecL
“This is a great project ... and I
appreciate the work public works has
put into it”
The City Editor can be reached
at citydesk@unc.edu.
was no longer allowed to practice on the
McDougle campus. The team has con
tinued to practice elsewhere.
The school board’s attorney John
McCormick said the law did not require
that information be released in this man
ner.
“The judge has heard arguments
from both sides,” McCormick said. “He
asked the attorneys to state their case in
writing.”
He said the precedings would be
reconvened after research conducted by
attorneys from both sides was presented
Sept. 20.
“Any document created by a public
institution is public record,” McCormick
said.
“But there are exceptions - this is one
of them.”
McCormick said there were other
ways for interested parties to get infor
mation on this issue besides gaining
access to the school’s personnel files,
which would violate Fredrick’s privacy.
“If they have questions few Mr.
Fredrick, they can make an appointment
and go talk to him.”
The City Editor can be reached
at citydesk@unc.edu.
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