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4 <br /> DRAFT <br /> WHEREAS, the Work Group received a technical report from the County Engineer outlining the <br /> basic alternatives available and approximate costs for providing sewer service to a portion of the <br /> Greene Tract, which service would be necessary for the economical and practical provision of <br /> affordable housing; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Work Group concluded by consensus that"the carrying capacity of the land" <br /> should be the determining factor in establishing how much of the unresolved 11 acres should be <br /> earmarked for specific purposes, and that the ridge line reflected on the accompanying concept <br /> map determines the portion (approximately one-third) of the 11 acres that can practically be <br /> used for affordable housing served by a sewer line that would access the Greene Tract via <br /> Purefoy Road: <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Greene Tract Work Group does hereby <br /> recommend that the Carrboro Board of Aldermen, the Chapel Hill Town Council, and the <br /> Orange County Board of Commissioners accept the accompanying map as the Work Group's <br /> consensus recommendation for a concept plan for that portion of the Greene Tract not deeded <br /> exclusively to Orange County, with the acreage to be set aside for open space protected by <br /> conservation easements approximating 85.90 acres and the acreage for affordable housing <br /> approximating 18.10 acres; <br /> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the Greene Tract Work Group does hereby recommend to <br /> the three governing boards that the acreage for affordable housing be placed in the Land Trust; <br /> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the Greene Tract Work Group does hereby recommend to <br /> the three governing boards that the Managers investigate options for reimbursement of the Solid <br /> Waste/Landfill Enterprise Fund for the portions of the site designated for affordable housing and <br /> open space; and <br /> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT the Greene Tract Work Group does hereby recommend to <br /> the three governing boards that the triggering mechanism for reimbursement to the Solid <br /> Waste/Landfill Enterprise Fund should be formal action taken by all three boards to approve <br /> conservation easements protecting the designated open space, with such approvals taking <br /> effect no sooner than July 1, 2003, and no later than July 1, 2005. <br /> This, the 26th day of June, 2002. <br /> Moses Carey, Jr. <br /> Chair <br /> Greene Tract Work Group <br />