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18 1 Commissioner Dorosin said none of this has a timeline, and some target dates are 2 needed on all this: a target date for the RFP, a target date for a completed report, a target date 3 for staff to be done with its review, etc. 4 Chair Rich said the intent of this agreement is not to get the target dates, but rather it is 5 an agreement to gather the information first and to work together, etc. She said if all three 6 partners do not approve to move forward, then any target dates are null and void. 7 Commissioner Dorosin said he just wants a sense of a timeline. 8 Chair Rich said discussing the timeline is one of the goals of the Assembly of 9 Governments (AOG) meeting next week. 10 John Roberts said the draft document is finished, and was submitted to the other three 11 attorneys three weeks ago. He said it sets an 18-month window, where all of the uses have to 12 be firmly established and if they are not, there is a 6-month window to resolve disputes, or there 13 will be a vote of the parties by ownership interest, allowing two parties to overrule a third. He 14 said two years is a reasonable time to resolve all issues, and there is always the last resort of 15 partition of the land, and returning it to Orange County jurisdiction. 16 Chair Rich said if the BOCC changes anything tonight, the process must start over. She 17 said Carrboro is voting on this tonight and Chapel Hill tomorrow night. 18 Commissioner McKee said this is moving slowly, but the Chair is correct; if the Board 19 changes anything the process must start over. He said the Board should approve this 20 resolution tonight, hoping the other entities approve it as well, and then all can move to the 21 MOU. 22 John Roberts said if substantive changes are made, then other parties would have to 23 review again. 24 Chair Rich said this item is on the AOG agenda. 25 Commissioner Price said there should be more specificity on a timeline of the public 26 information sessions. 27 Travis Myren said he would put together a target schedule to bring to the AOG meeting, 28 if that would resolve concerns. 29 Commissioner Price asked if this proposed timeline would include a time limit on when a 30 public information session would be held, after the assessment is completed. 31 Travis Myren said he is not sure how much of this was a point of a negotiation, but said 32 he can focus on getting the staff's work completed in a certain time frame. 33 Chair Rich said the intent of this statement is to give the ability to staff to look at the 34 assessment, compare it with original assessment, and create a group of staff to hold a public 35 information session. She said staff needs time to do its work. She said the intention is not to 36 withhold the information from the public, and the Mayor of Chapel Hill wanted to ensure that 37 staff has time to complete its work thoroughly. 38 Commissioner Price said she wants to ensure that the public has an idea as to when it 39 can see this report. She said she understands that staff needs time to complete its work, but 40 the public has requested that this assessment be done, and the public should have an idea of 41 when it will be available. 42 Commissioner Dorosin said once the assessment is released to the County, it is a public 43 record. 44 Commissioner Price said she would be satisfied if the resolution included that the 45 assessment would be made available online, once it was received. 46 Commissioner Greene said it is a good step to agree to move forward with the 47 assessment, while also working on the MOU. 48 Commissioner Greene agreed with Commissioner McKee that there is a concern if the 49 Board does not pass this tonight.