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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: May 4, 1999 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. _ 3 _ q <br />SUBJECT: Purchase of Site for New High School <br />DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Resolution Randy Bridges, OCS Superintendent, 732 -8126 <br />4/16/99 Letter from OCS Attorney <br />Site Map TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732 -8181 <br />Chapel Hill 9684501 <br />Durham 688 -7331 <br />Mebane 336 -227 -2031 <br />PURPOSE: To consider approval of the price to be paid for the purchase of a site for the planned new <br />high school in the Orange County Schools (OCS) district. <br />BACKGROUND: One of the major elements included in the November 1997 bond referendum <br />approved by voters was partial funding for a new high school for the Orange County Schools district. <br />Since approval of the bond, OCS officials have been exploring possible sites for the new school. OCS is <br />now prepared to proceed with a specific site and has option contracts for the purchase of the land for the <br />school site. The site is located in the vicinity of Grady Brown Elementary School and consists of a total <br />of 64.8 acres with a purchase price of $603,200. <br />Prior to acquiring this property, the school board is required to obtain the County Commissioners' <br />approval of the purchase price. Under NCGS § 115C -426 (f), "...no contract for the purchase of a site <br />shall be executed nor arty funds expended therefor without the approval of the board of county <br />commissioners as to the amount to be spent for the site ... ". OCS representatives will provide a report to <br />the Board regarding the proposed site so that the Commissioners will have sufficient information to render <br />a decision about whether or not to approve the purchase price. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: If the Board of Commissioners approve the purchase price, the Orange County <br />Board of Education may proceed to acquire the site, as provided by law. Funding for the purchase of the <br />site is already available in the New High School Capital Project Ordinance, as outlined in the 1998 -2008 <br />CIP. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board adopt the resolution approving <br />the purchase price of the new school site. <br />