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5 Town of Carrboro Updates: On September 18, 2012 the Town of Carrboro approved the Town's intention to contribute not more than $900,000 for the Town's 14% portion of the $650,000 Community Center and estimated $5.8 million cost of the Sewer Project. On June 18, 2013 the Carrboro Board of Aldermen approved a Resolution (Attachment 2) to Provide Comment on Alternatives Discussed by the Historic Rogers Road Neighborhood Task Force. The Town has also appropriated $450,000 (112 of the $900,000 the Town has committed to Rogers Road) in the Fiscal 201312014, for both a New Community Center and Sewer Improvements. Summary: There has been some progress to mitigate the long and short-term impacts of the Orange County Solid Waste Operations on the health, safety and welfare of the Historic Rogers Road-Eubanks Road Community. • The Landfill was closed on June 30, 2013. • A County Water Fund was established to assist pay residents tap fees and connection fees for OWASA water • Illegal dump sites within 3/4 mile around the perimeter of the landfill have been cleaned up with the permission of the property owners. • A Community Center is being redesign after initial bid received were over budget and rejected. The Community Center original drawings are being redrawn and the project will be rebid. The recommendations from the Historic Rogers Road Neighborhood Task Force will have little chance of implementation if there is not a multijurisdictional comprehensive Implementation strategy. Task Force Recommendations provide an excellent starting point, but gentrification, Chapel Hill's Rogers Road Small Area Plan and the future of the Greene Tract were not addressed by the Task Force. Multiple strategies could be engaged to make a difference in the Historic Rogers Road Neighborhood. The Chapel Hill Rogers Road Small Area Plan Task Force Final Report included an implementation strategy but was never executed. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) accepted an administrative complaint filed against Orange County Planning and Inspections Department (OCPID) received on April 18, 2011 and is conducting an investigation of the complaint. Possible Next Steps and (Considerations): 1. Provide directions to the County & Town Managers to iimplement the Recommendations of the Historic Rogers Road Neighborhood Task Force: (1) Costs Sharing for Rogers Road Improvements (Multiple Jurisdictions, Extra Territorial Jurisdiction (ETJ) — Chapel Hill, Joint Planning) (2) & (3) Sewer for the Historic Rogers Road Neighborhood (EPA Investigation, Include Water and a Larger Utility District) (4) That the County petition the Town of Chapel Hill to annex all County Owned Property in the Historic Rogers Road Neighborhood (ETJ, Joint Planning, Future Development)