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04/19/1991 '.-' .,--j 1'_ '. -I .1 CONSERVATION EASEMENT DEED A CONSERVATION EASEl-lENT is hereby granted and conveyed on the 19th day of, Apr il , 19~, by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida, (hereinafter referred to as GRANTOR) to the Monroe County Land Authority (hereinafter referred to as GRANTEE), for and in consideration of $1 and other valuable considerations in hand paid, in the following property: Lot 3 of Section 26 in T.65S., R.33E., and Lot 1 of Section 35 in T. 65S., R. 33E., known as Eastern Crawl Key, Monroe County, Florida. GRANTOR has, through eminent domain proceedings, obtained fee simple title to the above-described real property located in Monroe County, Florida; The property has scenic, natural and aesthetic value in its present state as a natural area which has not been subject to development or exploitation; The GRANTOR is willing to grant a conservation easement over the property, thereby restricting and limiting the use of the land and contiguous water areas of the property, on the terms and conditions and for the purposes hereinafter set forth; The GRANTOR and GRANTEE recognize the scenic, natural, and aesthetic value of the property in its present state and have, by the conveyance of a conservation easement to the GRANTEE, the common purpose of conserving the natural values of the property, preserving the natural character of the property, and preventing the use or development of the property for any purpose or in any manner which would conflict with the maintenance of the property in its natural condition except as otherwise provided within the conservation easement deed; THEREFORE, in consideration of the receipt of funding to acquire fee simple title to the above-described property, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, GRANTOR hereby grants and conveys unto the GRANTEE and its successors in perpetuity an interest and conservation easement of the nature and character to the extent set forth, in respect to the lands of the GRANTOR located in Monroe County which are described above. The terms, conditions and restrictions of the conservation easement are as set forth, pursuant to Florida Statute Section 704.06: 1. The Crawl Key property described above shall be used solely for solid waste management facilities. 2. The solid waste processing facilities shall be under a roof, shall include a septage treatment facility, and shall be consistent with the most environmentally safe contemporary technologies. 3. No incinerator shall be constructed on the above- described property. 4. Disposal of solid waste shall be restricted to inert landfill on the above-described property. 5. Existing borrow pits may be used for storage of clean construction debris. 6. The fringing mangroves and existing wetlands on the above-described property shall not be disturbed except as provided by law. 2 The GRANTOR expressly reserves for the County of Monroe the right to continue the use of the property for all purposes not inconsistent with this conservation easement. The GRANTOR agrees that the terms, conditions, restrictions and purposes of this conservation easement will be inserted in any subsequent deed or other legal instrument by which the government of Monroe County divests itself of either the fee simple title to or of its possessory interest in the subject property. TO HAVE AND TO HOLD unto the Monroe County Land Authority and the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County, Florida, to the use of the GRANTEE, its successors and assigns forever. The covenants agreed to and the terms, conditions, restrictions and purposes imposed as aforesaid shall not only be binding upon the GRANTOR but also its agents, personal representatives and assigns and all other successors to its interest, and shall continue as a servitude running in perpetuity with the above-described land. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the GRANTOR has hereunto set the signatures and seals of the appropriate officials on the day and year above written. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA (SEAL) Attest: DANNY 1.. K::OLHAGE, Clerk BY: . 3