2 Thursday, May 23, 2002 Money Holds Up Town, Not Traffic Bv Jon Dougherty City Editor “Show us the money.” Carrboro town attorney Michael Brough’s comment during Tuesday’s Board of Aldermen meeting may have been in jest, but the sentiment carried the evening. Of the issues brought to the board’s attention, everything from communica tion towers to speed bumps to infill reg ulations, all of the discussions included consideration of money. Besieged by budget cuts and short falls, the state and local governments have all tightened their belts, and the Board of Aldermen members had no problem reminding their constituents of this fact. “We can kick in for a SSO stop sign but not a $1,500 speed bump,” Mayor Mike Nelson said in reference to Williams Wood and Wexford residents asking for traffic calming devices in their neighborhoods. “We just don’t have any money.” Stephanie Padilla of 103 Autumn Drive said the board doesn’t have the luxury of claiming financial difficulty. “You built the straight roads there, now you have to find ways to control the speeds. Sorry,” she said. To combat the lack of funds for traffic calming improvements, the board debated the merits of allowing the resi dents to help fund the effort to slow the traffic in the neighborhoods. Alderman Joal Broun said she is philosophically opposed to the idea. 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We have the same definitions of them that were written over 20 years ago,” he said. “At that time, these were places to get gas, your tires changed and your engine tuned. Now they’re all convenience stores." On a related note, Foy detailed spe cific changes in the works for regulating the size of service stations located north of Estes Drive. “We would like to go from a 20,000 square foot code allowance to 10,000,” Foy said. “Yes, we are looking to downsize these facilities dramatically. This is a small town.” In addition to talks about downsizing, the council discussed local active streams in Chapel Hill and their desig nation in relation to the town’s overall stormwater management approach. “They should be all identified as either intermittent or perennial and have consis tent standards applied to them,” Foy said. The council also brought up a set of stormwater regulations modeled after neighboring governments’ legislation. Page, president of the Graduate and Professional Student Federation. “(Support) coming from undergradu ates - the people who benefit the most from TAs -1 think that’s important,” he said. Rebecca Williford, student body sec retary, said the new executive branch officials tried to organize a barbecue when it became apparent that the pre vious administration was not going to be able to sponsor one. But she said the officers were unable to put together a barbecue on short notice and that she was grateful when someone from student affairs approached her and asked if they would like to include the TAs in the division’s “Chapel Hill should adopt regulations equivalent to the Carrboro or Durham rules,” Foy said. “The criteria for water sheds of less than 50 acres used by Carrboro should be considered.” Each council meeting on the devel opment ordinance was followed by a public question-and-answer session, which took place the evening after each meeting. Residents were given the chance to ask any relevant questions regarding the previous night’s discussion on the ordinance. The first draft of the development ordinance was prepared in spring 2001. Reviewed by citizens and the adviso ry board, a public hearing then pushed it to the door of the Town Council and ultimately led to its decision to invest additional time on the draft. In the earlier stages of getting the draft off the ground Foy commented, “The development ordinance is the writ ten guide for what ultimately becomes the physical environment of the town.” The City Editor can be reached at citydesk@unc.edu. picnic. Sue Kitchen, dean of student affairs, said she decided to include TAs in a pic nic her office was planning after reading that their annual barbecue had to be canceled. “It just seemed like a natural thing to do - to enlarge the event to include TAs," she said. Page said he was grateful to Kitchen and Chimi Boyd, assistant director of the Campus Y, for including TAs in the barbecue. He said it was a symbol of recognition and appreciation from the administration. Page said that although classes were already over, many TAs were still in town and able to attend the barbecue. Williford, who spoke briefly at the picnic to thank the TAs for all their hard work, said at least 50 TAs were in atten dance. “I was so happy that so many people come at the last minute,” she said. Williford said the barbecue is an important tradition that gives students a chance to thank the TAs. “We need to make sure that all their hard work does not go unnoticed." Williford said the Human Relations Committee of the executive branch, the group responsible for the organizing the TA barbecue, has already begun mak ing plans for next year’s festivities. “This is just our way of saying, ‘Thanks, we made it through.’” The University Editor can be reached at udesk@unc.edu. 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Before coming to the University she was a reporter for local papers. Raleigh Street Closed For Renovations The UNC Department of Public Safety announced that the portion of Raleigh Street between Franklin Street and South Road will be closed from May 21 to Aug. 16. Also, the traffic patterns on Country Club Road between Raleigh Street and Battle Lane will be altered. The road closings are part of an ongoing construction project to replace the hot water pipes to North Campus residence halls. Dean of Education School to Step Down Madeleine Grumet, dean of the School of Education, announced that she will step down from her position at the end of her five-year term in June 2003. Provost Robert Shelton said he will begin the search for anew dean after he collects input from faculty in the educa tion school. He said he hopes to have anew dean in place by next summer so that the school does not experience a gap in leadership. CAPS to Make Move To Craige for Summer Counseling and Psychological Service at UNC-Chapel Hill will tem porarily relocate for the summer of 2002 while renovations are made to the department’s regular location. CAPS staff will move into temporary offices in Craige Residence Hall on South Campus during the week of May 20. They will return to their normal offices on the third floor of the Student Health Services Building during the week of August 12. The CAPS phone number, 966- 3658, and office hours, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, will remain the same. go to dailytarheel.com ■ UNC Tops List for Recruiting Minority Faculty ■ By Denise Glover ■ Baseball Closes Season at Third Place in ACC ■ Staff Report £u Bn ?K 1 E In