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Commissioner Gordon said that it should be investigated for the passibility of a neighborhood park. There would have to be an access. Chair Jacobs verified that this is Habitat's initiative and not the Town's. This suggestion will be conveyed to Habitat. Brian Lowen said that all of them support this project. His concern is that the Town Board wants to annex that property. He said that this area and other areas that abut the town limits are really bad, in that there are run dawn trailers, garbage strewn around, etc. Since it is not in their jurisdiction, they cannot send their code enforcement officer out there to do anything about it. This troubles him because when Habitat tries to sell these homes, if that section of Tulip Tree is not cleaned up, no one will buy the homes. He wants the Tawn to work with the County to help control the garbage that is around there. Geof Gledhill said that the County has regulations that would help with this, except they are in the land use plan regulations and the County does not have land use plan jurisdiction in this area. Craig Benedict said that the County does have land use zoning regulations and they could look at the regulations to find out if there are excerpts or some standards that Hillsborough could adopt within its jurisdiction. The County can amend its regulations also. The Town and the County could jointly look at the best zoning enforcement regulations. Discussion ensued about how to enforce the regulations. Commissioner Halkiotis suggested having the County and the Town Attorneys sit down together and figure out how to make this happen and not let it became another Hoyle King matter. Both Boards agreed. gj Town Public Works Facility Siting by Temporary Solid Waste Convenience Center Rod Visser said that the lease for the solid waste convenience center on Highway 57 is expiring on April 1 ~, but the owner of the property has agreed to extend the lease on a bi- monthly basis. In the meantime, the County is looking for permanent and temporary solutions. Chair Jacobs pointed out that anything the County does will be with full community knowledge and participation. One of the sites will help Hillsborough clear for its Public Works facility. The County Commissioners want to confirm that this would indeed help Hillsborough. Eric Peterson said yes. Commissioner Halkiotis said that they asked for a survey to see how many Hillsborough residents that are using the 57 center and there are a lot of residents. It is also a Town issue, and he suggested doing something combined. 2. Planning & Inspections aj Courtesy ReviewlPlanning Process Craig Benedict said that the courtesy review process has been working well. The County has been providing comments in various categories -transportation, senior citizen services, etc. He thinks that there could be some improvement in the communication about annexation proposals. The County has been getting calls from residents that have been approached by future developers of land presently in Orange County and they ask him what is going on and he has no idea. He suggested adding annexation feasibility analyses to the courtesy review process. Chair Jacobs would also like to add that the Town's fiscal analysis might be augmented by the County's fiscal analysis. For example, the changing of housing types at Waterstone has implications on school capacity.