HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES-1994-017 Resolution authorizing the land exchange between Habitat for Humanity and Orange County R
NORTH CAROLINA RESOLUTION
ORANGE COUNTY
WHEREAS, Orange County owns a tract or parcel of land located
in Cheeks Township, Orange County, North Carolina, off of Richmond
Road (SR 1312) , and it is part of the lot described in the Orange
County tax map as 3 .31.A. 37, PIN # 9844-39-4709, hereafter referred
to sometimes as Tract B and sometimes as the County owned lot, and
WHEREAS, the heirs of John L. Efland, Sr. own a tract or
parcel of land adjoining the Orange County property in Cheeks
Township, Orange County, North Carolina, on Richmond Road (SR
1312) , and it is part of the lot described in the Orange County tax
map as 3 . 31.A. 20C, PIN # 9844-39-2803, hereafter referred to
sometimes as Tract A and sometimes as the Efland lot, and
WHEREAS, Tract A and Tract B are also designated as such on the
plat of survey entitled "Property Surveyed for Orange County" by
Callemyn Land Surveyors, dated 3/9/94 and on file in the Orange
County Manager's office, and will be filed with the Orange County
Register of Deeds when the deeds are exchanged, to which plat
reference is hereby made for more detailed information, and
WHEREAS, Tract A is being donated by the John L. Efland heirs
to Habitat For Humanity, and
WHEREAS, Orange County wishes to exchange part of Tract B for
part of Tract A, and
WHEREAS, in the exchange the County would receive a triangle
shaped portion of the Efland lot, valued at $1,202, which would be
joined with an adjacent 1.5 acre County owned lot, providing road
access to the existing County owned lot, and
WHEREAS, in exchange the County would provide a rectangular
portion of its 1.5 acre lot, valued at $1,082, to be joined with
the remainder of the Efland lot, making the Efland lot suitable for
building a home for the Habitat for Humanity project, and
WHEREAS, Orange County is receiving full and fair
consideration for the land it owns, and
WHEREAS, Orange County has held a public hearing on this land
exchange after giving 10 days ' public notice which described the
properties to be exchanged, stated the value of the properties, and
announced the Board of Commissioners intent to authorize the
exchange, and
WHEREAS, North Carolina General Statutes §160A-271, authorizes
Orange County to exchange any real property belonging to the County
for other real property.
IT IS THEREFORE RESOLVED THAT
1. Orange County, pursuant to North Carolina General
Statutes §160A-271, offers to exchange with the heirs of John
Efland, Jr. the property described above as Tract B for the Orange
County property described above as Tract A.
2 . The Chair of the Board of County Commissioners is
authorized to execute a deed for Tract B, on behalf of Orange
County (and the Clerk to the Board of Commissioners is authorized
to attest this deed) , in a form approved by the Orange County
attorney, naming as grantee Habitat for Humanity.
3 . The Orange County attorney is authorized to accept on
behalf of Orange County, the deed for Tract A, in a form approved
by the Orange County attorney, in exchange for the deed for Tract
B.
Adopted this 19th day of April, 1993.
Ayes Commissiners Moses Carey, Jr. , Alice M. Gordon, Stephen H. Halkiotis,
Verla C. Insko and Don Willhoit
Noes NONE
[Clerk's Certificate]
C E R T I F I C A T I O N
I, Beverly A. Blythe, Clerk to the Board of Commissioners for
the County of Orange, North Carolina DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the
resolution stated above was approved at a regular meeting of the
Board of Commissioners on April 19, 1994 and is recorded in Minute
Book #27.
WITNESS, my hand and the seal of said County, This 22nd day of
April, 1994.
C erk of t e Board
County of Orange, North Carolina
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