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' 1 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: April 16, 2002 Action Agenda Item No. SUBJECT: Resolution to Extend the Bargaining Period for Disposition of the Greene Tract DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No ATTACHMENT(S): Proposed BOCC Resolution INFORMATION CONTACT: 3/21/02 Work Group Resolution John Link or Rod Visser, ext 2300 (incorporates Map of Concept Plan 4 and Table of Public Investments in the TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Greene Tract Area) Hillsborough 732-8181 Chapel Hill 968-4501 Durham 688-7331 Mebane 336-227-2031 PURPOSE: To consider adopting a resolution extending the bargaining period for Orange County and the Towns of Carrboro and Chapel Hill to resolve the disposition of the remaining 109 acres of the Greene Tract. BACKGROUND: The solid waste management interlocal agreement signed by the County and Towns in September 1999 and amended in March 2000 lays out parameters under which the Greene Tract owners will resolve the ultimate disposition of the 109 acres of that parcel that remain in joint ownership. The agreement also addresses how the Solid Waste/Landfill Operations Enterprise Fund is to be reimbursed if the property is put to uses that are not related to the solid waste enterprise. The agreement anticipates that the Greene Tract owners will reach agreement on the disposition of the property during a bargaining period that would conclude on April 17, 2002 (the two year anniversary of the effective date upon which Orange County assumed overall responsibility for solid waste management in Orange County). The Greene Tract Work Group has met six times and has achieved significant progress, as noted in the attached Work Group resolution of March 21, 2002. However, the Work Group has requested that each of the three governing boards approve a 60-day extension to the bargaining period to allow the completion of discussions that could lead to consensus on a concept plan for the remainder of the Greene Tract. The accompanying resolution would provide BOCC approval of the 60-day extension. FINANCIAL IMPACT: There is no financial impact associated with the discussion of this resolution. However, the County and Towns will be obliged to reimburse the Landfill Fund for the original 1984 purchase price of$608,000, plus interest, if the Greene Tract is used for purposes other than those of the solid waste system. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board adopt the resolution.