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<br />County Capital Projects
<br />Fiscal Years 2013 -18
<br />Project Name
<br />Conservation Easements (part of Lands Legacy)
<br />Project Status
<br />Approved
<br />Functional Service Area
<br />Community and Environment
<br />Starting Date
<br />71112002
<br />Department
<br />DEAPR
<br />Completion Date
<br />Ongoing
<br />Current
<br />Year 1
<br />Year 2
<br />Year 3
<br />Year 4
<br />Year 5
<br />Five
<br />Year 6
<br />Prior Years
<br />Fiscal Year
<br />Fiscal Year
<br />Fiscal Year
<br />Fiscal Year
<br />Fiscal Year
<br />Fiscal Year
<br />Year
<br />to
<br />Project Budget
<br />Funding
<br />2012 -13
<br />2013 -14
<br />2014 -15
<br />2015 -16
<br />2016 -17
<br />2017 -18
<br />Total
<br />Year 10
<br />Appropriation
<br />Land /Building
<br />5,878,181
<br />250,000
<br />250,000
<br />250,000
<br />250,000
<br />250,000
<br />1,250,000
<br />1,250,000
<br />Con struction/Repairs/Reno vation s
<br />Equipment /Furnishings
<br />250,000
<br />250,000
<br />250,000
<br />250,000
<br />250,000
<br />1,250,000
<br />1,250,000
<br />Total Project Budget
<br />5,878,181
<br />-
<br />General Fund Related Operating Costs
<br />Personnel Services
<br />Operations
<br />New Debt Service
<br />Total Operating Costs
<br />-
<br />-
<br />-
<br />-
<br />-
<br />-
<br />-
<br />Revenues/Funding Source
<br />Transfer from General Fund
<br />350,000
<br />125,000
<br />125,000
<br />125,000
<br />125,000
<br />125,000
<br />625,000
<br />625,000
<br />Transfer from Other Projects
<br />143,000
<br />Grant Funding
<br />2,385,181
<br />125,000
<br />125,000
<br />125,000
<br />125,000
<br />125,000
<br />625,000
<br />625,000
<br />Debt Financing
<br />3,000,000
<br />-
<br />Total
<br />5.878.181
<br />-
<br />250.000 250.000 250.000 250.000 250.000 1.250.000
<br />1 1.250.000
<br />Project Description /Justification
<br />The Conservation Easement component of the Lands Legacy program was initially funded in July 2002, and provides matching funds for State and federal grants to
<br />acquire conservation easements to conserve prime or threatened farmland or sensitive natural areas, in keeping with Board goals and Lands Legacy priorities. Generally,
<br />these lands have conservation values or agricultural operations to be enhanced and protected, and the land stays in private ownership and is not publicly - accessible except
<br />upon landowner consent. Just over 2,000 acres of prime farmland and natural areas have been conserved to date, with over $5 million in state /federal grants leveraged. It
<br />is anticipated that additional matching funds of approximately 50% would again be leveraged for these projects, as reflected in the grant funds above. Funds for
<br />the conservation easement program were exhausted in 2012. This project would provide $250,000 each year for conservation easements, including $125,000 in County
<br />funds and an expected match amount of $125,000 from state /federal grants.
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