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1 <br /> ORD-2017-010 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: May 16, 2017 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 4-b <br /> SUBJECT: Resolution of Approval — Conservation Easement for Lick Creek Property; and <br /> Approval of Budget Amendment #9-A <br /> DEPARTMENT: Environment, Agriculture, Parks <br /> and Recreation (DEAPR) <br /> ATTACHMENTS INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> 1. Resolution of Approval David Stancil, 245-2510 <br /> 2. Location Map Kim Livingston, 245-2514 <br /> 3. Site Map Rich Shaw, 245-2510 <br /> 4. Draft Conservation Easement <br /> 5. May 5, 2017 Triangle Farms Article <br /> from The News and Observer <br /> PURPOSE: To consider a resolution to approve the joint acquisition of a conservation <br /> easement by Orange County and the Eno River Association and acceptance of a <br /> conservation easement for the Gledhill — Lick Creek conservation property, and approve <br /> Budget Amendment #9-A. <br /> BACKGROUND: The acquisition of conservation easements to protect highly important <br /> natural and cultural resource lands in Orange County is a longstanding goal of the Board of <br /> Commissioners, and is a priority of the Lands Legacy program. Since 2001, the County has <br /> partnered with landowners and other entities to protect 2,244 acres of significant natural <br /> areas and prime farmland with permanent conservation easements. <br /> Over the past several months, DEAPR has worked with Geoffrey and Jane Gledhill and the <br /> Eno River Association on a project to conserve the Gledhill's 30-acre property located across <br /> from their farm at 1319 Carr Store Road (Cedar Grove Township). <br /> The Gledhills intend to grant a permanent conservation easement that restricts future <br /> development, protects forest and water resources, and helps maintain rural character along <br /> this stretch of Carr Store Road located just 1/3 mile from the Cedar Grove Rural Crossroads <br /> Historic District (listed on National Register of Historic Places). <br /> The land is entirely forested and contains a section of Lick Creek and two feeder streams <br /> that drain to the East Fork Eno River and Lake Orange. A conservation easement would <br /> help protect Lake Orange by restricting future land uses on the property that could increase <br /> runoff, sedimentation, and pollution. The easement will prohibit future subdivision and <br /> agricultural uses. Forest stewardship is allowed, but forestry activities will be restricted to <br /> areas outside of wide buffers (up to 300 feet wide) along nearly 6,000 linear feet of streams. <br />