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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No VM-e, <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: December 19, 1995 <br /> SUBJECT: Transfer of County Owned Property to Town of Chapel Hill for <br /> Affordable Housing <br /> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> DEPARTMENT County Manager PUBLIC HEARING YES NO X <br /> -------------------------------- ------------------------------- <br /> ATTACHMENT(S) INFORMATION CONTACT <br /> Public Notice of Land Transfer Rod Visser, ext 2300 <br /> Resolutions TELEPHONE NUMBER <br /> Property Map Hillsborough 732-8181 <br /> Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br /> Mebane 227-2031 <br /> Durham 688-7331 <br /> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> PURPOSE: To consider approving the transfer of a small parcel of <br /> County owned real property to the Town of Chapel Hill for affordable <br /> housing uses . <br /> BACKGROUND: In 1977, the County obtained by tax foreclosure a small <br /> parcel of land on Scarlette Drive in Chapel Hill (Tax Reference Number <br /> 7 . 27A.B. 7) . This property measures roughly 25 by 275 feet and is <br /> immediately adjacent to the Chapel Hill Cemetery and another parcel <br /> owned by the Town that is slightly smaller than one acre in size . The <br /> approximate tax value of the County owned parcel is $3 , 000 . In its <br /> present configuration, the parcel is of no practical use to the County. <br /> At the October 17 meeting, the Board adopted a resolution authorizing <br /> the staff to pursue the process to convey this property to the Town of <br /> Chapel Hill for use in an affordable housing demonstration project . <br /> Chapel Hill Town staff have discussed with Orange Community Housing <br /> Corporation the prospects for building a number of small starter homes <br /> on their parcel . <br /> The County Attorney has prepared a resolution that approves the land <br /> transfer offer to the Town of Chapel Hill, and authorizes the Chair to <br /> execute a deed, in a form approved by the County Attorney, <br /> accomplishing the transfer. If the Board approves the land transfer <br /> offer, the Town would subsequently consider a similar resolution <br /> accepting the offer of the transfer of the lot . <br /> RECOMMENDATION: The Manager recommends that the Board approve the <br /> resolution offering to transfer the County-owned lot to the Town of <br /> Chapel Hill . <br />