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WHEREAS, the Work Group received a technical report from the County Engineer outlining the <br />basic aitematinm s available and apprwdmate costs for provrdir� sewer service c a portion of the <br />Greene Tract, which service would be necessary for the economical and practical provision of <br />affordable houdng; and <br />WHEREAS, the Work Group concluded by consensus that `the carrying capacity of the land" <br />should be the deWMWM factor in estabrr"V how much of the unresolved 11 acres should be <br />and that the ridge line reflected on the accompanying concept <br />earmarked for spe cft purposes, matelyone- third) of th 11 acs that can practically be <br />map detemones 'the pasting (apps a sewer line that would access the Greene Tract via <br />used for affordable housing seared by <br />purefoy Road: <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE it RESOLVED THAT the Greene Tract Work Group does hereby . <br />recommend that the Carrboro Board of aldermen, the Chapel Hill Town C ncil, andk Group's <br />Orange County Board of Commissioners accept the accompanying map as the <br />consensus recommendation for a concept plan for that portion of the Greene Tract not deeded <br />exclusively to Orange County, with the acreage to be set aside for open space protected by <br />conservation easements appra"dmating 85.90 acres and the acreage for affordable housing <br />approximating 18.10 acres; <br />BE rr FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the Greene Tract Work Group does hereby recommend to <br />the three governing boards that the acreage for m1ordabie housing be placed in the Larid Truss; recommend to <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the Greene Tract Woo Grouted bursemen a Solid <br />the three governing boards that the Managers investigate pireons <br />Wask4l.andfill Enterprise Fund for the portions of the site designated far affordable housing and <br />open space; and <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the Greene Tract mom reimbursement two the recommend to <br />the three governing boards that the triggering mechanism <br />Washree gofilt Enterprise Fund should be formal, action taken by all three boards to approve <br />consenmtion*easements protecting the designated open space, with such approvals taking <br />effect no sooner than July 1, 2003, and no later than July 1, 2005. <br />This, the 2EP day of June, 2002 <br />Moses Carey, Jr. <br />Chair <br />Greene Tract Work Group <br />