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phase and included in the Fiscal 2015/2016 Budgets. 3. That the Task Force prefers the original Sewer Concept Plan presented by OWASA in 2012 to serve 86 parcels at an estimated cost of$5.8 million. First this concept will provide sewer improvements to the entire Historic Rogers Road neighborhood; secondly, this proposal will enable all of the partners, Orange County, the Town of Chapel Hill, and The Town of Carrboro, to equally share the costs of the Community Center and Sewer Improvements in proportion to their responsibilities. If either the Orange County Board of Commissioners or the Chapel Hill Town Council do not favor the original Sewer Concept Plan presented by the Neighborhood, the Sewer Concept Plan presented by OWASA in 2012 including only segments 5, 6, and 8 to serve 67 parcels at an estimated cost of$3.7 million should be funded. 4. That the county petition the Town of Chapel Hill to annex all County Owned Property in the Historic Rogers Road Neighborhood. 5. That the Task Force requests that the Managers explore the collaborative approach to the Historic Rogers Road Neighborhood as outlined in February 25, 2013 memo to Elected Officials and report back to the Task Force on August 21, 2013. 6. That the Managers meet and talk about the options related to connecting the residents of the Historic Rogers Road Neighborhood to sewer. 7. That funding is identified for the cost of connecting from the OWASA infrastructure to the homes in addition to applying for grants for low-to-moderate income persons. It is a priority of the Task Force to identify funding not only for the installation of sewer infrastructure but also cost of connections to homeowners and the Task Force recommends that the County and Towns set up a fund specifically for people in the Historic Rogers Road Neighborhood and to fund the cost of the connections from the home to the main line. Michael Talbert said it was very apparent to the task force that it does not do any good to put the infrastructure in the ground if the homeowners are unable to connect to it. The task force was adamant about being able to provide this connection. He reviewed some of the background information from the abstract and noted that bids for the authorized community center had come in well over the budgeted amount of$650,000. He said new designs were being considered and it is hoped that new bids will be taken in 4-6 weeks. He said the Town of Carrboro approved its intentions to move forward with not more than $900,000, half of which has been approved for fiscal year 2013/2014. Chair Jacobs asked if any of the task force members wanted to speak to this item. Alderman Slade said the task force has gotten very far considering the history of the injustice to the Rogers Road community. He said he is glad to see the process move forward. He understands that the County is engaged with an EPA situation. He said he has suggested for quite some time that the County use this process as an opportunity to engage with the EPA and ask them to drop the pending litigation. He said the litigation has served to mute a lot of discussion from the County. He understands that there can be no binding agreement in this