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<br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABBTRACT <br />Meeting Oa[e: December 3. 2001 <br />Ac[lon Apentla <br />It¢m NO. 5_q <br />SUBJECT: Pro posed General USes of the Greene Tract <br /> <br />DEPARTMENT: County Commissioners PUBLIC HEARING (YIN( No <br />ATTACHMENT(Sj: INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Proposed 8000 ResoluPion Margaret Brown or Moses Carey <br />Approved 11119101 Greene Tract <br />Work Group Resolution TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hlllsborouph ]32-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill 9fi8Afi0t <br /> Durham 688-]331 <br /> Mebane 336-22]-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To mnsitler approving a resolution that provitles direction to the Greene Tract <br />Work Group regartling the tlisposition of the remaining 109 scree of [he Greene Tract antl <br />affirms the BaeN's tlesiretl generel uses of that properly. <br />BACKGROUND: The solid waste management inteddcal agreement slgnetl by [he County antl <br />Towns in September 1999 and amendetl in March 20001ays out parameters untler which the <br />Greene Tract owners will resolve the ultimate tlisposition of the 109 acres of [hat parcel Net <br />remain in joint ownership. the agreement also adtlresses how [he Solltl Waste/Lantlfill <br />Operations Enterprise Fund ie to ba reimbursetl if the properly is put to uses that are not relatetl <br />to Ne solid waste enterprise. The agreement antidpales that tM1e Greene Tract owners will <br />reach agreement on the tlisposition of the property during a bargaining period the[ woultl <br />conclutle on April 1l, 2002 (Yhe Iwo year anniversary of the efkctlve tlate upon which Orange <br />County assumed overall responsibility for solitl waste management in Omnge County). <br />In May 2001, the BOCG appointetl Commissioners Brown antl Carey to serve on a Greene <br />Tract work group with two elected officials each from the governing boaMS of Canbom (Jacquie <br />Giet antl Alex Zaffron)antl Chapel Hill (Kevin FOy and Bill Strom. Following two meetings in <br />October 2001, [he group spcnspretl a public foram on November 15 to hear tliscueeion among <br />members of the wmmunity repaking [heir views of how the Greene Tract propery shoultl be <br />used. In light of Net public input, the Work Group adopted the accompanying resolution on <br />November 19 recommending that the three governing bpaltls affirm open space, affortlable <br />housing, antl recreation es [he three general uses for the 109 acres of the Greene Tract that <br />remain in joint ownership. <br />Staff have preparetl a proposetl resolution for BOGG adoption Na[ woultl efion [he three <br />recommentletl general uses, specifically rule out the use of the propery for any solitl waste <br />