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37 3. That the governing boards continue to appropriate funds, as previously budgeted to reimburse the Solid Waste fund for the purchase of the Greene Tract, for both a New Community Center and Sewer Improvements. Funds budgeted in Fiscal Year 2012/2013 for the Greene Tract are as follows; $90,549 for Orange County, $90,549 for the Town of Chapel Hill and $29,524 for the Town of Carrboro. The governing boards are also encouraged to locate other funding sources for a New Community Center and Sewer Improvements. 4. That the Hogan- Rogers House no longer be considered as an option for a Neighborhood Community Center. The St. Paul's AME Church is working with the Chapel Hill Preservation Society to save the structure. 5. That the Task Force continue to meet to address the Charge of the Task Force, for an additional six months with the original composition of the Task Force. The composition of the Task Force originally included two members appointed by each Town (Chapel Hill and Carrboro); two members appointed from the County; and two members appointed from Rogers Eubanks Neighborhood Association (RENA). There are several recommendations that have not been finalized and that is why the Task Force wants to continue to meet. The first is the community center. There needs to be a memorandum of understanding of how the center is going to operate, who will pay for it, who will construct it, who will occupy it, and what type of interlocal agreement or memorandum of understanding would be between the Towns, Habitat and the Rogers Road Neighborhood Association for the operation and the program /activities to be provided. The second item is the sewer district. The managers suggested that there be a Rogers Road County Sewer District. There are a lot of details to be worked out with that. The recommendation is that the managers continue to work on this issue and participate with the Towns and OWASA to study this idea. The managers could work with the attorneys to create criteria that would enable homeowners that have lived in the Historic Rogers Road Neighborhood before 1972 to connect from the sewer system free of charge and recommend a sliding scale fee structure for homeowners that moved to the neighborhood between 1972 and 2012. Attachments D and E have attorney opinions. There are many legal issues yet to be worked out over multi - jurisdictional lines. Chair of the Task Force Pam Hemminger said that the task force was determined to finish its work as soon as possible. She hopes that the County will approve starting the drafting of the Memorandum of Understanding between the County, the Towns, and Habitat. There are lots of different options still to be considered and lots of information still to be pulled together. This is why the task force wants to continue to meet. Aldermen Gist said that there have been several memos from their attorney in the past couple of weeks. She asked if he would be willing to share about the latest memo. Town of Carrboro Attorney Mike Brough said that, with respect to the community center, the issues that he raised had to do with the role of Habitat. He said that there would have to be a bidding process and it was not clear to him how there would be a bidding process. Habitat is not going to be construction the center and it is his understanding that the County would continue to own the center. He said that there are a lot of details that remain unclear to him. The other issue that he expressed to the Carrboro Board of Aldermen is the ongoing operation and maintenance of the center. He understands that the intent of the County is that whatever funds are distributed are not continued to be ongoing. He suggested that some consideration be given to this. His recommendation is that the board considers whether the planning should be directed solely to the sewer project as opposed to the community center. If all three bodies are operating the community center there are issues about the programs, etc. The memo is shown below: