Executive/Council Action Form (ECAF)
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CF23-10 SNOHOMISH COUNTY GRANT OF CONSERVATION EASEMENT - CITY OF EDMONDS, MEE PROPERTY
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DEPARTMENT: CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES
ORIGINATOR: PEJ MORGAN
EXECUTIVE RECOMMENDATION: Approved
PURPOSE: The purpose of this Conservation Easement is to assure that the Protected Property will be retained forever in its natural and open space condition and to prevent any use of the Protected Property that will significantly impair or interfere with the Conservation Values.
Grantor intends that this Conservation Easement will confine the use of, or activity on, the Protected Property to such uses and activities that are consistent with this purpose. This
statement of purpose is intended as a substantive provision of the Conservation Easement. Any
ambiguity or uncertainty regarding the application of the provisions of this Conservation Easement will be resolved so as to further this purpose.
BACKGROUND: 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. The City applied for resources from the Snohomish County Conservation Futures Property Tax Fund to acquire fee simple interest to approximately 0.99 acres of real property located in the City of Edmonds, referred to as Mee Property Acquisition, and more particularly described in Section 1 below (hereinafter referred to as the "Property"). On August 8, 2023, the Conservation Futures Program Advisory Board (the "Board") at its regularly scheduled meeting listened to the presentation, reviewed the project proposal and voted to recommend project funding, through the Conservation Futures Property Tax Fu...
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