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ORANGE COUNTY o <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Action Agenda <br /> ACTION AGENDA 'ITEM ABSTRACT Item N .D <br /> MEETING DATE <br /> Subject: Cedar Grove School Property Transfer <br /> Eepartment: ttot'inty Mananpric .Offirp ,_J I Public Hearing: ' ' yes no- I <br /> Attachment(s : information Contact: <br /> County Manager's Office <br /> Phone Nurther: 732-8181 <br /> PURPOSE: Will the Board resolve to accept the transfer of two tracts of land, <br /> 0.77 acres and 0.87 acres , owned by the Orange County Board of <br /> Education and adjoining the 8.00 acre county-owned Cedar Grove <br /> Schooliproperty. Acceptance by the Board constitutes the respon- <br /> sibility to pay transaction costsincurred by the Board of Education's <br /> attorney. No payment for consideration of the property is required. <br /> NEED: In Auglust, 1976, the Orange County Board of Commissioners purchased <br /> from the Orange County Board of Education what was thought to be three <br /> tracts1, 8.00 acres, 0.77 acres and 0.87 acres , being the site of the <br /> Old Cedar Grove School . <br /> It beclame apparent this summer, as a result of a deed search conducted <br /> by the County Recreation Department in preparation for a grant applica- <br /> tion for federal Land and Water Conservation Funds (LWCF) , that due to <br /> an oversight during the 1976 transaction only the 8.00 acre tract was <br /> transferred. <br /> The Bolard of Commissioners need to accept the transfer of the additional <br /> 1 .64 acres. <br /> IMPACT: The Recreation Department's pre-application, submitted last spring for <br /> LWCF was for site improvements on the total 9.64 acres (3 tracts). <br /> 1 <br /> Upon realization that only 8.00 of the 9.64 acres had been transferred <br /> the subsequent application for LWCF was amended, to conform with grant <br /> requirements , to request funds for only the 8.00 acres in Orange County <br /> ownership. <br /> The 8.00 acre project has been recommended for funding by the U. S. <br />