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r APPROVED 3 <br /> GREENE TRACT WORK GROUP <br /> A RESOLUTION REPORTING PROGRESS TOWARDS A RECOMMENDED <br /> CONCEPT PLAN FOR THE PORTION OF THE GREENE TRACT THAT <br /> REMAINS IN-JOINT OWNERSHIP <br /> WHEREAS, Orange County and the Towns of Carrboro and Chapel Hill acquired <br /> the property known as the Greene Tract in 1984 as an asset of the joint solid <br /> waste management system; and <br /> WHEREAS, title to 60 acres of this property was deeded exclusively to Orange <br /> County in 2000 under provisions of the 1999 interlocal "Agreement for Solid <br /> Waste Management'; and <br /> WHEREAS, under the same interlocal agreement the County and Towns agreed <br /> to bargain in good faith during the two year period following the effective date of <br /> the agreement to determine the ultimate use or disposition of the balance of the <br /> acreage on the Greene Tract; and <br /> WHEREAS, the end date of the "bargaining period" as defined in the agreement <br /> is April 17, 2002, the second anniversary of the date upon which the County <br /> assumed overall responsibility for solid waste management in Orange County; <br /> and <br /> WHEREAS, the governing boards of all three jurisdictions approved resolutions <br /> in November or December 2001 that outlined their interests for programming <br /> basic uses of the balance of the Greene Tract; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Work Group was charged to develop a more detailed written and <br /> graphic concept plan for the use of the remaining109 acres for presentation to <br /> each board by March 2002; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Greene Tract Work Group has considered direction from the <br /> respective governing boards, comments from interested citizens and <br /> organizations, and information developed by staff in response to Work Group <br /> inquiries in developing a recommended concept plan for the balance of the <br /> Greene Tract; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Work Group has reached substantial agreement on a concept <br /> plan as outlined on the accompanying map, including consensus that <br /> approximately 78 acres (shown in green) should be earmarked for open space <br /> protected by a conservation easement and approximately 15 acres (shown in <br /> brown) should be earmarked for affordable housing; and <br />