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7 <br />2003-04 through FY 2006-07). Any grants received could be used to <br />lower the Town and County shares of the purchase. <br />4. For the 23-acre remainder of the Adams Tract (not covered by the Clean <br />Water Management Trust Fund easement), the Town could be asked to <br />convey a conservation easement to Orange County and designated other <br />parties (such as land trusts or conservation organizations). County financial <br />participation above would be contingent on the formal execution of said <br />easement, and any County funding commitment would be rescinded if the <br />easement is not concluded by December 31, 2003. The easement would <br />address (but is not limited to) the following provisions: <br />- That the use of the property will be for pedestrian trails or greenways, <br />public open space and the preservation of natural resources, or other <br />.compatible land uses as mutually agreed to by the Town and County <br />- That any changes to the uses of property require the agreement of all <br />parties to the easement, and <br />- That Carrboro's condemnation power, with respect to property owned by <br />Orange County (the conservation easement properly) and used for <br />governmental purposes to which the conservation easement property will <br />be committed (preservation of open space and protection of the <br />environmental qualities to be identified in the conservation easement) is <br />limited and proscribed by law. <br />5. The Town of Carrboro agrees to place deed restrictions on the property, once <br />acquired, that restricts the future use of the property as per the above, <br />prohibits any connector roads or other prohibited land uses and contains a <br />covenant regarding condemnation in the same form as noted in the previous <br />paragraph. <br />6. The Town and County could both pass resolutions declaring the intent to use <br />the Adams Tract for the uses as described above (trails, water and natural <br />resource protection, open space). <br />As noted above, there are many other potential scenarios. This one has been <br />developed given the time considerations -with the assumption that a resolution <br />to the matter is needed in short order to secure the Clean Water grant, but with <br />the understanding that Orange County may have a number of conditions that <br />need to be addressed in order to participate in this acquisition. This scenario <br />uses the twin methods of multi-party conservation easements (along with deed <br />restrictions) and a joint Memorandum of Understanding to address potential <br />conditions of participation. The scenario would place the County's funding in the <br />forefront of the project, while allowing (and encouraging) the Town and other <br />parties to secure other funding sources for the acquisition. <br />s <br />