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3 <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />RESOLUTION <br />Approval of a Conservation Easement between <br />Orange County and the State of North Carolina <br />WHEREAS, Orange County has adopted goals that promote the preservation of natural <br />areas, wildlife habitat, farmland and open space in the County; and <br />WHEREAS, Orange County established the Lands Legacy Program for the purpose of <br />protecting the most significant natural and cultural resources through partnerships with <br />landowners and other conservation entities; and <br />WHEREAS, Orange County, through its Lands Legacy Program, works to preserve important <br />natural areas, wildlife habitat and riparian buffers within water supply watersheds; and <br />WHEREAS, one of the conservation measures employed by the County to protect sensitive <br />resource lands is by entering into a conservation easement agreement; and <br />WHEREAS, Orange County worked in partnership with the Natural Resources Conservation <br />Service, the Orange Soil and Water Conservation District, and the NC Ecosystem <br />Enhancement Program to restore the 1,400-foot section of Stillhouse Creek that flows <br />through County property between Margaret Lane and the Eno River; and <br />WHEREAS, the County entered into a agreement with the NC for Ecosystem Enhancement <br />Program to restore this section of Stillhouse Creek with the knowledge that it would grant a <br />conservation easement to protect this site from future degradation; and <br />WHEREAS, a conservation easement on this 2.09-acre area along Stillhouse Creek would <br />ensure the preservation of this site.for enhanced water quality, aquatic habitat, and <br />environmental education purposes: <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the. Orange County Board of Commissioners on <br />behalf of Orange County does hereby 1) grant to the State of North Carolina the conservation <br />easement to protect the Stillhouse Creek restoration area owned by Orange County; 2) <br />approve the execution of this conservation easement agreement with the State of North <br />Carolina, in accordance with the terms of the proposed easement agreement, subject to final <br />review by staff and the county attorney; and 3) authorize the Chair and the Clerk to sign the <br />easement agreement on behalf of the Board, with a closing to occur on or about April 30, <br />2007. <br />This the 27th day of March, 2007. <br />Moses Carey Jr., Chair <br />Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />Donna Baker, Clerk to the Board <br />