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4 <br /> Attachment 1 <br /> RES# RES-2024-051 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br /> A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE MASTER PLAN FOR THE 107-ACRE PORTION <br /> OF THE GREENE TRACT IN JOINT OWNERSHIP <br /> WHEREAS, in 1984, Orange County and the Towns of Carrboro and Chapel Hill jointly <br /> purchased the property know as the Greene Tract (167 acres more or less); and <br /> WHEREAS, in 2000, title to 60 acres of this property was deeded exclusively to the <br /> Orange County Solid Waste Enterprise Fund for non-landfill solid waste purposes under <br /> provisions of the 1999 Interlocal Agreement for Solid Waste Management; and <br /> WHEREAS, at that time, the remaining 107 acres were retained in joint ownership by <br /> the three governments (with the intent that future land uses of the property would be <br /> determined at a future time); and <br /> WHEREAS, in 2002, Orange County and the Towns of Carrboro and Chapel Hill <br /> adopted the 2002 Resolution which called for approximately 86 acres for open space <br /> and 18 acres for affordable housing on the jointly-owned land; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Greene Tract is part of the Historic Rogers Road Neighborhood where <br /> the Towns of Carrboro and Chapel Hill have researched market development potential <br /> and zoning to implement a planning program in the overall area; and <br /> WHEREAS, over the last 20 years, various joint planning studies, including the Historic <br /> Rogers Road Neighborhood Task Force Report and Mapping Our Community's Future, <br /> and collaborations with the community and school district have suggested land use and <br /> acreage needs; and <br /> WHEREAS, the 60-acre parcel (designated as the Headwaters Preserve by the Orange <br /> County Board of Commissioners) was purchased by Orange County from the Solid <br /> Waste Enterprise Fund in 2016; and <br /> WHEREAS, in 2020 the three property owners adopted the 2020 Greene Tract <br /> Resolution for a Path Forward Process including the following: <br /> • Initiate an environmental assessment of the property to consider designating the <br /> most environmentally sensitive areas as the Headwaters Preserve <br /> • Initiate a Memorandum of Understanding between the three property owners <br /> related to decision-making process; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, in a 2019 letter, indicated continued <br /> interest in designating a school site on the Greene Tract; and <br />