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Spending cuts sought
Chapel Tim
plains progress
By ELAINE McCLATCHEY
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Negotiation with banda to play for the spring Chapel Thrill con
cert is expected to begin next month if the budget and plans made
by the committee are approved by- the Campus Covering Council,
Student Body President ,Scott Norberg said this week.
"Early cooperation is hopefully going to put us where we can
pre-schedule a band rather than trying to talk a band into adding
Chapel Hill into their schedule," Norberg said, adding that he
hoped this would give the committee more selections.
Chapel Thrill, an annual concert first held -in 1979, was can
celed last year because of problems with finding a band.
The Chapel Thrill budget is being readied for review by the CGC
Finance Committee in the next few weeks, Norberg said. Chapel
Thrill Chairman Wes Wright is looking into a few more ways to trim
the budget before the presentation, he said.
The committee will request $125,000 to invest into the concert,
which is the total amount of funds in the general surplus.
"It's such a big budget; there are so many large costs that we've
been going back and back again to find every corner we can cut,"
Norberg said. "We need to reserve every dollar we can to be able
to spend as much money on contracting the bands as we can."
Norberg said he had asked Wright to go back over the costs such
as food, lights, sound and other band production expenses to com
pare how much high-caliber bands usually request.
One area in which Wright was able to save this year was in the
cost of T-shirts.
"The last Chapel Thrill, we spent $3,000 to buy 2,000 T-shirts
that raised about $9,000 in income," Norberg said. , . '
"This year, we've been able to find twp businesses to co-sponsor
the cost of the T-shirts, which means we won't have to pay for any
of it."
Some costs have gone up, including electricity and the cost of
bands, he said.
Norberg said he had also been reconsidering the process of work
ing with CGC.sHe said the professionals who helped with putting
on the concert had complained in the past that CGC approval dur
ing crucial steps of the negotiating process hampered the work.
"I want to find out just how real those problems are," Norberg
said.
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By RICHARD FLYNN
DTH Surf Writer
The Chapel Hill Planning Board en
dorsed by a 6-1 vote a request by Wen
dy's Old Fashioned Hamburgers for a
special-use permit to build a drive-in
window at its Scarlette Drive restau
rant near U.S. 15-501.
Following Tuesday night's Planning
Board vote, the request will go to the
Chapel Hill Town Council for a public
hearing. Monday.
, This is the second request submitted
by Wendy's to obtain a drive-in win
dow at the Scarlette Drive location.
The first was denied in May 1979 be
cause of town policy against any type
of drive-in windows for restaurants.
Planning Board Chairman Roscoe
Reeve, who cast the only dissenting
vote, said that the Town Council had
gradually persuaded the Planning
Board to change its policy.
If the Wendy's request is approved,
the existing policy against windows
will not be much good because "there
wouldn't be much teeth to it," he said.
Reeve's main concern with the ap
proval is that a drive-in will discourage
the pedestrian-oriented community
the town is trying to develop.
The result, Reeve said would be
strip development several single
businesses instead of a shopping cen
ter, the latter being perferable because
it would facilitate more convenience
for pedestrians and less conflict be
tween people and cars.
"(With strip development), it's im
possible to avoid conflicts between pe
destrians and cars," Reeve said.
"There are inherent safety problems
in that situation."
Attorney Douglas Hargrave, agent
for the holders of the Wendy's fran
chise, said there would be no concern
about the impact of the window be
cause the restaurant is not located in
the crowded central business district.
Lewi ffle for town board
EPrakeford to run again
By KAREN HAYWOOD
DTH Staff Writer
Carrboro Mayor Robert W. Drakeford
has announced that he will seek a third
two-year term in what he said could be an
exciting election Nov. 3.
Drakeford said ? decided to run for
re-election for three reasons.
There is a great need for continuity in
the office of mayor, he said. Although
much has been accomplished in Carrboro,
"there are a lot of things that still have to
be done." Drakeford also said that he
thought he could still benefit the town.
"I have a record that you can shoot at,
good or bad," he said.
Drakeford was on the Carrboro Board
of Aldermen from 1975 to 1977 before
being elected mayor.
Drakeford referred to charges that
Carrboro was facing a funding crisis as
"overblown political rhetoric by people
who have (used) all kinds of scare tactics
in the past."
"I don't think we're facing a funding
crisis," he said. "In many ways, Carrboro
is one of the most healthy towns in the
Southeast."
The town has had a series of unexpected
expenses this year, he said.
Drakeford said that Carrboro needed
to broaden its tax base, which is small for
a town of Carrboro's size.
That Carrboro has had only two tax in
creases in six years is evidenccof fiscal re
sponsibility, Drakeford said, adding that
the Board of Aldermen needed to consider
inflation more often when deciding on tax
increases."
If there is a tax increase next year, it
will probably not be the size of the increase
enacted with the 1981-1982 budget that
began July 1, he said.
Drakeford also said he had encouraged
student and minority input on town boards
and committees.
Eighty percent pf the town's population
lives in rental property, including students,
faculty and University staff, he said.
Although Carrboro's permanent resi
dents do not always understand, "those
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By KAREN HAYWOOD
DTH Staff Writer
Sonya Lewis, a member of the Carrboro
planning board, announced Wednesday,
her intention to seek a seat on the Carr
boro Board of Aldermen in the Nov. 3
election.
"I am very concerned about the Asso
ciation for a Better Carrboro," said Lewis,
a Carrboro Community Coalition mem
ber. "They are a threat to the bus system.
"Their talk about making the bus sys-'
tern pay for itself sounds great, but what
students may not realize is they will (either)
end up paying an exorbitant amount fpr a
bus pass or for a taxi to get to campus."
The Association wants to cut services,
but Carrboro does not have "enough ser
vices to be reduced," she said.
Lewis said she opposed tax increases,
but that as a Coalition member she was
fully committed to maintaining a strong
public transportation system.
She said she was also concerned with
maintaining Carrboro's parks and recrea
tion program and bikeway system.
Instead of increasing taxes, Carrboro
should increase its tax base through plan
ned and coordinated development, Lewis
said.
She also said her first emphasis would
be representing student interests, that she
had received enthusiastic support from
student groups and that she would en
courage students to vote.
Lewis is on the watershed task force
and said she was also active in Carrboro
parks and recreation programs.
Lewis graduated from UNC in 1981
with a bachelor's degree in biology.
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In addition to student support, Lewis
said she hoped to have an endorsement
from the coalition.
Robert Drakeford
(University-related residents) are the peo
ple who are paying the bills," he said.
Drakeford said he wanted to thank the
Board of Aldermen and the town's pro
fessional staff for its help.
"It's not just Bob Drakeford; it's a
team of people," he said.
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