-----Original Message-----

From: Dr. Harvey Krasny

Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 4:06 PM

To: Gene Poveromo

Cc: [email protected]; Kevin Foy

Subject: Agenda 4(k) re UNC Park/Ride at Bible Church-- Poveromo/Chapel Hill

Importance: High

Re:  Agenda 4(k) re UNC request for expedited review of application for a

UNC Park/Ride at Bible Church- Council Meeting Mar 27, 2006.

Gene,

I want to bring to your attention the Manager's Memo to Council tonight on

the above referenced item.  I am enclosing that item.  In the section,

Background, I see NO mention of the previous related discussion on this item

before Council at the March 25, 2002 Council meeting, Agenda 5(f).

I am enclosing the letter from the Manager to Council dated Mar 25, 2002 on

the subject-- Response to University regarding Use of Bible Church Parking

Lot.  This was placed in the Informational Items section of the meeting and

was ONLY up for separate discussion IF requested.  I believe Council Member

Bill Strom did request that item to be pulled for a discussion per the

request of Mac Clark and myself, because we were opposed to the Council

giving what appeared to us at the time to be a green light approval to move

forward as noted in the Manager's Conclusion section of that agenda item

(5f):

"Unless the Council provides other directions, we will communicate to the

University and the Bible Church that the Council has no objection to the

University pursuing development of a park-ride lot at the Bible Church

property."

The Mayor and Council agreed with Mac and I, and I recall that the Mayor

told UNC and the Church that they were welcome to go through the standard

application process, but NO such approval from Council in this manner would

occur.  I am further enclosing an article from the Herald-Sun newspaper

dated Mar 31, 2002 that reports this discussion.  As noted at the end of

this news report, the paper states:

"We’re not saying park-and-ride shouldn’t go in," Krasny said. "We support

park-and-ride. Just put it somewhere else that doesn’t bring congestion to

Erwin and Sage, a little farther up the road towards Durham. In other

cities, if traffic is coming from another city, they put the park and ride

in the other city."  Krasny didn’t elaborate, but Foy acknowledged that at

least some officials wonder whether Durham’s troubled South Square Mall

would make a better site."

Therefore, I trust that in the Background section to the scheduled Council

Plan Review of UNC's Bible Church SUP modification application on April 19,

2006 this previous presentation and Council's response to UNC on Mar 25,

2002 will be appropriately referenced.

I also hope that it will be further noted in the Background section for that

same Council Plan Review Apr 19, 2006 that two months after the Mar 25, 2002

Council meeting (ie, on May 13, 2002) Council heard and approved a request

by the Bible Church to add an additional 319 parking spaces to the 500

(built 483) that already were approved as part of the Church's SUP approved

Oct 12, 1998.  It is my understanding that ONLY 72 of those 319 spaces have

been build-out to date (E-mail to H. Krasny from Bible Church Nov 1, 2005).

That request in 2002 came in a letter to the Town from the Bible Church Apr

29, 2002 wherein the Church stated:

"Due to current space constraints and our anticipated continued growth,

space in our facility is already very tight on Sundays, and growing more

tight during the week.  We are looking forward to the next phase of our

master plan build-out, which may be a gym to serve the athletic programs

during the week and provide for more worship space on Sundays."

Thank you for your review of this additional information,

Best regards,

Harvey Krasny