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said curve, through a cenhal angle of 26°12'49", an am length of38.89 feet; thenceN 32'23'18" E, 40.91 feet; thence
<br />N 21"45155" E, 55.42 feet to the east boundary ofsaid West Half ofthe Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter
<br />and the point of beginning and end of said described line.
<br />Contains 2.50 acres.
<br />Assessor's Property Tax Paroel Account Number:
<br />016933
<br />Transfer of Development Rights Sending Site Certificate Numbers: 26.0001, 26-0002, 26-0003, 26-0004, 26-0005,
<br />26.0006, 26-0007, 26-0008, 26-0009, 26-0010, 26-0011, 26-0012, 26-0013, 26-0014, 26-0015, 26-0016, 26-0017,
<br />and 26-0018
<br />THIS TRANSFER OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS CONSERVATION EASEMENT is made
<br />and entered into this 23`2( day of� 20 n . ("TDRE") is made by Grantor N favor of
<br />Kittitas County (°Grantee") (eofleetively, the "Parties").
<br />Section 1. Rmitds.
<br />WHEREAS, Grantor is the sole owner in fee simple of certain real property located in KiOivas County,
<br />Washington (the "County'), more pmticularlydescribed in the legal description aboveand ExhibitAwhich exhibit
<br />is attached hereto and incorporated bersin by this reference (the "Property").
<br />WHEREAS, Grantor, as owner of the Property, has the right in identify and transfer the residential development
<br />rights ofthe Property pursuant to KCC 17.13.
<br />WHEREAS, chapter 17.13 ofe Kinims County Code (the "TDR Program') authorizes the transfer ofimidential
<br />development rights from "sending sites", as they are defined in KCC 17.13. 015(2), which permanently removes
<br />the msidenfial development rights in those qualifying areas as listed in the TDR Program including but not limited
<br />to farmland, forest land, frequently flooded lands, and land containing identified Critical Areas as provided for in
<br />Kinims County Code Chapter 17A.
<br />WHEREAS, the residential development rights upon county approval and properly extinguished from a
<br />designated sending site become Transfer of Development Rights Density Credits ("TDR Density Credits"), as
<br />they are defined in KCC 17.13.015(7), and then can be applied, persons to the TOR Program, to eligible
<br />"receiving sites" as they are defined in KCC 17.13.015(1).
<br />WHEREAS, Transfer of Development Rights Easement ("TDRE") means an easement placed on the Sending
<br />Site that eliminates the possibility ofresidenttal development on said sending site or areas of said sending site, as
<br />further defined in KCC 17.13.015(8).
<br />WHEREAS, the purpose of the TORE is to provide public benefits by permanently protecting various types of
<br />land from residential development including but not limited to rural farms, farm land, forest land, land identified
<br />as a critical area or frequently flooded area as identified in KCC 17A through the extinguishment of the residential
<br />development rights allowed on the Property, as provided for in KCC 17.13, with those lands being designated as
<br />"sending sites." All other rights of ownership, including the right to continue to use or create new operations of
<br />such businesses as farming, timber hurvestivg, sports and recreation, and other uses permitted within the tune
<br />remain with the owner of the underlying fee title as provided for in KCC 17.13.
<br />WHEREAS, development rights that may be transferred from designated sending sites to eligible receiving sites
<br />shall be documented under the TDR Program in one or more TDR Density Credit certificates, a process which
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