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RESOLUTION
Approval of a Conservation Easement between
Orange County and Wade and Carolyn Penny .
WHEREAS, Orange County has adopted goals that promote the preservation of natural
areas, wildlife habitat, farmland and open space in the County; and
WHEREAS, Orange County established the Lands Legacy Program for the purpose of
protecting the most significant natural and cultural resources through partnerships with
landowners and other conservation entities; and
WHEREAS, one component of the Lands Legacy Program is the acquisition of conservation
easements on lands that include natural areas, wildlife habitat and riparian buffers within
water supply watersheds; and
WHEREAS, Orange County, along with Durham County, the Town of Chapel Hill and the City
of Durham, adopted the New Hope Corridor Open Space Master Plan in 1991; and
WHEREAS, Orange County is working in partnership with the Triangle Land Conservancy
and the neighboring jurisdictions to protect the section of the New Hope Corridor between
Erwin Road and the Durham County line, consistent with the master plan; and
WHEREAS, Wade and Carolyn Penny sold a 23-acre portion of their New Hope Creek land
to Orange County for conservation and low-impact recreational use in June 2006; and
WHEREAS, Wade and Carolyn Penny wish to permanently protect the remaining 7 acres of
their property located in Orange County with a conservation easement:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Orange County Board of Commissioners
does hereby 1) accept on behalf of Orange County the conservation easement in the
property owned by Wade and Carolyn Penny that is described in the conservation easement
agreement; 2) approve the execution of this conservation easement agreement with Wade
and Carolyn Penny, in accordance with the terms of the attached easement agreement,
subject to final review by staff and the county attorney; and 3) authorize the Chair and the
Clerk to sign the easement agreement on behalf of the Board, with a closing to occur on or
about February 28, 2007.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board thanks the Pennys for their civic-minded
interest in pursuing this conservation easement through the Lands Legacy Program.
This the 23~ day of January, 2007.
Moss Carey Jr., Chair
Orange County Board o mmissioners
Donna Baker, Clerk to the Board