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5 <br /> 1 Frank Clifton said that he thinks there is an opportunity for a conversation to occur about <br /> 2 the role that OWASA can play versus the role that it does play. <br /> 3 Council Member Czajkowski said that Council Member Harrison made a request for staff <br /> 4 to come back with a report as to what can be done. He said that two days ago a Superior Court <br /> 5 judge ruled that what the General Assembly did was unconstitutional. He does not think that <br /> 6 they should start with the premise that all of those provisions are going to survive. <br /> 7 <br /> 8 b) Greene Tract <br /> 9 Michael Talbert gave the history of the Greene Tract. <br /> 10 <br /> 11 The Greene Tract (164 acres) was acquired in 1984 for $608,000 and came to Orange County <br /> 12 as an asset in the Solid Waste Fund. As a result of the Inter Local Agreement, 60 acres of the <br /> 13 Greene Tract was conveyed to Orange County for "Solid Waste management purposes". The <br /> 14 Inter Local Agreement (amended April 12, 2000) provided for the three owning partners to <br /> 15 determine, over a two-year period, the ultimate disposition of the remaining 104 jointly held <br /> 16 acres. <br /> 17 <br /> 18 A Greene Tract Work Group that included representatives of all parties to the Inter Local <br /> 19 Agreement began meeting in 2001 and presented Recommendations on March 21, 2002. A <br /> 20 Greene Tract Work Group Resolution, making recommendation on the 104 acres jointly owned <br /> 21 by Orange County, Chapel Hill and Carrboro, was approved by the BOCC on December 10, <br /> 22 2002. The Agenda Abstract and Resolution from the December 10, 2002 Board of <br /> 23 Commissioners' meeting are provided as an attachment. The remaining 60 acres of the <br /> 24 Greene Tract continues to be owned as an asset in the Solid Waste Fund. <br /> 25 <br /> 26 A five-year payment plan for the 104 acres jointly owned by Orange County, Chapel Hill and <br /> 27 Carrboro was approved by all parties to the Inter Local Agreement. Fiscal Year 2011/12 is the <br /> 28 4th year of the five year plan. As of June 30, 2012, the end of the fourth year of the payment <br /> 29 plan, a total of $842,488 will have been paid to the Solid Waste Fund from Orange County, <br /> 30 Chapel Hill and Carrboro. Final payments will be made in Fiscal Year 2012/13. <br /> 31 <br /> 32 The attachments also include an agenda abstract that was published for an April 29, 2008 Joint <br /> 33 Greene Tract Work Session (The Meeting was subsequently canceled; however, the <br /> 34 documents provide a brief history of activities related to the Greene Tract.) <br /> 35 <br /> 36 Staff will provide any other information at the meeting, and the governing boards can discuss <br /> 37 issues related to this item as necessary. <br /> 38 <br /> 39 Attachment 2-b-1 —April 29, 2008 Joint Greene Tract Work Session Agenda Abstract <br /> 40 Attachment 2-b-2 — December 10, 2002 BOCC Agenda Abstract — Approval of <br /> 41 Recommendations from the Greene Tract Work Group <br /> 42 Attachment 2-b-3—June 26, 2002 Greene Tract Concept Plan <br /> 43 <br /> 44 Commissioner Hemminger said that during this time she was on the school board and <br /> 45 there was discussion about locating Elementary School #12 on this site along with affordable <br /> 46 housing. <br /> 47 Commissioner Jacobs said that his recollection was to preserve the 60 acres as a <br /> 48 natural area. He made reference to page 45 and the Greene Tract Work Group Resolution. <br /> 49 He said that Council Member Greene was very adamant about the County executing the <br /> 50 conservation easement on the 60 acres. He remembers that it was the intention of all three <br />