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17 1 Council Member Storrow said an ETJ was not required to create the larger water and 2 sewer district. 3 Chapel Hill Town Attorney Ralph Karpinos said the area in question must be in the Town 4 or in the ETJ in order to receive Town funds. He said the Town is authorized to spend 5 community development funds if the area is in the ETJ; however if it is not in the ETJ the Town 6 has no authority to expend Town funds. 7 Commissioner Dorosin asked if the Town could spend other money if the area is in the 8 ETJ. 9 Ralph Karpinos said no, but the Town could allocate general fund money for community 10 development programs. 11 Mayor Kleinschmidt said it is important to distinguish that the Carrboro funding is spent 12 within the Carrboro area only. 13 Council Member Czajkowski said the two potential impediments were the EPA suit 14 brought by RENA, and the ability of Chapel Hill to spend funding in this area. He said it seems 15 as though neither of these issues are actually impediments. He said it seems that Orange 16 County and Chapel Hill have not made any funding commitments. He asked how much longer 17 this has to wait. 18 Chair Jacobs noted that until Chapel Hill extends the ETJ it cannot spend the funds. He 19 said this could take a couple of months. 20 Council Member Czajkowski said the goal after this meeting should be for everyone to 21 have all mechanisms and funding in place by April 30, 3014. 22 Council Member Ward said part of this property is within a recently annexed portion of 23 Carrboro. He said it seems like that distinction is worth noting, because for a number of years 24 those residents have contributed taxes to Carrboro to support services provided by the Town. 25 He said Carrboro has a revenue stream that Chapel Hill does not, and this was a hurdle for him. 26 Council Member Ward said there are projects out there that could help pay for the 27 general needs of the Rogers Road residents. He said it seems that those funds would be 28 distributed in the same ratio as the obligation. He said the residents will pay to be hooked into 29 the main line that will be established, and those funds should go back into the system to help all 30 three entities pay for what is out in that community. He said this might help him get over the 31 angst of contributing Chapel Hill taxpayer money to the residents of Carrboro. 32 Mayor Chilton said Council Member Ward is talking about 13 or 14 properties, one of 33 which is a church that is tax exempt. 34 Council Member Ward said it seems to him that Carrboro is asking Chapel Hill to pay for 35 infrastructure that Carrboro is obligated to provide. 36 Mayor Chilton said this issue has been litigated by Orange County Superior Court. 37 Council Member Ward said it is not Chapel Hill's responsibility. 38 Mayor Chilton said 43 percent of it is Chapel Hill's responsibility and 14 percent of it is 39 Carrboro's responsibility. 40 Mayor Chilton said there is a tremendous possibility for future revenue growth in this 41 area for the Town of Chapel Hill. 42 Mayor Kleinschmidt said he thought one goal was to prevent gentrification and that 43 exact same kind of land value change. 44 Mayor Chilton said that is not what neighbors have said. 45 Chair Jacobs said this discussion was bound to happen, and it is good to have it said. 46 Alderman Lavelle said it is true that there are 12 or 13 properties that will benefit from 47 the $900,000 that Carrboro has allocated to the Rogers Road community. 48 She said that to get the sewer through the area, it must run through section 6 and part 49 of Carrboro that does not have water and sewer. She said the neighbors do think that this 50 might eventually allow them to tie in once further development occurs. She said it is not fair to