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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Appropriated for this project: <br /> Current FY <br />2017-18 <br />FY 2017-18 <br />Amendment <br />FY 2017-18 <br />Revised <br />Lands Legacy Program $3,157,006 ($184,855) $2,972,151 <br />Total Costs $3,157,006 ($184,855) $2,972,151 <br /> <br />Conservation Easements Capital Project ($184,855) - Project # 20006 <br /> <br />Revenues for this project: <br /> Current <br />FY 2017-18 <br />FY 2017-18 <br />Amendment <br />FY 2017-18 <br />Revised <br />Alternative Financing $1,488,132 $184,855 $1,672,987 <br />From General Fund $696,521 $0 $696,521 <br />Donations $1,020 $0 $1,020 <br />NC Agriculture Development <br />Grant $135,480 $0 $135,480 <br />Eno River Association $252,843 $0 $252,843 <br />Upper Neuse Clean Water <br />Initiative $54,000 $0 $54,000 <br />NC Conservation Reserve <br />Program $18,800 $0 $18,800 <br />Contribution from Hillsborough $6,157 $0 $6,157 <br />USDA Farmland Protection $1,436,000 $0 $1,436,000 <br />Total Project Funding $4,088,953 $184,855 $4,273,808 <br /> <br /> Appropriated for this project: <br /> Current FY <br />2017-18 <br />FY 2017-18 <br />Amendment <br />FY 2017-18 <br />Revised <br />Conservation Easements $4,088,953 $184,855 $4,273,808 <br />Total Costs $4,088,953 $184,855 $4,273,808 <br /> <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 /> <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 /> <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends the Board adopt and authorize the <br />Chair to sign the resolutions (Attachments 1 and 2) approving the acceptance by Orange <br />County of the Eno River Association conservation easements (Iski and Hobgood Property); <br />and authorize the Chair and the Clerk to sign the conservation easement agreements, <br />subject to final review by staff and County Attorney, with a closing and recordation of the <br />documents expected to occur on or about June 30, 2018; and approve Budget Amendment <br />#8-C. <br />3