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Item Title: Encroachment Agreement with the Raleigh
Housing Authority at Crosby-Garfield School
Specific
Action Requested:
That the Board of Commissioners approves an
encroachment agreement with the Raleigh Housing Authority for the installation
of one brick column and connecting fence panels on the Crosby-Garfield property
subject to terms and conditions satisfactory to the County Attorney.
Item Summary:
The Raleigh Housing Authority (RHA) has recently
completed the redevelopment of Chavis Heights located on East Lenoir Street
with the construction of new apartments and townhouses. The Chavis Heights
redevelopment project is located adjacent to the County-owned Crosby-Garfield
School Building currently being used by Human Services for multiple programs.
The Chavis Heights project included the construction
of a decorative fence and brick columns surrounding the property. During
construction, a column at the rear corner of the property was mistakenly
located across the property line and therefore encroached upon the
Crosby-Garfield property. Upon discovery of this error, an additional column
was constructed on the Chavis Heights property and the Raleigh Housing
Authority has offered to remove the encroaching column.
The Crosby-Garfield property is surrounded by an
existing chain link fence located along the common line with Chavis Heights. If
the new RHA fence remains entirely on their property it will create an
approximate 4 foot gap between the new fence and the existing chain link fence.
Upon site visit and continued discussions with RHA, it was determined that this
would likely create an open pathway between the two properties running from Chavis
Way to Lenoir Street. It was agreed that the two fences should be connected to
discourage this use.
Therefore the Raleigh Housing Authority has requested
that RHA and Wake County enter into an encroachment agreement to allow for the
brick column located on County property to remain and for the installation of
fence panels to connect the existing chain link fence to the new fence on the
Chavis Heights property.
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