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E. Additional Guidelines for Use of Funds:

1. Revenues collected from the Open Space Sales and Use Tax may be used in the following manner:

a. To acquire fee title interest in real property for the purposes provided herein; 

b. To acquire less than fee interests in real property for the purposes provided herein; such as easements (including conservation and agricultural), future interests, covenants, development rights, subsurface rights and contractual rights, either on an exclusive or nonexclusive basis;

c. To acquire water rights for use in connection with the purposes provided herein;

d. To acquire lands that preserve urban and rural open space; natural areas; agricultural and ranch lands; water quality; lakes; rivers; streams; corridors of rivers and streams; views; vistas; ridgelines; wildlife habitat and movement corridors; trail corridors; flood plains and wetlands;

e. To acquire lands that are buffers maintaining community identity;

f. To acquire lands for outdoor recreation purposes limited to passive recreational use, including but not limited to hiking, snowshoeing, photography, nature studies, and if specifically designated, bicycling, horseback riding, hunting and fishing;

g. To acquire lands with other important values such as historic sites that contribute to the County's and County municipalities' natural and cultural heritage; 

h. To acquire rights-of-way and easements for trails and access to public lands, and to build and improve such trails and access ways;

i. To allow expenditure of funds, consistent with the guidelines set forth in this Resolution, for joint projects between counties and municipalities, special districts which have a recreational component, recreation districts, or other governmental entities in the County;

j. To improve, restore and/or protect open space lands as provided herein; 

k. To manage, patrol and maintain those lands as provided herein;

l. To pay for related acquisition, construction, equipment, and/or improvements;

m. To allow for construction of picnic facilities in a manner consistent with the purposes of this Resolution;

n. To allow for the funding of environmental education programs in a manner consistent with the purposes of this Resolution;

o. To implement and effectuate the purposes of the Open Space Program.

2. No land or interests acquired with the revenues of the Open Space Sales and Use Tax may be sold, leased, traded, or otherwise conveyed, nor may an exclusive license or permit on such land or interests be given, without such approval by the governing body of the entity having received any portion of the Fund, after conducting a public hearing. 

3. If the Board of County Commissioners sells land or interests as specified in paragraph 2 above, the proceeds shall be deposited with the Open Space Fund. 

4. If any incorporated municipality; special district, which provides recreational services or amenities; or recreation district, sells land or interests as specified in Paragraph 2 above, the proceeds shall be deposited in a fund to be used for purposes consistent with this Resolution.