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Transportation and Infrastructure - Bus service should be provided to the existing community and bus service should be extended as the community develops. - Improve transportation access through all modes (vehicles, bicycle and pedestrian, transit). - New points of ingress and egress to the community should be established. - A road should be built that connects the neighborhood to Weaver Dairy Rd. - Water and sanitary sewer mains should be exteneded to the community. - The Towns of Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Hillsborough, and Orange County should collaborate to identify and secure funds to be used for financing the entire cost of OWASA water and sewer connections for individual homes within the Historic Rogers- Eubanks community as part of the compensation for the 37 years of hosting the Orange County Landfill and other solid waste facilities. Attachment 1 provides a list of available funding sources at the state and federal levels. Open Space and Recreation - Active recreation opportunities need to be provided for the Rogers Road community. - Passive recreation opportunities such as trails should be constructed on the Greene Tract. In order to do so, the Greene Tract Concept Plan should be revised by the local governments to reflect changing conditions along with this plan. - If a school is built in the community, explicit facility sharing relationships should be established prior to construction. Design and Land Use - The Recommended Master Plan on page 17 should become the basis for a future land use plan amendment for the Rogers Road area. - The Town should take the lead in initiating intergovernmental land use discussions (as required by the Joint Planning Agreement) by articulating a new vision for growth in the area. - New development should be compact and offer a range of housing types. This will facilitate the development for a neighborhood core in the eastern part of the study area, as will the presence of a school and a neighborhood commercial district. - Minimum setback requirements for new development should reflect the Task Force's desire to have a front porch community where life meets the street. Houses should be built close to sidewalks. - The Task Force desires that the currently developed areas near Rogers Road and the peripheries of the study area maintain their current densities. This would allow this part of the community to maintain its rural feel.