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Committee approves resolution to fund Trotters Loop conservation easement (up to $310,000)
Summary
The Natural Resources Committee approved a resolution to authorize funds, not to exceed $310,000, for a conservation easement on 55 acres (assembled from 18 parcels) known as Trotters Loop; Green Space Committee recommended participation and committee vote was unanimous.
The committee considered a resolution authorizing the county administrator to execute documents and provide funds, not to exceed $310,000, in support of an Open Land Trust conservation easement on property identified as Trotters Loop in unincorporated Beaufort County. Committee discussion emphasized that the land was assembled by a private family and that the Green Space Committee recommended the county participate to leverage additional conservation funding.
"This family really worked to bring those 18 parcels together," said a presenter from the Green Space recommendation, describing the owners' contribution and urging committee support. Staff and Green Space representatives answered a member's question about fund balance and said a more detailed Green Space report would be available at the Green Space meeting; presenters also referenced existing commitments and the county's longer history of rural and critical lands conservation. The motion to approve the resolution passed unanimously.
