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Be it ordained by the Orange County Board of County Commissioners that pursuant to Section
13.2 of Chapter 159 of the General Statutes of North Carolina, the following capital project is
hereby adopted. .
Section 1. The project authorized provides funds for the acquisition of conservation
easements to help preserve County farmland. Financing for the project includes
proceeds from private placement loans, federal grant funds from the USDA
Natural Resource Conservation Service, and proceeds from the County's share
of pay -as- you -go capital funds.
Section 2. The officers of the County are hereby directed to proceed with the project within
the budget contained herein.
Section 3. The following revenue is anticipated to complete this project:
Section 4. The following amount is appropriated for this proiect:
Through FY
2006-07
FY 2007 -08
Through FY
2007 -08
Sales Tax and Dedicated
Property Tax
$350,000
$0
$350,000
Bond Funds
$0
$0
$0
Private Placement
$2,250,000
$0
$2,250,000
Grant Funds
$2,407,206
$573,161
$2,980,367
Fees
$0
$0
$0
Transfer from Lands Legacy
Capital Project
$143,000
$0
$143,000
Total Fundingl
$5,150,206 1
$573,161 1
$5,723,367
Section 4. The following amount is appropriated for this proiect:
Through FY
2006-07
FY 2007-08
Through FY
2007 -08
LandBuilding:
Walters Easement
$725,000
$0
$725,000
Volpe Easement
$73,100
$0
$73,100
Cheek Easement
$580,000
$0
$580,000
McPherson Easement
$68,000
$0
$68,000
Ward Easement
$444,750
$0
$444,750
Lloyd Easement
$219,000
$0
$219,000
Laws Easement
$0
$0
$0
Keith Easement
$116,000
$0
$116,000
Fickle Creek Farm Easement
$277,658
$0
$277,658
McKee Easement
$0
$612,000
$612,000
Latta Easement
$0
$601,400
$601,400
Unallocated
$2,646,698
($640,239)
$2,006,459
Total LandBuilding
$5,150,206
$573,161
$5,723,367
Design
$0
$0
$0
Construction
$0
$0
$0
Total Costs
$5,150,206
$573,161
$5,723,367
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Section S. This ordinance supersedes all previous Conservation Easements Capital Project
Ordinances for Orange County.
Section 6. This ordinance shall remain in effect until June 30, 2008..
Adopted this 19th day of September 2007.
The Board adopted a refund resolution, which is incorporated by reference, related to
requests for motor vehicle property tax release or refunds in accordance with North Carolina
General Statutes.
EL Acceptance of 2007 Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG)
This item was removed and placed at the end of the consent agenda for separate consideration.
e. Fiscal Year 2007 -08 Budget Amendment #Z
The Board approved budget ordinance and capital project ordinance amendments for fiscal year
2007 -08 for Department on Aging, Health Department, Distribution of Board Approved Salary
and Benefit Allocations, and Conservation Easements Capital Project Ordinance.
L Approval of Financing ArranaemPnf nnrr P,ina 0�1_ __
•• •a•. „�,� r„c r- Mbc;ue 1'FUCK
The Board approved a request from Orange Rural Fire Department No. 1, Inc. to enter into a
financing arrangement to purchase a fire rescue truck, authorized the Board of Commissioner
Chair to sign the appropriate documents related to the financing arrangement,_ and appropriated
$40,000 from the District's County-held fund 'balance for the purposes outlined in the Financial
Impact section of this agenda abstract.
_q.. Forest Service Contract for Fiscal Year 2007 -08
The Board approved the annual agreement between Orange County and the North Carolina
Department of Environment and Natural' Resources (DENR) for protection, development,
reforestation, management and improvement of forestlands located in the County and
authorized the Chair to sign, subject to final review by staff and the County Attorney.
h. License Agreement between State Univprcity Pnilrfin0^1 n`.,w, . ,.,.. __A
me board authorized the County Manager to execute the License Agreement' between State
University Railroad Company and Orange County for the extension of public sewer to the
Orange County Landfill, subject to final review by the County Attorney.
L Legal Advertisement for Joint Planning Area Public Hearing October 25 2007
The Board considered the legal advertisement for items to be presented at the Joint Planning
Area Public Hearing scheduled for October 25, 2007
L_ ;Resolution Endorsing Gonpestion'Mitiaation and Air C],iafi+h, rn- nnen ►.r_�,�.
The Board endorsed the Resolution Accepting Conditions in the CMAQ Agreement with
NCOOT, and authorized the County Manager to sign the agreement, subject to final review and
approval' by the staff and County Attorney to ensure that the County's policies and procedures
adhere to federal requirements of the agreement, and directed staff to initiate discussions with
the Town of Hillsborough regarding sharing in the local match for the first three years operating
expenses for the intra- Hillsborough transit route, contributing to capital expenses to initiate the
service, and contributing to future capital and operations costs of that service.
VOTE ON CONSENT AGENDA: UNANIMOUS
ITEMS REMOVED FROM CONSENT AGENDA:
d. Acceptance of 2007 Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG)
The Board considered accepting the 2007 Emergency Management Performance Grant
from the State Emergency Management Agency to help, support. the County emergency
management programming and authorizing the Manager to sign, pending final review by staff
and the County Attorney.
Laura Blackmon made reference to the "Background paragraph and read the sentence,
"The Board approved the application on May 3, 2007." She said that it was intended to be on
the May 3 ►d agenda and did not appear, so the Board never approved the application. However,