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ORANGE CODNTV BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Mee3n9 Date: September 4, 2001 AMion Agenda Item NO. )Q-r~ SUBJECT: Greene Tract Work Group Up tlate DEPARTMENT: County COmmlealoners PUBLIC NEARING: (y/N) No RACNMENT)8): INFORMATION CONTACT: None Margaret Brown or Moses Carey TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Wllsborough ]324131 Chapel Hill 968.0531 Durham 688-]331 Mebane 336.22]-2331 PURPOSE: To receive an update on the process to resolve the tlispositlon of the remaining 109 acres of the Greene Tract. BACKGROUND: The solid waste managemem intetlocal agreement signed by the County and Towne in September 1999 antl amentletl in March 20001ays out parameters under which the Greene Trect owners will resolve the ultimata tlisposi8on of Ne 109 acres of that parcel Nat remain in joint ownership. The agreement also adtlresses how the Salitl WastelLand611 Operations Enterprise Fund Is to be reimbursetl if the property is put to uses that ere no[ related to the solitl waste enterydse. The agreement an[icipetea that the Greene Tract awnere will reach agreement on Ne tlisposidon of the property during a bargaining period that would mnGUde on April 17, 2002 (the two year anniversary pf the e5ective date upon which Orange County easumetl overall responsibility for solid waste management in Orenge Couny). in May 2001, the BOCC appointetl Commissioners Brown antl Carey to serve on a Greene Trec[ work group with two elep[etl oficials each ham the goveming boertls of Camboro antl Chapel Hill. Cartboro appointed Altlermen Alex ZaSron and Jacquelyn Gist, and Chapel Hill appointed Council members Bill Strom and Kevin Foy. The group is likely lb have its initial meeting dutlng Nefirst week of September. Commissioners Brawn end Carey, wlN Support from aloft, will briefly update the full BoaN on the generel process antl timeline they propose tc pursue in developing rewmmentlations from [he work group back to Ne three goveming boards regarding the ultimate tlisposition ofthe 109-acre portion of the Greene Trec[. FINANCIAL IMPACT: There isno fnanclalimpac[assodaletl with the receipt of this update. However, the County and Towns will be obligetl to reimhurae the LarM611 Fund for [he orginal 1981 pu¢hase price of $608,000, plus interest, if the Greene Tract is used for purposes other than those. of the solitl waste system.