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ORD-2024-002 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: February 6, 2024 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 6-a <br /> SUBJECT: Approval of a Professional Services Contract with Thomas & Hutton Engineering <br /> to Provide Civil Design Services for a Greene Tract Master Plan and Approval of <br /> Budget Amendment #5-A <br /> DEPARTMENT: Planning and Inspections <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> 1. Thomas & Hutton Letter Agreement for Cy Stober, Director, 919-245-2592 <br /> Services Perdita Holtz, Deputy Director, 919- <br /> 2. Thomas & Hutton Statement of 245-2578 <br /> Qualifications <br /> 3. Recommended Contract for Professional <br /> Services with Thomas & Hutton <br /> 4. Resolution of Support — Town of Chapel <br /> Hill <br /> 5. Year-to-Date Budget Summary <br /> PURPOSE: To: <br /> 1) receive a historical perspective on activities related to the development of the Greene <br /> Tract; <br /> 2) discuss and approve a new design services proposal to create a development Master Plan <br /> for the Greene Tract; and <br /> 3) approve Budget Amendment #5-A to provide for the total cost of the project. <br /> BACKGROUND: The Greene Tract is located east of the Rogers Road community within the <br /> Town of Chapel Hill's extra-territorial jurisdiction (ETJ). Of the 164-acre parcel, 104 acres is jointly <br /> owned by Orange County/Chapel Hill/Carrboro and 60 acres is owned by Orange County <br /> (Headwaters Preserve). Over the last 20+ years, the three jurisdictions have invested significant <br /> resources to identify and support the goals for the Greene Tract as a resource for the Rogers <br /> Road community and the residents of the two towns and Orange County, all of which can be found <br /> on the County's dedicated Greene Tract project page and dynamic StoryMap, but featuring the <br /> following- <br /> - In 2006, the Town of Chapel Hill initiated and led a Rogers Road Small Area Plan Task <br /> Force with the Greene Tract partners, resulting in a final report in March 2009; <br /> - In 2012, the Historic Rogers Road Neighborhood Task Force led its own small area <br /> planning efforts, resulting in a final report in September 2013; <br /> - In July 2015, the Jackson Center co-led the Mapping Our Community's Future Report with <br /> the Historic Rogers Road Community, which was completed in May 2016; <br />