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2 4 MEMORANDUM To: Landfill Owners Group From: Gayle Wilson, Solid Waste Director Subject: Johnson Property Acquisition Date: March 20, 1996 The attached resolution would recommend that the Carrboro Board of Aldermen, the Orange County Board of County Commissioners and the Chapel Hill Town Council approve the purchase of the Johnson property at a cost of $7, 500 per acre . Background The Johnson property consists of 13 . 80 acres, located west of and , adjoining the northern portion of the existing landfill on Eubanks Road. On December 13 , 1995, a report (Attachment 1) was presented to the Owners Group regarding our being contacted by Mrs . Shirley B . Johnson, Administratrix of the Estates of Lisbon R. Johnson and his deceased son Simon R. Johnson. Mrs . Johnson expressed her interest in selling the property. At that meeting the Owners Group authorized the Chapel Hill Town Manager to conduct preliminary negotiations, indluding receiving a signed Offer to Sell. Upon the conclusion of negotiations, we were to report back to the Owners Group . Discussion The December 13 , 1995, report indicated our primary reasons for acquiring the property: to increase the landfill ' s present 100 foot buffer, and to provide additional area to expand mulching and recycling operations . Funding for the purchase would be through the use Land Reserve funds . After -the recent purchase of the Neville Tract, the Land Reserve account has $750, 916 . If the final survey confirms 13 . 80 acres, the total price for the Johnson property would be $103 , 500 . J Recommendation: That the Landfill Owners Group adopt the attached resolution recommending that the Carrboro Board of Alderman, the Orange County Board of Commissioners, and the Chapel Hill Town Council adopt resolutions approving the purchase of the Johnson property at $7, 500 per acre or an estimated total cost of $103, 500 .