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is <br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />_ _ BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: May 6, 1998 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. q ~ <br />SUBJECT: Land Purchase -Kennedy Property <br />DEPARTMENT: County Manager/ County Attorney <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/1~ <br />BUDGET AMENDMENT: (Y/1~ <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Offer to Purchase and Contract <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Geof Gledhill, 732-2196 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 227-2031 <br />PURPOSE: To enter into an offer to purchase and contract for a pazcel of land adjacent to the <br />Orange County Northern Human Services Center in Cedaz Grove. <br />BACKGROUND: The County has received an offer to purchase approximately 40 acres of <br />property adjacent to the Northern Human Services Center. The purchase of additional acres at the <br />Northern Human Services facility will allow for the upgrade of the existing septic system to handle <br />increased waste flow. The current system has reached capacity and cannot provide for an increased <br />number of individuals to use the facilities on a daily basis. Also, the purchase of the property will <br />permit the expansion of the existing recreational azea. Currently, the facility has only one softball <br />field and small playground area for the residents of northern Orange County. However, the <br />additional property will allow the County to build more softball and soccer fields for recreational <br />programs. Most of the property will remain natural and will be suitable for walking trails, <br />picnicking and other passive recreational activities. <br />As the attached Offer to Purchase and Contract reflects, Mr. and Mrs. Kennedy will accept an offer <br />of $110,000 for the approximately 40 acres of property they own in Cedaz Grove. The property <br />adjoins on the west the County's Northern Human Services property and extends westerly to the <br />shoreline of the easternmost sediment pond upstream from Lake Orange. In addition to the <br />conveyance of the property, the Kennedys have agreed to provide, in recordable form, a plat of the <br />property for no additional cost to the County. <br />The purchase of the property will be financed through 1997 Parks and Recreation bonds. The <br />County will pay for the property with cash on hand, and reimburse itself when the first sale of 1997 <br />approved bonds takes place in eazly 1999. <br />