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j`7-q e ,y nt E N i <br />~I'allbe COllllty <br />Environment &t Resource Conservation <br />306-A Revere Road / PO Box 81S1 <br />Hillsborough, NG 2728 <br />Phone: (919) 245-2590, Fax: (919) 644-3351 <br />MEMORANDUM <br />TO: Board of Commissioners <br />John Link, County Manager <br />FROM: David Stancil, Environment and Resource Conservation Director <br />DATE: June 15, 2006 <br />RE: Draft Lands Legacy Action Plan 2006-08 /Related Matters <br />Please find attached the draft Lands Legacy Action Plan for the period July 1, 2006- June <br />30, 2008. Every two years, an action plan is adopted to identify the priorities for Lands <br />Legacy in the upcoming two fiscal years. The current 2004-06 Action Plan runs though <br />,June 30, 2006. <br />As in previous efforts, the draft has been prepared by staff - based on comments solicited <br />from the relevant advisory boards that are engaged in the component areas of Lands <br />Legacy, These boazds have once again provided valuable ideas on goals and objectives for <br />the upcoming two years. The Action Plan itself includes these goals and objectives, <br />followed by a priority list table for proposed acquisition targets, a map of these general <br />areas, and review and summary information. As is always the case, many of the priorities <br />listed aze continuations of ongoing multi-year projects, and carry forward from the <br />previous Action Plan. Attachment 1 to the Action Plan includes a listing and map of <br />acquisitions to date <br />In addition to the Action Plan, I have also included supplementary documents that <br />focuses on three possible additions or changes to the program: <br />1. Expanding the Nature Preserve Concept for Additional Opportunities <br />(Upper Eno Preserve) <br />the County has made a great deal of progress toward the proposed Seven-Mile Creek <br />Preserve, with over 300 acres acquired to date, but opportunities have arisen (and may <br /> <br />