HBCU
institution North
Carolina A&T, one of the state's two land grant
institutions, has programs through the doctoral
level. Its programs include engineering, arts and
sciences, agricultural and environmental sciences,
business and economics, education, nursing,
technology, and graduates studies. “
The expected roles of a land-grant institution,
is teaching agriculture and engineering, and
providing cooperative extension services”. NC
A&T's 2001 amend University Master Plan called for
developing 75 acres of land along East Lee Street
targeted to develop new opportunities for both
research and education in both the private and
academic arenas between the University's technology
and agricultural research and its students, which
didn't include across-town historical
white UNC Greensboro and UNCG affiliated members of
the Greensboro business community. |
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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
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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
currently |
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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. |
"This
tract of land is
part of the Seventy
Five acres we carved
out for Gateway
University Research
Park." said Chancellor
Martin Link |
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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[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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NCGS
§ 116-36.5. (c) All
money received
through development
of a Millennial
Campus of a
constituent
institution of The
University of North
Carolina as defined
by NCGS §
116-198.33(4b), from
whatever source,
including the net
proceeds from the
lease or rental of
real property on a
Millennial Campus,
shall be placed in a
special, continuing,
and nonreverting
trust fund having
the sole and
exclusive use for
further development
of that Millennial
Campus. Logically
there was no
incentive for NC A&T
to establish a JMC
with UNCG and shared
the proceeds
pursuant NCGS
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September
2004 NC A&T
State
University
celebrated
the sighing
of
Memorandum
of
Understanding
with the
U.S.
Department
of
Agriculture
(USDA) with
the opening
of the
National
Resources
Conservation
Services
Eastern
Regional
Technology
Center whose
service area
consisted of
24 states
and the
Caribbean
area. The
Greensboro
Center was
also home to
the remote
sensing
lab. The
Memorandum
of
Understanding
says A&T has
a working
farm with
modern
facilities
and farm
equipment.
NRCS will
benefit from
the use of
this farm
by being
able to
provide
hands-on
training to
NRCS
employees.
NRCS can
sponsor
field
studies that
can serve as
demonstrations
to both NRCS
trainees and
also local
and regional
farmers. A&T
constituents
will also
benefit from
this type of
applied
investigation.
Finally, A&T
faculty and
students can
also benefit
academically
by
conducting
scholarly
research and
publishing
this
information. |
SFO NO.
5NC00&5
6/12/06, The
General
Services
Administration
Desires to
Lease
24,732 Rentable
sq. ft.
which will
yield 21,
606 square
feet of
Office and
related
space. in
Greensboro,
North
Carolina.
Area of
Consideration
The North
Carolina A&T
University
Campus,
Greensboro,
North
Carolina.
Page 5,1.2
Offers due
date July 6,
2006 |
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Script NC A&T out and UNC Greensboro and UNCG affiliate Gateway Research Park In |
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Triad Region Steering Committee
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The North Carolina legislative mandate in Section 13.6 of House Bill 1414 provides funding for the state’s seven regional economic development partnerships to develop and implement strategic vision plans that accomplish the following tasks: |
(6.)
Integrate
the
North
Carolina
Community
College
System
and The
University
of North
Carolina
into
economic
development
efforts
and
planning |
- The Triad Region Steering Committee: was chaired by Tom Ross – (UNC-G Board of Trustee Member) and Executive Director of the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, and Watts Carr,
- Chairman of the Piedmont Triad Partnership Board of Directors.
- Steering Committee members included Harold Martin Winston Salem State,
- James Renick/Phil Halstead North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro,
- Patricia Sullivan/John Merrill UNC Greensboro,
- Priscilla Taylor UNC Board of Governors, Greensboro,
- and Jim Melvin, Joseph M. Bryan Foundation, Greensboro. Emphasis added
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" It maybe the USDA is our first tenant at the south campus the result of them leasing a long term lease will allow us to build a structure out there" said NC A&T Chancellor Renick.
Renick
knew or
should
know
John
Merrill
Executive
Director
of
Greensboro
Center
of
Innovative
Development
,
renamed
Gateway
University
Research
Park,
Inc.,
was an
UNC
Greensboro
Employee. Video |
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“A Promise for the Future By some accounts, nanotechnology is destined to replace much of today's technology. Gateway University Research Park expects to be at the forefront of these new technologies with the creation of a new institution, The Joint School for Nanoscience and Nanoengineering (JSNN). ” emphasis added
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Request for Proposals by Gateway University Research Park for Construction The Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering- dated Sept. 1, 2004
Project Overview: The JSNN will support established research programs with faculty from the two universities and will have its own faculty lines as well. The primary goal of the school is to be a world leader in research, nano-related education, and outreach. The JSNN will promote Research goals, Education goals, and Outreach goals. To meet these goals, the JSNN will require specialized, state-of-the-art industrial quality research space. These will include laboratories for life sciences, engineering, materials science and other spaces requiring tightly controlled environments. |
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The constituent university where the Project will be constructed:
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Gateway University Research Park, South Campus
2900 East Lee Street Greensboro, NC 27401
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Note: In 2003 Gateway University Research Park didn't exits. The Greensboro Center for Innovative Development would change its name in 2006 to Gateway University Research Park, Inc. |
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Note: SACS-COC Policy Statement: Separate Accreditation for extended units of a Member institution. For Units of a Member Institution extended unit to be eligible for accreditation as a separate institution it must offer a degree and separate from the main campus. Procedure for an Extended Unit Seeking Separate Accreditation (.1) Application for Membership, including all documentation required to demonstrate compliance with Core Requirements 2.1- 2.11, [2.1 The institution has degree-granting authority from the appropriate government agency or agencies. (Degree-granting Authority). |
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Proposed Lease was smoking Gun no
statuary NCGS:
116-198.34.(8b) NC
A&T/ UNCG Joint
Millennial Campus was designated Oct.
10, 2003 by
UNC Board of Governors for
Session Law 2003-284, Section 6.20, land
and facilities, and 75-acre parcel of NC
A&T Farmland. |
UNC System
General
Administration
is not a
constituent
university
in the UNC
System.
Therefore
the
Millennial
Campus
Statue does
not provide
for the
General
Administration
to create an
NC G. S.:
116-198.34.
(8b) Joint
Millennial
Campus and 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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Unambiguous
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. link |
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The General Assembly, Session Law 2003-284,
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. Property which could not
be leased without UNC Board of Governors
establishing Millennium campuses of the University
of North Carolina at Greensboro and North Carolina
Agricultural and Technical State University. |
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Millions
of Taxpayer dollars flow through UNC
Committee Budget and Finance, approved
by full UNC Board of Governors, and
funded by the Legislature for bogus NC
G. S.: 116-198.34. (8b) NC. A&T/UNCG
Joint Millennial Campus. |
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The Millennial Campus statue
required an expressed determination
universities had the fiscal capacity
to established and maintain the joint
millennial Campus. Five month after the
alleged Oct. 2003 designation Phillips'
Board of Governors Committee On Budget
and Finance, March 2004, recommended
Supplemental Expansion Budget Requests
2004-05, $4 million dollars to renovated
the School of the Deaf property, and pay
for telephone and high speed
networking, [SL
2004 -124.] |
And another $10 Million dollars for
land acquisition, site preparation, and
engineering, architectural
and other consulting services for
facilities for development of the Joint
Millennial Campus of North Carolina
Agricultural and Technical State
University and the University of North
Carolina at Greensboro, non-existing
Joint Millennial Campus. [Session Law
2004-179] |
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Session Law 2004-124 ratified July 20,
2004, appropriated $4,000,000 to an
UNC-Greensboro and NCA&T Millennium
Campus. SESSION LAW 2004-179 ratified
August 5th, 2004 approved $10,000,000
Certificate of Participation for
UNC-G/NC AT land acquisition, site
preparation, Joint Millennial Campus of
North Carolina Agricultural and
Technical State University and the
University of North Carolina at
Greensbor |
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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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UNC BOG document Lease of Joint Millennial Campus –
North Carolina A&T State University and The
University of North Carolina at Greensboro was
approved by the Hanna Cage Committee on Budget and
Finance; forward to full UNC BOG where it was
approved on the consent agenda, and forwarded to be
processed by the State
Property Office. |
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Mr. Terrance C. Feravich,
P.E., UNC University Property Officer document
addressed to Joseph H. Henderson,
Director, State Property Office says Please find
attached property actions approved by the Board of
Governors at their May 12, 200 meeting. Other
back-up materials including PO-1s and/or PO-2's are
also attached where appropriate. Please seek
approval of these actions by the Governor and
Council of State and the Joint Legislative
Commission on Governmental Operations if required.
Feravich document enclosure Lease of Joint
Millennial Campus – North Carolina A&T State
University and The University of North Carolina at
Greensboro ( May 2006) Mr.
Terrance C. Feravich, P.E., University Property
Officer May 15, 2006 letter to Department of
Administration didn't included a Form
PO-2 pertain to DISPOSITION OF REAL PROPERTY by
Lease. |
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Negotiation
began in 2002 and September 2004 NC A&T
State University celebrated the sighing of
Memorandum of Understanding with the U.S.
Department of Agriculture (USDA) with the
opening of the National Resources
Conservation Services Eastern Regional
Technology Center whose service area
consisted of 24 states and the Caribbean
area. The Greensboro Center was also home to
the remote sensing
lab. The Memorandum of Understanding says
A&T has a working farm with modern
facilities and farm equipment. NRCS will
benefit from the use of this farm by being
able to provide hands-on training to NRCS
employees. NRCS can sponsor field studies
that can serve as demonstrations
to both NRCS trainees and also local and
regional farmers. A&T constituents will also
benefit from this type of applied
investigation. Finally, A&T faculty and
students can also benefit academically by
conducting scholarly research and publishing
this information. |
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Kevin Holland, Contracting Officer
GSA July 3, 2006 letter
to John Merrill.
Re: U.S. Department of Agriculture,
natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
Lease Project, Greensboro , NC
This correspondence correspondence to
your June 30, 2006 inquiry concerning the
status of this project as a firm action that
will move forward. As I have advised on
numerous occasions and want to reiterate,
this particular project is an endeavor which
was approved by the U.S. General Services
Administration as
a sole-source" procurement based upon the
unique requirements provided by the NRCS...As
such, we have been working and are committed
to diligently pursing satisfaction of NRCS
need for space to be located on the
campus of North Carolina Agricultural &
Technical State University through a
negotiated lease procurement |
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August
14, 2006 Terrance Feravich email to Joe
Henderson, John Webb, CC Robert Nelson;
John Merrill: I was hoping that we might
have an opportunity to sit and walk through
any hurdles that you see in proposed lease
between NCA&T/UNCG joint Millennial Campus
and GCID. Talking with John of Friday.
I've learned that he has gained a
significant commitment from the USDA for up
to a 50,000 sq. ft. new building. While
they understand that we are working hard at
getting things properly set-up for all
parties and are being patient, my sense is
that it would be in the best interest of
this new venture to get that first client
off to a healthy and timely start. I'll be
in Raleigh Wednesday for a couple of
meetings ... and would welcome the
opportunity to work the issues that you are
see in the lease. I know that John Merrill
is also pretty flexible this week is well.
Sorry to be a bit of a pest with this
important issue and I appreciate your
understanding.
Joseph
Henderson email wrote: Terry We can deal
with the new building under our existing
procedures. Let's not let the proposed lease
get in the way of that. |
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Prior
to Nov. 2007 Council of State approval of
alleged JMC Lease to GCID Page2 of a letter
dated Aug. 16, 2006 from Joseph H.
Henderson, Director NC Department of
Administration to State Budget Officer David
McCoy soliciting input pertaining to Lease
stated UNC-General Administration is
pressing to move forward with the 50-year
lease (the agreement with GCID has already
been executed)." |
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Prior to Council of State approval of
Lease of allege Joint Millennial Campus,
Greensboro Center for Innovative Develop
John Merrill sign lease for USDA facility,
at Research Facility One to be located at
One Technology Drive, Greensboro, NC in
October 2006. |
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Lease
of Joint Millennial Campus – North Carolina
A&T State University and The University of
North Carolina at Greensboro says: The lease
of the land will be accomplished within the
guidelines, procedures, and policies of the
North Carolina Department of Administration
and must be approved by the Council of
State. Prior to approval of Lease of
alleged Joint Millennial Campus by the
council of State. The Greensboro Center
for Innovative Development claiming to be
the NCA&T/UNCG Joint Millennial Campus
signed a 10 year lease for space for the
USDA at NC A&T farm prior to approval of the
lease by the Council of State in Nov. 2016. link |
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