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9 <br /> out from now. Ms. Hemminger acknowledged this is one of the challenges, predicting the future. <br /> The school district has gone "in and out" of the project, at different points saying they want more <br /> or less land for a future school. The two agreed that there needed to be a placeholder for a <br /> potential school. <br /> Ms. Hemminger said she hoped there would be multiple developers instead of just one, noting <br /> more discussion around this will need to happen at a later point. If staff could do the regulating <br /> plan and draw the lines for the property, that would be helpful. Ms. Johnson said her group could <br /> come up with a master plan for the best place for the school and major elements of the property, <br /> with the school district involved. <br /> Ms. Hammersley said everyone needs to decide if they are going to be owners or developers of <br /> the property and that needs to be specified in the MOU/Governance Document. Ms. Hammersley <br /> further noted she does not think staff should conduct the connectivity plan because the same <br /> thing will happen as what happened with the Environmental Scan. A developer should do the <br /> connectivity plan. <br /> Mr. Andrews agreed with Ms. Hammersley, citing the importance of specifying all of this in the <br /> MOU. <br /> Ms. Johnson asked if the MOU was an appropriate place for the goals and principles for the <br /> property? Whether we develop a master plan or not, we will want to explain the goals and <br /> principles for the property. It could be a hybrid. Ms. Rich shared that Orange County used a matrix <br /> after a recent bond and the matrix did not work in the end because what the County put forward <br /> was not what the developers wanted to build. Mr. Jones asked if the developers could not make <br /> the projects work financially and Ms. Rich replied yes, that was the problem in addition to the <br /> requests from the County. <br /> Ms. Rich said she could confirm with her Board, but her thought was that overall none of the <br /> members want to be developers of this Greene Tract property. <br /> There was general agreement among Orange County, Chapel Hill and Carrboro that none of them <br /> want to be developers of this property. Ms. Hemminger said we do put out there what we want— <br /> such as drawing in the main roads. Ms. Rich added don't developers know that? We're asking staff <br /> to get together to look at things. <br /> Mr. Herman asked if there is a consensus among the jurisdictions that the EIS needs to happen. <br /> Greene Tract Facilitated Discussion Minutes, December 2019, Page 9 <br />