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20 Mayor Hemminger said the Town Council just received the report late this afternoon. 1 Loryn Clark reviewed the information, and said that earlier in the year staff developed a 2 Lakeview Mobile Home Park Strategy, specifically in response to a developer coming forward 3 and expressing interest in redevelopment of this site. She said staff developed a strategy to 4 build relationships with the residents in this mobile home park, with the assistance of Delores 5 Bailey from Empowerment and the Navigators from the Family Success Alliance (FSA). She 6 said the next step is to develop a menu of options to present to the Town Council. She said 7 most residents are not interested in being relocated to a mobile home park; are not interested in 8 a one time payment for relocation assistance; and most families preferred a detached home in 9 Chapel Hill that is close to their school district and close to their work. She said the third piece 10 of the strategy is to identify sites for mobile home relocation, which includes consideration of 11 school district, access to public transportation, water and sewer and walkability. She said the 12 Planning Department is conducting an analysis of publicly owned land parcels, and an update 13 will be provided to the Town Council in March. 14 Loryn Clark said the final piece of the strategy is to develop a coordinated plan to apply 15 to any mobile home park. 16 Council Member Gu asked if there was a top priority for the families. 17 Loryn Clark said the survey did ask the families to rank priorities. 18 Sherrill Hampton said another tool in their toolbox is the County fund that will be 19 provided to mobile home park owners who would like to update or enhance their park, or buy 20 additional land that may be adjacent, to expand their park. 21 Roger Stancil, Chapel Hill Town Manager, said the Managers of the jurisdictions meet 22 with their housing staffs and providers on a monthly basis. He said the Lake View Park 23 collaboration is a success because they work with their non-profits and the FSA from Orange 24 County. 25 Council Member Buansi said at the meeting with the park owners in April it is important 26 that staff highlight the preferences of the residents. 27 28 f) Greene Tract 29 30 Craig Benedict, Orange County Planning Director, provided the following update: 31 32 The Greene Tract is a 164 acre parcel of which 104 acres is jointly owned by Orange County, 33 Chapel Hill, and Carrboro. The remaining sixty (60) acres is owned by 34 Orange County and has been designated as the Headwaters Preserve. 35 36 In late 2016, the owners of the jointly owned portion of the Greene Tract agreed to have the 37 Town Mayors and Board Chair consider different preservation and development options for the 38 property. This discussion resulted in three alternatives that illustrate high, medium, and low 39 development intensities. All of the alternatives include an elementary school site, a site for a 40 future park, the preservation of significant environmental and cultural areas, and a preliminary 41 road network and infrastructure design. The three alternatives also consider the project area’s 42 current environmental conditions, elements of the 2002 Joint Governments Resolution, the 43 Rogers Road Task Force report, the Mapping Our Community’s Future report, and previous 44 land use discussions. These three alternatives are contained in Attachment 5f -3. 45 46 In addition to the high, medium, and low development intensity scenarios, the Mayors and Chair 47 requested an examination of the entire Greene Tract, including the Headwaters Preserve, in an 48 effort to preserve the most environmentally sensitive areas and to develop the most appropriate 49 areas of the entire 164 acre Tract. As a result, staff amended the proposed conceptual plan, 50