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R <br />On January 26, 2012 the County Board of Commissioners and the Town Boards discussed the <br />extension of sewer service and a community center for the Historic Rogers Road Community. <br />County and Town Attorneys have concluded that utilization of Solid Waste reserves to extend <br />sewer service to the Historic Rogers Road Community is not consistent with North Carolina <br />General Statutes and could subject the local governments to legal challenges. Therefore, <br />funding for either the extension of sewer services and /or a community center will need to come <br />from the County's and Towns' other general revenue sources. <br />On February 21, 2012 the Orange County Board of Commissioners authorized the Creation of a <br />new Historic Rogers Road Neighborhood Task Force to address sewer service and a <br />community center, and approved the Charge. The composition of the Task Force was to <br />include two members appointed by each Town (Chapel Hill and Carrboro); two members <br />appointed from the County; and two members appointed from Rogers- Eubanks Neighborhood <br />Association (RENA). <br />Appointed Task Force Members: <br />David Caldwell: <br />Robert Campbell: <br />Valerie Foushee: <br />Pam Hemminger: <br />Michelle Johnson <br />Sammy Slade: <br />Penny Rich: <br />James Ward: <br />RENA <br />RENA <br />Orange County <br />Orange County <br />Carrboro <br />Carrboro <br />Chapel Hill <br />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 the <br />Carrboro Board of Alderman for neighborhood improvements including funding sources and the <br />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 August, <br />2012 and; <br />b. Submit a Final Report to the Assembly of Governments on December 6, 2012. <br />Attachment A is the Historic Road Neighborhood Task Force Interim Report approved by the <br />Task Force on August 22, 2012. Each governing board received and reviewed the Interim <br />Report during September 2012. The Task Force has continued to meet and has made draft <br />recommendations to the Assembly of Governments - see Attachment B. <br />