An old agreement requires a town to pay $500 per year in perpetuity to the owner of a parcel of land for a water-well dug on the property in the 1920s. The well is no longer used, and the town wants to buy out the contract, which has become an administrative nuisance. What amount (including the regular scheduled payment) should the landowner be willing to accept on the date of the next scheduled payment if long-term low-risk investments now earn 3.8% compounded annually?

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