ORD-2014-011 Report and Recommendations from the County and Town Managers Regarding the Implementation of Improvements in the Historic Rogers Road Neighborhood

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2 2014/2015 Budgets, with the remaining 19 parcels to be constructed in the second 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 OWASA in 2012 or cannot agree on the concept of an Extra Territorial Jurisdiction (ETJ) for the Historic Rogers Road 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 home 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. MANAGERS RECOMMENDATIONS The County and Town Managers met and discussed the options related to connecting the residents of the Historic Rogers Road Neighborhood to OWASA sewer and Outreach efforts for the neighborhood. The discussions included the construction of sewer infrastructure, connections to homeowners, and outreach to the neighborhood to lay the groundwork for a master plan for the development of the Rogers Road area including the Greene Tract. Attachment 4, the December 6, 2012 report to the Board, provides historical information on the Greene Tract. In keeping with the recommendations of the Historic Rogers Road Neighborhood Task Force, the Managers recommend the following: 1. That the Cost associated with preliminary engineering for OWASA sewer infrastructure and community outreach is shared 14% Carrboro, 43% Chapel Hill and 43% Orange County. 2. That the County contract with OWASA for a preliminary engineering estimate to provide sewer to the 86 parcels identified by the Task Force not to exceed $130,000. The cost