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K <br />Appropriated for this project: <br />Conservation Easements Capital Project ($54,500) - Project # 20006 <br />Revenues for this proiect: <br />Current FY <br />2017 -18 <br />FY 2017 -18 <br />Amendment <br />FY 2017 -18 <br />Revised <br />Lands Legacy Program <br />$3,211,506 <br />($54,500) <br />$3,157,006 <br />Total Costs <br />$3,211,506 <br />($54,500) <br />$3,157,006 <br />Conservation Easements Capital Project ($54,500) - Project # 20006 <br />Revenues for this proiect: <br />Appropriated for this proiect: <br />Current <br />FY 2017 -18 <br />FY 2017 -18 <br />Amendment <br />FY 2017 -18 <br />Revised <br />Alternative Financing <br />$1,433,632 <br />$54,500 <br />$1,488,132 <br />From General Fund <br />$696,521 <br />$0 <br />$696,521 <br />Donations <br />$1,020 <br />$0 <br />$1,020 <br />NC Agriculture Development <br />Grant <br />$135,480 <br />$0 <br />$135,480 <br />Eno River Association <br />$252,843 <br />$0 <br />$252,843 <br />Upper Neuse Clean Water <br />Initiative <br />$54,000 <br />$0 <br />$54,000 <br />NC Conservation Reserve <br />Program <br />$18,800 <br />$0 <br />$18,800 <br />Contribution from Hillsborough <br />$6,157 <br />$0 <br />$6,157 <br />USDA Farmland Protection <br />$1,436,000 <br />$0 <br />$1,436,000 <br />Total Project Funding <br />$4,034,453 <br />$54,500 <br />$4,088,953 <br />Appropriated for this proiect: <br />SOCIAL JUSTICE IMPACT: The following Orange County Social Justice Goal is applicable <br />to this item: <br />• GOAL: ENSURE ECONOMIC SELF - SUFFICIENCY <br />The creation and preservation of infrastructure, policies, programs and funding <br />necessary for residents to provide shelter, food, clothing and medical care for <br />themselves and their dependents. <br />This farm conservation easement will help ensure that this prime farmland remains available <br />for cultivation and food production, helping to provide healthy local food to County residents <br />and others. <br />RECOMMENDATION: The Manager recommends the Board adopt and authorize the Chair <br />to sign the resolution approving the acceptance by Orange County of the conservation <br />easement, authorize the Chair and the Clerk to sign the conservation easement agreement, <br />subject to final review by staff and County Attorney, with a closing and recordation of the <br />document expected to occur on or about December 22, 2017, and approve Budget <br />Amendment #4 -A. <br />Current FY <br />2017 -18 <br />FY 2017 -18 <br />Amendment <br />FY 2017 -18 <br />Revised <br />Conservation Easements <br />$4,034,453 <br />$54,500 <br />$4,088,953 <br />Total Costs <br />$4,034,453 <br />$54,500 <br />$4,088,953 <br />SOCIAL JUSTICE IMPACT: The following Orange County Social Justice Goal is applicable <br />to this item: <br />• GOAL: ENSURE ECONOMIC SELF - SUFFICIENCY <br />The creation and preservation of infrastructure, policies, programs and funding <br />necessary for residents to provide shelter, food, clothing and medical care for <br />themselves and their dependents. <br />This farm conservation easement will help ensure that this prime farmland remains available <br />for cultivation and food production, helping to provide healthy local food to County residents <br />and others. <br />RECOMMENDATION: The Manager recommends the Board adopt and authorize the Chair <br />to sign the resolution approving the acceptance by Orange County of the conservation <br />easement, authorize the Chair and the Clerk to sign the conservation easement agreement, <br />subject to final review by staff and County Attorney, with a closing and recordation of the <br />document expected to occur on or about December 22, 2017, and approve Budget <br />Amendment #4 -A. <br />