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i <br />1 <br />O R A N G E C O U N T Y <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: August_ 21, 1990 <br />Action Agenda <br />Item # - CZ <br />SUBJECT: STUDY COMMITTEE - PURCHASE OF DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS PROPOSAL <br />DEPARTMENT: Planning PUBLIC HEARING: Yes —X—No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />- Goal Statement /Plan of Action Planning Director - Extension 2592 <br />- G.S. 106 Article 61 <br />- Excerpt from draft Voluntary TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Farmland Preservation Program Hillsborough - 732 -8181 <br />Ordinance Durham - 688 -7331 <br />- Roster of Agricultural Mebane - 227 -2031 <br />Districts Advisory Board Chapel Hill - 967- 9251/968 -4501 <br />- Charge to Advisory Board <br />PURPOSE: To consider establishing a Study Committee to prepare a <br />proposal for a Purchase of Development Rights Program. <br />BACKGROUND: In December, 1989, the Board of Commissioners included <br />the preparation of a Purchase of Development Rights <br />(PDR) Program proposal on its list of annual goals. In <br />January, 1990, at the annual Department Head Retreat, a <br />general plan of action was developed by which to <br />implement the goal. The Commissioners approved the <br />final list of goals and implementing actions, including <br />the PDR proposal, at its February 20, 1990 meeting. <br />In May, 1990, representatives of the Soil Conservation <br />Service, Agricultural Extension Service, Agricultural <br />Stabilization & Conservation Service, and Planning & <br />Inspections Department began meeting to discuss various <br />ways of involving Orange County citizens in developing <br />the PDR proposal. A Study Committee of 10 members was <br />suggested, comprised principally of persons with <br />agricultural, development, and conservation interests. <br />Following the meeting, the Planning Director was <br />contacted by Mrs. Elizabeth Walters, Chair of the <br />Agricultural Districts Advisory Board. Mrs. Walters was <br />among the citizens recommended for the PDR Study <br />Committee and suggested that the Advisory Board be used <br />to develop a proposal rather than creating an entirely <br />new committee. <br />Chapter 106, Article 61, of the N.C. General Statutes <br />