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Orange County <br />Housing and Community Development <br />Date: <br />April 21, 2008 <br />To: <br />Gwen Harvey, Assistant County Manager <br />From: <br />Tara L. Fikes <br />Subject: <br />Greene Tract Affordable Housing Tract <br />As requested by the Board of County Commissioners, I met with the following individuals <br />today regarding the above referenced subject — Robert Dowling — OCHLT, Susan Levy — <br />Habitat for Humanity, Delores Bailey — EmPOWERment, Inc. in addition to Loryn Clark <br />and James Harris of Chapel Hill and Carrboro respectively The results of this meeting <br />are summarized below. <br />1. The group believes that the acreage set-aside for affordable housing should <br />remain at 18 acres regardless of whether a school is built on the site. Additional <br />acreage could be gained from either the jointly owned and/or County owned <br />parcels. <br />2. Further, the group does enthusiastically support a school site on the Greene <br />Tract and is committed to the work of the Rogers Road Small Area Task Force <br />but does not want to lose the 18 acres as stated above. Regarding the Task <br />Force, it should be noted that the Task Force plans to host a design charette that <br />is tentatively scheduled for the first Saturday in June 2008 to allow the <br />community to develop a "Master Plan" detailing the type of housing and other <br />development the neighborhood would like to see evolve in their community. So, <br />this request was a little uncomfortable for the group since this conversation is <br />planned in the future. <br />3. There was agreement that an alternative roadway to Purefoy Drive is essential to <br />any future development. <br />4. The group estimates that given the current zoning and the best land development <br />scenario on the 18 acre portion of the Greene Tract, a total of 80-100 dwelling <br />units could be built on the site. Of these units at least 40 could be single family <br />dwelling units with the remainder built as attached housing. Ideally, the housing <br />would provide both rental and homeownership opportunities, would serve all <br />income segments of the population up to 100% of median income, and provide <br />some units in the three (3) BR and higher size range. There should also be some <br />market rate houses built in the community as well. <br />