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UNC Board of Governor portrayed UNC Greensboro Request for Millennial Campus Designation for Master Plan real properties' as  expansion non-existing NCA&T-UNCG Joint Millennial Campus.

 
UNC Board of Governor meeting material portrayed UNC Greensboro Request for Millennial Campus Designation  May 18, 2017 for two parcels of land on the university master plan as expansion  to non-existing UNC Greensboro Northside (School of the Deaf property) Millennial Campus, on the Southside Millennial Campus NC A&T on Chancellor Harold Martin watch. The expansion of the Millennial Campus would not alter the level of oversight required by the Board of Governors for UNCG property transactions. Assessment  indicated the Millennial Campus concept has been widely and successfully used by NCSU, UNC-CH, NCA&T/UNCG, ASU, ECU, UNCC, UNCW, and WCU.  Assessment  did not indicate any previous  Board of  Governor designated UNC Greensboro Millennial Campus.  Clearly alleged Joint NCA&T/UNCG millennial campus is the "millennial Campus referred to expanding.
 
TRANSFER OF LAND FOR THE MILLENNIUM CAMPUSES OF UNC GREENSBORO AND NC A&T STATE UNIVERSITY SECTION 6.20.
Notwithstanding G.S. 143-341(4)g. or any other provision of law, the property currently allocated to the Department of Administration and previously allocated to the Department of Health and Human Services for the Central School for the Deaf at Greensboro is hereby reallocated to the Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina. This property shall be used for the establishment of Millennium Campuses of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University Emphasis added.
 
Chancellor  Franklin D. Gilliam knew or should have known UNC Greensboro did not have two millennial campus designated areas one on the Northside or Southside.
 UNC Greensboro Chancellor Franklin D. Gilliam defined NCA&T/UNCG millennial campus as "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 Northside our own."  said UNC
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 Greensboro Chancellor  Franklin D. Gilliam, unambiguous allege claim to former Central School of the Deaf property. 
 
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 did not indicate  JMC  designed by UNC BOG.
 
Action Item background information says,  In September 2005, a Management Service and Development Agreement (MSDA) between the GCID and NCA&T and UNCG formally established a working relationship between the two universities and the GCID for future development. Section I.D. of the MSDA state, "The Universities shall lease to GCID any or all property designated as the JMC, emphasis added.  In order to facilitate the GCID 's ability to perform as manager/developer it was determined by counsel for the universities and GCID to pursue a master lease for the properties identified as the JMCThis documents has also been reviewed by the Office of the President. Emphasis added
 
 Action Item background indicating lease was pursuant Identified JMC unambiguous  indicated no Board of Governors JMC had been designated.
 
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
 
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).
 

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."

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.

 

 

Board of  Governors' 2023 document  institutions with millennial campus designations and the UNC System, does not indicate a NCA&T/UNCG Joint Millennial Campus (Gateway Research Park).  It does not indicate a NC A&T Joint Millennial campus, it does indicate UNC System Millennial Campus in 2003 and 2022 and UNC Greensboro Millennial Campus.
 
Situation: The UNC Policy Manual does not address the Board’s authority for the Centennial Campus, the Horace Williams Campus, and additional millennial campuses. The proposed Section 600.1.6 of the UNC Policy Manual will define the Board’s authority in support of G.S. 116-198.31.
 
The upshot of  NCGS § 116-198.34.(8B) "designation it 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.  Upon formal request by the constituent institutions, the Board of Governors may authorize two or more constituent institutions which meet the requirements of this section to create a Joint Millennial. Video
 
The 2000 session of the General Assembly authorized the Board of Governors to designate a Millennial Campus at each constituent institution when the Board finds that such a designation will enhance the institution's research, teaching, and service missions, as well as enhance the economic development of the region served by the institution. The legislation states that the Board should act on the recommendation of the President after the President has consulted with the Chancellor and the Board of Trustees. The designation shall be based on the finding that the institution has the administrative and fiscal capacity to create and maintain such a campus. Each Millennial Campus would function in a manner similar to the Centennial Campus at North Carolina State University and each would be exempt from the provisions of the Umstead Act.  Note:  legislation  NCGS § 116-198.34. plain language does not state the Board should act on the recommendation of the President after the President has consulted with the Chancellor and the Board of Trustees.
The President has completed the required consultations and recommends that the Board approve the request for the University of North Carolina at Greensboro to be granted Millennial Campus status. The campus has the administrative and fiscal capacity that is required and the activities to be performed on the Millennial Campus would advance regional economic development.
 
This item requires a vote by the committee, with a vote by the full Board of Governors through the consent agenda.
 
Committee on Budget and Finance Millennial Campus – UNCG  Video Report
 
Committee on Budget and Finance minutes indicate the committee approved the designation as a Millennial Campus at UNC Greensboro.
 

BOG Approved Minutes May 19, 2017

Millennial Campus UNCG was approved on the Consent Agenda

 
Neither Committee on Budget and Finance nor Full Board of Governors Minutes May 19, 2017 indicate 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.., the Board of Governors has found that creating the constituent institution’s Millennial Campus will enhance the university’s research, teaching, and service missions, as well as enhance the economic development of the region served by the institution; lacking which the Board of Governors may not have complied with the plain language G.S. 116-198.34(8b).
 

 Appalachian State University Oct 9, 2018 requested expansion of a designated millennial campus.  Agenda Assessment didn't indicate designation UNC Greensboro Millennial Campus designation (May 18, 2007).

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