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Project Name Functional Service Area Project Budget Appropriation Land /Bullding Construction /Repairs /Renovations Equipment/Furnishings Total Project Budget General Fund Related Operating Costs Personnel Services Operations New Debt Service Total Operating Costs Revenues /Funding Source Transfer from General Fund Transfer from Other Projects Grant Funding Debt Financing Total Project Description /Justification County Capital Projects Fiscal Years 2014 -19 Conservation Easements (part of Lands Legacy) Community and Environment DEAPR Project Status Approved Starting Date 7/1/2002 Completion Date Ongoing Current Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Five Year 6 Prior Years Fiscal Year Fiscal Year Fiscal Year Fiscal Year Fiscal Year Fiscal Year Year to Funding 2013 -14 2014 -15 2015 -16 2016 -17 2017 -18 2018 -19 Total Year 10 5,878,181 250,000 1 250,000 250,000 250,000 250,000 250,000 1,250,000 1 1,250,000 350,000 125,000 125,000 125,000 125,000 125,000 125,000 625,000 625,000 143,000 2,385,181 125,000 125,000 125,000 125,000 125,000 125,000 625,000 625,000 3,000,000 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 acquire conservation easements to conserve prime or threatened farmland, sensitive natural areas, or important water quality buffer lands in keeping with Board goals and Lands Legacy priorities. Generally, 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 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 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 the conservation easement program were exhausted in 2012. This project would provide $250,000 each year for conservation easements, including $125,000 in County funds and an expected match amount of $125,000 from state /federal grants. .;