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14 1 - In 2006, the Town of Chapel Hill initiated and led a Rogers Road Small Area Plan Task 2 Force with the Greene Tract partners, resulting in a final report in March 2009; 3 - In 2012, the Historic Rogers Road Neighborhood Task Force led its own small area 4 planning efforts, resulting in a final report in September 2013; 5 - In July 2015, the Jackson Center co-led the Mapping Our Community's Future Report with 6 the Historic Rogers Road Community, which was completed in May 2016; 7 - In June 2016, Orange County purchased 60 acres for preservation from the Solid Waste 8 Enterprise Fund ("Headwaters Preserve"); 9 - At the 2016 Assembly of Governments (AOG) Meeting, a suggestion was raised to ask 10 the elected officials of the three jurisdictions to participate in discussions on the Greene 11 Tract; 12 - In 2017, staff examined a potential reconfiguration of the jointly-owned tract and the 13 County-owned tract for the purposes of environmental preservation, potential affordable 14 housing development, and a possible school site; 15 - Between 2018 and 2019, the three jurisdictions considered multiple iterations of a joint 16 resolution for the development of the Greene Tract and accompanying Conceptual Plan; 17 - Between 2019 and 2020, the three jurisdictions discussed and approved the Greene Tract 18 Resolution for a Path Forward and Interlocal Agreement, identifying land use acreages for 19 the Greene Tract, initiating staff to seek professional services to conduct an environmental 20 assessment, and initiating the drafting of an Interlocal Agreement between the three 21 jurisdictions to provide a decision-making process for the three jurisdictions moving 22 forward; 23 - In April 2020, Orange County contracted with SynTerra to complete the Greene Tract 24 Environmental Assessment, to be delivered in July 2020; 25 - In 2021, the Interlocal Agreement (ILA) between Orange County and the Towns of 26 Carrboro and Chapel Hill Regarding the Current and Future Use of the Jointly Owned 27 Greene Tract was executed by all three parties. Among other commitments, it directed 28 staff from all three jurisdictions to work in good faith to "develop a work plan that includes, 29 among other things, a decision point timeline regarding development" of the Greene Tract; 30 - In November 2021, the three local governments adopted a resolution approving a 31 conceptual plan, which identified land uses and acreages to be used as schematic for 32 future planning purposes, including the development of a Master Plan. The 45 acres with 33 frontage on Purefoy Drive and Lizzie Lane were identified for "Development" and the 16 34 acres with frontage on Merin Road were identified as "Public School and Recreational 35 Site"; and 36 - At its November 14, 2023 meeting, the Orange County Board of County Commissioners 37 approved a contract for Gensler and VHB to provide community engagement services to 38 support and realize the Greene Tract Master Plan, with the understanding that a second 39 firm would partner with these consultants and the Greene Tract owners to provide the civil 40 design services for this project. 41 42 In January 2023, a staff work group operating at the direction of the ILA identified the need to 43 separate the master planning needs for the Greene Tract into professional design services and 44 community engagement services, allowing trained professionals to focus on the respective 45 deliverables and allowing the planning staffs to coordinate their efforts. This would allow the 46 community engagement efforts to focus on a shared vision and mission for the design 47 professionals to utilize in the delivery of a master plan that recommends development footprints, 48 designs, and intensities for this acreage, as directed by the 2021 Greene Tract ILA. 49 50