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24 1 Cost Sharing Recommendations: 2 3 On August 22, 2012 the Task Force approved the following recommendation: 4 5 The Task Force recommends that the County and Town Managers collectively discuss and 6 formulate a fair and equitable cost sharing recommendation for the Task Force to consider. 7 Options 2 & 4 are no longer being considered by the Task Force, therefore the 8 recommendation should be based on options 1, 3, and /or 5. The cost sharing recommendation 9 will be reviewed by the Task Force and could be applied to funding Sewer Infrastructure and a 10 Community Center. 11 12 POTENTIAL NEXT STEPS: 13 Formulate recommendations to the Board of County Commissioners, Chapel Hill Town Council 14 and the Carrboro Board of Aldermen on the following unresolved issues: 15 1. Providing sewer service to the Rogers Road Neighborhood as defined in the Task Force 16 Charge. 17 a. Determine which grant opportunities are possible and probable and worthy of 18 consideration. 19 b. Agree collectively on costs sharing and possible funding sources. 20 2. Moving and renovation of the Hogan-Rogers House for a Neighborhood Community 21 Center. 22 a. Define a moving and renovation project team. 23 b. Create a timeline for moving and renovating the house. 24 c. Create and approve a capital and/or operating budgets for the Community Center 25 d. Agree collectively on costs sharing and possible funding sources. 26 3. Complete investigating is the possibility of constructing a new Community Center on the 27 two lots donated by Habitat for Humanity. 28 a. Create and approve a capital and/or operating budgets a new Community Center 29 b. Create a timeline for constructing a new Community Center. 30 a. Agree collectively on costs sharing and possible funding sources. 31 4. Agree on a strategy to educate and promote the recommendations of the Historic 32 Rogers Road Neighborhood Task Force to all three local governments. 33 34 Report ends here. 35 36 Frank Clifton said that the numbers on the utilities only include sewer. He said that he 37 has had a discussion with the director of Habitat of Humanity and they may want to contract 38 with Habitat to be the project manager. 39 Commissioner Hemminger said that she and Commissioner Foushee served on this 40 task force and she has met with Habitat about this issue several times. Habitat for Humanity 41 would be willing to be the coordinator. They are not allowed to be contractors for anything other 42 than residential, but they could help coordinate this community center. Habitat has not brought 43 this to its board yet and is waiting on the recommendation. There are several concerns about 44 the property and the commitment of funding, etc. Habitat for Humanity is an eager partner, but 45 they want assurances. She hopes to move forward with this community center before the 46 landfill closes.