Item 8-c - Resolution of Approval – Conservation Easement on Walker Farm and Approval of Budget Amendment #4-A

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13 permitted below is prohibited. Before undertaking any construction or reconstruction that requires advance permission, the Grantor shall notify the Grantees and obtain written permission. All construction or reconstruction is subject to Orange County zoning regulations and must be consistent with permits required by and issued by Orange County under its laws and ordinances as they exist now and as they may be amended from time to time for such construction activities. (a) Fences—Existing fences may be repaired and replaced, and new fences may be built on the Protected Property for purposes of reasonable and customary management of livestock and wildlife or to fence off the perimeter of the Protected Property or the perimeter of the stream buffer without any further permission of the Grantees. (b) Structures &Improvements—There are no structures existing on the Protected Property as of the date of this Agricultural Conservation Easement. New buildings, including barns, sheds and other structures and improvements to be used primarily for agricultural purposes (including the processing or sale of farm products predominantly grown or raised on the Protected Property) may be built on the Protected Property without any further permission of the Grantees provided they are located in the "Farmstead Area." Any new buildings, structures or improvements proposed for locations outside the "Farmstead Area" shall be for agricultural purposes only and may be built only with the advance written permission of the Grantees. The Grantees shall not give such permission unless they determine that the proposed building, structure or improvement would not diminish or impair the Conservation Values of the Protected Property or otherwise be inconsistent with this Conservation Easement. (c) Single-Family Residential Dwellings—No residential dwellings exist on the Protected Property. Future residential dwellings on the Protected Property are prohibited. (d) Passive Recreational Improvements—Grantor expressly reserves the right to engage in low impact, non-developed recreational activities requiring no surface alteration of the land and posing no threat to the Conservation Values set herein such as hunting, fishing, hiking and camping, and to control access of all persons for these purposes, except the general public shall not be allowed to participate in these activities; provided that these activities do not impact the protection and conservation of any animal habitat or other Conservation Values of the Protected Property. However, under no circumstances shall golf courses, golf ranges, airstrips or helicopter pads be constructed, placed or permitted to remain on the Protected Property. Nothing about Orange County's participation in or the signing of this Deed of Easement constitutes zoning or the permitting of these recreational improvements and their appurtenant structures. (e) Utility Services and Septic Systems—Installation, maintenance, repair, replacement, removal and relocation of electric, gas, and water facilities, septic systems, sewer lines and/or other public or private utilities, including for solar energy generation and including telephone or other communication services over or under the Protected Property for the purpose of providing electrical, gas,water, sewer, or other utilities to serve improvements on the Protected Property permitted herein, and the right to grant easements over and under the Protected Property for such purposes, is permitted. Grantor shall not permit or grant easements Page 7 of 19