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Conservation Fund, Navy and state grant deed parcel to Town of Bogue for park use
Summary
Town officials heard that a parcel purchased by The Conservation Fund will be deeded to the Town of Bogue as a park under a Readiness and Environmental Protection Program partnership; deed restrictions require the property remain a park, prohibit housing and require creek maintenance.
Rhonda Murray, director of Community Plans and Liaison Office, told the Bogue Town Council on April 20 that a parcel purchased by The Conservation Fund and funded through a partnership with the Department of the Navy and the North Carolina Land and Water Fund has been deeded to the Town for use as a park. Murray said acquisition costs were split, with each partner contributing $95,000 toward the purchase.
Murray said the arrangement is part of the federal Readiness and Environmental Protection Program (REPP), which partners with local communities to conserve land near military installations. She said the deed carries restrictions: the land must remain a park, cannot be used for housing or other activities incompatible with the Navy's flying mission, and includes obligations for creek maintenance. "For the Department of Navy it must remain a park, no housing which is not compatible with the flying mission; or any other types of uses that would be congregation of people or anything of that nature," Murray told the council.
Murray cited a similar partnership that produced a park near Department of Navy administrative buildings in Emerald Isle. Town Attorney Donna Boggs noted she had received the title insurance during the meeting. Mayor Robert O’Chat thanked Murray for the briefing; councilmembers asked no follow-up questions.
The presentation was informational; the council did not take a recorded vote on the deed during the meeting.
