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ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: .October 14, 2008 Action Agenda Item No. c~ SUBJECT: Lands Legacy Action Plan for FY 2008-10 DEPARTMENT: Environment and Resource PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No Conservation ATTACHMENT(S): Draft Annual Action Plan 2008-10 INFORMATION CONTACT: Map of Proposed Priority Areas David Stancil, 245-2590 Acquisitions to Date (Appendix 1) Rich Shaw, 245-2591 Nature Preserves (Appendix 2) NC Mountains-to-Sea Trail (Appendix 3) Jordan Lake Nutrient Trading (Appendix 4) Status of Funding Sources (Appendix 5) PURPOSE: To consider the draft Lands Legacy Action Plan for the upcoming two fiscal years (2008-09 and 2009-10). BACKGROUND: The Board of Commissioners adopted the Lands Legacy Program in April 2000. Through this program, Orange County seeks to protect its most critical natural and cultural resources through a variety of voluntary means. Since 2000, the County has acquired 2,417 acres for a variety of parks or conservation purposes such as new parklands, nature preserves, conservation easements on farmland and natural lands, cultural resources, and watershed buffer lands. The County has also participated in the acquisition or protection of an additional 1,307 acres by other partners during this same timeframe: Many of the projects are accomplished in partnership with other conservation entities, including the Triangle Land Conservancy, Orange Water & Sewer Authority, Eno River Association, USDA and the Orange Soil and Water Conservation District, and adjoining local governments. The Lands Legacy Program is made operational each two years by adoption of a two-year. Action Plan. The 2008-2010 Action Plan reflects acquisition priorities for the 24-month period beginning July 1, 2008 and ending June 30, 2010. Since FY 2008-09 fiscal is already underway, some of the priorities listed in the plan are already familiar to the Board such as the acquisition of a new Bingham Township Park. Other projects are multi-year projects that are repeated from the previous action plan. Finally, as is the case with each Action Plan, some new potential projects are offered for the Board's consideration. As in years past, the draft plan was developed with input from citizen advisory boards (listed with their areas of expertise in parentheses): Commission for the Environment (natural areas, prime forest, riparian buffers), Agricultural Preservation Board (farmland preservation), Historic Preservation Board (historic and cultural resources) and the Recreation and Parks Advisory Council (parklands).