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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Dear Paul:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I am a member of Whidbey Island Land & Shore Trust (WILST). This organization was founded as a 501©(3) conservation organization in 2001 under the name Whidbey Island Land Trust, for the specific purpose of managing conservation easements declined by Whidbey Camano Land Trust. WILST currently owns one small parcel of property for conservation. Its mission includes being the benefitted party in conservation easements that benefit the public. If your client’s situation would provide sufficient benefit to the public, and if sufficient funds are donated to provide monitoring and enforcement, WILST could consider being the benefitted party to your client’s neighbor. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Please contact me by email if you believe WILST can help.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Jane Seymour<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Attorney at Law<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"MS Gothic"'>JS</span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"MS Gothic"'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>Jane Seymour, Attorney at Law<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>3191 Baby Island Lane Langley WA 98260<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'>PO Box 1240 Freeland WA 98249<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:jseymour@whidbey.com"><span style='color:blue'>jseymour@whidbey.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='color:#C00000'>CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: </span><span style='color:#1F497D'>The preceding e-mail message (including any attachments) contains information that may be confidential, protected by applicable legal privileges, or constitute non-public information. 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Use, dissemination, distribution or reproduction of this message by unintended recipients is not authorized and may be unlawful. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Paul Neumiller [mailto:pneumiller@hotmail.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, February 10, 2015 2:22 PM<br><b>To:</b> wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com<br><b>Subject:</b> [WSBARP] "Private" Conservation Easement?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Client (“C”) has neighbor (“N”) who wants to grant a conservation easement across a portion of N’s property to restrict development. C’s land will benefit from the conservation easement by preserving views of the Sound. I contacted the local Island County conservation agency (Whidbey Camano Land Trust) and they inspected the property . They flatly declined to get involved because the property is “too small” for them, they have no other conservation easements in the area, and they have limited personnel resources to deal with the property (I even offered to compensate them to take the conservation easement.) N refuses to grant C a view easement because it is “not permanent” enough. N does not seem to be interested in tax benefits from the charitable donation.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Anything out there comparable to a private conservation easement? Any state or federal level entities that can help? Any creative ideas? <o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>