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• • Project Name Functional Service Area County Capital Projects Fiscal Years 2011 -16 Conservation Easements (Lands Legacy - pt) Community and Environment DEAPR • Project Status Recommended Starting Date 7/1/2002 Completion Date Ongoing Available Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Five Year 6 Prior Years Balances Fiscal Year Fiscal Year Fiscal Year Fiscal Year Fiscal Year Year to Prniprt Budget Fundina 2/2812011 1 2011 -12 2012 -13 2013 -14 2014 -15 2015 -16 Total Year 10 LandBuilding Construction /Repairs /Renovations Equipment/Fumishings Total Project Budget General Fund Related Operating Costs Personnel Services Operations . New Debt Service Total Operating Costs Revenues/Funding Source Transfer from General Fund Transfer from Other Projects Grant Funding Debt Financing Total 5,878,181 392,576 250,000 250,000 500,000 1,250,000 5,878,181 392,576 - - - 250,000 250,000 500,000 1,250,000 350,000 250,000 250,000 500,000 143,000 2,385,181 3,000,000 392,576 1,250,000 X 9170 .404 11019 47R _ _ - 250.000 250.000 500,000 1 1,250,000 Project Description /Justification The Conservation Easements component of Lands Legacy was funded in July 2002, and works to provide matching funds to acquire conservation easements to conserve prime or threatened farmland or sensitive natural areas in keeping with Board goals and Lands Legacy priorities. Generally, these lands have conservation values or agricultural operations to be enhanced and protected - the land stays in private ownership and is not publicly - accessible except upon landowner consent. Over 1,500 acres of conservation easement lands have been conserved to date, with over $3 million in state /federal grants. However, funding for the program is largely committed and projected to expire in FY 2012 -13. The County has and will continue aggressively seek to leverage these funds throuah arants and partnership funding 28