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B. Grantors are also the owners of an adjoining parcel of real property situate in Kittitas County, Washington: Lot 3C of GINNY SHORT PLAT, Kittitas County Short Plat No. SP# 04-42, as recorded February 2, 2005, in Book G of Short Plats, pages 244 and 245, under Auditor's File No. 200502020002, records of Kittitas County, State of Washington; being a portion of the Northeast Quarter of Section 22, Township 18 North, Range 18 East, W.M., in the County of Kittitas, State of Washington. Map No. 18-18-22053-0003; Parcel ID. 20523 ("Upstream Property") C. The Conservation Parcel includes areas adjacent to Currier Creek sufficient to establish supplemental areas for floodwater conveyance, storage and mitigation. ("Conservation Values"). D. Grantors' purchased the Conservation Parcel and have agreed to convey to Kittitas County a flood conservation easement for protection, development and maintenance of floodwater conveyance and storage functions to mitigate a prior owner's unauthorized placement of fill within the Upstream Parcel. E. The purpose of this Flood Conservation Easement is to provide an area within the Conservation Parcel for compensatory off -site flood storage and mitigation and to preserve, develop, maintain and permanently prevent such area from future development. NOW THEREFORE, subject to the terms and conditions set forth below, Grantors, for good and valuable consideration, receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, grants and convey to Grantee this Flood Conservation Easement on the following terms and conditions: AGREEMENT 1. Flood Conservation Easement Area. Grantors hereby grant and convey to Grantee this Flood Conservation Easement over and within a portion of the conservation parcel legally described in Exhibit A, and illustrated in Exhibit B. Grantors and Grantee confirm that the Flood Conservation Easement Area is in close proximity to the upstream flood plain fill location and is compliant with KCC 17A.05.050(2). Kittitas County confirms that the flood conservation easement area is appropriate to meet or exceed the general mitigation plan requirements as well as requirements for flood plain storage mitigation as set forth in KCC 17A.05.050(3). 2. Final Flood Storage Project. The development and construction of flood storage project may be undertaken by Kittitas County at such times it deems appropriate and necessary and will be located within the Flood Conservation Easement Area. Kittitas County shall develop a plan to create a flood storage area. Allowable elements for this Final Flood Storage Project include site development and grading to increase floodplain storage capacity, instream, riparian, wetland, and upland habitat restoration, and necessary activities to maintain floodplain storage and capacity. The final plan shall be subject to review by Grantors and will address project Flood Conservation Easement - 2