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