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10 <br /> 1 <br /> 2 a. That the County and the Town of Chapel Hill recommend that Orange County will petition the <br /> 3 Town of Chapel Hill to annex all County owned property (that is located in Chapel Hill's ETJ) in <br /> 4 the Rogers Road Neighborhood, including the jointly owned Greene Tract, This action would <br /> 5 alleviate legal concerns from the Town of Chapel Hill attorney. <br /> 6 <br /> 7 b. The Managers recommend that Habitat petition the Town of Chapel Hill to annex the 2 lots in <br /> 8 the Phoenix Place subdivision, provided by Habitat for the construction of a Rogers Road <br /> 9 Neighborhood Community Center. <br /> 10 <br /> 11 c. That the 104 acre jointly owned Greene Tract be considered for development, that would <br /> 12 include a future school site (10 to 12 acres), and the remainder of the site be considered for <br /> 13 workforce/affordable housing, with all proceeds from the sale or lease of the land for <br /> 14 development, including funding from the County for a future school site, to be used to fund <br /> 15 sewer in the Rogers Road Neighborhood. Such development of workforce housing is <br /> 16 consistent with the Chapel Hill 2020 Comprehensive Plan. While there is no formal agreement <br /> 17 on how the Greene Tract will be used, a concept plan was introduced in 2002. <br /> 18 Collectively all governing boards will have to approve any future plans for the Greene Tract. <br /> 19 <br /> 20 3. That the Task Force investigate the creation of County Sewer District for all property owners <br /> 21 in the Rogers Road Neighborhood and adjoining neighborhoods that are not currently served by <br /> 22 a municipal sewer system and would benefit from the installation of sewer infrastructure to <br /> 23 serve the Rogers Road Neighborhood. <br /> 24 <br /> 25 a. Territory lying within the corporate limits of a city or town may not be included in the district <br /> 26 unless the governing body of the city or town agrees by resolution to such inclusion. <br /> 27 <br /> 28 b. The County would propose to contract with OWASA for the actual operation of the sewer <br /> 29 system, which would provide an opportunity for a different rate structure for this district. <br /> 30 <br /> 31 c. A County Sewer District could make special assessments against benefited property within <br /> 32 the district to cover the costs of constructing, extending or improving sewage disposal system. <br /> 33 The basis of any special assessment would be determined at a later date after investigating <br /> 34 development potential and the number of possible dwelling units (the Managers of Chapel Hill <br /> 35 and Carrboro are instructing the planning staff to begin this evaluation). A special assessment <br /> 36 would share the costs of the sewer system with current benefited property (homeowners) and <br /> 37 undeveloped land for future development. <br /> 38 <br /> 39 d. Consideration could be made to offset the cost of connecting sewer system for some group <br /> 40 of residents to be defined. One example could be the owners of owner-occupied housing units <br /> 41 in place at the time the sited (1972). There were estimated 40 +/- housing units in place at that <br /> 42 time. Other definitions of those who would receive an offset can be developed. <br /> 43 <br /> 44 e. To investigate the use of approximately $900,000 of Orange County Solid Waste Rogers <br /> 45 Road Reserves for sewer improvements. <br /> 46 <br /> 47 f. The County Sewer District will be eliminated when the debt is retired and the system would be <br /> 48 given to OWASA. <br /> 49 <br /> 50 <br />