Agenda - 06-06-2017 - 8-e - Request for Funding Assistance - Eno River Association Clean Water Management Trust Fund Applications

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5 • Funding from the Clean Water has been requested in the amount of$158,456, with a decision expected in September. If approved, the state will hold a 300 foot conservation easement on all river and stream frontage on the property. • Timing of the County's award is critical in that Clean Water funding is awarded based on a ranking of all project submissions. In addition to contributing to the protection of the property, committed funding from Orange County by June 30, 2017 will add points to the project's application score with the Clean Water, potentially lifting the project over the cutoff for funded projects. The Trust Fund has applications in this cycle for$65 million in projects and anticipates available funds to be around $25 million. Funding Summary Purchase Price $337,860 Survey(estimated) $5,000 Legal $1,000 Stewardship Funding $10,110 Total Project Cost $353,970 Grant Funding Requests Purpose Status acquisition,survey,legal and closing,and Approved City of Raleigh(UNCWI) $69,830 stewardship endowment Orange County $63,655 acquisition Applied for CWMTF $158,456 acquisition Applied for;Decision expected Sept 2017 Total Grant Funding Requests $291,941 Eno River Association $62,029 plus interest on promissry note at 5% Total All Funding Sources $353,970 Project Significance The property is located a short distance downstream from Orange County's conservation easement focus area near the Confluence of the East and West Forks of the Eno River. It is just upstream of Corporation Lake, near Duke Forest Lands and other Orange County's conservation land. The addition of this project will expand water quality and habitat protection on the Eno: • Linear Stream Frontage: o Eno River 3,600-ft (1 side of the river (south side): avg. 1,000-ft width) o Panthers Branch 1,200-ft (2 sides of the stream: avg. 800-ft width) o Tributary Stream 1,000-ft (2 sides for% and 1 side for% of the stream: avg. 300- ft width) • The Eno River is classified by DWR as Water Supply II, High Quality Waters, Nutrient Sensitive Waters and as Drinking Water Assessment Area Susceptibility- Higher • Eno River frontage on the property is a Natural Heritage Program NEU/ Eno River Aquatic Habitat with Element Occurrences of Fusconaia masoni, Strophitus undulates, Villosa constricta, and Etheostoma collis • The property includes 3.5 acres of wetlands • The property is wooded and has two small sheds on it, but is otherwise undeveloped. The Eno River Association plans to maintain the property as conservation open space. 2