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Proposed
lease was smoking Gun NCA&T/UNCG Joint
Millennial Campus was not designated |
UNC
System General Administration is not
a constituent university in the UNC
System. The Millennial Campus
Statue does
not provide for the The Board of
Governors to designate a General
Administration NC G. S.: 116-198.34.
(8b) Joint Millennial Campus. UNC
Policy Manual 600.1.3 limits the
President to acquisition of Real
Property to $25,000 or less without
Board of Governors approval and any
proposal involving the acquisition
or disposition by the institution of
any interest in real property shall
be recommended by the Board of
Trustees. |
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Erskine
Bowles UNC System
Acquisition of Real
Property by lease P0-1
dated March 13, 2006 for
the purpose of
establishing a Joint
Millennial Campus for
North Carolina A&T |
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State
University and The
University of North
Carolina
Greensboro. Proposed
Lease unequivocal
extinguished UNC Board
of Governors alleged
Joint Millennial Campus
- North Carolina A&T
State University
and the University of
North Carolina
Greensboro - false
claim Oct. 10, 2003
designation of the
Central School of the
Deaf reallocated to the
Board of Governors and
75-acre parcel on NCA&T
farmland as Joint
Millennial Campus. |
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Universities Chancellors Dr.
Patricia Sullivan and Dr. James
Renick signed off on Articles
of Incorporation of Nonprofit
Greensboro Center for Innovative
Development, as
Natural persons, August 6, 2003, over
18 years old. NCA&T
and UNCG Chancellors, etc. |
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Millennial Campus Statue] §
116-198.34. General powers of Board
of Governors.
The Board may exercise any one or
more of the following powers: (1) To
determine the location and character
of any project or projects, and to
acquire, construct, and provide the
same, and to maintain, repair, and
operate, and to
enter into contracts for the
management, lease, use, or operation
of all or any portion of any project
or projects and any existing
facilities. |
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Notwithstanding
Erskine Bowles
General
Administration
submission of
Acquisition of
Real Property
PO-1, dated March
16, 2006,
to Department of
Administration,
State Property
Office for the
purpose to
establish Joint
Millennial
Campus for NCA&T
and UNCG;
claiming this
action has been
approved by
NCA&T and UNCG
Board of
Trustees. |
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The Bowles
Administration May
2006,
recommended
approval of UNC
BOG document
Lease of Joint
Millennial
Campus – North
Carolina A&T
State University
and The
University of
North Carolina
at Greensboro,
containing known
false claim:
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The Board of
Governors
approved,
the
designation
of the land
(formerly
the Central
School for
the Deaf)
reallocated
to the Board
of Governors
by the 2003
Session of
the General
Assembly and
a 75-acre
parcel of
land
currently
comprising a
portion of
the NCA&T
State
University
Farm as a
Joint
Millennial
Campus,
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Now, the
Boards of
Trustees of
NCA&T and
UNCG are
requesting
permission
to execute a
ground lease
of the land
and existing
improvements
for the
Joint
Millennial
Campus to
the
Greensboro
Center for
Innovative
Development,
a
jointly-controlled
and
jointly-funded
501(c) (3)
entity that
will
administer
the
educational,
research,
and economic
development
mission of
the Joint
Millennial.
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Response to Public Record Request
from the State Property Office
NCA&T/UNCG Bogus Joint Millennial
Campus Greensboro Center for
Innovative Development, rename
Gateway Research Park, Inc.,
development timeline unambiguous
indicated no NCA&T/UNCG Joint
Millennial Campus was designated
Oct. 10, 2003. |
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UNC-G August
31, 2006 Action
Item: Master Plan
for the South Campus
of the Greensboro
Center for
Innovative
Development, the
Joint Millennial
campus of UNCG and
NC A&T
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The University
of North Carolina at
Greensboro Board of
Trustees Business
Affairs Committee
August 31, 2006 Action
Item: Master Plan
for the South Campus
of the Greensboro
Center for
Innovative
Development, the
Joint Millennial
campus of UNCG and
NC A&T was
considered two month
after May Board of
Governors approval
of Lease of alleged
Joint Millennial
Campus and three month
before alleged Lease
of Joint Millennial
Campus was
considered by the
Council of State.
Chancellor Sullivan
introduced John
Merrill, Director of
the GCID, and gave a
short history of the
Joint Millennial
Campus to the new
members of the Board
of Trustees. John
presented a power
point presentation
of findings of the
consultant firm
working on the
Master Plan for the
campus. John Merrill
then requested
approval from this
Board of the Master
Plan for the South
Campus of the JMC
(75 acres adjacent
to the NC A&T Farm).
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August 31,
2006 Action
Item Background
Information says "
In January
2006, a ground
Lease was
approved and
recommended for
approval by the
Board of
Governors.. .of
the properties
identified as
the JMC."
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UNCG August 31,
2006 Action Item: Master Plan
for the South Campus of the
Greensboro Center for Innovative
Development, the Joint
Millennial campus of UNCG and NC
A&T clearly
associated UNC Board of
Governors un-law ground lease of
Identified Joint Millennial
Campus as alleged NCGS:
116-198.34. (8b) NC A&T/
UNCG Joint
Millennial Campus. |
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In letter dated Oct. 10, 2006 UNC
Greensboro Provost and Vice Chancellor for
Academic Affairs to Dr. Belle Wheelan
Executive Director commission on Colleges,
SACS stated that the University of North
Carolina at Greensboro has expanded its
campus to include a non-contiguous site. The
"North Campus" is located at 5900 Summit
Avenue, Browns Summit, N.C. 27214, and will
house instructional programs as well as
research center and institutes. All
activities based there are a part of the
current campus governance and organizational
structure. |
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"We have done this before...two
other designated millennial campus
areas ... one on the Southside of
Greensboro and one on the North side
of Greensboro. On
the Southside in conjunction with
A&T and
on the North side our own." said UNC Greensboro Chancellor Franklin D. Gilliam |
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Stop
The Steal |
Notwithstanding
NCA&T's 2001 Master Plan update calling for
establishing a university Millennial Campus
at the farm, credited in the media as the
work of UNC-G district NC Senator Kay Hagan,
June 30, 2003, the General Assembly, Session
Law 2003-294, Section 6.20, reallocated
former Central School of the Deaf from the
State property Office to UNC BOG to be used
for the establishment of Millennium campuses
of the University of North Carolina at
Greensboro and North Carolina Agricultural
and Technical State University. |
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