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11 1 Frank Clifton said that the sewer issues have caused the most hurdles. There are still a 2 lot of issues to be dealt with. The Town of Carrboro has taken affirmative action at this time. 3 Commissioner Hemminger thanked he managers for finding a mechanism with a 4 funding opportunity for this proposal. She said when they are thinking about the cost of sewer 5 that everyone should remember that this is a long-term project. The task force is interested in 6 different options and the sewer district conversation was very positive. There are still many 7 things to be worked out, but everyone is ready to move forward to make it work. 8 Michael Talbert said that the neighborhood association held a meeting at the 9 Tabernacle Church on November 3rd. There were 22-25 people there. The intent was to see 10 which members of the community wanted sewer. Rev. Campbell and Mr. Caldwell had already 11 gone door to door and had a list of 42 names of people that were interested in getting sewer. 12 Eleven were inside the Town limits of Carrboro, two were outside of the Rogers Road 13 neighborhood and nine were inside. In the Chapel Hill Planning side, a total of 31 were 14 interested in sewer. 15 John Roberts said that the attorneys did discuss these manager's recommendations 16 and came out in agreement that all can be accomplished, but may not be in the manner 17 recommended. The details need to be reviewed more. 18 Commissioner Gordon made reference to page 8, item 2-a, and asked about the pros 19 and cons of annexation. She would like to have this information. 20 John Roberts said that the concerns are that the towns feel that they cannot spend 21 money outside of their jurisdictions. Annexation has been suggested to extend the jurisdictions 22 to allow them to spend money within these areas. 23 Commissioner Gordon made reference to item 2-c and the jointly owned Greene Tract 24 of 104 acres. She said that there was quite a process the Board of Commissioners went 25 through when they came up with the plans for the 104 acres. She said that the entities need to 26 engage in some sort of process to decide what all three jurisdictions can agree upon. She said 27 that it needs to be a collaborative process. 28 Commissioner Jacobs said that it would be useful to see what was discussed at AOG 29 meetings in the past about the Greene Tract. It was very spirited because people were arguing 30 about how much acreage should go for affordable housing, whether there should be active 31 recreation, etc. He said that he appreciated that there is a Historic Rogers Road area and that 32 these residents need to be served first. He said that it would be nice to come to the AOG with a 33 description of OWASA's tap-on policy. He thinks that the policy is that if a house is in that area, 34 then it has to hook up. 35 Frank Clifton agreed that the elected bodies need to have a discussion with the OWASA 36 board about this issue. When the landfill closes next summer, there will be discussions about 37 what happens in the neighborhoods around it. 38 Commissioner Yuhasz made reference to the Greene Tract and said that it is important 39 to look at the discussions from the past, but he would not want it to hamstring the process. He 40 said that it is also important to have a discussion about divestiture of the Greene Tract. 41 Chair Pelissier suggested that the task force ask OWASA to look at its policy related to 42 sewer gravity for this specific project. She thinks that the board might be willing to consider 43 this. 44 Commissioner Hemminger said that the community center discussion came up again 45 and it was thought that $500,000 was not going to be enough, and that $650,000 would be 46 more realistic to add to the advancement project (an additional $150,000). She asked the 47 Board to consider additional funding. 48 Commissioner Hemminger said that the business plan from RENA is a dream and a 49 listing of all kinds of possibilities. She asked the Board to view this as goals and a dream only 50 at this time.