RES-2013-055 DENIED - Resolution of Commitment to Future Funding for Sewer Infrastructure to Benefit the Historic Rogers Road-Eubanks Neighborhood

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,2a /3� • ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS RESOLUTION OF COMMITMENT TO FUTURE FUNDING FOR SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE TO BENEFIT THE HISTORIC ROGERS ROAD-EUBANKS NEIGHBORHOOD WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners commissioned the Historic Rogers Road Neighborhood Task Force ("Task Force") in February 2012 to meet for six months with the charge of investigating the financing of a community center and sewer services to the neighborhood; and WHEREAS, the Task Force submitted a final report in December 2012 that helped resolve the community center charge and requested an additional six months to discuss the provision of sewer services to the neighborhood; and WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners has demonstrated its commitment to remedial measures in the Rogers Road community by taking the lead in allocating funding for the community center; and WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners is encouraged by and wants to support the Task Force's commitment to providing sewer services to the neighborhood; and WHEREAS, the Task Force has resolved that the Carrboro Board of Aldermen, the Chapel Hill Town Council, and the Orange County Board of Commissioners should review and discuss two alternate plans for providing sewer services to the neighborhood; and WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners does not have time to fully discuss the merits of the various plans before its annual recess, but believes that the continuing Task Force discussions in the meantime will benefit from the guidance of this resolution; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Commissioners does hereby intend, pursuant to the final plans, timeline and cost sharing formulas to be determined, to provide funding for the construction of sewer infrastructure to benefit the residents of the Historic Rogers Road Neighborhood. This the 18th day of June, 2013.