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on Eubanks Road. The Historic Rogers Road Community has lived with the Orange County Landfill for 40 years. On May 17, 2011 the Board of Commissioners received a plan from Rogers-Eubanks Neighborhood Association (RENA) recommending actions to mitigate the long and short term impacts of Orange County's Landfill and Solid Waste operations on the health, safety and welfare of the Historic Rogers Road — Eubanks Road community. On January 26, 2012 the Board of Commissioners and the Town Boards discussed the extension of sewer service and a community center for the Historic Rogers Road Community. County and Town Attorneys have concluded that utilization of Solid Waste reserves to extend sewer service to the Historic Rogers Road Community is not consistent with North Carolina General Statutes and would subject the local governments to legal challenges. Therefore, funding for either the extension of sewer services and/or a community center will have to come from the County's and Towns' other general revenue sources. On February 21, 2012 the Orange County Board of Commissioners authorized the creation of a new Historic Rogers Road Neighborhood Task Force to address sewer service and a community center. On September 6, 2012 the Board of County Commissioners reviewed the Interim Report from the Historic Rogers Road Neighborhood Task Force and approved the following motion: The motion was made by Commissioner Hemminger and seconded by Commissioner Yuhasz, for intent to: • 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 RENA 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 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 draft Meeting Summary the Task Force reinforced support for both the Community Center and Sewer in the Historic Rogers Road Community, by the recommending the following: 1. That the Managers meet and report back to the Task Force at the October 24, 2012 meeting, specifically to study how the local governments can cost-share sewer improvements and a community center. 2. That the Managers consider the attached "Carrboro" cost sharing option. 3. That the Task Force move forward with the Community Center and continue discussions as to how sewer is implemented. The Historic Rogers Road Neighborhood Task Force is scheduled to present its final report to the Assembly of Governments on December 6, 2012. Commissioner Hemminger made reference to the idea of moving the historic Hogan House and said that the church will move the property and save it to be restored on its own property.