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6 <br />school #3, with the capacity of 1,000 students on a site <br />abutting Rock Haven, Ray and Smith Level Roads south of Chapel <br />Hill and Carrboro and in Carrboro's planning jurisdiction; and <br />WHEREAS, by resolution the BOARD OF EDUCATION requested the <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS approval of the purchase by the BOARD OF <br />EDUCATION of certain identified properties for a total appraised <br />value of $2,535,700 and further requested permission from the <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS for the BOARD OF EDUCATION to exercise <br />the BOARD OF EDUCATION's statutory authority to acquire the <br />identified parcels by the exercise of eminent domain; and <br />WHEREAS, the BOARD OF EDUCATION does not, have a contract <br />for the purchase of any of the identified properties necessary; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, the process of acquiring property by eminent <br />domain does not permit a determination at the time it is <br />exercised of the total cost of the properties condemned, rather <br />the total cost of the properties condemned may not be known for <br />years after the property is acquired, occupied and in use by the <br />condemning authority; and <br />WHEREAS, site design consultants of the BOARD OF EDUCATION <br />advised the BOARD OF EDUCATION that the construction of high <br />school #3 on the identified parcels presents certain design <br />issues including the likelihood that the considerable rock <br />3 <br />