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• Staff would come back with plan to begin construction • Staff to come back with recommendation on how they would contract with some entity to operate the community center Commissioner Dorosin said they could sever the four things about the community center and vote on them separately if that would help everyone to agree. Commissioner McKee asked if this was a substitute motion at this time. John Roberts said that there would have to be an unfriendly amendment first. Frank Clifton said that staff could probably reach an agreement with Habitat fairly quickly, but the towns may take longer. Discussion ensued about the rules of making motions. Commissioner Pelissier said that she had called the question, but Chair Jacobs said that he did not hear. Commissioner McKee called the question on the whole complex motion. VOTE ON MOTION: Ayes, 3 (Commissioner Dorosin, Commissioner Price, and Chair Jacobs); Nays, (Commissioner Gordon, Commissioner Pelissier, Commissioner Rich, and Commissioner McKee) Motion Defeated A motion was made by Commissioner Gordon, seconded by Commissioner 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 to construct the center, including any MOAs needed • The budget is to be $650,000, not to exceed $700,000 and 4,000 sq ft. • Confer with the towns about financial participation • Staff will come back with recommendations for the Board to consider on how the center is to be operated VOTE: UNANIMOUS A motion was made by Commissioner Dorosin, seconded by Commissioner Rich to reconstitute the task force for six months and that the task force be charged with, considering the final cost provision and installation of water and sewer utility extensions, preferably at no cost for members of the Historic Rogers Road Community; consider options to address gentrification and consider Chapel Hill's most recent SAP; consider funding options including the Greene Tract. Commissioner McKee asked if Commissioner Dorosin would consider deleting the part about gentrification and Commissioner Dorosin said no. Commissioner Dorosin said they are only asking the task force to look at gentrification. Commissioner Rich asked if the managers continue on their path with conversations with OWASA about utilities. Frank Clifton said they have done a lot of work on technical details of how the utilities will be provided, and the Board of County Commissioners will become the primary Board. He does not think anything will change over the six months, but it is just a matter of working out the details and technical issues.