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avoid removing another recipient of the CDBG funding in order to move money to the Rogers <br /> Road area. <br /> Commissioner Price said that topic only came up for discussion. <br /> Mayor Kleinschmidt said there has been a 50-60 percent decrease in CDBG money in <br /> the past decade, so he hopes this is not a solution in anyone's mind. <br /> Council Member Greene said she thought that Chapel Hill could only contribute money <br /> to water and sewer if Rogers Road was in the ETJ. She asked if this is different than doing a <br /> district. <br /> Council Member Storrow said the logic was that the larger utility district would <br /> encompass a portion of the County that included Chapel Hill and would allow the Town's <br /> participation. He said the smaller district that includes only Historic Rogers Road does not <br /> include any portion that is part of Chapel Hill. <br /> Council Member Greene asked if an ETJ is needed or not. <br /> Council Member Storrow said an ETJ was not required to create the larger water and <br /> sewer district. <br /> Chapel Hill Town Attorney Ralph Karpinos said the area in question must be in the <br /> Town or in the ETJ in order to receive Town funds. He said the Town is authorized to spend <br /> community development funds if the area is in the ETJ; however if it is not in the ETJ the Town <br /> has no authority to expend Town funds. <br /> Commissioner Dorosin asked if the Town could spend other money if the area is in the <br /> ETJ. <br /> Ralph Karpinos said no, but the Town could allocate general fund money for <br /> community development programs. <br /> Mayor Kleinschmidt said it is important to distinguish that the Carrboro funding is spent <br /> within the Carrboro area only. <br /> Council Member Czajkowski said the two potential impediments were the EPA suit <br /> brought by RENA, and the ability of Chapel Hill to spend funding in this area. He said it seems <br /> as though neither of these issues are actually impediments. He said it seems that Orange <br /> County and Chapel Hill have not made any funding commitments. He asked how much longer <br /> this has to wait. <br /> Chair Jacobs noted that until Chapel Hill extends the ETJ it cannot spend the funds. <br /> He said this could take a couple of months. <br /> Council Member Czajkowski said the goal after this meeting should be for everyone to <br /> have all mechanisms and funding in place by April 30, 3014. <br /> Council Member Ward said part of this property is within a recently annexed portion of <br /> Carrboro. He said it seems like that distinction is worth noting, because for a number of years <br /> those residents have contributed taxes to Carrboro to support services provided by the Town. <br /> He said Carrboro has a revenue stream that Chapel Hill does not, and this was a hurdle for <br /> him. Council Member Ward said there are projects out there that could help pay for the <br /> general needs of the Rogers Road residents. He said it seems that those funds would be <br /> distributed in the same ratio as the obligation. He said the residents will pay to be hooked into <br /> the main line that will be established, and those funds should go back into the system to help <br /> all three entities pay for what is out in that community. He said this might help him get over the <br /> angst of contributing Chapel Hill taxpayer money to the residents of Carrboro. <br /> Mayor Chilton said Council Member Ward is talking about 13 or 14 properties, one of <br /> which is a church that is tax exempt. <br /> Council Member Ward said it seems to him that Carrboro is asking Chapel Hill to pay <br /> for infrastructure that Carrboro is obligated to provide. <br /> Mayor Chilton said this issue has been litigated by Orange County Superior Court. <br /> Council Member Ward said it is not Chapel Hill's responsibility. <br />