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Draft 10-1.5-03 (clean) s STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY OF ORANGE DEED OF AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION EASEMENT This Deed of Agricultural Conservation Easement ("Easement") is granted on this _ day of , 2003, by EVERETT WESLEY CHEEK and LEWIS ROBERSON CHEEK, brothers, having an address of 1811 Dairyland Road, Chapel Hill, NC 27516 ("Grantors"), to ORANGE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, having an address of Post Office Box 8181, Hillsborough, NC 27278 ("Grantee"). WHEREAS: Grantors are the sole owners in fee simple, of certain farm Property, more particularly described in Exhibit A, attached hereto and incorporated herein (the "Property"), which consists of approximately 82,6 acres of land, located in Chapel Hill and Bingham townships, Orange County, North Carolina and identified on the plat of property titled "Boundary Survey for Lewis Cheek and Everett Cheek," prepared by Brady H. Goforth and Associates, Inc., which plat is recorded at Plat Book , Page _, Orange County Registry (PIN: 9850-96- 5741).. The Property includes buildings and other improvements, which are shown on Exhibit B, attached hereto and incorporated herein, The Property consists primarily of productive agricultural land. The majority of the soils on the Property have been classified as "prime" or "statewide important" soils by the Natural Resources Conservation Service, U,S. Department of Agriculture. It is the primary purpose of this Easement to protect the agricultural soils and agricultural viability and productivity of the Property. The Property also includes outstanding woodland and riparian habitats for a variety of wildlife species of importance to the Grantors, the people of Orange County and the people of North Carolina.. A portion of the Property is within the Pickard's Mountain Natural Area, described on Pages 96-97 of the Inventory of the Natural Areas and Wildlife Habitats of Ormrge Couniy, North Carolina, written by Dawson Sather and Stephen Hall in coordination with the North Carolina Natural Heritage Program in December 1988. Morgan Creek flows through the property on its way south to University Lake, a water supply reservoir for the towns of Carrboro and Chape] Hill, The entire property is within the University Lake Watershed. Furthermore, the Property contains outstanding scenic qualities that can be enjoyed by the general public, namely as the views along Dairyland Road (State Road 1112) northwest of Carrboro and Chapel Hill. It is a secondary purpose of this Easement to protect these natural, wildlife habitat, and scenic resources. The agricultural, natural, wildlife habitat, and scenic resources of the Property are collectively referred to as the "conservation values" of the Property..