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RES- 2013 -094 <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />RESOLUTION <br />Approval of Conservation Easement between <br />Orange County and <br />Brian Dobyns and Katherine Bliss <br />K <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, Brian Dobyns and Katherine Bliss own a 35 -acre property located within "critical <br />area" of the Upper Eno River Protected Watershed; and <br />WHEREAS, Brian Dobyns and Katherine Bliss wish to protect their entire property — including <br />hardwood forest that connects with the adjacent County -owned nature preserve, and an <br />unnamed stream that flows to Sevenmile Creek and the Eno River; and <br />WHEREAS, Brian Dobyns and Katherine Bliss wish to grant a permanent conservation <br />easement to Orange County, which will protect significant natural resources associated with <br />the 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 Brian Dobyns and Katherine Bliss that is described in the conservation <br />easement agreement; 2) approve the execution of this conservation easement agreement <br />with Brian Dobyns and Katherine Bliss, in accordance with the terms of the attached <br />easement agreement, subject to final review by staff and the county attorney; and 3) <br />authorize the Chair and the Clerk to sign the easement agreement on behalf of the Board, <br />with a closing to occur on or about December 15, 2013. <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board thanks Mr. Dobyns and Ms. Bliss for their civic - <br />minded interest in pursuing this conservation easement through the Lands Legacy Program. <br />This the 19th day of November, 2013. <br />Barry Jacobs, Chair <br />Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />Donna Baker, Clerk to the Board <br />