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16 <br /> 1 David Stancil made the following PowerPoint presentation for all three items (4-d, e, f) <br /> 2 <br /> 3 Windy Hill Farm (Gledhill) <br /> 4 Spring Crest Farm (Woods) <br /> 5 Holden-Roberts Farm (Anderson) <br /> 6 June 4, 2019 <br /> 7 <br /> 8 Windy Hill Farm Conservation Easement <br /> 9 <br /> 10 Carr Store Road <br /> 11 <br /> 12 Photos of land <br /> 13 <br /> 14 Funding Partners: <br /> 15 $ 65,700 (44%) Orange County (Lands Legacy) <br /> 16 $ 15,000 (10%) Eno River Association <br /> 17 $ 39,655 (26%) NC ADFP Trust Fund Grant <br /> 18 $ 29,400 (20%) Landowner donation (Gledhill family) <br /> 19 $149,755 (100%) Total Easement <br /> 20 <br /> 21 Commissioner Bedford read the resolution: (after the motion after Item 4-f) <br /> 22 <br /> 23 ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS RESOLUTION <br /> 24 Approval of Conservation Easement <br /> 25 between <br /> 26 Orange County and the Eno River Association <br /> 27 and <br /> 28 Jane Gledhill <br /> 29 <br /> 30 WHEREAS, Orange County has adopted goals that promote the preservation of natural areas, <br /> 31 wildlife habitat, prime farmland, and open space in the County; and <br /> 32 <br /> 33 WHEREAS, Orange County established the Lands Legacy Program for the purpose of <br /> 34 protecting the most significant natural and cultural resources through partnerships with <br /> 35 landowners and other conservation entities; and <br /> 36 <br /> 37 WHEREAS, one component of the Lands Legacy Program is the acquisition of conservation <br /> 38 easements on prime farmland within water supply watersheds; and <br /> 39 <br /> 40 WHEREAS, the Cedar Grove Windy Hill Farm property includes approximately 39 acres in the <br /> 41 Upper Eno protected watershed, consisting of a majority of prime agricultural soils, and includes <br /> 42 500 linear feet of stream buffer to a tributary that drains to Lake Orange — a drinking water <br /> 43 supply reservoir for the Town of Hillsborough; and <br /> 44 <br /> 45 WHEREAS, Jane Gledhill, the owner of the Cedar Grove Windy Hill Farm property, wishes to <br /> 46 grant a permanent conservation easement to Orange County and the Eno River Association, <br /> 47 which will protect the prime farmland and riparian corridors that exist on the property; and <br /> 48 <br />