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04 � <br />Page 4 <br />d. Update on pilot project agricultural conservation easement <br />Stancil reported good news — Soil & Water District Board (S &WDB) received a positive answer <br />to their long- standing liability concerns regarding easements. The county's liability policy will <br />cover the S &WDB for this purpose. Therefore the S &WDB can hold conservation easements <br />and agricultural easements with an agreement between the county and S &WDB that defines the <br />responsibility and actions of each entity. An item in the LLP Action plan is to develop a pilot <br />project conservation easement, in particular in the Cane Creek Watershed area and to work with <br />OWASA and S &WD. Sever4l farms in the area have been identified as possible candidates for <br />this pilot project. The farmland grant is due by December 1St, and our goal is to have Orange <br />County, OWASA, and the Farmland Preservation Trust Fund buy a conservation easement to be <br />held by S &WDB. <br />e. Resignation of Chair <br />Stancil reported the resignation of Chair Matheny due to time restraints with teaching duties. <br />Stancil reported that the chair appointment is due in September and encouraged the APB to <br />consider chair election at the next meeting. <br />Stancil noted that the APB needs to consider what farmland easements and other farmland <br />preservation priorities they would like to see included in the LLP action plan recommendations <br />for the fiscal year 2001 -2002. <br />ITEM #7: ADJOURNMENT <br />Chair reminded that the next meeting to be September 20th. Meeting adjourned at <br />approximately 9:00 p.m. <br />DRAFT MINUTES 4 <br />