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I,;eeping the Landscape We Love The Green Corridor Project is dedicated to help- ing Washington and Chisago County residents keep the beautiful countryside, farmland, and special natural areas that make this a great place to live. Green corridors are areas of farmland, natural areas, scenic areas, and other open spaces that are linked together throughout the community. -en corridors help communities keep the land- scape they love while accommodating growth. The Green Corridor will link already protected lands with other important open spaces. Exten- sive input from local residents, public officials, and government agency staff will help shape the corridor's location and composition. TOOLS TO KEEP OPEN SPACES Four voluntary, innovative tools will be the pri- mary mechanisms to create the Green Corridor. These tools will be selectively applied to lands located in the designated corridor, which meet criteria for each tool, and for which landown- e,. are interested in participating. The first three tools - Donated Conservation Easements, PDR, and TDR - are voluntary pro- grams in which participants retain ownership and control of their land. They can sell or transfer their property at any time, but a conservation easement permanently protects the land from de- velopment. The land remains affordable for open space uses such as agriculture since it is appraised at its open space value. The fourth tool, Land Acquisition, gives landown- ers a way to voluntarily sell or donate their land to city, township, county, or state government. Donated Conservation Easements are voluntary, legal agreements between a landowner and a land trust or government agency that allow property own- ers to permanently limit or prohibit development on their property. Conservation easements are perma- nent and run with the title so. that all future owners of the land are bound by the original agreement. Purchased Development Rights (PDR) are volun- tary legal agreements that allow owners of land meet- ing certain criteria to sell the right to develop their property to township, city, county, or state govern- ment, or to a nonprofit organization. A conservation easement is then placed on the land. This agreement is recorded on the title to limit the future use of the land to agriculture or other open space uses. Transferred Development Rights (TDR) are en- abled by local or regional ordinance. TDR ordinances create a sending area, or preservation area and a re- ceiving, or high density area. Landowners in the sending area receive development right credits which they can sell in exchange for not developing their land. Real estate developers can then purchase de- velopment right credits and use them to increase ex- isting or planned densities in receiving areas. Land Acquisition is used in select cases when will- ing landowners want to conserve their land by sell- ing or donating it outright to a public agency. This mechanism allows a government entity to have full control over a property's future. ... Keeping Open Spaces for Tomorrow Workilig Together For ®pen Space The Green Corridor Project is an independent, network of six local public and private organiza- tions. For more information about green corridors and what you can do to help keep the landscape we love, contact the Land Stewardship Project or any of the collaborators: Land Stewardship Project - Michael Pressman 2200 Fourth Street White Bear Lake, MN 55110 Ph: 612-653-0618 Fax: 612-653-0589 mpress@mtn.org http://www.misa.umn.eduAsphp.htmi Minnesota Farmers Union - Ron Hauglie 600 County Rd. D West — St. Paul, MN 55112 Ph:612-639-1223 Fax: 612-639-0421 ron.hauglie@mfu.org http://www.mfu.org Minnesota Land Trust Bill Clapp 19955 Quinnell Ave. N. Scandia, MN 55073 Ph/Fax: 612-433-5514 gusclapp@wavetech.net http://www.mnland.org Rural Community In - Val Mondor 28225 Lamar Ave. Chisago City, MN 55013 Ph:612-257-6963 Vmondor@ktca.org The Trust for Public Land - Cordelia Pierson 420 N. 5th St., #865 Minneapolis, MN 55401 Ph: 612-338-8494 Fax: csp@tpl.org 612-338-8467 http://www.tpl.org/tpl Washington County - Jane Harper Washington County Government Center 14900 N. 61 st St. Stillwater, MN 55082 Ph: 612-430-6011 Fax: 612-430-6017 Harper@co.washington.mn.us