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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: August 23, 2011 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. ~ - 2 <br />SUBJECT: Sale of 1914 New Hope Church Road to Orange County Schools Board <br />of Education <br />DEPARTMENT: Asset Management Services PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br />(AMS), Financial Services, <br />County Attorney <br />ATTACHMENT(S): <br />Letter from Mike Parker, Attorney for <br />Orange County Schools Board of <br />Education <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />Pam Jones, AMS, (919) 245-2652 <br />David Cannell, Financial Services, <br />(919) 245-2651 <br />John Roberts, County Attorney, <br />(919) 245-2318 <br />PURPOSE: To consider transfer alternatives for 1914 New Hope Church Road to Orange <br />County Schools Board of Education. <br />BACKGROUND: In August 2009 the Board of Commissioners declared 1914 New Hope <br />Church Road, Chapel Hill as surplus property and directed staff to advertise it for sale. No bids <br />were received for the property. <br />The property consists of 1.84 acres with one structure containing approximately 6,152 square <br />feet on two levels. There is no elevator, however the structure is built in a manner that both <br />levels are accessible at grade from the front and rear of the building. The facility was <br />previously used by the County for its Emergency Services operations. Those operations have <br />since been relocated. No alternate use has been identified for the facility at this time. <br />The property is zoned R-1, Rural Residential District. Permitted uses include child care facilities <br />(Class B Special Use), church, community center (Class B Special Use), government facilities, <br />public parks, schools (Class A Special Use), clubs or lodges, greenhouses and kennels. <br />According to the appraisal prepared by Pickett-Sprouse Realtors, dated July 29, 2009, the <br />highest and best use for the property is likely for child daycare, churches and schools. The <br />appraised value and the minimum bid set for the property in April 2010 was $430,000. <br />The deed between Orange County and Robert Edward Strayhorn and wife, Helen Mohler <br />Strayhorn, filed with the Orange County Register of Deeds on June 4, 1982 (Book 389 Page <br />457-458), reflects no covenants which would restrict its use. <br />