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BOCC Draft 6/10/16 <br /> Attachment 4 7 <br /> This instrument prepared by and return to: John L.Roberts,Office of the Orange County Attorney <br /> Box 8181,Hillsborough,NC 27278 <br /> ADFT TRACKING# <br /> STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA <br /> COUNTY OF ORANGE PIN 9859019289 <br /> WARRANTY <br /> DEED OF CONSERVATION EASEMENT <br /> This Deed of Conservation Easement("Easement")is granted on this day of , 2016,by ROBERT H. <br /> POPE JR. and GAIL SUTTON POPE having an address of 608 Polk Street, Raleigh,NC 27604 (referred to as <br /> "Grantor"),to ORANGE COUNTY,NORTH CAROLINA,having an address of Post Office Box 8181, Hillsborough, <br /> NC 27278 and ASSOCIATION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THE ENO RIVER VALLEY,INC., a North <br /> Carolina Nonprofit Corporation,having an address of 4404 Guess Road, Durham,NC 27712, also known as the Eno <br /> River Association, (both together referred to herein as"Grantee" or"Grantees"), and the North Carolina Department of <br /> Agriculture and Consumer Services (NCDA&CS) acting by and through the North Carolina Agriculture Development and <br /> Farmland Preservation Trust Fund("NCADFP Trust Fund"), for the purpose of forever conserving the agricultural <br /> productivity of the Protected Property and its value for resource preservation and as open space. The Grantor, Grantees, <br /> and NCDA&CS are collectively referred to as "The Parties". <br /> The designation Grantor and Grantees as used herein shall include said parties, their heirs, successor and assigns, and shall <br /> include singular,plural,masculine,feminine or neuter as required by context. <br /> RECITALS <br /> WHEREAS, Grantor is the sole owner in fee simple, of a certain farm property identified in Exhibit A located in <br /> Cedar Grove Township, Orange County,North Carolina and identified on the plat of property entitled <br /> Conservation Easement"prepared by <br /> which plat is recorded at Plat Book Page , Orange County Registry, and acres of said farm <br /> property will be covered by this Conservation Easement as shown on said recorded plat(the"Protected Property"). <br /> WHEREAS, the Protected Property consists primarily of productive agricultural land and forest land. The <br /> Protected Property also contains within its boundary buildings and/or improvements as shown on Exhibit C-1 attached <br /> hereto and incorporated herein. The majority of the soils on the Protected Property have been classified as "prime" or <br /> "statewide important" soils by the Natural Resources Conservation Service(NRCS). It is the primary purpose of this <br /> Easement to protect the green space, silvicultural <br /> 1. <br />