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<br /> Appropriated for this project: <br />Current FY <br />2018-19 <br />FY 2018-19 <br />Amendment <br />FY 2018-19 <br />Revised <br />Lands Legacy Program $3,157,006 ($170,000) $2,987,006 <br />Total Costs $3,157,006 ($170,000) $2,987,006 <br />Conservation Easements Capital Project ($170,000) - Project # 20006 <br />Revenues for this project: <br />Current <br />FY 2018-19 <br />FY 2018-19 <br />Amendment <br />FY 2018-19 <br />Revised <br />Alternative Financing $1,988,132 $170,000 $2,158,132 <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 $1,936,000 $0 $1,936,000 <br />Total Project Funding $5,088,953 $170,000 $5,258,953 <br /> <br /> <br />Appropriated for this project: <br />Current FY <br />2018-19 <br />FY 2018-19 <br />Amendment <br />FY 2018-19 <br />Revised <br />Conservation Easements $5,088,953 $170,000 $5,258,953 <br />Total Costs $5,088,953 $170,000 $5,258,953 <br />SOCIAL JUSTICE IMPACT:The following Orange County Social Justice Goal is applicable to <br />this item: <br />x GOAL: ENSURE ECONOMIC SELF-SUFFICIENCY <br />The creation and preservation of infrastructure, policies, programs and funding necessary <br />for residents to provide shelter, food, clothing and medical care for themselves and their <br />dependents. <br />This farm conservation easement will help ensure that this prime farmland remains available for <br />cultivation and food production, helping to provide healthy local food to County residents and <br />others. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S):The Manager recommends the Board adopt and authorize the Chair <br />to sign the resolution approving the acceptance by Orange County of the conservation <br />easement, and authorize the Chair and the Clerk to sign the conservation easement agreement, <br />subject to final review by staff and County Attorney, with a closing and recordation of the <br />document expected to occur on or about June 30, 2019, and approve Budget Amendment #4-A. <br />3