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P q :t.--- . F/ icyc? ,, i ORANGE COUNTY PLANNING DEPARTMENT 306F REVERE ROAD > HILLSBOROUGH, NORTH CAROLINA 27278, r L y \41 MEMORANDUM TO: ORANGE COUNTY BOARMOMSSIONERS FROM: MARVIN COLLINS, PLANNING DIRECTOR DATE: AUGUST 3, 1994 SUBJECT: FARMLAND PRESERVATION REPORT/ADVISORY BOARD RECOMMENDATIONS COPIES: AGRICULTURAL DISTRICTS ADVISORY BOARD JOHN LINK, COUNTY MANAGER GEOFFREY GLEDHILL, COUNTY ATTORNEY BEVERLY BLYTHE, CLERK TO THE COMMISSIONERS Enclosed is the final draft of Preserving Our Farms: A Purchase of Development Rights Program for Orange County,North Carolina.For all but Chair Carey,copies of the complete report are enclosed. Chair Carey has been provided with copies of draft sections and update materials as completed. The study is the subject of a report scheduled for the Commissioners'August 8, 1994 regular meeting. It is also the subject of a special public hearing which has been scheduled for August 10, 1994. Listed below are the recommendations of the Agricultural Districts Advisory Board pertaining to the study and the proposals contained in it. 1. Approval of the LESA system as presented for use in ranking farmland for the purchase of development rights (PDR) program. 2. That a farmer who has sold his/her development rights be allowed to create one additional building lot per 25 acres of protected land. (See the discussion under Question 10 of Section 3.0 -pages 3.18 - 3.20.) 3. That after 25 years, a farmer will have the right to buy back the development rights at market value. (See the discussion under Question 16 of Section 3.0 -pages 3.20 -3.21.) 4. That at least 80 acres be offered to be eligible for participation in the PDR program. (See the discussion under Question 9 of Section 3.0-page 3.18. The Advisory Board felt that the threshhold should be the same as required for participation in the Voluntary Agricultural Districts Program.)