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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: October 15, 2002 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. <br /> -SUBJECT: Recommendations from the Greene Tract Work Group <br /> DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Rod Visser, 245-2308 <br /> 6/26/02 Work Group Resolution Dave Stancil, 245-2598 <br /> (incorporates Map of Concept Plan) TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> Mebane 336-227-2031 <br /> PURPOSE: To receive a report from the Greene Tract Work Group regarding their <br /> recommendations to the governing boards of Orange County and the Towns of Carrboro and <br /> Chapel Hill regarding the disposition of the 104 acres of the Greene Tract that remain in joint <br /> ownership. <br /> BACKGROUND: The solid waste management interlocal agreement signed by the County <br /> and Towns in September 1999 and amended in March 2000 lays out parameters under which <br /> the Greene Tract owners will resolve the ultimate disposition of the approximately 104 acres of <br /> that parcel that remain in joint ownership. The agreement also addresses how the Solid <br /> Waste/Landfill Enterprise Fund is to be reimbursed if the property is put to uses that are not <br /> related to the solid waste enterprise. The interlocal agreement anticipated that the Greene <br /> Tract owners would reach agreement on the disposition of the property during a bargaining <br /> period that concluded on April 17, 2002 (the two year anniversary of the effective date upon <br /> which Orange County assumed overall responsibility for solid waste management in Orange <br /> County). <br /> The Greene Tract Work Group provided an interim report to the three governing boards in the <br /> form of a resolution dated March 21, 2002. That resolution requested that each of the three <br /> governing boards approve an extension to the bargaining period to allow the completion of <br /> discussions that could lead to consensus on a concept plan for the remainder of the Greene <br /> Tract. All three governing boards approved an extension of the bargaining period, which led to <br /> the Work Group (with Commissioners Brown and Carey representing the BOCC) reaching <br /> consensus on a concept plan for the ultimate disposition of the 104 acres of the Greene Tract <br /> remaining under joint ownership. The accompanying resolution and concept plan map reflect <br /> the Work Group's recommendations, which now go to the three governing boards for <br /> discussion. <br />