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Majt,, TO: Board of County Commissioners THRU: Laura Blackmon, County Manager FROM: Gwen Harvey, Assistant County Manager Dave Stancil, Director, Environmental Resources & Conservation Craig Benedict, Director, Planning Gayle Wilson, Director, Solid Waste RE: Greene Tract Update DATE: March 24, 2008 Background The Greene Tract was acquired in 1986 by the Landfill Owners Group. Subsequent land use plans for the area designated the site a `Possible Future Landfill Site, Pending Future Study.' In April, 2000, Orange County took over solid waste management activities in the county, through an Inter Local Agreement with Chapel Hill and Carrboro (which, along with the County, had previously owned the Orange County Landfill). As a result of the Inter Local Agreement, 60 acres of the Greene Tract (determined to be 164 acres in total, via survey) was conveyed to Orange County for "solid waste management purposes.' The Inter Local Agreement (amended April 12, 2000) also provided for the three owning partners to determine, over a two -year period, the ultimate disposition of the remaining 104 jointly held acres. The Agreement further included a repayment mechanism to the Solid Waste Enterprise Fund, if the Greene Tract were used for purposes other than solid waste. A Greene Tract Work Group, comprised of two elected officials from each of the three jurisdictions, began work in 2001 to develop a concept plan for the 104 -acre jointly held property. After several meetings, the Work Group agreed in May 2002 on a concept plan map and resolution. The concept plan identified 18.1 acres of the site for future "affordable housing," and recommended the remaining 85.9 acres be retained as "open space," to be protected by virtue of a conservation easement with a fourth party conservation interest. The map and resolution was subsequently adopted by all three jurisdictions later in 2002. Between 2003 and early 2007, sporadic discussions occurred about the need to consider repayment of the purchase price to the Solid Waste Enterprise Fund and the timetable for implementing the concept plan. Interest in and attention to the Greene Tract disposition regained momentum in the fall of 2007 with the Rogers Road Small Area Plan Task Force, a small area plan conducted by the Town of Chapel Hill. The Rogers Road Small Area Plan boundaries encompass the Greene Tract.