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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. =--b <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: June 26, 1996 <br /> SUBJECT: Approval to Purchase Property- OPC Mental Health <br /> DEPARTMENT: County Manager's PUBLIC HEARING: YES: NO: X <br /> BUDGET AMENDMENT: YES: NO: X <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: Albert Kittrell <br /> Extension 2300 <br /> TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br /> Hillsborough -732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill -968-4501 <br /> Durham -688-7331 <br /> Mebane -227-2031 <br /> PURPOSE: To consider approving a request from Orange-Person-Chatham Mental Health to <br /> purchase property. <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> The"Horizons"Program at UNC has for several years provided treatment for substance abusing <br /> pregnant women under a state grant that is administered by OPC. Horizons has identified the need <br /> for a residential program, since separation of the women from the environment that has been <br /> supporting substance abuse during pregnancy is considered critical. The public health implications <br /> of preventing substance abuse during pregnancy are enormous. <br /> The plan has been for Horizons to initiate a new private non-profit agency to hold title to the property <br /> and operate the program. The agency has been set up,but for various reasons cannot hold property at <br /> this time. Other options for holding title have been and are being explored,but OPC, at least for now, <br /> is the only available choice. OPC will assume responsibility for seeing that the program is properly <br /> licensed, staffed and managed and complies with all applicable laws and regulations. <br /> OPC proposes to purchase several housing units on 42 acres in northern Chatham County for <br /> $350,000. The property has been appraised for$386,000 and a down payment of$75,000 has been <br /> secured. <br />