RES-2002-024 Resolution to Extend the Bargaining Period for Disposition of the Greene Tract

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APPROVED 4 WHEREAS, the Work Group has not yet reached agreement regarding what designation should be placed on the approximately 11 acres shown in blue; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Greene Tract Work Group does hereby recommend that the Carrboro Board of'Aldermen, the Chapel Hill Town Council, and the Orange County Board of Commissioners accept the. accompanying map as an interim progress report on a concept plan for future uses of the portion of the Greene Tract that remains in joint ownership. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the Greene Tract Work Group does hereby recommend to the governing boards of Orange County and the Towns of Carrboro and Chapel Hill that the following additional steps be taken: • The area shown on the concept plan as open space (green) should be protected by executing a conservation easement between appropriate parties • The Board of County Commissioners should consider protecting its 60 acre portion of the Greene Tract by executing a conservation easement with an appropriate party • The Chapel Hill Town Council should consider initiating a small area planning process to examine desirable land uses for the Purefoy Road area • The property should be renamed in a manner that recognizes the significance of this area as the headwaters for three important streams (Bolin Creek, Old Field Creek, and Booker Creek) • The governing boards should take note of the public investment already made in the general vicinity of the Greene Tract, as cataloged in the accompanying table BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the Greene Tract Work Group does hereby request that each governing board agree to extend the bargaining period, as defined in the interlocal agreement, by a period of 60 days to permit further Work Group effort to finalize a recommended concept plan for subsequent approval by each governing board. This, the 21 st day of March, 2002. Moses Carey, Jr. Chair Greene Tract Work Group