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<br />ORANGE COUNTY <br />BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br />Meeting Date: October 10, 2000 <br />Action Age! da <br />Item No. (~ <br />SUBJECT: Additional NCACC Le illative Goals Information <br />DEPARTMENT; County Manager <br />PUBLIC HEARING: (YlN) No <br />ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br />John Link, ext 2300 <br />10/6/00 Memorandum from Jahn Smith John Smith, ext. ext 2101 <br />10/9/00 Memorandum from Karen Lincoln Karen Lincoln, ext. 2594 <br />TELEPHONE NUMBERS: <br />Hillsborough 732-8181 <br />Chapel Hill 968-4501 <br />Durham 688-7331 <br />Mebane 336-227-2031 <br />PURPOSE; To receive additional information on possible legislative goals to forward to the - <br />North Carolina Association of County Commissioners (NCACC) for the 2000 General Assembly <br />Session. <br />BACKGROUND; At the BOCC's September 19, 2000 regular meeting, the Board reviewed and <br />discussed a total of 21 legislative goals to forward to the NCACC for the 2000 General <br />Assembly Session. Following discussion, the Board approved a resolution forwarding 17 of <br />those goals to the NCACC and requested additional information from staff on the remaining <br />four. Those four were: <br />• The creation of a standardized format and language that will provide for more-uniform <br />interpretation and application of the Use Value System as it relates to farming and real <br />property taxes. <br />• The relaxation of the eligibility standards as they relate to acreage size for land to qualify <br />under the Use Value System with increased emphasis on income produced, so that small, <br />bona fide income -producing agricultural enterprises that do not require much land can also <br />qualify for the Use Value program. <br />• An additional program allowing for the erection of logo signs for retail operations (to <br />complement current authorizations for food, fuel, and lodging logo signs) along interstates <br />where prohibitions against additional billboard outdoor advertising signs exist. <br />• An income tax credit for taxpayers investing in agribusiness enterprises that add value to <br />raw, North Carolina-grown agricultural commodities, with special attention/benefits being <br />given to those investment activities supporting smaller agricultural operations. <br />