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3 <br /> Appropriated for this project: <br /> Current FY FY 2018-19 FY 2018-19 <br /> 2018-19 Amendment Revised <br /> Lands Legacy Program $2,496,191 ($85,000) $2,411,191 <br /> Total Costs $2,496,191 ($85,000) $2,411,191 <br /> Conservation Easements Capital Project ($85,000) - Project#20006 <br /> Revenues for this project: <br /> Current FY 2018-19 FY 2018-19 <br /> FY 2018-19 Amendment Revised <br /> Alternative Financing $2,648,947 $85,000 $2,733,947 <br /> From General Fund $696,521 $0 $696,521 <br /> Donations $1,020 $0 $1,020 <br /> NC Agriculture Development $135,480 $0 $135,480 <br /> Grant <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 $18,800 $0 $18,800 <br /> Program <br /> Contribution from Hillsborough $6,157 $0 $6,157 <br /> USDA Farmland Protection $1,936,000 $0 $1,936,000 <br /> Total Project Funding $5,749,768 $85,000 $5,834,768 <br /> Appropriated for this project: <br /> Current FY FY 2018-19 FY 2018-19 <br /> 2018-19 Amendment Revised <br /> Conservation Easements $5,749,768 $85,000 $5,834,768 <br /> Total Costs $5,749,768 $85,000 $5,834,768 <br /> SOCIAL JUSTICE IMPACT: The following Orange County Social Justice Goal is applicable to <br /> this item: <br /> • 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 September 30, 2019, and approve Budget Amendment <br /> #10-C. <br />