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7 <br /> ➢ Right to construct one cabin (& access driveway) <br /> ➢ Right to manage forest consistent with approved forest stewardship plan <br /> ➢ Preserves wide stream buffers <br /> ➢ Prohibits other agricultural / residential uses <br /> ➢ Prohibits subdivision <br /> Lick Creek Conservation Easement <br /> (Gledhill Family) <br /> Funding Partners: <br /> $34,125 (36%) Orange County (Lands Legacy) <br /> $37,125 (39%) Upper Neuse Clean Water Initiative <br /> (Grant to Eno River Association) <br /> $23,750 (25%) Landowner donation (Gledhill family) <br /> $95,000 (100%) Easement value <br /> Easement purchase price = $71,250 <br /> Lick Creek Conservation Easement (Gledhill Family) <br /> Working with landowners and other partners to protect special places in Orange County <br /> Commissioner Price read the resolution: <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> RESOLUTION <br /> Approval of Conservation Easement <br /> between <br /> Orange County and the Eno River Association <br /> and <br /> Geoffrey and Jane Gledhill <br /> WHEREAS, Orange County has adopted goals that promote the preservation of natural areas, <br /> wildlife habitat, prime 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, one component of the Lands Legacy Program is the acquisition of conservation <br /> easements on riparian buffers within water supply watersheds; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Gledhill — Lick Creek property includes approximately 30 acres in the Upper <br /> Eno protected watershed that includes 6,000 linear feet of streams that drain to the East Fork <br /> Eno River and to Lake Orange - a drinking water supply reservoir for Hillsborough; and <br /> WHEREAS, Geoffrey and Jane Gledhill, the owners of the Lick Creek property, wish to grant a <br /> permanent conservation easement to Orange County and the Eno River Association, which will <br /> protect the forested riparian corridors on the property; and <br /> WHEREAS, a conservation easement on this approximately 30 acres would ensure the <br /> preservation of this forested property and stream buffers for future generations; <br />