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ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: April 7, 2015 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item No. 6 -i <br />1 <br />SUBJECT: Access Easement for Jeffrey Fisher— Hollow Rock Access Area <br />DEPARTMENT: Environment, Agriculture, PUBLIC HEARING: (Y /N) No <br />Parks and Recreation <br />( DEAPR) <br />ATTACHMENTS: <br />Draft Deed of Easement <br />Draft Access Easement Plat <br />INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />David Stancil, 919 - 245 -2510 <br />Rich Shaw, 919 - 245 -2514 <br />Marabeth Carr, 919 - 245 -2516 <br />John Roberts, 919 - 245 -2318 <br />PURPOSE: To authorize the County granting a 30- foot -wide access easement for Jeffrey <br />Fisher to access his landlocked residential property through the Hollow Rock Access Area. <br />BACKGROUND: The planned Hollow Rock Access Area is a 75 -acre site comprised of multiple <br />land parcels owned separately by Orange County, Durham County, and the Town of Chapel Hill. <br />In 2010 the three jurisdictions, along with the City of Durham, adopted a master plan for a low - <br />impact public recreation and natural area. Phase 1 construction this facility is planned for 2015. <br />One of the parcels Orange County acquired for the Hollow Rock Access Area is a 7 -acre parcel <br />purchased from Duke University in 2006. Duke University had owned the property for several <br />decades and managed it as part of the Duke Forest. The owners of a private residence (ca. <br />1910) accessed their adjacent landlocked property using a gravel driveway from Erwin Road, <br />across the Duke property. The landlocked property is currently owned by Mr. Jeffrey Fisher. <br />Mr. Fisher has requested an access easement from the County in order to satisfy a banking <br />requirement. The County has long anticipated the need for granting an easement and this <br />situation presents an opportunity for this action. DEAPR has worked with the County Attorney <br />and Mr. Fisher to prepare a deed of easement and survey plat. Granting this easement would <br />not be inconsistent with the adopted master plan for the planned Hollow Rock Access Area. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: The County will share the approximately $800 in transaction fees with <br />Mr. Fisher. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board authorize the granting of <br />an access easement on the County's Hollow Rock property to Mr. Jeffrey Fisher. <br />