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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: August 30, _2001 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 4 <br />SUBJECT: Greene Tract Work Group U date <br />DEPARTMENT: County Commissioners PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): - INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />None Margaret Brown or Moses Carey <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />. Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To receive an update on the process to resolve the disposition of the remaining <br />109 acres of the Greene Tract. <br />BACKGROUND: The solid waste management interlocal agreement signed by the County and <br />Towns in September 1999 and amended in March 2000 lays out parameters under which the <br />Greene Tract owners will resolve the ultimate disposition of the 109 acres of that parcel that <br />remain in joint ownership. The agreement also addresses how the Solid Waste/Landfill <br />Operations Enterprise Fund is to be reimbursed if the property is put to uses that are not related <br />to the solid waste enterprise. The agreement anticipates that the Greene Tract owners will <br />reach agreement on the disposition of the property during a bargaining period that would <br />conclude on April 17, 2002 (the two year anniversary of the effective date upon which Orange <br />County assumed. overall responsibility for solid waste management in Orange County). <br />In May 2001, the BOCC appointed Commissioners Brown and Carey to serve on a Greene <br />Tract work group with two elected officials each from the governing boards of Carrboro and <br />Chapel Hill. After the Town of Chapel Hill makes its appointments to this work group <br />(scheduled for August 27), the group is likely to have its initial meeting during the first week of <br />September. Commissioners Brown and Carey, with support from staff, will briefly update the <br />full Board on the general process and timeline they propose to pursue in developing <br />recommendations from. the work group back to the three governing boards regarding the <br />ultimate disposition of the 109-acre portion of the Greene Tract. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no financial impact associated with the receipt of this update. <br />However, the County and Towns will be obliged to reimburse the Landfill Fund for the original <br />1984 purchase price of $608,000, plus interest, if the Greene Tract is used for purposes other <br />than those of the solid waste system. <br />