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RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE DICKSON HOUSE PROPERTY WHEREAS, the Preservation Fund of Hillsborough, Inc. has agreed to sell to Orange County for an amount not to exceed $75,000 the tract of land located in the Town of Hillsborough upon which several buildings are located, one of which buildings is the "Dickson House;" and WHEREAS, the deed from the Preservation Fund of Hillsborough, Inc. to Orange County contains a number of covenants and restrictions applicable to the land and one or more of its buildings, which restrictions are enforceable by the Preservation Fund of Hillsborough, Inc. or its successors; and WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Orange County deems it to be in the best interest of the citizens of Orange County to purchase the Dickson House property subject to the conditions that are part of the deed conveying the property from the Preservation Fund of Hillsborough, Inc. to Orange County. IT IS THEREFORE RESOLVED by the Board of Commissioners of Orange County, pursuant to North Carolina General Statutes 153A-158, that Orange County accept a deed from the Preservation Fund of Hillsborough, Inc. to Orange County, North Carolina and conditions that are incorporated into that deed substantially in the form of Exhibit I of this resolution. IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED that the Chair of the Board of Commissioners and the Clerk to the Board are authorized to do any and all acts necessary to effectuate the purchase of this property by Orange County. VOTE: UNANIMOUS E. RESOLUTION TO DISPOSE OF COIINTY-OWNED REAL PROPERTY Motion was made by Commissioner Willhoit, seconded by Commissioner Insko to approve and authorize the Chair to sign the resolution as stated below which states that the Board agrees to transfer fee simple ownership of a portion of a County-owned parcel of surplus real property for use as required by roadway and right-of-way realignment. R E S O L U T I O N WHEREAS, the North Carolina Department of Transportation (hereinafter N.C.D.O.T.) has offered to purchase certain real property owned by Orange County, North Carolina, which property is located at or near the intersection of Interstate 85 and Buckhorn Road (S.R. 1114); and WHEREAS, N.C.D.O.T. intends to use the property acquired from Orange County as part of its Interstate 85 widening project; and WHEREAS, N.C.D.O.T. through its right-of-way agent, has offered to pay Orange County $6,645 for the approximately one-fourth acre that N.C.D.O.T. intends to acquire for its I-85 widening project; and WHEREAS, the value of the property in question has been certified, as required by law; and WHEREAS, Article 40A of the North Carolina General Statutes authorizes N.C.D.O.T. to acquire this property by eminent domain in the event Orange County does not authorize its acquisition by N.C.D.O.T.