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APPROVED GREENE TRACT WORK GROUP A RESOLUTION REGARDING RECOMMENDED USES OF THE 109 ACRES OF THE GREENE TRACT THAT REMAIN IN JOINT OW NERSHIP WHEREAS, Orange Couny and the Towns of Canboro and Chapel Hill acquiretl the 169 acre properly known as the Greene Tract In 1964 as an asset oEthe joint solid waste management system; end WHEREAS, gge to 80 acres of this property was tleetletl exclbsively [o Orange County in 2000 under provisions of the iBB9 intedocal "Agreement far Solitl Waste Management"; antl WHEREAS, untlerthe same intatlocal agreement the County antl Towns egreetl to bargain in good faith tludng the two year period following the effective tlale of the agreement to tletermina the ultimate use or disposition of the remaining 109 acres of the Greene Trad; antl WHEREAS, the end date of the "bargaining period" as tlegned in [he agreement is April 1 ], 2002, the secontl anniversary of the date upon which the County assumed overall responsibilRy for scud waste management in Orange County; antl WHEREAS, the governing boards of all three jurisdictions adopted similar resolutions during sprang end summer 2001 Indicating theirwillingnass to consitler open space, affoNable housing, school sites, and other non-solid waste public puryoses, as possible general uses of the Greene Tract; and WHEREAS, the Greene Tmc[ Wark Group, comprisetl of Iwo elecietl representatives of each governing boartl met hvice In October 2001 antl conducted a facilitatetl public forum on November 15, 2001 to hears tlialogue among interested citizens regartling proposed basic uses of the Greene Tract: antl WHEREAS, most people who spoke et the public foram indicated a preference that the Greene Tract be used solely for the public puryoses of open space, affordable housing, and/or recreation in some combination of uses; antl WHEREAS, the Greene Trect W ork Grcup has consitleretl those comments from interestetl parties as well as other suggested uses of the property as eummarizetl in the adachetl comments rewrdetl by the facllita[ors, woB group members, and staff;