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concluded that use of Solid Waste reserves to extend sewer service to the Rogers Road <br /> Community is not consistent with North Carolina General Statutes and would subject the local <br /> governments to legal challenges. Funding for a community center does not have a relationship <br /> to Solid Waste and could not be funded from Solid Waste reserves. Therefore, funding for <br /> either the extension of sewer services and/or a community center will have to come from the <br /> County's and Towns' other general revenue sources. There was also significant discussion on <br /> January 26 regarding the creation of a task force to address the issues. <br /> On February 21, 2012 the Orange County Board of Commissioners authorized the Creation of <br /> a new Historic Rogers Road Neighborhood Task Force to address sewer service and a <br /> community center. The composition of the Task Force was to include two members appointed <br /> by each Town (Chapel Hill and Carrboro); two members appointed from the County; and two <br /> members appointed from Rogers Eubanks Neighborhood Association (RENA). <br /> Appointed Task Force Members: <br /> David Caldwell: RENA <br /> Robert Campbell: RENA <br /> Valerie Foushee: Orange County <br /> Pam Hemminger: Orange County <br /> Michelle Johnson: Carrboro <br /> Sammy Slade: Carrboro <br /> Penny Rich: Chapel Hill <br /> James Ward: Chapel Hill <br /> Charge of the Historic Rogers Road Neighborhood Task Force: <br /> The Charge for the Historic Rogers Road Neighborhood Task Force is to investigate and make <br /> recommendations to the Board of County Commissioners, the Chapel Hill Town Council and <br /> the Carrboro Board of Aldermen for neighborhood improvements including funding sources <br /> and the financial impact to the County & Towns, for the following: <br /> 1. Sewer Service to the Historic Rogers Road Neighborhood as defined by the previously <br /> approved public water connections in the area. <br /> 2. A Neighborhood Community Center. <br /> The Task force is also directed to: <br /> a. Submit an Interim Report back to the County and the Towns by the end of <br /> August, 2012 and; <br /> b. Submit a Final Report to the Assembly of Governments on December 6, 2012. <br /> Approved by the Board of County Commissioners on February 21, 2012 <br /> Boundaries of the Historic Rogers Road Neighborhood: <br /> The Historic Rogers Road Neighborhood Task Force approved that the Neighborhood be <br /> defined as the area identified by the September, 2011 map identifying available water service <br />