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Developers may donate schools in trade for Cary water
Roger Perry and Craig Davis are
discussing the idea, still in the
incubation stage, with the town.
Wake school administrators are
hopeful about the proposal.
BY JAY PruCE
STAFF WRITER
GARY -Two developers may donate an ele-
mentary school each to the town as part of
the bargaining over scarce municipal water
for their unrelated new projects.
If Roger Perry or Craig Davis does hand
over aschool - a gift w~.•th millions of dol-
lars - it would probably be a first in North
Carolina. It also would appear to be a dream
come true for Wake school leaders, given the
defeat in June of their $650 million school
bond package.
Stella Shelton, a spokeswoman for the
school system, said administrators had met
with the developers, but that the proposals
weren't far enough along for comment.
"Certainly, though, we're in a position to
listen to any offers like that," she said.
Craig Davis Properties of Raleigh is one of
the region's largest office and warehouse
builders and also is a partner in developing
the retail portion of the Meadowmont mixed-
use project in Chapel Hill.
Davis bought an 80-acre tract in northern
Cary a year and a half ago and wants. to build
a mixed-use project there called Page Plaza.
It would be biased toward commercial con-
struction, but also would include homes built
to the emerging high-density, pedestrian-
friendly model and perhaps the school.
Perry, whose East West Partners is best
known for its role as lead developer of
Meadowmont, built extensive experience in
negotiating with local government during the
grueling approval process for that project.
He was brought in earlier this year as the
managing partner for the 1,100-home Cary
Glen planned unit development in northwest
Cary.
There are aheady homes for sale at Cary
Glen, which was originally planned as a tra-
ditional residential project with mostly sin-
gle-family homes. But Perry envisions
redrawing the plans toinclude ahigh-densi-
ty,pedestrian-oriented project with a village
center featuring homes and. offices above
retail shops and maybe a school, too.
"We're considering all kinds of things at
this point to help us fit the new development
patterns in Cary and allow us to get insoon-
errather than later," Perry said.
The town has a water shortage, and in
August set up an allocation system to divide
the modest amount of remaining capacity
between commercial and residential devel-
o The system savors olderprojects,something
that could hold back Cary Glen and Page Plaza.
But the town added a clause that itwould pro-
videwaterforanynewschool,andseveral City
Council members said that could be stretched
to include both entire projects.
City Council member Glen Lang said that
the discussions had centered on 650-student
elementary schools.
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October 4, 1999
To: Orange County Board of Commissioners
Chair Person, Alice Gordon
Vice-Chair, Dr. Steve Hallciotis
Commissioner Moses Carey
Commissioner Margaret Bro
Commissioner Barry Jacobs
County Manager John Link
From: Sheriff Lindy
Re: Flood assistance rendered by the Orange County Sheriffls Office
to Greene and Duplin Counties.
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On September 20, 1999 the North Carolina Sheriff s Association called this Office and asked if we
could provide assistance to flooded eastern counties. Due to the flooding they were experiencing they
were in dire need for personnel to give relief to their personnel.
We were asked to contact those counties listed and respond with whatever assistance we could give.
We called and spoke with Sheriff Lemmie Smith of Greene County. Sheriff Smith asked if we could
respond with personnel to relieve his personnel who had been working without any relief for over a
week.
On September 21, 1999 at 0700 hours eighteen deputies and Major Don Truelove reported for duty in
Greene County and provided law enforcement services to the Sheriffls Office. Duties performed
ranged from security duty at distribution centers, unloading food trucks, traffic control for flooded
roads, patrolling and responding to citizen calls for assistance and other routine law enforcement
duties. These deputies were relieved mid morning Thursday, September 23, 1999.
Total hours expended for Greene County 1036 man-hours.
On September 22, 1999 Sheriff Glen Jernigan of Duplin County requested assistance.
On September 23, 1999 ten deputies and Major Truelove were sent toDuplin County and performed
basically the same services as in Greene County.
Total hours expended for Duplin County 375 man-hours.
Mutual Aid Agreements were prepared and signed by both Greene and Duplin Counties requesting our
assistance.
Several citizens have called us from both, Duplin and Greene Counties, in the past few days thanking
us for all we did for them.
In Greene County several deputies lost their. homes including the Sheriff. It was not until we arrived: in
their county that they had the opportunity to go and check on their own property.
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Flood assistance rendered by the Orange County Sheriff's Office to Greene and Duplin Counties.
Orange County Dept Doug Koehler has been able to obtain a mobile home from an Orange County
citizen for Sheriff Lemmie Smith. This mobile home a 1985 Oakwood mobile home, valued at over
$ 16,000 is going to Greene County to be used by the Sheriff, and his family. The mobile home was
given without cost to the Sheriff by Robert Bledsoe, a resident who had just completed building a
home on Brown Road. The owner after hearing from Deputy Koehler about how bad things were in
Greene County decided to give the mobile home away rather than sell it.
The mobile home was moved on Monday October 4, 1999 to Greene County, they soon will have a
home to live in.
We found from speaking with people in Greene County that Sheriff Smith also lost his home when
"Fran" came through.
As of today the Orange County Sherii~s Office personnel have made Samaritan contributions of
$1830.00 to Greene County law enforcement to help them in their time of need.
Total hours expended for both Counties 1.411