Agenda Abstract for Joint Meeting Discussion Items

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• On March 20, staff will propose two options for relocation services and assistance to the Board of Orange County Commissioners. One option would assist residents in locating alternative affordable housing in existing multifamily units dedicated to serving low and very low income individuals and families. The other options would initiate a contract with Empowerment Inc. to provide Relocation Coordinator Services including serving as a property manager for new manufactured housing units. The Town of Chapel Hill continues to implement the Lakeview Strategy. The Town has held two meetings with Lakeview residents, and is in the process of development housing options for Council consideration based on the input from residents. Additionally, the Planning Department is conducting an analysis of publicly owned land parcels. An update will be provided to the Town Council in March. Staff will provide any other information at the meeting, and the governing boards can discuss issues related to this item as necessary. No Attachments f) Green Tract The Greene Tract is a 164 acre parcel of which 104 acres is jointly owned by Orange County, Chapel Hill, and Carrboro. The remaining sixty (60) acres is owned by Orange County and has been designated as the Headwaters Preserve. In late 2016, the owners of the jointly owned portion of the Greene Tract agreed to have the Town Mayors and Board Chair consider different preservation and development options for the property. This discussion resulted in three alternatives that illustrate high, medium, and low development intensities. All of the alternatives include an elementary school site, a site for a future park, the preservation of significant environmental and cultural areas, and a preliminary road network and infrastructure design. The three alternatives also consider the project area’s current environmental conditions, elements of the 2002 Joint Governments Resolution, the Rogers Road Task Force report, the Mapping Our Community’s Future report, and previous land use discussions. These three alternatives are contained in Attachment 5f-3. In addition to the high, medium, and low development intensity scenarios, the Mayors and Chair requested an examination of the entire Greene Tract, including the Headwaters Preserve, in an effort to preserve the most environmentally sensitive areas and to develop the most appropriate areas of the entire 164 acre Tract. As a result, staff amended the proposed conceptual plan, reconfiguring the Headwaters Preserve and the jointly owned areas. This reconfiguration maintains the same total acreage for each of the areas but aligns them differently. The reconfigured tracts were drafted with environmental staff from the Town of Chapel Hill, the Town of Carrboro, and Orange County in order to create new parcels which endeavored to protect environmental features and habitats located on site. The proposed 9