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CABARRUS COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />AGENDA ITEM REQUEST <br />Meeting Date 8/18/08 Agenda Item # ~_ <br />SUBJECT: <br />Commerce Department -Conservation Easement on the 100-year Floodplain on Clarke <br />Creek on the Cox Mill Elementary School Campus <br />BRIEF SUMMARY: <br />The boundary for the requested conservation easement corresponds roughly with the <br />boundary of the state-designated Clarke Creek Heron Rookery Significant Natural Heritage <br />Area (SNHA). The state holds a conservation easement on another portion of this SNHA <br />on property owned by Cabarrus SWCD. The requested conservation easement is on <br />26.65 acres, exclusive of an access easement. The Cabarrus County Schools Board of <br />Education previously voted in support of this conservation easement. <br />REQUESTED ACTION: (Suggested motion !f the Board approves the agenda item as presented) <br />Motion to grant a conservation easement to Cabarrus SWCD on 26.65 acres inside the <br />100-year floodplain on the Cox Mill Road Elementary School. <br />Attachments ^X Yes ^ No Expected Length of Presentation <br />Submitted By: Dennis Testerman, Sr. Conservation Spec. Date: 7!28/08 <br />Name /Job Title <br />Budget Amendment Required: ^ Yes ~ No <br />Budget Amendment Attached and Reviewed by Budget Officer: ^ Yes ^X No <br />County Manager's Recommendations/Comments: <br />This item was approved by the Board for inclusion on the Agenda as a Consent item. <br />Approval is recommended. <br />Action Taken: <br />Approved [ ] Deferred [ ] <br />Denied [ ] Other [ ] <br />~a <br />