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COLEMAN,BI:RN110LZ, DICKERSON, <br /> . BERNHOLZ, GLEDI-HILL & HARGRAVE p <br /> ATTORNEYS AT LAW !� 11'�} "1 7 0 ^ <br /> C O N F I D E N T I A L ' ---c-, 4v "- `' <br /> 110 CHURTON STREET • <br /> HILLSBOROUGH.N.C. 27278 <br /> 919.732.219G <br /> 919.94 2-8000 <br /> CHAPEL HILL OFFICE <br /> SUITE 20.FRANKLIN BUILDING <br /> 13? E.FRANKLIN STREET <br /> CHAPEL HILL,N.G 2751a March 20, 19 8 7 <br /> 019.929.7151 <br /> !I ALONZO R.COLEMAN.JR. . <br /> ■i STEVEN A.BERNHOLZ <br /> DONALD R.DICKERSON <br /> ROGER D.DERNHOLZ <br /> '1 GEOFFREY E.GLEDHILL <br /> 1 DOUGLAS HARGRAVE <br /> � MARTIN J.BERNHOLZ <br /> 1 RICHARD J. SNIDER.JR. <br /> '1 E'EN HERMAN RA Shirley E. Marshall, Chair <br /> 11 Moses Carey <br /> A Of Counsel <br /> BONNER D.SAWYER John Hartwell <br /> 11902•1972) Stephen Halkiotis <br /> Don Willhoit <br /> Orange County Board of Commissioners <br /> 106 East Margaret Lane <br /> Hillsborough, North Carolina 27278 <br /> Dear Board Members: <br /> Enclosed is a letter which embodies the action I <br /> recommend Orange County take in response to the offer <br /> to sell to Orange County the land owned by Lake Orange, <br /> Inc. between the 615 and 616-feet levels of elevation <br /> surrounding Lake Orange. It is further my <br /> recommendation that the Board authorize the Chair to <br /> execute this letter and to have it delivered to Mr. <br /> Nichols at his home on March 25, 1987. It is my <br /> opinion that the offer to sell the land is just that <br /> and is not in satisfaction of the obligation of Lake <br /> Orange pursuant to the right of first refusal contained <br /> in the deed from Lake Orange to the County. <br /> This action is, of course, only a "holding" one. <br /> The problem of who owns, and subject to what, the land <br /> 'd surrounding Lake Orange between elevations 615 to 620 <br /> feet is not resolved by refusing Lake Orange's offer to <br /> sell a portion of this land and by Orange County <br /> reserving its rights under the deed from Lake Orange, <br /> Inc. <br /> I Apparently, and unfortunately, Lake Orange, Inc. <br /> is not prepared to go forward with an action to quiet <br /> title on this property. Our search of the title <br /> I; questions on behalf of Lake Orange at the time it was <br /> done, revealed only two deeds which purported to convey <br /> title to persons to the area in question. However, <br /> there are other deeds which "quitclaim" portions of the <br /> property in question and there are recorded plats of <br />