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Project Category <br />Functional Service Area:X <br />Department:X <br />Project Number:X <br />Project Description/Justification: <br />Project Budget <br />Prior Years <br />Funding <br />Current  <br />Fiscal Year <br />2019‐20 <br />Year 1 <br />Fiscal Year <br />2020‐21 <br />Year 2 <br />Fiscal Year <br />2021‐22 <br />Year 3 <br />Fiscal Year <br />2022‐23 <br />Year 4 <br />Fiscal Year <br />2023‐24 <br />Year 5 <br />Fiscal Year <br />2024‐25 <br />Five <br />Year <br />Total <br />Year 6 <br />to <br />Year 10 <br />Appropriation <br />Land/Building 8,410,452 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 2,000,000 2,500,000 <br />Appropriation Total 8,410,452 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 2,000,000 2,500,000 <br />Revenues/Funding Source <br />Debt Financing 7,300,000 250,000 250,000 250,000 250,000 1,000,000 1,250,000 <br />Transfer from General Fund 1,110,452 <br />Grant Funding 250,000 250,000 250,000 250,000 1,000,000 1,250,000 <br />Revenues/Funding Source Total 8,410,452 500,000 500,000 500,000 500,000 2,000,000 2,500,000 <br />FINANCIAL SUMMARY <br />Project Type <br />New <br />Expansion <br />Renovation <br />Replacement <br />DEAPR Starting Date:TBD <br />20011 Completion Date:TBD <br />County Project Status:Active <br />The Lands Legacy Program, established in April 2000, is an award ‐winning,  <br />comprehensive program to conserve and protect the County's most critical  <br />natural and cultural resources, including prime and threatened farmland; future  <br />parklands; natural areas, wildlife habitat and prime forests; watershed stream  <br />buffers; and historic and archaeological sites. Farmland conservation and other  <br />natural areas conservation also occurs through the associated "Conservation  <br />Easements" project. Acquisition of the Bingham Township District Park site,  <br />Mountains to Sea Trail corridor land/easements, continued acquisitions for the  <br />Upper Eno Nature Preserve, and the Jordan Lake Macrosite natural area are  <br />among several top anticipated priorities for these current and planned funds.  <br />Currently, approximately $1.83 million is available in this project for those (and  <br />other opportunity) purposes, and it is expected that the current funds will be  <br />exhausted during FY 20‐21. Funding is proposed in Year 2 to begin to replenish  <br />funds by renewing the previous annual appropriations approach. The County has  <br />and will continue to aggressively seek to leverage these funds through grants  <br />($5.8 million to date) and partnership funding. <br />Community Services Proposed Bid Date:TBD <br />Lands Legacy Program <br />47