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8 Commissioner Brown asked and Mayor Foy said that they could put it on the next Assembly of Governments meeting agenda. Commissioner Brown said that it was her understanding that it already has been adopted into the water and sewer boundary agreement. Craig Benedict said that the water and sewer boundary agreement was a separate document. The agreement reflects the change in the map. Ed Harrison clarified that all areas in the rural buffer are in the Joint Planning Area, but only Orange County has zoning jurisdiction in them. He asked if areas have been added to the rural buffer over time and the County Attorney said that no change has been made. 3. REFRESHER ON SOLID WASTE INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT a. Greene Tract Disposition/Reimbursement Commissioner Carey made reference to the work that has been done by the Greene Tract Work Group. He said that a 60-day extension has been given by Orange County and Carrboro. Chapel Hill will be considering it on their agenda soon. He commended the work group for the six meetings and the hard work. There is a little more work to do and the staff has to pursue a survey of the area around the Greene Tract to learn the best (most appropriate) route to get public sewer to the site. This will help in deciding where affordable housing can go on the site. Pat Evans said that the Chapel Hill Council has worked to try to integrate types of housing rather than having a single range of housing types. In the resolution that the Council passed in regard to the Greene Tract, they included moderately priced housing as well as affordable housing because of their policy of not locating public housing all in one neighborhood. They would prefer to have mixtures of housing types. Commissioner Carey said that he believes that most people in the work group want to maximize the amount of affordable housing that can be built on the site because there are so few opportunities available for affordable housing. Flicka Bateman asked if the Greene Tract Work Group has talked about the number of units that may be allowed on the rest of the tract because that would better tell how many people would be served as opposed to talking about the acreage. Commissioner Carey said that they started out talking about the number of units but gravitated toward talking about acres. The work group will talk about this further after the survey is finished. Jackie Gist said that the work group needs to further discuss the future of the 11-acre tract. She asked that this 11 acres be put in a trust to be used in 25 years to provide affordable housing. Kevin Foy made reference to the map of the Greene Tract. He noted that the blue on the map is the location of the eleven (11) acres in question. He made reference to the pink and brown areas located to the north and adjacent to the eleven acres and said that water and sewer could probably be provided to this area most economically. This is the area where the survey will take place. A lot of money will be invested for some housing on the pink and brown part. He feels that the neighborhood needs to be involved in the decision for this entire area. He urged all of the boards to also put the 11 acres in a trust for affordable housing use at a later time. Jim Ward said that it seems that this is going to be a very close dense affordable housing project. The transportation issues concern him. He wants the County to take the next step to decide on the acreage that is solely owned by Orange County. 7