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a <br />®range County <br />Environment c~ Resource Conservation <br />306-A Revere Road. / PO Box 81$1 <br />Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br />P11one: (919) 245-2590, Fax: (919) 644-3351 <br />MEMORANDUM <br />TO: Board of Commissioners <br />Rod Visser, Interim County Manager <br />FROM: David Stanch, Environment and Resource Conservation Director <br />DATE: November 3, 2006 <br />RE: Lands Legacy Issue Papers <br />At the August 31 worksession, the Board received the Lands Legacy Action Plan for the <br />fiscal years 2006 through 2008. Included as part of the Action Plan were three issue <br />papers for Board consideration. On September 12, the Board adopted the two-year Action <br />Plan and asked that the issue papers be brought back for subsequent discussion. <br />One of the papers, dealing with possible changes (to address State farmland preservation <br />language) within the Lands Legacy Program document, was considered and approved by <br />the Board on October 3. <br />The remaining two papers are provided herein for Board consideration at the November <br />9 worksession. These papers ask for the Board's authorization to study and research two <br />topics during the rest of this fiscal year: <br />1. To research and study the potential to strengthen long-term protection <br />mechanisms for lands acquired by the Lands Legacy Program, including research <br />on other local government land trusts and possible partnerships with existing <br />regional land trusts. <br />2. To create a report that evaluates the potential for expandin Cg ounty nature <br />preserves at Seven-Mile Creek Preserve and New Hope Preserve upstream to <br />include other potential conservation prioritiesl. <br />Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions (245-2598, dstancilC~co.orange.nc.us). <br />1 <br />As is always the case, any subsequent expansion would involve working only with willing landowners. <br /> <br />