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5 Tract 1: Qrange County—60 acres that�the Counfy should consider protecting" i�y conservation easement; � Tract 2: Joint Affordable Housing— 18.1 acres; - Tract 3: Jaint Open Space— 85.9 acres. The BOCC adopted the ILA on September 29, 1999; the IIJ�Amendment on March 14, 2000; but there are no records to indicate that the Green Tract Work Group Resolution was ever formaily adopted by the BOCC. Subcommittee of Elected Officials and Manaqement Discussion and development of the Greene Tract has come up regularly at the Assembly of Governments (AOG). in spring 2007, however, the AOG agreed to use a subcommittee of the Chair, Mayors, and Managers to examine more vigorously issues prerequisite and surrounding the development and preservation of the Greene Tract. This was deemed especially important since the Town of Chapel Hill was about to initiate its Small Area Plan of the Rogers Road community whase boundaries embrace the Greene Tract. Two meetings were convened by County and Town elected and management officials— October 3, 2007 and February 14, 2008—to re-examine development feasibility options and reimbursement to the Sofid Waste Enterprise Fund. County, Town, and OWASA staff were tasked with drafting various options and opportunities for locating the affordable housing on si�e and providing road entry. and sewer services as background to the work of the elected officials and managers between meetings. At the February meeting, County staff presented the results of joint staff discussions on land use and ownership, environmental/natural features/presenration parameters, utilities—existing and proposed, transportation and access, and affordable housing tract development altematives. Discussion arose on a proposed school site for the Chapel Hifl Carrboro City School District and its impact on acreage reserved for consenration and/or affordable housing. County staff was asked to draft a set of guiding principles and parameters for enacting conservation easements in anticipation of greater discussion on or before the AOG meeting on March 31, and what limitations might prevail for affordable housing. After County stafF review of the guiding principles and parameters for conservation purposes, the Counfy Attomey prepared a memorandum to the BOCC stating that nothing in the language of the ILA contemplated or provided for the Greene Tract portion under County ownership to be used for other than solid waste system purposes. There was insuffcient time for consideration of the Greene Tract item and its component parts at the AOG meeting on March 31, therefore it was agreed to schedule the topic for a previously scheduled joint meeting set on Apri129. The BOCC, in preparation during a work session on April 8, reviewed the updated information . postponed from the AOG meeting, and began a prefiminary discussion of the development and conservation issues previously identified by the joint staffs. County staff was then asked to research and provide additional information for the joint meeting on April 29. Those issues are addressed in Attachments 5-10. Couniy staff will provide a presentation on the development and conservation issues and " respond to any questions at the meeting on Apri129.