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

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`7 �7 b. - --........ Historic Romer Neighborhood �C�rr�� ■t1f Center and Bu � R9 I I I I IIII I IIIIIIIII IIIIII�1 PIiPPlililili i� Amendment ent # 3- The Board considered establishing a County Capital Project for the construction of a Rogers Road Neighborhood Community Center and approving Budget Amendment 3 -B and authorizing the Manager to draft an I nterlo al Agreement. Assistant County Manager Michael Talbert said that the most recent discussion on this issue was on September 6th and the Board of County Commissioners approved moving forward, as follows: move forward with a new "green" community center; to ask the manager to find $380,000 more to move into the fund already established with $120,000; to work with I ENA and Habitat for Humanity on the design and implementation of this community center; to ask the towns to contribute computers, supplies, permitting costs, connection costs and the first 12 months of utilities towards this project; - to ask the towns to expedite the permitting process; and to be able to start immediately to bring this project back to the B CC October meeting to finalize going forward. On September 18, 2012 the Carrboro Board of Aldermen reviewed the Interim Report from the Historic Rogers Road Neighborhood Task Force and approved the following motion: MOTION N WAS MALE BY ALDERMAN SLA E AND SECONDED BY ALDERMAN LAVELLE THAT THE TOWN OF CARRBORO HAS THE INTENTION OF CONTRIBUTING NOT MORE THAN $900,000 FOR THE TOWN'S N'S P F TI N OF THE COMMUNITY UNITY CENTER AND COST OF THE SEWER PROJECT. THE TOWN MANAGER SHALL RESEARCH FUNDING SOURCES. TOWN STAFF SHALL ALSO INVESTIGATE HOW THE TOWN CAN RECOUP THE SEWER LINE INVESTMENT COSTS FROM DEVELOPERS. THE BOARD EXPRESSES ITS APPRECIATION N T THE COUNTY NTY FOIE THEIR COMMITMENT TO THE PROJECT AND REQUESTS UESTS THAT THE TOWN N F CHAPEL HILL CONSIDER THEIR SHARE F THE CONTRIBUTION. MOTE: AFFIRMATIVE SIX, ABSENT ONE (COLEMAN) On September 28, 2012 the County and Town Managers met and developed the attached recommendations., Recommendation 1. . is to 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 F ENA for $1 per Year. contract between the County and Habitat would be approved by the Board before any funds would be available for the construction of a Rogers Road Neighborhood d Community Center. On October 3, 2012 the Historic Rogers Road Neighborhood Task Force met and discussed the attached recommendations from the County and Town Managers. Based on the