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Tate Farm Conservation Easement Draft #4 BOCC (A This instrument prepared by and return to: Geoffrey E. Gledhill, Coleman, Gledhill, Hargrave & Peek, P.C., P.O. Drawer 1529, Hillsborough, NC 27278 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF ORANGE WARRANTY DEED OF AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION EASEMENT This Deed of Agricultural Conservation Easement ("Conservation Easement") is granted on this _ day of , 2007, by HURLEY T. TATE and LOUISE R. TATE, husband and wife, having an address of 8623 Harmony Church Road, Efland, NC 27243 (referred to as "Grantors"), to ORANGE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, having an address of Post Office Box 8181, Hillsborough, NC 27278 (referred to as "Grantee"). WHEREAS: Grantors are the sole owners in fee simple, of certain farm Property (the "Property"), which consists of approximately 78 acres of land, located in Cedar Grove Township, Orange County, North Carolina and identified as on the plat of property titled "Conservation Easement Plat for the Property of Hurley and Louise Tate," prepared by Alois Callemyn, P.L.S., which plat is recorded at Plat Book _, Page _, Orange County Registry (hereafter referred to as "the recorded plat") (part of PIN 9828-60-8059). The Property includes buildings and other improvements, which are shown on Exhibit A, attached hereto and incorporated herein. The Property consists primarily of productive agricultural land. The majority of the soils on the Property have been classified as "prime" or "statewide important" soils by the Natural Resources Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture (also referred to as "MRCS" or "the United States"). It is the primary purpose of this Conservation Easement to protect the agricultural soils and agricultural viability and productivity of the Property. The Property also includes streams that.flow through the Property on their way to where they eventually flow into Back Creek, a source of drinking water for residents of Alamance Page 1 of 18