HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES-2000-030 Resolution Establishing a Prioritized Resource Lands Acquisition Program Entitled "A Land Legacy Program for Orange County" Z7'1' 1///— Z I--9 C) e--)
A Resolution Establishing a Prioritized Resource Lands Acquisition
Program Entitled "A Lands Legacy Program for Orange County"
WHEREAS, in June of 1998, the Orange County Board of Commissioners did agree to
the intent of creating a "Comprehensive Resource Acquisition Program"to prioritize and
acquire natural and cultural resource lands of strategic significance in Orange County;
and
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners held a public hearing on a new Environment
and Resource Conservation Department, including this land acquisition program concept,
on November 22, 1998; and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners has recognized the need for a
prioritized and voluntary program for the County to acquire, by various methods,
important natural and cultural resource lands; and
WHEREAS, the Board is cognizant of the many other similar efforts undertaken in
1998-99 by local governments around the nation, and of proposals by other local
governments within North Carolina and the Research Triangle region to establish open
space preservation programs:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED:
That the Orange County Board of Commissioners do adopt a land acquisition program
entitled**'A Lands Legacy Program for Orange County"(hereinafter the"Lands Legacy
program'), as developed by County Environment and Resource Conservation
Department staff and County preservation-related advisory boards in 1999, and refined
by direction of the Board of County Commissioners in October, 1999 and April, 2000.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Lands Legacy program will be the County's
mechanism of preserving important natural resource lands, cultural resources, farmland,
parklands and watershed riparian buffers, and is hereby incorporated into Orange
County's policies as the County program for land acquisitions, as designated in the
program presented April 4, 2000, as amended by the Board.
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This., the 4th day of April, 2000 e4 1P-
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Moses Carey, Jr.
Chair, Orange County r arod of Commissioners
ATTEST.
6everly BlyyVe
Clerk to the Board of Commissioners