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<br />ATTACHMENT C <br /> <br />Additional Background Information <br />October 4, 2007 <br /> <br /> <br />Information and Discussion regarding the Forest Legacy grant application: <br /> <br />st <br />August 21 follow-up email from Brenda Wilson <br />Since sending you the grant application request, there has been a recent development in another <br />possible Forest Legacy piece of property for inclusion in this application. Parks has been working <br />with another property owner along the Ridgeline Corridor owned by the Gonyea family, or the <br />DAG Trust. The initial response from the property owner was that they did not want to participate <br />in this Forest Legacy application. However, Parks has just been contacted again by the property <br />owner who indicated that they are indeed interested in participating. This is an exciting <br />development, and Carolyn wanted to provide you with the relevant information pertaining to this <br />site. This site is also shown on the attached map. This property is 194 acres, outside the UGB, <br />with a cost of approximately $2,040,000. <br /> <br />Parks will spend the next couple of weeks crafting the application. They are working towards an <br />application with the highest chance of success while prioritizing key Ridgeline Trail connections. <br /> <br />Staff response to questions from Councilor Bettman on August 16, 2007 <br />Q1. Can you show us a map of the parcels in relation to the entire Ridgeline "corridor" with <br />delineation of what is publicly owned and what is not? <br /> <br />A: See map attached to email. <br /> <br />Q2. Are Forest Legacy funds useable on the Wildish property adjacent to Buford and Mt. <br />Pisgah? If not; why not? <br /> <br />A: In short, Forest legacy funds are usable on this property, however, there are some issues <br />concerning this piece of property for inclusion in the Forest Legacy Program application at this <br />time. The Nature Conservancy is currently taking the lead on the Wildish acquisition project. <br />Nature Conservancy staff indicate that the property is not currently positioned to be included in <br />this application as negotiations with the current property owner are still very preliminary (there <br />must be a willing seller) and the question of who would be the eventual owner of the site is still <br />unresolved. Potential future owner’s include Lane County, City of Springfield, Willamalane <br />Parks and Recreation District, or Oregon State Parks. <br /> <br />Q3. This property averages out to 15 K per acre which seems astronomical for property outside a <br />UGB with constrained development potential and no services. Why is it so expensive? <br /> <br />A: Although the costs laid out in the memo are estimates only and actual costs will be based on <br />appraisals, recent sales activities in the area indicate that lands zoned F2, such as the Gaudia and <br />Reynolds properties, are selling for approximately $12,500 per acre. Additionally, a majority of <br />the Meisen property is designated as "marginal lands" which allows for a greater density of <br />development (either 10 or 20 acre homesites), which has been shown to increase the value above <br />traditional F2 zoned land. <br /> <br />Q4. I thought "connectivity" was a key component of parcel priority (and these are so far afoot;) <br />how do they connect to other or adjacent ecosystems? <br /> <br />