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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />RESOLUTION <br />Approval of Conservation Easement between <br />Orange County and Barbara Underwood <br />WHEREAS, Orange County has adopted goals that promote the preservation of natural <br />areas, wildlife habitat, farmland and open space in the' County; and <br />WHEREAS, Orange County established the Lands Legacy Program for the purpose of <br />protecting the most significant natural and cultural resources through partnerships with <br />landowners and other conservation entities; and <br />WHEREAS, one component of the Lands Legacy Program is the acquisition of conservation <br />easements on lands that include natural areas, wildlife habitat and riparian buffers within <br />water supply watersheds; and <br />WHEREAS, Barbara Underwood owns a 22-acre property located within the Little River <br />Protected Watershed; and <br />WHEREAS, Barbara Underwood wishes to protect a 7.58-acre portion of her property that <br />includes a section of Covey Creek, which flows into the nearby South Fork Little River and a <br />significant Natural Heritage site known as the South Fork Little River Marsh; and <br />WHEREAS, Barbara Underwood wishes to donate a permanent conservation easement to <br />Orange County, which will protect the natural resources associated with her property; <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />does hereby 1) accept on behalf of Orange County the conservation easement. in the <br />property owned by Barbara Underwood that is described in .the conservation easement <br />agreement; 2) approve the execution of this conservation easement agreement with Barbara <br />Underwood, in accordance with the terms of the attached easement agreement, subject to <br />final review by staff and the County Attorney; and 3) authorize the Chair and the Clerk to sign <br />the easement agreement on behalf of the Board, with a closing to occur on or about August <br />31, 2009. <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board thanks Ms. Underwood for her civic-minded <br />interest in pursuing this conservation easement through the Lands Legacy Program. <br />This the 16th day of June, 2009. <br />Valerie Foushee, Chair <br />Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />Donna Baker, Clerk to the Board <br />