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Ellen W. Reckhow <br />Chairman <br />11 Pine Top Place <br />Durham, NC 27705 <br />Email: ereckhow @aolcom <br />Becky M. Heron <br />Vice-Chairman <br />4425 Kerley Road <br />Durham, NC 27705 <br />Email: bmberon @co..durham nc us <br />William V. "Bill" Bell <br />Office of the Mayor <br />101 City Hall Plaza <br />Durham, NC 27701 <br />Kevin C. Foy, Mayor <br />19 Oakwood Drive <br />Chapel Hill, NC 27517 <br />Moses Carey, Jr., Chair <br />COUNTY OF DURHAM <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />Board of County Commissioners <br />203 Simerville Road <br />Chapel Hill, N.C. 27517 <br />Dear Moses, Bill and Kevin: <br />.Tune 23, 2005 <br />4 <br />Lewis A. Cheek <br />5105 Copper Ridge Drive, ,:308 <br />Durham, NC 27707 <br />Email: Icheek @co,durham. nc. us <br />Philip R. Cousin Jr <br />509 Wellingham Drive <br />Durham, NC 27713 -7501 <br />Email: prcousin @earthlink net <br />Michael D. Page <br />702 Basil Drive <br />Durham, NC 27713 <br />Email: mpage @co durham ne us <br />I want to thank each of you for your entity's cooperation during the recent Duke <br />University/Erwin Trace acquisition. I know that for each of our jurisdictions this was not <br />a budgeted or planned expenditure, and I appreciate you and your staff's willingness to <br />work towards finding a funding option that worked for you and your respective Board <br />members. As noted by many, this is the first time that Orange County, Durham County, <br />the Town of Chapel Hill and the City of Durham have cooperatively worked on a project <br />related to New Hope Creek. This is a positive and exciting initiative in the heart of our <br />rapidly growing region. <br />I have attached a signed purchase contract between Durham County and Duke University <br />for the purchase of the property. As all of you know, Durham County will owe an earnest <br />money payment of the first $500,000 in July 15, 2005, with the remainder provided at <br />closing anticipated for April 2008, <br />Work is already underway to obtain grant funds to help underwrite the acquisition. On <br />June 1, Durham County submitted a Clean Water Management Trust Fund (CWMTF) <br />grant on behalf of the partner organizations for $1,112,000. Of this, $1,000,000 was <br />requested to assist with the acquisition of the Duke tract, and $112,000 was requested to <br />help with the 23-acre Penny acquisition within Orange County that connects the Duke <br />tract to the overall New Hope Corridor. A final answer is not expected before late fall on <br />the potential grant award. <br />Durham County Administrative Complex, 200 E, Main Street, Durham, N.C. 27701 (919) 560 -0027 Fax (919) 560 -0013 <br />Equal EmploymenNAffrrnative Action Emrployer Web.site: hap Ilmowco,durluun nc us/ <br />