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Lee Farm Conservation Easement <br />BOCC Draft <br />This instrument prepared by and return to: Geoffrey E. Gledhill, Coleman, Gledhill, Hargrave & Peek, P.C., <br />P.O. Drawer 1529, Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br />STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA <br />COUNTY OF ORANGE <br />WARRANTY <br />DEED OF AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION EASEMENT <br />This Deed of Agricultural Conservation Easement ("Conservation Easement") is granted <br />on this -day of , 2007,. by BILL LEE, JR. and MICHELLE LEE, husband <br />and wife, having an address of 8014 Bill Poole Road, Rougemont, NC 27572 (referred to as <br />"Grantors"), to ORANGE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, having an address of Post Office <br />Box 8181, Hillsborough, NC 27278 (referred to as "Grantee"). <br />WI~REAS: <br />Grantors are the sole owners in fee simple, of certain farm Property, more particularly <br />described in Exhibit A, attached hereto and incorporated herein (the "Property"), which consists <br />of approximately 70 acres of land, located in Little River Township, Orange County, North <br />Carolina and identified as Tracts on the plat of property titled "Conservation <br />Easement Plat for the Property of Bill and Michelle Lee," prepared by Summit Consulting <br />Engineers, P.L.L.C which plat is recorded at Plat Book _, Page _, Orange County Registry <br />(PIN 0819-01-8007, PIN 0819-20-0613, PIN 0819-22-1131, PIN 0819-12-5077, 0819-22-4188). <br />The Property includes buildings and other improvements, which are shown on Exhibit B, <br />attached hereto and incorporated herein. <br />The Property consists primarily of productive agricultural land. The majority of the soils <br />on the Property have been classified as "prime" or "statewide important" soils by the Natural <br />Resources Conservation Service, United States Department of Agriculture (also referred to as <br />"MRCS" or "the United States"). It is the primary purpose of this Conservation Easement to <br />protect the agricultural soils and agricultural viability and productivity of the Property. <br />The Properly also includes streams that flow through the. Property on their way to where <br />they eventually flow into the Little River, a source of drinking water for residents of Durham <br />Page 1 of 17 <br />