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Pitt County agrees to memorandum of understanding with Coastal Land Trust to pursue 65-acre conservation parcel
Summary
The board approved an MOU that would let the North Carolina Coastal Land Trust acquire about 65 acres (Parcel 80594) in Greenville with potential long-term nominal leasing to county and city for trail connectivity and grant leverage.
The Pitt County Board of Commissioners voted to enter a memorandum of understanding with the North Carolina Coastal Land Trust to advance conservation and potential trail connectivity on a roughly 65-acre parcel (Parcel 80594) inside Greenville city limits.
County Manager (speaker 1) introduced Harrison Marks (speaker 8), whom she identified as executive director of the North Carolina Coastal Land Trust, and described prior collaboration including easements and the potential to leverage state and federal grant dollars to develop trails and interconnectivity. Manager materials describe the parcel as wetland-prone land better suited to trails and passive recreation than athletic fields.
Harrison Marks (speaker 8) told the board the Coastal Land Trust has staff qualified to design and build trails and that much work is often accomplished with volunteers or in-house crews. Marks said the trust has not yet completed detailed trail designs or a cost estimate; "we don't have a set number because we haven't really designed the trails," he said, and added that wetlands in the area appear limited at present but conditions could vary.
The manager said approval would authorize a memorandum of understanding with contingencies and that, if the land is acquired by the trust, the county and city would later consider a long-term nominal lease to allow grant-funded trail development and preservation.
A commissioner moved to approve entering the memorandum of understanding and the motion was seconded and carried.
