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JOINTLY - O~?~%NED GOVERNNIENT LAND Joal Broun asked how we develop affordable housing on land that is jointly owned by the governments, and what avenues are there to develop that property. Alex Zat~'ron stated that it «~as agreed that affordable housing was going to be part of the Greene Tract. There are infrastnicture challenges (extension of se«~er lines}. Moses Carey suggested that the agreement be reviewed to determine what the various governments were required to do in order for the County to move forward. Jacquelyn Grist asked if staff could revie«~ what the agreement states. Rod Visser, Assistant County Manager, recapped the work of the Green Tract Work Group. The group met in 2001 and 2002 and reached its recommendations. A resolution was adopted in 2002. Of the 104 acres on the south side, 18 acres would be oriented toward affordable housing. The other acres would be a conservation area.. Joal Broun asked about infrastructure changes since the ~~~ork group meetings. Rod V"isser said that Rush Hollow has the closest water and sewer. Joal Broun said that as time passes, the cost of construction increases and we cannot control it, and encouraged discussion of this affordable housing. Mark Chilton said we need a plan for development of the Greene Tract. Neighbors need to participate in discussion along with affordable housing organizations and potential consumers. He suggested rental and ownership opportunities. The sooner we start having dialogue as a community, the sooner we will have a plan and discuss where the funds will come from to consti-~zct the infrastructure. He suggested that during 200b, we bring together stakeholders to flesh out a plan for that area of the Greene Tract. Joal Broun suggested having a committee to get it started to come back to all the boards for discussion. Alex Zaffron stated that the next step was to prepare a small area plan for that property. Barry Jacobs referred to Fred Battle's letter regarding the Rogers Road community. V4'e talked about having recreation on the Greene Tract and that is discussed in Mr. Battle's letter. The lack of bus sei•~~ice is also mentioned in the letter. One of the things that has been a hindrance is that none of us want to pay our share of the solid waste enterprise fund for our share of the Greene Tract.. Until the County owns the land, it is difficult to do anything on it. Moses Carey said that we targeted dates when payment needs to begin. He stated that passive recreation was also discussed for the Greene Tract. Alex Zat~'ron said it «-~as left as an open question as to whether passive or active recreation «~ould be allowed. Jim Ward said that the Chapel Hill Town Council has expressed interest in doing a small area plan for that general area. It is important that the Chapel Hill small area plan process dovetails with development of the Greene Tract. The Chapel Hill staff ~~~ill not be able to work on the small area plan until next year I~~Iark Kleinschmidt encouraged Cairboro and Orange County to kick in Borne resources to begin the small area plan process earlier. He stated that it would be a shame to prepare a small area plan for the 18 acres and not include the remainder of that property.