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10 <br />Lands Legacy Action Plan 2014 -17 <br />DRAFT 10131113 <br />Priority Need <br />Purpose/Use <br />1. Bingham Township Park <br />Purchase new district park site (25- <br />$600,000 from Lands Legacy <br />Identify priority sites <br />Pursue acquisition of park site in <br />74 acres) for active and low- impact <br />Fund for acquisition costs <br />(ongoing); negotiate <br />Bingham Township. <br />recreation consistent with County's <br />depending on potential <br />acquisition of future park site <br />park master plan. <br />collaboration with OWASA <br />for closing by December 2014. <br />2. Upper Eno Preserve/ <br />Preserve one the County's largest <br />Total $1.5 to $2.0 million, <br />Contact key landowners and <br />Mountains -to -Sea Trail <br />intact natural areas for a planned <br />depending on total acres and <br />perform site recon in 2014 -15. <br />Acquire /protect additional <br />nature preserve with trails, outdoor <br />acquisition method. County <br />Collaborate with partners in <br />priority lands for riparian buffers <br />education, and campsite. Partner <br />share ( -33 %) from the Lands <br />acquiring lands as feasible in <br />and for the Seven Mile Creek <br />with Eno River Association; <br />Legacy Fund and Conservation <br />2015 -17. Pursue grant and <br />component and for trail link to <br />coordinate MST with NC Parks and <br />Easement Fund. Pursue grants <br />partner funding. This continues <br />Hillsborough Riverwalk (future <br />Friends of Mountain -to -Sea Trail. <br />from State and others. <br />multi -year initiative. <br />Mountains -to -Sea Trail). <br />3. Farmland Easements <br />Maintain a critical mass of active <br />$400,000 from Lands Legacy <br />Identify priority farm(s) for <br />Acquire farmland conservation <br />farmland and protect water quality <br />CE Fund to be matched with <br />annual grant submittal (FRPP <br />easements in priority water <br />by preserving riparian buffers on <br />potential grants from federal <br />and ADFP Trust Fund). <br />supply watersheds (Cane Creek, <br />farms. Partner with Orange NRCS/ <br />(FRPP) or State (ADFP) <br />Upper Eno, Back Creek, and <br />Soil & Water District and state or <br />farmland grant programs. <br />Negotiate easement(s) for <br />University Lake). <br />federal farmland grant agency. <br />closing by December 2016. <br />4. Jordan Lake Headwaters <br />Protect remaining portions of an <br />Multi -year project. Potential <br />Continue discussions with <br />Preserve <br />important natural corridor that links <br />cost -share with UNC, Chapel <br />landowners and identify willing <br />Expand current efforts to protect <br />UNC lands (including Mason Farm <br />Hill, Botanical Garden Fdn., <br />sellers /donors by June 2015; <br />more of the Mason Farm to <br />Biological Reserve) with the New <br />and NC trust funds. Total est. <br />coordinate with partners, <br />Jordan Lake connector and <br />Hope game lands (Jordan Lake). <br />long -term cost of $1.5 million. <br />secure grants, negotiate any <br />associated natural areas. <br />Partner with UNC, Chapel Hill and <br />County share ( -25 %) from <br />closings by June 2017. <br />the Botanical Garden Foundation. <br />Lands Legacy Fund. <br />* - Cost estimates are rough estimates based on expected per acreage land prices, and actual negotiations may produce different results. As acquisition opportunities are reviewed and evaluated, the cost estmates will be refined. <br />