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10 <br /> Attachment 2 <br /> Department of Environment, <br /> Agriculture, Parks&Recreation <br /> MEMORANDUM <br /> TO: Bonnie Hammersley, County Manager <br /> FROM: David Stancil, DEAPR Director <br /> DATE: April 16, 2024 <br /> RE: Lands Legacy Action Plan 2024-27 <br /> Please find attached the Action Plan for the Lands Legacy Program for July 1, <br /> 2024 - June 30, 2027. <br /> The three-year action plans are the vehicle that guides and informs the work of <br /> staff on Lands Legacy project priorities for the three-year period. The three-year <br /> plan has proven to most effective as a timeframe, since many projects involve <br /> grant funding, outside partners, and time for landowners to make decisions about <br /> the final details of property documents such as conservation easements. Due to <br /> the time delays for grant agencies and needed documentation, many of these <br /> conservation projects now take two to three years to complete. <br /> The Action Plan anticipates the focus areas for the 2024-27 period, but inevitably <br /> there will be new opportunities that arise, and ongoing plans and initiatives <br /> sometimes bring forward new objectives that need to be considered within the <br /> three-year window. As always, any project that emanates from the Action Plan <br /> would come to the Board for individual approvals. <br /> The attached document reflects expectations to continue existing successful <br /> efforts, such as our agricultural conservation easement program. It speaks to <br /> priority goals and objectives identified by our conservation/preservation advisory <br /> boards, and our intention to continue to actively solicit and leverage grant funding <br /> for conservation activity — which now totals over $6.1 million to date. These, plus <br /> focus areas and other anticipated directions are found in the Action Plan and the <br /> agenda abstract. <br />