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available to Town residents. Accordingly, in order for the Town to participate in the efforts with Orange County and Carrboro to date, we have increased our contribution towards construction of the clubhouse to include our 43 percent share of the outreach efforts and preliminary engineering costs. The cost of the clubhouse is estimated to be approximately $700,000 with the Town share of 43 percent equaling $300,000. EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION The area within the Chapel Hill’s portion of the joint planning area (under the Joint Planning Agreement between the Town, Carrboro, and Orange County signed in 1986) primarily east of Rogers Road, is outside of the Town limits and outside the Town’s current Extraterritorial Jurisdiction. As such, the Town Attorney has determined that the Town may not provide funding for most projects in this area. If the area were to be included within the Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (ETJ), the Town could spend Community Development Block Grant funds if the area qualified as low or moderate income households. This would allow the Town to contribute towards extending sewer service to the area. One of the recommendations of the Task Force was for the Town of Chapel Hill to pursue expanding the Town’s Extraterritorial Jurisdiction (ETJ) to include the Historic Rogers Road area. The demographic data generated by the outreach efforts of the Jackson Center indicates that a significant percentage of the households will qualify as either low or moderate income households. With this data, Town staff is recommending that the Council consider expansion of the ETJ to allow the Town to spend community development funding in the area even though it would remain outside the corporate limits of the Town. Please see the Recommendations section of this memorandum for additional information. NEXT STEPS We have additional recommendations and ask the Town Council for guidance. LONG-TERM PLANNING: The provision of sewer service to the 86 identified parcels will likely affect the development patterns and pressures in the Rogers Road area. We believe some systematic planning of the un- (or under-) developed properties is critical in preserving the character of the existing neighborhood and being proactive in managing the area’s future. We recommend that the Council direct the Manager to continue and expand efforts for developing a long-term plan for the area. This process would include engaging with the community through the Jackson Center and Rogers Eubanks Neighborhood Association (RENA). The Managers and staff have also been exploring the option of creating an expanded utility district. The district would include the Historic Rogers Road neighborhood, additional neighborhoods in the path of the sewer lines, and the immediate area that would benefit from the extension of utility lines. Providing assistance for residents of the Rogers Road neighborhood would continue to be the first priority. The creation of the Utility District could be phased to provide service to residents of the Rogers Road neighborhood first and residents outside the Rogers Road neighborhood 9