Agenda - 01-21-20 12-7 - Information Item - December 18, 2019 Greene Tract Facilitated Meeting Notes

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8 Ms. Rich asked who the term "community" refers to, and in response Ms. Hemminger explained the two different groups: (1) the local citizens first group (the community near the Greene Tract) and (2) All of Orange County residents. To share what we've learned through the EIS about where the school site is, what we're doing with affordable housing and other goals we have identified. We can have a community meeting to share the map and information. We can share information to everyone all at once, and document who is in attendance. Ms. Rich asked if the affordable housing groups can be included in the "community" the group is discussing, adding that that group has felt excluded from this conversation. Ms. Rich acknowledged there are the neighbors, the larger community and the school communities and there is currently no representative from the affordable housing groups. Ms. Rich responded Habitat in particular would like to be more involved moving forward. Ms. Hemminger said that would be great. Ms. Lavelle echoed what Mr. Myren said that the local governments are not developers and they do not want to bump into cross-jurisdictional political issues as they have their own political issues in their own jurisdictions. Given the group has been working on this for decades, perhaps the group should "bite the bullet" and get the EIS done so they can get it ready for someone to bid on it and run with it. It is complicated given that all of us are owners. Mr. Jones expressed it makes a lot of sense to get the MOU done for the EIS given it has to be completed anyway and everyone is in agreement on it. Ms. McGuire indicated that citizen engagement has been something of a stumbling block since the summer, as all three parties had not given staff the same direction. She said she envisions this element of the citizen engagement process would be spelled out in the MOU and groups would not do any further engagement until the MOU is in place. That way, everyone will know what their role is and what the message is and it is very clear. One challenge for Chapel Hill is having to wear both hats as owners and regulators of the property. Developers get to choose what they want to do. In sum, any engagement with the public would need to be clearly spelled out in the MOU. Without these specifications in the MOU, there will be frictions and assumptions from all sides. Ms. Hemminger checked her own assumption and asked the County whether they had an interest in the location of the school, depending on the outcome of the EIS. Ms. Hemminger and Ms. Rich discussed the importance of finding the best location for the school and determining how much land should be set aside for the school property. Ms. Rich noted the group doesn't yet know where this will be needed and is a conversation to be looked at in the future, possibly ten years Greene Tract Facilitated Discussion Minutes, December 2019, Page 8