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1 + L~ <br />Memo to: $oard of County Commissioners <br />Page 4 <br />Februaxy 5, 1979 <br />AGRICULTURE/FARM PRESERVATION <br />Staff has met with Dr. Paul Stone of the North Carolina Extension Service <br />and is currently working with Mx. Ebert Pierce, who is coordinating the Rural <br />Development Panel, to establish a Task Force. The following objectives are <br />under consideration for such a Task Force: <br />- preserve an important element of Orange County's economy <br />- preserve open space <br />- preserve farming life-style . <br />- preserve a valuable resource (prime farm land) permanently; slow <br />conversion to other uses. <br />- plan to minimize threats to farming operations from urban development <br />ZONING ERTENSION <br />The extension of the zoning ordinance will proceed: as appropriate, <br />depending upon completion of the land use plan: There is na schedule of. this <br />activity, as yet. <br />INTEItGOVLRNMENTAL LONG-RANGE PLANNING COUNCIL <br />No progress has been made, though discussions are continuing with the <br />Carrboro and the Chapel Hill Planning Departments. <br />Enclosure <br />a <br />