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Commissioner ► moved adoption of the following resolution:
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
COUNTY OF EAGLE, STATE OF COLORADO
RESOLUTION NO. 2013- I
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ANY OF THE EAGLE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
TO EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THE
HORN RANCH PROPERTY
WHEREAS, on October 1, 2013 the Board of County Commissioners of Eagle County,
Colorado ("Board") approved an agreement to purchase a conservation easement on a portion of
and fee-title ownership on another portion of the Horn Ranch,representing a total of
approximately 402 acres of land along Interstate 70 and US Highway 6 (hereinafter the
"Property"or the"Horn Ranch")which is owned by The Piney Valley Ranches Trust
(hereinafter"PVRT"); and
WHEREAS, the Board desires to use open space funds to protect the Horn Ranch, which
includes a portion of the land to remain in private ownership under conservation easement
("Retained Parcel"), and a portion to be conveyed to Eagle County in fee ("Conveyance Parcel").
WHEREAS, the Board seeks to protect the "Retained Parcel" and"Conveyance Parcel"
with conservation easements conveyed to the Eagle Valley Land Trust; and
WHEREAS, Eagle County will acquire a recreational trail easement through the
Retained Parcel through the Recreational Trail Easement Agreement Between The Piney Valley
Ranches Trust and Eagle County, Colorado; and
WHEREAS, Eagle County will acquire access to the stone quarry through the Stone
Quarry Access Agreement Between The Piney Valley Ranches Trust and Eagle County,
Colorado that permits periodic guided hikes to the historic rock quarry; and
WHEREAS,trail easements, baseline reports, conservation easements, and closing
documents will be executed to complete this transaction; and
WHEREAS,the Board wishes to authorize any of the County Commissioners authority
to execute all documents associated with the preservation and acquisition of the Property and
other related documents.
MOVED, READ AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of the
County of Eagle, State of Colorado, at its regular meeting held this I q day of N O v, 2013.
COUNTY OF EAGLE, STATE OF
COLORADO, By and Through Its
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
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ATTEST:
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Clerk to the Boar of otoaNd° Sara J. Fisher
County Commissioners Chair
Jil • n H. Ryan
Co . issi s ner
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athya andler-Henry
Commissioner
Commissioner 1)--'1 ra, seconded adoption of the foregoing resolution. The roll
having been called, the vote was as follows:
Commissioner Fisher L
Commissioner Ryan
Commissioner Chandler-Henry
This resolution passed by vote of the Board of County Commissioners of
the County of Eagle, State of Colorado.
