Agenda 12-14-21; 8-e - Approval of Trail Easement – Edward Johnson Property

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11 5.3. Public Benefit. This easement is given for public outdoor recreation and education and is for the substantial and regular use of the general public or the community. This Easement provides significant public benefit as defined in §1.170A-14(d)(2)(i) of the Regulations. Public policies and programs that illustrate and support the significant public benefit of this Easement include: (a) The 2030 Orange County Comprehensive Parks and Recreation Master Plan,which recommends the development of a master plan for the Orange County segment of the Statewide Mountains-to-Sea Trail as well as linking to the priorities set forth in the existing North Carolina State Trails Program; and (b) The Orange County Board of Commissioners' goal (adopted June 21, 1999) to identify and coordinate the preservation of the County's most significant natural areas; and (c) The Land Use Element of the Orange County Comprehensive Plan(adopted November 18, 2008)with its goal of"Land uses that are appropriate to on-site environmental conditions and features, and that protect natural resources, cultural resources, and community character;" and (d) The Orange County Lands Legacy Action Plan, which was adopted by the Orange County Board of Commissioners on December 12, 2017, and which sets an objective to acquire key parcels needed for a public pedestrian trail and wildlife corridor that would connect Hillsborough Riverwalk to the Haw River for the planned North Carolina Mountains-to-Sea Trail; and (e) N.C.G.S. § 113-34.1 authorizing the Department of Environment and Natural Resources to develop and maintain the North Carolina Mountains-to-Sea Trail, of which this easement will be a part. 5.4. Mineral Interests. No Person has retained a qualified mineral interest in the Trail Area of a nature that would disqualify the Easement for purposes of§1.170A-14(g)(4) of the Regulations. 5.5. Notice Required Under Regulations. To the extent required for compliance with §1.170A-13(g)(4)(ii) of the Regulations, Grantor agrees to notify Grantee before exercising any reserved right that may have an adverse impact on the conservation interests or public recreational purposes associated with the Trail Area. 5.6. Trail Area Right. In accordance with §1.170A-14(g)(6) of the Regulations, the undersigned Grantor agrees that the Easement granted under this agreement gives rise to a property right, immediately vested in the Grantee, that entitles the Grantee to compensation upon extinguishment of the easement. The fair market value of the property right is to be determined in accordance with the Regulations; i.e., it is at least equal to the proportionate value that this easement as of the Easement Date bears to the value of the Property as a whole as of the Easement Date. Grantee must use any funds received by application of this provision in a manner consistent with the recreational and conservation purposes of this Easement. 5.7. Qualification Under �2031(C) of the Code. To the extent required to qualify for exemption from federal estate tax under §2031(c) of the Code, and only to the extent such -7-