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/0417 /-47- 23 AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION AGREEMENT TJIIS AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION AGREEMENT ("Agreement") is made this R6 `tfL day of (Th,u ,ru , 1993 , by Stewart G. Barbour and Josephine H. Barbour, husWand and wife, ("Grantors") , and between Orange County, a North Carolina unit of local government ( "Grantee") . WITNESSETH: WHEREAS, the Grantors are the sole owners in fee simple of certain real property in Orange. County, North Carolina, more particularly described in Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated by this reference (the "Property") ; and WHEREAS, the Property possesses conservation values of great importance to the Grantors, the people of Orange County, and the people of the State of North Carolina; and WHEREAS, Grantors intend that the conservation values of the Property be preserved and maintained by the continuation of land use patterns, including, without limitation, those related to agriculture use existing at the time of this Agreement, that do not significantly impair or interfere with those values; and WHEREAS, Grantee is a North Carolina unit of local government seeking to preserve and protect land in its agricultural condition pursuant to the laws of the State of North Carolina, and, in particular, by the Farmland Preservation Enabling Act (Chapter 106 , Article 61) and by the Historic Preservation and Conservation Agreements Act (Chapter 121, Article 4) of the North Carolina General Statutes, and pursuant to the Orange County Voluntary Farmland Preservation Program Ordinance; and WHEREAS, the Orange County Agricultural Districts Advisory Board ("Board") certified the Property as qualifying farmland pursuant to the Orange County Voluntary Farmland Preservation Program Ordinance on December 16, 1992 ; and WHEREAS, the Orange County Board of Commissioners designated the Property as a Voluntary Agricultural District ("District") pursuant to the Orange County Voluntary Farmland Preservation Program Ordinance on January 4, 1993 ; NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the above and the mutual covenants, terms, conditions, and restrictions contained herein, Grantors hereby voluntarily agree to preserve and protect the conservation values of the Property for a period not to exceed ten (10) years from the date of this Agreement. 1. Purpose. It is the purpose of this Agreement to assure that the Property will be retained in agricultural use and to prevent any use of the Property that will significantly impair or interfere with the conservation values of the Property. For the purposes of this Agreement, "agricultural use" " is defined as cultivation of soil for