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8 <br /> 1 Commissioner Price asked how much was put into the preservation of the Whitted <br /> 2 Building. <br /> 3 Chair Jacobs said this amount was $1.7 million. <br /> 4 Commissioner Price noted that this building sat for a period of time. <br /> 5 Chair Jacobs said this will be scheduled for discussion at a regular meeting in future. <br /> 6 <br /> 7 2. Lands Legacy Action Plan for FY 2014-17 <br /> 8 Rich Shaw, Land Conservation Manager with the Department of Environment, <br /> 9 Agriculture Parks and Recreation (DEAPR), presented the following overview and PowerPoint <br /> 10 slides: <br /> 11 <br /> 12 November 12, 2013 <br /> 13 Department of Environment, Agriculture, <br /> 14 Parks & Recreation <br /> 15 <br /> 16 Lands Legacy Program <br /> 17 Conserving high-priority <br /> 18 natural & cultural resource lands <br /> 19 ✓ Voluntary <br /> 20 ✓ Partnerships <br /> 21 ✓ Funding (including $5 M grants) <br /> 22 ✓ 1,001 acres for parks & preserves <br /> 23 ✓ 2,030 acres private farms & natural areas <br /> 24 <br /> 25 Changing conditions <br /> 26 ➢ Improving regional economy <br /> 27 ➢ NC Conservation Tax Credit eliminated <br /> 28 ➢ Reduced funding from the State <br /> 29 ➢ County parks & recreation master plan <br /> 30 ➢ County funds for conservation easements <br /> 31 <br /> 32 Draft Lands Legacy Action Plan <br /> 33 Objectives for 2014-17 <br /> 34 Continue current scaled-back approach <br /> 35 Complete projects already underway <br /> 36 Conserve significant natural areas <br /> 37 Establish/extend trails to link public places <br /> 38 Stewardship of existing properties <br /> 39 <br /> 40 Draft Lands Legacy Action Plan <br /> 41 Priority Projects <br /> 42 Bingham Township Park <br /> 43 Upper Eno Preserve/Mtns-to-Sea Trail <br /> 44 Farmland easements <br /> 45 Jordan Lake Headwaters Preserve <br /> 46 Local Historic Landmarks (4 easements) <br /> 47 <br /> 48 Lands Legacy Program <br /> 49 Protecting special places in Orange County <br /> 50 <br />