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Chair Jacobs said that Hillsborough voted regarding a proposed rezoning of the property on which the current convenience center is located and deferred it for at least four months, with a 60-day agreement, which gives the County six months. Regarding having a temporary site in Fairview at the Public Works facility, he said that people in the neighborhood may not trust that this site would be as benign as the County Commissioners perceive it to be. He cautioned the staff to be careful about the contacts they make or what they say. Chair Jacobs said that he learned that one of the parcels that immediately adjoins the Public Works site is owned by the Central High Alumni Association, and they want to build a community meeting place there. He wants to proceed very cautiously. Commissioner Halkiotis made reference to the visit to the property that he made with the staff and said that the operations center is very visible. He suggested that Dave Stancil and Marabeth Carr look at same additional plantings of evergreens that do not lose their leaves. The Board agreed. d. Greene Tract Disposition Rod Visser said that the Greene Tract work group chaired by Commissioner Carey in 2002 adopted a resolution that was transmitted to each jurisdiction and all three governing boards endorsed the recommendations. The resolution stated that there are 60 acres that are County property, but the balance of the Greene tract - $5+ acres - should be kept in open space protected by conservation easements and the other 18 acres should be earmarked for future affordable housing purposes. Also, the Solid Waste Enterprise Fund needs to be reimbursed for the property that would go out of solid waste purposes. The work group discussed that the triggering mechanism far this would be when the open space is put under a conservation easement. Dave Stancil has been working with the Triangle Land Conservancy to possibly work with the County and the towns on the conservation easements. Dave Stancil said that TLC is inclined to be a partner and he would anticipate hearing back from them soon, within 30-45 days. Chair Jacobs said that Chapel Hill is hosting the next Assembly of Governments meeting on March 30t'' and they are proposing the discussion of the Greene Tract. Commissioner Gordon asked about the 11 undetermined acres and Rod Visser said that there are 85.9 acres for the conservation easement, 60 acres for the County, and about 18.1 for affordable housing, and the remainder is left for a utility easement around the railroad track. They thought for many years that there were 109 acres, but when it was actually surveyed it was closer to 104. Dave Stancil said that he remembered that the 11 acres were distributed between the open space and affordable housing. Commissioner Gordon asked about getting water and sewer to the affordable housing. She said that they got information about how many tracts were served by water an Rogers Road. There were a number of tracts that had not hooked up and she asked about this. Housing and Community Development Director Tara Fikes said that the eligibility requirement far hooking up at the County's cost was 80°1o below median income. The staff will bring specific information back on how many families hooked onto the system that were eligible and why the eligible ones did not. Rod Visser said that the contemplated way of getting sewer to the affordable housing would be from the backside of the Habitat project and running it along Purefoy Road. Discussion ensued on the placement of the sewer lines on the map. Chair Jacobs asked that the information came back from Tara Fikes before the Assembly of Governments meeting.