2 Thursday, May 30,1996 JJR FROM PAGE 1 Most of the new buildings will be within a five minute walk of each other, Christman said. Christman said surface parking would not be prevalent in the Mason Farm tract. Instead, a five story parking deck will be built to accommodate 1100 cars. Chapel Hill Town Council member Joe Capowski said he was quite pleased with the idea of a parking deck versus standard surface parking lots. Capowski said he was also pleased that one-third of the Parker property, including environmentally sensitive wetlands, was set aside as protected land. “The termination of the drainage sew ers is 2400 feet from the wetlands through land that is very heavily wooded. Fifty three acres of the area will be developed,” Christman said. “The thought is that you could still develop one unit per five acres. This would preserve a larger area.” The fate of the Horace Williams tract, a satellite University campus, was also dis cussed last Wednesday. JJR Representa tive Dick Rigterink said the major changes from the previous set of plans to the current one for the development dealt with trans portation issues. Rigterink said the maximum number of car trips per day the development could handle would be 45,000. He said other forms of transportation, such as mass tran sit, should be stressed to keep to this num ber. To encourage other forms of transpor tation, the campus will also be internally linked by bicycle and pedestrian paths, Rigterink said. He said the plans also con tain a transit corridor which can be up dated with future technology to accommo date newer transportation modes. JJR representative George Alexious outlined other transportation possibilities. “We support a mixed use of transporta tion activities —bicycles, internal shuttles and transit," Alexious said. “The connec tion between the development and central campus is crucial to how much can be done here.” Rigterink said while there were many different possibilities for connecting main campus to the satellite campus, the ulti mate decision rested with Orange County. “We believe the three parties should come together to figure out how the main Drive-by Shooting Suspect Waives Right to Hearing BYJON WILLIAMS STAFF WRITER A suspect in the drive-by shooting fol lowing the April 14GreekFreakStepShow waived his right to a preliminary hearing Friday. Plimpton Lee Robinson is expected to be indicted June 10 on charges of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill and driving while under the influence. The preliminary hearing Robinson waived Friday was meant to establish that he had legal counsel. 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Hooker acknowledged the role of alco hol during fraternity rush as a means to socialize that distracts students from get ting “academically grounded.” Pledging a fraternity during fall rush begins days after students arrive on cam pus. “When freshmen come in and are sub jected to the pressures of fraternity rush in the first weeks of school, it probably sends an inappropriate message about the impor tance of social acceptance to success at Chapel Hill,” he said. Hooker informed the board that he is considering delaying rash until spring se mester. He plans to discuss the matter with Ron Binder, director of Greek Affairs. Mary Bushnell, vice-chair of the Chapel Hill-Canboro School Board, said the new impact fees would generate about $850,000 a year, while capital construction costs hover around $54 million. Though the impact fees might not sup ply the major source of funding, they still provide an integral portion. “Wecouldnot have opened McDougle Middle School without $716,000 generated from impact fees,” Bushnell said. Bushnell said the commissioners should look at increasing the number of refunds for impact fees to certain non-profit organi zations that build houses, such as Habitat for Humanity. “Public works, the bus garage and ani mal protection are out there, ” he said. “We were worried that we would lose that lease in 2001 and have to find another place in town. It’s not glamorous, but it’s very im portant.” Pavao said both plans pleased him greatly. He said he believed co-operation between the parties was the key to the development’s success. “If you were to say I was extremely pleased, it would not be an exaggeration.” “I will not proclaim a policy until talk ing with him, but in my judgment (this) is something we should do, and I will have to be persuaded otherwise,” Hooker said. Fraternity members are divided on the issue of delaying rush, although most are against it. Sophomore Olaf Zerbock said he thinks it will have negative effects on the fraterni ties by limiting the number of students joining. He also said it will be harmful to the students. “They wouldn’t have time to look around the fraternity and decide what’s best for them. Since many people don’t pledge first semester, they would rush into it with only one opportunity.” Matthew Barton said the county should put aside about $50,000 to use for such rebates. Other citizens felt the impact fees were unfair. Chapel Hill home owner Linda Mews said, “New construction does not impact the schools. Children do. ” She sug gested taxing residents for the number of children in their households, similar to including pets in property tax appraisals.“lliat’d be a true impact tax,” she said. She also suggested a transfer tax whenever property changes hands to get a broader tax base. Other voices were raised for a broader tax base. Wayne Parrish, a member of the (Eljr Sally aar Hrrl BUDGET FROM PAGE 1 Senators Fountain Odom, D- Mecklenburg; Tony Rand, D-Cumberland; Leslie Winner, D-Mecklenburg; Clark Plexico, D-Henderson and Senate Presi dent Pro Tempore Marc Basnight, D-Dare were among the names Nelson highlighted as being supportive to the University. Student Government Co-Chair for the Committee for State Relations Canie Heise said the next step was to target those people who have not stepped forward as support ers of the school system. “We really want to educate the mem bers of the General Assembly as to the needs of the University,” she said. “Some people were very supportive and had the same ideas we do. Some people were on the opposing side. A few don’t know any thing about it.” Student government members are also trying to educate students. Kraft said the GPSF was specifically targeting graduate students to get them involved. In order to interest graduate students in the budget process, student leaders are creating information flyers explaining the budget and the effects funding cuts will have on them. “Graduate students can expect to re ceive flyers in their mailboxes next week,” Nelson said. “We’ll also try to contact them through e-mail.” Undergraduate support is also crucial to the effort, Nelson said. “We need to make undergraduates un derstand how critically important gradu ate students are to the institution, ’’ he said. President of the Association of Student Governments John Dervin said ASG would also be concentrating heavily on publicizing graduate student issues across the state’s 16 UNC-system institutions. “This is not just going to be a Chapel Hill thing.” he said. “And it can’t be.” Executive Branch Legislative Member Mo Nathan said graduate students were vital to the University. “We attract grants because of the qual ity of our graduate students,” Nathan said. Grants are important in terms of institu tional ranking and in attracting quality professors and graduate research assistants, he said. In turn, these grants benefit the state. Nathan said, “For every $1 invested in research at UNC, $3 is returned to the state.” Nelson said Student Govemmentwould be offering many opportunities for stu dents interested in affecting the outcome of the budget. “We’ll be Pit-sitting next week and we’ll have information about how people can contact their representatives,” he said. “We’ll also be making more trips to Raleigh later in the week to make our presence known. We encourage everyone who is interested to come with us.” Nelson said that if students were unable to go to Raleigh, they could come by Suite C in the Union or make a two minute phone call that could be just as valuable. “Students can reach the General As sembly telephone directory at (919) 733- 4111.” Home Builders’ Association said, “A broad-based funding source is better than a narrow one. ” He suggested a half-cent sales tax that would generate $3 million from everyone’s pockets. Residents said more was at stake than money. Builder Ron Webber said many sub-contractors would feel adverse effects. Greg Isenhour, a home builder, said the impact fee would push Chapel Hill farther away from its goals of affordable housing. “Perhaps the rhetoric about affordable housing is just that rhetoric,” he said. 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