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Chair Carey said that this conversation began in 1989 and resulted in a task force making recommendations in 1993. He recognizes that his colleagues want to have more deliberation, and he thinks that they most likely will not make a decision until next spring. He thinks this would be disrespectful to the people that they promised they would make a decision. A motion was made by Chair Carey, seconded by Commissioner Foushee that the Board will pursue a district election system and have a referendum in the general election of 2006 on the map that the Board of County Commissioners adopt. Commissioner Halkiotis said that Chair Carey is pushing a timeframe. He said that he has no problem with supporting district representation. He will vote against this out of his principles that he has not had an opportunity to discuss this with the Board publicly or privately. He would appreciate the opportunity to discuss this in a scheduled work session. Commissioner Jacobs agreed with Commissioner Halkiotis and Chair Carey and said that this is a benign resolution and does not commit them to any particular approach and he will support the motion. VOTE: Ayes, 4; No, 1(Commissianer Halkiotis ) Chair Carey said that there would be a work session as soon as it can be arranged an the forms and the maps. e. Housing Bond Program The Board considered awarding housing bond funds in the amount of $205,000 to Habitat for Humanity to purchase land on Purefoy Drive in the Rogers Road community in Chapel Hill and authorizing the Manager in consultation with the County Attorney to enter into a Development Agreement detailing the conditions of the award. Housing and Community Development Director Tara Fikes presented this item. She said that they received an application from Habitat for land banking, which allows local organizations to use band funds to purchase land that may become available to the community to be developed as affordable housing in future years. There is a total of $612,500 available in the land-banking fund. The proposed property is north of the Rusch Hollow subdivision that Habitat currently has under construction and adjoins a 6.75-acre tract currently awned by Habitat. The preliminary plans include the provision of public water and sewer by the Orange Water and Sewer Authority by extension from the Rusch Hollow subdivision. This neighborhood is in an area where the Town of Chapel Hill will be completing a small area plan. The project review and selection committee held apre-application and apost-review conference with Habitat and would like to award the $205,000 with two conditions: Habitat will engage the local community during the development and planning phase; and that Habitat enter into a written agreement with the seller that ensures that the current tenant of the mobile home is not displaced by any future housing development on the site. Commissioner Jacobs asked County Engineer Paul Thames about this project causing a sewer and water line extension and Paul Thames pointed the area out on a map. He said that the route was not inconsistent with what was approved as a line years ago. Commissioner Jacobs asked about the area to the west of Rogers Road and if this is what Carrboro annexed and Paul Thames said that he did not know what Carrboro has annexed. It is in Carrboro's ETJ and city limits. Commissioner Jacobs said that if they annex, then they are obligated by law to provide utilities. Geof Gledhill said that they would not be obligated by law to provide utilities because Carrboro does not provide utilities. Towns that do provide water and sewer are required to provide public water and sewer to annexed areas. Commissioner Jacobs asked Paul Thames if this would get water and sewer lines ready to serve the Greene Tract and Paul Thames said yes.