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2 Craig Benedict, Orange County Planning Director, will present a brief status of report of Schools APFO. Affordable_Hausing Task_Force Update On April 3, 2001, the Board of Commissioners approved the Executive Summary of the Affordable Housing Task Force Report. The summary contains ten (10) key recommendations designed to begin to address the County's affordable housing issues. These recommendations reflect the principal work of four (4) task force subcommittees in the areas of Inventory/Needs, Finance, Land Use/Zoning, and Education. These recommendations serve as an impetus for local and state elected officials, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, non-profit organizations, and the general citizenry to become involved in addressing our local housing challenges. A memo from Housing and Community Development Director Tara Fikes, along with the Executive Summary, are attached (Attachment 1). Solid Waste U,,,,pdates Greene Tract -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 will resolve the ulfiimafie disposition of the 109 acres of that parcel that remain in joint ownership (see Attachmenfi 2a -excerpt from the agreement). The agreement also addresses how the Solid Waste/Landfill Operations Enterprise Fund is to be reimbursed if the property is puff to uses that are not related to the solid waste enterprise. The agreement anticipates that the Greene Tract owners will reach agreement on the disposition of the property during a bargaining period that would conclude on April 17, 2002 (fihe two year anniversary of the effective date upon which Orange County assumed overall responsibility for solid waste management in Orange County). The Boards may wish to briefly discuss a general timetable for the disposition of the Green Tract, which might include: • Apr 2001 -- Managers finalize a recommended Greene Tract process • May -Jun 2001 - Goveming boards approve a process and designate goveming board and planning board representatives to serve on a short term work graup • 'Jun -Oct 2001 -Work graup reviews options, and develops recommendations, using County/municipal staffs and consultant specialists, as needed • Nov 2001 -Task force report to goveming boards • Dec 2001-Jan 2002 - Internal goveming board deliberations • Feb--Apr 2002 -All three governing boards approve agreement on disposition of the remaining 109 acres of the Greene Tract C & D -Staff will report on activities during 2000 of the Construction arid Demolition Recycling Task Force, the major Task Force recommendations (copy attached -Attachment 2b), and progress towards the development of an ordinance (copy of most current draft attached - Attachment 2c) regulating recyclable solid waste. SWAB -Staff will report on the activities and major topics of discussion that have been addressed by fihe Solid Waste Advisory Board since it began meeting in September 2000. FINANCIAL IMPACT: As noted above, or explained in meeting discussion. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Managers recommend that the Boards discuss the topics noted and provide appropriate direction to staff.