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3 <br /> RES-2013-110 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> RESOLUTION <br /> Approval of Conservation Easement between <br /> Orange County and <br /> Michael Hughes and Dale Morgan <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, Michael Hughes and Dale Morgan own a 29-acre property located within the <br /> Haw River water supply watershed; and <br /> WHEREAS, Michael Hughes and Dale Morgan wish to protect an 11-acre portion of their <br /> property—including an intact forested stream corridor with approximately 1,000 linear feet of <br /> Collins Creek, which flows through the property en route to Haw River and Jordan Lake; and <br /> WHEREAS, Michael Hughes and Dale Morgan wish to donate a permanent conservation <br /> easement to Orange County, which will protect significant natural resources on 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 Michael Hughes and Dale Morgan that is described in the conservation <br /> easement agreement; 2) approve the execution of this conservation easement agreement <br /> with Michael Hughes and Dale Morgan, 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 31, 2013. <br /> BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board thanks Mr. Hughes and Ms. Morgan for their <br /> civic-minded interest in pursuing this conservation easement through the Lands Legacy <br /> Program. <br /> This the 10th day of December, 2013. <br /> Barry Jacobs, Chair <br /> Orange County Board of Commissioners <br /> Donna Baker, Clerk to the Board <br />