ORD-2012-046 Historic Rogers Road Neighborhood Community Center and Budget Amendment #3

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Managers Recommendations to Historic Rogers Road Neighborhood Task Force September 28, 2012 On August 22, 2012 the Task Force approved the following recommendation: The Task Force recommends that the County and Town Managers collectively discuss and formulate a fair and equitable cost sharing recommendation for the Task Force to consider. Options 2 & 4 are no longer being considered by the Task Force, therefore the recommendation should be based on options 1, 3, and /or 5. The cost sharing recommendation will be reviewed by the Task Force and could be applied to funding Sewer Infrastructure and a Community Center. On September 28, 2012 the County and Town Managers met and developed the following recommendations: 1. That the Task Force supports a new Rogers Road Neighborhood Community Center to be constructed on the 2 lots in the Phoenix Place subdivision, a site graciously provided Habitat for Humanity. a. The Board of County Commissioners may agree to have the County advance funding for a Community Center of up to $500,000. b. Funding will begin in Fiscal 2013/14 at the same rate the County and Towns are now funding to purchase the Greene Tract from the Orange County Solid Waste Fund. This will commit the County and the Towns to the same costs sharing percentages as outlined in the 1972 Landfill Agreement ($90,549 Orange County, $90,549 Town of Chapel Hill and $29,524 Town of Carrboro). c. Investigate a contractual agreement with Habitat for Humanity to construct a Rogers Road Neighborhood Community Center that would serve the residents of the Rogers Road Neighborhood. The center would be owned by Habitat and leased to Rogers Eubanks Neighborhood Association (RENA) for $1 per year. d. That the details of development of the Community Center will be referred back to the Managers for coordination and a report to the Task Force and /or the governing bodies 2. The County and the Town of Chapel Hill recommend that Orange County will petition the Town of Chapel Hill to annex all County owned property in the Rogers Road Neighborhood, including the jointly owned Greene Tract and the 2 lots in the Phoenix Place subdivision, the site graciously provided Habitat for Humanity as requested by Habitat for Humanity. The Town of Chapel Hill' will act in a timely manner to annex the property petitioned.