Who’s the boss?

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Posted by Nancy Oates on January 13, 2014

http://chapelhillwatch.com/2014/01/13/whos-the-boss/

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  1. Deborah Fulghieri

     /  January 13, 2014

    The funny part is that the Obey Creek Ventures LLC property is in the Extra-Territorial Jurisdiction, outside Chapel Hill municipal limits, and apparently there has been no discussion as to how the property will ever pay Chapel Hill town property or sales taxes or otherwise contribute towards town finances. At present, it does not (it doesn’t even pay the 15% Chapel Hill fire district tax). Further, the property surrounds other owners who may not agree to annexation– a choice they presently have the right to make.

  2. Deborah Fulghieri

     /  January 13, 2014

    Obey Creek Ventures LLC also has the right not to be annexed by Chapel Hill.

  3. Nancy

     /  January 13, 2014

    Deborah — Would you swap houses with me so you can be an official resident of Chapel Hill and run for office? I am impressed by the way you think of the big picture in this, and your letter to the editor in Sunday’s edition of a local newspaper about the additional revenue the town is giving up by giving away the cemetery land. Not that I disagree with Town Council’s decision, but it would have been wonderful if someone on council or town staff, for that matter, had thought about that.

  4. Bonnie Hauser

     /  January 13, 2014

    Now I’m confused. Isn’t the whole plan to annex Obey Creek as a condition of approval?

  5. many

     /  January 13, 2014

    Deborah, yes. If precedence holds, Obey Creek Ventures LLC in theory has the right to *force* Chapel Hill to annex.their property and to extend utilities, however I doubt Chapel Hill has as much right to force others to be annexed against their will.

    It’s a brave new world brought to you by the NC Leg.

  6. Deborah Fulghieri

     /  January 13, 2014

    Nancy, someone on staff did think about it, because the department of Parks and Recreation, which oversees cemetery services, was asked to report how much the cemetery earns yearly for Chapel Hill. Did that information not make it to Council? (I don’t watch CHTC on TV).

    That actually wasn’t a letter to the editor, just a comment on an article by Tammy Grubbs about the transaction.

  7. Deborah Fulghieri

     /  January 13, 2014

    Now I am wondering whether there is some legal catch by which the land is transferred to DHIC which then sells the land for its own account and uses the proceeds for developments elsewhere. Could that happen?

  8. Anita

     /  January 14, 2014

    Deborah,
    I think you would have to put a deed restriction on the land when it transfers if you want to be sure that the property is used for certain specific purposes.