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10 <br /> 1 <br /> 2 Background: Beginning in 1972 the landfill was opened by the Town of Chapel Hill and in <br /> 3 1999 Orange County assumed ownership and operation of the Eubanks Road Landfill. The <br /> 4 Historic Rogers Road Community has lived with the Orange County Landfill for 40 years. The <br /> 5 Community is geographically split by the Orange County and Carrboro. Orange County as the <br /> 6 current owner/operator of the Landfill, is taking the lead to make remediation improvement to <br /> 7 the Historic Rogers Road Community. <br /> 8 <br /> 9 Timeline: <br /> 10 On May 17, 2011 the Board received a plan from RENA recommending actions to mitigate the <br /> 11 long and short term impacts of Orange County's Landfill and Solid Waste operations on the <br /> 12 health, safety and welfare of the Historic Rogers Road — Eubanks Road Community. <br /> 13 On January 26, 2012 the Board and the Town Boards discussed the extension of sewer <br /> 14 service and a community center for the Historic Rogers Road Community. County and Town <br /> 15 Attorneys have concluded that, utilization of Solid Waste reserves, to extend sewer service to <br /> 16 the Historic Rogers Road Community, is not consistent with North Carolina General Statutes <br /> 17 and would subject the local governments to legal challenges. Therefore, funding for either the <br /> 18 extension of sewer services and/or a community center will have to come from the County's and <br /> 19 Towns other general revenue sources. <br /> 20 On February 21, 2012 the Orange County Board of Commissioners authorized the Creation of <br /> 21 a new Historic Rogers Road Task Force to address sewer service and a community center and <br /> 22 approved the Charge The composition of the Task Force was to include two members <br /> 23 appointed by each Town (Chapel Hill and Carrboro); two members appointed from the County; <br /> 24 and two members appointed from Rogers Eubanks Neighborhood Association (RENA). <br /> 25 <br /> 26 Charge of the Original Historic Rogers Road Neighborhood Task Force <br /> 27 The Charge for the Historic Rogers Road Neighborhood Task Force is to investigate and make <br /> 28 recommendations to the Board of County Commissioners, the Chapel Hill Town Council and the <br /> 29 Carrboro Board of Aldermen for neighborhood improvements including funding sources and the <br /> 30 financial impact to the County & Towns, for the following: <br /> 31 1. Sewer Service to the Historic Rogers Road Neighborhood as defined by the <br /> 32 previously approved public water connections in the area. <br /> 33 2. A Neighborhood Community Center. <br /> 34 <br /> 35 The Task force is also directed to: <br /> 36 a. Submit an Interim Report back to the County and the Towns by the end of August, <br /> 37 2012 and; <br /> 38 b. Submit a Final Report to the Assembly of Governments on December 6, 2012. <br /> 39 <br /> 40 On December 6, 2012 the Assembly of Governments received an interim report from the <br /> 41 Historic Rogers Road Neighborhood Task Force and held a lengthy discussion of the <br /> 42 accomplishments of the Task Force. One of the recommendations from The Task Force was <br /> 43 that the Task Force continues to meet for an additional 6 months to address the Charge with <br /> 44 the original composition of the Task Force. <br /> 45 On February 5, 2013 the Orange County Board of Commissioners authorized the continuation <br /> 46 of a reappointed Historic Rogers Road Neighborhood Task Force and approved the Charge of <br /> 47 the Task Force. The composition of the Task Force includes two members appointed by each <br /> 48 Town (Chapel Hill and Carrboro); two members appointed from the County; and two members <br /> 49 appointed from Rogers Eubanks Neighborhood Association (RENA). <br /> 50 <br />