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The Daily Tar Heel Wednesday, October 5, 19885 "Business Most business- owners OEC downtown, revitalization tax By KATHRYNETOVO Staff Writer A new proposal that would increase taxes for downtown building owners to raise money for downtown revitalization has produced generally .favorable reactions among local ;bwners. If approved, the proposal would create a municipal service district in the downtown areas of Chapel Hill and Carrboro. The building owners, in this district would pay an addi tional tax which would he used for . downtown improvements. Karninos said municinal service .districts are created if a city deter- . mines that an area is in need of ..additional services. The money generated by the tax s is used exclusively to provide a higher level of service in the district, he said. The local government in a muni- . cipal service district determines how the money will be spent, but the N.C. General Statutes cite improvements in parking, traffic and transportation as appropriate uses for the additional revenue, Karpinos said. The tax can be applied toward any service which will help to promote the economic health of the district, including street festivals and markets, Karpinos said. Joe Hakan, chairman of the Down town Chapel Hill-Carrboro Commis sion, said the money would be used to fund different projects for the - ;downtown revitalization program. If the town approves the additional . tax, an annual or semi-annual meet- - ing would be held to inform down . town building owners how the money is being spent, Hakan said. The commission anticipates the budget for the revitalization program .'will be between $100,000 and $125,000 per year, he said. The program received more than $100,000 in public and private dona- Downtown: A Changing Scene tions this year, but members of the commission hope the program can be funded in the future through the creation of the municipal service district. " Bob Julian, owner of Logos Book store and a member of the downtown commission, said revitalization began because the commission was looking for ways to save the downtown. "There are a lot of people shopping in town but not buying," Julian said. "If we don't watch out, Franklin Street will be nothing but bars and restaurants." Chapel Hill Mayor Jonathan Howes said although stores do not stay vacant very long in downtown Chapel Hill and Carrboro, there has been less variety among the busi nesses in recent years. Julian attributed the problems of the downtown area to the perceived parking shortage and to the increase of student apartments on the out skirts of town. "There are not as many students walking along the streets as there once were," he said. Hakan said the downtown com mission recently hired two directors to lead the revitalization effort, and part of the budgeted money will cover the $36,000 salary they share. Chuck Helpingstine, owner of Johnny T-Shirt, said although he supports revitalization, he does not understand why individual owners should be taxed for something that will benefit the town and the Uni versity as a whole. Helpingstine said while his business in the past few years has not decreased, it has not increased greatly, either. Carolina Students' Credit Union Rates SHARE CERTIFICATE RATES 30-89 Days 6.500 simple 90-179Days 7.2527.521 180-269 Days 7.760 8.068 270-364 Days 7.770 8.079 365 Days 8.170 8.512 Compounding is daily. Rates subject to change daily. Longer terms are negotiable, as are amounts of $10,000 or more. LOAN RATES Share Secured 10.00 Co-Signer 13.00 Travel 16.00 Rates subject to change daily. CSCU is not affiliated with UNC-CH. Elections from page 1 unopposed. The seat in District 6 was filled by , a write-in candidate, James Taylor, . .who won with 38 votes. His oppo nents were Adam Wilson, Jim Wnght and Jonathan Williams. Wilson received seven votes, and Wright and '.Williams each received one. District 6 is a graduate district that represents ; students in the schools of Medicine and Nursing. Two write-in candidates tied, with one vote each, in District 7. This was ' the only district not certified Tuesday nieht anH elrtinn hnarH nfflrialc will check with Erik McMillan and Tom Elliott to determine their inter est. Graduate students in Public Health and related fields are repres ented in this district. District 8 will be represented by Sonia Abecassis, a graduate student representing Languages, Linguistics; Library Science, Philosophy and Religious Studies. Danielle Adams won the seat in District 11, representing Granville Towers, with 25 votes. Her two opponents, Archie Barnes, and Amy Sheppard, received 13 votes and one vote, respectively. The seat in District 14 was filled by Caroline Pham, who received 154 votes. Pham represents students in STOW Residence College. Her only non-write-in opponent was John Lindsay, with 43 Votes. She had nine write-in opponents. John Lomax will represent District 15, Ehringhaus. He - received 126 votes. His opponents Alan Davidson and Jason Kelly received 22 and 14 votes, respectively. Two seats in District 16, which consists of Morrison, Craige and Hinton James, were filled by Nick Kontogeorgopoulos, with 103 votes, and Michael Archey, with 90 votes. Their three official opponents were Mark Garrison, with 26 votes; Eli zabeth Mills, with 28 votes; and Stephen Miss, with 46 votes. There were eight write-in opponents. District 18 will be represented by write-in candidate Scott Hardin, with three votes. All undergraduates living southeast of the intersection of Franklin and Columbia Streets are included in this district. Six write-in opponents had one vote each. Jill Gilbert won the seat in District 19, with 40 votes. Gilbert represents students living southwest of the intersection of Franklin and Colum bia Streets. Her official opponents were Greg Camp, with 23 votes; Rodney Honeycutt, with 10 votes; and Paige Dembicks, with 5 votes. She had four write-in opponents. PERSONALIZED WOMEN'S HEALTH CARE Our private practice offers confidential care including: Birth Control Free Pregnancy Tests Relief of menstrual cramps Abortion (to 20 weeks) Gynecology . Breast Evaluation PMS Evaluation & Treatment VISA I TRIANGLE WOMEN'S HEALTH CENTER "We are doing well, but average, not spectacular," he said. "The rents are skyrocketing, and is difficult to stay in business in this town." Helpingstine cited the UNC Stu dent Stores as a major competitor with downtown businesses. "They take so much business away from the town," he said. "They should go back . to being a book supplier and leave the T-shirts, computers and greeting cards to the downtown merchants." Mickey Ewell, owner of Spanky's, said he would support the tax if it went directly into revitalizing the downtown area. One downtown Chapel Hill mer chant who requested anonymity expressed strong opposition to the proposal. "We are burdened with enough taxes right now, and it is not fair to tax one section of town and not the other," he said. "I have no objection to revitalization now that it has begun, but I have not noticed a decrease in the amount of business in recent years." mm? PRESCREENING COMPANIES Date , Company Job Major 103188 American Greetings Corp. ' " 103188 First Atlanta Accounting ACCTBS ' 103188 NCR Corporation Sales BUBS ;ECONBA;COMPBS 103188 NCR Corporation-USDPS Div. GMgt. BUBS; ACCTBS 103188 NCR-Business Forms Div. Sales ANYB A.BS 103188 Princeton Information Prog. 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