Executive/Council Action Form (ECAF)
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CF24-01 AGREEMENT BETWEEN SNOHOMISH AND FORTERRA NW CONCERNING ACQUISITION OF A CONSERVATION EASEMENT WITH CONSERVATION FUTURES FUNDS - PIONEER HIGHWAY
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DEPARTMENT: CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES
ORIGINATOR: PEJ MORGAN
EXECUTIVE RECOMMENDATION: Approved
PURPOSE: The Conservation Easement is to be acquired for the purpose of conserving farm and agricultural land as authorized by RCW 84.34.200 et seq., and for conservation and preservation of farm and agricultural land.
BACKGROUND: The County manages a Conservation Futures funding program pursuant to RCW 84.34.200 et s q. and chapter 4.14 Snohomish County Code. Cities and towns located in Snohomish County, nonprofit historic preservation corporations, and nonprofit nature conservancy corporations or associations as such are described in RCW 84.34.210 are eligible to apply to the County for resources to fund acquisition of interests or rights in real property located within Snohomish County that meet the conservation criteria described in RCW 84.34.210 et seq. Forterra applied for resources from the Snohomish County Conservation Futures Property Tax Fund (the "Fund") to acquire a conservation easement (the "Conservation Easement") on an approximately 85.2 -acre agriculture real property located in unincorporated Snohomish County, referred to as Pioneer Highway, and more particularly described in Section 1 below (the "Property"). On September 4, 2024, the Conservation Futures Program Advisory Board (the "Board") at its regularly scheduled meeting listened to Forterra's presentation, reviewed the project proposal, and voted to recommend project funding through the Fund in the amount of One Hundred Fifty-Four Thousand Three Hundred Fifty-Two and 00/100 Dollars ($154,352.00) to assist with purchase of the Conservation Easement. On December 18, 2024, the Snohomish County Council, by Motion No. 24-507, allocated funding in the amount of One H...
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