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2006-2007 and she does not see where this action was actually adopted, but it was referred to the Board of County Commissioners. There were a lot of recommendations, but nothing was adopted. Commissioner Dorosin said that the work is not done yet and the task force should not be shut down because it is built around community engagement. Regarding the community center, he does not understand Habitat's role in this. He thinks that the County should pursue owning the land and building the facility. He said that the process needs to be streamlined. He said that there has been a general consensus of providing sewer but no direction on funding. 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 and to decide to do this in the next six months. He said that if they do continue the task force he would like to be appointed as a member to the task force. He said that they need staff to be more creative on how to do some of these things. Commissioner Gordon said that the Board of County Commissioners is committed to Rogers Road and the discussion should be on the outcomes and then the best method to move these outcomes forward. She suggested looking at the recommendation, start with the community center, and then go to the sewer issue. Commissioner McKee agreed with Commissioner Gordon and said that the County Commissioners need to first discuss outcomes. He requested that the motion be withdrawn until after the discussion. The motion is valid, but he thinks that it is out of sync. Commissioner Price said that her motion stands and she still wants the task force to continue. John Roberts said that Habitat was involved because it is what the task force recommended. However, it would be cleaner if the County bought the land and then the towns could help fund the center. Michael Talbert said that the Board did approve $500,000 to move forward with a community center in the Rogers Road neighborhood. At the very next meeting, the $500,000 grew to $650,000. He said that originally Habitat was going to move the house but it was not feasible, so it evolved from a budget of$650,000 to two lots where Habitat wants to build on. There is temporary approval from the Town of Chapel Hill to move forward with the community center. There are continuing discussions with Habitat on how to make this work. If the two lots were taken out of the subdivision, the process with the Town of Chapel Hill would start over. Habitat wants to maintain control of the lot since it is part of their subdivision. Habitat does not want to be involved in the annual maintenance of the facility. There has been discussion about the towns contributing funds to this facility, but there have been no decisions. Commissioner Rich asked John Roberts to explain his letter and how it differs from what the task force suggested. John Roberts said that what they discussed recently is the streamlined approach and that the County is responsible for construction of the facility and there is no middle man. All of the entities have the same grant opportunities for recreational services and the County could offer this and all of the entities could participate. Commissioner Rich said that if that is the case, the County can move forward with a community center if this interlocal agreement can be created. Commissioner Rich said her goal is that there is action and something in place. Frank Clifton said the difficult issue they face is that when they get to a point, then someone brings up something and they are back at square one. He said if the County Commissioners wants the staff to move forward, then it should direct the staff to move forward with Habitat and an architect, and if the towns want to participate they can. If the County Commissioners want to get all on board before doing this then it will take longer.