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4The Daily Tar HeelWednesday, January 18, 1984 Traffic access solved for Colony Lake By DEBORAH SIMPKINS Surf Writer Colony Lake, a 351-unit con dominium development, moved a step closer to becoming a reality Monday night following & three-hour public hearing before the Chapel Hill Town Council. ! The development, which would be built on 70 acres of land between University Heights and Colony Woods neighborhoods on Old Durham Road, was proposed in ;June but had since been removed twice from council con sideration for 'revisions by the developer, Carolina Communities of Durham. j The most recent revisions of the development, revealed at Monday's hearing, largely removed previous public opposition, which focused on traffic problems. : The developer how proposes a loop road, Standish Drive, connecting Old Durham Road to Legion Road, thereby providing two main traffic accesses. In addition, the developer proposes to improve Old j Durham Road, in cluding the Scarlette Road intersection near Hardee's. Carolina Communities representative John Mc Adams said the upgrading would ''remove the incentive to cut through University Heights to avoid Old Durham Road." Anne B. Fleming, representative for University Heights' residents, said the group opposed the original Legion Road extension but supported the new plan. ! "We are pragmatic," she said. "The developer has a right to develop the pro perty as zoned and will develop even tually. (We think) it is a good plan with good buffers," Fleming said. Upon completion, the development, which originally called for 371 units, would include a lake, two softball fields, tennis courts and pedestrian trails. McAdams said the lake in Colony Lakes would provide rural beauty and serve as a storage hold for rainstorm water. However, the location of the lake, behind Fountain Ridge Road residential homes, prompted council member Jonathan Howes to comment because of the lake's description as a "high hazard small dam." McAdams said the term was a technical classification by the state because residential areas are located downstream. The significance of the description, he said, was that the design regulations would allow the earth dam to withhold a severe storm, usually experienced once in 100 years. In addition, Gordon Brown, attorney for the developer, said Colony Lake would carry mandatory insurance coverage which would re quire regularly scheduled inspections of the dam. But Mayor Joe Nassif stated that although the developers can "assure us the dam will be designed well, they can't assure us they actually will construct it well." Council member R.D. Smith, also concerned about the lake, asked the developers that child safety measures would be built. In addition to the dam, Pine Knoll Stables was of concern to some citizens and council members. The stables, which have operated for more than 40 years, have leased 28 of the soon-to-be-developed acres for almost 30 years. If Colony Lake is developed as it stands revised, only 60 feet will separate the riding ring area from a housing unit in the northeast section. The proposed Standish Drive in the development will lie 300 feet from Pine Knoll property. One owner of the stables,. Gwyri Swanson, requested an appropriate buf fer for the area. ( Recognizing the potential problem, Smith said, "It only takes one spooked horse to kill a child or a rider. I think we have a responsibility to the stables." Pine Knoll Stables is a riding school, that currently houses 20 horses. Following Monday night's hearing, the project could be scheduled for final approval at next week's Jan. 27 council meeting. In other action, the council referred to the manager discussion from a public hearing on the expansion of a Wachovia branch bank at University Mall. The plan calls for additional office space, additional safe deposit boxes, a meeting room, a Teller II workroom, and new restrooms which meet han dicap code regulations. An existing rear sidewalk will be removed and replaced with seven parking spaces for compact cars after the expansion. Center offers support to women By LAUREN BROWN Staff Writer In a corner of a modest, white, wood frame house at 406 W. Rosemary St., the Orange County Women's Center offers help to women through educational pro grams, support groups, and information and referral services. The Center is one of three non-profit organizations in a building collectively named The Women's Resource Center and operates on a small employee scale because of limited funding. "There are Vi of us," said Darlene Wells, who is employed as the Women's Center's full-time director. Her office manager Jean Parker puts in 20 hours per week. , '' Although the Women's Center has managed to survive through periodic financial strains since its founding in 1979, there was a real crisis in 1982 when the center nearly folded. However, an anonymous donor contributed a $20,000 challenge fund, which the Center match ed, and this funding provided for a reor ganization of the agency. "That sort of initial survival-revival ef fort is part of what enables us to be operating right now," Wells said. The Women's Center relies on money from community contributions and mem bership as well as grants from the towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro and private industry sources, Wells said. Volunteers are an important part. They lead support groups that deal with areas ranging from divorce, legal matters and job searches to dissertations, taxes and cardiac patients. "These women are essentially volunteers; they are professional women in the community that have their own full-time jobs or private practices, but are interested in contributing something to women in the area," Wells said, noting that nearly all of these volunteers have their master's degrees in business ad ministration, master's of social work or other degrees. While some support groups offered by the Women's Center are free, others are $5 a session for members and $6 a session for non-members. Scholarships are issued on request if a woman can't afford a pro gram, Wells said. While Wells has been director at the Women's Center for only three months, she has several new goals and aspirations for the agency. "Eventually I hope to have a legal hotline set up through the Women's Center, which is simply a number to call to reach an attorney who can answer basic questions about the law," Wells said. Other changes she strives for are finan cial stability and a wider variety of pro grams and support groups for women of different incomes, ages, and needs. "I want to have something here for everyone if you need it you can find it at the Women's Center - that's one of the goals I have," Wells said. One of the most important parts that people in the community can play in the Women's Center is that of keeping the agency informed on particular problems or needs of the area, Wells said. "To me, the most rewarding thing is the people interaction and seeing women gain information and resources that can help them get what they want in life," Wells said. Gubernatorial forum to be held at UNC University Mall to renovate, expand By KATHERINE SCHULTZ Staff Writer i University Mall, celebrating its 10th birthday this year, will be undergoing a number of changes in 1984. The mall is adding and expanding several stores and closing some existing establishments. Butler Shoes, Casual Corner, Craft Village and Undercover already have moved out after the expiration of their leases on Dec. 31. George Weinbrenner, mall . manager, said the mall was negotiating for several new stores. "We'll definitely have a toy and hobby shop and a one-hour photo center," he said. Weinbrenner said that a consulting firm, Howard Green and Associates, was hired to study the mall's demographics and possible marketing strategies. "We are. looking for a tenant mix which is more -viable in today's market," said Weinbrenner. "We have'a lot to compete with: Northgate, South Square, and the Burlington outlet malls." Weinbrenner said the study revealed that much of University Mall's business should be geared toward the white-collar sector. "A lot of our- customers are students, professors and doctors, accord ing to this study," he said. Other changes at the mall include the ex- i $20,000 Scholarships: A Valuable Scholarship. 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"We aren't sure what we will do because we are still setting our an nual calendar," he said. The mall's marketing director, Sherri Ontjes, will direct the activities associated with the anniversary, Weinbrenner said. ... r By TOM CONLON Staff WritetiS A forum for Democratic candidates for governor will be the highlight of the N.C. Federation of College Democrats' winter seminar Saturday in the Carolina Union. The seminar, scheduled to run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., also will include workshops, discussions and receptions for other Democratic candidates for statewide offices. "The purpose of the day is to get college students and Democrats ready to fight election battles in 1984," said Harry Kaplan, president of UNC Young Democrats. "I think college students can be the wild-card in the 1984 elections. I think both parties have not taken students seriously because we haven't been active, but I think that's changing now as Young Demo crats are growing statewide and nationally." 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