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1 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date : December 10 , 2002 Action Agen a Item No . SUBJECT : Approval of Recommendations from the Greene Tract Work Grou y 9 DEPARTMENT : Count Manager PUBLIC HEARING : (Y/ N ) No ATTACHMENTS } : INFORMATION CONTACT : Rod Visser , 245 - 2308 6/26/ 02 Work Group Resolution Dave Stancil , 245 - 2598 (incorporates Map of Concept Plan) TELEPHONE NUMBERS : Hillsborough 732 = 8181 Chapel Hill 9684501 Durham 688 =7331 Mebane 336 =227 -2031 PURPOSE : To consider formal approval of the recommendations from the Greene Tract Work Group regarding the disposition of the 104 acres of the Greene Tract that remain in joint ownership . BACKGROUND : The solid waste management interlocal agreement signed by the County and Towns in September 1999 and amended in March 2000 lays out parameters under which the Greene Tract owners are to resolve the ultimate disposition of the approximately 104 acres of that parcel that remain in joint ownership . The agreement also addresses how the Solid Waste/ Landfill Enterprise Fund is to be reimbursed if the property is put to uses that are not related to the solid waste enterprise . The interlocal agreement anticipated that the Greene Tract owners would reach agreement on the disposition of the property during a bargaining period that concluded on April 17 , 2002 (the two year anniversary of the effective date upon which Orange County assumed overall responsibility for solid waste management in Orange County ) . The Greene Tract Work Group provided an interim report to the three governing boards in the form of a resolution dated March 21 , 2002 . That resolution requested that each of the three governIF ing boards approve an extension to the bargaining period to allow the completion of discussions that could lead to consensus on a concept plan for the remainder of the Greene Tract . All three governing boards approved an extension of the bargaining period , which led to the Work Group (with Commissioners Brown and Carey representing the BOCC ) reaching consensus on a concept plan for the ultimate disposition of the 104 acres of the Greene Tract remaining under joint ownership . The accompanying resolution and concept plan map reflect the Work Group ' s recommendations . The BOCC received a report on the Work Group recommendations at the October 15 , 2002 ith the Work Group recommendations . Since that meeting , and indicated general concurrence w time , the governing boards of Carrboro and Chapel Hill have both acted to accept the Work