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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />RESOLUTION <br />Approval of Agricultural Conservation Easement between <br />Orange County and Milton Latta & Sons Dairy Farm <br />WHEREAS, Orange County has an adopted goal promoting the preservation of farmland in <br />the County; and <br />WHEREAS, agriculture in Orange County is an important facet of the economy and way of <br />life in the County; and . <br />WHEREAS, one component of the Lands Legacy Program is the acquisition of conservation <br />easements on prime or threatened farmland within water supply watersheds; and <br />WHEREAS, Milton Latta & Sons Dairy Farm includes approximately 138 acres in the Little <br />River protected watershed, consists of a majority of prime soils, and is located in an <br />agricultural community with good access to farm markets; and <br />WHEREAS, a matching grant of $300,000 was awarded to Orange County from the federal <br />Farm and Ranch Land Protection Program to help protect the future of this farm with an <br />agricultural conservation easement; and <br />WHEREAS, a conservation easement on this approximately 138-acre section of the farm <br />would ensure the preservation of this farmland for future generations and compensate the <br />owners for this long-term commitment: <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />does hereby 1) accept on behalf of Orange County the agricultural conservation easement to <br />protect prime farmland owned by William Latta and Tate Latta; 2) approve the execution of <br />this conservation easement agreement with William Latta and Tate Latta, in accordance with <br />the terms of the proposed easement agreement, subject to final review by staff and the <br />county attorney; and 3) authorize the Chair and the Clerk to sign the easement agreement on <br />behalf of the Board, with a closing to occur on or about May 31, 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 />