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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABBTRACT Meeting Oate: October 16, 2001 Action Age Item No. - SUBJECT: Option Agreement-S[illhouse Creek Wetlantls Restoa8on Project DEPARTMENT: Environment antl Resource PUBLIC HEARING: (VIN) Ng Conservation ATTACHMENT INFORMATION CONTACT: t) Proposetl Option Agreement David Sfancil. ERC Director, ext. 2590 2) Mep of ProjectArea TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough 132.8181 Chapel HIII 9683501 Durham 686-1331 Mebane 338-227-2031 PURPOSE: To Brent an option ro the State of NoM Carolina Division of Water Quality to severe a conservation easement with the County along Sfillhouse Creek between Margaret Lane and the Eno R'rver. This is fhe next step in the Sfillhouse Creek Watlande Reafnrafion Project. BACKGROUND: On June 5, the Board adopted a reaolutbn agreeing in principle b a stream reamretion project for Sfillhouse Creek, from Me Government Services Center to the Eno River. Thie project is needed to restore sf(eamside vegetation and minimize future erasion along the stream segment. The $50,000 project will be paid In full by Me N.C. Division of Water QUaldy (DWO) Wetlantls Restoration section, and will conducted by OWO in conjunction wdh the USDA Neturel Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) and the Orange Soil and Water District. In oNer to receive State funtling antl project complefion, a conservation easement must be grentetl from the County to the State for a buffer area along the stream. The State has agreed fo exempt the Government Services Center end Occnneechee village from the easement area. The opton agreement acknowletlges tM1af fhe State antl the County are walking on the terms of a conservation easement and provitles a timetable forthe State b secure fhe easement. Ezewtion of the option agreement allows me State io encumberfuntls far the project, consistent with the protect timetable. The attachetl option agreement inGudes cM1anges suggested by the County Attorney (which are blacklinetl in the tlreft).