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A copy of the Greene Tract Concept Plan and adopted resolution from 2002 is attached. Interim Steps With renewed interest and discussion in the Greene Tract in 2007, two meetings were convened (October 3, 2007 and February 14, 2008) by the Chair and Mayors which included management and planning staff to review the conditions as outlined in the Inter Local Agreement under which a reimbursement would be due to the Solid Waste Enterprise Fund, and to re- examine development feasibility options given interest within the Rogers Road SAP Task Force process. Generally speaking, setting aside the approximately 85.9 acres of the jointly held Greene Tract portion for open space protected by conservation easement has been seen as the reimbursement "trigger ". There was consensus at the October meeting that financial reimbursement of the Solid Waste Enterprise Fund needed to begin July 1, 2008. An initial appraisal of the reimbursement based on a five -year payback yielded the following shares: Orange County - $214,224; Chapel Hill - $90,549; and Carrboro - $29,524. The Orange County share of $214, 224 was based on the Orange County deeded portion of the Greene Tract — 60 acres — in addition to the Orange County interest in the remainder. It is important to mention here, and will be amplified later, that the reimbursement amounts will need to be recalculated as nothing in the Inter Local Agreement or Amendment contemplates or provides for the 60 acres dedicated to landfill system purposes to be used for other than system purposes. County and Town staff were also asked to confer and report back on the mechanics for executing conservation easements for the 85.9 acres as well as development feasibility options for the 18.1 acres set aside for affordable housing. On the affordable housing portion, staff was asked to examine sewer access options, site entry options, and possible relocation or alternate location for the affordable housing portion. A late December meeting among staff resulted in findings and proposals that were shared as information in February. Triangle Land Conservancy has agreed to hold a conservation easement on the open space portion of the Greene Tract (as well as the County's 60- acres, if desired). Recent Developments The February meeting gave focus to a request pending from the Chapel Hill Carrboro City School Board to site an elementary school on the Greene Tract, and how its approval would impact intent and reservations for open space and affordable housing as contained within the Inter Local Agreement. It was understood that the CHCCS Board would be approaching the Rogers Road Task Force to preview the possibility of a public school site on the Greene Tract. That presentation took place on March 13 and was favorably received by the Task Force. County staff in attendance was able to provide a broad overview of site entry alternatives and a baseline number of affordable housing units that might be developed in concert with a school site. 2