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012 <br /> Route 2, Box # 225 <br /> Efland, N. C. 27243 <br /> April 12, 1988 <br /> Mr. Geoffrey Gledhill <br /> Orange County Attorney <br /> P. O. Drawer 1529 <br /> 129 East Tryon Street <br /> Hillsborough, North Carolina <br /> Dear Mr. Gledhill: <br /> The Orange County Agricultural Districts Advisory Board needs your help <br /> on a couple of questions and advise in general on the draft ordinance. <br /> There are a few items I need legal help on as chair of the committee. <br /> 1 . I wrote three letters signing as chair of the ADAB. One mem- <br /> . <br /> ber of the board objected to my writing the letters, although <br /> nowhere in the letters did I indicate board action. Two of <br /> the letters I used the word I; the other one I used the word <br /> we, but I had in mind the farmers not the board. Maybe we <br /> was the wrong word. The member also felt the ADBA should not <br /> address any issue except land issues in ag. districts. <br /> First, I signed the letters as board chair because Commission- <br /> ers in the past had told me to always use membership on a <br /> board and chair of a board when attending a conference, meet- <br /> ing or any other action affecting the subject of interest to <br /> that board. If I am overstepping my authority, please let <br /> me know. <br /> Second, I see the board's duties as responding on any issue <br /> affecting agriculture in the county or state. Please give <br /> us your legal opinion. <br /> 2. In my interpretation of the Roberts Rules of Order, any board <br /> of twelve or less members requires a concurring majority of <br /> the board to take any action. In the absence of a concurring <br /> majority, a second vote was necessary to achieve a majority <br /> of the board. The members attending the last meeting felt <br /> the majority of a quorum was all that was needed. They ob- <br /> jected when I said a second vote was needed on one issue. As <br /> a result of this disagreement, I have rewritten the Majority <br /> Vote section of the ordinance. Which is correct? <br /> I would appreciate a response of these matters by the 18th, if possible. <br /> Please comment on Section VII-B-1 & 4 changes in the rewrites with G.S. <br /> 106-740 - (2) in mind. <br /> Would Section X-B-3 be legal under State Statutes, if rewritten as <br /> follows? The county will not rezone land adjacent to or within 1000 feet of <br /> a voluntary agricultural district to non-farm'industrial or commercial. How <br /> strong can we make lan d-use incentives? <br />