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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Why not just call it a view easement or a development agreement (limiting the height or something like that) or
other arrangement. Seems to me the real concern is the view and not so much preserving the property for other purposes.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> 'scott scottgthomaslaw.com'; 'WSBA Real Property Listserv'<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> Re: [WSBARP] "Private" Conservation Easement?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" color="#1f497d" face="Verdana"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I am almost certain that Island County would not be interested.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";font-weight:bold">From:</span></font></b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> scott
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<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, February 10, 2015 3:05 PM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> WSBA Real Property Listserv<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> Re: [WSBARP] "Private" Conservation Easement?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Government entities may entertain the idea, particularly if there is some added benefit such as slope protection. Plus, the property is stricken from the tax rolls. I have accepted these
types of easements on small parcels for local governments such as cities, and know that some counties will also accept donations of this kind.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">On February 10, 2015 at 2:21 PM Paul Neumiller <<a href="mailto:pneumiller@hotmail.com">pneumiller@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">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></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">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></span></font></p>
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