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67 Affirmafaon of Process for Resoivin4 the Disuosition of the Greene Tract The Board considered adopting a reso(ution affirming the general process by which � Orange Couniy and the Towns of Carrboro and Chapel Hill will resolve the dispasfion of the remaining 109 acres of the Greene Tract John Link said that this item was discussed at the April 25�'work session and that there were specific recommendations that have been addressed in this latest drait. The recommendations include that the work group should be fimited to two elected officials from each of the three goveming boards and that there would be a more definitive decision by fihe Board as to what would be incfuded � as the general uses. Commissioner Gordon made reference to the magnitude of the process and said that it would probabfy be October-December before the compleiion of the work group. Commissioner Brown would(ike to add to the"Now,Therefore"statement as follows: 'The consideration of the uses are to be based on environmental and historical assessment reports." She made reference to page 12 and said that these were the last agreements that we had with all the jurisdictions with regard to environmental and historical issues. Commissioner Brown would also not fike to be pinned down to just affordable housing, school sites, and non-so[id waste pubtic purposes. She would tike to consider fihese uses, but not be limited to them. Commissioner Jacobs agreed that the resolution should be as non-binding as possible in regards to the consideration of uses within the Greene Tract Commissioner Carey feels we should leave affordable housing as one of the possible uses in the resolution. He does not feel that everyone considers affordable housing as a pubfic purpose. Also, open space is an appropriate use for this properfy. He agrees with keeping the tight schedule so that fihis issue gets resolved in a timely manner. Commissioner Gordon agreed with the issue of the environmental and historical . assessment reports. She feels that the uses as identified should remain in the resolufion. She does not have a problem with the target dates as long as there is some flexibility_ She feels we should include in our transmifta(the letter on page 11 along with the three maps and to also include fihe text of"The A►greement to Amend the Agreement°and the reimbursement arnount. A mo�ion was made by Commissioner Brown, seconded by Commissioner Jacobs to approve and authorize the Chair to sign the resolution as stated below, including the statement, "Now, therefore, the Orange County Board of Commissioners does hereby affirm the considerafion of fhe . Greene Tract for open space, affordable housing, school sites, and non-sofid waste public purposes. Also, the top bullet should say, "Consideration of fihe uses to be based on the environmental and historical assessment reports." Also,the transmittal will include the letter on page 11, the maps, The Agreement to Amend.the Agreement(pp.5-8), and the reimbursement amount on page 10. A RESOLUTfON AFFIRMING A PROCESS FOR RESOLVING THE DISPOSITION , OF THE REMAINING 109 ACRES OF THE GREENE TRACT . WHEREAS, Orange Couniy and the Towns of Carrboro and Chapel Hill acquired the 169-acre property known as the Greene Tract in 1984 as an asset of the joint sofid waste management system; and - WHEREAS, title to 60 acres of this properly was deeded exclusively to Orange County in 2000 under � provisians of the 1999 interlocal "Agreement for Sofid Waste Management;"and WHEREAS, under fihe same interlocal agreement the County and Towns agreed to bargain in good faith during the iwo-year period following the effective date of the agreement to determine the ul6mate use or disposition of the remaining 109 acres of the Greene Trac� and