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21 1 Orange County has been a driving force and this task force is the best vehicle to continue to 2 have these conversations to address the remaining issues. He encouraged the Board to keep 3 the task force and the community center on their agenda and that the sewer issue is huge and 4 a long way from being resolved. He said that there are other related issues like the Greene 5 Tract and the task force may be able to discuss this issue on the behalf of the municipalities. 6 He said that without the task force, there would be no dialogue between the elected officials. 7 Chair Jacobs asked Jim Ward the same questions of him as of Council Member Lee 8 Starrow and Jim Ward said that he has a personal commitment to see this happen and he 9 hoped the lawyers would keep them out of any illegal areas in which they may roam. 10 Nathan, a Technical Assistant works with RENA. He said that he supports the task 11 force continuing. He made reference to the community center and said that the Rogers Road 12 Community is considered a rural community and they are not given an opportunity to apply for 13 grant funding. 14 A motion was made by Commissioner Price, seconded by Commissioner Dorosin 15 to continue the Rogers Road Neighborhood Task Force and to update the charge once 16 the task force is reconvened. 17 Chair Jacobs asked Commissioner Price if the task force would update the charge and 18 Commissioner Price said that she is open to suggestions. 19 Commissioner Rich said that it is important to talk about the issues first before talking 20 about a task force. She said that they should take each issue— starting with the community 21 center and then going to the sewer— before continuing to decide on the new charge of the task 22 force. She thinks that it is important for everyone to be on the same page. 23 Commissioner Pelissier said that the Board of County Commissioners in October asked 24 the Manager to work on an interlocal agreement with Habitat, Chapel Hill, and Carrboro for the 25 community center. She said that there was a small area plan that was worked on between 26 2006-2007 and she does not see where this action was actually adopted, but it was referred to 27 the Board of County Commissioners. There were a lot of recommendations, but nothing was 28 adopted. 29 Commissioner Dorosin said that the work is not done yet and the task force should not 30 be shut down because it is built around community engagement. Regarding the community 31 center, he does not understand Habitat's role in this. He thinks that the County should pursue 32 owning the land and building the facility. He said that the process needs to be streamlined. He 33 said that there has been a general consensus of providing sewer but no direction on funding. 34 He said the way to do it is to decide to put sewer in the community or not and to pay for it or not 35 and to decide to do this in the next six months. He said that if they do continue the task force 36 he would like to be appointed as a member to the task force. He said that they need staff to be 37 more creative on how to do some of these things. 38 39 Commissioner Gordon said that the Board of County Commissioners is committed to 40 Rogers Road and the discussion should be on the outcomes and then the best method to move 41 these outcomes forward. She suggested looking at the recommendation, start with the 42 community center, and then go to the sewer issue. 43 Commissioner McKee agreed with Commissioner Gordon and said that the County 44 Commissioners need to first discuss outcomes. He requested that the motion be withdrawn 45 until after the discussion. The motion is valid, but he thinks that it is out of sync. 46 Commissioner Price said that her motion stands and she still wants the task force to 47 continue. 48 John Roberts said that Habitat was involved because it is what the task force 49 recommended. However, it would be cleaner if the County bought the land and then the towns 50 could help fund the center.