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2 <br />or four crossings of the stream will be set (using primarily existing crossings) as part of a <br />conservation easement that the County must grant to DWQ at the close of project <br />construction. <br />Staff has coordinated with the Purchasing and Central Services Director (to ensure <br />consistency with the Justice Facilities expansion and Space Study), the Erosion Control <br />Division of the Planning Department, the Recreation and Parks Management Director <br />(Recreation and Parks will ultimately maintain this site as part of the adjoining RiverPark <br />area) and the Town of Hillsborough Planning Department. While the conservation easement <br />will generally be 50 feet on either side of the stream, the State has agreed to exclude the <br />Government Services Center, County parking lots and the Occoneechee Village from the <br />easement. The easement will provide for three to four bridge crossings of the stream, to be <br />determined prior to the finalization of the easement (at a later date). Staffs and <br />representatives of the involved parties are meeting this month to assess the existing bridges. <br />Staffs involved in the project propose to also use this as an opportunity for environmental <br />education, creating a signage plan to explain the nature of the project (and to discourage <br />human activity in the sensitive areas) as well as explaining activities involved in stream <br />restoration and habitat that has been created or restored. <br />A map of the project area is attached, as are pictures of the existing stream corridor and <br />other similar projects. A before/after cross-section perspective of the project has also been <br />created by Open Space Design Specialist Kimberly Siran. <br />Once the project construction is completed, a final report along with conservation easement <br />will be presented to the Board for action, probably in November/December 2003. A sample <br />of a conservation easement is provided for information only at this time. <br />FINANCIAL IMPACT: The State Division of Water Quality is responsible for the cost of the <br />project, anticipated to be $50-60,000. There are no County funds involved. An eventual <br />conservation easement donation to NCDWQ will be required. The easement will ensure <br />permanent protection for the project corridor and allow for designated stream crossings, as <br />well as preclude incompatible activities within the easement and require that new vegetation <br />for the stream restoration is left undisturbed. County buildings and other built areas will be <br />excluded from the easement. <br />RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board receive the information <br />and provide any feedback as desired, with a final report and conservation easement to be <br />brought back for action in late 2003. <br />
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