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LEE COUNTY Committed Today for a Better Tomorrow RESOLUTION APPROVING SECOND UPSET BID FOR THE SALE OF PROPERTY LOCATED AT 0 LEMON SPRINGS ROAD LOT 2 PIN 9549-17-7784-00 WHEREAS, the County of Lee owns certain vacant property located at 0 Lemon Springs Road, PIN 9549-17-7784-00, Lee County N.C., as shown on a deed recorded in Deed Book 1470, Page 689 in the office of the Register of Deeds for Lee County, to which the record thereof, reference is hereby made for more complete description; and, WHEREAS, North Carolina General Statutes §§ 153A-176 and 160A-269 permit the county to sell property by upset bid, after receipt of an offer to purchase the property; and, WHEREAS, the above reference property has a taxable value of $13,000.00; and, WHEREAS, the above referenced property was conveyed to the County of Lee as a result of a foreclosure sale on August 31, 2017; and, WHEREAS, the amount of fees and taxes owed on the property as the result of such sale is $6,221.95; and, WHEREAS, the County received an original offer submitted by Charles Martin to purchase the property for $1,000.00 and that offer was approved at the July 23, 2018 regular meeting of the Lee County Board of Commissioners; and, WHEREAS, Mr. Martin paid the required 5 percent (5%) deposit and advertising costs on his offer; and, WHEREAS, the Lee County Board of Commissioners accepted his offer of $1,000.00 at the July 23, 2018 meeting and authorized County staff to advertise the offer in The Sanford Herald; and, WHEREAS, the offer was advertised in The Sanford Herald on August 2, 2018; and WHEREAS, David Taylor submitted a first upset bid in the amount of $1,100.00 on August 7, 2018 and has paid the required five percent (5%) deposit and advertising costs; and, WHEREAS, the Lee County Board of Commissioners accepted his first upset bid in the amount of $1,100.00 on August 20, 2018; and, WHEREAS, Mr. Taylor's first upset bid was advertised in The Sanford Herald on August 28, 2018; and,