Executive/Council Action Form (ECAF)
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CF24-03 SNOHOMISH COUNTY CONSERVATION EASEMENT FOR FOSTER CORN MAZE
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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 as farm and agricultural land 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.
BACKGROUND: Grantor is the sole owner in fee simple of the property (the "Protected Property"), located in Snohomish County, Washington and which is an assemblage of the following Snohomish County Parcels: 310510-003-014-00, 310510-003-015-00, 310510-003-013-00, 310510-003-019-00 and 310510-003-020-00. Grantor warrants that Grantor has good legal title to the Protected Property, as well as the right to convey this Conservation Easement, and that the Protected Property is free and clear of any encumbrances except those general exceptions contained in the title policy and any special exceptions shown on the Preliminary Commitment that are accepted by the Grantee; and Grantor warrants that Grantor has no actual knowledge of a release or threatened release of hazardous substances or waste on the Protected Property; and The Protected Property possesses significant long-term natural and conservation and agricultural values ("Conservation Values") of great importance to the people of Snohomish County; and This Conservation Easement is authorized by RCW 64.04.130, the provision of state law governing conservation easements; and The Grantor and the Grantee intend and have the common purpose of retaining the Protected Property for conservation and preservation of farm and agricultural land by placing restrictions on the use of the Protected Property, which shall continue as a servitude running with the land, and authorizing Grantee to monitor and enforce such restrictions, as described herein; and To document the present condition of the Protected Property so that Grantee or its assigns are able to monitor future uses and assure compliance with the terms of this Conservation Easement, Grantee has, at its expense, prepared baseline data consisting of photographs and other documentation that the parties agree provide an accurate representation of the Protected Property as of the date of this Conservation Easement; and Snohomish County, as the Grantee of this Conservation Easement, is a qualified holder of conservation easements under RCW 64.04.130; and This Easement is acquired with partial funding from a Floodplains by Design grant from Ecology in accordance with that certain grant agreement SEAFBD-2325-StillTl-00039 between Ecology and the Stillaguamish Tribe dated April 23, 2024 ("Ecology Grant Agreement"). To protect the public's interest, Ecology is provided certain rights as a Beneficiary under this Easement as detailed herein; and This Conservation Easement is being acquired with partial funding by the County's Conservation Futures Program pursuant to RCW 84.34.200, RCW 84.34.210, RCW 84.34.220 and chapter 4.14 SCC, which authorizes Snohomish County to purchase conservation easements for the purpose of protecting open space, farm and agricultural and timber land through restrictions on incompatible uses of the land;
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DEPARTMENT FISCAL IMPACT NOTES: The easement was purchase for $520,350 from Forterra using Conservation Futures funding (ECAF 2026-0879)
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