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Thursday, July 6,1995
Freshmen Learn Ropes
At C-TOPS Sessions
BYTRACI CURRIE
STAFF WRITER
C-TOPS, UNC’s freshman orientation
program, is kicking off its 10th summer of
operation this year.
Approximately 3200 freshmen, who are
slated to come to UNC in the fall of 1995,
will attend one of the 9 sessions offered this
summer. The first session was held June 4-
6, C-TOPS itself will run until mid-Au
gust. The last program is reserved for out
of-state students.
Students attending theprogram pay SI 17
for meals, housing, and various programs
designed to help them with the transition
from high school to college.
John Adams, one of two orientation
coordinators, said the programs offered
during the summer were important to new
students who were unfamiliar with UNC.
“(C-TOPS) presents programs about
different aspects of UNC,” he said.
Incoming freshman learn about UNC
Academic Services, University Housing,
Carolina Dining Services and other ser
vices offered on campus.
Parents were also encouraged to attend.
While at C-TOPS, students reside in Cobb
Residence Hall and those parents who
wished to participate in the program were
housed in Joyner Residence Hall.
Most parents said they appreciated the
opportunity to learn more about the school
their child had chosen.
“It has been helpful and it addresses the
concerns that parents have,” said parent
Land Donation Could Help Local Developer
Southern Mage Could Pay
Lower Impact Fees By
Giving Site for New School
BYTANIA SILVIA CALDERON
STAFF WRITER
The Town of Chapel Hill’s dealings
with developer D.R. Bryan have led the
town to acquire some cut-rate property at
bargain prices; but at the same time the
town may have helped Bryan build an
exceptionally appealing housing village by
situating two schools and a park-and-ride
lot within walking distance of the develop
ment.
“It is just a dream for us to have both an
elementary school and a middle school
within walking distance,” said Carol
Selkirk, a Southern Village sales represen
tative. Bryan’s decision to donate six acres
to the county for anew elementary school
might help him negotiate lower impact
fees for the houses he plans to build in
Southern Village.
“My understanding of the impact fee
ordinance is that a developer canpaysome
or all of the impact fees by contributing
land in lieu of cash,” said Matthew Barton,
a Save Our Schools steering committee
member. The current impact fees would
cost Bryan approximately $1.5 million.
Bryansaidin June that hewould donate
the land so the elementary school will be
within the development. Because Grey
Culbreth Middle School is located on the
fringe on the development ’ s northern prop
erty line, the elementary school would make
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Elsha Cromer, mother of incoming
freshman Melissa Cromer, agreed and said
she thought C-TOPS had been very infor
mative and had eased her apprehensions
as much as her daughter’s.
C-TOPS was not without its problems.
Murphey noted that there was a need for
more space. When he attended a special
interest program Monday morning, he said
he and his family wanted to attend three
sessions, but they were unable to do so due
to the lack of space.
“I think it’s a well rounded program, but
it’s not lively enough, ” said Jason Hardin,
an incoming freshman from High Point.
Director of Orientation Shirley Hunter,
assisted by Anita Walton, directs the pro
gram. Adams and Kiely Flanigan act as
orientation coordinators. Eighteeen orien
tation leaders, selected in December, work
more closely with the incoming freshman,
offering tours, answering questions and
easing fears about what the next year may
hold. The orientation leaders have been
training since January and in March at
tended a Regional Orientation Conference
at Clemson University in South Carolina.
C-TOPS began in 1982 as an eight-day
orientation program held before fall classes
began in August. OveT the years it has
turned into a series of two and one-half day
summerprograms. Walton wrote in a short
essay “the program continues to grow and
develop, meeting even more of the needs of
new students, their parents, orientation
leaders and orientation professionals.”
“ We wanted to be good citizens
and contribute to the well
being of the town as well as
our own community
D.R. BRYAN
Developer
the second school within walking distance
for Southern Village’s student population.
Although those six acres will be do
nated, in 1992 the town purchased 6.45
acres from Southern Village to build a park
and ride lot. The county purchased this
land although it owned at leak 28 acres
directly below it.
Although the proposed school lot is
assessed by Orange County tax assessor at
SIB,OOO per acre, Penny Bryant, of the
county’s Land Services division said that
land, although it is valued at one price for
tax purposes, may be worth much more.
She also said Southern Village bought that
land in a 201.69 acre chunk, “so if they sell
it, it will be worth much more than the sum
of its parts.”
Bryan proved this when in 1994 he sold
Copperline Associates Partnership 19.27
acres of Southern Village property, that
has been appraised by the county as worth
$405,300, f0r51.25 million, at an average
of $65,000 an acre.
At that rate, the six acres that Southern
Village is donating, could have been sold
for almost $400,000. However, the 6.45
acres of land Bryan sold to the town for the
park and ride lot, was sold for $145,000.
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Participants in CTOPS "enjoy" lunch at Lenoir Hall during a break in their
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session before beginning school in the fall.
The park and ride lot, whose only entrance
is through Southern Village, sits directly
next to the six acres Bryan is donating.
Local governments have paid $145,000
for a little more than 12 acres of land worth
SBOO,OOO that border Southern Village.
Bryan didn’t offer to donate the park
and ride lot land because he said, “The
benefits were not great enough for us, but
we did sell the land below market value.”
When it came to the sight of the new
school, however, Bryan decided to donate
the land. “We wanted to be good citizens
and contribute to the well being ofthe town
as well as our own community.”
The new elementary school, which will
be located near the U.S. 15-501 and N.C.
54 corridor, will be approximately one
mile from Frank Porter Graham Elemen
tary School. “We anticipate about 400
children from the development,” said
Council Member Lee Pavao.
Bryan was upset by a recent decision by
Orange County to raise impact fees from
$750 to SISOO per new home within the
Chapel HiU-Carrboro school district. “We
moaned and groaned about them because
we didn’t think they were fair,” he said.
Bryan said approximately lOOOunits would
be eligible for the fee.
According to Pavao, the primary pur
pose of these fees was to fund future school
construction. Pavao also said the donation
had not resulted in a waiver of those fees.
“To date, the Commission has not
waived any impact fees, but the possibility
does exist,” said Assistant County Man
ager Rod Visser.
Bryan had not formally requested that
the county waive the impact fees.
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through the fireworks.
One of the fireworks, a simple “rocket”
which echoed a boom throughout the area,
received the majority of attention because
of screaming children until the finale.
The finale, which one spectator said
was “unbelievable” included an incredible
group of fireworks that spurted in various
directions and created many colors. The
crowd rose to its feet as the show ended and
only smoke trails of the color-changing
chrysanthemums, star shells and many
other fireworks remained.
The display this year was put on by
Zambelli Internationale Fireworks Cos.,
who call themselves “The First Family of
Fireworks.” Both Chapel Hill and Carrboro
contributed to the cost of the event, but the
majority is paid by private sponsors.
The crowd, estimated at 15,000, seemed
to enjoy the entire show. They were par
ticularly remarking on the fireworks say
ing “the quality was better.”
Aside from the crackling and fizzling of
the fireworks, the crowd was treated to the
sounds of the Squirrel Nut Zippers and
speeches from the UNC chancellor and the
mayors of Chapel Hill and Carrboro.
Hooker said the event “shows the inti
mate partnership between the University
and both towns.” “We are united to the
town’s well-being,” Hooker said. “We are
in the same boat together.”
Both mayors also remarked on how the
event showed a sense of community and
partnership. “It’s a great community cel
ebration,” said Chapel Hill Mayor Ken
Broun. “It is symbolic of the cooperation
between the three. This event says a lot
about what we are about.”
The fireworks at Kenan Stadium topped
off a day of fun which began in Carrboro
with a parade and other fun activities.
Many people attended both events making
July Fourth a day-long celebration.
“We started in Carrboro this morning
and have ended here,” said Deb Furman,
a resident of Carrboro. “We’ve had fun all
day, and it was great for the kids.”
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Town Seeks to Enact
Stricter Gun Laws
Than Rest of State
BYTANIA CALDERON
STAFF WRITER
The Chapel Hill Town Council sent a
message to the North Carolina General
Assembly about its strict stance on gun
control and the right of a town to self
govern without interference from state of
ficials.
“We want to minimize the use and
accessibility of guns
inChapel Hill. Hav
ing guns available
will make the town
less safe,” said
Chapel Hill Town
Council member
Jim Protzman.
“The second issue
deals with local au
thority of a town
government to regu
late what they feel is
important. If we
want to pass a reso
lution on gun con-
n
Council Member JIM
PROTZMAN says
more gun control will
protect the community.
trol for example, we should be able to.”
The council passed two resolutions June
26. The first asked the General Assembly
to vote against any legislation that would
lift the state’s 100-year-old ban on carrying
concealed weapons and the second asked
that no state law be created that would
preempt present and future local gun con
trol laws which are stronger than state
statutes. “The council from time to time
comments on issues before the general
assembly that they feel are of importance
to the community,” said Town Manager
Cal Horton.
Both these possibilities arise from House
Bill 90 which has been passed through the
Black Employees, Town Argue
Over ‘Watch Dog’ Structure
BY EMILYB. NEWELL
STAFF WRITER
Black town employees who accused the
town of discrimination said they felt they
were making headway after meeting with
town officials last week.
Town officials and members of the Black
Public Works Association, who filed griev
ances against the town June 13, met to list
what they said was a history of racial dis
crimination against town employees and
to decide on a date for their next meeting.
Officials from both sides said they were
pleased with the meeting, but thought more
needed to be done before considering this
matterclosed. “The general atmosphere of
the meeting was good,” said Steve En
gland, a member of the Black Public Works
Association steering committee. “Wecame
out of the meeting making some progress
in that he (Cal Horton) would meet with
us, thus admitting that we have grounds
for our accusations.”
Town Manager Cal Horton wrote in a
letter dated June 29 stating, “the meeting
was productive.”
In addition to the meeting on Wednes
day, Horton met with each group member
representing a different town department.
Through these meetings, Horton devel
oped a plan to put together a committee to
listen to the various grievances.
Members from the BPWA said this plan
had already been established in their meet-
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House, was modified and passed by the
Senate and is now back in the House.
“Prohibiting present and future local
gun control laws from being stronger than
state laws would not allow for the expres
sion of local attitudes and go against the
popular principle of increased local gov
ernmental control," said the lobby group
North Carolinians for Gun Control in a
statement.
One resolution which the council
adopted states “The preemption of local
gun control by the state contradicts the
principle of increasing local control and
ignores the fact that residents in urban
areas are generally favorable toward gun
control.”
Town council members said they hoped
to influence state legislation that might
affect the power of town government.
One resolution states that the town has
the strictest gun control laws in North
Carolina, which reflects the attitudes of the
majority of its citizens. According to cur
rent state statutes, a local ordinance can be
stronger than state laws, but this may
change in the future.
“We hope that people in the General
Assembly will hear an additional voice
and choose not to take action against us,”
said Chapel Hill Town Mayor Ken Broun.
“We feel very strongly that lifting the con
cealed weapons ban is not a good idea.”
Council sent the resolutions to State
Representatives Joe Hackney, D-Orange;
Anne Barnes, D-Orange, and State Sena
tors Teena Little, R-Moore and Fred
Hobbs, D-Orange. Rep. Joe Hackney said
he voted against the bill before he received
the resolutions from the town. Hackney
said, however, that he did agree with many
of the components of the resolutions.
ings by creating a “watch dog” network
within their groups. Horton’s plan would
involve members of the town council in
stead of members of the BPWA, who said
they needed to be involved. “We have
already established a watch dog program;
he (Horton) made it seem as though they
came up with it,” said Greg Thomas, a
BPWA steering committee member.
England said he agreed that while the
meeting had been productive, he resented
the manner in which the town was han
dling the creation of the committee. “He
has concocted his own watch dog group
and made it up out of town council mem
bers; he took our idea and distorted into
something that will not meet our needs,”
England said. “They willstillbein power.”
England said he would like to see the
committee consist of employees to hear
complaints of unjust acts. According to
England the town was incapable of dealing
with grievances fairly.
“Our interests are not at heart, ” he said.
Last Friday Horton wrote the U.S.
Employment Opportunity Commission
and the Department of Labor asking them
to review the town’s policy in order to see
if there was anything to change.
Attorney Ralph Karpinos said that the
town must comply with North Carolina
law. “We cannot participate in collective
bargaining,” he said.
The groups are scheduled to meet again
Monday, July 10.
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