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County Capital Projects <br />Fiscal Years 2014 -19 <br />Project Name <br />Lands Legacy Program <br />Project Status <br />Approved <br />Functional Service Area <br />Community and Environment <br />Starting Date <br />41112000 <br />Department <br />DEAPR <br />Completion Date <br />Ongoing <br />Current <br />Year 1 <br />Year 2 <br />Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 <br />Five <br />Year 6 <br />Prior Years Fiscal Year <br />Fiscal Year <br />Fiscal Year <br />Fiscal Year Fiscal Year Fiscal Year <br />Year <br />to <br />Project Budget <br />Funding 2013 -14 <br />2014 -15 <br />2015 -16 <br />2016 -17 2017 -18 2018 -19 <br />Total <br />Year 10 <br />Appropriation <br />Land /Building <br />6,010,452 <br />400,000 <br />2,000,000 <br />2,400,000 <br />2,500,000 <br />Construction /Repairs /Renovations <br />Equipment/Furnishings <br />400,000 <br />2,000,000 <br />- - <br />2,400,000 <br />1 2,500,000 <br />Total Project Budget 6,010,452 - <br />General Fund Related Operating Costs <br />Personnel Services <br />Operations <br />New Debt Service <br />Total Operating Costs <br />Revenues /Funding Source <br />Transfer from General fund <br />General Fund - Debt Service <br />Debt Financing <br />Pay -as- you -go funding beginning Year 6 <br />Projected Grant Funding <br />Total <br />Project Description /Justification <br />1,110, 452 <br />4,900,000 <br />38,400 230,400 230,400 230,400 <br />38,400 230,400 230,400 <br />400,000 2,000,000 <br />729,600 1 1,152, 000 <br />230,400 729,600 1,152,000 <br />2,400,000 2,500,000 <br />The Lands Legacy Program, established in April 2000, is an award - winning, comprehensive program to conserve and protect the County's most critical natural and cultural <br />resources, including future parklands; natural areas, wildlife habitat and prime forests; watershed stream buffers; and historic and archaeological sites. Farmland <br />preservation and some components of natural areas conservation also occurs through the related "Conservation Easements" project. Acquisition of the Bingham Township <br />Park site, continued acquisition of property for the Upper Eno Preserve, the Jordan Lake Macrosite natural area and possible expansion of Eurosport Soccer Center are <br />among several top anticipated priorities for these current and planned funds. Currently, $1,513,408 is available in this project for those purposes. The County has and will <br />continue to aggressively seek to leverage these funds through grants ($5 million to date) and partnership funding. Although planned for continued funding, prior bond <br />authorization for this amount of $2.4 million lapsed in 2010, so new financing is recommended in Years 1 and 2. <br />51 <br />