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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES-2010-096 Resolution for Purchase of a Conservation Easement – Mark and Lori Volpe; and Approval of Budget Amendment # 5-A - 12-14-2010-4fORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS RESOLUTION Approval of Conservation Easement between Orange County and Mark and Lori Volpe 1_~ES- -~Q1~ - ° ~~. ~~..~~-2010 ~~ WHEREAS, Orange County has adopted goals that promote the preservation of natural areas, wildlife habitat, farmland and open space in the County; and ~ j 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, Mark and Lori Volpe own 71 acres located within the Upper Eno Protected Watershed; and WHEREAS, Mark and Lori Volpe wish to protect a 5.18-acre portion of their property that has 400 feet of frontage along a section of the Eno River that has aquatic habitat of national significance and is located upstream of two public water supply reservoirs; and WHEREAS, Mark and Lori Volpe wish to grant a permanent conservation easement to Orange County, which will protect the natural resources associated with their property: 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 Mark and Lori Volpe that is described in the conservation. easement agreement; 2) approve the execution of this conservation easement agreement with Mark and Lori Volpe, 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 December 31, 2010. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board thanks the Volpes for their civic-minded interest in pursuing this conservation easement through the Lands Legacy Program. This the 14th day of December, 2010. Donna Baku, rk the Board Bernadette Pelissier, Chair Orange County Board of Commissioners