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1 <br /> 1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. V=- <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: September 20, 1995 <br /> SUBJECT: Ownership of Property by an Area Authority <br /> DEPARTMENT: OPC Mental Health PUBLIC HEARING: YES: NO: X <br /> A'1'rAZ'��'141EN'I�:----------�6I�1�TI�N-C�'�AZ"i':------------ <br /> I. Brochure MaryWinne Sherwood (919) 918-1105 <br /> II. N.C.G.S. 122C-147 <br /> III. Real Estate Specs. <br /> IV. Budget <br /> V. Resolution TELEPHONE NUMBER - <br /> Hillsborough -732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill -968-4501 <br /> Mebane -227-2031 <br /> Durham -688-7331 <br /> P�3 0 grange-person- at ham ea Authority seeks-to puree a <br /> house in Siler City to develop a three-quarter house for substance abusers, called Oxford <br /> House, Inc. A three-quarter house is a residential recovery facility without professional <br /> staff; it is operated by the residents. (See Attachment I) <br /> According to N.C. General Statutes 122C-147, (see Attachment II), all of the respective <br /> Boards of County Commissioners must approve the purchase and ownership of property <br /> by the area authority (OPC Mental Health Center). <br /> BACKGROUND: OPC Mental Health Center has applied for a $113,000 grant from the <br /> North Carolina Housing Finance Agency to purchase and renovate the house located at <br /> 316 West Third Street, in Siler City, (see Attachment III), to use as a residential <br /> substance abuse recovery program known as Oxford House, Inc. Oxford House is a self- <br /> supporting, self-run substance recovery program. <br /> There is currently only one Oxford House in Orange County, located in Carrboro, with a <br /> capacity for 5 males. There are other similar facilities in Durham and Raleigh. The <br /> proposed house in Siler City will have a capacity for nine males. <br />