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37 1 stepped up and did the best they could for this community. She said that if the Board wanted 2 her to stay and work for the next 6 months then she would. 3 Commissioner Hemminger said that she would also be willing to stay and work with this 4 task force if needed. 5 Commissioner McKee made a motion to continue the appointments of Commissioner 6 Foushee and Commissioner Hemminger on this task force. 7 8 Commissioner Hemminger said that the composition would have to be changed in order 9 to do this. 10 Commissioner McKee withdrew his motion. 11 Commissioner Hemminger said that they could be appointed as ex-officio officers. She 12 said that the two County Commissioners coming on have been involved in the meetings. 13 Commissioner McKee said that in the interest of continuity, he would like to see them 14 continue in some manner. 15 Commissioner Hemminger said that she and Commissioner Foushee would be at the 16 Assembly of Governments meeting to answer questions. 17 Commissioner Jacobs endorsed Commissioner McKee's sentiment and said that at the 18 December 11th meeting they can raise this issue and find a way to engage Commissioner 19 Hemminger and Commissioner Foushee. 20 Commissioner Jacobs asked Commissioner Hemminger and Commissioner Foushee if 21 they envision that before the six months expires that this group will talk about other phases of 22 what can be done or if this would conclude the work of the task force. 23 Commissioner Hemminger said that they were concerned about the water and sewer 24 issue and this is why they asked to extend the task force. 25 Commissioner Jacobs asked if there was any thought of any charge going beyond the 26 community center and Commissioner Hemminger said that there was none discussed. 27 Commissioner Foushee said that what has made this task force so successful is that 28 they knew the charge and they never strayed from that charge. 29 Commissioner McKee made reference to item 1-b on the sewer item and asked if the 30 sewer district would include the historic neighborhood. 31 Michael Talbert said that this is the intent. The Planning Directors from the Towns of 32 Carrboro and Chapel Hill are going to figure out how many lots would benefit from this system. 33 Commissioner McKee said that his concern would be assessments against some of the 34 historic homes and he is not sure how this will be implemented. He does not want these folks 35 to be burdened with an assessment. 36 Frank Clifton said that one of the underlying issues is that once sewer is brought into 37 this neighborhood, the property will be changed dramatically and some properties will be ready 38 for development expansion. They are trying to come up with some methodology that any 39 development that comes in will have to bear some of the cost of the water and sewer. 40 Commissioner Yuhasz made reference to the payments budgeted for the Greene Tract 41 that were earmarked for the Solid Waste Enterprise Fund. He asked if there were plans to 42 make up the $200,000+ from the Enterprise Fund. 43 Frank Clifton said that the purpose of the Managers recommending continuation of 44 those funds is because they are already budgeted with each budget as an annual expense out 45 of the general fund. The Enterprise Fund will be reimbursed within the next years. 46 Commissioner Jacobs made reference to the historic neighborhood and said that there 47 is another hurdle regarding protecting the integrity of the existing historic Rogers Road 48 community when you change the character of the development that is possible. He hopes that 49 there is discussion about staying ahead of the curve instead of playing catch up. Once the