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Z expressed a willingness to split the cost of moving and reusing this house. The house at 609 Yorktown is to be moved to the Pine Knolls mr-munity and reused as affordable housing, If the Board confirms at this September 17 meeting its Intent to have the two houses moved, staff will arrange for precautionary inspections of both houses for asbestos, mold, or other environmental issues. There are no indications that there are any such problems with either house, but given the flood damage sustained (even though it was subsequently repaired), it is prudent for the County to have these inspections performed as assurance for subsequent occupants. Staff will report to the Board on answers to questions outstanding from the March 2002 report on this subject. Staff proposes to pursue removal and relocation of these two houses beginning in mid-October 2002, when the County's preferred contractors (Pete and Robin Hendricks,who performed the award-winning Orange Industries Building deconstruction project in 2001)will be back in town and ready to take on the Heritage Hills relocation project. FINANCIAL IMPACT: The County has already received Federal and state funds of approximately$30,000 that were included in the approved grant to the County to cover the mat of demolition, landfllling of residual materials, and restoring the lots to a natural state. While these funds are not intended to directly cover the mat of relocating either of the two houses, staff expects that these grant funds will be utilized in their entirety (for activities related to demnstiucting the houses, removing and Iandfilling chase construction and demolition (C&D) materials that cannot be reused or recycled, and for restoring the residual property to a natural state). The estimated cost of carrying out the removal and relocation project is $170.000 -$100,000. With a net mat to the County of roughly 3100,000 - $115,000. Considering the use of$15,000 in FEMAIState grant funds and a $35,000-$40,000 comm ution from Durham County,the net mat to Orange County of the Little River Park house relocation project should be in the range of $30,000 -$40,000. Staff recommends that this cost be funded with 2001 Recreation, Parks, and Open Space (Lands Legacy) Bond money. With $15,000 in FEMAIState grant funds,the net mat to the County of the Pine Knolls house relocation project should be in the range of $70,000 -$75,000. Staff recommends that this cost be addressed either by appropriating 2001 Affordable Housing Bonds or Affordable Housing Trust Fund money. Should the Board decline to puram option 1,the other three disposition options can be accomplished almost entirely within the amount of grant funds earmarked for that purpose_ RECOMMENDA"I'l ): The Manager recommends that the Board approve the attached resolution authorizing the project to proceed