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71 <br /> Clean Water Trust Fund Grant: <br /> The North Carolina General Assembly has expressed an interest in funding more water <br /> and sewer projects, and has designated $17 million for infrastructure projects. The <br /> maximum grant amount per project is $750,000. There will likely be some consideration <br /> to raising that limit for future years because most projects cost a million dollars or more, <br /> although this year it remains at $750,000. The priorities will be for projects that have <br /> the severest need. The State looks at percent of low/moderate income benefit in a <br /> project area; with the minimum benefit being 70%. At least 70% of the residents in any <br /> designated area must be low or moderate income. The residents living in the Rogers <br /> Road Neighborhood that need public sewer service will not likely meet the income <br /> requirements to qualify for this grant. <br /> Dedicated Federal Funding: <br /> Congressman David Price's office has been contacted about a possible Economic <br /> Development Incentive (EDI) grant or a Stag Grant. Orange County utilized such a grant <br /> for the Efland sewer project. Several years ago, the County was eligible to apply for <br /> $500,000 dollars or more through that type of process. At this time, however, the rules <br /> have changed and ED[ grants are not allowing for infrastructure projects. These grants <br /> can no longer be earmarked for a specific project, which was done for the Efland sewer <br /> project. <br /> NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY CENTER: <br /> The second task of the Historic Rogers Road Neighborhood Task Force is to investigate <br /> the possibility of providing a Neighborhood Community Center to the Historic Rogers <br /> Road Neighborhood. <br /> Hogan-Rogers House: <br /> The Preservation Society of Chapel Hill compiled a report telling the story of the historic <br /> Hogan-Rogers House as a potential Neighborhood Community Center for the Historic <br /> Rogers Road Neighborhood. <br /> The St. Paul A.M.E. Church has purchased the Hogan-Rogers House and property <br /> surrounding it in order to build a new church complex on the site. Plans call for <br /> demolition of this historic house in late 2012. The Preservation Society began working <br /> with the Rogers-Eubanks Neighborhood Association, St. Paul Church, and Habitat for <br /> Humanity to relocate and restore this home that holds over 170 years of history for <br /> Chapel Hill's white and black community. Currently, the house is listed on the North <br /> Carolina State Historic Preservation survey conducted in 1999. Habitat for Humanity <br /> has graciously donated two lots to relocate the home, but funding for the home's <br /> 9 <br />