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i <br /> After recording, return to: <br /> Melissa Leoni <br /> The Oregon Watershed <br /> Enhancement Board <br /> 775 Summer St. NE #360 <br /> Salem, Oregon 97301] <br /> CONSERVATION EASEMENT <br /> I <br /> This Conservation Easement is made pursuant to ORS 271.715 to 271.795 this day of <br /> 2002, between the City of Eugene, Public Works Department (City), as grantor, <br /> ~ and the State of Oregon, acting by and through its Oregon Watershed Enhancement <br /> Board (OWEB), an agency of the State of Oregon, as holder. <br /> ~ ~ RECITALS: <br /> A. OWEB granted $195,000 from its Watershed Improvement Grant Fund (the <br /> "Funds") to the' City for payment of part of the cost of acquiring that certain real property <br /> known as the "Marvin tract" in Lane County, Oregon described in the attached Exhibit A <br /> (the "Property") pursuant to Grant Agreement No. 201-613 (the "Grant Agreement"). <br /> ~ The City is a party to an agreement among The Nature Conservancy, the Bureau of Land <br /> Management, Lane County, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Army Corps of Engineers <br /> and Oregon Youth Conservation Corps called the West Eugene Wetlands Partnership. <br /> `~~-Pa~iership-seeks to-ae ~ ~asseciated uPl,~d <br /> habitat; <br /> _R. C'.tty nct~fl t'}try n~TF.R vranl frlnfic Irt ~r~fttilrf l>:~ <br /> prG~g P~~~aSf~~ ~fa~7,1/'1~~~~e <br /> j owner of the Property in fee simple; <br /> C. ORS 541.375(9) requires that real property acquired with funds,from the <br /> Watershed Improvement Grant Fund be used for the purposes specified under section 4b, <br /> Article XV of the Oregon Constitution, described in Exhibit B; <br /> <br /> j <br /> D. The purpose of this conservation easement is to ensure that the Property will <br /> continue to be used for the purposes specified under section 4b, Article XV of the Oregon <br /> Constitution, in satisfaction of the requirements of ORS 541.375(9); <br /> E. OWEB has held one or more public hearings on the acquisition of this <br /> conservation easement, and has given notice of such hearings in accordance with ORS <br /> 271.735; and <br /> F. OWEB has determined that acquisition of this conservation easement is in the <br /> public interest. <br /> Now, therefore, OWEB and City agree as follows: <br /> Page 1 of 3 Conservation Easement <br /> <br />