RESOLUTION NO. __________, SERIES 2017
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A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR ON BEHALF OF METRO GOVERNMENT TO ACCEPT AN AMENDED AND RESTATED DEED OF SCENIC CONSERVATION EASEMENT ON A 5.58 ACRE EASEMENT PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON PROPERTY NOW OWNED BY WILLIAM CRAWFORD LOCATED ON GRINSTEAD DRIVE IN JEFFERSON COUNTY, KENTUCKY.
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SPONSORED BY: COUNCILMAN BILL HOLLANDER
WHEREAS, the current scenic conservation easement held by Metro Government was previously recorded in two tracts. The first tract was recorded in 1981 by Nanine Hilliard Greene and her husband Herbert Greene and was entitled the "Hilliard Scenic-Conservation Easement". The second adjacent tract was recorded in August, 2007 by W. Austin Musselman, Jr. and his wife Layla George Musselman and became known as the "Musselman Conservation Easement". The entire tract composed of the two Easements was conveyed to the current owner, William Crawford, now unmarried, in August, 2007; and
WHEREAS, the provisions of the original Hilliard Scenic-Conservation Easement and the original Musselman Conservation Easement should now be amended and restated as one Easement for the following reasons: (1) to support and strengthen the conservation purposes of both easements; (2) to correct ambiguities between both the Hilliard easement (granted in 1981) and the Musselman easement (granted in 2007); (3) to simplify easement administration by having uniform and effective provisions that ensure clarity for stewardship and protection of the conservation values of the property; (4) to incorporate best practices into the one conservation easement document; and (5) to significantly control invasive species on the easement property; and
WHEREAS, all of the terms, conditions and provisions of the Hilliard Scenic-Conservation Easement and the Musselman Conservation Easement would be set aside, canceled and revoked and the constituent parts thereof be merged and incorporated into this one Amended and ...
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