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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date:February 5, 2013 Action Agenda Item No.7-b SUBJECT: Follow-up Discussion onthe Continuation of the Historic Rogers Road Neighborhood Task Force DEPARTMENT:PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N)No Solid Waste Management ATTACHMENT(S):INFORMATION CONTACT: Frank Clifton, County Manager, 245- 2300 Michael Talbert,Assistant County Manager, 245-2308 PURPOSE: To follow-up on Board discussions at the January 24, 2013 regular meeting and the January 29, 2013 work session regarding the continuation of the Historic Rogers Road Neighborhood Task Force with consideration of the following: 1)Requesting thatthe Towns appoint their respective representatives; 2)Confirming the appointment of Commissioners Penny Rich and Renee Price to serve on the Task Force; 3)Consider appointing David Caldwell and Robert Campbell from the Rogers Eubanks Neighborhood Association (RENA) to serve on the Task Force; and 4)Confirming the Charge and aTimeline for the continued activities of the Task Force. BACKGROUND: Beginning in 1972 the landfill was openedby the Town of Chapel Hill and in 1999 Orange County assumed ownership and operation of the Eubanks RoadLandfill. The Historic Rogers Road Community has lived with the Orange County Landfill for 40 years. The Community is geographically splitby the Towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro. Orange County as the currentowner/operator of the Landfillis taking the lead to make remediation improvement to the Historic Rogers Road Community. On May 17, 2011 the Board received a plan from RENA recommendingactions 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. At theJanuary 26, 2012Assembly of Governments meeting,the Board and the Town Boards discussed the extension of sewer service and a community center for the Historic Rogers Road Community. County and Town Attorneys haveconcluded thatutilization of Solid Waste reservesto extend sewer service to theHistoric Rogers Road Communityis 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.