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M i—C, .... ci Brov;n said that slit he ^.Gt t2,e C— nm•issioners would .,.e bL G of .tr,,e Frank Porter Gr=na :o a T Ory '.Va drop s3'd t ^a... c prank Porter Graham Child Development Institute is in the early planning stages to deve—! o a nev, type of school that has been presented in concept to the school board. The 5..-.00 :'. WOUId focus on early ch'l'.dhccd and v --uld ?_i•:e children from aces 3-- and nave them M, school until V of - glade. I h ='are Ciah ^' ^g for it t0 be bUili as a Cha ^a. school, in which the University with the help of a donor would construct the school and pay for it. This is not the school site identified on. the map Retarding building heights, 'the buldir,cs vr,,uld range between two and rive stores, ::vih the bigger buildings more interior to the property so hat they would not be next to he neighbor hoods. Regarding housing, Tony Waldrop said that they are referring to it as housing that vi!I reflect he income levels of the people that would work at Carolina North. Commissioner Brown asked if they v:cu'd want to use t7ie County's definition G affordable housing. She asked if they would come to the County for affordable housing money. Tony Waldrop said that their plan is to not seek money from the municipalities.. TomJ ,';taidrop said that there is a Great deal of concern about Bolin Creek. i'.e said thy; they could not, as the University, permaner �tby set aside any lands for conservation easements, but hey are recommending that these be set aside by the State. He said that they did not intend to develop he rest of the property but they are not permanently se` no it aside because they do net v.—an' to tie the hands of future leadership cf the University. Commissioner Halkiotis asked about the total number of parking spaces on campus at this umc and Tony Waldrop said that he could not remember Commissioner Ha`;dotis said that there are a lot of parking spaces and he saw only one bus in the presentation. He made reference to Duke and the people mover that they have. He hopes that there is a futuristic plan to move people without depending on cars so much. Tony Waldrop agreed and said that they need to look, at alternative transportation, and this plan does show many parking spaces He said that this is not something that the Un 'ersity can or should do unilaterally. They do not want people driving back and `or th between the two campuses and they'.vould like to look at light rail or a dedicated ci3s way. Commissioner Gordon asked what the Unersify is budgeting for transportation. Tony Waldrop said that in the beginning here woud be a heavy dependence on bussing, but they will be looking beyond the traditional. They do not want to develop a plan by ,hamseives, but they want to have a plan that deals with transportation for the c^�mmunity as a whole. They would like 'a meet vrith Chapel Hill, Carrboro, and ot^-Ars to develop a plan. Commissioner Gordon said that the question is what the University can do to participate ens tatlon n!anning for t tc -n e sa.d t at it would also be .:ego sl , UnNer sift' could provide sore .T.o ies to _'p . %im the trans porta ticn plan and