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16 <br /> 1 VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br /> 2 <br /> 3 7. Regular Agenda <br /> 4 a. Review of the Historic Rogers Road Neighborhood Task Force <br /> 5 The Board reviewed and discussed the outcomes from the Historic Rogers Road <br /> 6 Neighborhood Task Force and the future of the Task Force. <br /> 7 Michael Talbert presented this item and gave a summary of the process that started <br /> 8 about a year ago, including a brief history of the process. <br /> 9 <br /> 10 Beginning in 1972 the landfill was opened by the Town of Chapel Hill and in <br /> 11 1999 Orange County assumed ownership and operation of the Eubanks Road Landfill. The <br /> 12 Historic Rogers Road Community has continued to cope with the Landfill for 40 years. The <br /> 13 Community is geographically split by the Towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro. Orange County as <br /> 14 the current owner/operator of the Landfill is taking the lead to make remediation improvement to <br /> 15 the Historic Rogers Road Community. <br /> 16 <br /> 17 On May 17, 2011 the Board received a request from the Rogers Eubanks Neighborhood <br /> 18 Association (RENA) recommending actions to mitigate the long and short term impacts of <br /> 19 Orange County's Landfill and Solid Waste operations on the health, safety and welfare of the <br /> 20 Historic Rogers Road — Eubanks Road Community. <br /> 21 <br /> 22 On January 26, 2012 the Board and the Town Boards discussed the extension of sewer service <br /> 23 and a community center for the Historic Rogers Road Community. County and Town Attorneys <br /> 24 have concluded that utilization of Solid Waste reserves to extend sewer service to the Historic <br /> 25 Rogers Road Community is not consistent with North Carolina General Statutes and could <br /> 26 subject the local governments to legal challenges. Therefore, funding for either the extension of <br /> 27 sewer services and/or a community center will need to come from the County's and Towns' <br /> 28 other general revenue sources. <br /> 29 <br /> 30 On February 21, 2012 the Orange County Board of Commissioners authorized the Creation of a <br /> 31 new Historic Rogers Road Neighborhood Task Force to address sewer service and a <br /> 32 community center and approved the Charge. The composition of the Task Force was to include <br /> 33 two members appointed by each Town (Chapel Hill and Carrboro); two members appointed <br /> 34 from the County; and two members appointed from Rogers Eubanks Neighborhood <br /> 35 Association. <br /> 36 <br /> 37 The Charge for the Historic Rogers Road Neighborhood Task Force is to investigate and make <br /> 38 recommendations to the Board of County Commissioners, the Chapel Hill Town Council and <br /> 39 the Carrboro Board of Alderman for neighborhood improvements including funding sources and <br /> 40 the financial impact to the County& Towns, for the following: <br /> 41 <br /> 42 1. Sewer Service to the Historic Rogers Road Neighborhood as defined by the previously <br /> 43 approved public water connections in the area. <br /> 44 <br /> 45 2. A Neighborhood Community Center. <br /> 46 <br /> 47 The Task force is also directed to: <br /> 48 a. Submit an Interim Report back to the County and the Towns by the end of August, <br /> 49 2012 and; <br /> 50 b. Submit a Final Report to the Assembly of Governments on December 6, 2012. <br />