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  "This
tract of land is part of the Seventy
Five acres we carved out for Gateway
University Research Park." said NC A&T
Chancellor Dr. Harold Martin |
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UNC Policy Manual 600.1.3 . 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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NCA&T: "As to your prior request for
the resolution/motion about the 75
acres of land being a part of the
Gateway Research Park, There is no
2003 resolution, etc. that
specifically says 75 acres are
involved." determined J. Charles
Waldrup J.D., Ph.D. General Counsel
Office Of Legal Affairs North
Carolina Agricultural & Technical
State University. |
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A Millennial Campus is Real Property designated
by UNC Board of Governors pursuant
NCGS116-198.34 (8b) ....of a constituent
institution, to designate real property held
by, or to be acquired by, a constituent
institution as a Millennial Campus" of the
institution...Upon formal request by the
constituent institutions, the Board of Governors
may authorize two or more constituent
institutions which meets the requirements of
this section to create a joint Millennial
Campus. §
116-198.34. General Powers of Board of
Governors. (UNC
Policy Manual 600.1.3 ). Any proposal involving
the acquisition or disposition by the
institution of any interest in real property
shall be recommended by the Board of Trustees. Emphasis
added
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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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"I think for
the next 50 years, A&T and the
engineering programs and science
programs are going to be an integral
part and a driving force in the economic
development of the community,'' said
Greensboro attorney Jim Phillips Jr., a
member of the UNC Board of Governors. [2] |
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 Published
as "the most
plugged-in attorney in
North Carolina", northcarolina.edu minutes
claim City
of Greensboro Lobbyist, Greensboro
Attorney Jim W. Phillips,
Jr., Committee Budget and
Finance Chair speaking
before Board of Governors
stated that the Boards of
Trustees at North Carolina
A&T State University and |
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the University
of North
Carolina at
Greensboro
requested that
the land
formerly
designated for
the Central
School for the
Deaf and
allocated to the
Board of
Governors by
the 2003
Session of the
General Assembly
and a 75 - acre
parcel of land
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 comprising
a portion of the North
Carolina A&T State
University Farm be
designated as a Joint
Millennial Campus, alleged
approved Oct. 10, 2003, at
Appalachian State. |
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[2] [A&T
CHANCELLOR PLANS TO RETIRE:
FORT: GOALS COMPLETE,
Greensboro News & Record -
Friday, May 29, 1998 , BETH
MCMURTRIE Staff Writer |
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 Pursuant
NC Public Record Laws an alleged request to
designate NC A&T/UNCG Joint Millennial Campus
was received from UNC Greensboro date September
22, 2003. |
 Recommended
by Chancellors Renick and Sullivan,
NC A&T and UNC-G Board of Trustees
duplicate Resolutions: In Support
of The Creation of a Joint
Millennial Campus between NC A&T and
UNCG, dated Aug.
22, 2003, and Aug.
28, 2003 , called for
seeking designation of Joint
Millennial Campus in terms of the
Central North Carolina School of the
Deaf real estate, transferred to
UNC Board of Governors for the
purpose of establishing a Joint
Millennial Campus. Universities'
resolutions seek designation of
Joint Millennial without a
syllable pertaining to a 75-acre
parcel of NCA&T farmland, statutory
foreclosed Phillips alleged
NCA&T/UNCG Joint Millennial Campus inclusive
of NC A&T Farmland.
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Alleged Aug.
22nd, 2003 NC A&T Board of
trustees Resolution : In
Support of the Creation of a
Joint Millennial Campus between
NC A&T and The University of
North Carolina at Greensboro
maybe bogus.
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NC A&T Attorney Lesley A.
Renwick alleged , August 09,
2003, email to Carolyn
Meyers says " Attached you
will find documents shared
between Skip Capone (UNC-G
Atty.) and |
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I for our Boards of
Trustees regarding the
creation of the Joint
Millennial Campus. I
understand that the
Chancellors and Provosts
have already approved the
Articles. |
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 Dr.
Gerald L. Truesdale and Dr.
Velma Speight-Buford
certified alleged August
22, 2003 NC A&T Board of
Trustees resolution as
Vice  Chair
and Secretary of the Board
of Trustees. NC A&T State
Audit Report Ended June 30,
2003 lists Ralph K.
Shelton as Chairman and Dr.
Velma R. Speight as Vice
Chairman. University
publications A&T Today Volume
6, Number 1, Fall 2002 and
Volume 5, Number 2, WINTER
2002 concur with the State
Audit report listings Ralph
K. Shelton as Chairman, Dr.
Velma R. Speight as Vice
Chairman and Gerald
Truesdale-Secretary. |
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NC A&T Board of
Trustees Table Lease Agreement
between the Greensboro Center for
Innovative Development and UNCG and
NC A&T |
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| Letter dated August 5, 2009 to
Dr. Belle Wheelan, President,
Commission on Colleges, SACS alleged
JSNN will be housed at the Gateway
University Research Park South
Campus, 2901 E. Lee Street,
Greensboro, N.C. 27401. This venue
is on the land that was formerly
part of the North Carolina A7AT
State University farm. (See attached
memo from Dr. Lea Williams dated
March 16, 2009.) |
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| Submitted on Chancellor Martin
watch, alleged Lea Williams Farm
History did not indicated a 2003 JMC
transaction. Alleged NC A&T 2007
allocation to Gateway Research, four
years after alleged Board of
governors NC
G. S.: 116-198.34. (8b) designated NC
A&T/ UNCG Joint
Millennial Campus. Oct.
10, 2003 inclusive of 75 acres of
NC A&T farmland. |
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(UNC Policy Manual 600.1.3 ). Any
proposal involving the acquisition or
disposition by the institution of any
interest in real property shall be
recommended by the Board of Trustees.
UNC Constituent Universities and General
Administration may acquire or dispose of
property by lease. (UNC Policy Manual
600.1.3 ). Any proposal involving the
acquisition or disposition by the
institution of any interest in real
property shall be recommended by the
Board of Trustees. All real property
transactions that require approval
beyond the campus level are to be
initiated by submission of the Form PO-1
for acquisitions and the Form PO-2 for
dispositions to the State Property
Office. |
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| Feb. 2,
2006, Action
Item: Lease
Agreement between
the Greensboro
Center for
Innovative
Development and UNCG
and NC A&T, was
considered by UNCG
Board of Trustees. Action
item background
information timeline
from Feb. 2003
through Feb2, 2006
didn't indicated
JMC was designed by
UNC BOG. |
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background
information says "
in order to
facilitate the GCID
ability to perform
its role as
managed/developer it
was determined by
counsel for the
universities and the
GCID to pursue a
master lease for
the properties
identified as the
JMC by
university counsels,
GCID, and General
Administration,
emphasis added. |
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background
information: |
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- Timeline
from Feb. 2003
through Feb2,
2006 does not
indicated JMC
was designed by
UNC BOG,
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- In order to
facilitate GCID
ability to
perform its role
as
manager/developer
it was
determined by
counsel for the
universities and
the GCID to
pursue a master
lease for
the properties
identified as
the JMC,
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- Properties
Identified as
the JMC consist
of owned by the
State of North
Carolina (
Approximately 75
acres at the
former Central
North Carolina
School for the
Deaf and 75
acres adjacent
to the NC A&T
farm, and
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- This
document has
also been
reviewed by the
Office of the
President [
Erskine Bowles
Office]
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Identified JMC
property consisted
of land owned by
the State of North
Carolina
(Approximately 75
acres with 142,000
square feet of
existing space at
the former Central
North Carolina
School for the Deaf
and approximately 75
acres adjacent to
the NCA&T farm)....
which unambiguous
constitute the UNC
Board of Governors
alleged Oct. 10,
2003 designated
NCA&T/UNC-G
Millennial Campus,
emphasis added.
Lease Background
said " This document
has also been
reviewed by the
Office of the
President (Bowles)." |
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| John R. Merrill,
Executive Director
Greensboro Center for
Innovative Development,
e-mail to Tommy
Cline, dated Feb. 10,
2006 Subject UNCG/NC A&T
Joint Millennial Campus
said: A
couple of months ago, I
mentioned we were working on
a ground lease for the
UNCG/NCA&T Joint Millennial
Campus here in Greensboro
(the former Central North
Carolina School for the Deaf
and a similar size parcel
adjacent to the NC A&T farm
property). We have completed
the "draft" and it has been
accepted by Greensboro
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Development (GCID) Board of
Directors( January 31, 2006)
and the UNCG Board of
Trustees (February 2,
2006). We present it to
the NCA&T Board of Trustees
on February 15, 2006 and
we are confident it will be
approved. Upon approval, it
will go to the UNC Board of
Governors for their approval
and then it will formally
come to the State Property
Office for review. " "I
wanted to get a copy to you
in advance for your
convenience...attached is
that copy." "Please note the
document was crafted with
counsel for both
universities (Skip Capone
and Camile Kluttz-Leach),
the GCID (Lee Lloyd and Bo
Rodenbough), and the UNC
System (Leslie Winner and
Rob Nelson..." (emphasis
added) [SPO -PRR]
John R. Merrill Feb 10, 2006
email to Tommy Cline
Subject Ground Lease -
UNCG/NC A&T Joint Millennial
Campus.
Ground Lease Agreement between
the State of North Carolina
(Lessor) and Greensboro
Center for Innovative
Development, Inc. (GCID)
(Lessee) wascreated
around Nov. 2005. With
the assistance of Camille
Kluttz-Leach, Skip Capone,
Lee Lloyd, Bo Rodenbough (Lee
and Bo are both from Brooks
Pierce),
staff from GA, we
have developed a draft
ground lease using
the Centennial Campus ground
lease and other
University-affiliated ground
leases as models. Following
approval from the State
Property Office, the Boards
of Trustees of UNCG and NC
A&T will need to approve the
ground lease and formally
request approval by the UNC
Board of Governors.
Following BOG approval, the
State Property Office will
recommend approval to the
Attorney General’s office,
which will then recommend
the lease for signature by
the Governor and the Council
of State. (GCID,
4.2) UNCG DIVISION OF
ACADEMIC AFFAIRS ANNUAL
REPORT 2005 Calendar Year ]
(emphasis added) |
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Allegedly, Mr. Merrill presented Ground
Lease Agreement between the State of
North Carolina and Greensboro Center
for Innovative Development (GCID), Feb.
15, 2006 seeking
approval of the Ground Lease by the
Board so that GCID can
be granted
control of the two millennial campus
properties as
the development moves forward. Documents
presented to the Board of Trustees
considering Ground
Lease Agreement was Resolutions
: In Support of the Creation of a
Joint Millennial Campus between NC
A&T and The University of North
Carolina at Greensboro dated Aug.
22, 2003.[ 20120327105608787.pdf]]
[NC A&T-PR] called
for joining with UNCG to establish a
joint Millennial campus whose real
estate consisted of the former
School of the Deaf property
allocated to the Board of Governors
to established a joint Millennial
Campus,
constituting one property, without
a syllable pertaining to additional
Real Estate nor 75-acre parcel of
land on NC A&T farmland. |
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  Chairwoman
Speight-Buford February
22, 2006 Memorandum
to the Board of Trustees Executive Committee ,
By majority vote, the Board decided that more time
was needed to review the document (Ground Lease
Agreement Between the State of North Carolina
(Lessor) and the Greensboro Center for Innovative
Development, Inc. (Lessee) for the Joint Millennial
Campus of Greensboro, NC.) I announced that I
would seek approval of the document by way of the
Executive Committee. |
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No record was received alleged February 22, 2006
Executive Committee Meeting was Notice pursuant NC Public
Record laws. Pursuant NC A&T Board of
Trustee bylaws the executive committee did not authority to
bind the board of Trustees in a non-emergency meeting.
In addition vote by took place over months and
additional violation of NC A&T Board of Trustees
bylaws. |
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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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no statuary NCGS:
116-198.34. (8b)NC A&T/ UNCG Joint
Millennial Campus was designated Oct.
2003 enabling Greensboro Center for Innovative
Development, Inc.
to administer the educational,
research, and economic development mission of a
Joint Millennial Campus. No
lawful leased was executed by Board of Governors
to the Greensboro Center for
Innovative Development, Inc. for
Session Law 2003-284, Section 6.20, land and
facilities and 75-acre parcel of NC A&T Farmland. |
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"This
tract of land is part of the Seventy Five acres
we carved out for Gateway University Research
Park." said