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On February 21, 2012 the Board approved the original Compositionand Charge of the Historic Rogers Road Neighborhood Task Force: Two members appointed by eachTown - Chapel Hill (Council Members Rich and Ward) and Carrboro (Board Members Johnson and Slade) Two members appointed by the County (Commissioners Hemminger& Foushee) Two members appointed from the Rogers Eubanks Neighborhood Association (David Caldwell and Robert Campbell) The original Charge for the Historic Rogers Road Neighborhood Task Force was to investigate and make recommendations to the Board of County Commissioners, the Chapel Hill Town Council and the Carrboro Board of Aldermen for neighborhood improvements including funding sources and the financial impact to the County & Towns, for the following: 1.Sewer Service to the Historic Rogers Road Neighborhood as defined by the previously approved public water connections in the area. 2.A Neighborhood Community Center. The Task Force was also directed to: a.Submit an Interim Report back to the County and the Townsby the end of August, 2012; and b.Submit a Final Report to the Assembly of Governments on December 6, 2012. On December 6, 2012, the Assembly of Governments received an interim report from the Historic Rogers Road Neighborhood Task Force and held a lengthy discussion of the accomplishments of the Task Force. One of the recommendations from the Task Force was that the Task Force continueto meet for an additional six (6)months to address the Charge with the original composition of the Task Force. Town Board Members and County Commissioners voicedtheir opinions concerning the continuationof the Task Force and the issues that are still unresolved. Since the meeting was a work session, no decisions were made and the future of the Task Force was referred back to the Board of Commissioners. On January 24, 2013 the Board of Commissioners took the following action: First, a motion was made by Commissioner Alice Gordon and seconded by Commissioner Earl McKee: That the County move forward with the construction of the community center; Instruct staff to confer with the managers and attorneys of the county and towns,to come up with legal options for constructing the center, including whatever memorandum of agreement is needed; The budget is to be $650,000, with a maximum of $700,000 and 4,000 square feet; Confer with the towns about their financial participation; The staff is to come back with recommendations for the board to consider on how the center is to be operated. The motion was approved unanimously.