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XORTGAGL & REALTY ASSOCIATES, INC. C/o Be M. Sessoms, Registered Agent Haywood, Denny, Miller, Johnson, Sessoms & Patrick Attorneys P.O. Box 451, Durham, NC 27702 October 8, 1991 GOVERNING BODIES: City of Durham Durham, North Carolina Durham County Durham, North Carolina Town of Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, North Carolina Orange County Hillsborough, North Carolina RE: New Hope Creek Corridor Open Space Master Plan (Plan, herein) as it may affect: Mortgage & Realty Associates' Property per Durham County TM 457, BL 1, LT 1, 2, 3, 9 & 10 Approximately 99 acres ± (Zoned R -20); Orange County TM 16, LT 26, Approximately 43.16 acres ± (Zoned Rural Buffer), (Property, herein) located in Component 4 of the Plan. Dear County Commissioners, City Council and Town Council: The heirs to the Dallas D. Branch, Sr. Estate and owners of the referenced Property (located in Plan Component 4 and referred to as "Branch Estate Remnant Lowlands" in Technical Appendices to the Plan, pages 4 & 59) herein express our concerns relative to the Plan as it may affect our property and its present and future uses. we will follow the proceedings in which the Plan is considered by the respective governing bodies with great interest as their actions will directly affect our ability to make the highest and best use of our property -- a right guaranteed to every property owner. The Plan has merit in concept and principle, but we ask each of the governing bodies to consider our concerns as expressed in the following points in taking action on the Plan: 1. Costs of Implementation of the Plan, Section III, Pages 62 - 68: The costs allocated to the City of Durham and Durham County are approximately 85% of the total; and the costs allocated to the Town of Chapel Hill and Orange County are approximately 15% of the total.