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� <br /> Sykes Dairy <br /> Orange County Lands Legacy Program <br /> Federal Farm & Ranchland Protection Program <br /> Agricultural Conservation Easement <br /> Sykes Dairy <br /> •Former W.V. Sykes dairy <br /> •5618 Vernon Rd <br /> •Holstein cows <br /> •Milk production <br /> •Cropland <br /> •Permanently protected farmland <br /> •Cane Creek watershed <br /> •Landowners compensated (PDR) - $500,000, which is 95% of the appraised value. Fifty- <br /> three percent of that payment will be paid from the federal government through the Farm and <br /> Ranchland Protection Program and 47% will come from the County. The Sykes will be <br /> donating 5% of the value. <br /> •Orange County/ Federal cost share <br /> •12th farm with Lands Legacy <br /> The conservation easement is 160 acres in the forward part of the property. It is prime <br /> farmland and it is helping to protect the water supply watershed. <br /> The Manager's recommendation is that the Board adopt the resolution, including the <br /> acceptance by Orange County of the conservation easement with the closing and recordation <br /> of the document expected to occur on or about June 30, 2011; and to approve Budget <br /> Amendment#9-A, which is incorporated by reference. <br /> Rich Shaw introduced the Sykes family that was in the audience. <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> RESOLUTION <br /> Approval of Agricultural Conservation Easement between <br /> Orange County <br /> and the <br /> Sykes Family Limited Partnership <br /> WHEREAS, agriculture in Orange County is an important facet of the economy and <br /> time honored way of life in the County; and <br />