HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 09-04-2001-10aORANGE CODNTV
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Mee3n9 Date: September 4, 2001
AMion Agenda
Item NO. )Q-r~
SUBJECT: Greene Tract Work Group Up tlate
DEPARTMENT: County COmmlealoners PUBLIC NEARING: (y/N) No
RACNMENT)8): INFORMATION CONTACT:
None Margaret Brown or Moses Carey
TELEPHONE NUMBERS:
Wllsborough ]324131
Chapel Hill 968.0531
Durham 688-]331
Mebane 336.22]-2331
PURPOSE: To receive an update on the process to resolve the tlispositlon of the remaining
109 acres of the Greene Tract.
BACKGROUND: The solid waste managemem intetlocal agreement signed by the County and
Towne in September 1999 antl amentletl in March 20001ays out parameters under which the
Greene Trect owners will resolve the ultimata tlisposi8on of Ne 109 acres of that parcel Nat
remain in joint ownership. The agreement also adtlresses how the Salitl WastelLand611
Operations Enterprise Fund Is to be reimbursetl if the property is put to uses that ere no[ related
to the solitl waste enterydse. The agreement an[icipetea that the Greene Tract awnere will
reach agreement on Ne tlisposidon of the property during a bargaining period that would
mnGUde on April 17, 2002 (the two year anniversary pf the e5ective date upon which Orange
County easumetl overall responsibility for solid waste management in Orenge Couny).
in May 2001, the BOCC appointetl Commissioners Brown antl Carey to serve on a Greene
Trec[ work group with two elep[etl oficials each ham the goveming boertls of Camboro antl
Chapel Hill. Cartboro appointed Altlermen Alex ZaSron and Jacquelyn Gist, and Chapel Hill
appointed Council members Bill Strom and Kevin Foy. The group is likely lb have its initial
meeting dutlng Nefirst week of September. Commissioners Brawn end Carey, wlN Support
from aloft, will briefly update the full BoaN on the generel process antl timeline they propose tc
pursue in developing rewmmentlations from [he work group back to Ne three goveming boards
regarding the ultimate tlisposition ofthe 109-acre portion of the Greene Trec[.
FINANCIAL IMPACT: There isno fnanclalimpac[assodaletl with the receipt of this update.
However, the County and Towns will be obligetl to reimhurae the LarM611 Fund for [he orginal
1981 pu¢hase price of $608,000, plus interest, if the Greene Tract is used for purposes other
than those. of the solitl waste system.
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RECOMMENDATION(S): The Managerremmmentls Net the BOeN receive the report on the
Greene Tract work group process from Commissioners Brawn antl Carey.