NCGS 116-198.34 (8b)(2020) does not authorized UNC Board of Governors to expanded alleged UNC System Office Millennial Campus; UNC System Office is not an "Institution" defined by G.S. 116-198.33(4b); UNC System Office does not process a Millennial Campus defined by NCGS 116-198.33(4b)
 

Board of  Governors' document  institutions with millennial campus designations and the UNC System, indicates UNC System millennial campus authorized in 2003 and 2022.
 
Expansion of Millennial Campus - The University of North Carolina System Office  May 25, 2022 

Issue overview  indicate  G.S. 116-198.34 grants the Board of Governors authority to designate real property as a millennial campus when recommended by the president.  That designation shall be based on an express finding by the Board of Governors that the institution desiring to create a "Millennial Campus" has the administrative and fiscal capability to create and maintain such a campus and provided further, the  Board of Governors has found that the creation of the constituent institution's or affiliated institution's Millennial Campus" will enhance the institution's research, teaching, and service mission as well as the economic development or the region severed by the institution.   The University System Office ( UNC System Office)  is requesting an expansion of "its" millennial campus to include the Spangler Complex ... .  The  UNC System Office previous designated 150 acres as a millennial campus consisting of Gateway Research Park-North Campus in Brown Summit, NC and Gateway Research Park-South Campus in Greensboro, NC.
 

NCGS  116-198.33(3)(4) & 116-198.34 (8b)


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G.S. 116-198.34 (8b) Acting on recommendation made by the president of the University of North Carolina after consultation by the President with the Chancellor and the Board of Trustees of a constituent institution, or by the President with the chief executive officer or equivalent executive position for an affiliated institution, to designate real property held by, or to be acquired by, a constituent institution or an affiliate institution as a "Millennial Campus" of the constituent institution or an affiliated institution. 
 

UNC System Office is not an institution defined by G.S. 198-33(3)
 
NCGS 116-198.33(3), The word "Institution" shall mean ...constituent institution or affiliated institution of the University of North Carolina with a Millennial Campus defined by G.S. 116-198.33(4b) (2020)Emphasis added
GS 116-198.33(). (2020) The term "Millennial Campus" means all real property and appurtenant facilities designated by the Board of Governors as part of a Millennial Campus of a constituent institution or affiliated institution of The University of North Carolina ....
 
The University of North Carolina constituent institutions are Appalachian State University, East Carolina University, Elizabeth City State University, Fayetteville State University, North Carolina A&T State University, North Carolina Central University, North Carolina State University, UNC Asheville, UNC-Chapel Hill, UNC Charlotte, UNC Greensboro, UNC Pembroke, UNC School of the Arts, UNC Wilmington, Western Carolina University, Winston-Salem State University, and North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, listed at  Institutions and Affiliates  https://www.northcarolina.edu/institutions/
 
The University of  North Carolina Affiliates are UNC Health, PBS North Carolina, The North Carolina Arboretum, The University of North Carolina Press, The North Carolina State Approving Agency (NCSAA), and The North Carolina State Education Assistance Authority (NCSEAA), listed at Institutions and Affiliates https://www.northcarolina.edu/institutions/
 
UNC System Office houses the offices of the president and senior administrative staff. This core administrative staff researches, recommends, and executes the policies of the Board of Governors. UNC System Office – UNC System (northcarolina.edu)
 
Clearly UNC System Office is neither a constituent institution nor  Affiliated Institution of the University of North Carolina as defined by G.S. 98-33(3). The Board of lack authority pursuant NCGS 116-198.34 (8b,) to designate an addition to alleged UNC System Office millennial campus.
 
 
Expansion of Millennial Campus was not recommended by the chief executive officer or equivalent executive position for an affiliated institution
Expansion of Millennial Campus- The University  of North Carolina System (" Expansion of Millennial Campus")  Says G.S. 116-198.34 grants the Board of Governors authority to designate real property as a millennial campus when recommended by the president.
 
Statue G.S. 116-198.34 8(b) reads: Acting on recommendation made by the President after consultation by the President ...with the chief executive officer or equivalent executive position for an affiliated institution,...to designate real property held by, or to be acquired by, an affiliated institution as a "Millennial Campus of the institution, emphasis added
Statue G, S. 116-198.34(8b) requires President consultation  with the chief executive officer or equivalent executive position for an affiliated institution, prior to recommendation by the President which  Expansion of Millennial Campus document  did not demonstrate.  A requirement that may indicate UNC System was not envisioned as an affiant institution. 
 
UNC System Office does not have a Millennial Campus defined by  G.S. 116-198.33(4b).
 
 
NCGS 116- 198.33(4b) (2020) : The term "Millennial Campus" means all real property and appurtenant facilities designated by the Board of Governors as part of a Millennial Campus of a constituent institution or affiliated institution of The University of North Carolina .... 
 
Issue overview  indicate  G.S. 116-198.34 (8b) grants the Board of Governors authority to designate real property as a millennial campus when recommended by the president... .   The University System Office ( UNC System Office)  if requesting an expansion of "its" millennial campus to include the Spangler Complex ... .  UNC System Office previous designated 150 acres as a millennial campus consisting of Gateway Research Park-North Campus in Brown Summit, NC and Gateway Research Park-South Campus in Greensboro, NC.    Issue overview did not indicate UNC System Office authority to designate UNC System Office millennial Campus.
 
An UNC System Office designated 150 acres as a millennial campus consisting of Gateway Research Park-North Campus in Brown Summit, NC and Gateway Research Park-South Campus in Greensboro, NC does not constitute a Board of Governors designated millennial campus compliant with NCGS 116- 198.33(4b) (2020).
 
 
Draft minutes for UNC Board of Governors Committee on Budget and Finance meeting May 25, 2022, alleged Chief Operating Officer Michael Vollmer and Ms. Haygood provided a presentation on the request expansion of the UNC system Office millennial campus to include the eight acres accompanying the Spangler Center located in Chapel Hill.
The requested expansion of the UNC system Office millennial campus  was approved by committee and forward to the Board of  Governors for approval on the consent agenda.
 
 
Sept 21, 2022 Expansion of Millennial Campus - the UNC System Office
Agenda Item A-6 Expansion of Millennial Campus - the UNC System Office was considered by the Board of Governor. Background indicated the Millennial Campus designation currently Includes Gateway Research Park- North Campus in Brown Summit, NC: Gateway Research Park-South Campus in Greensboro, NC; and the Spangler Complex in Chapel NC.  Mixing alleged UNC System Office designate Gateway Research Park- North Campus in Brown Summit, NC: Gateway Research Park-South Campus in Greensboro, N.C.; with Board of Governor non-compliant with NCGS 116-198.33(3) & NCGS 116-198.34 (8b) designated UNC System Office Millennial Expansion .
 
NCGS 116-198.34 (8b) does not authorized UNC Board of Governors to expanded alleged UNC System Office Millennial Campus to include property in Research Triangle Park, totaling approximately 111 acres, located at 10 T.W. Alexander Road, Durham, North Carolina. UNC System Office is not an institution of the University of North Carolina as defined by  G.S. 116-198.33(3), being nighter constituent nor affiliate with a millennial campus of the University of North Carolina as defined by G.S. 116-198.33(4b). 
 

Sept 21, 2022 Draft Minutes indicated Expansion of UNC System Office Millennial Campus passed by  Budget and Finance Committee and was placed on  Consent Agenda before the Board, where full Board Minutes indicated Expansion of Millennial Campus was passed on Consent agenda.
 

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