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23 1 acre horse farm in an expedited fashion due to health reasons. Tunnel's End Horse Farm is 2 located on Walnut Grove Church Road (Cedar Grove Township)just south of the Underwood 3 property, which is under an Orange County conservation easement. Given the extenuating 4 circumstances, the County Manager, after consulting with the Chair and Vice-Chair, accepted 5 this conservation easement, which closed on August 15, 2018. 6 7 Tunnel End Horse Farm 8 16-acre horse farm 9 200-feet South Fork Little River frontage 10 Little River Protected Watershed 11 500-feet upstream of two Natural Heritage areas: South Fork Little River Marsh and 12 Little River Aquatic Habitat 13 14 This property has significant conservation values. It is within a priority watershed for acquiring 15 agricultural easements in a dual effort to protect prime farmland and drinking water quality 16 Ms. Wegner donated a permanent conservation easement that restricts future development to 17 protect prime farmland and streams, as well as scenic views of the farmland from Walnut Grove 18 Church Road. There is one existing residence on the property. The easement prohibits future 19 subdivision of the property and protects forested stream buffers located on the farm. Future 20 farm activities will be in accordance with a Conservation Plan prepared for this farm by the 21 Orange Soil & Water Conservation District. 22 23 Financial Impact: 24 Landowner Donation 25 Orange County (Lands Legacy) $ 2,551 26 27 The owner of Tunnel's End Horse Farm donated the conservation easement to Orange County. 28 The cost to the County was $2,551 in transaction costs, including title search and closing fees. 29 Those funds came from existing funds budgeted in the Conservation Easements Capital 30 Project. 31 32 A motion was made by Commissioner Price, seconded by Commissioner Jacobs to 33 approve ratifying the County Manager's decision to accept an agricultural conservation 34 easement for Tunnel's End Horse Farm. 35 36 VOTE: UNANIMOUS 37 38 8-n Oranqe County Arts Commission — Proposed Change to the Membership- 39 Reclassifying an At-Large Position on the Arts Commission to a Student Liaison 40 Position 41 The Board considered approving a proposed change in the Arts Commission's 42 membership roster, reclassifying an At Large Position to a Student Liaison position with a one- 43 yearterm. 44 Commissioner Price said UNC is not the only institution of higher learning, and perhaps 45 a student from Durham Tech could be involved via an additional at-large seat. 46 Katie Murray said that is a good idea, and the reasoning for looking at UNC is to bridge 47 the arts communities on and off campus. She said she has not worked much with Durham 48 Tech, but she would be willing to look into this. 49 Commissioner Price said she would like to motion that Katie Murray investigate options 50 for student involvement at Durham Tech.